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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...

Northern Illinois baseball took on Illinois in game one of its doubleheader at Southern Illinois’ Abe Martin Field. In a 7-0 deficit, the Huskies rallied back in the eighth and ninth inning but fell to the Illini, 7-2. Northern Illinois left eight runners on base against Illinois, totaling all of them from the fourth inning...

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...

Trailing 2-0 in the sixth inning, Northern Illinois tied Saint Louis with a string of hits by the top of the Huskies lineup, 2-2. But the Billikens countered with five runs in the bottom of the eighth to take the ball game, 7-2, at Billikens Sports Center. “We didn’t take advantage of our situational hitting...

Northern Illinois baseball tallied 11 hits against No. 24 Oregon State at the Kansas City Royals Practice Field Three Sunday afternoon and scored three runs in the top of the fifth. However, the Huskies left 12 runners on base and fell to the Beavers, 11-3. “Tony Manville worked hard on the mound today,” said skipper...

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...

The Northern Illinois baseball team combined for 10 hits and four stolen bases against Winthrop, but the Huskies efforts were not enough as they fell to the Eagles, 14-7. Senior Brett Frantini (Minooka, Ill.) went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI with one double. “I talked to the guys after the game and I...

Facing a no-hitter, the Northern Illinois baseball team surged in the top of the ninth inning with three hits and two runs to tie No. 24 Texas Tech, 2-2. However, the Red Raiders had their own surge in the bottom -half of the inning to defeat the Huskies, 3-2. “We’re playing with a lot of...

Senior Troy White (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) opened the first inning for Northern Illinois with bang, blasting a three-run homerun to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead over Texas Tech. But the Red Raiders matched the score in the bottom of the first and hit three homeruns in the game to defeat NIU, 10-4. “We had...

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...

Trailing 9-1 after six innings to No. 18 St. John’s, the Northern Illinois baseball team sent the game to extra innings, scoring seven runs in the eighth and ninth innings. However, NIU would fall 11-9 in the bottom of 10th on a walk off home run by SJU’s Matt Wessinger. Sophomore Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo.)...

As the NIU Huskies ride their five-game winning streak Tuesday night to Huskie Stadium, senior quarterback Chandler Harnish is leading one of the most explosive offenses (41.6 points per game) in the country in 2011. “They’re playing at a high level. When you go five games in a row without giving up a sack, that...