Sunday, June 8, 2008

NIU Baseball Round-Up

Where did we leave off...oh yeah

Postseason Game 2: NIU 6, Kent State 10
L / Box

Mathey-Speak:

"Our hitters did a good job against a first team all-MAC pitcher and we battled back and had some chances in this game," said head coach Ed Mathey. "We didn't capitalize on our opportunity in the sixth inning. Kent State is a good hitting team and they were up for the challenge tonight."

Top Performers:

1B Dave Reynolds - 2 for 3, HR, RBI, R, BB, E
LF Anthony Maziur - 2 for 4, RBI, R, 2 SB
CF Pat Minogue - 2 for 3, HR, RBI, R, BB
LHP Brandon Copp - 1.1 IP, 4 K's


Postseason Game 3: Ball State 5, NIU 6
W / Box

Mathey-Speak:

"It was a great finish and keeps us playing," said head coach Ed Mathey. "Our goal entering the ninth was to bring the tying run to the plate. Anthony [Maziur] and Bobby [Stevens] did a nice job getting on and we had a big at-bat from Jordin [Hood]. Then Danny [Reed] had a nice piece of hitting that brought home the winning run."

Top Performers:

3B Jordin Hood - 2 for 4, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, SB
SS Bobby Stevens - 2 for 4, R, SO, HBP, SB
RF Danny Reed - 2 for 5, GW RBI, 2 SO
1B Dave Reynolds - 1 for 4, HR, RBI, R, BB, SO


Postseason Game 4: Kent State 10, NIU 3
L / Box

Summary:

I don't know how Kent State didn't win the MAC, because their offense is absolutely dominant, while their pitching is good enough to keep them in games especially against us. One of these years we'll have a good enough team to match up with the best in the MAC, except this year wasn't the one.

Top Performers:

DH Justin Behm - 1 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, R
1B Dave Reynolds - 1 for 2, BB
RHP Dan Atkenson - 5.1 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 3 K's



Milestones Met

RF Danny Reed was named All-MAC Tournament after hitting .462, while slugging for 1.077. Ridiculous stats. Surprisingly, he didn't lead in either of those categories but was 3rd and 2nd respectively.

SS Bobby Stevens was hit by a record 27th pitch of the season, while setting the career record with 45 HBPs in his time at NIU.

NIU set a single-season record with a .963 fielding percentage surpassing the '59 and '07 seasons.

C/DH Justin Behm moved in to the 10th place on NIU's all-time HR list with his 17th dinger

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