DeKALB | Friends, colleagues and students of Walter Owens filled the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center on Tuesday to say their final farewells at his retirement celebration. Owens has been at NIU for 34 years, serving as an assistant kinesiology professor,...

DeKALB | How do you preserve a one-run lead in the late innings of a road game versus a team from the Big Ten? Turn to one of your top relievers and the best closer in the MAC, of course. Sophomore Andy Deain and senior closer Matt German combined to...

DeKALB | Freshman Kate Greenough earned her second MAC West Pitcher of the Week award of the season. The Portland, Ore., native appeared in three of four games over the weekend and went 2-0 with a 1.10 ERA. She pitched 16.1 innings, allowed two earned...

DeKALB | These are the dog days of the NCAA baseball season. Game No. 41 of 54. The NIU baseball team is battling finals, little nagging injuries and a 2-6 record in its last eight games that proved to be a late-season bump in the road. NIU (22-18) heads...

DeKALB | A retirement party for kinesiology and physical education assistant professor Walter Owens will be held today from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. The celebration, open to all, will feature a number of guest speakers...

It's May and I'm beginning to hear a familiar tune around campus. The seniors have been humming it, counting down the days till the symphony will perform the classic. The tune is "Pomp and Circumstance." The day is graduation. And as those seniors walk...

Life sometimes mirrors sports - within an instant, everything can change. No one knows this more than kinesiology and physical education assistant professor Walter Owens. Owens is a former Negro League Baseball player, assistant coach to the NIU basketball...

DeKALB | NIU baseball puts its 6-2 home record to the test this weekend. The NIU baseball team squares off with MAC West-leading Eastern Michigan for a three-game set at Ralph McKinzie Field, starting at 3 p.m. today. EMU (16-16, 12-1) has torn through...

DeKALB | Despite getting swept by Central Michigan over the weekend, the NIU baseball team still sits in third place in the MAC West with four more division series to go. It took NIU only 31 games to reach the 20-win plateau this season, making them the...

DeKALB | After losing five games in a row for the first time since May of last year, the NIU baseball team will look to get back on track this week as it plays three games against teams from the Horizon League. The Huskies will travel to Chicago for a...

DeKALB | Anytime a team commits nine errors in three games, bad results can be expected. That was the case this past weekend for the NIU baseball team as it got swept - 7-2, 15-8 and 7-4 - in a three-game series versus MAC West rival Central Michigan...

After winning four consecutive weekend series over teams from the MAC East, the NIU baseball team begins the journey through its own division - the MAC West. The Huskies play game one of a three game series today at 2 p.m. in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. against...