The Huskies are ready for dirt. After a weekend of play on an astroturf field at the Creighton Bud Light/Lady Jay Invitational, the NIU softball team is ready to play on its own field against Iowa today for a 3 p.m. doubleheader at McCormick Park. Even...

While the Huskies didn't see anything amusing about April Fool's Day Saturday, the NIU softball squad got the last laugh. Despite losing both of its games on Saturday, the Huskies (18-3) took the initiative Sunday and found themselves playing for and...

Even though the Huskie softball squad lost five players to graduation last year, the recruits for the 1989 campaign are learning to fill the gaps. While there is a difference between veterans and young players, both NIU coach Dee Abrahamson and assistant...

After the NIU softball squad suffered its first loss of the season Sunday to Indiana, coach Dee Abrahamson had a talk with her team. They talked about everything from life in general to the concentration needed to improve the team's play. The precious...

NIU softball action is ready to begin—1989 style. It's a new season for NIU. And while the Huskies don't want to forget about their regional title and the trip to the NCAA Division I Championships last year, it is inevitable that the 1989 campaign is...

Tonight's NIU women's basketball game will be a matchup between quality and quantity. A fully-rostered but young Valparaiso team crosses the border into Illinois to take on a shallow-benched but powerful Huskie team tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Chick Evans...

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

Huskie basketball fans are in for a real south-of-the-border treat this weekend as the NIU men's basketball team hosts Club Rio Claro, Brazil Saturday at 7:05 p.m. for an exhibition game. Rio Claro is sure to give NIU a tough test in the Huskies' first...

American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

Let's play three. The NIU softball team did—winning two and losing one—Sunday at the Iowa Invitational in Iowa City. The competition marked the end of the fall season during which the Huskies posted a 9-5 record. NIU started the day against the Nebraska...

The NIU softball team won its own Huskie Invitational tournament over the weekend. The Huskies destroyed a tough Western Illinois ballclub in dominating fashion, 9-1, in the championship game Sunday. The game will be televised on SportsVision at noon...

It has been a rather quiet semester, but I think something has happened recently that deserves attention. No, I am not here to cut down anyone in the athletic administration or any NIU athletic team. (Please, don't look so shocked.) I was one of the 14,000-plus...