Illinois righty Riley Gowens (Illinois Athletics)

2022 Fall Report: Illinois

Despite turning a 22-22 record from the 2021 conference-only campaign into a 31-22 mark last season, Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb is quick to point out more work needs to be done for his team to compete at a level he expects on a year-to-year basis. Their 17-7 mark in Big Ten play led to the No. 4 seed at the conference tournament, but their season came to a quick close after going 0-2 in Omaha against Michigan and Indiana.

It should be pointed out that Illinois’ 17-7 in-conference record was just as good as Rutgers’ and Iowa’s, even[…]