IWU Football falls on Homecoming

A tight ground attack from both teams highlighted the Homecoming football game at Illinois Wesleyan University as the Titans hosted the Vikings of Augustana.  The Vikings walked off with a 7-2 victory.  Donovan Laible conducted operations for the first time as a starter for the Titans.

Look for more coverage in the Normalite Newspapers and in Best Look Magazine, both with photos from the Best Look in Bloomington Normal Sports Photography - Alan Look Photography.



20141018 Augustana Vikings at Illinois Wesleyan Titan Football photos - Images by Alan Look
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IWU Softball gets past Round 1 in D3 NCAA Tournament bracket

Illinois Wesleyan Titans hosted a portion of the 1st round of the NCAA D3 Basketball Tournament. The action took place at IWU Field in Bloomington, starting on Friday May 9th and ending on Sunday May 11th. Anderson, Fontbonne, and Lake Forest were the other competitors in this part of the bracket. IWU beat Lake Forest 5-1 on Friday, shutout Anderson 14-0 in six innings on Saturday and repeated against Lake Forest again on Sunday beating them for the 2nd time 3-2 in a come from behind situation. Grabbing Tournament honors for the Titans were Hannah Bowen (Most Outstanding Player), Sara Rogers, Jenna Noland, Molly McCready, Kyley McKeown. From Fridays IWU v Lake Forest game:
20140509 Lake Forest at Illinois Wesleyan softball - NCAA tournament - Images by Alan Look

Illinois Wesleyan Titans give up CCIW Championship to Wheaton Thunder at Shirk

After taking the CCIW outright with a record of 23-3 in the regular season, the Titans fell flat in the championship game against the Thunder of Wheaton College.  Returning to Shirk Center for Wheaton was Nate Haynes who has played there several times during his high school career at Normal Community.

The bucket just seemed to close every time the ball hit the rim or glass when the Titans put up the ball hitting only 23 of 47 shots from the floor and only 15 of 27 free throws.  The Thunder faired better, opening up the hoop for 25 of 45 from the floor and 30 of 33 from the free pass line.

Dylan Overstreet led the Titans with 15 points, Tyler Peter for the Thunder with 29.  NCHS product Nate Haynes finished with 16 points and 6 rebounds.



20140301 Wheaton Thunder at Illinois Wesleyan Titans CCIW Mens Basketball Championship photos - Images by Alan Look

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Millikin Big Blue defeated by Illinois Wesleyan - Women's D3 basketball

Shelby Jackson of IWU led the court with 23 points in a Titan victory over the Millikin Big Blue on Wednesday January 15th, 2014 at the Shirk Center in Bloomington. It was th3 fourth straight CCIW win for the Titans, improving their record to 4-0 in the conference and 10-5 overall tying them with Carthage for the lead in the CCIW.

Millikin fell to 0-4 in the conference and 6-9 overall



20140115 Millikin at Illinois Wesleyan Women's basketball photos - Images by Alan Look