Illinois baseball to host Hoosiers this weekend

This coming weekend, baseball comes back to Illinois Field! The Illini host Indiana for a three-game series starting at 7pm Friday evening.  Illinois has had a bit of an off and on conference season.  The past three weekends, the team has gone 1-2.  Looking to capitalize on last place Northwestern…

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Illinois baseball heads to Northwestern in search of more wins

Call it the “I-57 Challenge”. This weekend, Illinois is on the road.  They travel to Evanston for a three-game set at Northwestern’s Rocky and Berenice Miller Park.  Illinois (12-13, 2-4 Big Ten) is looking for some consistency.  With some luck and effort, they will find it against Northwestern. Offensive threats…

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Illinois baseball off to Mississippi again looking for warmer weather and wins

One game and they’re gone again for two weeks. I blame our Illinois weather. Weather is certainly going to play a factor in our spring schedule.  After dropping their home opener to Indiana State, Illinois baseball will be getting away from the nasty cold and wind heading our way.  They…

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Illini baseball: A week of both heartbreak and family

Amid some very heartbreaking news, the Illinois baseball program signed six recruits for the 2022 class.  As usual, Coach Hartleb gave his coaches all the credit: “Once again Adam Christ, Mark Allen and Curt Courtwright did an outstanding job of identifying and evaluating an outstanding group of student athletes. The…

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