Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Season two for Illinois State basketball head coach Ryan Pedon has officially begun. While the Redbirds are off to a 1-0 start after beating Lourdes on Monday 75-56, the Redbirds will tip-off play against Division-I opponents starting on Saturday against Saint Louis. Coming off an 11-21 season, the Illinois State Redbirds will look to try and bounce back in a big […]
NORMAL, Ill- The Redbirds men’s basketball team took on Lourdes University Tuesday at CEFCU Arena and came out on top in their home opener. Following there big win in the exhibition game against Illinois Wesleyan, the Redbirds wanted to start off their season on the right foot compared to last season being 1-0 currently as they won 75 to 56. “A year ago tonight we were not 1 and 0, […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds football team is back to their winning ways after they defeated the Missouri State Bears in a shootout. The final score of the game was 36-35, and the Redbirds were able to improve their record to 5-4. Meanwhile, the Bears fell to a record of 3-6. With just over three minutes left in the game, Celdon Manning went […]
NORMAL, Ill. - This weekend was a busy one for ISU Hockey, as all four teams would play. D1 would take on heated rival University of Illinois at home, D2 would travel to DePaul, D3 would host Northern Illinois, and ISU Roller would play in their second 4-game tournament. D1 would have a close start to game 1, as they would be tied with Illinois 3 to 3. However, the […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Redbirds hockey on Facebook NORMAL, Ill. - Only half of Redbirds hockey program played this past weekend, as D1 took on the University of Jamestown for the third and fourth time this season, and D2 had two games at Drury University, with both teams playing at home. D1 had a rough game 1, as they would get shut out, losing 5-0. Brendan Donavan would save […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Sunday afternoon was one for the history books in the Bloomington-Normal community. It has been over 50 years since Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan have played against one another in a basketball game. The fifty-year drought ended on Sunday with an emphatic 78-46 ISU victory. While this was only considered an exhibition game for both ISU and IWU, the 32 point […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Redbirds were busy this weekend, as D1 had two games at the University of Toledo, D2 had one Thursday game, D3 visited NIU for a Friday and Saturday game, and ISU Rolley Hockey had 4 games on Saturday. D1 went down early in game 1, going down 1-0 after the first period. However, would start clicking in the second, scoring three goals in both the second […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State Hockey had a light weekend, with two Thursday games. D1 had 2 weekend games against #13 ranked Grand Valley State, D2 traveled to Bradley for a rivalry game, and D3 took on Missouri State at home. D1 took the first of their two games in a nailbiter, with goalie Brendan Donovan stopping 54 shots and rookie Joey Zullo winning it for the birds in the […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics The Illinois State Redbirds football team is halfway through their 2023 campaign. Brock Spack and his side currently hold a record of 4-2 and are 25th in the FCS rankings. The Redbirds started off the season red-hot as they decimated Dayton and Western Illinois. Then, Eastern Illinois edged out a close contest against ISU. After that, they would trounce Lindenwood, just to get crushed by […]
