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Brett Frantini
On an immaculate sunny and breezy day at Ralph McKinzie Field, the Huskies closed the 2012 season against Ball State. Though NIU rallied back to within one run in the bottom of the fourth, 3-2, the Cardinals took the game 6-2. “We had a couple opportunities but we like to talk about momentum in games...
Jake Hermsen
Sophomore Chris Divarco (Long Grove, Ill./Carmel Catholic) finished Friday afternoon’s game against Ball State with a team-best three hits in four at-bats, but the effort was not enough as the Huskies fell to the Cardinals, 11-2. “Ball State’s pitcher did a good job of keeping us off balance today. He has two wins in two...
Ben Neumann
Northern Illinois and Ball State went into extra innings Thursday afternoon with Mid-American Conference Tournament implications on the line. BSU scored one run in the top of the tenth to defeat the Huskies, 11-10 in 10 innings. Freshman Ben Neumann (Verona, Wis.) pitched 5.1 relief innings on the mound, surrendering three hits, zero walks and...
Connor Schomig
Northern Illinois surged back in the top of the ninth inning from a four run deficit and attempted to tie the contest, but a play at home plate from right field prevented the Huskies from tying and the Broncos won the contest, 5-4. “Their pitcher was throwing pretty good today and only allowed two hits...
Jake Hermsen
Pitcher Jake Hermsen (New London, Wis.) went the distance for Northern Illinois, pitching a career-high nine innings and 11 strikeouts against Central Michigan but the Huskies fell to the Chippewas, 3-1. “Jake was dealing out there on the mound today. He ran into a little bit of trouble in the first inning and that was...
Kyle Glancy
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, senior Kyle Glancy (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) forced a groundout to second base to secure Northern Illinois’ second road series of the season with a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan. It was Glancy’s 10th save of the season. “It’s huge...
Eli Anderson
What looked like an inevitable rain postponement in weather forecasts, turned into a cool, summer evening in April at O’Brien Field as Northern Illinois took on Bradley. With a 3-2 lead in the eighth in favor of the Huskies, the Braves homered twice over left field to defeat the Huskies, 4-3. Pitcher “Eli (Anderson) gave...
Jordan Huffman
Northern Illinois baseball drew even with Toledo in the bottom of the sixth inning, 3-3, to send the game to extra innings. But the Rockets drew first blood in the top of the 10th to clinch the victory, 4-3. Jordan Huffman and Jeff Zimmerman both finished 3-for-4 at the plate. “We did a good job...
Zach Badgley
Down 5-0 after six innings, the Northern Illinois bullpen combined for three hitless and scoreless innings against Toledo, with the offense assembling a rally in the ninth, but the Huskies fell to the Rockets, 5-1. “We didn’t stop battling in the game and we were one batter away from tying the game and that’s your...
Troy White
With both teams trading blows throughout the game and tied 7-7 in the top of the ninth inning, senior Troy White drove in the game-winning run with his third sacrifice fly of the game to lift Northern Illinois over Miami (Ohio), 8-7. Taylor Nawrocki pitched eight innings, striking out four with only two walks in...
Zach Badgley
The Northern Illinois baseball team hosted its final home contest of an eight-game homestand Tuesday afternoon on a windy, frigid and chilly spring day at Ralph McKinzie Field, falling 22-3 to Illinois State. Zach Badgley and Alex Klonowski combined for three shutout innings for the Huskies in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings on the...
Alex Beckmann
The Northern Illinois baseball team swung hot bats, combining for 12 hits and 10 runs, but it wasn’t enough for the Huskies as they fell to Ohio, 19-10. NIU falls to 2-7 in Mid-American Conference play. “We swung the bats better today and 10 runs is going to win you a lot of ball games...
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