Losing not an option for Hoosiers' tournament hopes
Members of the women's soccer team said they feel they have played well during the regular season, despite what their record shows.
Members of the women's soccer team said they feel they have played well during the regular season, despite what their record shows.
For the first time in history, the women's basketball team will be participating in Midnight Madness. In the past, Midnight Madness has kicked-off only the men's basketball season, but this year, it will also signal the start of the women's campaign.
After six weeks of intense practice, the men's swimming team is preparing for their Intrasquad Scrimmage at 3 p.m. Friday at Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center, coach Kris Kirchner said.
The club hockey team is young, relatively inexperienced and facing arguably the toughest schedule in the 32-year history of the program. But as the team prepares to enter the upcoming season, both coaches and players are confident this will be one of the strongest teams the club has ever fielded.
Michigan coach Lloyd Carr is in a predicament IU coach Cam Cameron was in earlier this season. Cameron saw his team drop its first two games after holding big first half leads. After last weekend, Carr and his Wolverines for the second time this year dropped a halftime lead and lost, this time at Purdue, 32-31.
Mike Davis stood with his hands folded across his chest and watched silently as players went through their individual drills. He turned and smiled at a few reporters who were in the stands waiting to talk to him.
Karen Knight will go for a run tomorrow. She won't be alone. As her feet pound the pavement, Knight will realize a dream she's had for 10 years -- Saturday's first annual Hoosiers Outrun Cancer Run/Walk.
Violence between Israel and Palestine escalated Thursday as a Palestinian mob killed three Israeli soldiers and Israel retaliated with rocket attacks on Yasser Arafat\'s residential compound.
With Mike Davis in charge of the men's basketball team, midnight practice will no longer simply be a few drills and a scrimmage.
Flags are flying at half mast today in honor of six American sailors who died aboard a U.S. Naval destroyer bombed Thursday off the southern coast of Yemen.
Freshman Catherine Brill has been busy. The McNutt Quad vice-governor has gathered a team of 20 and raised $405 for Saturday's first annual Hoosiers Outrun Cancer Run/Walk. "Cancer has affected my family a lot," she said. "There's so much that can be done for cancer, so every little bit helps."
The men's and women\'s cross country teams travel to Notre Dame tomorrow in a pivotal meet for their season.
Women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett came to IU six-and-a-half months ago in the shadow of two men: her father, Dick, who was busy guiding the Wisconsin men's program to the Final Four and Bob Knight, who was busy making headlines with his actions on and off the court.
In years past, the first practice of the season has been known simply as 'Midnight Practice.' But tonight it's 'Midnight Madness.' Interim men's basketball coach Mike Davis has decided to let the players have fun, as a reward for their hard work during grueling individual workouts. Tonight's practice is designed for the fans, and should provide a glimpse of the talent IU possesses.
No. 17 Ohio State needs to watch for black cats on their trip to the Mellencamp Pavilion today because IU field hockey will use any advantage in order to stomp its conference rival.
Anchoring IU's offensive line are two massive tackles who would like nothing more than for coach Cam Cameron to call an inside running play. "We will execute what is called, but when we get that chance, we will lineup with you bone-on-bone, man-on-man and see who's the tougher character," said sophomore right tackle Enoch DeMar. "We like that."
Cam Cameron has probably not been a betting man in recent years. Still, (in my "Godfather" voice) here is one offer he cannot refuse. If Cameron and his 'In(d)iana' defense can somehow go on the road and find a way to defeat the almighty Wolverines, never again (this season) will I mention the draining sand in the hour glass that represents his coaching career or IU's lack of defense. Simply win and I shut up. On the other hand, if the Hoosiers lose, it continues to be an open hunting season.
The postseason of the men's soccer team hinges on the Hoosiers' two Big Ten games this weekend at Bill Armstrong Stadium. If IU knocks off Wisconsin and Northwestern, the Hoosiers are assured the top seed in the Big Ten tournament, as only Penn State (9-3, 3-1) has few losses in the conference like the Hoosiers (9-3, 3-0).
Ryan Mack winds up his arm and throws a little soccer ball into the stands before a match. Mack follows the toss with a huge, childish grin as he watches spectators scramble for the ball. He then sprints onto the field for the kickoff and usually clowns around with a teammate. Prior to Sunday's Michigan game, Mack jumped up and down, trying to knock over sophomore midfielder Pat Noonan.
The scene was set: thousands of screaming fans, flags waving all over the place, rhythms being blasted throughout the arena ... If you said a Skynard concert, good guess. Probably what I would have said too. But you're wrong. It was Crew Stadium Wednesday night. And it was then and there when I realized I had finally become a true soccer fanatic.