NIU Today

Senior Jake Hermsen hurled eight scoreless innings, including four perfect stanzas, to clinch the series for Northern Illinois against Akron, 8-2. The Huskies totaled 11 hits in the contest, including a three-run home run by Troy White in the bottom of the fourth. “We came out with a new attitude today and that was big...

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...

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...

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...

Northern Illinois took on No. 11 Arizona State Friday afternoon and stood toe-to-toe with the Sun Devils through nine innings in a 3-3 pitching duel, but ASU’s Abe Ruiz hit a walkoff single to squeak by the Huskies,  4-3. Senior Jake Hermsen (New London, Wis.) pitched 7.2 innings for NIU with eight strikeouts against the...

Northern Illinois closed day one of the Brooks Wallace Memorial Tournament 0-2, falling to No. 18 St. John’s 11-9 in 10 innings and 8-5 against Texas Tech. The Huskies were without several key players who fell ill earlier in the trip. “Today we battled hard with a lineup that we never envisioned or imagined, but...

Northern Illinois designated hitter Jeff Zimmerman was chosen to the 2011 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American Second Team, the organization announced Monday. Last week, the Tinley Park, Ill., native became the ninth in program history to be named a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, standing among 103 other first-year players on the list. This...

Northern Illinois designated hitter Jeff Zimmerman was named to the 2011 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team, selected by Collegiate Baseball, the newspaper announced Wednesday. Already fully entrenched in NIU baseball lore as the program’s first Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, Zimmerman continues to add to his budding list of accomplishments in just his first...

The Northern Illinois baseball team split its seven-inning doubleheader against UW-Milwaukee Tuesday, winning 11-7 in Game One before dropping a 13-6 decision in Game Two. Wisconsin native Jamison Wells paced the Huskies (27-24) to the first win, ending a triple short of completing the cycle. He led off with a single to right in the...

With the help of seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings and an eight-run eighth Sunday afternoon, Northern Illinois took down Ball State 18-8 at Ralph McKinzie Field during Senior Day. The three-game series rubber match win clinched the Huskies’ first appearance in the Mid-American Conference Tournament since 2008, and gave them their sixth...

Staying comfortable away from home, Northern Illinois has started its six-game road trip on the right foot, as the Huskies climbed to 2-0 Wednesday afternoon with a 4-2 win over Chicago State, extending their winning streak to four games. Since starting the season 0-10, the Huskies (15-16) have gone 15-6, a run that has only...

A seven-run second inning sparked Northern Illinois to a 20-5 win Tuesday afternoon over Chicago State at Ralph McKinzie Field. The Huskies had trailed 3-2 entering the second, but the deficit didn’t last long. Tom Kotis started the frame with a bunt single and stole second. Alex Jones reached on an error to move Kotis to third,...