(Almost) everything goes right for Illinois against Iowa

If it weren’t for one inning on Friday, Illinois (18-19) would have swept the Iowa Hawkeyes (22-16) this past weekend.  On Saturday and Sunday, everything seemed to go just right.  Timely hitting coincided with excellent pitching as the Illini won both games and Illinois came away with a 2-1 series…

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Illinois wins one in first weekend of NCAA baseball

One weekend down. The Illinois baseball team took the first game of the season then drop the last two of the weekend down in the warmer climes of Winston-Salem. I’m sure the Illini wish they could have pulled at least one more win out but we saw some good play…

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