From cold to colder; the NIU baseball team travels to St. Bonaventure University this weekend to play a three-game set against Buffalo.The series was originally scheduled to be played in Buffalo, but the Bulls decided to move the games to St. Bonaventure...
When Alex Klonowski jogged in from the bullpen on March 4 in the third inning against Arizona State, NIU head coach Ed Mathey had two words for him: Have fun.The freshman reliever on the NIU baseball team was faced with the daunting task of going up against...
Aurora had nothing to lose going into Wednesday evening's game against the NIU baseball team. The Division III Spartans' head coach Shaun Neitzel thought the game would be a learning experience at best. After all, the last time NIU and Aurora met in 1994,...
Nine innings weren’t necessary to find the winner of Tuesday’s meeting between Chicago State and NIU at Ralph McKinzie Field. The game was called after six-and-a-half innings with the Huskies in front 20-5. NIU head coach Ed Mathey and Chicago State...
DeKALB | In its first two games against Bowling Green, the NIU baseball team's bats were as cold as the weather they played in. The Huskies combined for eight hits and two runs in their first two contests against the Falcons, with both runs coming in...
DeKALB | A stellar outing from NIU starting pitcher Jeremy Gonzales keyed a 3-0 win on Sunday, salvaging the last of a three-game series against the Bowling Green baseball team. For the first two games of the home-opening series, it was hard to tell what...
Temperatures this weekend may not be conducive to baseball, but the NIU baseball team will do its best to get three games in against Bowling Green. Weather.com's forecast calls for temperatures in the 30s all weekend. As long as there isn't a threat of...
Sweat equity. That's the term NIU baseball head coach Ed Mathey uses to associate the work his players put in, with the ultimate payoff being success on the diamond. Huskie pitcher Zach Oates and shortstop Alex Jones sweated it out enough to garner MAC...
Tuesday was pretty hectic for Jamison Wells. The sophomore was at Huskie Stadium from 7:15-9:30 a.m. participating in the NIU football team's first spring practice. It was the practice-squad wide receiver's first chance to work on the field with new...
What was the first thing NIU baseball head coach Ed Mathey asked me on Friday evening after the Huskies lost 10-9 to Arizona State? "Did you see how fast their closer was throwing?" I didn't have a radar gun, but it didn't take one to see that ASU's Trevor...
SURPRISE, Ariz. | Four more losses were tacked on to the NIU baseball team's early-season slide over the weekend at the Coca-Cola Classic in Surprise, Arizona. The Huskies (0-10) came within five outs of taking down No. 10 Arizona State, but the Sun Devils...
For the second time in as many weeks, the NIU baseball team traveled west, and for the second time they came home with no wins. The Huskies (0-6) continued on their early-season slide in Lubbock, Texas this weekend, losing two games to BYU and Texas Tech...
