The weekend notes for the Al Ogletree Tournament have just been posted on the fightingillini.com website. Phil Haig is indeed the starter Friday night and Aaron Martin is on the hill Saturday. and Ben Reeser will have to go to bed early Saturday night. He’ll have a 9 am start…
Some quick news links from around the Big Ten baseball world -Brian from Big Ten Hardball wraps up the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge and chose his All-Weekend Team. Brandon Wikoff and Dom Altobelli made first team. Aaron Johnson made honorable mention. -Yes, the Big Ten did reign supreme in the…
Last weekend it was Florida… this coming weekend, our boys are going to Texas for the Al Ogletree Classic. More specifically, they’ll be visiting Edinburg Stadium. That’s the home of the University of Texas Pan American Broncs who are currently 0-4 this season. Don’t make fun though. UTPA was the…
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…