Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Posted on November 7, 2019

Scoreboards are sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

THURSDAY:

Women’s College Volleyball:
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament Semifinal–Millikin def. Illinois Wesleyan 22-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-19, 15-10

Women’s College Soccer:
Illinois State’s Kate Del Fava named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year; MVC 1st Team to Illinois State’s Del Fava, Haley Smith and Alissa Ramsden; 2nd team to ISU’s Megan McEachern and Natalie Vaughn-Low; Honorable Mention to ISU’s Abby Basler and Ashley Santos; All-Fresman Team to ISU’s Peyton Kennedy

FRIDAY:

Women’s College Soccer:
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Semifinal–Illinois State at Missouri State, 3 p.m.

Women’s College Volleyball:
Northern Iowa at Illinois State, 6 p.m.

Girls High School Volleyball:
Class 3A Supersectional at Taylorville–U-High vs. Centralia, 7 p.m.

Sports Director Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

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