Even though Illinois made a quick exit from the Big Ten Tournament last week, they had something to celebrate this morning. The 64 teams for the NCAA Baseball Tournament were announced on ESPNU and the Illinois players were assembled to watch. Players, staff and media assembled at the Urbana Country…
Kevin Duchene salutes the fans after today’s loss In today’s Super Regional elimination game against Vanderbilt at Illinois Field, Illinois (50-10-1) could not take advantage of scoring opportunities and lost a heartbreaker to the Commodores 4-2. With the loss, Illinois’ magical record-breaking season is over. On the same day that…
Illini players play the waiting game in the bullpen area The fans showed up and the players warmed up for Sunday’s Super Regional game between Illinois and Vanderbilt. As the 5:05pm starting time inched closer and the normal pre-game announcements and rituals we usually go through didn’t happen, I wondered…
Tyler Jay gets his chance at a start vs. Vandy With their backs against the wall, Illinois baseball will attempt to to tie their series with Vanderbilt in the NCAA Super Regional. They were stunned in Saturday night’s opener getting walloped 13-0 by the Commodores. But Coach Hartleb has an…
With a 3-0 Regional Championship win under their belt, the #6 national seed Fighting Illini (50-8-1) welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores (45-19) to Illinois Field for the NCAA Super Regional this weekend. Beginning Saturday night at 7pm CT, the two will play a best of three series to determine who will…
Success breeds success, they say. On the heels of their 3-0 Champaign Regional Championship, Illinois baseball can claim three All-Tournament honorees. ICYMI -> Congrats to #Illini Will Krug, @DrDra35 & @Dkerian12 (Most Outstanding Player) on #ChampaignRegional honors! pic.twitter.com/D55uaoRF9t — #ILLINI #RoadToOmaha (@IlliniBaseball) June 3, 2015 Drasen Johnson’s complete game shutout…
Will Krug hit an rbi double in the fifth inning In a wild comeback game with just a little bit of controversy, the Illini have advanced to their first Super Regional! Behind the strong bats of Will Krug, David Kerian and Ryne Roper and lights-out pitching of Tyler Jay, Illinois…
Will Krug rounds third to score the first run in today’s win In front of a rocking crowd of over 3000 at Illinois Field, top seed Illinois defeated #2 seed Notre Dame 3-0 behind a strong effort by starter Drasen Johnson who pitched a complete game shutout. Illinois rallied for…
The Fighting Illini hope to repeat their Friday success against Notre Dame In what was going to be a big day at the Champaign Regional turned out to be wash, literally speaking. Saturday afternoon and evening rains prevented all but a few innings to be played. Both games have all…
Reid Roper gets congrats after his first inning homer Friday night, top seed Illinois baseball got off to a good start in the NCAA Champaign Regional. Behind a solid start of Kevin Duchene (11-1) and homers by David Kerian and Reid Roper, they defeated fourth seed Ohio University 10-3. With…