Gracie Russell has been a consistent leader for the UIS women's golf team throughout the fall season, earning September Jimmy John's Athlete of the Month honors after three strong performances during her first month of competition as a Prairie Star. One highlight was a runner-up finish at the Kansas City Cup, placing second out of 47 golfers to help the Prairie Stars claim the team title. The victory marked UIS's first regular-season team title since fall 2022.
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Illinois Springfield Men's Soccer (1-12-3, 1-9-3) fell to McKendree (5-7-3, 4-5-3) 6-0 on Wednesday at Kiwanis Stadium. The Prairie Stars put three of their eight shots on goal and recorded seven saves while facing 29 shots.
Illinois Springfield Women's Soccer (7-6-3, 5-5-3) lost 1-0 to McKendree (14-2-1, 10-2-1) on Wednesday. The Prairie Stars kept pressure on from 67:08 to 81:21 while down 1-0, but the push did not yield an equalizer.
The Prairie Stars kept the first half scoreless while facing a McKendree stretch from 13:34 to 25:33 that included two shots and three corner kicks. Abbie Gleason and Maddie Festerling each put shots on goal that Peyton Baker saved, and the half ended 0-0.
Illinois Springfield men's golf wrapped up its fall season at the Bearcat Dual Gender on Monday and Tuesday at Far Oaks Golf Club in Caseyville, Ill. The Prairie Stars finished fifth in the nine-team field with a three-round score of 10-over par.
UIS finished fifth at 874, with rounds of 297, 287 and 290. The Prairie Stars improved by 10 strokes from the first round to the second before closing with a 290 in the final round.
Illinois Springfield women's golf wrapped up its fall season at the Bearcat Dual Gender on Monday and Tuesday at Far Oaks Golf Club in Caseyville, Ill. The Prairie Stars finished fifth out of 10 teams with a three-round score of 948.
UIS opened with a 322 before carding a 315 in the second round and a 311 in the final round. McKendree won the team title with a 902, followed by Rockhurst at 924, Drury at 931 and UW-Parkside at 947.
The Illinois Springfield men's basketball team will get a pre-season test against a high-level opponent when it travels to Coralville, Iowa, to face the Iowa Hawkeyes in an exhibition game on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. CT inside Xtream Arena.
Tickets are now on sale to the general public for $5 apiece through the Iowa Athletics Ticket Office, following an initial access period for UI students to claim free admission.
Illinois Springfield (7-15, 1-7 GLVC) fell to Quincy (16-8, 3-5 GLVC) 3-0 in a non-conference meeting on Tuesday at TRAC. The Prairie Stars totaled 33 kills and hit .167, while Quincy finished with 40 kills and a .222 hitting percentage.
Illinois Springfield men's soccer closes out the regular season at home this week, hosting McKendree on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and Rockhurst on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Prairie Stars enter the final week at 1-11-3 overall and 1-8-3 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play, with both opponents sitting just ahead of them in the conference standings.
Illinois Springfield women's soccer returns home for the final week of the regular season, hosting McKendree on Wednesday at 3 p.m. and Rockhurst on Saturday at noon. The Prairie Stars enter the week at 7-5-3 overall and 5-4-3 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play, already surpassing last season's win total and sitting eighth in the conference standings.