The starting center-fielder on Illinois` baseball team, Mike Jurack, a senior from Lyons Township High School, has fractured a bone in his left foot. Jurack is wearing a walking cast and could return for the start of spring baseball practice in January.
He hit a career-best .269 last season with three home runs and 18 runs batted in.
Big 10 split: The volleyball team, ranked fifth in the nation, split its first two Big 10 games over the weekend, defeating 14th-rated Ohio State in three games and losing to 17th-ranked Penn State in five.
The victory in Columbus ended Ohio State`s 25-game conference winning streak. But the Illini (10-3 overall) blew a two-games-to-one lead at State College by committing a school-record 21 service errors.
Kirsten Gleis led the Illini with 17 kills against Ohio State and 20 against Penn State.
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The Fighting Illini`s next five matches are in Champaign, beginning Friday night against Iowa. The Illini lead the nation with an average attendance of 2,904 per game in Huff Hall.
Autumn golf: The Illinois women`s golf team is preparing to play in the Duke Fall Invitational this weekend in Durham, N.C.
Michigan State is the only other Big 10 team in the 18-team field.
The Illini are led by Renee Heiken, a senior from Metamora, Ill., who has won both tournaments she has entered this fall. Heiken has won 10 events as a collegian.