April 11, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern head baseball coach Paul Stevens set a school record with his 305th career victory as Northwestern split a Sunday afternoon doubleheader with Illinois. Now in his 12th season at NU, Stevens holds a career mark of 305-326-4. George McKinnon held the previous all-time NU baseball win total, collecting a 304-391-6 record from 1962-81.
Freshman Zach Schara (Madison, Wis./Madison West) earned his second victory of the season in NU's 9-6 game two win.
Sophomore Jeremy Kurella (Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin) went 5-for-7 in the two games to raise his batting average to a team-leading .427.
Combined with its two wins yesterday, Northwestern took three out of four games from Illinois for the first time since 1991.
GAME 1: Illinois 7, Northwestern 6
GAME 2: Northwestern 9, Illinois 6
Sunday, April 11, 1999
Rocky Miller Park - Evanston, Illinois
LINE SCORE
Game 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Illinois (19-10, 7-4) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 7 11 0 Northwestern (11-14, 2-5) 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 12 1LOB - NU 8, UI 9 E - (NU) Kurella 2B - (NU) P. Thompson, Kurella, Hietpas, Dainton, Franzese (UI) McClure HR - (NU) Williamson (UI) Svihlik SB - (NU) Kurella, Musselman (UI) Fischer
Pitchers NU IP H R ER BB SO Ribas 5.1 7 5 5 4 3 Bos 1.2 4 2 0 0 1 (L, 0-1)
Illinois IP H R ER BB SO Lavery 4.2 11 6 6 0 8 Burlage 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Journell 2.0 1 0 0 2 5 (W, 5-1)
Game 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Illinois (19-11, 7-5) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 11 1 Northwestern (12-14, 3-5) 6 0 1 2 0 0 x 9 8 1
DP - NU 1; LOB - NU 4, UI 9 E - (NU) Williamson (UI) Anderson 2B - (NU) Musselman, Hietpas (UI) Fischer HR - (UI) Marquie SB - (UI) Fischer
Pitchers NU IP H R ER BB SO Schara 5.2 7 3 3 5 8 (W, 2-2) Padgett 1.0 4 3 2 0 1 Bos (S, 6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois IP H R ER BB SO Rehrer 0.0 1 5 5 4 0 (L, 1-2) Burlage 6.0 7 4 3 0 2
COMING UP: Tuesday, April 13 * UW-Milwaukee at Northwestern, 3 p.m. CDT