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Baseball takes two of three from Miami

By Andrew Singer | April 10, 2011

Jeremy Gonzales pitched a three-hit complete game shutout in a 2-0 win over Miami (OH) on Sunday afternoon, as the NIU baseball team took two of three from the RedHawks over the weekend at Ralph McKinzie Field. The right-hander didn’t allow a batter...

Huskies heading home to face RedHawks

By Andrew Singer | April 7, 2011

Winners of 11 of their last 16 games, the NIU baseball Huskies will take on Miami (OH) in a three-game set over the weekend. Starting at 3:05 p.m. this afternoon at Ralph McKinzie Field, this weekend's series represents the last three games of a five-game...

Second baseman Alex Beckmann dives for a ball in NIU's 7-4 loss to Illinois State.

NIU baseball crumple under Illinois State

By Andrew Singer | April 5, 2011

DeKALB | Walks and wild pitches characterized a 7-4 loss to Illinois State for the NIU baseball team at Ralph McKinzie Field on Tuesday afternoon. The Huskies (10-15 overall, 4-2 MAC) didn’t record their first hit until the sixth inning, and that didn’t...

NIU baseball sweeps three games from Buffalo

By Andrew Singer | April 3, 2011

Led by a potent offense on Saturday and a dominant pitching performance on Sunday, the NIU baseball team swept three games from Buffalo over the weekend. The Huskies took both games of a Saturday doubleheader, 9-4 and 12-4 respectively. Then, in the series...

Baseball bundling up for road trip

By Andrew Singer | March 31, 2011

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...

Freshman File: Alex Klonowski

By Andrew Singer | March 31, 2011

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...

Win at McKinzie over NIU baseball big for Aurora

March 30, 2011

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,...

Huskies tame Cougars in shortened game

Huskies tame Cougars in shortened game

By Andrew Singer | March 29, 2011

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...

Cold weather gets to Huskies

By Jimmy Johnson | March 27, 2011

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...

Baseball takes one of three games over the weekend

By Andrew Singer | March 27, 2011

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...

Baseball bundling up for weekend

By Andrew Singer | March 24, 2011

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...

NIU's Jamison Wells is pulling double duty for both NIU football and baseball.

Double major, try being a double athlete

By Andrew Singer | March 22, 2011

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...