DES MOINES, Iowa – Illinois State received a first-round by in the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Softball Championship by finishing fourth in the regular season standings and had to wait to find out who its opponent would be in the quarterfinals on Thursday. By virtue of their win over UIC, the No. 5 seeded Missouri State Bears (20-32, 16-11 MVC) will take on the No. 4 seeded Redbirds (23-29, 16-11 MVC) on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Ron Buel Field.
Live stats for the game will be available via StatBroadcast and links can be found on the softball schedule page on GoRedbirds.