Big Ten announced the 2021 All-Big Ten award recipients this week. Illinois can be proud of their representatives. They are… 1B/DH Justin Janas – All-Big Ten First Team In 2021, Justin Janas hit. And hit and hit. He went 3 for 3 in the third game of the season. Since…
Illinois will be traveling to Rutgers this weekend to round out the 2021 season. Instead of the usual preview, I thought I’d recognize our two senior athletes. Taylor Jackson In the last two years, Taylor Jackson filled several key roles for Illinois. He played a nearly flawless centerfield (just one…
Powered by first baseman slugger and hometown hero Kellen Sarver, Illinois (21-20) won two of three games against Penn State (17-23) this past weekend for their last home series at Illinois Field. That gives Illinois a winning record at 21-20! To be fair, Champaign native Sarver had a lot of…
Illinois is home this weekend! Best show in town! Illinois returns home this weekend for a series against Maryland. This will be a three-game weekend at Illinois Field. The Illini (15-16) are on a 5-2 streak coming off a three-game sweep versus Purdue two weeks ago and a four-game split…
Illinois split a four-game series with Michigan this weekend in Evanston. They won both Game 1s while Blue took the second game both days. In a lot of ways, each day was duplicate of the other. A solid pitching effort with timely hitting in game 1 then a drubbing by…
Illinois baseball (8-10) will try their luck on the road this weekend. In a three-game series, fourth place Indiana will host the Illini in Bloomington. The Hoosiers are now 11-7 but get this; they are on a five-game losing streak. While Illinois has been going through a roller coaster season,…
It ain’t over till it’s over. Yogi Berra One thing that can be said about the 2021 season is that nothing is for sure until the last out is made. In each of the three games against Nebraska this weekend, Illinois had the lead. Unfortunately, they finished out the series…
This weekend, the Illini (7-8) welcome the Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-4) to Illinois Field for a three-game set. Coming off a 1-2 series against the Wildcats, the Illini hope to regain some momentum. Like the series with Northwestern itself, Illinois’ season has been a rollercoaster ride. After starting out with three…
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.…
Infielder Jackson Raper has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Illini. Jackson will be joining as a graduate transfer from Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He will have one year of eligibility beginning in 2021. Jackson played in 22 games at Division II Catawba this…