NIU Today

On an immaculate sunny and breezy day at Ralph McKinzie Field, the Huskies closed the 2012 season against Ball State. Though NIU rallied back to within one run in the bottom of the fourth, 3-2, the Cardinals took the game 6-2. “We had a couple opportunities but we like to talk about momentum in games...

Six different Northern Illinois batters scattered hits at Western Michigan Sunday afternoon, but were only able to account for one run and fell to WMU, 6-1. “It was a frustrating day and we started the game off the right way, stringing together a few hits with two outs in the inning,” said head coach Ed...

For the first time in 59 games, the Northern Illinois baseball team was shutout Sunday afternoon against Central Michigan, falling, 7-0. Central Michigan pitcher Dietrech Enns hurled a three-hit, 118 pitch complete game. “Enns pitched a heck of a game for Central Michigan and we have to give him credit for his performance,” said head...

Sophomore Jeff Zimmerman (Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J. Andrew) hammered two homeruns and drove in six RBI as Northern Illinois clobbered Illinois-Chicago, 11-9. The Huskie pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts in the game and Kyle Glancy (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) notched his 11th save of the season. “The guys battled hard out there and...

The Northern Illinois baseball team will prepare for a pair of midweek tilts as it hosts Northwestern at Elfstrom Stadium Tuesday night and another on Wednesday evening when it plays at Illinois-Chicago. It will be the Huskies’ sixth contest at Elfstrom, home of the Kansas City Royals Low-A affiliate Kane County Cougars. “Kane County has...

With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, senior Kyle Glancy (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) forced a groundout to second base to secure Northern Illinois’ second road series of the season with a 3-1 win over Eastern Michigan. It was Glancy’s 10th save of the season. “It’s huge...

Hurling eight innings and only surrendering two hits, Taylor Nawrocki led the Huskies to a 1-0 victory over Eastern Michigan. Nawrocki struckout seven and walked only two in his second combined shutout of 2012. It was the first time this season the Eagles had been shutout. Defense was the name of the game as both...

Northern Illinois baseball combined for eight hits against UW-Milwaukee and the bullpen finished the last three innings of the game with four strikeouts, one run and surrendered only two hits in the Huskies 13-2 loss to the Panthers. “We’re in a pressing mode as hitters and sometimes when you get into that, you try to...

Northern Illinois overcame two large deficits against Miami (Ohio), sweeping the Redhawks by a 13-11 score. The Huskies combined for 19 hits in the game, including seven extra base hits and Troy White was 4-for-6 with five RBI, a homerun and two runs. The Huskies opened the scoring with a single run in the first...

With both teams trading blows throughout the game and tied 7-7 in the top of the ninth inning, senior Troy White drove in the game-winning run with his third sacrifice fly of the game to lift Northern Illinois over Miami (Ohio), 8-7. Taylor Nawrocki pitched eight innings, striking out four with only two walks in...

The Northern Illinois baseball team swung hot bats, combining for 12 hits and 10 runs, but it wasn’t enough for the Huskies as they fell to Ohio, 19-10. NIU falls to 2-7 in Mid-American Conference play. “We swung the bats better today and 10 runs is going to win you a lot of ball games...

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...