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Brian Sisler
Sophomore Ryan Olson (Sterling, Ill./Newman Central Catholic) pitched strong innings for the Huskies Wednesday for the NIU Huskies (7-22-1), surrendering zero earned runs and striking out four, but the effort wasn’t enough as UW-Milwaukee (10-12) scored two runs in the eighth inning to defeat NIU, 3-2. His seven innings were and four strikeouts were both...
Connor Schomig
After surrendering the lead in the fifth inning to Valparaiso (9-13) – trailing by two, 6-4 – the Northern Illinois baseball team (5-19-1) retook the lead in the seventh inning and never looked back to defeat the Crusaders, 10-6. The Huskies amassed 13 hits in effort, three by leadoff hitter Carl Russell (Grayslake, Ill./Grayslake North). Alex Smith...
Eli Anderson
The Northern Illinois baseball team dropped a pair of tightly contested ball games Sunday versus Bowling Green at Grand Park as NIU (4-19-1, 2-4 MAC) fell to Bowling Green (8-16, 2-4 MAC) in Sunday’s doubleheader, 4-1, 7-3. The Huskies stranded seven runners on base in both contests. “Today we just didn’t have the three phases...
Anthony Andres
Despite a biting wind and cold, the Northern Illinois baseball team (4-17-1, 2-3 MAC) accounted for 10 hits and nine runs versus Bowling Green (6-16, 0-4 MAC) in the series opener at Grand Park. With solid defense and pitching to compliment the hitting, NIU held BG scoreless for the Falcons first shutout of the season,...
Tommy Hook
In the final game of Northern Illinois’ (3-17-1, 1-2 MAC) opening Mid-American Conference series versus Buffalo (10-7, 2-1 MAC) at Wheaton College, the Huskies outhit Buffalo, 5-4, and reached base four times via errors but were unable to scratch enough runs as NIU fell, 3-1. Pitcher Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) tossed 7.0 innings, striking out...
Photo of an NIU Huskie baseball batting helmet
Because of the presence of snow on the warning track at Ralph McKinzie Field, the NIU baseball team’s Mid-American Conference opening series versus Buffalo this weekend will be played at Chicago State and Wheaton College. Admission to all three games is free to fans. Stadium seating is available at Chicago State while limited bleacher seating...
Landon Tenhagen
After surrendering five runs in the bottom of the eight inning to trail UIC, 7-3, Northern Illinois (2-15-1) plated five runs in the top of the ninth inning to put out the Flames (4-10), 8-7. Senior Landon Tenhagen (Burlington, Wis./Madison Area Tech) hit a three-run homer — his first of the season — to lift...
Landon Tenhagen
After building a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning and mounting a comeback in the top of the ninth inning at No. 11 Cal Poly (14-3), Northern Illinois University (1-15-1) fell to the Mustangs in the series finale, 11-9. The Huskies outhit Cal Poly in the game 17-11 and forced the Mustangs...
Chris Divarco
Despite some solid extended relief work from freshman Matt Williams (Geneva, Ill./Geneva), the Northern Illinois University baseball team dropped a 10-1 loss Wednesday night at Baggett Stadium against No. 11 Cal Poly. After limiting the potent Mustang offense to four runs in the series’ lid-lifter, Cal Poly scored nine runs in the first three innings...
Tommy Hook
The Northern Illinois University baseball team threatened on several occasions Tuesday night at Baggett Stadium, but was unable to complete the comeback as they fell to No. 11 Cal Poly, 4-2, in the first game of the three-game set. Justin Fletcher (Pekin, Ill./Illinois Central College) and Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) each batted in a run...
Ben Neumann
Sophomore Justin Fletcher (Pekin, Ill./Illinois Central) finished 2-for-3 at the plate Sunday afternoon in Northern Illinois’ (1-12-1) series finale at No. 5 Oregon State (14-3), but the Huskies were unable to score any runs in the contest as they fell to Beavers, 10-0. “We got what we deserved with the way we pitched today,” said...
Eli Anderson
In frigid baseball temperatures, the Northern Illinois pitching staff outlasted Souther Illinois in the series opener as the Huskies (1-6-1) defeated the Salukis (5-3), 1-0. Pitcher Eli Anderson (Glenview, Ill./New Trier) hurled 7.1 innings, striking out eight while scattering five hits and allowing two walks. The temperature at first pitch, 12:03 p.m., was 43 degrees...
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