Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State Volleyball saw a weekend of success in Florida, raising their overall season record to (5-8) as they look ahead to the beginning of MVC play this weekend. After a rough road trip to Wisconsin last week, the Redbirds went to Florida with purpose and came away with key victories, including their first sweep of the season, as they beat Stetson […]
NORMAL, Ill. - All levels of Redbird hockey were back in action this weekend, as D1 played NIU, D2 faced the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, D3 took on Drake, and Roller Hockey took on 3 teams in Palatine. D1 had a dominant weekend against NIU as they closed out their regular season. Game 1 was dominant for goalie Michael Lenhart, as he stopped all 27 shots he faced for a 5-0 […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds football team is back to their winning ways after they defeated the Missouri State Bears in a shootout. The final score of the game was 36-35, and the Redbirds were able to improve their record to 5-4. Meanwhile, the Bears fell to a record of 3-6. With just over three minutes left in the game, Celdon Manning went […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics WZND's Cason Schingoethe and Liam Lyons both contributed to this story. NORMAL, Ill – Illinois State University softball’s first-year head coach Tina Kramos sees a lot of strengths in her team ahead of the 2023 season. Coach Kramos emphasized how much this season means to her, following in the footsteps of legendary Redbird coach Melinda Fischer, the winningest coach in school history. Kramos anticipates […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Soccer on Twitter NORMAL Ill.- The Illinois State University Redbirds soccer team is now on a five-game losing streak, making their record 2-11 on the season. The team's most recent loss came against Belmont, with the final score being 1-0. Belmont scored early in the first half, and was able to hold any Redbird from scoring opportunity in the second half. The Redbirds out-shot Belmont […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Redbirds fall to the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers 59-50 Monday night at Redbird Arena. It was one two-minute stretch at the end of the first half that was ultimately the difference in the game between the Redbirds and the Ramblers. Loyola-Chicago went on an 8-0 run to end the first half that helped them hold the lead for the rest of the game. […]
Photo Courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Despite a second half comeback for the Birds, it was not enough to prevail against Missouri State as Illinois State fell against MSU with a final score of 75-69. “I just wanna give Missouri State a ton of credit,” said Head Coach Kristen Gillespie. “Offensively that first half we struggled to get a flow. But I also gotta give our players a ton […]
Photo Courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.-The Illinois State Redbirds fall 74-67 to the University of Northern Iowa. The Redbirds have not won against UNI since 2020 so the team looked to come out strong against the Panthers. The Redbirds leaned on DeAnna Wilson, as she was a strong component in the paint and in midrange looks. Wilson fought through defenders racking up 20 points and working for 13 rebounds. “You […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - ISU gymnastics was able to host their first home meet of the year on Friday night against Eastern Michigan. It was in front of that home crowd that the Redbirds lost 193.950-192.650. However, the meet certainly wasn’t all Eagles.The night started on vault for the ‘birds, where they put up a season-best score of 48.725. They carried that momentum into the bars, where […]
