Baseball unable to stave off Akron, fall 8-1
Jamison Wells A day after winning convincingly against Akron, the Northern Illinois baseball team was unable to string hits together against the Zips pitcher Pat Dyer and fell, 8-1. The Huskies were...
View ArticleBaseball falters late against Bobcats
Eli Anderson The Northern Illinois baseball team took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on four hits, but faltered late in the game against Ohio, surrendering nine runs in the final two...
View ArticleHuskie bullpen nearly flawless against Rockets
Zach Badgley Down 5-0 after six innings, the Northern Illinois bullpen combined for three hitless and scoreless innings against Toledo, with the offense assembling a rally in the ninth, but the Huskies...
View ArticleHuskie pitcher Eli Anderson shines in 4-3 loss
Eli Anderson What looked like an inevitable rain postponement in weather forecasts, turned into a cool, summer evening in April at O’Brien Field as Northern Illinois took on Bradley. With a 3-2 lead in...
View ArticleBaseball to take on Northwestern at Elfstrom Tuesday, heads to UIC for...
Tom Barry The Northern Illinois baseball team will prepare for a pair of midweek tilts as it hosts Northwestern at Elfstrom Stadium Tuesday night and another on Wednesday evening when it plays at...
View ArticleZimmerman’s six RBIs lead NIU past UIC, 11-9
Jeff Zimmerman Sophomore Jeff Zimmerman (Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J. Andrew) hammered two homeruns and drove in six RBI as Northern Illinois clobbered Illinois-Chicago, 11-9. The Huskie pitching staff...
View ArticleBaseball falls to Broncos in 13-9 slugfest
Jeff Zimmerman Northern Illinois and Western Michigan combined for 30 hits and 22 runs at historic Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field, and though both were at a premium, the Huskies fell to...
View ArticleBaseball triumphs 10-4 amid Milwaukee rain
Brett Frantini Northern Illinois closed its road season Tuesday night with a 10-run, 12-hit outing against UW-Milwaukee at Henry Aaron Field. Despite a 94-minute rain delay, the Huskies were able to...
View ArticleAnderson’s pitching leads baseball in 1-0 loss
Eli Anderson 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...
View ArticleSituational hitting stymies baseball at SIU
Jeff Zimmerman Northern Illinois jumped out to early lead at Southern Illinois and created chances to separate itself from the Salukis but were unable to add to the lead and fell in game two of the...
View ArticleAnderson named MAC West pitcher of the week
Eli Anderson Junior Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) was named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Pitcher of the Week Monday afternoon following his complete game shutout March 23 versus...
View ArticleAnderson deals, Wells steals in win over Akron
Eli Anderson 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...
View ArticleAnderson, Klonowski grab MAC baseball honors
Eli Anderson and Alex Klonowski For the first time since 2011, Northern Illinois baseball swept Mid-American Conference Pitcher and Player of the Week honors as pitcher Eli Anderson (Glenview/New...
View ArticleAnderson pitches third-straight complete game, baseball claims 7-2 victory at...
Eli Anderson 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...
View ArticleComplete pitching leads baseball over Broncos
Jordan Ruckman 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...
View ArticleEli Anderson earns third MAC pitching honor
Eli Anderson Following his fourth-consecutive complete game in which he struck out 12 and walked zero, junior Eli Anderson was named Mid-American Conference West Division co-Pitcher of the Week. The...
View ArticleBaseball teams trade blows, NIU falls to Ohio
Kevin Sweeney Like a heavyweight title fight, Northern Illinois (14-21, 9-4 MAC) and Ohio (9-6, 5-8 MAC) traded blows in game one of its Mid-American Conference series Friday. It was the Bobcats that...
View ArticleBaseball team’s late rally caps 11-2 victory
Tommy Hook All squared up 2-2 entering the eighth inning, the Northern Illinois baseball team (15-21, 10-4 MAC) added two runs in the eighth and seven more in the ninth on Ohio (9-27, 5-9 MAC) to...
View ArticleBaseball’s Jordan Ruckman throws two-hit complete game to defeat Miami...
Jordan Ruckman Freshman Jordan Ruckman (Kankakee/Herscher) threw a two-hit complete game, Northern Illinois’ second such performance of the season, as the Huskies (17-22, 12-4 MAC) defeated Miami...
View ArticleBaseball pitchers combine for 4-0 shutout
Eli Anderson Junior pitchers Eli Anderson (Glenview/New Trier) and Kevin Sweeney (Chicago/Fenwick) combined for Northern Illinois second shutout of the season in Toledo as the Huskies (20-24, 14-5 MAC)...
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