Three wrestlers started the season by taking titles at the St. Louis Open last weekend.
Steve Marianetti won at 142 pounds, Charles Gary won at 150 pounds and freshman Jacob Hey from won the 126-pound frosh-soph division.
Karen Morris on Monday posted the second-best finish ever by an Illini woman in the NCAA’s Division I cross-country championships. The senior finished 58th in a field of 183, running the 5-kilometer event in a career-best 17:36.00
The 24th-ranked women’s volleyball team will try to clinch third place in the Big 10 on a season-ending swing to Michigan State and Michigan this weekend.
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First, though, the Fighting Illini (16-10, 13-5 in the Big 10) have a tough road test Tuesday night against Nebraska.