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…
Not surprisingly, Riley Gowens earned the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award this week. Based on his seven-inning, no-hit performance on Sunday, Gowens’ honor is the first weekly honor for an Illini player in 2021. This award comes on top of his Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the…
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.…
When Northwestern (7-4) comes to Illinois Field, the Illini (6-6) will celebrate its first home game in 388 days and only its second in 684. I’m sure the Illini will enjoy the friendly home confines after being on the road for the first two weekends. This series will be a…
Going into the weekend against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Illini were coming off a 1-3 series against the Buckeyes. Coach Hartleb must have said the right things in the clubhouse because the Illini won the first three games before succumbing Sunday’s game. This gives Illinois an even 4-4 record…
How the spring 2021 college baseball season will exactly shape up is still up in the air but for now, it is status quo with pre-season workouts at the Irwin Practice Facility. And yes, pre-season selections are on tap. On Thursday, Branden Comia and Ryan Hampe were both named to…