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Senior Tom Barry (Orland Park, Ill./Providence Catholic) worked 7.1 innings for the Huskies against Southern Illinois Friday, including perfect three innings to start the game, but the Salukis posted three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Northern Illinois, 6-4. “Tommy was phenomenal for us on the mound today, we just couldn’t get more runs...

Northern Illinois accounted for 13 hits and nine runs against Dayton in the team’s final game of the Riverview Inn Challenge, but the Flyers would take the contest, 13-9. Sophomore Jeff Zimmerman (Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J Andrew) hit two home runs and three RBI for the Huskies. “We hit the ball well today, like we...

Northern Illinois baseball used all three facets of the game – pitching, fielding and hitting – to take down Arkansas State, 6-5, for the Huskies second-consecutive victory. The Huskies committed zero errors, racked up 11 hits and senior Tony Manville (New Lenox, Ill./Mount Carmel) grinded out 7.1 innings for the victory. “Starting pitching the last...

Northern Illinois took on No. 11 Arizona State Friday afternoon and stood toe-to-toe with the Sun Devils through nine innings in a 3-3 pitching duel, but ASU’s Abe Ruiz hit a walkoff single to squeak by the Huskies,  4-3. Senior Jake Hermsen (New London, Wis.) pitched 7.2 innings for NIU with eight strikeouts against the...

The Northern Illinois baseball team combined for 10 hits and four stolen bases against Winthrop, but the Huskies efforts were not enough as they fell to the Eagles, 14-7. Senior Brett Frantini (Minooka, Ill.) went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI with one double. “I talked to the guys after the game and I...

Facing a no-hitter, the Northern Illinois baseball team surged in the top of the ninth inning with three hits and two runs to tie No. 24 Texas Tech, 2-2. However, the Red Raiders had their own surge in the bottom -half of the inning to defeat the Huskies, 3-2. “We’re playing with a lot of...

Senior Troy White (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) opened the first inning for Northern Illinois with bang, blasting a three-run homerun to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead over Texas Tech. But the Red Raiders matched the score in the bottom of the first and hit three homeruns in the game to defeat NIU, 10-4. “We had...

Northern Illinois third baseman Troy White, a native of Chicago, Ill., was named one of 30 candidates for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. The award is annually given to an NCAA Division I senior with notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. “Troy is a fit candidate for the...

Northern Illinois juniors Kyle Glancy, Tony Manville and Troy White were named to the 2011 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Baseball Team, the league announced Monday. The triumvirate’s scholarly accomplishment marks the first time the program has received the honor since 2007, when MAC hit king Scott Simon (2003-07) was the lone Huskie recognized. Prior to the...

Postseason college baseball was at its finest on Friday morning at VA Memorial Stadium. Unfortunately for No. 4 Northern Illinois, it was on the wrong end of a 10-inning, 12-11 game against No. 5 Eastern Michigan in a Mid-American Conference Tournament elimination contest. In all, the best game of the tournament thus far took three-hours...

Northern Illinois designated hitter Jeff Zimmerman was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year as he was one of four Huskies recognized for the first time by the conference’s coaches, the league announced Tuesday evening. Along with Zimmerman, shortstop Alex Jones was named an All-MAC First Team performer.  Starting pitcher Tony Manville and third baseman...

With plenty of offensive support Saturday afternoon, Northern Illinois starter Tony Manville earned his ninth win of the season to tie the NIU single season wins record. Manville’s accomplishment came as the Huskies beat Western Michigan 9-4 in the rubber match of a three-game Mid-American Conference series to end the regular season. In his first season...