NIU softball will finish its 2024 campaign against MAC frontrunner Miami University this week in Huskie sports.
SOFTBALL
Tuesday, April 30 vs Ball State University, 1 p.m.
DeKalb | Mary M. Bell Field
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Tuesday, April 30 vs Ball State University, 3 p.m.
DeKalb | Mary M. Bell Field
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Saturday, May 4 vs Miami University, 1 p.m.
DeKalb | Mary M. Bell Field
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Saturday, May 4 vs Miami University, 3 p.m.
DeKalb | Mary M. Bell Field
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Sunday, May 5 vs Miami University, noon
DeKalb | Mary M. Bell Field
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NIU softball (17-30, 8-15 MAC) closes out its season on a five-game homestand, starting with a Tuesday doubleheader against Ball State University (22-25, 9-11 MAC).
Then, the Huskies host the No. 1 ranked team in the MAC, the Miami University RedHawks (40-7, 21-1 MAC) in its final series of the 2024 season.
BASEBALL
Wednesday, May 1 at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3:05 p.m.
Franklin, Wis. / Franklin Field
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Friday, May 3 vs. Ball State University, 3 p.m.
DeKalb / Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park
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Saturday, May 4 vs. Ball State University, 2 p.m.
DeKalb / Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park
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Sunday, May 5 vs. Ball State University, 1 p.m.
DeKalb / Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park
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Highlighted by a walk-off home run by freshman catcher Cooper Cohn and excellent pitching performances by freshman pitcher Ty Brachbill and redshirt sophomore pitcher Adam Brouwer, NIU baseball (15-28, 9-12 MAC) won 3 of its 5 games last week. A 9-6 victory over Central Michigan on April 27 secured the Huskies’ first MAC-series win in over a month.
Wednesday, the Huskies will travel to Wisconsin to take on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (12-28, 9-12 Horizon League) before returning home to host the Ball State University Cardinals (25-18-1, 12-9 MAC) in a three-game weekend series. The Huskies will be in search of back-to-back MAC-series wins with a win over Ball State.
TRACK AND FIELD
Saturday, May 4 at Fighting Illini Tune Up
Champaign / Demirjian Park
NIU track and field will travel to Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, for a one-day invitational hosted by the University of Illinois.
The Huskies are coming off a weekend where they traveled to three different meets and tallied four first-place finishes. Most notably was junior Emma Vorpagel being crowned the champion of the 800-meter run with a new personal best time of 2 minutes, 14.03 seconds.
