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Junior Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) was named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Pitcher of the Week Monday afternoon following his complete game shutout March 23 versus reigning College World Series participant Kent State. The honor is the first of his career and the first for NIU this season. The Huskie matched his career-best eight strikeouts...

Junior Taylor Nawrocki was named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Pitcher of the Week after his 8.1-inning shutout effort Sunday, March 18, over Illinois, the conference announced this morning. Nawrocki, a native of Fairmont, Minn. and a transfer from North Iowa Area Community College, totaled 8.1 innings against the Fighting Illini, striking out four and...

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...

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...

Northern Illinois junior shortstop Alex Jones was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Jones was nearly unstoppable in NIU’s 2-1 series win over Toledo as he went 8-for-11 (.727) with three doubles, two RBI and two runs, and was perfect in the field in 13 chances. Compiling a...

A day after Jeremy Gonzales was named Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Pitcher of the Week, the senior hurler’s outstanding complete game shutout of Miami (Ohio) was hoisted even higher on Tuesday as he was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s (NCBWA) Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week. Monday’s MAC accolade marked the first...

Northern Illinois starting pitcher Jeremy Gonzales was named Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday. To earn the honor for the first time in his career, Gonzales was flat-out dominant in a 2-0 win over Miami (Ohio) on Sunday, which gave NIU a 2-1 series win over Miami (Ohio) at...

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...