Photo courtesy of Ashley Piraino NORMAL, Ill.- The journey to Illinois State wasn’t an easy one for redshirt junior transfer Indianna Asimus. “I wouldn’t lie to you, it’s definitely tough coming in and not knowing anybody and not really knowing where Illinois was,” said Asimus. “Like when I came as freshman to Wyoming, my family came with me to drop me off so coming here was a bit weird as […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Illinois State football team gave up 35 unanswered points in the second half of their game against No. 7 Southern Illinois, leading to a 35-17 loss. The first half started off great for the Redbirds, shutting the Salukis down in all aspects of the game. PhaLeak Brow punched the ball in with a little over a minute left in the first half […]
Photo Courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL,Ill.- The Illinois State men’s golf team has played well to start the 2021 fall season finishing fourth and sixth place in two tough tournaments. Coach Ray Kralis’s team is off to a fast start taking fourth place out of 15 schools in the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational two weeks ago and taking sixth place out of 16 teams at the Ram Masters Invitational earlier this week. […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Redbird Volleyball just wrapped up their non conference season with some tough opponents, going 4-8. Illinois State will begin their conference season on the road facing off against Drake on Friday, followed by UNI on Saturday. Illinois State came into non-conference play looking to face some elite competition to build experience for the team. I Head coach Leah Johnson said her peers were impressed […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State men’s basketball team is coming off their first last-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference since 2004. With a 17-39 record over the past two seasons, head coach Dan Muller opted to go the transfer portal route to fulfill the Redbirds’ roster for the 2021 campaign. ISU added four transfers this offseason, with all newcomers retaining at least three years of eligibility. The Redbirds […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- After a hard fought 31-24 victory last weekend over Eastern Illinois, the Illinois State football team looks to keep that momentum going this weekend against another in-state opponent, the Southern Illinois Salukis. The Redbirds (2-1) head to Carbondale where they are set to take on the Salukis at 2 p.m. on Saturday. This will be the 83rd meeting between the two, with the Salukis […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com CHARLESTON, Ill. - After getting shutout in week two, the Illinois State football team bounced back, defeating Eastern Illinois in the Mid-America Classic, 31-24. The Redbirds got off to a hot start, scoring on their very first drive of the game with a 15-yard touchdown run by Nigel White. Later in the quarter the Redbirds would make a field goal to extend their lead to […]
NORMAL,Ill.- The Illinois State volleyball team defeated the Missouri Tigers in four sets at Redbird Arena Saturday afternoon. It was back and forth all day long between the Redbirds and Tigers, but ISU prevailed. Illinois State finished the Redbird Classic with a one and two record. Sarah Kushner led the way for the Redbirds with 15 kills. Tamara Otene was right behind Kushner with 10 kills as well. Senior Carley […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Volleyball team took on their rival, the University of Illinois tonight in the second match of the Redbird Classic. Before the match ISU honored Dr. Linda Herman, former ISU volleyball coach and administrator. Herman was a part of ISU for over 30 years and helped influence women’s athletics to where it is now. ISU raised a banner with her […]
