It’s opening weekend for Illinois baseball!

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it. -Babe Ruth After a long winter, it’s so exciting that Illinois baseball is almost here! This weekend, Illinois baseball begins their 2024 season. Illinois will be participating in the Wake Forest Tournament in Winston-Salem,…

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Opening weekend!! Illinois baseball to begin 2023 season with Wake Forest Tournament

Are you ready for some Illini baseball?? I know I am! On February 17th, the Illinois baseball commences.  Illinois will travel to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to participate in the Wake Forest Tournament.  During the weekend, the team will fit in four games.  They will play two against the Youngstown State…

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Kirschsieper helps end the weekend on a high note

Thank goodness for Cole Kirschsieper! Cole K pitched five scoreless innings in today’s shutout of Ohio State preventing a Buckeye sweep. The Buckeyes won the first three games down in Greenville, South Carolina before their offense ran out of gas. Despite the discrepancy in wins this weekend, the games were…

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Illini baseball opens this weekend against the Buckeyes

On Friday, Illinois baseball will take the field competitively for the first time in almost a year.  It was after the Elon game on March 8 when everything shut down for the 2020 season. But it’s a new year and a new modified 44-game schedule.  Assuming everything goes to plan,…

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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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