Illinois baseball bring out the brooms against the Lopes

Another weekend, another sweep.  This past weekend, Illinois baseball (10-3) easily defeated the Grand Canyon University Lopes (6-9) in three straight games down in Phoenix, Arizona.  Illinois had solid pitching giving up just twelve hits in the three games.  Jack Yalowitz and Michael Massey put in some great offensive performances…

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Illinois looks to recover against GCU Lopes

Illinois hopes to regroup after a less-than-stellar weekend in South Carolina. Traveling to the Mountain Time Zone, they visit Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. They have a three-game series versus the Lopes starting Friday. The Illini started out the season 6-0 but ran into a roadblock last weekend losing…

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Illini travel south attempting to extend streak

This weekend, undefeated Illinois (3-0) travels to Boca Raton, Florida to take on Florida Atlantic Owls (3-1). FAU just came off a midweek loss against tough Miami but Illinois and Coach Dan Hartleb hope to keep their wins comin’. Teamwork is key to winning baseball games. These are the players…

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Illinois Baseball sweeps to begin 2019

Three games. Three wins. Only five runs given up. Keep this up and we’ll be buying tickets for Omaha soon enough. Illinois Baseball got off to a stellar 2019 season start with a three-game sweep this past weekend.  That included a big win over host #20 Wake Forest. Pitching was…

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Ready for the B1G, Illinois to take on rival Wildcats in conference opener

You can throw out the 12-5 record now.  On the eve of conference season, it gets real tomorrow.  This weekend, the Big Ten baseball season begins and Illinois travels to Evanston to take on their in-state rivals, the Northwestern Wildcats.  While Illinois is listed in second place behind Indiana (15-4),…

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Spillane’s Saturday helps Illini to a series win over SIU

  For the third weekend in a row, Illinois reaped the benefits of Big Ten Player of Week performance.  With that help, they won two of three from the rival Southern Illinois Salukis at Itchy Jones Stadium.  It was firstbaseman Bren Spillane who hit the cover off the ball, collecting…

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After comeback win against UWM, Illinois to take on Salukis

#24 Illinois baseball hosted the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers for their home opener and gave over 500 hometown fans a great show.  Coming back from a 4-0 deficit, they had a little offensive help from Michael Massey, Grant Van Scoy and leadoff man Zac Taylor.  With the win, Illinois improves…

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Illinois baseball warming up with help from Bren Spillane

  Once Saturday afternoon came, Illinois got their bearings in Conway, South Carolina and found out how to win.  At the Brittain Resorts Invitational, the Illinois Baseball regrouped after two straight losses and won the last two games to come away even-steven.  They went 2-2 for the weekend and are…

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Illinois baseball rally against Sycamores falls short, 13-10

  It was hot day on Saturday with the temp reaching into the 90s.  Unfortunately, the Indiana State Sycamores offense got hot early and the Illini couldn’t recover.  The Illini were hurt by a Sycamore rally of eight runs in the second inning.  Illinois still made it an interesting game,…

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