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The UIS women's tennis team will travel to Owensboro, Ky., this weekend for a pair of matches at Kentucky Wesleyan, facing Campbellsville on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. before taking on Kentucky Wesleyan on Sunday at noon.
A recent highlight for UIS was a 5-2 win over Quincy, a match in which the Prairie Stars swept the doubles competition to build momentum. UIS also played Missouri Baptist on Saturday, dropping that match and moving to 5-9 on the season.
The UIS men's tennis team will travel to Owensboro, Ky., this weekend for its final two non-conference matches of the season, facing Campbellsville on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and Kentucky Wesleyan on Sunday at noon, with both matches taking place at the Kentucky Wesleyan site.
UIS (6-6) enters the weekend coming off a 4-3 win over Quincy in a non-conference matchup. The Prairie Stars earned the doubles point in that victory, with Lin En Ran, Kai Van-Roon and Luke Pennington each picking up singles wins to secure the team result.
The nationally ranked UIS baseball team will take the field at Robin Roberts Stadium twice this April, as the Prairie Stars play a pair of GLVC series openers at Springfield's historic baseball venue.
UIS will host Maryville on Friday, April 17 at 6:00 p.m. and McKendree on Thursday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Robin Roberts Stadium, home of the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes. Admission is free for both games, and concessions will be available.
The No. 15-ranked University of Illinois Springfield baseball team heads to Rolla, Missouri this weekend for another key GLVC matchup, facing Missouri S&T in a battle between two of the top teams in the conference.
Originally scheduled to begin on Friday, the series has been adjusted due to rain in the forecast. The teams will now play doubleheaders beginning at noon on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Illinois Springfield softball team returns from a homestand this week to host two conference series, with noon doubleheaders scheduled on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Illinois Springfield baseball team continues to climb in the national rankings, moving up to No. 15 in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll after previously sitting at No. 17.
At the time of the poll, UIS owned a 25-8 overall record and was one of just two Midwest-region programs ranked nationally, joined only by No. 6 Grand Valley State. The Prairie Stars are now 26-8 following Tuesday's win at UMSL.
The Illinois Springfield baseball team (26-8) secured a decisive 7-2 victory over Missouri-St. Louis (18-15) on Tuesday at UMSL Baseball Field. This game wrapped up a non-conference series that the teams started back in February, with the finale played on a weekday after being postponed due to cold weather. The Prairie Stars' offense was highlighted by a three-run sixth inning.
UIS men's track and field will compete at the Kip and Kirk Outdoor Mule Relays this week, looking to continue building momentum during the outdoor season. Field events are scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday and noon on Friday, while running events will start at 11:30 a.m. Thursday and 1:30 p.m. Friday.
UIS women's track and field heads to the Kip and Kirk Outdoor Mule Relays this week for another chance to build momentum during the outdoor season. Field events are scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday and noon on Friday, while running events will start at 11:30 a.m. Thursday and 1:30 p.m. Friday.