Photo Courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Despite a second half comeback for the Birds, it was not enough to prevail against Missouri State as Illinois State fell against MSU with a final score of 75-69. “I just wanna give Missouri State a ton of credit,” said Head Coach Kristen Gillespie. “Offensively that first half we struggled to get a flow. But I also gotta give our players a ton […]
Photo Courtesy Goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - After their win, last weekend against Bowling Green State, the Illinois State Women’s Gymnastics team is ready to carry their momentum against Northern Illinois tonight at 7 p.m. The Redbird’s season took off with a bit of a rough start, hurting from three losses. However, it looks like it’s only going up from here. The ‘birds managed to score a 194.525, their second-highest score […]
Image courtesy of Kodiak Creative BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – After their overtime loss against Concordia Chicago with a final score of 81-75, the Illinois Wesleyan Men’s Basketball team will look to get right this weekend at home against Carthage on Saturday at 7p.m. Before losing two straight games against Elmhurst and Concordia Chicago, the Titans had been on a hot-streak, winning seven straight, with the final four games of their win […]
NORMAL, Ill.-The Illinois State men’s basketball team defeated their I-74 rivals, the Bradley Braves 74-65 Sunday night at Redbird Arena.It was not pretty early on for the Redbirds Sunday night, but they found a way to pull it out. The Redbirds roared back with a massive second half in order to secure the victory over Bradley. Early in the first half ISU trailed by as many as 20 points in […]
Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State volleyball team had an opportunity to clinch second place in the Missouri Valley Conference tonight, and they did not disappoint. It was a sweep of the match that gave them their second match of the year over the Braves, including a 25-10 rout in the third set.Heading into ISU’s senior night, the ‘birds looked to head into this second match of […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Redbird baseball team reloaded their roster this signing day with nine new recruits. The Birds currently have four outgoing seniors on their roster, and with the addition of nine new recruits, it will bolster the team depth greatly for the 2022 season. “We are extremely excited with this class. It is very balanced with speed, power, defense, velocity, breaking stuff, and strikes," Head […]
Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State is preparing to take on the Bradley Braves for the final regular season match of the year. Following the game, the Redbirds will honor their three seniors Carley Nicholson, Leigha Malecha and Paige Hilliard as well as student manager Karl Rosch for all of their hard work and dedication to Redbird volleyball over the years. Last time against Bradley the Redbirds got […]
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 […]
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 […]
