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 […]
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 […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Marc Tiritilli said he is a man who does not give up. Despite his defeat in the mayoral race in 2017, he is back with his head held high. Tiritilli is running against Mayor Chris Koos in the election this April. One problem Tiritilli said he hopes to fix is the overwhelming debt in Normal, he explains that Normal has extremely high interest loans. "We have spent more […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics. NORMAL, Ill- As Illinois State sports returned with men’s basketball on Nov. 25, so did a challenge many could not have prepared for, back-to-back conference series. Three Missouri Valley sports that were directed to the two-game series were men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, and each Redbird coach has recognized the struggles with the adjusting to the newly implemented schedule method. Ahead of their season finale against Northern Iowa […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMALIll- The Illinois State football team fell to 0-1 this afternoon, as South Dakota forced seven redbird turnovers to take down ISU. ISU had a chance to tie the game at 27 with less than 30 seconds remaining but their drive inside the 20 ended with an thrown interception by quarterback Bryce Jefferson. It was the first ISU football game in 411 days. Hancock Stadium housed […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics. Finding its first cancelation of the 2021 season, Illinois State's volleyball series against Loyola-Chicago set for Feb. 28-March 1 has been postponed until a later date by the Missouri Valley Conference. The announcement was made Friday evening, as ISU is reported to have fewer than the minimum number of players eligible. Head coach Leah Johnson declined to further comment on the situation. The MVC […]
Photo courtesy to Illinois State Food, Nutrition & Dietetics Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University approved a new master’s degree program in nutrition. The program is based on the long-standing dietetic internship sequence in the M.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences program and is intended to replace that sequence. Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Associate Professor Julie Shumacher says a wide range of experiences influences […]
