Despite a favorable forecast of sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s, members of the NIU pitching staff will not get a chance to lay back and work on their tans. Instead, the NIU baseball team will have to figure out how to slow down another offensive...

The NIU baseball team scored runs early and often Tuesday. The end result was an 11-3 victory over Division III Wheaton College that made freshman Brandon Copp (2-2) a winner in his first career start. "We recruited Brandon as a starting pitcher," NIU...

The NIU baseball team will kick off a six game homestand by hosting Wheaton College today at 3 p.m. for a non-conference matchup. The game was a late addition to the Huskies schedule and they will follow with a game against Chicago State Wednesday and...

You can make a difference this summer. In a short time, spring will turn to summer and kids everywhere will revel for three months vacation. Hopefully, those kids enroll in various summer programs to occupy their time. Baseball was always my passion....

The NIU baseball team is used to life on the road. NIU (14-17 overall, 5-4 MAC) has played 22 of its 31 games on the road, and will get back into MAC play with a three-game series at Miami-Ohio (14-16, 4-5) today at 6:30 p.m. "The travel made the last...

After losing three of its last four games, the NIU baseball team was more than willing to accept charity from its opponent. The Huskies (14-17) scored seven runs on seven hits thanks to 10 walks and four errors by host Northern Iowa to pull out a 7-6...

The first inning feast of the NIU baseball team continued Tuesday at Illinois State. It was the next eight innings that led to a 7-3 defeat to ISU. "It came down to they executed better than we did today," NIU coach Ed Mathey said. "There was a good wind...

Baseball coaches love to have a "stopper" in their rotation, a pitcher that can minimize the damage of a skid with a quality start. Sophomore starting pitcher Brian Smith filled that role Sunday at Ralph McKenzie Field against a Kent State team hungry...

NIU baseball isn't short on sources of confidence for today's game. The Huskies travel to Normal to play Illinois State at 6 p.m. NIU will look to display its offense, with a third-ranked .291 batting average and fifth-ranked 169 runs scored, against...

A day after dropping a 21-2 decision to Kent State, NIU senior right fielder Brian Toner called the loss a "gut check." The NIU baseball team had lost its last two games to the Golden Flashes by a combined 34-12 score and would have to face the potent...

It came down to one of the most difficult plays in the game for the NIU baseball team Sunday. The suicide squeeze, bringing the runner on third home with a bunt, gave NIU a 3-2 lead that it wouldn't relinquish in the 5-2 win. Fresh off a pitching change,...

NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey likes to see his offense strike early and often. But even he has been surprised by his team's recent run explosion, staking pitchers to a large early lead. Over the past three games, NIU has scored 21 runs in the first three...