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…
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…
It was a beautiful day here in Champaign-Urbana on Friday, really. Then, an hour or two before game time the rain came and the inevitable announcement from @illinibaseball… Tonight’s #Illini–@BaseballRU has been POSTPONED & rescheduled on Saturday as part of a DOUBLEHEADER beginning at 10 AM. — #ILLINI #XXI…
Well, the Illinois 2013 season is now over. To be honest, they got further than even I thought they would. It was three games into the NCAA Regionals and losing quite a heartbreaker to Georgia Tech. For those who care, GT ended up giving Vanderbilt a run for their money. …
Never say die. There could always be another day. This season’s Illinois Baseball team is moving forward! The 2013 season will continue for the Illinois Baseball team as they have been selected by the NCAA to move on to the Regional Tournament. Despite their early exit from the Big Ten…
Congratulations to the Purdue Boilermakers on their Big Ten Tournament Championship. On Saturday, they won a hard-fought victory against the Indiana Hoosiers in the final to claim the tourney title. It was Purdue’s first Big Ten Tournament championship. In all the years I’ve followed Big Ten Baseball, I haven’t seen…
Before we close out the Illini’s venture to California, I wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to see these videos. A few of the players made to the big screen (well, ‘big’ if you are a baseball player). In this first one, pay close attention to the very…