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Tickets for either the 2012 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men’s or women’s basketball tournaments are still available. They can be ordered through the Illinois State Athletics Ticket Office at GoRedbirds.com, or call (309) 438-8000. The men’s tournament runs from March 1-4, and will once again be played at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis,… [Read the Rest]
The women’s soccer and cross country squads claimed Missouri Valley Conference titles last season. The soccer team won its fourth regular-season title in the last five years. The Redbirds also earned an automatic NCAA Tournament bid with a win over Missouri State in the 2011 State Farm MVC Tournament. Freshman Rachel Tejada was MVC Player… [Read the Rest]
Illinois State Athletics was one of 27 programs to meet certification requirements by the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification last fall. The designation denotes that an institution operates its athletics program in compliance with operating principles adopted by the Division I membership. “It was an easy story to tell the NCAA,” said Associate… [Read the Rest]
Renovation work slated for football stadium For the first time since Hancock Stadium was built in 1961, major renovations are planned for the home of Illinois State football. The facility will undergo a $20- million upgrade that will boost seating to about 14,000. Completion is targeted for the fall of 2013. “Hancock Stadium is literally… [Read the Rest]
Javelin toss best of 2011 season Sophomore Tim Glover joined an elite group of Illinois State student-athletes earlier this year when he won the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship in the javelin. He took the event in June with a mark of 263-06 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. The throw… [Read the Rest]
Illinois State Athletics welcomed five former student-athletes into the ISU Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame during Homecoming, while honoring a family with the prestigious Stretch Miller Award. The 2011 inductees included Stacia Beste-Klasen ’01, M.S. ’03, an eight-time Missouri Valley Conference champion in cross country/track and field; football athlete Tony Jones ’95, who was… [Read the Rest]
Defensive linemen drive through opposing offensive protection and take out whoever has the football. ISU’s Colton Underwood excels in the job. The 6-foot-4, 245-pound sophomore was deadly on the field last season, finishing with 16 tackles, including two sacks. And yet when 3-foot-2, 50-pound Wyatt Whitlow encountered Underwood at a Special Olympics Young Athletes event… [Read the Rest]
Start planning your trip to the St. Louis area during the first two weekends of March to support both Redbird basketball teams. The 2012 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament is March 1-4. The Millennium in downtown St. Louis will be the team hotel. The following weekend, March 8-11, the women’s basketball team plays… [Read the Rest]
Seating in the south end zone of Hancock Stadium will be removed before the start of this year’s football season. The change was made based on a university commissioned structural engineering study, which found the stands potentially unsafe. Temporary bleachers will be installed to accommodate the Big Red Marching Machine, and the student section will… [Read the Rest]
The Illinois State softball team headed back to the NCAA Tournament, as the Redbirds received an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Softball Championship. With the bid, Illinois State made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the second time in program history. The Redbirds also earned consecutive trips in 2006 and 2007.
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