Illini take their show on the road this weekend
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more exciting for the Illinois baseball team, another hero steps up and helps the team during this storybook 2024 season.
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Wildcats to face wildly-hot Illinois this weekend
After a truly one-of-a-kind, record-breaking weekend in which Illinois swept the Northern Illinois Huskies, they will host state rival Northwestern this weekend for three games.
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…
Illinois hope to keep the wins coming against Northwestern
After a successful Big Ten weekend plus a wild and raucous midweek victory, Illinois baseball welcomes the Northwestern to Illinois Field this weekend to continue the fun. Illinois won two games against Iowa after losing the first game last weekend. Illinois continued their success against Illinois State on Tuesday. After…
Illinois drop two in slugfest I-57 series
The winds were blowing out for much of this weekend’s games prompting for a very offense-laden series. Northwestern Wildcats came to Illinois Field with reports of good hitting and their performance against Illinois fit the bill. They took two of the three games while hitting fifteen homeruns for the weekend.…
Illini baseball to host Wildcats in home opener Friday
When Northwestern (7-4) comes to Illinois Field, the Illini (6-6) will celebrate its first home game in 388 days and only its second in 684. I’m sure the Illini will enjoy the friendly home confines after being on the road for the first two weekends. This series will be a…
Sweep! Illini begin conference season on the right road
Illinois baseball starts off the season with a sweep over the Northwestern Wildcats! While it was a clean 3-0 sweep, I don’t think I have seen such a close Big Ten series than this weekend’s battle. The NU opponents put up a worthy effort and kept the boys in Orange…
Ready for the B1G, Illinois to take on rival Wildcats in conference opener
You can throw out the 12-5 record now. On the eve of conference season, it gets real tomorrow. This weekend, the Big Ten baseball season begins and Illinois travels to Evanston to take on their in-state rivals, the Northwestern Wildcats. While Illinois is listed in second place behind Indiana (15-4),…
Engel’s patience pays off against the Wildcats with walk-off walk
The last two Illinois baseball games have gone into extra innings. Not only did the Illini win both of those games, Tyler Engel was responsible for the game winning rbi in both of them. Yes, Tyler’s stock is rising. On Friday night against the Northwestern Wildcats, Engel drove home Bren…
Illinois looking for three wins against the Northwestern Wildcats this weekend
Ty Weber takes on the Wildcats Friday night Illinois Baseball is on its best this roll season. With its three-game sweep against Indiana State, two midweek wins, and a win versus Michigan, the Illini have won six of its last eight games! The boys in Orange and Blue will look…