Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.-Wednesday night, the Illinois State baseball team fell to Eastern Illinois 9-7 in their return to Duffy Bass Field. The Redbirds fall to 5-13 overall in non-conference games, dropping their last six straight. The Redbird's bats were not completely cold on a brisk night in Normal, scoring seven runs. Hayden Jones went 3-5 with a double, and Gunner Peterson had two RBIs. They had a […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State softball team defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies Wednesday evening by a score of 6-0. The Redbirds hot start continues as they claimed a victory over NIU and are off to their best start since 1988. Senior Morgan Day continued her great start to the season on the mound for the Birds. Day pitched a complete game shutout and finished with 12 […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State volleyball team secured its third sweep of the season, defeating the Evansville Purple Aces 3-0. The win extends ISU's winning streak to four, now holding a record of 11-5 overall, with a 9-3 conference record. With the win, they are also now the number one seed in the Missouri Valley Conference. Leading the way in the Redbirds' victory was senior […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL- After picking up a victory against Western Illinois on Saturday, head coach Brock Spack announced Sunday that the Redbirds will forgo the rest of the season. Spack says the decision came down to the health and safety of the players and certify their readiness for the fall season. “I have wrestled with this decision for a couple weeks now, but I feel like it’s a necessary […]
NORMAL, Ill.- It has been around 16 months since Illinois high schools last played football. Two inner-city rivals met Friday night at Hancock Stadium. Normal Community played Normal West in a rivalry game. Normal Community came out on top 14-0. Players and coaches have been waiting months for football to be back. It was an emotional night full of excitement. "The biggest thing was just being out here and getting […]
This photo is courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State volleyball team defeated the Evansville Purple Aces three sets to none Sunday afternoon at Redbird Arena. The Redbirds had no shortage of help as there were five redbirds with five kills or more on the day. Leading the way was Senior Kaylee Martin as she finished the day with 13 kills. Following Martin was Nicole Lund with 9, Sydney […]
Normal, ILL. - The Illinois State football team ran it’s way to it’s first win of the season, improving to 1-3. The final score being 26-18 over the Western Illinois Leathernecks. Head coach Brock Spack relied on his rushing attack to sparkplug it’s inconsistent offense, attempting 56 rushes for 274 yards. Quarterback Bryce Jefferson played his most efficient game thus far, completing 17 of his 23 attempts for 167 passing […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com Normal, Ill. - As the Illinois State women’s basketball team begin their first game in the WNIT tournament tonight, they seem to have regained their focus from last week’s loss to Loyola Chicago in conference tournament play. After having their best regular season since 2013, the Redbirds could not quite beat the Ramblers for the third time in a row and it came in heartbreaking fashion, […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL- With both teams coming into the game with a 0-3 record, it will be the first time they have met winless against each other since 1906. The Redbirds have played back-to-back top-five teams on the road but will return home this weekend. In those two games, ISU put up a combined score of just 23 points compared to their opponent's 42 points. The Redbird defense […]
