Illinois Wesleyan Titans
Titan baseball beats Washington U. in NCAA Regional
MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Freshman righthander Matt Hart provided eight strong innings to help the Illinois Wesleyan baseball team to a 3-2 win over Washington U. in the NCAA Division III Central Regional tournament on Thursday.
The Titans, who improved to 30-16, will play at 3:30 p.m. on Friday against a team to be determined by play in the regional later on Thursday.
IWU claimed a 3-2 lead in the sixth when Czarnowski tripled with one out and scored on a ground out to short by sophomore centerfielder Jon Frericks. (WJBC File Photo) IWU baseball loses regional to top seed
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The Illinois Wesleyan baseball team lost its opening game in the NCAA Division III Central Regional, 7-4, to top-seed Birmingham Southern in Millington on Wednesday.
Illinois Wesleyan slipped to 29-16 for the season and will play next at 12 p.m. Thursday against No. 2-seed Washington U. (28-12). Wash U. fell to Webster, 11-5.
Illinois Wesleyan's Kevin Callahan is repeat winner of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin's Player of the Year award. (Photo by Marc Featherly/IWU Sports) IWU’s Callahan wins 2nd CCIW Player of Year honor
NAPERVILLE - For the second straight year, Illinois Wesleyan's slugging junior infielder Kevin Callahan has been chosen Player of the Year for baseball in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while three teammates earned all-CCIW honors.
Callahan is joined on the first team by junior catcher A.J. Nathan and sophomore first baseman Bobby Czarnowski, while senior leftfielder Mark McDermott is the lone Titan representative on the second team.
Illinois Wesleyan will travel to Millington, Tenn. for the 1st round of the NCAA baseball regionals. (Photo courtesy Rebecca Sill/IWU Sports.com)
The Illinois Wesleyan softball team was picked as the No. 1 seed in the Bloomington regional. (WJBC File Photo) IWU softball gets No. 1 seed, multiple honors
BLOOMINGTON - The Illinois Wesleyan softball team has been tabbed as the top seed in the Bloomington regional and will face St. Norbert at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 10th in the opening game of the NCAA Division III championships at IWU Field.
The Titans, with a record of 36-6, earned the automatic bid from the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin after winning the league's tournament last weekend.
The not so ‘Super Moon’ arrives this weekend!
Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of Physics Dr. Linda French joined WJBC's Jim Fitzpatrick to discuss the biggest full moon of the year this weekend.
The so-called "Super Moon" will make its debut on Saturday at 10:35 p.m., Central time. Such a moon occurs when it hits its full phase at the same time it makes its closest approach to Earth for the month. It's a lunar milestone known as perigee.
Horenberger-Bass Classic, Cardinals on WJBC today
The Illinois State baseball team’s oldest rivalry resumes on Tuesday, when the Redbirds travel two miles south to play Illinois Wesleyan at Jack Horenberger Field. ISU (23-16) and IWU (23-12) will meet for the 154th time at 6 p.m. in the annual Horenberger-Bass Classic.
Illinois State leads the all-time series against Illinois Wesleyan, 83-70, with the two teams meeting in ISU's first-ever recorded baseball game in 1890. The Redbirds are 4-2 against the Titans since the annual game was renewed in 2004. However, the game has been canceled two times since the renewal, including last season, because of rain. Illinois State won the last meeting at IWU in 2010, 12-4.












