Senior third baseman Ashley Kopp wasn’t her usual self during the 2013 regular season: She was launching home runs left and right and didn’t solidify her defensive prowess at third base until late in the year.Now, she’s found her comfort zone of...
Softball returned from its four-game Michigan road trip the same way it left: three games below .500.The Huskies (19-22, 7-7 MAC) split a Friday doubleheader against the Central Michigan Chippewas (28-15, 7-5 MAC) at Margo Jonker Stadium in Mt. Pleasant,...
Softball will have a chance to work on its 2-9 road record when it travels to Michigan over the weekend.The Huskies (17-20, 5-5 MAC) will take on the Central Michigan Chippewas (26-13, 5-3 MAC) noon and 2 p.m. Friday in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. They will then...
Consistency is the first thing Nicole Gremillion’s coaches and teammates mention when they talk about her.Senior left fielder Gremillion, of Missouri City, Texas, has started in 191 of 201 games during more than three seasons in DeKalb. In each of her...
Freshman pitcher Rebecca Rupard has thrown 79.1 innings this season — exactly 79.1 innings more than she expected to toss in her first season with softball.The Huskies lost junior pitcher Emily Norton, their No. 1 starter from 2013, to a medical hardship...
Softball had a chance to leave its quartet of weekend games with a pair of sweeps, but it instead left with a pair of splits.The Huskies (17-20, 5-5 MAC) split their Friday doubleheader against the Ball State Cardinals (23-14, 4-2 MAC) and their Saturday...
Softball looks to get back to its winning ways in a quartet of weekend conference games.The Huskies (15-18, 3-3 MAC) will take on the Ball State Cardinals (20-13, 1-1 MAC) at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday at Mary M. Bell Field. They then will face the Miami...
Softball entered Valparaiso, Ind., on a four-game winning streak but left with a pair of losses.The Huskies (15-18) dropped the doubleheader opener against the Valparaiso Crusaders (13-23), 8-6, Tuesday at the Valparaiso University Softball Field in Valparaiso,...
Junior pitcher Jessica Sturm and freshman pitcher Becca Rupard started the 2014 season on different projections, but they have solidified softball’s starting pitching staff.Sturm, the Huskies’ No. 1 pitcher, began the season with back-to-back victories...
Softball will put its four-game winning streak on the line in a midweek, non-conference doubleheader.The Huskies (15-16) will take on the Valparaiso Crusaders (11-23) at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. today at the Valparaiso University Softball Field in Valparaiso,...
Softball stretched its winning streak to a season-long four games with a sweep of Western Michigan over the weekend.The Huskies (15-16, 3-3 MAC) defeated the Western Michigan Broncos (11-23, 2-4 MAC), 10-1, in five innings via the run rule Saturday at...
Softball avoided its third three-game losing streak of the season, instead putting together back-to-back wins for the third time.The Huskies (13-16) beat North Dakota (3-20), 8-5, in comeback fashion in the first game of the doubleheader. In the second...
