The two teams will play a doubleheader of two seven-inning games on Saturday with game one starting at 12 p.m. Sunday's series finale will have a first pitch of 12 p.m. as well.
Due to COVID restrictions, attendance at Ralph McKinzie Field at this time is limited to 165 fans. Entrance will be allowed on a first to come general admission process through the North gate on the first base side of the field. The North gate will open 30 minutes prior to first pitch each day. NIU Athletics reserves the right to reserve some attendee spots for parents of NIU Baseball student-athletes if necessary on gameday. Masks must be worn while inside Ralph McKinzie Field and self-monitored general admission social distancing will be required.
Each game this weekend will be shown on NIUTube on NIUHuskies.com, the Huskie all-access channel. Subscriptions are available for purchase on a daily ($6.95), monthly ($10.95) or annual basis and provides access to all home NIU Athletics events streamed on the website for the purchase period.
NIU (7-27, 6-14 MAC) returns home after dropping all four games at Ball State last weekend. Two of the three losses were by two runs or less, falling 6-5 last Saturday with the tying run at third base in the top of the seventh of a seven-inning game. Redshirt-Junior Kam Smith (Colonial Beach, Va./The Steward School) continued his hot streak at the plate against the Cardinals, hitting .417 for the series. Smith is tied for fourth in the Mid-American Conference in hits with 41 and is second in the league with nine home runs.
Another player who had a standout series in Muncie was senior catcher Jake Dunham (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North). The Huskies' backstop hit .333 with two doubles, a home run, and three RBI against the Cardinals last weekend. Over his last 10 games, Dunham is hitting a team-best .382 with a .676 slugging percentage and a .450 on-base mark.
This weekend's series is the first between NIU and Akron (9-25, 3-21 MAC) since 2015. Akron reinstated its baseball program in 2020 after a five-year hiatus. The Zips are seventh in the MAC with a .260 team batting average. Junior Bryant Shellenbarger leads Akron in hitting with a .326 batting average. Cameron Tilly has a team-high four home runs and 17 RBI.
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