Although there's still a while before the season begins for NIU's softball team, Dee Abrahamson's squad played for almost eight-straight hours last Saturday. The Huskie Hundred, an annual fund-raising event for the team, sent the girls out onto the field...

Playing its final home game of the season wasn't the only incentive that propelled the NIU softball team Friday. North Star Conference foe Wisconsin-Green Bay provided the opposition and the Huskies knew NSC foes Illinois-Chicago and DePaul were right...

"It ain't over ‘til it's over." The Northwestern softball team thought just that when it came back from a 4-0 deficit in the top of the seventh inning to score four runs and send the game into extra innings yesterday at the NIU Softball Field. NIU and...

Kristen Vandenhouten did the honors in game one and Kim Compton went the distance in game two as the NIU softball team (22-19-1) chalked up not one, but two shutouts in a North Star Conference doubleheader sweep of Valparaiso Friday. Saturday's doubleheader...

NIU head softball coach Dee Abrahamson is looking forward to an eventful weekend of North Star Conference action. The NIU softball team will hope to find better weather conditions on the road when they visit Valparaiso in a Friday 2 p.m. doubleheader...

Even Ernie Banks would have hesitated to say, "let's play two" after feeling the biting cold during Tuesday's NIU-Illinois State softball doubleheader. The Huskies (20-19-1) defeated the Redbirds (18-24-1) in game one 2-1, but then the teams slugged it...

This afternoon at the NIU Softball Diamond, a 43-year-old softball tradition will continue. Illinois State (18-23) will be in DeKalb to face NIU (19-19) in a doubleheader marking the 76th and 77th meetings between the two clubs. The Redbirds lead the...

The weather may not have been as warm as predicted this weekend, but the NIU softball team more than made up for it with its hot bats. NIU suddenly exploded at the plate this weekend, scoring 23 runs during its Saturday doubleheader split with Akron and...

The NIU softball team will be home this weekend to begin conference play with hopes of returning to the kind of play that made them North Star Conference champions from 1988-1990. NIU, which was runner-up in the NSC last season, will play two doubleheaders...

Iowa is known to sports fans for its "Field of Dreams," but for the NIU softball team, Iowa and the Hawkeyes proved to be one big nightmare. NIU (16-18) had the Hawkeyes (14-14), bad weather and bad luck to contend with in their doubleheader Wednesday,...

NIU head softball coach Dee Abrahamson isn't making excuses. The NIU women's softball team (16-16) entertained Notre Dame Tuesday in doubleheader action that saw the Huskies fail to take advantage of many scoring opportunities in the first game and end...

Just one week ago, the NIU softball team was 7-14 and looking to improve many facets of its game, not to mention its record. In the past week, the Huskies have done just that by winning eight out of nine games and nine out of 10 overall—including a...