Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State women’s soccer team will travel to Evansville, Indiana to take on the Purple Aces on Saturday. This will be the first Missouri Valley Conference game for both teams. For the Redbirds, they come into this matchup following a 3-1 loss against St. Louis last week. Redshirt senior Abby Basler logged in 90 minutes and scored the only goal for the Redbirds. […]
Photo is courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Fresh off a 4-1 match victory 24 hour prior, the Illinois State Redbirds volleyball team suited up for their second encounter with Valparaiso University. Performing well as of late, ISU came in with a three-game winning streak, but fell into problems in the fourth and fifth set against the Brown and Gold, causing a 3-2 loss. Johnson attempted to refrain […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- The Illinois State Redbirds Volleyball team beat Valparaiso 3 sets to 1. Taking sets 1, 3, and 4. Led by Kaylee Martin with eighteen kills. Stef Jankiewicz led the team with forty-eight assists. The team received a spark with the return of Sydney Holt back after missing over a month from an injury. In her return, holt recorded eleven kills, an assist and 2 […]
Image courtesy of GoRedbirds.com NORMAL - After losing 15 straight games against the Drake Bulldogs, ISU swept the season series behind Terrion Moores 18 points. “For a young lady like Paige Saylor, who for four years just hadn’t had success over Drake, they’ve always been that elusive team that we hadn’t cracked that code.” Four players reached double digits, as Mary Crompton had 11, Deanna Wilson with 12 and Kate […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.-The annual Hoops in the Heartland tournament is just around the corner, and the Illinois State Women’s basketball team has shown mixed results against conference foes thus far. After dropping two straight against the conference-best Missouri State Lady Bears, and three of their last four, Illinois State has a chance to prove they can compete with the best in the Valley. That opportunity comes tomorrow […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Entering Normal on Sunday the Drake Bulldogs boasted an undefeated Missouri Valley Conference record. As the Bulldogs exit Redbird Arena, the Illinois State Redbirds add two wins to their conference record sweeping the Drake on Sunday and Monday. The Redbirds made quick work of the Bulldogs on Sunday, sweeping the match 3-0, but had a shaky start on day two. Falling […]
Coming off a 69-52 loss to nationally ranked Missouri State the Illinois State Women’s basketball team looked for a bounce back effort Saturday at Redbird Arena to avoid losing three straight games. The Redbirds set the tone early by storming out to a 15-4 lead early in the first quarter. The hot start was an opposite of what plagued the ‘Birds in their previous outing against the Bears. Terrion Moore led the way in […]
photo courtesy of goredbirds.com This weekend the Redbirds men’s basketball team will take on the Southern Illinois Salukis. The program is coming off a tough weekend where they dropped two games to Missouri State and remain at the bottom of the valley. However, they look to change their fortune against another young team. The Redbirds are 2-11 in conference play this season but can make up some ground with a […]
photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics Looking to continue their recent success against the No. 23 ranked Missouri State Lady Bears proved too daunting for the Illinois State women's basketball team. A brutal first quarter by ISU that saw the Lady Bears lead 24-9 showed too much to overcome for the Redbirds. Beginning the game in a zone defense allowed Missouri State to tear through the Redbirds shooting 52%. […]
