NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State volleyball team started off conference play on the road last week, taking a loss to Drake and a win over UNI. Now sitting at 1-1, the Redbirds come home this weekend to take on Missouri State on Friday, and Southern Illinois on Saturday. The last time Illinois State faced off against the Missouri State Bears, the Redbirds swept in their 2 game series at […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Redbird Volleyball just wrapped up their non conference season with some tough opponents, going 4-8. Illinois State will begin their conference season on the road facing off against Drake on Friday, followed by UNI on Saturday. Illinois State came into non-conference play looking to face some elite competition to build experience for the team. I Head coach Leah Johnson said her peers were impressed […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Volleyball team won their second consecutive game Saturday afternoon after taking down the University of Illinois Chicago three sets to one. The Redbirds hosted the Flames in their second match of the Red and White invitational. This was a close contest that saw neither team wanting to back down. The Redbirds took game one in a back-and-forth matchup that went […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Redbird volleyball entered Friday evenings matchup against Ohio searching for their first victory of the season and accomplished that task, although it did not come easily. The Redbirds started the match firing on all cylinders. After facing some early turbulence in set one they prevailed by a score of 25-16. In the second set the Redbirds took control from the start and weathered a […]
Photo is courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Fresh off a 4-1 match victory 24 hour prior, the Illinois State Redbirds volleyball team suited up for their second encounter with Valparaiso University. Performing well as of late, ISU came in with a three-game winning streak, but fell into problems in the fourth and fifth set against the Brown and Gold, causing a 3-2 loss. Johnson attempted to refrain […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- A competitive mindset potentially lacking Friday was in full-effect on Saturday as the Illinois State Redbirds swept past the Cincinnati Bearcats 3-0. Leading the way for ISU was freshman Kaitlyn Prondzinski, who posted a career-high 12 kills. Kaylee Martin had 11 and Sarah Kushner added 10 kills to Prondzinski output. Head coach Leah Johnson spoke of the competitive mentality that lacked the Redbirds on Friday, […]
Story by Jake Fogal Image courtesy of goredbirds.com A first set win turned disaster for the Illinois State Redbirds, who dropped its next three sets to the Cincinnati Bearcats, falling apart in the process. Head coach Leah Johnson when talking about the fourth set, attributed the loss more to what Cincinnati did right compared to what the Redbirds did wrong. “I can’t really explain set four.” Johnson said. “They [Cincinnati] had a rhythm. It wasn’t that […]
