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...

NIU's softball team finished second int he Illinois State University/Subway Classic for a second straight year. But NIU coach Dee Abrahamson preferred this year's version much more. After an 8-2 Sunday semifinal win over Creighton University, the Huskies...

The NIU softball team continued its superb defensive play and pitching Thursday with back-to-back shutouts of Loyola, 2-0 and 3-0, at the Huskie Softball Diamond. In game one, the Huskies (11-14) scored when they had to, and NIU held the Ramblers at bay...

It's not easy to come back from a two-week layoff and perform as well as the NIU softball team did in Tuesday's doubleheader sweep of Northeastern Illinois University. NIU put it all together through the gusting winds and near freezing temperatures and...

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,...