Even though a doubleheader was scheduled, the NIU softball team decided to take batting practice Thursday against Loyola. Showcasing their offense for all home fans to see, the Huskies swung their way to a pair of 10-0 wins over the Ramblers, 4-9, in...

Someone forgot to tell the weatherman about the NIU softball team's home opener. Rain prevented the Huskies from playing a doubleheader with the Bradley Braves Tuesday in what would have been NIU's first home contest of the season. The game was cancelled...

Wise men say there are two things in life that are certain—death and taxes. We usually can't do anything to avoid impending death, but today is the day to take care of taxes. Have you filed all the required forms? If you haven't, don't fret. It could...

It's not football season, but one of the NIU athletic teams is having a homecoming. The NIU softball team will play its first home game of the season today as it takes on Bradley in a 2 p.m. double-header. After playing 26 consecutive away games, the...

Today's games against Bradley will be the first NIU home games of the season. Last year, Huskies were 11-7 before their home debut, in which they lost a doubleheader to Illinois State. They finished last season with a 23-19 overall record and a 10-8 Mid...

The NIU softball team will finish its early-season road swing this weekend as it travels to Michigan State to play seven games against four teams. The Huskies, who played their first 19 games on the road, will take on Michigan State in a doubleheader...

The Illinois State and NIU softball teams are proof that big-time rivalries are not restricted to big-time sports. The long series of competition between the two schools will continue today as 8-9 NIU travels to ISU, 17-7, to play an afternoon doubleheader....

Illinois State showed the NIU softball team two ways to defeat Wednesday as the nationally-ranked Redbirds swept a doubleheader from the Huskies. In the first game, the Huskies jumped out to a two-run, first-inning lead only to have ISU come back and...

assistant sports editor There are times when the old image of a coach standing in front of a chalkboard covered with X's and O's bites the dust. Take NIU football assistants Bob Jackson and Pat Ruel. They spend as much time with chalk in hand as anybody,...

NIU women athletes had their chance for recognition Sunday afternoon at the Ninth Annual Women's Athletic Awards Banquet, which was held at the Duke Ellington Ballroom. During the ceremonies, the 1987 inductees of the Women's Athletic Hall of Fame were...

For Jill Justin, the biggest problem this season might be deciding what she can do for an encore. The sophomore center fielder for the NIU softball team set numerous school records last year as a freshman on her way to earning first-team honors on the...

This weekend's Redbird Tournament at Illinois State left NIU softball coach Dee Abrahamson with several questions about her team's performance. "The people out there playing (against DePaul) in the Huskie uniforms weren't us," Abrahamson said after her...