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Official Twitter account of Illinois State Softball | 20 Missouri Valley Conference Championships | 9 NCAA Tournament Appearances
Marian Kneer Stadium
Joined February 2012
𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃. 𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐍. 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.❤️. To the winningest coach in Illinois State & Missouri Valley Conference history, congrats on your retirement!. We wish you the best in this next chapter! #ThankYouCoachFischer. 📰
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Our next leader might look familiar…😏. We are ecstatic to announce Tina Kramos has been named the new head coach of Illinois State softball!. Congratulations, @Coach_Kramos!. 📰
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NO-HITTER IN PHOENIX😱. True freshman @Hannahmeshnick tosses a no-hitter in her first career start!
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ICYMI: Senior Allison Spence became #REDBIRDsoftball's career leader in putouts! . #WinTheDay 🥎
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A special win for a special coach❤️️. With today's victory over Austin Peay, head coach Melinda Fischer has reached 1,100 career wins. @NFCAorg // @NCAAsoftball
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With that victory, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 has recorded her 1,100th win at Illinois State in 37 seasons as the head coach‼️. Fischer currently has 1,141 career victories in 38 seasons as a DI head softball coach👏. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫!. #BackTheBirds
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She’s only a freshman 😏. ▪️first career start & win in the circle.▪️faced the minimum .▪️NO-HITTER
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We are Champions!. The Redbirds earn their first regular season 🏆 since the 2011 season. #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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❌𝐍𝐎-𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑❌. @MorganDay_29 tosses the first no-hitter for #REDBIRDsoftball since 2011, finishing with 16 strikeouts😱🔥. #BackTheBirds // @NCAAsoftball
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With the Redbirds' win tonight, head coach Melinda Fischer earned her 1,000th career win at Illinois State! #BackTheBirds #RedbirdProud
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🚨𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄🚨. @hannahross51 tosses Illinois State's first ✨perfect game✨ since 2011!. ◾️7.0 IP, 5 K 🔥. @NCAASoftball x #OwnTheMoment
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Congrats, @Coach_Kramos! 👏. Tina Kramos notched her first career win as head coach of the Redbirds in the win over Saint Joseph’s!
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When you get off the plane and find out you’ve been accepted to PA school 🙌😭. Congratulations to senior Alyssa Wiebel, who will be attending Nova Southeastern University this summer! We’re so proud of you❤️. #FlyTogether // @NCAAsoftball
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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 has a nice 𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 to it🏆. Your @ISURedbirds are the 2021 @MVCsports regular season champions!. #BackTheBirds // @NCAAsoftball
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Adding new face to the program, welcome to Normal Coach O’Malley ‼️. Read the full release at the link in our bio.
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She’s a true Redbird for life, and today we get to celebrate her. Happy birthday, Melinda! Thankful for all you’ve done for #REDBIRDsoftball 🥎❣️
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With her .409 average and no strikeouts this season, Shannon Felde is the toughest person to strikeout in the nation! #BackTheBirds
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We have so much to be proud of. 31-10 record.@MVCsports regular season champs. Thanks for coming along for the ride!. #BackTheBirds
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Say hello to the newest member of our coaching staff 👋👋. Brenna Finck will be a graduate manager for #REDBIRDsoftball and joins us from @RacersSoftball, where she was a four-year starter! . #WelcomeWednesday . 📸: Dan Hasko / Dave Winder
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Sending all of our love to you and your family, @Alex_Caliva2💜. Please keep Alex and her family in your thoughts in prayers, as her father Eli lost his battle with cancer.
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#BirthdayMood 💃😎. Please help us wish freshman Ellie Weltha (@EllieWeltha) a very happy birthday!
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𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐃🥳🎉. Head coach Tina Kramos has announced 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 as a new Assistant Coach for the Redbirds!. Congrats, @Hailey_Cole_!. 📰
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. @MorganDay_29's 4⃣2⃣ strikeouts rank No. 22 in NCAA Division I 😱. #BackTheBirds // #FlyTogether
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𝑴𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑫𝑨𝒀‼️. Welcome to the Redbird family!. We are so excited to have you here and we can’t wait to start doing what we love🥎🥎. #BackTheBirds // #OwnTheMoment
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Happy Move-In Day🥳. We are so excited to welcome 5️⃣ new Redbirds to the family! Can’t wait to get started🥎
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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚎. The 🐐 put up some pretty impressive numbers in her 37 seasons as a Redbird!
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Flying out of the nest to find some future Redbirds‼️
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B1G dub to close out the 2022 fall ball season 🙌. We can’t wait to see everyone back at Marian Kneer Stadium in the spring!
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"Title IX allowed my dream to turn into a reality." - Head Coach Melinda Fischer #TitleIXat45
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𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟🚨. Kristina Burkhardt joins the ISU Softball Coaching staff for the upcoming 2023-24 season!. Welcome, 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 🤝
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We've got another #BirthdayBird🥳️. All smiles for our longtime leader. Happy birthday Melinda and thank you for your years of commitment to #REDBIRDsoftball
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BIRDS WIN!!!. #REDBIRDsoftball opens 2020 with a 9-3 decision over USF (RV)‼. @MorganDay_29 ➡️ 12 strikeouts.@mackleonard31 ➡️ 4 RBIs, HR. #BackTheBirds // #FlyTogether
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Y’all ready for this⁉️. The 2024 Redbird Softball schedule has been unveiled by head coach, Tina Kramos!. 📰 #rollbirds
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It's time to kick-off 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆 for the class of 2024! ✍️. Welcome to the Birdhouse, Marissa!. @MoffettMarissa x #RollBirds
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New era, same goals!. First official team practice for the 2022-23 squad and head coach @Coach_Kramos 🙌
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No. 13 in NCAA Division I.No. 1 in @MVCsports . @MorganDay_29's 9⃣4⃣ strikeouts rank her among the best🔥. #BackTheBirds // #FlyTogether
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🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆. This marks regular season title No. 12 for the 🐐 Congratulations, Melinda!
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“I’ve been coaching for many years and never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we would be navigating through a pandemic. I just want everyone to know how proud I am to be a 𝑹𝑬𝑫𝑩𝑰𝑹𝑫 and how exciting it is to see every team competing. I love it❣️”. - Melinda Fischer
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Our hearts are heavy today. Please keep Redbird pitching coach @CoachArchibald, the entire Glasco family and @RaginCajunsSB in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Our thoughts are with Louisiana and Oregon during this difficult time. The entire softball community mourns the loss of Geri Ann Glasco:
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There you have it! Jordan de los Reyes recorded her 5️⃣3️⃣rd career home run to become the ISU all-time record holder! #RedbirdProud
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Graduation looks good on you😍🎓. Congrats to this crew on earning their degrees this week!. #BackTheBirds // #RB4L
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💎𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑺𝒁𝑵 💎. Your @MVCsports regular season champs were presented their 💍tonight! . More 📸 to come!. #BackTheBirds // #OwnTheMoment
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It’s a 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 thing ❤️. We are so grateful for all of our Redbird families & their constant support! Also for passing down their awesome softball skills 🫶
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ᴡᴀʟᴋ-ᴏꜰꜰ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴜɴ😱. @standish_jayden blasts a rocket to left field for the WIN‼️. #BackTheBirds // #OwnTheMoment
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Meet #29 Morgan Day! @MorganDay29 batted .529 with 1.07 ERA during her senior year. She is a 2017 ASA National Champion and published author! 💪🏆👀
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21.1 innings pitched✅.10 innings with No. 10 LSU✅.0.98 ERA through 3 games✅. @MVCsports Newcomer of the Week✅. Congrats, @MorganDay29!. 📰➡️ #BackTheBirds
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Some midweek 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 🎬. 🆚 Heartland.⏰ 5 PM .🏟️ Marian Kneer- Normal, Ill.
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Maybe we’re biased, but the @ISURedbirds fight song always sounds better after beating a ranked opponent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thank you for coming to celebrate the end of an era and the start of a new one in Redbird Softball❤️
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𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅. Student-athletes and coaches are wearing purple & teal ribbons today in support and awareness of suicide prevention💜💙
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Making history👏. On March 10, 2022, @hannahross51 became only the 𝟑𝐫𝐝 Redbird in program history to toss a perfect game!. #BackTheBirds // #OwnTheMoment
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Florida Gulf Coast League 𝐌𝐕𝐏 ✅.Florida Gulf Coast League 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 ✅.Florida Gulf Coast League 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍 ✅. Congrats to @mackleonard31 and @River_MocSB🏆🥎 . #BackTheBirds // @FGCLsoftball
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You’ve done a lot for the sport of softball and this university. We’ve never been more proud 🙌. Congrats on 1,100!. #BackTheBirds // #FlyTogether
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Honestly, what can't @mackleonard31 do? She's earned a spot on the All-MVC First Team!. #BackTheBirds
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Thank you, @IlliniSB❤️.
Tonight we honored Geri Ann Glasco, a very respected member of the softball community who passed away tragically on January 24, and her sister, Tara Archibald, who is an assistant coach at Illinois State. It meant a lot to honor such a special person and her family tonight. 🧡
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Over the weekend, @MorganDay_29 eclipsed 5⃣0⃣0⃣ career strikeouts!❌. She ranks No. 4 all-time at @ISURedbirds😱. #BackTheBirds
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😱😱😱😱. Check out the walk-off double by @aalyssa_wiebs1 in the bottom of the ninth that gave Illinois State the 6-5 win and series over Indiana State! #BackTheBirds
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DOWN GO THE HOOSIERS!!!!. Illinois State hands No. 16/15 Indiana its second loss of the season, behind Morgan Day's second complete game shutout of the weekend!!. @NCAAsoftball // #WinTheDay 🥎
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𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 🏆. Last night we welcomed our newest ‘birds to the family!
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PAYTON BROWN. FIRST COLLEGIATE HIT. 2 RBI SINGLE. WE ARE TIED IN TAMPA. B6 | ILS 3, MICH 3
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FINAL | ISU 6, SIU 0. Give it up for the rookie‼️ Morgan Day fans a career-high eight batters and throws a one-hitter to give Illinois State its first @MVCsports win of the season! #BackTheBirds
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