The No. 24-ranked Illinois Wesleyan softball team (40-14-1) fell to No. 1-ranked Virginia Wesleyan (55-3) in the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship game at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium on Tuesday, May 29, by a final score of 3-1.… MORE
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Illinois Wesleyan’s Glueck wins 2nd national title in long jump
For the second time in three years, senior Amelia Glueck is the long jump champion in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships and senior Karly Goodman used a school-record throw to finish second in the nation in the javelin.… MORE
IWU softball in familiar territory at College World Series
Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team will be spending much – and hopefully for them, all – of Memorial Day weekend in Oklahoma City for the NCA Division III College World Series.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan softball earns 3rd straight College World Series trip
Illinois Wesleyan didn’t panic after dropping the first game of the NCAA Division III Super Regional on Friday.
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IWU softball seeks return trip to College World Series
Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team plays for a berth in the College World Series this weekend as the Titans host Wisconsin-Whitewater in the SuperRegional best of three starting Friday.… MORE
IWU women’s lacrosse hosts first NCAA Regional
Illinois Wesleyan is hosting a national tournament on Sunday in a sport that hardly existed in Central Illinois just a few years ago.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s Martel earns 800th win
Sophomore Nick Figus’s single knocked in Stephen Billington in the 10th inning to give Illinois Wesleyan a 7-6 win over Millikin in Decatur on Thursday and give Titan head coach Dennis Martel his 800th career victory.… MORE
Hassan, Brown named IWU’s top athletes at ‘Tommy Awards’
The seventh annual State Farm “Tommy Awards”, sponsored by the IWU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and State Farm Insurance, presented awards to Illinois Wesleyan athletes in an array of categories (a la the ESPN “Espy Awards”) on Monday, at Shirk Center.… MORE
Dulak named IWU women’s soccer coach
Anthony “Tony” Dulak, who has been an associate head coach for the Lynchburg College women’s soccer program, has been chosen to be the next head women’s soccer coach at Illinois Wesleyan University.… MORE
Former IWU star Lett to become head women’s hoops coach at Millikin
A former Illinois Wesleyan standout has been named the new head women’s basketball coach at Millikin University.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…