Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL - For the first time since March, ISU fans will be available to attend a home sporting event. The Illinois State Athletic department announced Friday that Hancock Stadium will host season ticket holders, ISU students and player families. In conjunction with the State of Illinois, there will be no tailgating outside of Hancock Stadium this year. Parking lots and doors to the stadium will open […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- A competitive mindset potentially lacking Friday was in full-effect on Saturday as the Illinois State Redbirds swept past the Cincinnati Bearcats 3-0. Leading the way for ISU was freshman Kaitlyn Prondzinski, who posted a career-high 12 kills. Kaylee Martin had 11 and Sarah Kushner added 10 kills to Prondzinski output. Head coach Leah Johnson spoke of the competitive mentality that lacked the Redbirds on Friday, […]
Story by Jake Fogal Image courtesy of goredbirds.com A first set win turned disaster for the Illinois State Redbirds, who dropped its next three sets to the Cincinnati Bearcats, falling apart in the process. Head coach Leah Johnson when talking about the fourth set, attributed the loss more to what Cincinnati did right compared to what the Redbirds did wrong. “I can’t really explain set four.” Johnson said. “They [Cincinnati] had a rhythm. It wasn’t that […]
Photo Courtesy Redbird Athletics Story by Andrew Evola NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State baseball team announced their non-conference and conference schedule Wednesday afternoon via Twitter. The Redbirds will have a challenging non-conference schedule. They will travel to Nashville to take on the Belmont Bruins to start the season on February 19th, the Bruins enter the season being ranked just outside the top 50 of the preseason rankings. The Birds […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. -- “The War on 74” raged on tonight as the Illinois State Redbirds Women’s Basketball team played host to the Bradley Braves. The Braves came into the contest-winning six of their last seven and hoping to continue the winning. The ISU Redbirds has other plans. The Redbirds came out with the goal of shutting down the potent 1-2 punch of Lasha Petree […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com Story by Jake Fogal NORMAL Ill.- Playing in their third match in four days, the Illinois State volleyball team made quick work of the Bradley Braves on Monday, sweeping their I-74 rival 3-0. Bradley had a night filled with errors, as crucial moments towards the end of each set cost the Braves. Kaylee Martin led the attack with 10 kills, but the Redbirds dominance was led on ISU’s front row defense. […]
Phot courtesy of goredbirds.com Story by Jake Fogal NORMAL Ill.- Bouncing back, a skill set that will be of the utmost importance for any volleyball squad suiting up in the Missouri Valley this season was put on display by the Illinois State Redbirds on Saturday, as they took down No. 20 Marquette in five sets. A day prior, the Redbirds found themselves swept by the Golden Eagles. In the fall of 2019, ISU and Marquette met in […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State University Athletics The Illinois State Redbirds entered their second straight game against the Valparaiso Crusaders in as many nights tonight. After last night's 69-60 loss the Birds hope to come out and shock Valpo early. They accomplished that with an early lead off the back of a quick seven points from Antonio Reeves and D.J. Horne. The Birds rested back on their heels […]
Story by Andrew Evola NORMAL Ill. - The ISU men’s basketball team fell to Valparaiso 69-60 Friday evening at Redbird arena in game one of the two game series against the Crusaders. The Redbirds had a slow start to the game trailing 10-2 early in the first half and could not find a way to come back from that, scoring just 23 points in the first half. After a slow […]
