Northern Illinois opens play in the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament on Wednesday against Bowling Green.

NIU goes into the tournament as the Number 3 seed; it came down to the final day of the regular season, but the Huskies clinched the MAC West title by beating Ball State 6-4 in 10 innings. 

It’s NIU’s first-ever division title, and first regular season championship since 1972 in the Midwestern Conference.