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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...
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...
Landon Tenhagen
For the first time since April 26, 2005, a Northern Illinois baseball game ended in a tie, as the Huskies (0-6-1) drew with New Mexico (3-3-1) at Lobo Baseball Field, 3-3. NIU stranded 14 runners on base, while UNM left 11. The game was called due to time limit as NIU had to catch its...
Micah McCulloch
Northern Illinois and Minnesota played a back-and-forth baseball game for seven and a half innings, until the Golden Gophers (3-0) accounted for six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 5-5 tie with the Huskies (0-3) and take the final game of the series, 11-5. NIU outhit UM in the game,...
Brandon Mallder
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...
Tommy Hook
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....
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