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Image courtesy Kodiak Creative BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Wesleyan men’s baseball team hasn’t had the start they wanted to their season, starting 0-4 before getting their first win against Washington University. “Our first three games we lost by one run, and it was kind of a hit to everyone’s ego,” said Dennis Martel, the […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com Normal IL. – The Redbird baseball team played their second home game today against the University of Illinois Chicago Flames. After a 1-3 weekend against the Purdue Boilermakers, taking the first game at home, the Birds’ looked to stay undefeated at Duffy Bass Field. Today’s matchup was moved from 5:00 p.m. […]
IOWA CITY, IA. – In their first appearance at the big dance since 2008, the Illinois State Women’s basketball team fell in the first round of the NCAA tournament to the two-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes, 98-58. “One game does not define them. What defines this group and what their legacy is is that they are Missouri […]
Image courtesy Kodiak Creative NORMAL, Ill. – After an impressive win streak through March Madness, the Illinois Wesleyan Titans’ season was ended by the Wabash Little Giants in the Elite Eight with a final score of 81-75. The Titans kept Wabash just out of reach after the first half, leading 39-34. Wabash came storming back […]
NORMAL, Ill.–It does not get much better than pitching a perfect game in softball. On Thursday, March 10th that’s exactly what Hannah Ross did. Ross became the third Illinois State University softball player to ever throw a perfect game while wearing a Redbirds jersey in a 1-0 victory over UT-Martin. With this accomplishment Ross recognizes […]
Photo courtesy from ISU Athletics NORMAL- Ill. The 2021-2022 Illinois State Swimming and Diving season has finished with a splash. The team had started the season with 155-144 victory against Evansville and ended the regular season with a 186-113 lose to Indiana State. On, February 17-19, the redbirds had finished in 2nd place in the […]
Photo courtesy ISU Althletics NORMAL Ill.- Ryan Pedon was officially introduced as Illinois State’s new head basketball coach last week. Pedon was the lead assistant at Ohio State under Chris Holtmann since the 2017 season. Prior to his tenure in Columbus, Pedon spent time at Illinois as the assistant to head coach John Groce as well […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State gymnastics put on a show for their senior night on Saturday, topping Southeast Missouri State with a final score of 195.350-192.750. The meet started out strong with a vault score of 48.900, as expected for a team that has dominated that event this season. However, they scored […]
NORMAL Ill.- Monday afternoon, Redbird volleyball’s new leader made it clear to all that she is ready to dream big. When asked about her goals entering her first season as Illinois State’s new head coach, Allie Matters wasted no time before answering in six simple words- “We’re going to win a championship.” Her players, seated among […]
Normal, Ill. – For the first time since 2008, the Redbirds Women’s Basketball team has punched their ticket to the big dance with a 50-48 win over the UNI Panthers. The Redbirds continued their hot starts at Hoops as they quickly jumped out to a 10-2 lead over the Panthers. Juju Redmond and Maya […]