By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor
| January 14, 2025
NIU baseball announced its 2025 schedule Dec. 18, with 18 games being played at home.
Beginning the 2025 season on Feb. 14, the Huskies will take on the 2024 Southland Conference Tournament champions in Nicholls State University. NIU then travels...
DeKALB – NIU baseball lost a slugfest against Ball State University, as the Cardinals slugged four home runs, losing by a score of 13-10.
EARLY DEFICIT
The Huskies starting pitcher for the day, senior pitcher Dominic Hann, totaled three innings...
DeKALB – Redshirt sophomore pitcher Adam Brouwer was dominant on the mound as NIU baseball (16-30, 10-13 MAC) tied the series against the Ball State University Cardinals (26-19-1, 13-10 MAC) with a 12-3 win Saturday.
Brouwer went seven or more innings...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (15-30, 9-13 MAC) dropped its third straight contest, losing to the Ball State University Cardinals (26-18-1, 13-9 MAC) by a score of 4-3.
TOUGH START FOR BRACHBILL
Freshman pitcher Ty Brachbill started the series opener...
NIU baseball (15-29, 9-12 MAC) was unable to come up with the clutch hit needed Wednesday, falling to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (14-28, 9-12 Horizon League) 6-5.
The Huskies scored just one run after the second inning, leaving...
NIU baseball’s offense disappeared in Sunday’s series finale against Central Michigan, losing by a final score of 2-0.
NO OFFENSE
The Huskies’ offense was held to just three hits in Sunday’s matchup against the Chippewas and only had five...
NIU redshirt sophomore pitcher Adam Brouwer earned his fifth win of the 2024 season en route to NIU baseball’s (15-27, 9-11 MAC) 9-6 victory over the Central Michigan University Chippewas (14-29, 5-15 MAC) on Saturday.
The Huskies earned their first...
Freshman pitcher Ty Brachbill spun a complete game gem to take a crucial 2-1 series opening victory against Central Michigan University.
BRACHBILL’S BEST PERFORMANCE
The freshman right hander shut down the Chippewas’ offense in Friday’s...
After a three-run first inning, the Huskies’ offense went quiet as NIU baseball (13-27, 7-11 MAC) fell 5-4 to the University of Illinois Chicago Flames (25-12, 9-6 MVC) Wednesday.
An early lead and a quality start from junior pitcher Conner Lutes...
DeKALB – Freshman catcher Cooper Cohn walked off Valparaiso University with a towering solo home run in the ninth inning as the Huskies won 10-9.
COHN CALLED GAME
The freshman backstop had his fair share of struggles in this game, dropping two...
With the MAC baseball season a little more than halfway over, now is the perfect time to create our own MAC baseball All-Star team.
CATCHER: NIU senior Colin Summerhill
The backstop of the Huskies currently leads the MAC in home runs with 17...
DeKALB – A two-out, ninth-inning grand slam from senior infielder Tim Orr lifted the Kent State University Golden Flashes (19-18, 10-8 MAC) to a 9-8 win and series victory over NIU baseball (12-26, 7-11 MAC) Sunday.
Trailing 7-4 with two outs and...
