Redbird baseball opener, softball, women’s hoops on WJBC

Posted on February 19, 2016
Illinois State baseball
Illinois State is picked to finish 6th in the Missouri Valley Conference in baseball this season. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)

By WJBC Staff

The Illinois State women’s basketball team looks to rebound, after suffering losses to the MVC’s first- and second-place teams on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena last weekend, when it hits the road to face a couple of in-state foes in Loyola tonight.

Zach Dietmeier and Taylor Morano have the call at 6:45 p.m. on WJBC 1230 AM, WJBC.com and the WJBC app.

The Illinois State baseball team begins the 2016 season with a three-game series at Belmont, starting with today’s 4 p.m. series opener, at E.S. Rose Park, in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Illinois State softball team will head west this weekend for a five-game trip at Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona. The Redbirds enter the weekend with a 1-4 record after opening the season at the University of South Florida. The Redbirds open the weekend at 12:15 p.m. today against Memphis. Later in the day, ISU will take on Montana at 2:30.

Listen to ISU baseball and softball all season long on WJBC.com.

The Bloomington Thunder wrap up a four-game home stand with a game against the Chicago Steel at U.S. Cellular Coliseum. Listen live at 7 p.m. on WJBC.com

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