Kent State University
Northern Illinois
Flashes Head West to Face NIU
4/18/2024 11:51:00 AM | Baseball
KENT- The Golden Flashes take its longest in-conference road trip this weekend, heading to DeKalb to meet up with the Northern Illinois Huskies for a three-game series.
The Flashes and Huskies will meet at 4, 3, and 2 pm ET on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Kent State has won two-straight and coming off of an impressive 10-3 victory at Penn State on Tuesday night in State College.
It was a total team effort against the Nittany Lions with five players enjoying two-hit games and seven different Flashes scoring a run. Five pitchers combined to strikeout 11 Nittany Lions, led by Rocco Bernadina who allowed one run and struck out five and got the win. Kent State is averaging over nine runs a game in conference play. They will face a NIU staff that has pitched to a 6.36 team ERA in MAC play.
Northern Illinois is 6-9 in MAC play and 11-24 overall. They are led offensively by Eric Erato who leads the squad with a .344 average. Colin Summerhill has mashed this year, leading the team with 15 homers and 41 RBI, 13 more than anyone else on the team. On the bump, DJ Hess has been a stalwart out of the pen but the starters have struggled. No Husky starter has an ERA south of seven this season.
The weekend series will be streamed on NIU All-Access, fans can purchase a weekend pass to watch the stream. Live stats are also available and links to everything can be found on the baseball schedule page. The Flashes are back in the Buckeye state on Tuesday at Youngstown State for a 1 p.m. first pitch.
