This Week in Huskie Athletics
This Week in Huskie Athletics Northern Illinois University will have four teams in action. The NIU baseball team heads on the road for a Tuesday morning start against Milwaukee before heading to Ypsilanti for a weekend series against EMU. NIU softball will host a Tuesday doubleheader at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. against WMU before traveling to Toledo for a three game weekend series with a Saturday doubleheader. NIU Track and Field will host the Huskie Classic at the NIU Track and Field Complex on Saturday. NIU men’s golf continues play at the MAC Championships in Athens, Ohio. The Huskies held the lead after Sunday’s opening round.
Baseball
Tuesday, April 29 at Milwaukee, 11 a.m. – ESPN+ | Live Stats
Friday, May 2 at EMU, 2 p.m. – Watch on ESPN+ | Live Stats
Saturday, May 3 at EMU, 1 p.m. – Watch On ESPN+ | Live Stats
Sunday, May 4 at EMU, 12 p.m. – Live Stats
The Huskies open a four-game road trip on Tuesday with an 11 a.m. game at Milwaukee. NIU went 2-3 last week, winning at Valparaiso 8-6 last Tuesday and taking the final game of this past season’s series against Western Michigan 4-2. Carter Cox and Danny Cihocki combined to hold the Broncos to two runs on six hits on Sunday. NIU enters the week with 69 home runs on the season, one away from tying the single-season record of 70 set back in 2003. Logan Gregorio hit his 15th home run of the year on Friday. He is second in the MAC in home runs as well as RBI with 58. The Huskies head to Ypsilanti, Mich. for a weekend series against Eastern Michigan. The Eagles are tied with Central Michigan for sixth place in the MAC at 9-12. NIU swept Eastern Michigan in the final weekend of the 2024 season, winning each game by one run.
Softball
Tuesday, April 29 vs WMU, 1 p.m. – Watch | Live Stats
Tuesday, April 29 vs WMU, 3 p.m. – Watch | Live Stats
Saturday, May 3 at Toledo, 12 p.m. – Live Stats
Saturday, May 3 at Toledo, 2 p.m. – Live Stats
Sunday, May 4 at Toledo, 11 a.m. – Live Stats
Ending the home portion of their schedule, the Northern Illinois University Huskies softball team (18-26, 12-11 MAC) will host the Western Michigan University Broncos (13-34, 7-15 MAC) in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 29. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at Mary M. Bell Field.
The Huskies were most recently in action on April 25-26 as they hosted Akron at home. Madison Mathews (Yuma, Ariz./Cibola) recorded her seventh home run of the season as NIU shutout Akron 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on April 26 while Alana Powell (Chicago, Ill./Kenwood Academy) recorded her first home run of the season on April 25.
Track and Field
Saturday, May 3 (Huskie Classic), 10:30 a.m. –
The NIU women’s track and field team wraps up the regular season this Saturday (May 3) at home with the Huskie Classic at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Field events will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the hammer throw, NIU will recognize its seniors in a ceremony beginning at 12:15 p.m. with events on track, starting with the 3,000 meters, starting at 1 p.m.
This past weekend at the Drake Relays, Emma Vorpagel ran the fastest time in the MAC this season in the 800 meters, clocking in at 2:08.00 to finish second in the unseeded section on the blue oval. Kamiya Dendy recorded the fourth-best mark in the conference in the high jump, clearing 1.75m (5-08.75) to finish fourth. A full preview of this weekend’s meet will be available later this week on NIUHuskies.com.
Men’s Golf
Sunday, April 27 – Tuesday, April 29 at MAC Championships
The Huskies continue play in the MAC Championship on Monday and Tuesday. The Huskies were tied for first place with Eastern Michigan after Sunday’s opening round.