The start of the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) season is just around the corner, as the White Sox and Cubs begin their regular season March 30. The White Sox open up their season in Houston with a four-game series against the defending champion Astros....
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 16, 2023
DeKALB – Seven different pitchers struggled in the Purdue University Boilermakers’ 14-5 thrashing of NIU baseball Tuesday in West Lafayette.
Purdue senior outfielder Jake Jarvis’ seventh-inning grand slam helped the Boilermakers (8-7, 0-0 Big...
DeKALB – NIU softball (9-10) wrapped up play in the Saint Louis tournament Sunday with an 8-7 win over Bradley University (7-14) and a 4-1 loss to Saint Louis University (6-14). NIU finished the tournament with a 3-1 record.
GAME ONE
Led by a fifth...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 13, 2023
DeKALB – After scoring 10 runs in the first five innings, NIU baseball’s offense disappeared during the late innings of its 16-10 loss to the Kent State University Golden Flashes Sunday.
The Huskies (3-12, 0-3 MAC) dropped their third straight...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (3-11, 0-2 MAC) was defeated by Kent State University (10-4, 2-0 MAC) in a back-and-forth game Saturday by a final score of 12-7.
A five-run eighth inning – highlighted by a three-run home run from junior shortstop Michael...
DeKALB – NIU softball extended its win streak to three games, defeating the Bradley University Braves and the Saint Louis University Billikens on day one of the Saint Louis University tournament Saturday.
GAME ONE
Clutch hitting helped the Huskies...
DeKALB – NIU head coach Thomas Hammock completed his coaching staff with the additions of Darius Eubanks and Cory White to the NIU football coaching staff, Hammock announced Friday.
Eubanks joins the Huskies after coaching college football the...
DeKALB – NIU (3-10, 0-1 MAC) was defeated by Kent State University (9-4, 1-0 MAC) in its first Mid-American Conference game of the season by a score of 12-1.
Redshirt senior pitcher Ben Cruikshank dominated for the Golden Flashes, giving up just...
DeKALB – The Mid-American Conference basketball tournament in Cleveland brought people from all over the Midwest to watch NIU basketball.
Friends and family members of players were in attendance to watch their athletes play at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse,...
CLEVELAND – No. 7 seeded NIU men’s basketball fell to No. 2 seeded Kent State University 76-57 in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.
Kent State shut down NIU’s offense for the entirety of the game, forcing...
NIU women’s volleyball head coach Sondra Parys announced Thursday that Ross Kessler will be joining the volleyball staff.
Kessler has over 18 years of coaching experience. His recent stint as head coach was at Divison II Newberry College in South...
NIU women’s basketball was defeated by Kent State University 75-68 Wednesday in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.
Led by senior guards Katie Shumate and Clare Kelly, the Golden Flashes hit 11 of their 26...
