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In the final episode of Redbird Report for the year, we preview the Missouri Valley Conference Championship for track and field and the MVC Tournament for softball. We then take a look at what ISU baseball needs to do to sneak into the MVC Tournament and recap ISU men's basketball's offseason.
In this week's episode of Redbird Report, we welcome Illinois State baseball's Daniel Pacella to talk about his success through his freshman season and the Redbirds' big series win over Bradley. We then take a look at ISU women's tennis' season coming to an end, a winless weekend for softball, another strong weekend for track and field and a dominant performance from men's golf in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.
In this week's episode of the Redbird Report, we discuss ISU women's golf's Missouri Valley Conference Championship and what to expect going forward. We then look at ISU baseball and softball up to this point before discussing the men's basketball transfer portal.
Folks, we have a champion on this week's episode. He is Portland's finest. His name is Will Tsai! Will is a member of the throwing team at Drake University and specializes in javelin. He won the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in 2020 as a junior and we discuss life as an athlete, why all the ladies seem to love him, and the roommate dynamics at "Dooley's" (where Will and Nils both live). Also, Will credits Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games for his inspiration in becoming a championship javelin thrower. Interview with Will: (0:00-31:00min)
Celebrating Champions is the focus of this episode as we congratulate two champions from Missouri State University, Women's Swimming and Diving won the Missouri Valley Conference Championship and the Missouri State University Handball Team won all three divisions (Men's, Women's, and Combined) at the National Collegiate Handball Championships at the University of Texas. Chelsea Dirks-Ham, Associate Head Coach of the MSU's Women's Swimming and Diving Team, recapped the swim teams 4th consecutive Conference Championship and its 12th in the past 13 years. We then caught up with Dr. Tommy Burnett, coach of Missouri State Handball, along with assistant coach, Sam Esser, and players Christina Peacaut (All-American), Meghan Mudd, Jack Morris, and Denny Schmidt. The handball team won its 16th women's title, 10th men's title, and 15th overall combined title.
Emery Songer and Sean Roberts start off their new show, Saturday Morning Pregame. Topics include the new show and what to expect from it, the Iowa Wild game from Friday night, Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship with guests Michael Admire and Brian Hardin, and the NBA Playoffs.
Emery Songer and Sean Roberts start off their new show, Saturday Morning Pregame. Topics include the new show and what to expect from it, the Iowa Wild game from Friday night, Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship with guests Michael Admire and Brian Hardin, and the NBA Playoffs.
Listen and subscribe on iTunes The Play Golf in College Podcast talks with Zac Zedrick, the head men's golf coach at Miami University. Zac Zedrick is in his seventh season as the RedHawks’ head coach. After leading Miami to its first Mid-American Conference Championship in 19 years in 2015, Zedrick has the ‘Hawks on track to make their presence known on the national stage over the next few seasons. Zedrick led Miami to the 2015 MAC Championship, winning the 72-hole tournament by eight strokes. The RedHawks went on to participate in their first NCAA Regional since 1998. As a result, he was named the MAC’s Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year. Zedrick also saw his golfers earn several awards during the past few seasons. Patrick Flavin has been named to the All-MAC First Team each of the past three seasons earned a spot on the PING All-Midwest Region Team in 2016., Brian Ohr earned a spot on the All-MAC Second-Team in 2017.. During the RedHawks’ championship in year in 2015, Flavin was named MAC Freshman of the Year, as well as taking spots on the PING All-Midwest Region Team and All-MAC Tournament Team. Scott Cahill was named to the All-MAC Second Team and All-MAC Tournament Team. Jack Sparling was named to the All-MAC Tournament Team. Zedrick came to Miami after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Wichita State. While at Wichita, he helped lead the Shockers to the Missouri Valley Conference Championship each year. They also participated in the NCAA Regional each season and three golfers earned All-America status. Zedrick aided in all aspects of recruiting for Wichita, while serving as the tournament director for their home tournament, the Diet Pepsi Shocker Classic. Prior to his time in Wichita, Zedrick spent two seasons as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Toledo. While there he helped with all aspects of recruiting as well as providing on-course instruction during competitions. Zedrick was a four-year letterwinner for Michigan State University. He served as team captain in each of his final two years. He was a member of the Academic All-Big Ten team in each of his final three seasons with the Spartans.
In episode one, Anthony Landahl talks with managing editor Cole Bredahl about Bradley basketball's Missouri Valley Conference Championship win. Brian Wardle's lucky red shoes get some notice and the two discuss the team's chances of competing in the NCAA Tournament. At the end of the podcast, they go over Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson's announcement of stepping away from coaching.
ISU Coach Muller explains what the game plan is for the Missouri Valley Conference Championship after the Redbirds shook the Salukis 63-50.