Northern Illinois closed its road season Tuesday night with a 10-run, 12-hit outing against UW-Milwaukee at Henry Aaron Field. Despite a 94-minute rain delay, the Huskies were able to keep their foot on the throttle and defeated the Panthers, 10-4.
Brett Frantini (Minooka, Ill.) finished 2-for-4 at the plate with a homerun and four RBI.
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Northern Illinois baseball will play its final road game of the season Tuesday afternoon, May 15, when it heads to UW-Milwaukee for a midweek clash. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. at Henry Aaron Field.
It will be NIU and UWM’s third meeting of the season with the series split 1-1 in 2012.
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The Northern Illinois track and field team brought home two event titles Saturday at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships, as Janay Mitchell won the 100 meters and the 4×100 relay successfully defended their conference title.
As a team, NIU finished in eighth place with a program-best 55.33 points. Kent State won the team championship, edging...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team set itself up for a big finish at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships Friday, as seven different Huskies advanced to the finals in their respective events.
Janay Mitchell and Chanel Kellyman moved on in both the 100 meters and 200 meters, while Roneisha Frye (100 hurdles), Rasheta Butler...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team kicked off their weekend Thursday at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships in Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Two Huskies, Amanda Schwab and Juliane Totzke, competed on the light first day of competition, while the team sits in 10th place through day one.
“The ladies competing today were ready, but could not...
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Northern Illinois head softball coach Lindsay Chouinard announced Thursday that she has resigned her post at the school after five years at the helm of the Huskie program.
Chouinard was appreciative of the opportunity to fulfill her dream of being a head coach and the support she received at Northern Illinois during her tenure.
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Northern Illinois University announced plans to implement a second-year residency requirement beginning with the Fall 2015 entering class.
Plans were unveiled during a presentation at the May 10 Board of Trustees meeting.
Student academic success and matriculation are key to the university’s Vision 2020 goals, and factors impacting sophomore success have been shown to directly impact...
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The Northern Illinois track and field team will open up their 2012 postseason this weekend when they travel to Central Michigan for the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships.
The meet, which will take place at Lyle Bennett Track in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., begins at 9 a.m. CT Thursday, May 10, with the heptathlon. Competition continues Friday...
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A trio of Northern Illinois University softball players garnered all conference honors from league coaches as the Mid-American Conference announced its annual awards Tuesday.
Senior Dani Parrish (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) and sophomore Nicole Gremillion (Missouri City, Texas/Elkins) earned first team All-MAC honors as outfielders, while Jennifer Barnett (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) took second-team accolades as a utility non-pitcher.
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Sunday’s final round of play in the Mid-American Conference Men’s Golf Championship at Rich Harvest Farms was canceled due to persistent weather delays.
Based upon the 54-hole final scores from Saturday, the Huskies finish the tournament in seventh-place with a three-round total score of 905.
Play began at 8 a.m. Sunday before the first weather delay...
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