When NIU catcher Tug Gillingham transferred from Purdue, he wasn’t looking only for a chance to play. He was looking for respect. "Playing time had a lot to do with it," the 6-foot-1 junior said, "but they thought of me as nothing more than a bullpen...

In its first weekend of MAC play, the NIU baseball team was swept on the road by Ball State. Ball State 9, NIU 6: The Cardinals (14-1 overall, 4-2 MAC) scored seven runs in the first three innings en route to the three-game sweep of NIU (12-14, 0-3)....

Eric Sansouci always has been fast. The right fielder doesn’t hold the single-season stolen base record at his high school and St. Louis Community College at Forest Park by a fluke. But in addition to leading the charge on the basepaths for the NIU...

Baseball coach Ed Mathey came to NIU last season and said the team’s goal was to win the MAC. The Huskies came one inning away from advancing to the championship game. This season, the goal is the same, and the Huskies will try to meet it starting today...

NIU left-handed pitcher Zach Minor has been the ace of the staff this year for the NIU baseball team, posting a 4-0 record and 1.41 ERA. A senior, Minor had a chance to stop and chat with the Northern Star on Tuesday. Northern Star: What is your out-pitch...

The NIU baseball team’s loss to Bradley on Wednesday gave the Huskies their longest losing streak of the season. As the Huskies begin MAC play Friday, they find themselves in a situation coach Ed Mathey said he did not want. "The MAC is going to be...

NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey said he knows his team hasn’t been playing well lately, but the second-year coach hopes it can turn it around against Bradley. The Huskies (12-10) will host the Braves for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. today at Ralph...

All sophomore Kelly Drozd could do was cheer her team on from the bench as NIU’s softball team snatched an extra-inning 2-1 victory from Minnesota on Feb. 12. Drozd received her chance to start in the next four games, going 2-for-13 from the plate -...

Defending Big Ten baseball champion Minnesota capitalized on three Huskies mistakes in the 11th inning to top NIU 5-4 in its first game of the Iowa Cubs/Hawkeye Classic on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa. Minnesota’s Tony Leseman reached first after being...

NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey thinks this weekend’s Iowa Cubs/Hawkeye Classic will help keep his team hungry for the conference season. The Huskies (12-7 overall) will take on Minnesota at 2 p.m. today, Northern Colorado at 11 a.m. Saturday and Iowa...

The NIU baseball team got what senior third baseman Rob Marconi called an "ugly win" on Wednesday. The Huskies remained undefeated at home with a 5-4 victory over Division III Wheaton College at Ralph McKinzie Field. As a Division-III school, Wheaton...

Last season, NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey led the Huskies to a record 34 wins. It was his first season of coaching at NIU. On Wednesday, Mathey and the Huskies picked up their 12th win of the season. After the game, Mathey spent time to chat about coaching....