NIU Today

Tied 8-8 in the bottom of the ninth with runners on first and second and two outs Sunday, junior Nate Ruzich (Joliet/South Suburban College) drove in classmate Landon Tenhagen (Burlington, Wis./Madison Area TC) from second base to give Northern Illinois (14-19, 9-3 MAC) a series sweep over Western Michigan (11-24, 5-7 MAC) on a walk-off...

Tied 1-1 after two innings of play, the Northern Illinois baseball team (12-19, 7-3 MAC) rallied three runs in the third and one more in the fourth, clinching a 5-3 victory over Western Michigan (11-21, 5-5 MAC). Freshman Jordan Ruckman (Kankakee/Herscher) pitched seven innings, striking out and walking four, to earn his first collegiate victory...

Trailing 3-1 in the eighth inning, the Northern Illinois baseball team (11-18, 6-3 MAC) rallied back with a two-run homerun in the eighth and a pair of RBI walks in the ninth to defeat Central Michigan (12-18, 3-6 MAC) and claim the Huskies first series in Mt. Pleasant since 2009, 5-3. Landon Tenhagen (Burlington, Wis./Madison...

Northern Illinois’ Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) pitched his third-consecutive complete game Saturday at Central Michigan (12-17, 3-5 MAC), striking out six and walking three in the Huskies (10-18, 5-3 MAC) 7-2 triumph. Anderson is now 4-3 this season after his 120 pitch, 78 strike performance (.650 strike ratio). It is the most complete games by...

Pressure – the burden of physical or mental distress, according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary. NIU (8-17, 4-2 MAC) did not carry a burden or feel distress versus Akron (4-20, 2-4 MAC) on Easter Sunday as it scored 11 of its 14 runs with two outs to sweep the series and defeat the Zips, 14-4. It was...

It was Northern Illinois’ (7-17, 3-2 MAC) Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) who emerged victorious in a pitchers’ dual Saturday afternoon versus Akron (4-19, 2-3 MAC) as the junior hurled his second-straight complete game shutout to defeat the Zips and clinch the series, 2-1. Centerfielder Jamison Wells (Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly) broke the NIU record for career...

What started as a slugfest turned into a bullpen, small ball showdown as Northern Illinois (3-14) fell to Belmont (13-4) on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning, 4-3. Both teams combined for five home runs in the contest. “Outside of the outcome, that was a good baseball game today,” said head...

A seven-run rally by Southern Illinois in the bottom of the eighth inning led the Salukis past Northern Illinois to defeat the Huskies, 8-3. “We had a chance to create some separation for ourselves with the lead during the game,” said head coach Ed Mathey. “We worked the count at the plate and we carried...

Starting pitcher Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) pitched his second quality start of the season for Northern Illinois versus Dartmouth at the Dairy Queen Classic Saturday afternoon, but a solo homerun by the Big Green in the bottom of the seventh defeated the Huskies, 1-0. Anderson struck out six batters while only walking two batters, both...

Northern Illinois combined for eight hits and zero errors on opening night while three freshman pitchers combined for four scoreless innings and one hit at Texas Tech in the Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic. NIU fell to TTU, 8-0, and will return to the diamond at 10 a.m. today versus Brigham Young. “We saw some good...