Nebraska Baseball Weekend Preview: Illinois

Series Preview #20 Nebraska Cornhuskers (31-10, 15-3 B1G) at Illinois Fighting Illini (20-19, 8-10 B1G) Location: Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Dates: April 24-26th Times (all CDT): Friday @ 6pm , Saturday @ 3pm, Sunday @ 1pm Coaches: Will Bolt (7th season, 201-136-1) & Dan Hartleb (21st season, 617-462-1) TV/Stream: All games on B1G+ Radio: All Nebraska games on Huskers Radio Network, Huskers. com , Huskers App Working on the road. 🤝 pic.

twitter. com/EOTSH2Utr5 — Nebraska Baseball (@HuskerBaseball) April 20, 2026 “You broke their hearts, now go and take their souls! ” That was the final phase of the Huskers’ team meeting Friday night after a big comeback win, exclaimed by pitching coach Rob Childress.

And that really epitomized the approach the team took the remainder of the biggest weekend in at least 11 years at Hawks Field. That propelled the Huskers up the RPI ladder, where they now sit at 13. That puts them right in the thick of the battle to host a regional, one of the major goals for Will Bolt each year.

Taking care of business with nothing like the 2021 Rutgers sweeping them at home, should mean we see June baseball in Lincoln. Coach Dan Hartleb (somehow in his 21st season) and Illinois are stuck in the middle of the slog of the Big Ten. They sit at 8th with an 8-10 record, with 6 teams either tied in wins or within a game of them in the standings.