Photo courtesy of Nickolas Parra NORMAL, Ill. - Wind, rain, and seasonally low temperatures were felt at Duffy Bass Field Saturday. But the Redbirds and Bears played on, and ISU claimed victory in both games of the day. The first game was scheduled to be a seven-inning contest. Seven innings weren't enough to determine the victor however, so the game went into extra innings. Tied at 3-3 in the top […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Saturday saw the Redbirds host conference-rival Northern Iowa in doubleheader action. Illinois State won game one in comeback fashion, while game two ended after five innings in a blowout. In game one, the 'Birds fell down 4-2 after five-and-a-half innings. In the bottom of the sixth, though, ISU put up a flurry of runs to take their first lead of the game. Senior […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The fourth-seeded Illinois State women’s soccer team fell to the number one seed, Loyola Chicago Ramblers with a final score of 2-1. With this loss, the Redbirds were officially eliminated from the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, thus ending their season with an overall record of 4-7-1. Both teams came out from the start playing great defense with no goals being scored in the first […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The fourth-seeded Illinois State women’s soccer team heads to the Windy City for the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Championship semifinal play against the number one seed Loyola Chicago Ramblers on Wednesday, April 14. These two teams are no strangers to each other as the last time they met in postseason play was in the 2019 MVC title game in Springfield, Mo. as the […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State Redbirds softball team captured an impressive win against the DePaul Blue Demons Tuesday with a score of 7-2. The Redbirds recorded nine hits on the day. Mack Leonard and Emme Olson led the way with two hits each. Pitcher Morgan Day was impressive as well, recording 15 strikeouts. DePaul struggled to slow down the Redbirds in the second and sixth […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The number four seed Illinois State Redbirds defeat the fifth seed Northern Iowa Panthers after finishing regulation in a 1-1 draw, playing through two-ten minute overtime periods, and heading to penalty kicks where they converted their first three shots (3-0) to advance to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Championships on Sunday, April 14. Northern Iowa got off to a hot […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL,Ill.- Following their 1-0 loss against Valparaiso to end the regular season, the Illinois State women’s soccer team now enters the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament as the number four seed finishing with a 4-4 conference record and 4-6 overall. The Redbirds are set to host the fifth seeded Northern Iowa Panthers in MVC quarter final play from Adelaide Street Field on Sunday, April 11. Redbird’s redshirt […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL,Ill.- The Illinois State women’s soccer team (4-5, 4-3 MVC) host the visiting Valparaiso Crusaders (3-3-4, 2-2-3 MVC) at Adelaide Street Field for the Redbird’s final regular season game on Wednesday, April 7. With a win or tie in Wednesday’s matchup against the Crusaders, the Redbirds can secure a third-place finish in Missouri Valley Conference standings and guarantees them the opportunity to host the MVC Tournament […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State women’s soccer team hope to end their final regular season road game with a win as they travel for the first time ever to Southern Illinois to take on the Salukis on Saturday, March 3. The Redbirds go into Saturday’s matchup following an impressive showing against UNI where they dominated on the offensive side of the ball with 16 shot attempts […]
