Long faces and consoling hugs were doled out Monday evening once the Illinois baseball season ended with a 4-2 loss to Vanderbilt.
The Commodores are onto the College World Series, which starts this weekend in Omaha, Neb., while the Illini will now have to reload much of their roster after a 50-10-1 season.
The best mark in program history brought fans out to Illinois Field in droves this spring, especially with the Illini in the midst of a program-best 27-game win streak.
With Tyler Jay now onto play for the Minnesota Twins' organization, and a handful of other Illini expected to get drafted during the next two days of the Major League Baseball draft, Dan Hartleb's program will have a different look to it next season.