Category: Sports
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team moved up two places into 14th on Saturday in the second round of the Florida Atlantic Spring Break Championship on the North Course at The Fountains Country Club. Redshirt senior Griffin Bauman (Crystal Lake, Ill./Central) is tied for 33rd overall in the tournament. “We got off to a much...
It was Northern Illinois’ (7-17, 3-2 MAC) Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) who emerged victorious in a pitchers’ dual Saturday afternoon versus Akron (4-19, 2-3 MAC) as the junior hurled his second-straight complete game shutout to defeat the Zips and clinch the series, 2-1. Centerfielder Jamison Wells (Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly) broke the NIU record for career...
The Northern Illinois track and field team capped its weekend off with a bang this morning as a quartet of Huskie runners broke the school record in the 4×1500 relay at the Raleigh Relays. Hannah Savage, Meghan Heuer, Ali Olson and Claire McAuley teamed up to crush the record with a time of 19:33.00. The...
Northern Illinois won a pair of singles and one doubles match Friday, marking the first time NIU has won multiple matches in Mid-American Conference play this season, but the Huskies dropped a 5-2 decision to Bowling Green at the Huskie Tennis Courts in DeKalb. Northern Illinois fell to 14-5 overall and 0-3 versus the MAC...
The Northern Illinois University softball team rallied Friday to defeat Western Michigan, 12-5, in the home and Mid-American Conference opener at Mary M. Bell Field. After falling behind, 5-0, after three and a half innings, Northern Illinois (11-17, 1-0) scored multiple runs in the next three frames, with the big blow coming off the bat...
Senior Megan Gregory highlighted the Huskies’ second day at the Texas Relays Friday, as the hurdler earned an automatic berth into May’s Mid-American Conference Championships. The Chicago native clocked in at 14.02 in the 100 hurdles prelims to place 36th overall. Within heat five, Gregory took third by easily getting past Louisiana Tech’s Bianca Jackson...
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team sits in 16th after Friday’s first round of the FAU Spring Break Invitational on the North Course at The Fountains Country Club. Senior Bryce Emory (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) leads the way for the Huskies with a opening round two-over 73, tied for 18th overall. NIU carded a team total...
In call and response fashion at All Pro Freight Stadium, the Northern Illinois baseball team (6-17, 2-2 MAC) defeated Akron (4-18, 2-2 MAC) with two runs in the top of the ninth to give the Huskies a 4-3 victory. Junior Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) finished 4-for-4 with two runs and a walk in the game....
The Northern Illinois track and field team began its weekend Thursday at the 86th annual Texas Relays. Jenelle McCalla was the only Huskie competing on the day. The senior took third place in the second heat of the 400 hurdles en route to a 69th place finish. “Today, Jenelle kicked off our competition at the...
The Northern Illinois University softball team opens the home portion of its 2013 season and Mid-American Conference play Friday when the Huskies welcome Western Michigan to Mary M. Bell Field. “It’s nice after 27 games to finally get on our own field,” said NIU head coach Christina Sutcliffe. “I think the kids are really excited...
After dropping the doubles point, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team (12-5) rallied back in singles play Sunday afternoon at Southern Illinois (8-3) to defeat the Salukis, 4-3. The win was the Huskies fourth-consecutive triumph and was NIU’s final non-conference match before a pair of Mid-American Conference showdowns with perennial championship contenders Ball State and...
After falling into an early gap, the Northern Illinois baseball team (5-16, 1-2 MAC) tied Kent State (8-12, 2-1 MAC) in the bottom of the second inning but the Golden Flashes prevailed in the contest to clinch the Mid-American Conference opening series, 13-1. Freshmen pitchers Bobby Kuntzendorf (Yorkville/Aurora Christian) and Jon Savarise (Lincolnshire/Stevenson) held KSU...
