Illini players Brandon Wikoff and Pete Cappetta were honored for their efforts in last weekend’s BIG EAST/ Big Ten Challenge down south. CollegeBaseball360 chose Wikoff for the All-Tournament Team. He went 5 for 12 with six runs and .588 OBP. Cappetta was chosen for the Honorable Mention All-Tournament Team. He…
Illinois Baseball lost Saturday night against Notre Dame but rebounded versus West Virginia today to conclude the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge down in Florida. I think it would be safe to say that both games were slugfests. Notre Dame on Saturday Illinois had a chance to win it against the…
Woo-hoo! This is one I would have really liked to seen in person. The Illinois defeated Iowa in the first game of the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge in Clearwater, Florida. Down 2-1 in the sixth, the Illini came back to score five runs thanks in part to three Iowa fielding…
Over at The Baseball Zealot, I’ve posted Ten Reasons why I like college baseball (and the Illini). I’d be preaching to the choir here.
It’s opening day for the Illini which means they’re someplace warm, in this case, Clearwater, Florida. What’s different this year is that tonight, they are opening up against a Big Ten team, Iowa. My guess? They’re making up for lost time. They didn’t play the Hawkeyes all last year. Lars…
On the right sidebar, I placed an icon to my gallery of photos of the Illinois baseball team from the past three years. Take a look around if you want. I’m going to still host the photos on my thebaseballzealot.com domain mostly because it’s just easier that way. Unfortunately, the…
It may be freezing here in central Illinois but for Friday at Illinois-Iowa’s game time, it’s forecasted to be a balmy 51 degrees. Here again is the rundown of the (updated) weekend schedule for the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge: Games #1,2,3 Record: 0-0 Feb 20 – 6:30 CST vs…
You can view/download the Big Ten Network baseball schedule in pdf form here. BTN opens their baseball season with back-to-back games between Illinois and Michigan (who have been establishing a rivalry in the past few years, it seems) on March 27 and March 28. Two weekends after that, we’ll be…
Due to one field not being playable, there has been some changes in the Big East/Big Ten Challenge this weekend. Here are the Illini Games scheduled: Friday, 6:30pm Illinois at Iowa Jack Russell Stadium Saturday 6:30pm Illinois at Notre Dame McKechnie Field Sunday 12:00 noon West Virginia at Illinois…
Welcome to Illinois Baseball Report! This is the first official post of this fan blog dedicated to the University of Illinois baseball team and program. That said, you will see three years’ worth of posts and articles going back to 2005 which I imported from another blog of mine, The…