High winds make a baseball game tougher than normal for defenses. In NIU's series win against Eastern Michigan, winds of more than 20 miles per hour caused adventures for both teams' defenses. "Anything in the air is carrying," Huskies' third baseman...

Conference series victories are always a good thing, but victories over the first-place team take on a new meaning. The NIU baseball team (19-21 overall, 11-7 MAC) swept a doubleheader Saturday to earn the series victory over Eastern Michigan (15-26,...

It was a bittersweet day for the NIU baseball team Wednesday. Freshman first baseman Joe Etcheverry tied a school record with five hits, but the Huskies fell 14-10 to Illinois State (18-19) after blowing a ninth inning lead. NIU (17-20) took a 10-7 lead...

Geneva, Ill. | An old baseball saying goes: Good pitching wins championships. NIU didn't win a championship last night, but pitching fueled the Huskies to a 4-3 win over the University of Illinois-Chicago. NIU pitcher Matt Jernstad gave 7 1/3 strong innings...

NIU baseball will take on the University of Illinois at Chicago at 6:15 p.m. today at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva. This marks the second home game for the Huskies in a venue other that Ralph McKenize Field. NIU will look for a better outcome than its last...

After winning five out of six MAC baseball contests, the NIU baseball team suffered a setback this weekend. The Huskies (16-19, 9-6 MAC) dropped two of three to Toledo (12-22, 5-7 MAC), the last-place team in the MAC West. The loss was the fifth road...

As the temperatures rise, so does the NIU baseball team's level of play. The Huskies (15-17 overall, 8-4 MAC) travel to the University of Toledo this weekend to face the Rockets (9-20, 3-6) in a three-game series. NIU has been racking up conference victories,...

At about the same age most kids pick up a baseball bat, they begin dreaming of playing for their favorite big league ball club. Wednesday night, NIU players came close to living that dream when they played Notre Dame at U.S. Cellular Field - home of the...

Tonight's home baseball game will be a change of pace for the Huskies. That's because instead of playing at Ralph McKinzie Field on the west side of campus, NIU will play at U.S. Cellular Field on Chicago's South Side, where the team will take on Notre...

Three, two, one ... BOOM. Three seconds is all it will take to say goodbye. Goodbye to the atrocious troughs, to a dilapidated building and heartbreak. It would only take three seconds to say goodbye to Wrigley Field. For one, Wrigley Field has become...

If there was a fantasy baseball league for the MAC, most players would have loved to have Justin Behm on their team Sunday. Behm tied an NIU school record with eight RBIs in the Huskies' 14-11 victory over Akron in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. The...

DeKALB | More than 2,000 tickets have been sold for the NIU vs. Notre Dame baseball game at U.S. Cellular Field on Wednesday, April 16. NIU expects a crowd of about 3,000-4,000 people to attend the game. "Right now, we're extremely excited," said Eric...