Category: Sports
The NIU softball team swept Kent State in Mid-American Conference softball at Diamond at Dix Friday afternoon. The Huskies (15-26, 5-7) took Game One, 5-1, and posted a 4-3 win over Kent State (19-16-1, 9-5) in the nightcap. NIU jumped on top early in both games, quite the contrast from the late rallies in the...
Former Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio) head football coach Bill Mallory, who led the Huskies to their first Mid-American Conference title, has been selected for induction into the MAC Hall of Fame, the league announced Thursday. The head coach at Northern Illinois from 1980 to 1983, Mallory posted a 25-19 record, and led the Huskies...
Due to unplayable weather conditions in DeKalb, today’s games between the baseball and softball teams of Northern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago have been canceled with no rescheduled dates. The Mid-American Conference co-leading baseball team (9-3) will return to action this weekend for a three-game series at Ohio, beginning at 5 p.m. CT Friday, April 19. Northern...
The Northern Illinois University softball team suffered an 11-9 loss to Northwestern at Sharon J. Drysdale Field Tuesday afternoon. What started out as a pitcher’s duel, turned into a slugfest as the Huskies (13-26) and Wildcats (22-16) combined for 20 runs and 18 hits. The two teams combined for one run and two hits through...
The Northern Illinois baseball team (14-20) opened its 10th week of the season with a midweek contest with Bradley at Ralph McKinzie Field. After seven innings of play, Bradley prevailed after 16 hits, winning 19-0. It was NIU’s first home loss this season. “We lacked a sense of urgency today on the field. This is...
Following his fourth-consecutive complete game in which he struck out 12 and walked zero, junior Eli Anderson was named Mid-American Conference West Division co-Pitcher of the Week. The award is Anderson’s third in the last four weeks. Last Saturday versus Western Michigan, Anderson continued his streak of complete games with four-consecutive, becoming the first NIU...
A walk-off home run by Shelby Miller (Ottawa, Kan./Ottawa) gave the NIU softball team an 8-7 come-from-behind victory Sunday over Eastern Michigan. “This win gives us momentum in conference play and gets us back into it,” said NIU head coach Christina Sutcliffe. “We knew going into the weekend we had to at least go .500....
Tied 8-8 in the bottom of the ninth with runners on first and second and two outs Sunday, junior Nate Ruzich (Joliet/South Suburban College) drove in classmate Landon Tenhagen (Burlington, Wis./Madison Area TC) from second base to give Northern Illinois (14-19, 9-3 MAC) a series sweep over Western Michigan (11-24, 5-7 MAC) on a walk-off...
After dropping the doubles point and four singles players losing their first set, the NIU men’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) rallied back to sweep singles and defeat Toledo (18-9, 0-3 MAC), 6-1. The win keeps the Huskies alive in a berth to the Mid-American Conference Tournament, hosted by NIU. “Well, I am not sure...
Tied 1-1 after two innings of play, the Northern Illinois baseball team (12-19, 7-3 MAC) rallied three runs in the third and one more in the fourth, clinching a 5-3 victory over Western Michigan (11-21, 5-5 MAC). Freshman Jordan Ruckman (Kankakee/Herscher) pitched seven innings, striking out and walking four, to earn his first collegiate victory...
Senior Bryce Emory (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) of the Northern Illinois men’s golf team was named co-Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week following his performance at the Jim West Intercollegiate in McKinney, Texas. The award is his second of the spring, having also received the honors for his fifth-place finish at the Forest Hills Collegiate in...
Senior Bryce Emory (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) of the Northern Illinois men’s golf team earned the individual title at the Jim West Intercollegiate at the TPC Craig Ranch on the third playoff hole over TCU’s Sarosh Adi. Emory carded a final round 73 for a 54-hole total of 216 en route to winning the title. The...
