#193:  Melinda Fischer, Head Coach, Illinois State University, visits TCRS.  ISU opens the season at South Florida and will play the first seven weekends of the year away from Marian Kneer Stadium. Illinois State will play four-plus games at South Florida, Arizona State, LSU, Florida and Louisville. This is the first time in history that ISU will take a full spring break trip when they start at Florida and end in Louisville.  The Redbirds open Missouri Valley Conference play at Missouri State March 19 and will play their home opener March 30 versus DePaul.  For all the traveling ISU will do in the first two months of the season, April is kind to the Redbirds on the travel front. Illinois State will not leave the state, playing 14 games at home, two at Bradley and three at Loyola.  Redbirds Twitter, Redbirds Facebook, Coach Fischer Twitter, TCRS Twitter, TCRS Facebook