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AVON, Ohio – The Ohio Baseball team (20-34) was eliminated from the Mid-American Conference Tournament by Northern Illinois (20-35), 6-3, on Friday evening at Sprenger Stadium. The game was Ohio's second of the day, coming after a 17 inning win over Miami.

Freshman RHP Eamon Horwedel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) was phenomenal in a spot start for Ohio. Horwedel went 6.1 innings and had a no-hit bid into the sixth inning. Horwedel allowed three earned runs and struck out three batters. Horwedel was given the loss and fell to 0-5.

Redshirt junior Tony Iero (North Canton, Ohio) tossed 1.0 scoreless inning and fanned one batter.

In his last collegiate at-bat, senior INF Rudy Rott (Holmen, Wis.) ripped an RBI single up the middle. Rott was 3-for-5 in his final game.

Redshirt junior Ryan Sargent (Algonquin, Ill.) had a double and one RBI for Ohio. Freshman INF Zyon Avery (Indianpolis, Ind.) also ripped a double and ended the day 2-for-3. Redshirt INF Michael Richardson (Cambridge, Md.) had two hits.

Ohio took the lead in the second on a Sargent groundout, and then added on to their lead in the sixth when Avery scored on a wild pitch.

NIU got on the board in the sixth when Malik Peters scored on a Dylan Lonteen ground out.

The Huskies tied the game in the seventh with a Jordan Larson single up the middle. NIU tooke the lead on a passed ball before Tommy Szczasny made it 6-2 with a three-run home run to right field.

Rott's single to center field scored Sargent in the top of the ninth but Ohio was unable to move in other runners over.

The entire MAC Tournament bracket can be found here.