Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, June 6, 2015
Home Field Advantage in 2015 ?
— Illinois Baseball (@IlliniBaseball) June 6, 2015
25-2 (Best Illinois Field record in #Illini history)
19 straight wins (Longest active in NCAA)
Fresh off its first regional championship, Illinois eyes its first Super Regional championship and College World Series berth.
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The Illini are two wins away from Omaha, home of the College World Series, and only Vanderbilt, the reigning national champ, stands in the way.
The good news: Illinois hosts the best-of-three series at Illinois Field, where it is a program-best 25-2 and has rattled off 19 consecutive victories, the longest active streak in NCAA.
Things get started with Game 1 at 8 p.m. ET.
In Super Regional history, the first game has loomed very large.
[FACT] Teams that win Game 1 in Super Regionals advance to the #CWS 77% of the time. #RoadToOmaha
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 6, 2015
In the Big Ten's other Super Regional, Virginia rallied past Maryland, 5-3, on Friday afternoon to take Game 1. The two longtime ACC rivals play Game 2 on Saturday afternoon.
