http://illinihq.com/news/tennis Latest Illini sports stories for IlliniHQ.com en-us Copyright 2010, The News-Gazette, Inc. http://illinihq.com/news/rss Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:32:26 PST <p>BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Jenna Smith scored a game-high 21 points – in the process breaking the Illinois career scoring record – as the Illini pounded Western Kentucky 68-51 on Friday night to advance to the second round of the Women's NIT.</p> <p>With the win, the Illini will face Marquette at 4 p.m. Monday at the Assembly Hall, where they lost to the Golden Eagles 65-55 on Dec. 9.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/03/19/smith_illini_score_openinground_win/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Illinois sophomore Andrew Riley broke his own school record to advance to the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor track meet Friday.</p> <p>Riley finished second in his heat with a time of 7.61 seconds. It was the third-fastest time among the qualifiers.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/03/12/riley_advances_to_ncaa_hurdles_final/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Illinois' Hailey Koschmann posted a wire-to-wire victory Tuesday at the JMU Eagle Landing Invitational.</p> <p>Koschmann had a final-round 75 (214 total) to finish 3 strokes ahead of Chattanooga's Emma de Groot.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/03/09/koschmann_claims_crown/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>IOWA CITY, Iowa – Paul Ruggeri (parallel bars, high bar) and Tyler Mizoguchi (rings, all-around) won a pair of events Sunday, leading the fourth-ranked Illinois men's gymnastics team to an impressive 357.500-346.600 victory against No. 10 Iowa.</p> <p>The Illini (10-0, 8-0 Big Ten) posted a season-high team score en route to winning five of six individual events.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/03/07/ruggeri_mizoguchi_pace_ui_gymnasts/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>CHAMPAIGN – Dennis Nevolo, Abe Souza and Stephen Hoh posted singles wins as No. 12 Illinois defeated Northwestern 4-1 on Saturday, the Illini's 18th straight victory against the Wildcats.</p> <p>Nevolo won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles against Spencer Wolf. Souza was a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victor at No. 2, while Hoh cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/03/06/nevolo_mens_tennis_dumps_northwestern/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Illinois baseball team can take plenty of positives from its 7-5 loss to East Carolina on Friday at the seventh annual Keith LeClair Classic.</p> <p>The Illini, who got two RBI apiece from Willie Argo and Aaron Johnson, led the 19th-ranked Panthers 4-3 before surrendering a four-run seventh.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/03/05/baseball_takes_positive_steps_despite/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Senior Angela Bizzarri won her second Big Ten title of the weekend Sunday, breaking her own school record en route to the 5,000-meter crown.</p> <p>"Angela had a great weekend," Illini coach Tonja Buford-Bailey said. "She's got two more Big Ten titles under her belt, so she should be very happy to go out like that as a senior."</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/02/28/bizzarri_riley_notch_another_big_ten_title/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Illinois softball team continued the best start in its history Friday, defeating No. 22 Florida State 4-3 and Mississippi Valley State 12-2 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic.</p> <p>The Illini (11-1) beat the Seminoles in dramatic fashion, using freshman Jessica Davis' walkoff homer in the seventh. Trailing 4-0, Illinois narrowed the gap in the sixth on Hope Howell's three-run homer.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/02/26/illini_softball_stuns_seminoles/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>At 9-1, Illinois is off to its best 10-game start since 2003, when it also opened 9-1. The Illini nearly cracked this week's USA Today/NFCA Top 25, earning the 26th-most votes. Illinois enters Friday's 12:30 p.m. matchup against the Seminoles 1-1 against ranked opponents this season.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/02/24/huths_insider_pregnant_coach_staying_home/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Paul Ruggeri won the all-around, parallel bars and high bar to lead top-ranked Illinois past No. 5 Penn State in men's gymnastics Saturday.</p> <p>The Illini's 354.600-345.950 victory represented a season-high point total.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/02/20/ruggeri_leads_ui_victory/ Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CST <p>Former Illini shortstop Toby Gardenhire has received an invitation to spring training by the Minnesota Twins as a non-roster player. Gardenhire, the son of Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, played his senior season at the UI in 2005 after transferring from Southwest Missouri State.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/tennis/2010/02/17/illini_insider_big_night_for_wrestling/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CST