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The Official Twitter of NIU Baseball. Led by @RyanCopelandNIU. 2026 MAC Champs

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🚨 Breaking News 🚨

Head Coach Ryan Copeland Receives Multi-Year Contract Extension, Will Be In NIU Dugout Through 2032 https://t.co/2DAtUm0bS9

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Ryan Copeland inherited an @NIU_Baseball program coming off a 10-win season. Three years later?

🏆 Program-record 36 wins
🏆 First @MACsports Tournament title
🏆 First NCAA Tournament berth since 1972

One of college baseball's best rebuilds ⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/viLHTkIQ9c

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🆕 2026 MAC Season Wrap-Up

The 2026 MAC season was one of the league’s stronger recent campaigns, with Miami repeating as regular-season champion and Northern Illinois authoring the year’s biggest postseason breakthrough.
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Officially a member of the @Yankees

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Congratulations to Max Vaisvila, who signed a free agent contract with the New York Yankees today! https://t.co/qE2Z98bCoS

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Cole Smith, Ivan Dahlberg Sign Professional Contracts; Over the weekend Ivan signed with @JolietSlammers of the Frontier League https://t.co/h3vJLzmLms

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Congratulations to Cole Smith who has signed a pro contract with @boomersbaseball of the Frontier League! Cole was a 2nd Team All-MAC and 2nd Team Academic All-America selection this season, leading NIU in BA (.357), SLG (.583) and doubles (19) #HuskieBall

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Already got our ring 🤘

#HuskieBall

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New conference. New rivalries. Same Pack mentality. 🐾

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More Good News Today! @ryancopelandNIU Earns ABCA/ATEC NCAA Division I Midwest Region Coach Of The Year https://t.co/4B1MeJ5QBe

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Congratulations to Cole Smith on being named Academic All-American by @CollSportsComm! Cole is the third Huskie in program history to be an Academic All-American https://t.co/NRIbbo07y5

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Beautiful day on the course ⛳️

#RunAsOne | #OnePack

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Congratulations to Gavin Baldwin, who has signed a professional contract with @GatewayGrizzlie of the Frontier League! Gavin finished his career 3rd on the NIU HR list (32) and 4th in SLG% (.604); His 17 HRs this season are the third-most in a single season in NIU history

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Max Vaisvila Named To ABCA/Rawlings Midwest All-Region Team; Senior Pitcher adds another accolade to stellar 2026 season https://t.co/Tc9Tex95Cf

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Carter Cox is heading to the Cape

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Excited to welcome Carter Cox, a Sophomore left-handed pitcher from Northern Illinois, to Hyannis for the '26 season.

This season Cox posted a 6-5 record over 18 appearances, dealing 89 strikeouts over 82.2 innings pitched for the Huskies.

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Eight Huskies Named To Academic All-MAC Baseball Team https://t.co/iyNyuyOLkX

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Congratulations to our five CSC Academic All-District selections - Nick Bassi, John Lyman, Marcus Romero, Cole Smith and Matt Tarr! https://t.co/T9cpXijuyw

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Thank you to everyone - families, alumni, fans and all those who support our program - for being there with us on this historic run!

#HuskieBall

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RECAP: NIU Battles #10 Florida State To Extras, Falls 7-4 In Elimination Game; Huskies finish season w/ program-record 36 wins, first MAC title & first NCAA Tournament win https://t.co/5C09CmMwfF

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Final | #10 Florida State defeats NIU in 10 innings

NIU ends the 2026 season with a record of 36-19 as they exit the NCAA Tournament