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Student votes not clearly reflected in state primary ANNA SPOERRE | @AnnaSpoerre

Bernie Sanders’ considerable lead over Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton among SIU students — according to a poll conducted last week by the Daily Egyptian — has yet to be reflected in national standings.

As of Sunday, Trump has 678 delegates compared to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 423 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s 143, according to The Associated Press. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race Tuesday after losing the primary, an election that helps determine which candidates move on to the general election in November, in his home state to Trump.

On the other side, Clinton has a lead of 1,614 delegates over Sanders’ 856.

This doesn’t fall in line with how SIU students said they were going to vote, according to the Daily Egyptian’s poll of about 1,800 students.

Based strictly off the results of this poll, which was open from March 8 to March 14, Vermont Sen. Sanders led with 86 percent of the Democratic vote. Former Secretary of State Clinton took just 9 percent and the remaining 5 percent were undecided.

In the March 15 Illinois primary, however, Sanders’ overwhelming popularity on SIU’s campus was not reflected statewide where Clinton, with 51 percent of the vote, beat Sanders by two percentage points — winning her 93 delegates and him 70.

In the Republican side of the DE poll, Trump led with 39 percent of the vote. Cruz followed behind at 23 percent and Kasich fell into last place with 12 percent behind Rubio’s 19 percent with the remaining 7 percent undecided.

Our Republican poll results were similar to the Illinois primary results where Trump took 39 percent of the vote in front of Cruz’s 30 percent — giving Trump 53 delegates and Cruz nine, according to The Associated Press.

Of the respondents, 78 percent of students said they already voted or planned to vote in the Illinois primary. Of those who said they planned to vote, almost twice as many students said they

would be voting for a Democratic candidate.

The straw poll collected 1,799 anonymous responses and was conducted via Survey Monkey thanks to funding from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. It was available to all students through SIU Online.

John Jackson, a visiting professor at the institute, said it’s not surprising Sanders ranked so high among students considering the state’s budget impasse and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed cuts to higher education funding.

Most students polled said they were supporting their chosen candidate based off his or her stance on important issues. When asked to elaborate on this, 38 percent said education was the leading influence of their vote.

Students also said tax reform, healthcare and immigration were important factors. Climate change, gun control, abortion and refugees took a backseat — all with less than 10 percent of the vote.

As for those who said they would not be voting in the Illinois primary, nearly half said it was because they are not Illinois residents. Other common reasons included not knowing enough about the candidates, not liking any of the candidates and not knowing how or where to vote.

“I do not want to be slated into a party. I feel more independent/moderate than anything else,” one participant wrote. “I would vote in the primary if declaring a party was not a part of it.”

Ten percent of those not voting said it was because they do not believe their votes matter.

“The electoral college votes regardless and even if my vote did matter, it would be like choosing between Hitler and Stalin,” another participant wrote.

Illinois is one of 34 states to hold primaries — state-wide elections in which registered voters go to the polls to vote for the candidate they want to represent their party in office — opposed to the other 16 states that hold caucuses — or open discussions where the state’s vote is decided publicly.

Delegates are awarded to each candidate based on caucus and election results. These delegates later decide their party’s nomination for president.

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Centerstone closes youth mentoring program TYLER CROTZER @TylerCrotzer_DE

Young Southern Illinoisans in need of critical mentoring services lost one more outlet because of the state’s budget issues.

Centerstone, which also provides developmental and therapeutic services, canceled mentoring services last month to 59 children

that were in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Illinois program.

John Markley, Centerstone’s CEO, said the company has only received 60 to 70 percent of its $4.5 million state budget for this fiscal year. By closing the BBBS program and consolidating sites, the company can reduce overhead expenses and ensure its primary behavioral health

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services remain available.

“The harm being done is not far out weighing the benefit we’re going to get waiting out a solution,” Markley said. “People need to consider how we can compromise and come together and find a solution to move forward so we can get services back on track and funded.”

The Carbondale program, which operated for nearly 20 years, provided the means for volunteers to teach and connect with children they otherwise would never have met.

“We have so many success stories,” said Kathryn Sime, director of advancement at Centerstone. “We have a ‘little’ who is in college now in the area who is the first in her family

to go to college. She wouldn’t have dared to consider applying to college without the support of her ‘big.’”

Not only has the cancellation of this program affected the nearly 50 volunteers that used it, but it also served as an outlet for SIU students to earn real world experience before beginning their careers.

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Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms Five-year-old Emerson Felty, of Herrin, looks at her aunt, Amanda Zaayer, after spilling a drop of paint during Saturday’s community puppet-making workshop in the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce building. Felty said she decided to make a fuchsia llama puppet because she “thought it would be the coolest.” The workshop is one of four throughout March and April in preparation for the third-annual All Species Puppet Parade on Earth Day. The parade and workshops are facilitated by “The Beloved Puppetistas” — a group of volunteer artists who came together with the desire to integrate environmental concerns with art practice. Among them is Cade Bursell, an associate professor of cinema and photography at SIU. “The idea of the parade is really to teach kids about human connection with other non-human species,” Bursell said. “When you’re trying make a dolphin or trying to make a wolf, you have to look at them carefully and learn what color they are, what they look like, what their eyes are like. … And I love that we’re using recycled materials like cardboard, old plastic bottles and transforming them into something that celebrates the environment.”

NEIU announces furlough days DAWN RHODES | Chicago Tribune

Hundreds of full-time professional and administrative staff members at Northeastern Illinois University will be required to take furlough days starting this month, school officials announced Thursday.

Administrators and nonunion employees will be required to take off one unpaid day each week starting March 14.

Some unions also have agreed to the furloughs following negotiations with the university. Others, including those representing some faculty and professional staff, are still in talks about

how their members will participate in the spending cuts.

School officials project the furloughs will save between $225,000 and $250,000 per week and affect about 1,000 employees.

The decision comes as Illinois continues to operate without a budget, denying regular funding and financial aid dollars to public universities.

NEIU President Sharon Hahs said the institution in Chicago’s North Park neighborhood is well-situated for the rest of the 2015-16 school year, but the furlough was needed to keep operations going past the summer.

“The decisions we are forced to

make are incredibly difficult and certainly painful both economically and personally,” Hahs said in a statement.

“This is an action that we all regret having to take, but for the sake of our students and Northeastern, it is a necessary one to assure fall semester.”

Eastern Illinois University leaders said a similar move is imminent for the Charleston-based campus.

EIU President David M. Glassman wrote in February the school would have to lay off about 200 civil service employees and require furloughs until June for administrative and professional employees if the state budget was not implemented by March 10.

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Hustling to the church

Jacob Wiegand | @JacobWiegand_DE The Rev. Sidney Logwood gives a sermon to the congregation of Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday in Carbondale. “I was raised in the church, but when I became a young adult I made a conscious decision that I wanted to hustle,” Logwood said. “I went out into the world to live off the fat of the land: gambling, dealing some drugs, pool and all that kind of stuff. I completely got all the way away from the church. I had a real struggle with faith.” Later in life, he decided to join a church and began pastoring in 1981. “I answered the Lord’s call,” he said. Logwood has been preaching at Rock Hill for nearly 13 years. “We have to focus on the cause that the Lord has placed on our lives,” he said.

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The 2016 primary season, which began with the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 1 and ends with the D.C. primary on June 14, is already proving itself to be a turbulent one.

While Republican frontrunner Trump continually comes out ahead, the results of the Democratic race, despite an increasing gap in delegate counts, has yet to yield a confident winner.

And despite President Barack Obama urging the Democratic Party to come together to support Clinton, Sanders may still have a shot against Clinton if he scores some big wins in states like New York, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to the Observer.

David Yepsen, who referenced recent political protests in Chicago, said this election in particular comes at a time in which many people are angry and afraid, which is really driving the electorate.

“This election is different because both parties are searching for a sense of direction,” said Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. “Passions are running high on both sides.”

Bill Lukitsch contributed to this report.

Anna Spoerre can be reached at aspoerre@dailyegyptian. com or 618-536-3325.

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Michelle Cooper, an SIU student pursuing her master’s in social work, was volunteering as a "big" when the program ended. She still has her practicum, but it will be continued in a different Centerstone program.

Without Centerstone and BBBS, future "littles" may miss out on some of life's simpler luxuries.

"I took my little sister to the movies one day and she said, 'Wow, I've never been to the movies before,'" Cooper said.

"That really broke my heart. To think of all the things we take for granted and don’t even realize."

No employees have lost their positions, Markley said.

The Carbondale office on Emerald Lane and one in Williamson County are up for sale and will be evaluated on a six-month basis to assess the need for consolidation, Markley said.

"Unacceptable is an understatement," State Sen. Gary Forby stated in a press release about Centerstone's situation.

"Not only is this yet another example of our most vulnerable populations being dumped on by this impasse, we are also losing more jobs. This governor is playing games with us here, and southern Illinois is the loser."

Tyler Crotzer can be reached at tcrotzer@dailyegyptian.com or 618-536-3325.

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realistic state funding HAROLD & REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD

Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to give the state’s public universities some grades, and base part of their funding on how they perform.

That’s the basis behind the governor’s latest proposal for spending in higher education. He is advocating a 20 percent cut in guaranteed state support for public university operations next year, but will add an additional $50 million on “performance-based funding.”

While that’s a worthy idea, the state’s universities need an immediate funding solution. Without a state budget, many universities are struggling. Chicago State University is in danger of closing and Eastern Illinois University has laid off hundreds of faculty and staff until a budget is approved. The universities need some sort of immediate funding.

But the solution isn’t the $3.8 billion bill passed Thursday by Democrats in the Senate. The state doesn’t have any money, so bills like those approved Thursday are like writing bad checks.

Ultimately, the universities have to accept spending reforms. Although each university in the state is different, many have spent taxpayer dollars with abandon and created multi-layered bureaucracies that do little to educate students or help the state. Leadership at the universities has to understand they will need to change.

Some of that change could include performance-based funding, which is growing in popularity across the United States.

In those programs, universities would compete based on the number of degrees they award, the cost per degree, the amount of money spent on research and public service and other measures

designed to show how well universities are doing at serving the public and providing high-quality, affordable education.

These types of program are not without their own issues.

Nationally, such programs have caused some schools to admit fewer “borderline” students in order to improve their scores.

Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn, who supports performance-based funding, told a Senate committee last week that is one of his fears. Eastern Illinois President David Glassman said he welcomes the idea of funding based on performance and believes Eastern would perform well on many of the measures.

Performance-based funding is not new to Illinois, but Rauner is proposing to make it a larger part of higher education funding.

In the last years when performancebased funding was awarded, the total was about $6.2 million out of a $1.2 billion budget. The $50 million figure would be about 5 percent of the proposed $1.01 billion budget.

What’s clear is that the Illinois public university system is going to have to make several changes.

By some counts, as high as 40 percent of Illinois high school graduates are leaving the state to attend college. Many students and parents are finding out-ofstate tuition to be a better bargain than attending a university in Illinois.

The first step should be to stabilize funding for the universities in a meaningful way. However, that should be quickly followed by spending reforms, including performance-based funding, that will ensure the university system is offering an effective and efficient education.

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European golfer settling in to American game TED WARD | @EvanJones_DE

The game of golf may have the same goal all over the world, but that doesn’t mean the strategy is the same.

SIU junior golfer Matt Greenfield, of England, has slowly adjusted to getting low scores in the United States and has led the team in scoring twice in the young spring season.

“The courses back home in England are much firmer and drier, so it requires a little more strategy and course management,” Greenfield said. “The rough is also longer, so you have to plan accordingly by taking less club off the tee and land the ball short of the greens because of how firm the grass is.”

Greenfield, a native of Hassocks, England, started his collegiate career at Rend Lake College in 2013. There, he was named to the 2015 Golf Coaches Association of America’s list of PING First-Team All-Americans. He also qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II golf tournament.

“With our program, it’s about bringing it every day and we have

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“He came here to play and he’ll get that opportunity but so will everybody else,” he said. “I told him that when I recruited him: ‘If you think you’re coming here and you’re going to have one handed to you, you probably should pick some of those other schools that offered [a scholarship to] you.’”

A former SIU quarterback himself, Hill said leadership is the most important trait for a potential starter to have.

“You always hear they don’t want to get labeled as a ‘game manager’ — I want to see someone who does that, to me that’s a compliment,” he said. “They have to be able to take care of the ball, they have be able to get us into the right plays.

So much of our stuff is put on the quarterback to get us in and out and make decisions.”

Other offensive competitions Most of the rest of the Saluki offense returns this season for Hill, who served as the team’s cooffensive coordinator in 2015.

Three of the top four wide receivers last year are coming back and the fourth, Israel Lamprakes is petitioning for a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA after missing most of his first three seasons because of injury.

“I’m excited about our receivers,” Hill said. “I feel like we have as good as receivers as anyone in the country. [Junior] Connor Iwema was maybe the best and he didn’t even get started last season. He started the first three or four games

Sean Carley | @SCarleyDE Junior golfer Matt Greenfield practices his chipping March 8 at Crab Orchard Golf Club in Carterville. Greenfield is currently third on the team in scoring average this season at 76.2 strokes per round.

eight guys wanting to play every event,” said men’s golf coach Justin Fetcho. “Only five travel with us, and he’s had a good start to the spring.

I’m looking for him to continue making strides on his start.”

On Feb. 21, Greenfield was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week after he led his team in scoring at the Wyoming Desert Invitational.

Aside from learning the

American courses, he said he has had to adjust from junior college golf to Divison I golf.

“The practice and working out is a lot more intense than it was at Rend Lake and the competition

then tore his shoulder up. We’re excited to see what Connor can do.”

Hill also said any freshmen that performed well in practice would play as well.

The running back unit returns every player from last year’s squad, including 2015 MVFC All-Newcomer team member, sophomore Daquan Isom. He ran for 548 yards and four touchdowns last season, while adding 408 yards and four touchdowns receiving.

The defensive conversion Under new defensive coordinator Kraig Paulson, this year’s defense will switch to a 4-3 base set after playing a 3-4 under previous coordinator David Elson.

Last year’s defense allowed a MVFC second-worst 467.7 yards per game.

As for the transition, players have seen the new defense and met with coaches about the new terminology.

“They’ll look a little bit different,” Hill said. “We felt like we have enough [players] to make the switch now, and then the way we recruited with our young guys, a lot of those guys will fit good to a 4-3 scheme.”

Hill was especially complimentary of senior linebacker Chase Allen who ranked 15th in the country in tackles with 120 in 2015.

“I feel like Allen is the best linebacker in the country,” he said of the 240-pound Allen. “He’s the type of kid that can be a first-team All-American. He’s as athletic as they come. If we lined up and ran 40 [yard dashes], he’s probably our fastest kid on our team.”

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“It worked for them then, but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s going to work next time,” she said.

Blaylock said Cook has the moxie of a player who wants to be in a game-winning situation. While she has not hit a walk-off home run, she drove in the eventual game-winning run against Butler on March 13.

She is batting .222 with runners in scoring position.

Cook hit a one-out double in the top of the seventh inning, driving in Harre, to plate the second run of the game.

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The 22-year-old said she enjoys being an underdog this season because of how she performed the previous three years. This was on display during a 4-1 loss to Stetson on Feb. 27 when the Hatters intentionally walked Harre to load the bases in the bottom of the sixth.

Cook said she realizes why they walked Harre — who she said comes through nine times out of 10 — to get to her, but it’s a lack of respect.

is tougher,” said Greenfield, who was ranked nationally as the No. 7 golfer on the junior college circuit.

“This opportunity to play here is cool because even though golf is more popular in Europe, there aren’t as many opportunities to play college golf because there aren’t as many universities.”

Greenfield is the only international player on the roster, and the first on the men’s golf roster Fetcho has had since he took over the program during the 2014-15 season.

“Being away from home has been difficult but I understand the opportunity to play at the collegiate level here is better than in Europe,” he said. “I’m truly excited to continue playing at this level and enjoy it for as long as it lasts.”

Greenfield said he has no plans of playing professionally, but won’t rule out the possibility if his game improves during the next year.

The junior’s next chance to compete will be at the Tennessee Tech Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Tenn., which runs from Sunday to Tuesday.

Ted Ward can be reached at tward@ dailyegyptian.com or 618-534-3303 “I’m getting a shot now to play, so I think it’s important to improve everything so I can remain a big part of the team and stay a contributor,” Cook said.

Time will tell if Cook continues making the most of her increased workload, but she’s determined to make it happen.

“Even if it doesn’t go my way,” she said. “[I’ll] just keep trying.”

Brent Meske can be reached at bmeske@dailyegyptian.com or at (618)-536-3333

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Explore passion.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 7 -- You’re exceptionally clever with words over the next few weeks, with Mercury in your sign.

Creative ideas abound. Take notes for later. Don’t take on more than you can do by the deadline.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 7 -- Postpone an important decision until you’re sure. For the next three weeks, with Mercury in Aries, finish up old business. Review what worked and didn’t, and update plans.

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slow down and avoid mistakes. Avoid arguments. Dance gracefully to avoid stepping on anyone.

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Work carefully so you won’t have to do it over. It’s easier to organize shared finances over the next few weeks, with Mercury in Aries. Determine how much you can spend.

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Public demands take priority. Speak confidently.

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Hill talks Senior capitalizing on last shot quarterback competition, Du Quoin scrimmage SEAN CARLEY | @SCarleyDE

Saluki football coach Nick Hill announced Wednesday that his team will play a scrimmage April 1 at Du Quoin High School in an effort to connect with southern Illinoisans.

Hill also answered questions about his team’s progress, the upcoming quarterback battle and how the team’s defense will look moving forward.

Friday Night Lights The Du Quoin scrimmage will be the first in a series Hill has called “Friday Night Lights.”

April 1 will mark the first time in program history that a scrimmage has been held off campus.

Hill played quarterback at Du Quoin High School before coming to SIU and his brother is the head coach of the school’s football team.

“Friday Night Lights is something I always thought would be a cool idea here in southern Illinois as really taking the team to the people,” he said. “Hopefully in years to come, this is something that will spread and we’ll be able to do a few more, maybe all of our scrimmages, off-site.”

Fans can expect to see 100 to 125 plays and players will be available for autographs as well.

The scrimmage serves as part of the Du Quoin native’s initiative to reconnect the team with surrounding communities.

Saluki football players have logged more than 210 hours of community service since Hill took over Dec. 23 notably with the Read Across America program and the Souper Bowl for Hunger food drive.

“We’re always going to be like that,” Hill said. “That was an emphasis when I got the job — that’s what’s going to bring excitement, that’s what’s going to get people to know our players without their helmet on.

We’re always going to be out in the community.”

The team also has more community events planed for the future, including a visit with miners at Knight Hawk Coal in Percy on April 29.

“I want southern Illinois to know this is their team, just as much as it’s mine or any of these coaches,” he said. “That’s why I want the players out there in the community.”

Competition for quarterbacks With Mark Iannotti’s graduation, there is an opening at the helm of the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s top offense.

There are five candidates for the job: true freshman Jhakari Harrison, redshirt freshman Tanner Hearn, sophomore Sam Straub, sophomore Matt DeSomer, who has played wide receiver for the Dawgs, and fifthyear graduate transfer Josh Straughan.

Straub is the only player with experience in a Saluki uniform, completing one pass for 12 yards last year against Missouri State.

Straughan played in 24 games at Division II Stillman College, completing 468 passes for 5,470 yards and 53 touchdowns.

Hill said there would be an open competition for the starting job and everyone will get equal reps with the rest of the starters in spring practices.

Last year’s competition between Iannotti and Straub will set a precedent for this year’s camp. Iannotti wasn’t selected as the starter until fall.

“They got to see what a good quarterback room looks like,” Hill said. “Supporting each other, competing against each other, you want each other’s jobs but we’re going to be men about it. We’re going to help each other out in the film room, and the best player will play.”

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Brent Meske | @brentmeskeDE Senior utility player Caylee Cook rounds third after her solo home run, her first since 2014, during SIU’s 8-6 win against Eastern Illinois on March 5 at Charlotte West Stadium.

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SIU softball’s designated player Caylee Cook is going all in this year, not only because she’s a senior.

“I feel like I’ve wasted three years kind of halfway doing everything,” she said. “This is it, I might as well go all in because it’s all I’ve got left. Why waste that?”

Cook has already tied her three-year totals with two home runs and 10 RBIs this season and has one more double, four, than she did before this season. The senior has 24 total bases entering play on Sunday, one shy of her totals for the last three seasons.

Cook came into the season with a career .136 batting average and is batting

.275 this season. She said even though coaches tell players not to worry about their averages, Cook wants that number to improve as she has more at-bats.

So far, the senior attributes the turnaround to increased playing time.

“The last three years, I haven’t really had that chance,” she said. “When I did, I didn’t take it.”

Cook started less than half (34) of her 69 appearances through the first three years, but she has started 17 — and appeared in 20 — of the team’s 24 games this season.

The Vinta, Okla., native said now she can play “comfortable,” which means attacking an at-bat early and staying confident at the plate.

“I try to get on something early that they

leave or don’t expect me to hit,” she said.

Consistency has come for Cook in the form of position and batting order. She’s started 17 of the team’s 24 games at designated player and has batted fifth in 10 of those games, sixth in five and seventh in two.

Coach Kerri Blaylock said the five-sixseven spots are where she likes Cook’s bat because she can protect junior first baseman Shaye Harre, who has batted cleanup in all games this year.

Cook said she likes batting by Harre and junior center fielder Merri Anne Patterson because they will pick her up if she doesn’t get on base.

Nick Hutchins said. “As he always is. He always feels like he’s on his game. His slider was unbelieveable.”

Senior righty Andrew Mamlic (1-3, 3.81 ERA) took the loss for Illinois despite allowing no earned runs on two hits in seven innings.

The Dawgs scored the lone run of the game in the seventh without collecting a base hit. A hit by pitch, a fielder’s choice and two errors led to sophomore infielder Greg Lambert crossing the plate.

“Our offense was better in this game than two hits,” coach Ken Henderson said. “[Junior right fielder] Jake Hand may have had the most tough-luck day I’ve ever seen from a guy. He hit line drives all over the field, and they caught them. I thought we had more good swings than the scoreboard indicates.”

Sophomore Logan Blackfan’s secondinning double and junior third baseman Ryan Sabo’s third-inning single were SIU’s only two hits of the game.

The win gave the Salukis as many victories this season as they finished the 2015 season with.

Earlier in the day, a home run in the first inning by Blackfan helped SIU baseball to a 5-2 win over Northern Illinois University.

Blackfan drove in three runs on a full-count pitch that cleared the wall in right center.

Senior pitcher Bryce Sablotny (2-1, 4.67 ERA) got the win on the hill after giving up two runs in seven innings on five hits with one strikeout.

Sophomore pitcher Ryan Netemeyer (4 SV, 0.68 ERA) got the save.

NIU senior pitcher Joey Ceja (0-2 15.19 ERA) took the loss giving up five runs on five hits in three innings of work in his second start of the season.

NIU took an early lead on a throwing error from sophomore Ryan Sabo that plated two runs. The Salukis retook the lead on Blackfan’s home run and tacked on two more with senior catcher Taylor Martin’s bloop single into left.

A total of seven players were hit by a pitch in the game as six SIU batters were plunked and only one Husky was hit.

SIU’s first time through the batting order had three Salukis reach base because of a hit by pitch.

No warnings were issued on either side.

The Dawgs’ next game will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Itchy Jones Stadium against Memphis.

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SIU baseball sweeps Sunday

TED WARD AND THOMAS DONLEY @TedWard_DE and @TDonleyDE

SIU used an early home run and a near no-hitter in the second game to sweep a doubleheader Sunday.

Southern Illinois sophomore righthander Michael Baird was three outs away from the Salukis’ first no-hitter since 1979 — but an Illinois batter ended his chance at history.

Although he allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, he finished the game with SIU’s (12-7-1) first complete-game shutout in nearly four years in a 1-0 win against Illinois (7-10) on Sunday.

“I didn’t really notice until my sixth inning that I had a shot at [a no-hitter],” Baird said. “I was just thinking ‘If it’s God’s will for me to throw a no-hitter, then let it be.’”

Freshman pinch-hitter Jack Yalowitz hit a 3-1 slider to center field for a single, ending Baird’s bid to become the first Saluki to throw a no-no since Paul Evans’ 7-inning goose egg against SIUEdwardsville on April 15, 1979.

Baird (3-1, 1.30 ERA) did earn his first career complete-game shutout, and SIU’s first since Cody Forsythe’s against Creighton on April 21, 2012. “[Baird was] good,” sophomore catcher

Thomas Donley can be reached at tdonley@ dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3307 and Ted Ward can be reached at tward@daily egyptian.com or 618-534-3303