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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...

The Northern Illinois baseball team amassed 10 hits against Central Michigan Friday afternoon at Ralph McKinzie Field, but left eight runners on base and fell 11-2. Alex Jones (Kansas City, Kan./Piper) went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double, a triple, a run and an RBI. “We got some hits today but we weren’t able...

The Northern Illinois baseball team will prepare for a pair of midweek tilts as it hosts Northwestern at Elfstrom Stadium Tuesday night and another on Wednesday evening when it plays at Illinois-Chicago. It will be the Huskies’ sixth contest at Elfstrom, home of the Kansas City Royals Low-A affiliate Kane County Cougars. “Kane County has...

Hurling eight innings and only surrendering two hits, Taylor Nawrocki led the Huskies to a 1-0 victory over Eastern Michigan. Nawrocki struckout seven and walked only two in his second combined shutout of 2012. It was the first time this season the Eagles had been shutout. Defense was the name of the game as both...

After a pair of midweek games, Northern Illinois baseball returns to the road for a Mid-American Conference series at Eastern Michigan beginning Friday and concluding on Sunday. The Huskies are 5-10 in MAC play this season and are 3-3 (.500) in their last six conference contests. With midweek games being dominated by non-conference opponents, the...

Scattering nine hits and playing errorless baseball defensively, the Northern Illinois baseball squad fell to Toledo on a chilly and frigid Friday afternoon, 7-3. “Taylor Nawrocki did a nice job on the mound for us and he got up in the pitch count a bit, but he was throwing it pretty good,” said head coach...

Following his spectacular weekend that led to the Huskies first-ever sweep of Miami (Ohio), Troy White was the named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Player of the Week. It is his first weekly honor of the season and the third of his career. The Chicago native finished the weekend 7-for-16 at the plate (.438) with...

Due to persistent rain in the area, Saturday’s NIU baseball game versus Miami (Ohio) has been postponed and will be played at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 15, as a doubleheader. Local weather forecasts for tomorrow show partly cloudy skies with wind and high of 82 degrees. Future updates on game changes will be posted on...

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...

The Northern Illinois baseball team took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on four hits, but faltered late in the game against Ohio, surrendering nine runs in the final two innings and falling, 13-2. “We had a really disappointing game. We took a good, Friday MAC baseball game through six innings...

The Northern Illinois baseball team scored a season-high 10 runs in its Mid-American Conference opener against Akron, defeating the Zips, 10-5. NIU (7-19, 1-2 MAC) combined for 10 hits, three of which came from Alex Jones, who also added four RBI in the contest. “It’s always good to get the first win of the series...

The Northern Illinois baseball team returns home for an eight-game home stand, beginning Tuesday afternoon when the Huskies take on perennial foe UW-Milwaukee at 3:05 p.m. The Huskies have won four of the last five contests over the Panthers. NIU played its first home game of the season last Tuesday when it hosted UIC, extinguishing...