By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 8, 2023
DeKALB – Friday afternoon’s MAC matchup between the Huskies and the Eastern Michigan University Eagles ended in a narrow 4-3 NIU victory.
The Huskies trailed 3-1 in the first four matches of play and were just one loss away from defeat. Three...
DeKALB – NIU softball (17-17, 8-6 MAC) snapped its three-game losing streak and swept Kent State University (9-23, 4-6 MAC) in a doubleheader. Strong pitching helped the Huskies pull out the win in both games.
GAME ONE
Five strikeouts from freshman...
DeKALB – NIU softball (15-17, 6-6 MAC) dropped its third consecutive game Friday, falling to the Kent State University Golden Flashes (9-21, 4-4 MAC) by a final score of 9-4. After the Huskies held a 4-3 lead entering the fifth inning, the Golden Flashes...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 6, 2023
DeKALB – NIU Director of Athletics and Vice-President Sean Frazier announced Juan Carrillo as head coach of the NIU cross country team Wednesday.
Carrillo returns to lead the cross country team after spending 2015-17 as a volunteer assistant.
As...
DeKALB – Junior Jasmine Ly of NIU women’s golf earned her second MAC Golfer of the Week award after finishing tied for fifth place at the Pinetree Collegiate the MAC announced Thursday.
Ly opened the tournament shooting a 74 in the first round,...
Senior utility player Sam Mallinder is the type of teammate that pulls her team together through rough times.
Mallinder’s teammate, junior catcher Ellis Erickson, spoke highly of her team leader.
“Sam is probably one of the most hard-working...
DeKALB – Junior Jasmine Ly’s top five finish helped NIU women’s golf earn a fourth-place finish at the Pinetree Collegiate Monday and Tuesday.
The Huskies finished the two-day event in fourth place with a final score of 17-over par, 881. NIU...
DeKALB – NIU softball’s slow offensive showing caused it to drop both games of Sunday’s series finale doubleheader against the Central Michigan University Chippewas.
GAME ONE
NIU suffered a close extra innings loss in the first game of their...
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis was swept away by the Ball State University Cardinals Friday afternoon in Muncie, Indiana, by a final score of 7-0.
NIU’s number one doubles team of sophomore Nataly Ninova and freshman Erika Dimitriev were knotted...
DeKALB – Bats went cold as NIU softball (14-14, 5-3 MAC) dropped its final game of a three-game series against the Ball State University Cardinals (16-13, 6-2 MAC) 5-1 Wednesday.
After scoring 14 runs in game two of Tuesday’s doubleheader,...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| March 28, 2023
DeKALB – NIU softball split a doubleheader with Ball State University Tuesday after recording a season-high 16 hits in game two.
GAME ONE
The Huskies mustered just three hits total in game one. Junior catcher/outfielder Ellis Erickson scored the only...
DeKALB – Freshman utility player Danielle Stewart received the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week award after the Huskies’ sweep of Miami University last weekend.
NIU won all three games. Game one 4-2, game two 7-6 and game three 7-2.
Stewart...
