Millikin Big Blue

Schedule

Overall: 23-20 - Conference: 11-9
2/16 at Westminster (Mo.) • W, 15-4 BX
2/16 vs. Westminster (Mo.) • L, 1-0 BX
2/17 at Hendrix • Cancelled
2/23 vs. Transylvania • W, 8-1 BX
2/24 vs. Benedictine • W, 11-3 BX
2/28 at Spalding • L, 13-2 BX
3/1 vs. Ohio Northern • L, 22-17 BX
3/1 at Case Western Reserve • L, 12-8 BX
3/8 vs. Hamline • W, 3-2 BX
3/9 vs. UW-Stout • L, 5-1 BX
3/9 vs. Coe • W, 6-5 BX
3/12 at Franklin • W, 15-5 BX
3/14 vs. Cornell • L, 7-4 BX
3/14 vs. Cornell • W, 11-6 BX
3/16 vs. Hanover • W, 6-3 BX
3/16 vs. Benedictine • L, 10-6 BX
3/19 at Greenville • W, 15-9 BX
3/24 vs. Illinois College • W, 2-1 BX RC
3/24 vs. Illinois College • L, 12-3 BX RC
3/29 vs. Carroll * • L, 8-6 BX
3/29 vs. Carroll * • L, 8-6 BX
3/31 vs. North Park * • W, 8-3 BX
4/3 vs. Illinois Wesleyan * • L, 7-2 BX
4/5 at Augustana * • L, 5-0 BX
4/5 at Augustana * • L, 8-4 BX
4/6 vs. Augustana * • W, 11-3 BX
4/10 at Webster • L, 9-4 BX
4/12 at North Central (Ill.) * • W, 17-7 BX
4/12 at North Central (Ill.) * • W, 11-3 BX
4/13 vs. North Central (Ill.) * • L, 2-1 BX
4/16 at North Park * • L, 2-1 BX
4/18 vs. Carthage * • W, 7-4 BX
4/18 vs. Carthage * • L, 7-0 BX
4/22 at Illinois Wesleyan * • L, 3-2 BX
4/26 at Elmhurst * • W, 10-1 BX
4/26 at Elmhurst * • W, 7-2 BX
4/27 at Elmhurst * • W, 6-1 BX
4/29 vs. Greenville • W, 13-5 BX
5/2 at Wheaton (Ill.) * • W, 6-0 BX
5/3 at Wheaton (Ill.) * • W, 9-4 BX
5/3 at Wheaton (Ill.) * • W, 12-2 BX
5/7 vs. Wheaton (Ill.) • W, 5-2 BX
5/8 at Illinois Wesleyan • L, 4-3 BX
5/8 vs. Carthage • L, 9-0 BX

All times Eastern (* Conference; • Region)
Overall: 23-20 - Conference: 11-9
3/29 vs. Carroll * • L, 8-6 BX
3/29 vs. Carroll * • L, 8-6 BX
3/31 vs. North Park * • W, 8-3 BX
4/3 vs. Illinois Wesleyan * • L, 7-2 BX
4/5 at Augustana * • L, 5-0 BX
4/5 at Augustana * • L, 8-4 BX
4/6 vs. Augustana * • W, 11-3 BX
4/12 at North Central (Ill.) * • W, 17-7 BX
4/12 at North Central (Ill.) * • W, 11-3 BX
4/13 vs. North Central (Ill.) * • L, 2-1 BX
4/16 at North Park * • L, 2-1 BX
4/18 vs. Carthage * • W, 7-4 BX
4/18 vs. Carthage * • L, 7-0 BX
4/22 at Illinois Wesleyan * • L, 3-2 BX
4/26 at Elmhurst * • W, 10-1 BX
4/26 at Elmhurst * • W, 7-2 BX
4/27 at Elmhurst * • W, 6-1 BX
5/2 at Wheaton (Ill.) * • W, 6-0 BX
5/3 at Wheaton (Ill.) * • W, 9-4 BX
5/3 at Wheaton (Ill.) * • W, 12-2 BX

(* Conference; • Region)

2025 Standings

Illinois Wesleyan 16-4 28-15
Carthage 14-6 30-14
North Central (Ill.) 14-6 26-19
Millikin 11-9 23-20
Augustana 8-12 20-19
Wheaton (Ill.) 8-12 16-25
North Park 8-12 13-26
Carroll 7-13 16-21
Elmhurst 4-16 10-30

Past Records

Team Info

Coach: Brandon Townsend
Conference: CCIW

Millikin

Enrollment (FT undergrads): 2118
Location: Decatur, IL
Colors: Royal Blue, White
Field: Workman Family Baseball Field (459)
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News Releases

May 8, 2025 Home cooking good for IWU as the advance in the CCIW Earning home field advantage is always key and the Titans of Illinois Wesleyan needed the intangibles this gives to squeak to the winners bracket over Millikin. The Big Blue needed to win a play-in game just to qualify for the CCIW tournament.
May 12, 2024 Millikin headed to NCAA Tournament The Millikin baseball team held off Augustana College 9-8 to win the 2024 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Tournament on May 12 in Chicago earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
March 6, 2024 Townsend gets 200th in narrow win Millikin used a ninth inning rally to score a walk off win over Greenville 7-6. The victory gave Millikin Head Coach Brandon Townsend his 200th career coaching victory. Townsend, Millikin's all-time winningest baseball coach, is now 200-193 in this career.
April 7, 2023 Baldwin Wallace gets key sweep on Friday A sweep is what everyone wants but a sweep over your closest rival is much sweeter. The Yellow Jackets swept Marietta to take control of the OAC race. In the CCIW, North Central (Ill.) was swept again - this time my Millikin
November 21, 2022 Ignatowski Named NWU head coach Eric Ignatowski has been named the next head baseball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University, school officials announced.
May 22, 2021 Millikin is dancing for the first time Millikin defeated North Central College 4-3 to win the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Millikin had already been selected as a NCAA Regional host so the Big Blue will get to stay home for the school's first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament
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