NIU Today

A day after winning convincingly against Akron, the Northern Illinois baseball team was unable to string hits together against the Zips pitcher Pat Dyer and fell, 8-1. The Huskies were not able to score until the sixth inning off of Dyer, who pitched a complete game. “It was a flat day for us and I’m...

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...

Behind a brilliant pitching performance from Jake Hermsen, Northern Illinois (6-19) defeated UW-Milwaukee (6-15), 5-4. Hermsen struck out five Panthers and walked zero in six innings of work to earn his first win of the season for NIU at a windy Ralph McKinzie Field. “Under the conditions today I thought we played pretty good defense...

Northern Illinois closed its series against Kent State Sunday afternoon, coming back from 3-0 deficit to tie the Golden Flashes 3-3 in the top of the seventh. But Kent State scored two runs in the bottom half of the inning to defeat the Huskies, 5-3. Junior Jordan Huffman was 3-for-4 at the plate with a...

Northern Illinois and Kent State met Saturday afternoon in a pitchers dual at Schoonover Field as both teams surrendered a mere six hits apiece. The Golden Flashes would have the advantage after nine however and defeated the Huskies, 6-1. Taylor Nawrocki had a career-high seven strikeouts in the contest in seven innings pitched. “Taylor Nawrocki...

Northern Illinois opened its Mid-American Conference baseball season Friday afternoon at Kent State, accounting for the six runs and eight hits, but the Golden Flashes were too much for the Huskies and defeated NIU, 12-6. Alex Klonowski batted an outstanding 4-for-5 today with a double, an RBI and two runs. “We just didn’t do what...

Northern Illinois (5-16) scored six runs in the second inning and added two more in the fourth inning to topple Illinois-Chicago (5-12), 8-6, in the Huskies 2012 home-opener. Sophomore Eli Anderson earned his first career win on the mound in his second career start for NIU. “Scoring six runs in the second inning was huge...

Two days removed from its spring break trip in Tennessee, Missouri and Southern Illinois, the Northern Illinois baseball team will play its home-opener against UIC at Ralph McKinzie Field at 3:05 p.m. today. The Huskies finished their trip 4-5 and highlighted it Sunday with a 3-0 shutout over Illinois. “It’s going to be great to...

Junior Taylor Nawrocki (Fairmont, Minn./Granada-Huntley-East Chain) pitched 8.1 scoreless innings for Northern Illinois (4-16) against in-state rival Illinois (9-7), leading the Huskies to a 3-0 victory at Rent One Park against the defending Big Ten Champions. Senior Kyle Glancy (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) closed the game for his third save of the season. “That...

Trailing 3-1 in the top of the eighth innings, Northern Illinois rattled off eight runs in the final two innings to defeat Southern Illinois, 9-4. The Salukis committed four errors in the contest, two of which occurred in the final innings. “Our guys really put the pressure on them in the eighth inning and battled...

Senior Tom Barry (Orland Park, Ill./Providence Catholic) worked 7.1 innings for the Huskies against Southern Illinois Friday, including perfect three innings to start the game, but the Salukis posted three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Northern Illinois, 6-4. “Tommy was phenomenal for us on the mound today, we just couldn’t get more runs...

Northern Illinois accounted for 13 hits and nine runs against Dayton in the team’s final game of the Riverview Inn Challenge, but the Flyers would take the contest, 13-9. Sophomore Jeff Zimmerman (Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J Andrew) hit two home runs and three RBI for the Huskies. “We hit the ball well today, like we...