Both the Hillsdale College and the University of Illinois-Springfield baseball teams scored 11 runs over their four-game series last weekend. Unfortunately for the Chargers, the Prairie Stars allocated their runs more efficiently, taking three of the four closely-contested games. “It was much better than last weekend. We played much better baseball,” head coach Eric Theisen...
Assistant Hillsdale College baseball coach Gordie Theisen likes to quote Vince Gill to his players, win or lose: “There ain’t no future in the past.” After dropping four games to top teams in the region and nation last weekend — three losses coming by a combined four runs — the Chargers have set their sights...
Pulling into campus in the wee hours of the morning is commonplace for the Hillsdale College baseball team. This past weekend, the Chargers returned from Tennessee at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday with a season-opening split against Saginaw Valley under their belts. “Everybody is pretty positive,” senior pitcher Phil Carey said. “We hoped for better than a...
When sophomore Bailey Bickerstaff asked her fellow swimmers to bow their heads Wednesday, she ushered her teammates into a moment of calm reflection just before the Chargers began to compete at the G-MAC-Mount East Swimming & Diving Championships for the first time ever. Bickerstaff ended her prayer and the Chargers jumped into a four-day meet...
Despite what a foot of snow on the ground may indicate, it’s baseball season. The Chargers will travel to Johnson City, Tennessee, this weekend to open their season with a four-game set against former GLIAC foe Saginaw Valley. After graduating only two seniors from last year’s squad, Hillsdale brings an experienced group to its first...