Hot-hitting Illinois to host Huskies this weekend
8-1! That is Illinois baseball’s record at home so far this season. They hope to embellish that this weekend against the Northern Illinois Huskies in a non-conference series at Illinois Field.
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Illinois dogged by miscues and inexperience, drop last three in Carbondale
Tough Sunday loss for Andrew Mamlic I’m sure none of the Illini baseball players and certainly not Coach Hartleb could have seen a 1-3 weekend coming. After a solid win behind starter Cody Sedlock and 3B Trent Hammond (3 for 3) on Friday, Illinois dropped the next game against the…
Illinois baseball faces intrastate battle this weekend in Carbondale
J.D. Nielsen effective out of the pen with a 1.74 ERA You could almost say that Illinois baseball (6-7) is going to the dogs. This weekend the Illini will face the Huskies of Northern Illinois and the Salukis of Southern Illinois. The good guys are traveling to Carbondale, Illinois for…
Luke Stewart to move to full assistant position at NIU
Luke Stewart: from the Illini to the Huskies Now that the Hot Stove Banquet is over and done with, we can start focusing on the upcoming season which is two and half weeks away. But first, a few things to wrap up. First of all, on behalf of Illini baseball…
With Sunday split, Illinois posts 3-1 weekend mark
Wow! Lots of big stuff happened yesterday in Illinois baseball. They did manage to get shutout by one the most struggling teams they’ve faced this year in Northern Illinois 3-0. But on the other hand, they came back and walloped SIU 13-5. Some of the big stories of the…
Illinois trims the Huskies 7-2
John Kravetz is 3-0 this season Illinois scored seven unanswered runs to begin the game while starter John Kravetz pitched a solid eight innings in Illinois’ 7-2 win against Northern Illinois down in Carbondale today. Kravetz won his third game of the year and Illinois has won five of their…
Illini face SIU and NIU during Spring Trip
Finally, we get to see some Illinois baseball on Illinois soil… against other Illinois opponents. This weekend sees the University of Illinois baseball team in a four game set. They’ll play two games each against the tough Southern Illinois Salukis and the slumping Northern Illinois Huskies. For the first time,…
NIU Huskies take both from Illini
In the last two days, Illinois baseball took on the Northern Illinois Huskies on neutral territory twice in two different venues. The ballgames were polar opposites of each other but end result was the same. An Illinois loss. Thursday Thursday, the Illini played the Huskies at Rent One Park in…