DeKALB | Anytime a team commits nine errors in three games, bad results can be expected.

That was the case this past weekend for the NIU baseball team as it got swept – 7-2, 15-8 and 7-4 – in a three-game series versus MAC West rival Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant.

Despite the nine Huskie miscues, NIU (20-16, 9-6) had the lead in the final innings of the first and third game of the series before coughing up the winning runs.

“It’s definitely disappointing,” said coach Ed Mathey. “We put ourselves in the position to win but we just didn’t close it out.”

Shortstop Bobby Stevens scored on an error in the first inning and third baseman Jesse Seykora ripped a solo home run in the fourth to give the Huskies an early 2-0 lead in game one.

With NIU clinging to a 2-1 lead, CMU (25-13, 13-2) came to bat in the bottom of the eighth and scored six runs to give the Chippewas a 7-2 win. Starting pitcher Trevor Feeney had another good outing as he gave up two earned runs in 7.1 innings of work.

“Trevor threw great today,” Mathey said. “We didn’t execute a couple plays we needed to and they took advantage of every opportunity we gave them.”

CMU scored all of its runs in the first four innings as they coasted to a 15-8 win in game two on Saturday. Dave Reynolds, Matt German, Cody Beck and Mark Badgley combined to give up only one run after the third inning en route to the loss. Brett Kellam had three RBI and Tim Kamin had three hits to pace the Huskies offensively.

NIU held a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning but couldn’t hang on as they gave up three in the frame and four more in the seventh for a 7-4 loss Sunday.

Daniel Jewett, Scott Simon, Pat Minogue and Seykora all had hits to give the Huskies the early lead. Starting pitcher Matt Jernstad gave up three earned runs on six hits in 5.2 innings pitched. Five NIU batters had multiple hits as the Huskies out-hit the Chippewas 13-8.

“If we throw the ball like we did in the first and third game, we have a good shot at winning,” Mathey said. “We were making plays all year but this weekend we just didn’t do it.”