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Arkansas completes three-game sweep of NIU

By MATTHEW KERLIN | March 23, 1993

A stampede of Razorbacks took advantage of NIU pitching during Saturday's doubleheader on the astroturf in Fayetteville, Ark., forcing the Huskies to drop two, and bring their winless streak to five. In the first game of the twinbill, Arkansas (13-5)...

Razorbacks open series with offensive attack

By BRIAN WIENCEK | March 22, 1993

The good news was that the Huskie baseball squad produced two runs on seven hits Saturday against the Razorbacks. The bad news was that SEC power Arkansas churned out 12 runs on 15 hits as they defeated NIU, 12-2, in Fayetteville's George Cole Field....

Huskie Stadium to undergo facelift

By BRIAN HAYAS | February 11, 1993

The NIU athletic department plans to announce a major renovation project for Huskie Stadium later this spring. The project will involve two phases to improve the present seating and other spectator facilities. When asked why the stadium is in need of...

Baseball squad ranks near top in recruiting

By Brian Hayes | November 11, 1992

NIU baseball head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland is thinking spring already. Why is he doing this, you may ask? According to a recent issue of Collegiate Baseball magazine, the Huskies have one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. The publication...

Former Huskie hits the big leagues

By Alex Gary | October 13, 1992

Think you had a good summer job? Your summer job probably was not as good as NIU senior Tom O'Neill's. O'Neill, an economics major, made $850 a month playing professional baseball in the San Francisco Giants organization. Last season's Huskie second baseman...

Scouts have a field day at NIU

By Fred Konrath | September 29, 1992

Baseball scouts from the Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, Phillies, Dodgers and Astros were all out at McKinzie Field last Friday scouting players from the NIU baseball team. NIU head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland conducted an open scout session and impressed...

Scouts to converge on McKinzie

By Fred Konrath | September 24, 1992

The NIU baseball team will get a chance to display their talents at McKinzie Field Friday afternoon when a group of major-league scouts visit DeKalb to see which Huskies have the skills to play at the major-league level. Head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland...

NIU uses good work ethic to start year

By Mark D. Morrey | August 28, 1992

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy had some very good things to say about his team Wednesday after its opening day victory—2-1 over the University of Erlangen. "We defeated a very good technical team," Roy said. "It was a team that was much more mature than...

Bash-full Huskies dwarf ‘Cats

By Todd McMahon | April 22, 1992

When two teams are struggling, the best cure is to score as many runs as possible. In a game that lasted nearly four hours, NIU's baseball team used timely hits and plenty of Northwestern miscues to bash the Wildcats 19-11 at the Kane County Events Center...

Huskies decisioned by YSU

By David Lance | April 20, 1992

Along with the typical Easter brunch servings, NIU and Youngstown State University decided to add knuckle sandwiches to the menu. A scuffle between the two baseball Mid-Continent Conference opponents briefly halted the Penguins 4-3 first-game win Sunday...

NIU baseball rained out

April 16, 1992

NIU's scheduled baseball doubleheader against host Chicago State yesterday was postponed due to inclement weather. The games will be made up on May 12. Joe "Spanky" McFarland's squad resumes action this weekend with two scheduled doubleheaders. On Saturday,...

Daring Flames manage sweep

By David Lance | April 13, 1992

University of Illinois-Chicago was daring on the basepaths in the first game of its conference doubleheader at NIU Sunday afternoon. Consequently, the Flames almost burned themselves. UIC overcame its base-running errors with a two-run fourth inning and...