Illinois baseball to take on the Chants before heading home

This weekend, the Illini baseball team travels to Conway, South Carolina.  Illinois (6-4) will face host Coastal Carolina (8-4) for a three-game series for their last series before coming home to the friendly confines of Illinois Field. At 6-4, Illinois has won two straight road series with plenty of offense. …

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Illinois Baseball heads to Carolinas Coastline Classic

This weekend, Illinois baseball (1-2) escapes another Midwest winter storm and travels south for the second weekend in a row.  This time, they go to Conway, South Carolina for the Carolinas Coastline Classic.  After one game against Middle Tennessee State on Friday, Illinois will face historically tough Coastal Carolina on…

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Illini battle down south to even record

After falling in Friday’s match, Fighting Illini baseball picked themselves up and won both Saturday’s and Sunday’s games to even their record to 3-3. Down in South Carolina, starter Cole Kirchsieper earned his first career win in a big way and Garrett McGowan hit his first Big Ten homerun. Western…

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Illini look for wins in South Carolina

After starting out with a 1-2 opening weekend, the Illini will hope to improve on that record in South Carolina. This will be the seventh straight year, they will going to SC. This year, the Illini will be taking on three teams in two stadiums at the Brittain Resorts Invitational.…

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Illinois baseball warming up with help from Bren Spillane

  Once Saturday afternoon came, Illinois got their bearings in Conway, South Carolina and found out how to win.  At the Brittain Resorts Invitational, the Illinois Baseball regrouped after two straight losses and won the last two games to come away even-steven.  They went 2-2 for the weekend and are…

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Brittain Resorts Invitational: Illini look for wins down south

Illinois Baseball is looking to make some ground this weekend at the Brittain Resorts Invitational in Conway, South Carolina.  Hosted by the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, the Illini will get four games in and will try to improve on their 1-1 record after their shortened first weekend of the season.  Last…

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Illinois baseball reap one win against #21 Coastal Carolina

Second HR of the season for Bren Spillane on Friday If you had told me last week that Illinois was going to win one game against a ranked team that was the defending national champion, I would have pleasantly accepted that.  Thing is, with baseball, you get greedy and you…

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Illinois Baseball wraps up road trip with defending national champs #21 Coastal Carolina

Cole Bellair: back on the mound Illinois will take their 3-7 record on the road south one more time.  Visiting Conway, South Carolina, they will try their luck in a three-game series against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers who were the NCAA national champions in 2016.   At 9-6, the Chants are…

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Illinois baseball still working out the kinks

CF Doran Turchin: 8 for 18 and two homers for the weekend Well, it looks like Illinois baseball (6-7)still has a few kinks to work out.  A week after they swept the Stetson Invitational, they were swept four games straight themselves at the Coastal Carolina Invitational in Conway, South Carolina. …

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