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Northern Illinois pitcher Eli Anderson (Glenview, Ill./New Trier) was selected as a semifinalist for College Baseball Lineup’s Gregg Olson Award, presented by Toolshed Sports. The award is given to the “Breakout Player of the Year” in Division I college baseball. Anderson is one of 46 players on the list and one of only two from...

The Northern Illinois baseball season came to a close in the Mid-American Conference Tournament against Buffalo Thursday morning as Bulls pitcher Mike Burke threw a complete game shutout to defeat the Huskies, 13-0. MAC West Champion NIU ends the 2013 season 22-34. It was only the third such pitching performance since 2004 and the 15th...

Playing extra innings baseball for third time in the last five games, the Northern Illinois baseball team (22-33) surrendered two runs in the top of the 11th to Bowling Green (21-28) as the Huskies fell to the Falcons, 6-4. “We had a great approach on the offensive side of the ball on their starting pitcher....

Northern Illinois catcher Nate Ruzich (Joliet, Ill./South Suburban College) was named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Player of the Week in the conference’s final weekly award. Ruzich earned his first career honor with strong play behind the dish and at the plate. The award is the Huskies second player of the week award this season...

Northern Illinois baseball players Eli Anderson (Glenview, Ill./New Trier) and Alex Klonowski (Kearney, Mo./Kearney) were selected First Team All-Mid-American Conference Tuesday night, the first such honor for both players and the first for NIU since 2011. Classmate Jeff Zimmerman (Tinley Park/Andrew) was selected to the second team as an at-large selection at first base. Anderson is...

MAC West champions! The Northern Illinois baseball team (22-32, 16-11 MAC) clinched its first ever Mid-American Conference West division championship Saturday afternoon in 10 innings at Ball Diamond as the Huskies defeated Ball State (28-23, 15-12 MAC) on Connor Schomig’s (Darien/Hinsdale South) three-run double, 6-4. NIU now travels to the MAC Tournament in Avon, Ohio,...

Northern Illinois reliever Zach Badgley (McHenry/McHenry) worked 4-2/3 innings for Huskies, limiting Ball State to one run, two hits and two strikeouts. NIU (21-32, 15-11 MAC) would fall to BSU (28-22, 15-11 MAC) in game two of the series, 14-3. Today’s game will now decide the Mid-American Conference West division champion. Ball State jumped out...

In a pitchers’ duel featuring two of the Mid-American Conference’s top hurlers, Northern Illinois (21-31, 15-10 MAC) fell to Ball State (27-22, 14-11 MAC) in Game One of this week’s series, 3-2. Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) tossed his sixth complete game of the season in the loss. BSU pitcher Scott Baker also tossed a complete...

Northern Illinois (21-30) played its final non-conference games of the season Tuesday night with a pair at UW-Milwaukee (28-19). A strong finish at the end of Game One carried over into Game Two, but the Huskies dropped both contests, including their first in extra innings, 10-2 and 2-1 in eight innings. “I was happy at...

Northern Illinois (21-28, 15-9 MAC) dropped game three of its series to Eastern Michigan (24-26, 11-13 MAC) Sunday as the Huskies fell to the Eagles, 12-7. Five of NIU’s batters collected multiple hits in the game while Nate Ruzich (Joliet/South Suburban College) and Brian Sisler (DeKalb/DeKalb) collected two RBI apiece. NIU is now two games...

It was a hitters’ day at Ralph McKinzie Field with winds blowing out from home plate to cause havoc to players on the field. Though Northern Illlinois (21-27, 15-8 MAC) took advantage of those opportunities, Eastern Michigan (23-26, 10-13 MAC) capitalized more to defeat the Huskies, 17-12. Joe Battaglia (Westchester/St. Joseph) was 2-for-2 with two...

Northern Illinois junior pitcher Eli Anderson has been a terror for opposing teams this season, most specifically against Mid-American Conference opponents. With Week Eight of MAC play under way this weekend, Anderson has a 7-0 record with a 0.89 earned run average, helping the Huskies to a 14-7 clip in conference games to lead the...