Final

Ball St. vs NIU

NIU beat Ball St. 5–2 in NCAA Division I baseball on Fri, May 8, 2026.

Ralph McKinzie Field · DeKalb, IL

Ball St.

▸NIU

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Ball St.NIU

CFBrayden Huebner

PBrendan Garza

LFKenskey Thomas

DHJack Bakus

3BRyan Muizelaar

CMax Kalk

RFCharlie Keller

2BGavin Balius

SSBrett Griffiths

1BJacob Gillis

Top 8

Brett Griffiths homered to left field, RBI (1-1 BF).

Bot 6

Charlie Parcell singled to third base, bunt, RBI (2-1 BBK); Ivan Dahlberg advanced to second; Gavin Baldwin scored, unearned.

Bot 6

Gavin Baldwin advanced to third; Nolan Sandee scored on a wild pitch, unearned.

Bot 6

Gavin Baldwin doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-1 SB); Nolan Sandee advanced to third; Caden Robertson scored, unearned.

Bot 5

Ivan Dahlberg homered to right field, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); Gavin Baldwin scored.

Top 1

Jacob Gillis grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0 B); Ryan Muizelaar out on the play; Brayden Huebner scored.