Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics The Illinois State University volleyball team has faced many challenges in their 2022 campaign. Allie Matters was named Head Coach after five years with Leah Johnson, many new freshmen faces were added to the roster, and now the medical retirement of impactful veteran leaders in Nicole Lund and Kaitlin Prodzinski. Nicole Lund announced her retirement on October 15, after dealing with a series of recurring […]
NORMAL Ill.- Illinois State volleyball has prevailed against Green Bay in a 3-2 set. Coming into the game the Redbirds had a 3-1 victory against Oral Roberts earlier in the day, with Kaitlyn Prondzinski posting a career-high 21 kills. Prondzinski continued that stellar performance into the Green Bay match with 17 kills. Assists weren’t an issue for the Redbirds thanks to Katelyn Lefler, who earned 39 of the 61 assists […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill - Head Coach Allie Matters has a win at Redbird Arena in her first attempt, Kaitlyn Prondzinski has a new career-high 21 kills, and the Illinois State University volleyball team is back to an even overall record...all before noon on Friday. In a four-set contest, the Redbirds took down the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles in the Redbird Classic's opening matchup, […]
NORMAL, IL. - Illinois State volleyball is set to make it’s fourth straight appearance at the NCAA tournament. Head coach Leah Johnson has led her teams to four straight Missouri Valley Conference title appearances, winning each of the last three. But this time around, her emotions are a little bit different as another big game approaches. “I was actually journaling about how different this season feels,” said Johnson. “I was […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- For the third time in four years, the Illinois State Volleyball team captured the Missouri Valley Conference title as they defeated Loyola three sets to two. The Redbirds got off to a slow start in the first set as they trailed early committing six errors to go along with a low hitting percentage of .130 to allow the Ramblers to take away the first […]
NORMAL, IL. - For the third time in three years Redbird volleyball will compete in the championship round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Illinois State defeated the Indiana State Sycamores in three sets at redbird arena. ISU will face the Loyola Chicago Ramblers tomorrow at 4 p.m. for a chance at a three-peat. The story of the game was defense from the get-go for the Redbirds. Starting middle blocker […]
Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State volleyball team had an opportunity to clinch second place in the Missouri Valley Conference tonight, and they did not disappoint. It was a sweep of the match that gave them their second match of the year over the Braves, including a 25-10 rout in the third set.Heading into ISU’s senior night, the ‘birds looked to head into this second match of […]
NORMAL Ill.- The Illinois State Redbirds have been killing it in conference play and are heading into the weekend on a 7 game winning streak where they will host Evansville and Indiana State. In addition to their 7 game streak, the Birds are also on a 14 set winning streak. Since playing Valparaiso and Bradley in October, 2 games that were pushed into the 5th set, Illinois State has done […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- The Redbirds are on a 3 match winning streak, now 6-3 in conference play coming off of a win over the Bradley Braves last Monday. The Redbirds look to extend that win streak at home this weekend as they match up against UNI and Drake. Last match against Bradley took the Redbirds into the 5th set. Much like their previous match against Valparaiso, errors […]
