The weekend was not a kind one to the NIU baseball team. After coming with a six-game winning streak, the longest since NIU brought the program back in 1991, the Huskies went 1-3 against Western Michigan in a four-game series. The Huskies (17-17 overall,...

Even though the NIU baseball team is over .500 and playing well right now, coach Dave Schrage believes the team won't get respect until it proves it can win in conference. This weekend, the Huskies travel to Western Michigan for a four-game series. They...

Huskies first baseman Brent Coyner can't believe he's part of something no NIU baseball team has enjoyed since the program was brought back in 1991. After the Huskies beat Mt. St. Clare 7-0 Tuesday, they extended their winning streak to a record six games....

NIU starting pitcher Stephen Ayers knew that if he hit his spots, he was going to have a good game. In the Huskies 7-0 victory over Mount St. Clare on Tuesday, the sophomore pitched six shutout innings for the Huskies to improve his season record to 2-1....

Confidence is key to winning in any sport, and NIU baseball coach Dave Schrage believes it has been a big reason why the Huskies are on a five-game winning streak. One week ago, NIU sported four straight conference losses against Eastern Michigan. But...

Trevor Stocking went up to bat and knew he had to make immediate adjustments. It was a similar story for every other player in Saturday's NIU doubleheader over St. Xavier, as 55 mph wind gusts picked up sand from the infield. For Stocking, though, the...

One sport, one city, two teams. As the baseball season began on Sunday, so did the debate & who will finish better, the Cubs or White Sox? Every year about this time, fans of the two teams begin arguing about why their team will finish with the better...

After breaking a four-game losing streak Tuesday against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, NIU baseball coach Dave Schrage noticed how confident his Huskies were. The new-found confidence carried to the next game on Wednesday, and the Huskies walked away with a win...

Huskies baseball coach Dave Schrage has noticed a difference in his team the last two games. In NIU's victory over Illinois-Chicago on Wednesday, Schrage saw the Huskies being more confident than they were in their nine previous games. They have won their...

An NIU baseball team that recently struggled with its bats has found them suddenly coming alive in the last two games. Hitting is considered contagious, and the Huskies found that out against Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday and Illinois-Chicago on Wednesday....

Streaming past the pitcher's feet and beyond the outstretched arms of the second baseman, NIU's Trevor Stocking advanced the game-winning run in the ninth inning Tuesday to get the Huskies out of a four-game slide with a 9-8 win over the Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

John and Joel Vanden Berg never expected to be opponents. But for the first time in their collegiate and high school careers, the twins went against each other in baseball action Tuesday. The Vanden Bergs were teammates for the NIU baseball team for the...