Six shutouts in a row enabled the NIU softball team to run away with the 1989 North Star Conference Tournament played last weekend in Akron, Ohio. By beating Wisconsin-Green Bay by a score of 4-0, Cleveland State (6-0), Valparaiso (1-0), DePaul (3-0),...

Windy City softball was no match for NIU softball Wednesday evening. The Huskies took both games of a doubleheader by a score of 4-0 against Illinois-Chicago at Flames Field. With the wins, NIU bumps its season record to 28-7, while the Flames fall to...

Maybe it's not all beachballs and bathing suits for the NIU softball team, but being outside the last few days is a welcome relief. After weeks of foul weather that forced the team to practice indoors, Huskie head coach Dee Abrahamson sent her troops...

Call it fortunate or lucky, but today's weather outlook for the NIU softball team improves somewhat from Monday's mid-winter conditions. Huskie head coach Dee Abrahamson and her squad face partly sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 40s in...

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...