Finally, it seems, the NIU softball team will be able to screw in the cleats and play ball tomorrow. NIU is scheduled to host Northeastern Illinois University in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Huskie Softball Diamond. The Huskies have eagerly been awaiting...

The recent weather in the Midwest has done nothing to help the NIU softball team as it anxiously awaits another opportunity to take the field. It's now been two weeks since NIU has played with the recent cancellation of a double-header scheduled to take...

"On the road again" seems to be the general theme for NIU athletic teams this weekend. Things start out tonight at 7 p.m. when the NIU gymnastics team competes in the eight-team State of Illinois Classic at Champaign. Then, on Saturday, the 3-4 Huskies'...

Although the NIU women's softball team started its 21-game Spring Break with a 6-14 mark, the Huskies ended the trip with a 3-0 victory over the No. 4 team in the Midwest Region—Southern Illinois. Yesterday at the Texas A&M Aggie II Invitational,...

Starting Friday, the NIU softball team will spend its Spring Break in Texas and Indiana as the Huskies open the 1992 campaign by playing 21 games in 10 days. NIU's first 20 games will take place in Texas, including two tournaments at Texas A&M. NIU...

Senior Associate Athletic Director Cary Groth has designed a committee to define the use of $10,000 for an athletic training fund referred to as "nutritional supplements." At the December meeting of the Athletic Board yesterday, all of an NCAA broad-based...

NIU students may be facing another new ticket policy for men's home basketball games in the very near future. The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Athletic Board is currently working on a plan that would allow students to acquire tickets for all men's...

The NIU softball team wrapped up its impressive exhibition season by winning all three games at the University of Iowa tournament Sunday, lifting its record to 8-1. The softball squad started off the day versus Western Illinois University for the third...

The Northern Illinois softball squad will try to keep up its winning ways this weekend when it travels to the University of Iowa for another exhibition tournament. The Huskies have gone 5-1 so far this fall in exhibition play, including capturing their...

The Huskies took a page out of Ernie Banks' book and played two on Sunday. And they won them both. NIU first defeated Ball State University 6-5 in 10 innings to gain a berth in the championship game against Western Illinois University, whom they beat...

On the heels of the news that NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell received a $3,000 raise comes the discovery that seven other athletic department personnel have gotten salary increases. Leading the way is women's basketball head coach Jane Albright,...

Head softball coach Dee Abrahamson once said that pitching will need to dominate if the NIU softball team is to contend this season. Abrahamson got a sample of dominating pitching on Sunday as the Huskies swept visiting Indiana State to open NIU's fall...