Illinois Springfield secured its second sweep of the season on Friday night, winning its home opener against McKendree 3-0, with set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-21 at TRAC. The Prairie Stars served 10 aces and held McKendree to a .113 hitting percentage.
Illinois Springfield volleyball's Makenna Cox has been named the Jimmy John's Athlete of the Month for August 2026, earning the department's first monthly honor of the 2026-27 academic year.
Cox becomes just the second Prairie Star to win the award in three consecutive years, joining former UIS golfer Elaine Grant. The honor marks Cox's third straight Athlete of the Month selection after also earning the award in August 2024 and August 2025.
The Illinois Springfield women's soccer team heads to St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 26, for a GLVC matchup against Missouri-St. Louis.
The Prairie Stars enter the contest at 4-3-1 overall and 2-2-1 in conference play after earning a 1-0 road victory at Quincy on Wednesday. The win moved UIS into ninth place in the GLVC standings, matching its preseason position in the conference poll.
Addi Wittenberg scored the game-winning goal against Quincy and now has two goals on the season.
The Illinois Springfield women's golf team continues its fall season this weekend at the 18th Annual Gilda's Club Laker Fall Invite, hosted by Grand Valley State at The Meadows in Allendale, Mich.
The three-day event runs Saturday through Monday, Sept. 26-28, with one round scheduled each day. Live scoring will be available through Clippd.
The Illinois Springfield volleyball team will open its home schedule this weekend with GLVC volleyball at TRAC. The Prairie Stars welcome McKendree to Springfield at 6 p.m. on Friday before hosting Missouri-St. Louis at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
UIS enters the weekend 3-9 overall and 0-2 in GLVC play after a pair of tightly contested conference matches last week. The Prairie Stars fell 3-2 to No. 24 Indianapolis before dropping a 3-1 decision at Lewis. UIS nearly forced a fifth set against the Flyers after keeping the fourth set close late.
Illinois Springfield fell to Quincy 4-2 on Wednesday. The Prairie Stars were outshot 18-7 overall and 6-3 in shots on goal, with six of their seven shots coming after halftime.
UIS cut into an early two-goal deficit in the first half when Jacob Shaw scored off Carter Downen's assist at 11:12, bringing the score to 2-1. Quincy, which had scored at 5:00 and 7:54, added another goal at 32:51, and the Prairie Stars went into halftime down 3-1.
UIS women's soccer defeated Quincy 1-0 on Wednesday night on the road, improving to 4-3-1 overall and 2-2-1 in the GLVC. The Prairie Stars kept the Hawks off the board during a second-half stretch from 69:34 to 79:25 in which Quincy had nine attacking actions. The Prairie Stars handed the Hawks their first conference loss, their second loss on the season.
There are certain weeks on a college campus that feel different.
Homecoming is one of them.
The Illinois Springfield men's soccer team continues its road stand Wednesday evening, traveling to longtime opponent Quincy for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
The Prairie Stars enter the matchup at 0-6-1 overall and 0-3-1 in GLVC play, while Wednesday marks the 39th meeting between the two programs dating back to 1978. UIS has won three of the last five meetings, though Quincy claimed a 2-0 victory in last year's matchup in Springfield.
The Illinois Springfield men's golf team finished 10th out of 16 teams Tuesday at the UIndy Fall Invitational at Broadmoor Country Club.
The Prairie Stars posted a three-round team score of 870, opening with a 287 before shooting 291 in the second round and 292 in the final round.
Cash McDonell tied for 41st with a 219, carding rounds of 73, 75 and 71. Jake Baldin finished tied for 46th with a 220 after rounds of 74, 73 and 73.