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This story was contributed to by both WZND’s Cason Shingoethe and Liam Lyons. NORMAL, Ill. – After beginning the season 5-14, the Redbirds softball team has begun to right the ship, winning six out of their last seven contests. With the redbirds sitting at that dismal 5-14 record after the Owl Classic in Boca Raton […]
MOLINE, Ill. – It wasn’t easy for the Redbirds, but in the end ISU women’s basketball won the opening contest of their MVC tournament run over Murray State, 75-73. From the opening tip, the Racers made it a point to match the Redbirds nearly shot-for-shot, with leads exchanging and deficits refusing to surpass five points […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill – Going into the season there were a lot of questions about who would be one of the go-to guys on offense for the Illinois State baseball team. So far, it has been a freshman who has taken over that mantle as the leader on offense for […]
Image courtesy of Illinois Wesleyan Athletics BLOOMINGTON, Ill – Lukas Wenz has not given up on the Illinois Wesleyan Titan’s season yet, despite a rocky start. “I think the first two weekends,” Wenz said, “just getting those first outing jitters out of the way, down the road, I’m very helpful we’ll be very solid.” Coming […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball NORMAL, Ill. – After dropping an extra inning thriller to Arkansas in the middle of the week, the Illinois State baseball team headed to Central Arkansas to take on the Bears. ISU came into this series with a record of 4-4 on the year without losing a weekend series […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill – Just under a year ago, the Redbirds needed a coach. From Porter Moser, Dan Muller, and many in between, it had been a rough go for Illinois State men’s basketball since the start of the twenty-first century. The last few seasons under Muller had been no different, […]
Image Courtesy of ISU Athletics The Redbird baseball team continued their season-opening road trip to Arkansas with a mid-week match-up against the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville on Wednesday. After taking two of three from Arkansas State the weekend prior, the Birds looked to test their skills against the 8th nationally ranked program. Illinois State […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For a third consecutive year the Illinois State Men’s Basketball team’s season was ended by the University of Northern Iowa Panthers with a final score of 75-62. Aside from a hot start beyond the arc off of back-to-back three-point shots from forward Kendall Lewis and a 16-14 lead for the first […]
Image courtesy of ISU Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbirds are looking for a win against SEMO this week, as they hit the road Friday to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Illinois State is coming off a second-place finish from last weekend’s quad meet in New Hampshire. The Redbirds ended the night with a score of 195.600, […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball NORMAL, Ill – After dropping a tough extra inning loss to SIUE on Tuesday, the Illinois State Redbird baseball team headed too Arkansas to play Arkansas State for a three game weekend series. The Redbirds ended up winning two of three in Arkansas to make their record 4-3 on […]