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Postseason college baseball was at its finest on Friday morning at VA Memorial Stadium. Unfortunately for No. 4 Northern Illinois, it was on the wrong end of a 10-inning, 12-11 game against No. 5 Eastern Michigan in a Mid-American Conference Tournament elimination contest. In all, the best game of the tournament thus far took three-hours...

No. 4 seed Northern Illinois defeated No. 8 seed Bowling Green 4-2 on Thursday afternoon in a Mid-American Conference Tournament elimination game at VA Memorial Stadium. The win for the Huskies (30-26) gives NIU its first win in the MAC Tournament since 2008, which was its last postseason appearance. The win also gives NIU its...

In a pitching duel, No. 4 seed Northern Illinois was unable to muster enough runs against Rob Wendzicki this morning as No. 5 seed Eastern Michigan won 4-2 in the first round of the 2011 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament at VA Memorial Stadium. NIU (29-26) starter Zach Oates and Wendzicki (6-5) faced each other in...

With plenty of offensive support Saturday afternoon, Northern Illinois starter Tony Manville earned his ninth win of the season to tie the NIU single season wins record. Manville’s accomplishment came as the Huskies beat Western Michigan 9-4 in the rubber match of a three-game Mid-American Conference series to end the regular season. In his first season...

Northern Illinois split its doubleheader against Ball State Saturday afternoon at Ralph McKinzie Field, getting a walk-off 10-9 win before falling 13-7 in Game Two of a three-game Mid-American Conference series. With an overcast sky, intermittent misting and a steady 14 MPH wind out to right-center, the favorable hitting conditions led to a combined 39...

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...

Quickly putting any memory of Tuesday’s game behind them, the Northern Illinois Huskies scored six runs in the first three innings en route to an 8-5 win Wednesday afternoon over Bradley at Ralph McKinzie Field. After taking five innings to produce a hit in yesterday’s game against Illinois State, the Huskies (11-15) needed just two...

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,...

The Northern Illinois baseball team outslugged Illinois 15-14 on Friday to capture its fourth straight win.  The Huskies (4-10) scored early and often against a quintet of Illini pitchers, pounding out 18 hits at Southern Illinois’ Abe Martin Field. Junior Alex Beckmann started the barrage in the first when he laced a John Anderson offering...

After an unscheduled 10-day layoff from competition, Northern Illinois baseball used the break to find its groove as the Huskies returned to action Wednesday to win a pair of games over North Dakota and St. Louis at Billiken Sports Center. The triumphs marked the first two of the season for NIU in the midst of...