In this COVID-shortened season, pods are only played on the weekends, allowing the Illinois baseball team to receive an ample amount of recovery time. The elimination of the midweek games lends the Illini...
Plagued by storms and rain all weekend, Illinois baseball’s three-game series at No. 24 Indiana was shortened to just two games, as Sunday’s weather forced a postponement. The Illini left Bloomington...
In Illinois’ shortened 2020 season, then-freshman Justin Janas recorded just six at-bats, failing to connect on any. When COVID-19 canceled the remainder of the season, Janas had two options: cruise...
Each game in this weekend's pod against Nebraska was a rubber match. The Illini opened this weekend's pod play in a grudge match against the Cornhuskers on Friday. Illinois took the lead twice in late...
In their fifth pod of the season, the Illini will host their second series at Illinois Field this weekend. On Friday, Illinois will open up a three-game series against Nebraska, the No. 1 team in the Big...
The Big Ten’s top two hitting teams squared off in Champaign this weekend for a three game series. Illinois (7-8), who played its first home series of the season, took game one on Friday, but Northwestern...
For the first time in 388 days, Illinois Field will be used for more than a practice or intrasquad scrimmage. The last time Illinois baseball played in Champaign was March 2020 against Chicago State, when...
Illinois traveled to Ann Arbor this weekend facing both No. 13 Michigan and Michigan State in a four-game series. This weekend's pod opened with strong batting performances in a 7-4 win over Michigan Friday,...
For the first time this season, the Illini will play two Big Ten opponents in its pod this weekend in Ann Arbor. The Illini will play Michigan on Friday at 3 p.m and Saturday at 11 a.m. before matching...
By Gabby Hajduk, Former Sports Editor
• March 16, 2021
After not earning a win until the last game on opening weekend, Illinois baseball headed into Minnesota with some momentum and used it to win the first three games of the series. Led by Ryan Hampe, Cameron...
Heading into opening weekend, Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb didn’t feel his team had a good week in practice. Hartleb expected more focus and intensity out of his Illini squad, as they prepared to...
The Illinois baseball team took the field for the first time in 362 days over the weekend, playing a four-game series against Ohio State down in South Carolina. While tight games went in favor of the Buckeyes...
