http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf Latest Illini SportsFacts stories for the News-Gazette en-us Copyright 2008, The News-Gazette, Inc. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/rss Fri, 16 May 2008 12:36:00 PST INDIANAPOLIS – Former Illini Angelina Williams was waived Thursday by the WNBA's Indiana Fever, but former Urbana star LaToya Bond could make the team's opening day roster. After Thursday's cuts, the Fever have 13 players on the roster, including Bond, a former Missouri standout. WNBA teams carry 11 players on the active roster. Indiana opens the season Saturday against Washington. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/05/16/former_illini_williams_waived_by_wnba_team/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:00:00 CST COLUMBUS, Ohio – One visit to Purdue's campus this spring is not enough for the Illinois men's golf team. Mike Small's precocious bunch is intent on teeing off once more at the Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind., before calling it a season. "That's the goal," Small said. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/05/14/illini_goal_another_kampen_trip/ Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 CST CHAMPAIGN – Aaron Johnson's two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth lifted Illinois to a 10-9 victory against Northwestern on Monday night in Big Ten baseball. The win allowed Illinois (28-18, 14-10 Big Ten) to remain in third place in the Big Ten. It was the Illini's 12th comeback win of the season. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/05/06/late_homer_lifts_illinois/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:00:00 CST CHAMPAIGN – Linebacker J Leman and soccer standout Mary Therese McDonnell were awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor at the school's awards banquet Tuesday night. Leman, a Champaign Central product who signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night, was a consensus All-American and All-Big Ten first-teamer. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/30/top_honors_for_leman_mcdonnell/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST IOWA CITY – His team has taken No. 2 Ohio State to the wire twice this month, but Illinois men's tennis coach Brad Dancer isn't taking any moral victories from the Illini's April 12 loss in Urbana and Sunday's 4-3 setback to the Buckeyes in the finals of the Big Ten Tournament. "It is obviously a very disappointing loss for the Illini today," Dancer said. "I felt like this was the second time that we had the Buckeyes on the ropes and were just not able to put them away. It also is disappointing because I know how hard this team worked all week and season to try and bring home a Big Ten title." http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/28/title_eludes_mens_tennis/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST IOWA CITY, Iowa – Illinois and Ohio State, the Big Ten's dominant men's tennis programs, will duke it out for another league tournament title today. The 15th-ranked Illini advanced with a 4-1 win against Wisconsin in Saturday's semifinals. The two-time defending champion Buckeyes, ranked second nationally, topped Michigan 4-1. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/27/illini_get_another_shot_at_tennis_title/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST EAST LANSING, Mich. – As his first-place team boarded a van on the way to dinner Friday night, Illinois men's golf coach Mike Small delivered his pep talk. Minus the pep. "I told them, 'Today never happened. It never existed,' " Small said. "I didn't want them thinking or talking about it anymore." http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/26/small_gives_illini_green_light/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Illinois' bid to make the NCAA women's tennis tournament received a boost with Friday's 4-3 upset of No. 34 Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. The 43rd-ranked Illini, behind another clutch effort by Kristina Minor, rallied to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2003. They'll play top-ranked Northwestern today. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/26/minor_a_major_contributor/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Illinois men's golf team finished 7 strokes out of second place at the competitive Boilermaker Invitational on Sunday in the Illini's final tuneup heading into this week's Big Ten Championships. Illinois, which tied for sixth, beat three Big Ten schools and was 7 strokes behind second-place Michigan State. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/21/golfers_tune_up_for_big_tens/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST PALO ALTO, Calif. – Paul Ruggeri has a lot to live up to the next three years. On Saturday, the freshman won the high bar national championship and was an All-American in the vault and floor exercise. http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/golf/2008/04/20/freshman_ruggeri_claims_high_bar_crown/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CST