NORTHERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL 2012 NOTES and FACTS February 29, 2011 Week 3: Coca Cola Classic | Surprise, Ariz
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL 2012 NOTES AND FACTS February 29, 2011 Week 3: Coca Cola Classic | Surprise, Ariz. Thu: Winthrop | Fri: Arizona State | Sat: St Mary’s | Sun: Oregon State NIU to Play Four at Coca Classic; Will Meet Two Top-20 Teams 2012 SCHEDULE date opponent time/result TALE OF THE TAPE PROJECTED MATCHUPS F17 @Tennessee L 7-1 F18 @Tennessee L 10-5 F19 @Tennessee L 7-2 F25 No. 18/21 vs St. John’s^ L 11-9 (10) NIU @Texas Tech L 8-5 THURSDAY ....... F26 @Texas Tech L 10-4 FRIDAY F27 @ No. 24 Texas Tech L 3-2 SATURDAY RHP Taylor Nawrocki (0-1) M1 vs Winthrop# 5 p.m. M2 @ No. 11 Arizona State 5 p.m. NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY ............................ LHP Tom Barry (0-2) M3 vs St. Mary’s (Calif.)# 5 p.m. 2012 Overall Record .............LHP Jake Hermsen (0-2) M4 vs No. 24 Oregon State# Noon ...................RHPWU Tony Manville (0-1) M9 @Austin Peay 2:30 p.m. Home THURSDAY ............................ 0-7 M10 vs Arkansas State$ 11 a.m. Away ASU M11 vs Dayton$ 11 a.m. ...........................................................N/A ..............RHP Matt Pierpont (0-0) Neutral FRIDAY M13 @Saint Louis 3 p.m. .............................................................. 0-6 M14 @Saint Louis 3 p.m. SMC M16 @Southern Illinois 11 a.m. Head ......................................................... Coach Ed Mathey 0-1 .....................RHP Alex Blackford (0-0) M17 vs Illinois% 11 a.m. SATURDAY Overall (19th season) @Southern Illinois 2:30 p.m. OSU M18 vs Illinois& 11 a.m. NIU (10th season) .............RHP Tanner Kichler (0-0) M20 UIC 3:05 p.m. .......... 445-439-3 SUNDAY M23 @Kent State* 2 p.m. M24 @ Kent State* Noon .................. 240-268-1 ..............................................................TBA M25 @Kent State* Noon M27 Milwaukee 3:05 p.m. M30 Akron* 3:05 p.m. M31 Akron* 1:05 p.m. A1 Akron* 1:05 p.m. A6 Ohio* 3:05 p.m. A7 Ohio* 1:05 p.m. A8 Ohio* 1:05 p.m. A10 Illinois State 3:05 p.m. A13 @Miami (Ohio)* 5 p.m. Winthrop No. 11 Arizona State St. Mary’s (Calif.) No. 24 Oregon State A14 @Miami (Ohio)* 2 p.m. Overall 0-8 Overall 5-1 Overall 5-3 Overall 5-3 A15 @Miami (Ohio)* Noon Home 0-5 Home 5-1 Home 4-3 Home N/A A20 Toledo* 3:05 p.m. Away 0-3 Away N/A Away 1-0 Away 3-3 A21 Toledo* 1:05 p.m. A22 Toledo* 1:05 p.m. Neutral N/A Neutral N/A Neutral N/A Neutral 2-0 A24 Milwaukee 3:05 p.m. A25 @Bradley 6 p.m. Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach A27 @Eastern Michigan* 5 p.m. A28 @Eastern Michigan* 2 p.m. Tom Riginos Tim Esmay Jedd Soto Pat Casey A29 @Eastern Michigan* Noon Overall (2nd) 27-38 Overall (11th) 313-264-1 Overall (16th) 311-296-3 Overall (23rd) 754-472-5 M1 Northwestern@ 6:30 p.m. WU (2nd) same ASU (3rd) 100-29 SMC (9th) 182-218-3 OSU (18th) 583-359-4 M2 @UIC 6:05 p.m. M4 Central Michigan* 3:05 p.m. M5 Central Michigan* 1:05 p.m. Game Date Game Date Game Date Game Date M6 Central Michigan* 1:05 p.m. March 1 5 p.m. March 2 5 p.m. March 3 5 p.m. March 4 Noon M11 @Western Michigan* 2 p.m. M12 @Western Michigan* Noon M13 @Western Michigan* Noon M15 @Milwaukee 4 p.m. DeKALB, Ill. M17 Ball State* 3:05 p.m. M18 Ball State* 3:05 p.m. M19 Ball State* 1:05 p.m. - After battling against two nationally-ranked foes last weekend, then- No. 18 St. John’s and No. 24 Texas Tech, Northern Illinois will head to the Coca Cola M23-27 MAC Tournament TBA Classic in Surprise, Ariz March 1-4. the Huskies will face Winthrop, No. 11 Arizona J1-3 NCAA Regional TBA State,LEAD St.OFFS Mary’s (Calif.) and No. 24 Oregon State. J8-10 NCAA Super Regional TBA J15-25 CollegeAll times World listed Series are Central TBA - Against nationally-ranked opponents this season, NIU has outscored its opponents * - MAC contest % - Carbondale, Ill. 10-2 in the final three innings of contests. ^ - Lubbock, Texas & - Rent One Park # - Surprise, Ariz. @ - Elfstrom Stadium - Northern Illinois has also tied its nationally ranked foes in the ninth inning. $ - Clarksville, Tenn. - The Huskies are making1 their second-consecutive trip to Surprise, Ariz. 2012 ROSTER NO. NAME YR POS. B/T HT WT HOMETOWN/PREV. SCHOOL 1 Alex Jones Sr. IF L/R 5-11 185 Kansas City, Kan./Piper 2 Connor Duckhorn Jr. IF/C L/R 6-1 185 Darien, Ill/Cowley County CC 3 Anthony Andres Soph. P L/L 6-0 190 Western Springs, Ill./St. Rita 4 Tom Barry Sr. P L/L 6-3 200 Orland Park, Ill./Providence Catholic 5 Jordan Huffman Jr. IF R/R 6-0 195 Sergaent Bluff, Iowa/North Iowa Area CC 7 Alex Klonowski Soph. IF/P R/R 6-3 185 Kearney, Mo./Kearney 10 Joe Battaglia Soph. C R/R 6-0 205 Westchester, Ill./St. Joseph 11 Ben Etcheverry Jr. P R/R 6-1 195 Winter Haven, Fla./Lake Region 12 Danny Haze Fr. OF R/R 6-2 195 Palatine, Ill./Palatine 13 Kevin Sweeney Soph. IF/P R/R 6-2 180 Chicago, Ill./Fenwick 14 Jeff Zimmerman Soph. IF L/L 6-3 220 Tinley Park, Ill./Victor J Andrew 15 Jamison Wells Jr. OF R/R 5-11 185 Combined Locks, Wis./Kimberly 17 Michael Kane Jr. OF L/R 6-0 206 Chicago, Ill./South Suburban College 18 Eli Anderson Soph. P R/R 6-0 220 Glenview, Ill./New Trier 19 Kyle Glancy Sr. P R/R 6-2 195 Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest 20 Taylor Nawrocki Jr. P R/R 6-3 210 Fairmont, Minn./North Iowa Area CC 21 Jake Hermsen Sr. OF/P R/L 6-0 215 New London, Wis./New London 22 Alex Beckman Sr. OF L/R 5-10 170 Batavia, Ill./Batavia 23 Mike Grindstaff Fr. P R/R 6-0 195 Joliet, Ill./Joliet West 24 Jordan Rishavy RS Jr. OF L/R 6-1 185 Rochester, Minn./North Iowa Area CC 25 Brett Frantini Sr. C R/R 6-0 210 Minooka, Ill./Minooka 26 Ben Neumann Fr. P L/L 6-1 185 Verona, Wis./Verona Area 27 Chris Divarco Soph. IF R/R 6-2 200 Long Grove, Ill./Carmel Catholic 28 Troy White Sr. IF R/R 5-11 180 Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young 30 Micah McCulloch Fr. IF/C R/R 6-3 270 Rochelle, Ill./Rochelle Township 32 Zach Badgley RS Jr. P R/R 6-4 200 McHenry, Ill./McHenry 33 Connor Schomig Soph. IF/OF R/R 6-1 180 Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South 34 Anthony Ciango Fr. P R/R 6-0 180 Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove 35 Tony Manville Sr. P L/R 6-2 200 New Lenox, Ill./Iowa 36 Jacob Turner Sr. P R/R 6-4 200 Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore HEAD50 JacobCOACH: Goldenberg Jr. P L/L 6-1 200 Syracuse, Ind./Wabash Valley CC ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: ASSISTANT COACH: Ed Mathey, 10th season (North Central, ’86) ASSISTANT COACH: Steve Joslyn, 10th season (North Central, ’86) Ray Napientek, 6th season (North Central, ’99) Jason Smith, 4th season (Aurora,PRONUNCIATION ’04) GUIDE Alex KLONOWSKI - Klo-Now-Ski MICAH McCULLOCH - Mike-uh Mi-Kull-uck Joe Battaglia - Buh-Tag-lia Zach BADGLEY - Badge-Lee Ben ETCHEVERRY - Etch-uh-Very Connor SCHOMIG - Show-Mig Taylor NAWROCKI - Nuh-Rock-ee Anthony CIANGO - Chee-On-Go Jordan RISHAVY - Ri-Sha-Vee Brett FRANTINI - Fran-Teen-ee Ed MATHEY - Mah-Thee Chris DiVARCOINFIELDERS - Di-Var-Co CATCHERS OUTFIELDERS Ray NAPIENTEKPITCHERS - Nap-ee-en-tech No. 27 ______________Chris Divarco No. 10 _______________ Joe Battaglia No. 22 _____________ Alex Beckman No. 2 _____________Anthony Andres No. 2 ___________Connor Duckhorn No. 25 ______________Brett Frantini No. 12 ________________Danny Haze No. 32 _____________Zach Badgeley No. 5 _____________ Jordan Huffman No. 30 __________Micah McCulloch No. 17 ______________Michael Kane No. 4 ___________________ Tom Barry No. 1 ___________________ Alex Jones No. 24 ____________ Jordan Rishavy No. 34 ___________ Anthony Ciango No. 28 ________________ Troy White No. 33 __________ Connor Schomig No. 50 _________ Jacob Goldenberg No. 14 ___________Jeff Zimmerman No. 15 _____________ Jamison Wells No. 23 ____________Mike Grindstaff No. 21 _____________ Jake Hermsen No. 7 ______________Alex Klonowski No. 35 _____________ Tony Manville No. 26 _____________ Ben Neumann No. 13 ____________ Kevin Sweeney No. 36 ______________ Jacob Turner 2 FOLLOW FROM HOME QUICK FACTS SCHOOL INFORMATION Fans can follow the Arizona State and Oregon State games on Gametracker on NIUHuskies.com, or can listen to radio broadcasts on each school’s respective web- site by subscription only. The game against Winthrop will have a FREE radio broad- Northern Illinois University Location ................................................. DeKalb, Ill. LASTcast at TIME WinthropEagles.com. OUT: TEXAS HOLD No media‘EM will be available for the St. Mary’s game. Founded .............................................................1895 Enrollment ....................................................24,424 Nickname.....................................................Huskies Northern Illinois traveled to Lubbock, Texas for a contest against St. John’s and Colors ......................................Cardinal and Black three versus host Texas Tech. NIU was without the service of seven of its players Facility ...............................Ralph McKinzie Field as members of the team came down with a virus. However, that did not hinder the Dimensions (L to R) ..312-368-395-368-322 Huskies as they sent their game with the No. 18 Red Storm to extra innings but lost Affiliation .....................................NCAA Division I 11-9 on a walkoff homerun in the bottom of the 10th.Texas Tech defeated the Hus- Conference .............Mid-American Conference kies Saturday night after the St.