Tyler Jay gets his chance at a start vs. Vandy With their backs against the wall, Illinois baseball will attempt to to tie their series with Vanderbilt in the NCAA Super Regional. They were stunned in Saturday night’s opener getting walloped 13-0 by the Commodores. But Coach Hartleb has an…
With a 3-0 Regional Championship win under their belt, the #6 national seed Fighting Illini (50-8-1) welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores (45-19) to Illinois Field for the NCAA Super Regional this weekend. Beginning Saturday night at 7pm CT, the two will play a best of three series to determine who will…
Success breeds success, they say. On the heels of their 3-0 Champaign Regional Championship, Illinois baseball can claim three All-Tournament honorees. ICYMI -> Congrats to #Illini Will Krug, @DrDra35 & @Dkerian12 (Most Outstanding Player) on #ChampaignRegional honors! pic.twitter.com/D55uaoRF9t — #ILLINI #RoadToOmaha (@IlliniBaseball) June 3, 2015 Drasen Johnson’s complete game shutout…
Will Krug hit an rbi double in the fifth inning In a wild comeback game with just a little bit of controversy, the Illini have advanced to their first Super Regional! Behind the strong bats of Will Krug, David Kerian and Ryne Roper and lights-out pitching of Tyler Jay, Illinois…
Will Krug rounds third to score the first run in today’s win In front of a rocking crowd of over 3000 at Illinois Field, top seed Illinois defeated #2 seed Notre Dame 3-0 behind a strong effort by starter Drasen Johnson who pitched a complete game shutout. Illinois rallied for…
The Fighting Illini hope to repeat their Friday success against Notre Dame In what was going to be a big day at the Champaign Regional turned out to be wash, literally speaking. Saturday afternoon and evening rains prevented all but a few innings to be played. Both games have all…
Reid Roper gets congrats after his first inning homer Friday night, top seed Illinois baseball got off to a good start in the NCAA Champaign Regional. Behind a solid start of Kevin Duchene (11-1) and homers by David Kerian and Reid Roper, they defeated fourth seed Ohio University 10-3. With…
In preparation of the Champaign Regional, the interns at the UI Athletics program have been working overtime to put out this great press release. It is quite comprehensive. Reading through it, I am still amazed at what the Illini players have accomplished this year. What do I need to…
On Monday, the regional pairings were announced for the NCAA Baseball Championship and Illinois received a #6 overall seed, their first ever in school history. Among others, the teams were announced that are going to play in the Champaign Regional on May 29th-June 1st. The Fighting Illini have brought up…
The long wait is over. After weeks of projections and previews, the NCAA has officially announced that Big Ten Champions Illinois will play host in the Champaign Regional. On May 29th-June 1, the Illini will host a Regional at Illinois Field. Directly from the Twitter account of NCAA Baseball: Congratulations…