INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Indianapolis (Indy) was voted atop the 2021 preseason Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) football coaches’ poll, the league office announced on Friday. The preseason poll is selected by the league’s eight head coaches. The coaches are cannot vote for their own team. Indy received five of eight first-place votes to top the conference vote. Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. earned the remaining three first-place votes. Rounding out the top five in polling are Truman […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Redbirds men's basketball squad will be returning to Mexico for the Cancun Challenge for the third time. This is according to a media release from Illinois State University's athletic department on July 8. The schedule for Illinois State at the Cancun Challenge will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 23 against local foe St. Louis University. Tip-off for the Redbirds against the Billikens from the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya will be at 7:30 p.m. Central. The […]
NORMAL -- Illinois State's baseball program is set to host a trio of summer camps in July and August at Duffy Bass Field, according to officials from the Redbird Athletics office Thursday. An All-Skills Youth Camp will be held July 12-14 for kids kindergarten through eighth grade. All camp sessions will be from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost for the camp is $150. Two separate Redbird Prospect Camps will be held on July 20 and August 10 […]
NAPERVILLE -- North Central College junior pitcher Luke Lamm was selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic District Baseball Team on Thursday. Lamm, a native of Bolingbrook, and Plainfield East High School graduate, earned Academic All-District honors for the first time after achieving a 3.86 grade-point average (GPA) as an Accounting major. He finished the 2021 campaign ranked second in NCAA Division III with 11 wins on record. This broke North Central College's single-season record while setting […]
OMAHA, Neb. (UPI) -- The Mississippi State Bulldogs captured their first national championship with a dominant 9-0 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores in the deciding third game of the College World Series finals Wednesday at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. Bulldogs starter Will Bednar, who was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player, walked three of the first five batters he faced before retiring 15 consecutive Vanderbilt hitters. He then turned the ball over to star closer Landon Sims to start […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The Summit League revealed the 2021 Softball Championship bracket over the weekend, with South Dakota State earning the top seed following its first league title in program history. The six-team tournament will take place beginning Wednesday, May 12 and will run through Saturday. The tournament venue is at Tharaldson Park at the Ellig Sports Complex in Fargo, N.D. All first-round games will be played on Wednesday as single-elimination contests. Contests for the remainder of the tournament […]
NORMAL – Seven tournaments and an exhibition line the spring 2021 schedule for the Illinois State men's golf team. The squad looks to continue the strong run that it had last season. That run was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I am very excited about this season's schedule. [I] believe it will have us well prepared for the MVC Championship and a post-season run," said Illinois State head coach Ray Kralis. "We'll compete on a wide variety of […]
NORMAL -- While the Illinois State Redbirds men's tennis squad is on the road, the ladies prepare for a Saturday afternoon homestand. After nearly a year out of action, the Lady Redbirds tennis team is back in action against the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Saturday's showdown will be the first of four straight home matches to start the 2021 campaign. "To say that we're excited to get out there and compete is a huge understatement," says head coach Maja […]