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Image courtesy of Illinois State athletics. NORMAL, Ill. — The Illinois State University basketball team flew to a 79-59 victory over Kent State on Wednesday night at CEFCU Arena, marking the Redbirds’ first National Invitational Tournament win since the 2016-17 season. Landon Wolf scored a career-high 24 points in the impressive win. ISU pulled away […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics. NORMAL, Ill. – Over the past two weeks, the Illinois State University baseball team experienced a mix of explosive offense, standout individual performances, and inconsistent results, finishing the period with notable wins and a series victory. The Redbirds started with a tough 12–5 loss at Southern Indiana, despite a […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State University baseball team dropped two of three to Middle Tennessee State in their three-game weekend series. The Redbirds were struck down in the first two games of the series, losing 13-3 in seven innings on Friday and losing 8-2 on Saturday. Their lone win […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics. NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State University baseball team defeated the University of Massachusetts – Lowell 12-1 in their first game of the Snowbird Classic in Charlotte, Florida. The Redbirds defeated the River Hawks in their fourth win of the 2026 season. The win came in eight innings with […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbird baseball team is back in the win column after defeating the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars 9-5 Tuesday night. The Redbirds started the scoring when Junior Ryan Banks drove in his brother, Sophomore Brayden Banks, on an RBI double to make it […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University dropped game three of their three game series against Southeast Missouri State University on Sunday, falling 10-1. The Rebirds regressed heavily offensively, with their lone run coming from a Brayden Bakes home run in the top of the fourth inning. Bakes would be […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State University baseball team defeated Southeast Missouri State University in back-to-back games in their season-opening double header, 12-1 in the first game and 7-6 in the second. In game one, the Redbirds were led by second baseman Graham Mastros, who had 3 home runs and […]
Image Courtesy of Sam Collins NORMAL, Ill. – The road to Omaha begins for Illinois State Redbird baseball as they get set for the 2026 campaign when they travel to Cape Girardeau, MO to battle the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks in a three game weekend series. Last season, ISU finished .500 going 28-28 in the […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics. NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbird football team delivered its most impressive and complete game of the season Saturday night. They knocked off No. 8-ranked UC Davis 42-31 at UC Davis Health Stadium to earn a spot in the FCS semifinals for the first time since 2014. The […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State wrapped up its 2025 cross country season on the toughest stage in the country at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where both the men and women delivered impressive season-concluding performances against a very talented Division I field. The women turned in one […]