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Northern Illinois University softball players Shelby Miller and Jessica Sturm were named Mid-American Conference West Division Player and Pitcher of Week respectively the league announced today. It is the second weekly honor for both Miller and Sturm this season. Miller grabbed player of the week honors March 24, while Sturm took home pitcher of the...

The Northern Illinois University softball team completed its sweep of Western Michigan Sunday with a 6-1 victory over the Broncos at Mary M. Bell Field. NIU (15-16, 3-3) scored its runs late, notching a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth, another in the fifth and three more in the sixth. The Huskies...

The Northern Illinois University softball team busted out the big bats Saturday as it posted a 10-1 victory over Western Michigan in five innings at Mary M. Bell Field. “Our kids did a good job offensively of not letting the umpire’s strike zone get into their heads,” said NIU head coach Christina Sutcliffe. “They stayed...

The Northern Illinois University softball team got back on the winning track Wednesday by sweeping its doubleheader with North Dakota at Mary M. Bell Field. The Huskies (13-16, 1-3) posted an 8-5 victory in the first game, while scoring a 10-2 win in five innings in game two. NIU got back on track pounding out...

The Northern Illinois University softball team posted its first Mid-American Conference victory of the season Saturday with a 10-3 victory over Bowling Green at Mary M. Bell Field. The Huskies (11-14, 1-1) pounded out 14 hits, including two home runs and a double as NIU picked up where it left off in yesterday’s affair with...

The Northern Illinois University softball team suffered a 13-2 setback to Northwestern at The Ballpark at Rosemont Wednesday. “I talked to the team a little bit after the game about allowing their pitcher to get in our heads mentally and dictate what they were going to do in that at bat,” said NIU head coach...

For the third straight week, a Northern Illinois University softball player was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week as Shelby Miller took home this week’s honor, the league announced today. Miller didn’t let sub-zero temperatures keep her from performing red-hot at the plate Sunday in a doubleheader against Iowa State. The senior...

The Northern Illinois University softball team split its Sunday doubleheader with Iowa State at the Cyclone Sports Complex. NIU (10-12) posted a 15-6 victory in five innings in Game One before falling 6-5 in extra innings in the nightcap. With the first pitch temperatures below freezing at 24 degrees, the Huskie bats were white hot....

The Northern Illinois University softball team split its final doubleheader at the Jayhawk Invitational shutting out Jackson State and falling to Nebraska at Arrocha Ballpark Saturday. The Huskies (9-11) posted an 8-0 win over Jackson State and suffered a 10-2 loss to Nebraska in the tournament finale. NIU pounded out 10 hits and scored in...

The Northern Illinois University softball team split its doubleheader Friday at the Jayhawk Invitational defeating Jackson State and falling to host Kansas. The Huskie (8-10) offense pounded out 14 hits in their 8-4 win over Jackson State in the first game of the Jayhawk Invitational. However, NIU’s bats were silenced in Game Two as the...

The Northern Illinois University softball team split its doubleheader in the Evansville Invitational Saturday. The Huskies (6-5) rallied to knock of Northern Kentucky, 4-3, in the first game of the tournament before falling to the host Purple Aces of Evansville, 12-7, in the nightcap. With the score tied, 3-3, in the bottom of the seventh...

The NIU softball team suffered a 2-1 setback to Tulsa on the final day at the FAU “Kickoff Classic” Sunday. With the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh, the first two Tulsa batters reached via a pair of Huskie (2-3) errors. A sacrifice bunt moved the two runners to second and third,...