It hasn’t been the easiest 48 hours for the NIU baseball team. And it’s not going to get any easier. The Huskies start a three-game series against MAC-leading Ball State at 2 p.m. today at Ralph McKinzie Field. The past two days have been as long...

The NIU baseball team has been without star-hitter Scott Simon for seven games this season because of a wrist injury. The junior infielder, who led the MAC in doubles and RBIs last season, had his first at-bat since March 15 in a pinch-hit plate appearance...

What do you do? It’s the ninth inning and you just walked the bases loaded in a tie game. And to make matters worse, you’re staring at a 3-1 count. Behind you, your whole team is waiting for you - the freshman - to throw ball four and lose the game....

NIU baseball player Mark Badgley suffered a skull fracture and a concussion after being struck in the face by a line drive during the Huskies’ 7-6 win Wednesday at Bradley. Early in the second inning of the first game, a line drive off the bat of Bradley...

March came in like a lion for the NIU baseball team. The Huskies lost their first two games, the second being a frustrating extra-innings loss to Southern Illinois. The end of March didn’t prove to be any better. The Huskies lost 4-3 Tuesday in a 15-inning...

As darkness set in over Ralph McKenzie Field, NIU’s Eric Sansouci stood at home plate in shock. In the bottom of the 15th inning, Sansouci thought he had just tied the game up at four. Instead he was the third out of a triple play to end the game. "There...

In many ways, the NIU baseball team can relate to Northern Iowa. Both teams were handed similar results after facing Southern Illinois. Northern Iowa traveled to SIU and was handed a three-game sweep. The Huskies avoided a similar fate by winning their...

As right-hander Josh Goodwin walked to take the mound in the top of the seventh inning for NIU, he knew his job would be to control the damage. After pitching six shutout innings, St. Xavier (9-10) had pieced together a single between two walks on starting...

After 16 games this season, NIU slugger Mike Santoro leads the Huskies with four home runs and 18 RBIs. The outfielder missed nearly all of last season with a foot injury, but was still drafted by the San Francisco Giants. The Northern Star caught up...

NIU’s Mike Santoro looked out at the scoreboard at the end of Tuesday’s baseball game and was in shock. The last number in Valparaiso’s line was seven - as in seven errors. With the wind blowing out and Valpo’s mistakes piling up, NIU baseball...

After winning its first two games, the NIU baseball team’s Spring Break road trip took a slide. The Huskies topped Wright State and Austin Peay before losing their next seven games. Evansville Aces Diamond Classic NIU scored three runs in the 11th inning...

There are a few things NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey hopes to see from his team in this weekend’s Ace’s Diamond Classic at Evansville, Ind. Mathey hopes to build on the momentum from the Huskies’ first win this season, over Southern Illinois University...