The following is an excerpt of a story published by WAND-TV 17 on Feb. 21, 2023.
"The University of Illinois Springfield Cricket Club will get the opportunity to compete nationally in March.
The team will compete against 24 other college and university teams from around the country at the National College Cricket Association (NCCA) nationals March 16-19 in Houston, Texas.
The UIS team, which finished second in the NCCA Midwest Regionals in Chicago, will compete against prestigious universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Drexel, and UCLA."