Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State Volleyball continues to rally forward with another weekend series sweep, extending its win streak to 5 in a row and being back over .500 (10-9) for the first time in almost 2 months. The Redbirds began their weekend with the annual whiteout game against the Indiana State Sycamores. In front of 1,700 fans at CEFCU arena, they chopped down the […]
Image Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – After a slow start to conference play at home last weekend, Illinois State Redbird Volleyball went on the road and dominated the weekend, sweeping the road trip and improving to 8-9 on the season and 3-1 in the conference play. The Redbirds' weekend was full of travel. They spent Friday in Springfield, Missouri, taking on Missouri State and then made the […]
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 […]
Image via Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Despite an overall rough weekend, the Redbirds look to the 2024 season with positivity and renewed energy after the Linda Herman classic this weekend at the CEFCU arena. Though the Redbirds went (1-2) over the weekend, Head Coach Allie Matters feels energized by her players. The Birds brought in 11 new players in the off-season including six freshmen, which has been a theme […]
In this episode of the RedZone, Ben, Julian, and Joey discuss the newest commits on ISU Men's Basketball and ISU vs Iowa. In the second segment, ISU volleyball's Hannah Reichensberger comes on the show to discuss her thoughts on the season and some fun trivia (9:15). After that, Ben, Julian, and Joey discuss the college football matchups this weekend (23:00). To end the show, we discussed all the new contracts […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - On a night when no matter how well the young Illinois State University volleyball squad could play, they knew their season would be over when the clock struck midnight. There was still a lot left for the resilient team to get up for. First off, they could play spoiler for their sworn rival as the Bradley Braves would need this win to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo Courtesy of goredbirds.com CHICAGO, Ill.- Despite a career night from Sophomore Tamara Otene, the Illinois State volleyball team fell to the Loyola Ramblers in four-sets. “In set one, it was more indicative that they got the better part of us,” said Redbirds Head Coach Leah Johnson. “We just did not make good adjustments, and they played really well. They passed lights-out. They haven’t passed that well all year. They […]
