Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State University baseball team escaped the cold of Normal after the cancellation of the Eastern Illinois series along with the second of two games against the University of Minnesota, where ISU dropped the first 10-3. The Birds looked to enjoy the Nashville weather in a three-game set against their First MVC opponent, Belmont University. The story of game one was […]
This story was contributed to by both WZND's Cason Shingoethe and Liam Lyons. NORMAL, Ill. – After beginning the season 5-14, the Redbirds softball team has begun to right the ship, winning six out of their last seven contests. With the redbirds sitting at that dismal 5-14 record after the Owl Classic in Boca Raton Florida, the 'Birds season looked to be almost over, however since heading to Kentucky, the […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill - Going into the season there were a lot of questions about who would be one of the go-to guys on offense for the Illinois State baseball team. So far, it has been a freshman who has taken over that mantle as the leader on offense for ISU. This past week freshman, Daniel Pacella was named National Player of the Week by […]
Image courtesy of Illinois Wesleyan Athletics BLOOMINGTON, Ill - Lukas Wenz has not given up on the Illinois Wesleyan Titan’s season yet, despite a rocky start. “I think the first two weekends," Wenz said, "just getting those first outing jitters out of the way, down the road, I’m very helpful we’ll be very solid." Coming into the season, the team had high hopes after rejuvenating it’s pitching staff and being […]
Images courtesy of Illinois State Baseball NORMAL, Ill. - After dropping an extra inning thriller to Arkansas in the middle of the week, the Illinois State baseball team headed to Central Arkansas to take on the Bears. ISU came into this series with a record of 4-4 on the year without losing a weekend series yet. The Redbirds ended up dropping 2 of 3 during the series and dropped their […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill - Just under a year ago, the Redbirds needed a coach. From Porter Moser, Dan Muller, and many in between, it had been a rough go for Illinois State men's basketball since the start of the twenty-first century. The last few seasons under Muller had been no different, with below-average seasons and bonus eligibility making way to constant roster turnover. In fact, of […]
Image Courtesy of ISU Athletics The Redbird baseball team continued their season-opening road trip to Arkansas with a mid-week match-up against the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville on Wednesday. After taking two of three from Arkansas State the weekend prior, the Birds looked to test their skills against the 8th nationally ranked program. Illinois State opened this thriller with one run in the first inning, thanks to a single up […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For a third consecutive year the Illinois State Men’s Basketball team's season was ended by the University of Northern Iowa Panthers with a final score of 75-62. Aside from a hot start beyond the arc off of back-to-back three-point shots from forward Kendall Lewis and a 16-14 lead for the first eight minutes of game time the Redbirds trailed for the better part of the first […]
Image courtesy of ISU Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbirds are looking for a win against SEMO this week, as they hit the road Friday to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Illinois State is coming off a second-place finish from last weekend’s quad meet in New Hampshire. The Redbirds ended the night with a score of 195.600, just under New Hampshire’s 196.550. Pittsburgh took third with a 194.875, leaving Southern Connecticut State’s […]
