Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern vs Illinois
5/9/2026
Illinois Field
5:32 PM
Northwestern
20-27-1, 0
3
Final
4
Illinois
26-23, 0
| Team | 1st innning 1 | 2nd innning 2 | 3rd innning 3 | 4th innning 4 | 5th innning 5 | 6th innning 6 | 7th innning 7 | 8th innning 8 | 9th innning 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
Win: Reed Gannon (4-2)Loss: Rifenburg, Jake (2-6)
Scoring Summary
Team | NU | ILLINI |
|---|---|---|
1st A PUTTY doubled to left field, RBI (2-2); J ZEBIG scored. | 0 | 1 |
2nd J NELSON doubled to right center, RBI (2-0); W JOHANNES advanced to third; D CONTRERAS scored. | 0 | 2 |
2nd N GROVES flied out to lf, SF, RBI (1-1); W JOHANNES scored. | 0 | 3 |
6th MCELFATRICK homered to right center, RBI (2-2). | 1 | 3 |
8th MCELFATRICK singled down the rf line, RBI (2-2); KAPLAN scored. | 2 | 3 |
9th FREEMAN reached on a fielding error by ss (3-2); YANG advanced to third; CARUSO scored, unearned. | 3 | 3 |
9th W JOHANNES homered to right field, RBI (1-1). | 3 | 4 |
Northwestern
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McElfatrick, Owen | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lausch, Jack | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kucherak, Ryan | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ruiz, Noah | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slater, Jay | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Caruso, Charlie | PR/C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barron, Nick | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mills, Griffin | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hofstadler, Shane | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yang, Jake | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freeman, Jackson | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Groot, Logan | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaplan, Marty | PH/LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kouser, Matthew | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rifenburg, Jake | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Illinois
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Groves | CF/LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Farina | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Jack Zebig | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Brayden Mazzacano | PR/CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aj Putty | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Schupmann | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Collin Jennings | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Daniel Contreras | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Will Johannes | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J.R. Nelson | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aidan Flinn | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Mitch Dye | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed Gannon | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Batting
2B: Jack Zebig (1); Aj Putty (1); Will Johannes (1); J.R. Nelson (1)
HR: Will Johannes (1)
SF: Nick Groves (1)
Fielding
E: J.R. Nelson (1)
DP: Aj Putty (1); J.R. Nelson (1)
Northwestern
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kouser, Matthew | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 93 |
| Rifenburg, Jake | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 |
| Totals | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 131 |
Illinois
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aidan Flinn | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 80 |
Mitch Dye | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 52 |
Reed Gannon | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| Totals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 166 |
