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Eli Anderson and Alex Klonowski
For the first time since 2011, Northern Illinois baseball swept Mid-American Conference Pitcher and Player of the Week honors as pitcher Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) and second baseman/pitcher Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) collected the accolades. Anderson is the reigning MAC West Pitcher of the Week following a complete shutout versus Kent State. NIU last swept...
Nelle Youel
Northern Illinois’ No. 1 player Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) improved her singles record to 18-2 on the season to record the Huskies’ lone victory in a 6-1 loss to Western Michigan Saturday at the Huskie Tennis Courts in DeKalb. Youel and the Broncos’ Nina Sujashvili split the first two sets, with...
Murielle Vanasch
A three-run seventh proved to be the difference Saturday as Western Michigan handed the Northern Illinois University softball team a 7-6 setback in Mid-American Conference action at Mary M. Bell Field. “They continued to play to according to their strengths and when push came to shove they did a nice job of staying in it...
Nelle Youel
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...
Ashley Kopp
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...
Megan Gregory
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...
Nicole Gremillion
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...
Da’Ron Brown
As the Northern Illinois University football team begins spring practice today, there are great expectations for the 2013 season. With back-to-back Mid-American Conference championships, five straight bowl trips, including the school’s first BCS bowl bid, the bar has been set pretty high. “I’d rather have the expectations high because then you’re going to be going...
Eli Anderson
Junior Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) was named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Pitcher of the Week Monday afternoon following his complete game shutout March 23 versus reigning College World Series participant Kent State. The honor is the first of his career and the first for NIU this season. The Huskie matched his career-best eight strikeouts...
Max Phillips
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...
Zach Badgley
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...
Mary Malkin
Northern Illinois was unable to get untracked against an undefeated Buffalo team and dropped a 6-1 decision to the Bulls in Mid-American Conference women’s tennis action Saturday in Buffalo. After its second loss of the weekend, NIU’s record stands at 14-4, 0-2 in the MAC while Buffalo improves to 10-0, 1-0. Mary Malkin claimed the...
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