Now that spring is starting to begin, Illini baseball is in full swing.  This weekend the team travels to the Frisco, Texas for the Frisco Classic, one of the top round robin tournaments of college baseball.  The Illini will be taking on some tough competition throughout the weekend, first taking on No 13 Texas A&M tonight at 7 p.m. CT at the Frisco Roughriders’ Dr. Pepper Ballpark.

Round 2 for the Illini begins at 2 p.m. CT as they take on No. 23 Oklahoma State and they finish off the weekend on Sunday taking on No. 1 UCLA at 11 a.m. CT.

The Frisco Classic has a well renowned history with over 10,000 wins logged, 687 MLB draft picks, 90 conference titles, 116 NCAA postseason appearances, 31 College World Series appearances and two College World Series titles.

The Illini have started off the season 3-3, winning their most recent games against Coastal Carolina, 5-2, and West Virginia, 2-1, down in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  These two wins helped bring the Illini back to .500 after starting off the season 1-3.  Pitchers Ty Weber received the W against Coastal Carolina and Cole Kirschsieper got his W against West Virginia.

“It was an unbelievably well-pitched game for this early in the year,” said head coach Dan Hartleb about the win against West Virginia.

The Illini will have to bring their A-game against three of the toughest opponents they have seen thus far in this weekend’s Frisco Classic.