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Senior Nicole Gremillion has started all 37 games in left field and batting leadoff for softball this season.

Gremillion provides charge

By Frank Gogola | April 15, 2014

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...

Rupard ‘stepping up’ in circle

By Frank Gogola | April 14, 2014

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 leaves pair of wins on field

By Frank Gogola | April 13, 2014

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...

Sophomore catcher Emily Naegele readies to swing against the Bowling Green Falcons March 29 at Mary M. Bell Field. Naegele went 3-for-7 with one run scored and two RBIs in the Huskies’ two losses Tuesday against the Valparaiso Crusaders in Valparaiso, Ind.

Softball squaring off with conference foes

By Frank Gogola | April 9, 2014

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...

Senior Nicole Gremillion runs to second base during a game against Bowling Green March 29. Softball lost both games of a doubleheader against Valpariaso Tuesday.

Softball swept by Valpo, ending streak

By Frank Gogola | April 8, 2014

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 winds up to pitch during Saturday’s game against the Western Michigan Broncos at Mary M. Bell Field. Sturm is 9-8 after winning each of her last three starts in the circle.

Sturm, Rupard gel into pitching roles

By Frank Gogola | April 7, 2014

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...

Junior Bryanna Phelan (12) slides to base during Saturdays game agasist Western Michigan.

Softball eager to continue streak

By Frank Gogola | April 7, 2014

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 blasts Western Michigan

Softball blasts Western Michigan

By Frank Gogola | April 6, 2014

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...

Sophomore catcher Emily Naegele slides into third base after she tripled to right-center field, driving in two runs in the Huskies’ first game against North Dakota at Mary M. Bell Field. Naegele went a combined 5-6 at the plate with three runs scored and four RBIs in the Huskies’ doubleheader sweep.

Softball sweeps North Dakota

By Frank Gogola | April 2, 2014

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...

Softball looks to get back in win column

By Frank Gogola | April 1, 2014

Softball will stay in DeKalb but will take a break from conference play for a midweek, non-conference doubleheader.The Huskies (11-16) will take on North Dakota (3-18) at noon and 2 p.m. today at Mary M. Bell Field.The Huskies, losers of five of their...

MLB rules need to be improved

By Frank Gogola | April 1, 2014

Major League Baseball, a league known to be notoriously slow in embracing change, should look to college softball for rule changes that could better the game.Two MLB rules that have always stumped me as to why they can’t be changed are the American...

Senior Shelby Miller celebrates after coming in to score against Bowling Green Saturday. Miller has been taking on a larger leadership role for softball during her senior season.

Miller plays key role for softball

By Frank Gogola | March 31, 2014

Senior shortstop Shelby Miller is willing to do whatever her team needs, even if that means moving to a new position in her final season with softball.Miller, of Ottawa, Kan., emerged from a group of three players to become the Huskies’ main starting...

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