Although NIU's softball team finished with the best record in last weekend's Huskie Softball Invitational Tournament, it fell just short of capturing the first-place trophy. NIU finished the two-day, six-game tournament with a 3-1 record. Toledo finished...

Stopping the opposition's offense and speed will be the main factors that determine the success of NIU's softball team this Saturday and Sunday. NIU (13-16-2) will be busy hosting the three-team double round-robin Huskie Softball Tournament. The tournament...

Key hits at key times score key runs. Although it wasn't pretty, NIU's softball team was on key when it counted as the Huskies swept a doubleheader from its arch-rivals Illinois State Wednesday. Host NIU staved off a late-inning comeback by the Redbirds...

Rivalries—every sporting event from the professional level through the high schools has its classic rivalries. NIU's softball team will host one of its most prominent rivals today in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against Illinois State. "What makes it more...

Tickets to a Chicago Cubs game, a hitting contest and a number of other prizes will be just some of the highlights at NIU's 3 p.m. softball doubleheader against long-time rival Illinois State. Beating the Redbirds will be one goal for the Huskies, but...

Mother Nature was the only winner in the Easter weekend Spirit of St. Louis Invitational Softball Tournament. NIU was scheduled to play six teams in the three-day tournament, but because of the rain, all of the games were cancelled. The Huskies remain...

The more a team plays, the better a team gets is a theory shared by many. NIU's softball team has been challenged by this theory in its current string of 18 games in 11 days. This challenge will be over soon. But first, the Huskies must battle in the...

A no-hitter is good enough for a win, right? Wrong. Iowa held the NIU softball team hitless in game two of a doubleheader Tuesday, but came away the loser. The Huskies split the two-game set by capturing a 1-0 win in the nightcap. With runners on first...

With the taste of victory on the tip of its tongues, NIU's softball team was poisoned with a mouthful of disappointment on two late-inning comebacks from guest Adelphi University Monday. NIU (10-15-2) surrendered five runs after a 4-1 lead in game one....

Two key Saturday victories powered the NIU softball squad to a second-place finish in the Western Illinois 'Winds Classic Tournament in Macomb, Ill. The Huskies scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to slip past Ohio State, 8-7, in Saturday's...

Tuesday's doubleheader for the NIU softball team was a mixed bag as the Huskies lost one and then didn't win, but didn't lose, the nightcap. NIU, playing it's 1990 season home-opener(s) against Bradley couldn't hold a lead in the first game of Tuesday's...

Offense figures to be one of the main highlights in today's softball home-opener when NIU hosts Bradley in a 3 p.m. doubleheader. "I think it will be offensive," said 11th year NIU coach Dee Abrahamson. "There will probably be lots of opportunities to...