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NIU (33-19)
MAC | Rank #145 | SRS -0.67

Season Summary

Overall Performance
33-19
Record
63%
Win %
-0.67
SRS
78
RPI
Offensive Production
+0.8
Run Margin
105th in D1
7.1
BaseRuns/G
81st in D1
7.4
Runs/Game
76th in D1
0.280
Team AVG
129th in D1
0.377
Team OBP
80th in D1
0.512
Team wOBA
31st in D1
222
Home Runs
42nd in D1
4.27
HR/Game
38th in D1
466
LOB
303rd in D1
Pitching Performance
6.6
RA/Game
161st in D1
5.33
Team ERA
136th in D1
9.14
Team FIP
265th in D1
1.45
Team WHIP
76th in D1
8.8
K/9
199th in D1
3.7
BB/9
59th in D1
62.4%
Strike %
84th in D1
Defense & Fielding
0.75
Errors/Game
26th in D1
0.979
Fielding %
21st in D1
1.92
SB Allowed/G
147th in D1
0.15
PB/Game
118th in D1

Recent Form

4-6 LAST 10
▼ L2
05/08
W
5-2
+3
vs Ball St.
05/09
W
11-1
+10
vs Ball St.
05/10
L
5-17
-12
vs Ball St.
05/14
L
6-8
-2
@ Western Mich.
05/15
L
2-12
-10
@ Western Mich.
05/16
L
6-7
-1
@ Western Mich.
05/20
W
11-0
+11
vs Western Mich.
05/29
W
12-10
+2
@ Coastal Carol
05/31
L
4-7
-3
vs Florida St.
05/31
L
8-21
-13
vs St. John's (N

Game Log (52 games)

Date H/A Opponent Result ERA OBP WHIP AVG OPS HR
02-13-2026 @ N.C. A&T W 10-2 2.00 0.341 0.67 0.206 0.665 0
02-14-2026 @ N.C. A&T L 3-10 4.50 0.257 1.50 0.133 0.490 0
02-16-2026 @ N.C. A&T W 6-5 3.86 0.333 1.00 0.263 0.754 1
02-18-2026 @ East Carolina L 5-11 7.20 0.342 2.20 0.286 0.799 2
02-20-2026 @ USC Upstate L 5-8 9.00 0.333 1.62 0.263 0.886 3
02-21-2026 @ Presbyterian W 3-1 1.12 0.289 0.62 0.206 0.642 0
02-22-2026 @ Wofford W 9-6 6.43 0.413 1.29 0.325 0.863 1
02-27-2026 @ Lindenwood L 3-13 5.40 0.323 2.00 0.276 0.633 0
02-28-2026 @ Lindenwood W 5-1 1.12 0.297 1.38 0.257 0.783 1
02-28-2026 @ Lindenwood W 3-2 2.00 0.270 0.78 0.156 0.489 0
03-01-2026 @ Lindenwood W 14-8 3.38 0.413 1.62 0.341 0.974 1
03-06-2026 @ Ohio L 7-14 16.20 0.357 2.00 0.182 0.751 2
03-07-2026 @ Ohio W 13-1 1.00 0.489 0.56 0.429 1.370 4
03-08-2026 @ Ohio W 8-2 2.00 0.409 0.56 0.278 0.854 1
03-13-2026 @ Toledo L 5-21 18.00 0.333 3.00 0.185 0.778 2
03-14-2026 @ Toledo W 8-3 2.25 0.395 1.12 0.235 0.719 1
03-15-2026 @ Toledo L 2-17 19.80 0.321 3.20 0.269 0.821 1
03-20-2026 vs Miami (OH) W 17-13 10.12 0.440 2.25 0.391 1.136 4
03-21-2026 vs Miami (OH) W 5-1 1.00 0.400 0.56 0.300 0.800 0
03-22-2026 vs Miami (OH) W 6-4 4.00 0.314 1.44 0.273 0.829 2
03-24-2026 @ Eastern Ill. W 5-4 1.12 0.413 1.12 0.289 0.860 1
03-27-2026 vs Bowling Green L 4-5 2.25 0.366 0.62 0.278 0.671 0
03-28-2026 vs Bowling Green W 5-0 0.00 0.361 0.33 0.179 0.647 0
03-29-2026 vs Bowling Green W 12-8 7.00 0.463 2.00 0.371 1.035 1
04-03-2026 @ Massachusetts L 0-4 4.50 0.222 1.00 0.125 0.347 0
04-03-2026 @ Massachusetts W 6-4 4.00 0.341 2.00 0.237 0.683 0
04-04-2026 @ Massachusetts W 6-0 0.00 0.286 0.62 0.265 0.609 0
04-07-2026 vs Eastern Ill. L 9-11 7.50 0.381 1.83 0.350 0.856 1
04-10-2026 vs Kent St. W 12-2 2.57 0.471 1.57 0.357 0.971 1
04-11-2026 vs Kent St. L 8-9 9.00 0.395 1.78 0.333 0.934 2
04-12-2026 vs Kent St. W 5-2 2.00 0.378 1.22 0.258 0.636 0
04-17-2026 @ Akron W 10-8 4.50 0.341 1.88 0.156 0.685 2
04-18-2026 @ Akron W 8-6 4.00 0.410 1.00 0.303 1.047 3
04-19-2026 @ Akron L 3-4 4.50 0.286 1.83 0.194 0.576 0
04-21-2026 @ UIC W 9-8 6.75 0.405 1.25 0.324 0.972 2
04-24-2026 vs Eastern Mich. W 15-9 10.12 0.511 2.00 0.421 1.195 2
04-25-2026 vs Eastern Mich. W 11-8 9.00 0.487 2.12 0.375 1.081 1
04-26-2026 vs Eastern Mich. L 7-9 6.75 0.452 1.50 0.303 0.786 0
04-28-2026 vs Valparaiso W 11-5 5.62 0.450 1.12 0.371 0.964 0
05-01-2026 @ Central Mich. W 12-1 1.12 0.409 0.88 0.297 1.058 3
05-02-2026 @ Central Mich. W 10-5 5.00 0.422 1.22 0.316 0.922 1
05-03-2026 @ Central Mich. W 8-2 2.00 0.442 1.11 0.351 0.901 1
05-08-2026 vs Ball St. W 5-2 2.25 0.324 1.50 0.207 0.703 1
05-09-2026 vs Ball St. W 11-1 1.12 0.522 1.12 0.436 1.240 2
05-10-2026 vs Ball St. L 5-17 5.40 0.270 1.20 0.182 0.604 1
05-14-2026 @ Western Mich. L 6-8 10.29 0.316 2.00 0.212 0.589 0
05-15-2026 @ Western Mich. L 2-12 12.00 0.207 2.33 0.179 0.493 1
05-16-2026 @ Western Mich. L 6-7 9.00 0.444 2.29 0.242 0.747 0
05-20-2026 vs Western Mich. W 11-0 0.00 0.406 0.29 0.345 1.027 2
05-29-2026 @ Coastal Carolina W 12-10 8.22 0.452 2.35 0.343 8.995 53
05-31-2026 vs Florida St. L 4-7 6.75 0.243 1.50 0.176 9.008 55
05-31-2026 vs St. John's (NY) L 8-21 20.52 0.350 3.84 0.278 9.461 60

ERA/WHIP = pitching stats  |  OBP/AVG/OPS = batting stats  |  HR = home runs hit  |  SRS = schedule-adjusted run margin

Batting Roster

PLAYER ⇅ POS ⇅ G ⇅ AB ⇅ R ⇅ H ⇅ 2B ⇅ 3B ⇅ HR ⇅ RBI ⇅ BB ⇅ K ⇅ SB ⇅ AVG ⇅ OBP ⇅ OPS ⇅ WOBA ⇅
Cole Smith 49 199 48 71 19 4 6 50 33 38 0 0.357 0.438 1.021 0.548
Kayden Jennings 11 16 4 5 2 0 1 5 1 5 0 0.313 0.389 1.014 0.561
Gavin Baldwin 55 210 44 56 12 0 17 61 24 45 0 0.267 0.380 0.947 0.488
Wyatt Wawro 52 168 51 60 8 2 1 24 39 29 0 0.357 0.491 0.937 0.459
Marcus Romero 46 147 45 49 10 1 3 24 18 39 0 0.333 0.449 0.925 0.458
Nolan Sandee 50 160 35 48 12 2 2 30 42 41 0 0.300 0.470 0.908 0.463
Ivan Dahlberg 54 169 36 38 11 0 8 29 50 35 0 0.225 0.445 0.877 0.446
Caden Robertson 53 222 46 62 6 2 14 63 17 69 0 0.279 0.343 0.857 0.436
Vinny Spotofora 49 177 33 49 11 3 3 34 14 34 0 0.277 0.348 0.772 0.404
Will Couchman 33 99 15 24 5 0 4 21 9 34 0 0.242 0.312 0.726 0.384
Cooper Cohn 34 65 8 13 2 0 2 10 12 23 0 0.200 0.329 0.652 0.341
Charlie Parcell 53 206 30 48 6 2 1 21 26 27 0 0.233 0.351 0.647 0.314
Connor Mendell 13 26 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 9 0 0.115 0.233 0.425 0.249
Owen Ross 12 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.179 0.207 0.421 0.219
Austin Wiegand 6 17 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.059 0.158 0.217 0.120

Pitching Staff

PLAYER ⇅ APP ⇅ GS ⇅ W-L ⇅ SV ⇅ SHO ⇅ QS ⇅ IP ⇅ H ⇅ ER ⇅ BB ⇅ K ⇅ ERA ⇅ WHIP ⇅ K/9 ⇅ BAA ⇅
Cooper Cohn 14 0 2-1 1 0 0 20.2 17 4 10 22 1.74 1.31 9.8 0.218
Max Vaisvila 16 0 8-0 0 0 3 85.2 70 29 21 87 3.05 1.06 9.2 0.227
Josh Loren 15 0 0-1 0 0 0 14.2 10 6 5 10 3.68 1.02 6.3 0.200
Blake Gaskey 28 0 7-2 3 0 0 70.1 79 39 21 46 4.99 1.42 5.9 0.293
Danny Cihocki 17 0 7-3 0 0 2 92.2 90 55 33 80 5.34 1.33 7.8 0.254
Carter Cox 18 0 6-5 1 0 1 82.2 92 50 31 89 5.44 1.49 9.7 0.277
Matt Tarr 24 0 2-1 4 0 0 25.2 28 18 18 34 6.31 1.79 12.1 0.277
John Lyman 20 0 0-1 2 0 0 13.0 12 12 11 15 8.31 1.77 10.4 0.255
Alex Day 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 4 3 8.31 2.54 6.6 0.368
Nick Bassi 19 0 3-1 2 0 0 20.2 26 24 18 23 10.45 2.13 10.2 0.313
Mason Orton 15 0 0-1 0 0 0 25.2 32 30 18 28 10.52 1.95 10.0 0.294
Tyler Deleskiewicz 7 0 0-0 0 0 0 4.2 5 6 4 5 11.57 1.93 10.7 0.294
Ben Kasten 8 0 0-0 0 0 0 5.0 8 7 6 3 12.60 2.80 5.4 0.400
Gavin Micklinghoff 12 0 1-3 1 0 0 12.0 27 25 10 10 18.75 3.08 7.5 0.443
Connar Temple 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 2.1 4 5 4 1 19.29 3.43 4.3 0.364
RJ Bergren 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 3.0 6 7 4 2 21.00 3.33 6.0 0.462
Jaqson Tejada 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 3 0 54.00 15.00 0.0 0.667
NIU D1 Average Below Avg
Offensive Production
AVG 0.280avg 0.269
OBP 0.377avg 0.352
SLG 0.918avg 0.420
OPS 1.295avg 0.772
HR/Game 4.27avg 1.00
Runs/Game 7.4avg 6.3
Pitching & Defense
ERA 5.33avg 6.13
WHIP 1.45avg 1.70
K/9 8.8avg 9.6
BB/9 3.7avg 4.6
Strike % 62.4%avg 59.0%
Err/Game 0.75avg 1.04
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