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 MVC championship they’re best season since the 2013-2014 season. On March 7-8, the team appeared […]
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 as assistant stints at Butler and Toledo among others. With 21-years of coaching experience, Pedon […]
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 even better on bars, scoring a 49.150 in the event to make it not only their […]
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 Wong had four points apiece at the five-minute mark of the 1st. Coming out of […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill.--The Illinois State Women’s Basketball team defeated Loyola Chicago 68-52 to advance to the semifinal of Hoops in the Heartland. The Birds were propelled by a 29-point performance from Redbird star Juju Redmond and a double-double from senior DeAnna Wilson. The first quarter of play belonged solely to the Redbirds. After a little bit of back and forth in the first two minutes, […]
Photo courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.--The Illinois State baseball team continued their road trip in Jonesboro, Arkansas against the Arkansas State Red Wolves this weekend. After taking three straight games from Western Carolina the following week, the Redbirds looked to test their skills in the Sun Belt Conference. Illinois State jumped ahead early in game one with a two-run second inning. Greg Nichols stayed hot all weekend with timely hitting, […]
Image courtesy Kodiak Creative BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Titans were able to pick up their first March Madness win of the tournament against Franklin, with a final score of 73-55. “I was really happy with our team I though we stayed with it,” said Illinois Wesleyan Head Coach Ron Rose. “Clearly happy to get our feet under us in the NCAA tournament with this first round win.” The Titans got […]
Photo courtesy from goredbirds.com PROVO, Utah - Illinois State gymnastics will be on the road for a meet at BYU tonight. The Redbirds will face both the No. 14 Cougars and the No. 35 Washington Huskies.This will be a tough match against non-conference opponents, but the Redbirds are still a group carrying a lot of momentum into the meet. For the fourth consecutive week, junior Angelica Labat won the Gymnast […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Redbirds fall to the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers 59-50 Monday night at Redbird Arena. It was one two-minute stretch at the end of the first half that was ultimately the difference in the game between the Redbirds and the Ramblers. Loyola-Chicago went on an 8-0 run to end the first half that helped them hold the lead for the rest of the game. […]
