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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Dunsire, Huskies gearing up for spring season

By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | March 19, 2023

DeKALB –  The spring competition season is set for NIU men’s golf with five tournaments, culminating with the Mid-American Conference championship in May. Graduate student Tommy Dunsire will lead the way for the Huskies.  NIU ended the fall season...

Then-junior outfielder Malik Peters (right) slides to return to first base during a game against Miami University April 1, 2022 in DeKalb.

McPherson, Wilde pitch Huskies past Miami

By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor | March 19, 2023

DeKALB – After allowing double-digit runs in six consecutive games, NIU baseball pitching allowed just two runs en route to a 4-2 win over the Miami University RedHawks Sunday in Oxford.  The Huskies (4-15, 1-5 MAC) snapped a seven-game losing streak...

Chicago White Sox Andrew Benintendi is tagged out at the plate by Chicago Cubs catcher Tucker Barnhart while trying to score on a base hit by Yasmani Grandal during the first inning of a spring training baseball game, Friday, March 10, 2023, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Cubs, White Sox prepare for 2023 season

By Zachary Bertram, Sports Reporter | March 17, 2023

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....

Pitching struggles again in blowout loss to Purdue

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...

Softball splits doubleheader in final day of Saint Louis tournament

By Zachary Bertram, Sports Reporter | March 13, 2023

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...

Bats go cold in baseball’s loss to Kent State

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...

Then-sophomore infielder Eric Erato swings his bat during a game against Ball State University on April 23, 2022 in DeKalb.

McNamara’s home run leads Flashes past Huskies

By Zachary Bertram, Sports Reporter | March 11, 2023

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...

Softball tops Bradley, Saint Louis to open Saint Louis tournament

By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | March 11, 2023

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...

Football adds Eubanks, White to round out coaching staff

By Adrien De La Peña, Sports Reporter | March 11, 2023

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...

Dominant pitching pushes Kent State past Huskies

By Zachary Bertram, Sports Reporter | March 10, 2023

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...

Kim Goranson sitting in the crowd to support her son, senior guard Kaleb Thornton, during NIU Men's Basketball's Mid-American Conference tournament showdown against the Kent State University Golden Flashes on Thursday in Cleveland. Goranson drove from Bolingbrook, IL to see her son on the MAC's biggest stage. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Huskie parents support their stars on the big stage

By Alex Crowe and Joseph Segreti | March 9, 2023

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,...

Kent State University redshirt senior guard Malique Jacobs (2) defending NIU sophomore guard David Coit (11) in the second half of the team's matchup at the MAC Men's Basketball Tournament Thursday in Cleveland. Coit scored 10 points in the final game of the season for the Huskies. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)

Kent State eliminates NIU men’s basketball from MAC tournament

By Ethan Gonzales and Zachary Bertram | March 9, 2023

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...

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