Senior infielder Jake Nelson looks for a fly ball in foul territory on April 24 at Curtis Granderson Stadium. The Huskies lost 2-0 in Sunday's series finale against Central Michigan University. (Northern Star File Photo)
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.