Reid Roper is leading the Illini in hitting (.413) and rbis (13) this season In their last road series before coming home to Illinois Field, the Fighting Illini (9-2-1) will be going to Stillwater, OK to face the #10 Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-4). This will be one of the toughest…
David Kerian is batting an even .500 after last weekend It’s been a exciting week after Illinois’ surprise 4-0 opening weekend in Beaumont, Texas. Surprising that is, to everyone outside of the Illini Nation. It wasn’t so much that the good guys swept opponents New Mexico State and Lamar but…
Tyler Jay: High expectations in 2015 for the stopper It’s finally opening weekend!! With brand new uniforms and two new coaches, the Illini have the same old desire to win. Don’t expect a lot of changes on this team. Other than acquiring assistant coach Spencer Allen and volunteer assistant coach…
The Fighting Illini baseball program has been doing position-by-position previews in the last few days on the fightingillini.com website. The previews of the actual starting position players haven’t been too surprising but I was wondering what would happen when it came to the pitchers. Illinois may be in the envious…
Drasen Johnson will be looking for win #3 on Sunday Coming off their surprise 4-0 performance last weekend down in Gainesville, the Illinois baseball team hopes to build on their momentum. This weekend, they’ll taking on the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky. The Illini have plenty of history with the Hilltoppers,…
After six games, David Kerian leads the team in hitting with a .391 average This weekend, the Illinois baseball go south once again down to Gainesville, Florida. This time, they’re playing four games in a round robin tournament against the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles and the Florida Gators. The four…
Sunday’s probable starter Drasen Johnson Friday is opening day! It’s only appropriate that the team we love open the season on Valentine’s Day. While we hometown fans are stuck in the cold weather of Champaign-Urbana, the guys get a respite of sorts. They’re traveling to Atlanta for a three game…
Today it was announced that in the Big Ten baseball pre-season coaches’ poll, Indiana was picked as the #1 team in the conference. Not only that, it was a unanimous choice. It shouldn’t surprise anyone. Indiana is returning seven of their All-Big Ten winners from their team that made their…
The Fighting Illini Baseball program released their official 2014 season preview on Friday. Complete and thorough, it answers a few questions. In a nutshell, the young 2014 team has lost its entire outfield and the left side of the infield from last year but the pitching staff is relatively…
OF Will Krug leads the Illini in runs scored with 20 Illinois Baseball will finish out the month of March with a non-conference series this weekend against the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are coming off an 0-4 sweep at the hands of the Michigan State. Meanwhile, Illinois (14-6,…