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Seniors take one last stand
11:40 PM 11/4/2004 — For the past four, five or six years, the seniors on the Illinois football team have been through a lot.
They have reached the top of their collegiate careers with a Big Ten Championship and a trip to the Sugar Bowl.
In the past two years, the players have tasted the bitterness of defeat - losing 14 straight Big Ten games.
Basketball enters first game situation
11:41 PM 11/4/2004 — For the first time this year, the blue and orange will mesh and play together against a common foe. Friday night marks the beginning of the competitive season for the Illini as they take on Southern Illinois Edwardsville in an exhibition.
Head coach Bruce Weber believes that all systems are go; the team is ready to get started.
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Milestone win approaches
11:45 PM 11/4/2004 — Most weekends, a ticket stub from an Illini football game merely serves as a painful reminder of another disappointing loss. However, this Saturday fans can trade their sorrows for admission to this Saturday's No. 25 Illinois women's volleyball match at Huff Hall.
Illini rout Northwestern
11:46 PM 11/4/2004 — The Illini soccer team made a big statement in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament Wednesday afternoon - the women are hungry to defend their title.
Sports column: Wake up, Kobe lovers
11:47 PM 11/4/2004 — Perhaps it's fitting for Kobe Bryant that the Chinese calendar labels 2004 as the year of the monkey, because Bryant has had a huge monkey on his back all year. It started when he refused to shoot during a game against the Kings last season in an attempt to prove to his teammates and Phil Jackson that his scoring was essential to the team's success.
Hockey takes on Iowa State
11:50 PM 11/4/2004 — The Illini Hockey Club knew it would be tough to beat No. 8 Iowa State four times in a row, but it has the opportunity to do so this weekend for the third straight year.
Last weekend, the No. 5 Illini needed two third period comebacks to keep the streak alive, and this weekend won't be any easier.
Women's tennis prepares to host Midwest Blast
11:53 PM 11/4/2004 — The Illini women's tennis team will get its first taste of dual action this weekend when they host the sixth annual Midwest Blast at Atkins Tennis Center.
Although scores are not kept between the teams because NCAA rules prohibit team dual matches from being contested in the fall season, matches are played in the same format as the dual season.
Illini finish 12th despite good start
11:53 PM 11/4/2004 — It started off well. After the first round, the Illinois women's golf team was only four strokes behind the leader. A strong second round kept them in contention. But the third round was not the charm for the Illini. A disappointing final round put them in a 12th place finish at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday, ending their fall season.
