With the NIU softball team’s batting average at .205, Huskies hitting coach Kevin Welch finally let the frustration of NIU’s 10-27 season get to him. During the third game of a three-game sweep by Kent State over NIU, Welch lost his cool with umpire...

Five hits and two runs were all Iowa was able to snag from NIU softball pitcher Kathy Dearborn on Wednesday. Regardless, it still was enough to ruin Dearborn’s 10 1/3-inning effort that came to a halt when the Hawkeyes’ Kylie Murray smacked a walk-off...

Pitching has been holding up its end of the bargain for NIU’s softball team in the last four games, allowing eight earned runs while the Huskies have scored two. NIU pitchers Amy Krahula and Paige Granath even held Northwestern’s top hitter, Erin...

The NIU softball team’s offensive woes continued as it was shut out by Northwestern 9-0 on Tuesday. The shut out was the fifth straight for the Wildcats (17-11) against the Huskies (10-23), dating back to 2000. Also, it was the Huskies’ fourth shutout...

Every time Northwestern’s top hitter Erin Mobley gets water during a softball game, she makes sure to put the cup in the same spot under the water cooler. The junior from California also always throws and stretches with the same person before every...

Snow flurries and cold weather froze the NIU softball team’s bats this weekend as the Huskies lost all three games at Western Michigan. The Huskies have three wins in the last two weeks, including this weekend’s 1-0 and 3-2 losses Saturday and 1-0...

MAC play will recommence for the NIU softball team when it begins a three-game series with host Western Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday and play the final game at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Huskies (10-19 overall, 2-1 MAC) come off a loss to Valparaiso on Wednesday....

Paige Granath threw a four-hitter, but the NIU softball team still fell to Valparaiso 2-0 on Wednesday. Despite the outing by Granath, NIU (10-19 overall) was held in check by Valpo pitcher Ashlee Blankenbaker and could muster only two hits. Blankenbaker...

The MAC season is underway for the NIU softball team, but it will continue to play non-conference opponents during weekdays, beginning at 2 p.m. today at Valparaiso for a doubleheader. "The mid-week games are important for us," NIU coach Donna Martin...

All sophomore Kelly Drozd could do was cheer her team on from the bench as NIU’s softball team snatched an extra-inning 2-1 victory from Minnesota on Feb. 12. Drozd received her chance to start in the next four games, going 2-for-13 from the plate -...

With runners on first and second base and one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Kelly Redican stepped up to bat for NIU, as play resumed from Sunday’s rained-out game against Eastern Michigan. The game resumed at noon Monday at Mary Bell Field...

When NIU softball player Lauren von Holst was in a 0-for-19 hitting slump earlier in the season, the batter’s box wasn’t the friendliest place for her. "I just was not very comfortable, and I kept thinking too much when I was up to bat," von Holst...