DeKALB — The softball team lost its weekend series against the University of Miami RedHawks 1-2 Friday and Saturday, moving to 4-6 in Mid-American Conference play and 17-20 overall.
The Huskies lost their first game of the weekend 3-1 in heartbreaking fashion, after having a 1-0 advantage for nearly the entire contest.
NIU relinquished its lead when Miami sophomore outfielder Lily Wilmot hit a 3-run homer to left center for the eventual victory.
The Huskies won the first Saturday game 4-3 with some late-game heroics courtesy of junior infielder Anne Allen.
With NIU trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh with one out and runners on second and third, Allen smacked a walk-off two RBI double to left center to bring in the game-winning runs.