Northern Illinois ends 52-year NCAA baseball tournament drought; UIC returns for seventh appearance
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Colleen Kane
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Summary
Northern Illinois University baseball, under first-year coach Ryan Copeland, has broken a 52-year NCAA Tournament drought dating back to 1972. The Huskies, who were 10-43 before Copeland took over in June 2023, won the Mid-American Conference Tournament to earn their first NCAA regional berth in over five decades. Meanwhile, UIC is also making its seventh NCAA Tournament appearance and first under head coach Sean McDermott. Copeland describes NIU as a "dormant program that had potential" and believes both Chicago-area programs can "do something really special" in the regionals.
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