Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State football team put on a defensive clinic in its 17-10 overtime win over No. 13 Northern Iowa on Saturday. This comes a week after blowing a late third quarter lead at Western Illinois. “I was really impressed with the way our team responded in all three phases of the game,” said ISU head coach Brock Spack. “We’re very young. It’s […]
Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds fell to the Indiana State Sycamores 3-2 tonight at Redbird Arena. This marked the end of the Redbirds 8 game winning streak, putting them at 11-4 in conference and tied for second with Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference. The game started out relatively equal, ending 25-21 Indiana State. The next set, however, the Redbirds came out firing on all […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com Normal, IL. - The Redbirds came into tonight’s matchup with a 7-game winning streak and kept it alive with a win over the Evansville Aces. Illinois State led most of the first set with only one lead change. The Redbirds went on three scoring runs of 4 or more points. Tamara Otene led the team in the first set with 6 kills and 2 blocks. The […]
Photo Courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.--The Illinois State Swim and Dive team notched two convincing victories this past weekend. The Birds bounced back after a tough day of back-to-back meets against SIU, and Illinois, winning against both Maryville (245-37) and McKendree (188-108) in yet another day of back-to-back meets. “Every time we get in the water there’s more improvements being made,” said junior swimmer Emily Keebler. “The atmosphere is just […]
Photo Courtesy from Enjoy Illinois before COVID NORMAL, Ill.- The town of Normal will highlight local businesses that are in town to help the start this upcoming holiday season. The Town of Normal Communications Specialist Rachelle Cantero spoke about the event and what the local businesses are doing. “We like to think that Holiday Open House as the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. During this day, I’m gonna assume that […]
Story by Carter Gette NORMAL Ill.- As the seasons transition, the Illinois State softball team is doing the same. The team has just concluded their fall exhibition season and evaluation period. The five-game season is an opportunity for all the players to showcase their talents and prepare for Spring competition. The Redbirds are confident in their incoming class of athletes and they have a strong group of experienced leaders. Head […]
NORMAL Ill.- The Illinois State Redbirds have been killing it in conference play and are heading into the weekend on a 7 game winning streak where they will host Evansville and Indiana State. In addition to their 7 game streak, the Birds are also on a 14 set winning streak. Since playing Valparaiso and Bradley in October, 2 games that were pushed into the 5th set, Illinois State has done […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State men’s basketball team cruised to an 85–59 win over the Davenport Panthers in its 2021-22 exhibition opener Thursday. A sluggish start by the Redbirds allowed the Panthers to hang around in a back-and-forth first half before a quick start to the second half sparked an 11-0 run to provide the separation needed to close the game out. With ISU playing […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State women’s basketball team played in front of fans for the first time in nearly two years in their exhibition match Wednesday night.Being an exhibition, the Redbirds’ goal was not to win, but to show that their team was ready to go for Next Tuesday, when their real season starts and they have to play teams tougher than the UMSL Tritons. In the opinion of […]
