Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. -Illinois State football headed into a Week 9 matchup with #21 South Dakota, coming off a tough loss on homecoming against Youngstown State. Following the loss Coach Brock Spack said, “Just have to get back to work and get better every day.” The Redbirds were able to do that, taking down South Dakota on the road with a final score of 21-13. The […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF REDBIRD ATHLETICS NORMAL, Ill. – Despite a strong effort from Illinois State, the visiting Drake Bulldogs came out on top Friday night in straight sets (25-15, 25-22, 25-22). Drake set the tone early, jumping ahead in the opening frame and never looking back. The second set turned into a battle with 11 ties and four lead changes, before the Bulldogs closed it out late. ISU opened the […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Football NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbirds will look to avenge one top 25 matchup loss with this week’s matchup against number 21-ranked South Dakota. Number 18th-ranked Illinois state travels into the Dakota Dome in Vermillion, South Dakota, looking to crawl their way back into a playoff position. Their most recent 40-35 loss to Youngstown State on homecoming left much to be desired for […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF GOREDBIRDS ATHLETICS NORMAL, Ill- Illinois State Soccer pulled out a huge win against the Drake Bulldogs on Thursday evening, winning the contest by a score of 1-0. The win put the Birds in first place in the conference with just two conference games remaining. Drake came into Adelaide Street Field being first place in the conference and left being second. ISU needed to win the game to […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF GOREDBIRDS NORMAL, Ill. -Redbird men's and women's tennis both competed in Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Tournaments this weekend. The men's matches being hosted by DePaul University, and the women's by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Day one in Chicago consisted of the singles qualifying round of 64, the singles qualifying round of 32, and the singles consolation round of 32. In the singles qualifying round of […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF GOREDBIRDS NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State Soccer took on UIC on Sunday evening at Adelaide Street Field for a Missouri Valley Conference matchup. The Redbirds record sat at 2-0-3 in conference play coming into the contest, being unbeaten. The game resulted in the Redbirds sixth draw in a row, extending their unbeaten conference streak up to 6 games. This marked the 10th shutout of the season for […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbirds traveled to Murray State Saturday to beat the Racers 46 - 32, bouncing back from their loss to North Dakota State. The number nine-ranked Redbirds currently (4-2, 1-1 MVFC) took the impressive win over a struggling Murray State team (0-6, 0-2 MVFC). After forcing an early three-and-out on the Racers, Illinois State marched 61 yards and scored on […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State volleyball team wrapped up an intense weekend on the road, first sweeping Belmont in impressive fashion before battling all the way to a five-set thriller at Murray State. The weekend opened with a statement victory at Belmont, where the Redbirds controlled the match from start to finish in a 3–0 sweep (25–18, 25–20, 25–21). ISU’s offense was firing on […]
NORMAL, Ill. -As the Redbird women's tennis team heads to Champaign on Thursday for ITA Midwest Regionals, the team wrapped up a successful stretch of matches to close out September at the Redbird Invitational.Illinois State hosted the rest of the Missouri Valley Conference at Gregory Street Courts in a three-day event that served as a fall preview of conference competition. After a slow start Friday, the Redbirds bounced back to […]
