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Fans of the Northern Illinois University baseball program can follow 22 current NIU Huskies and three future Huskies across eight different states, stretching the East and West coasts throughout the summer, as they play collegiate summer baseball. “The best way to get better at baseball is to keep playing baseball. It’s important that our guys...
Connor Schomig
After surrendering the lead in the fifth inning to Valparaiso (9-13) – trailing by two, 6-4 – the Northern Illinois baseball team (5-19-1) retook the lead in the seventh inning and never looked back to defeat the Crusaders, 10-6. The Huskies amassed 13 hits in effort, three by leadoff hitter Carl Russell (Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake North). Alex Smith...
Eli Anderson
The Northern Illinois baseball team dropped a pair of tightly contested ball games Sunday versus Bowling Green at Grand Park as NIU (4-19-1, 2-4 MAC) fell to Bowling Green (8-16, 2-4 MAC) in Sunday’s doubleheader, 4-1, 7-3. The Huskies stranded seven runners on base in both contests. “Today we just didn’t have the three phases...
Northern Illinois (21-30) played its final non-conference games of the season Tuesday night with a pair at UW-Milwaukee (28-19). A strong finish at the end of Game One carried over into Game Two, but the Huskies dropped both contests, including their first in extra innings, 10-2 and 2-1 in eight innings. “I was happy at...
Johnny Zubek
The Northern Illinois baseball team (18-24) jumped on the board first with one run to lead the game, but a five run first and a four run fourth by Bradley (15-25) overcame a first inning deficit as the Huskies fell to the Braves, 11-5. The Huskies left 14 runners on base during the game and...
Johnny Zubek
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...
Anthony Andres
What started as a slugfest turned into a bullpen, small ball showdown as Northern Illinois (3-14) fell to Belmont (13-4) on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning, 4-3. Both teams combined for five home runs in the contest. “Outside of the outcome, that was a good baseball game today,” said head...
Connor Schomig
Northern Illinois combined for eight hits and zero errors on opening night while three freshman pitchers combined for four scoreless innings and one hit at Texas Tech in the Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic. NIU fell to TTU, 8-0, and will return to the diamond at 10 a.m. today versus Brigham Young. “We saw some good...