SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The Northern Illinois baseball team received multi-hit nights from three players and collected 13 hits, but the Huskies (3-7) committed two key errors in Cal Poly’s seven-run first inning and fell 13-3 in the first game of a two-game set on Tuesday night at Baggett Stadium.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – For the second straight game, the Northern Illinois baseball team raced out to an early lead behind a strong pitching performance as junior Zach Oates went seven strong innings and the Huskies (3-6) defeated Cal State Bakersfield 5-3 to sweep the weekend series on Saturday afternoon at Hardt Field.

Bakersfield, Calif. – The Northern Illinois baseball team belted out 12 runs and 18 hits to collect its first two wins of the season in a doubleheader sweep over Cal State Bakersfield (5-4) on Friday afternoon at Hardt Field. The Huskies (2-6) stormed back from a 3-1 deficit to score five runs over the final four innings for a 6-4 victory in Game One, and junior Jeremy Gonzales allowed one hit over seven shutout innings in NIU’s 6-2 win in Game Two.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – In the finale of a three-game set with Austin Peay, the Northern Illinois baseball team lost 9-8 in an eventful 11 innings on Sunday afternoon at Raymond C. Hand Park as the Governors (5-2) took advantage of seven NIU (0-6) errors for nine runs on only eight hits in a contest that had three ties and three lead changes.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Similar to Friday's contest, the Northern Illinois baseball team fell behind early and showed resilience as NIU rallied with two runs in the ninth inning only to come up short again, 4-3, against Austin Peay on Saturday afternoon at Raymond C. Hand Park in the second of a three-game series.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – After falling behind 7-1 in the third inning, the Northern Illinois baseball team mounted a late rally to pull within three runs, but could not overcome the early deficit as the Huskies dropped a 7-4 decision to Austin Peay State on Friday evening at Raymond C. Hand Park in game one of a three-game series.

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Northern Illinois baseball team came up short on both ends of a doubleheader with Collegiate Baseball No. 5 Arizona State Saturday at Packard Stadium, where the Sun Devils (3-0) took Game One, 10-5, from the Huskies (0-3) and won Game Two, 26-1, in a shortened seven innings of play.

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Northern Illinois baseball team was unable to complete the tough task of defeating Collegiate Baseball's No. 5th ranked Arizona State Sun Devils to open the 2010 season Friday night at ASU's Packard Stadium as NIU dropped an 8-0 decision in the first of a four-game series.

The Northern Illinois baseball team will face Milwaukee on Wednesday, May 12 at the Milwaukee Brewers' Miller Park, Huskie coach Ed Mathey announced Tuesday.

Ball State picked to finish first in MAC West

When old-timers talk Northern Illinois University football and the kicking game, the conversation started and ended with Tom Wittum. The same opinion prevailed for Huskie baseball buffs. Nearly four decades after the fact, the Wittum legacy, name and reputation resides among the finest in the all-time NIU athletics tribunal.

Taking nominations now

The Northern Illinois baseball program announced its incoming class of 11 signees from the class of 2010.

The Northern Illinois baseball program announced its 2010 schedule on Wednesday, featuring 20 home games, two contests at professional ball parks Road Ranger Stadium and Elfstrom Stadium, and a season-opening four-game set on the road against national powerhouse Arizona State.

INDIANAPOLIS – Myles Brand, who fired Bob Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 67.

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DETROIT – There are tough economic times all around and plenty of decisions to be made, including what to do with the Temple football program.

Jamison Wells has had some time to think. It turns out that’s just made the situation more confusing.