Rookies steal the show in 1st game
The results of the first two possessions for IU men’s basketball team against North Alabama should not have come as a surprise to the Hoosier faithful.
The results of the first two possessions for IU men’s basketball team against North Alabama should not have come as a surprise to the Hoosier faithful.
The IU volleyball team (14-12, 5-9) suffered through two road losses this weekend, one against Ohio State and the other at the hands of No. 1 Penn State. Ohio State, a team the Hoosiers defeated earlier in the season in Bloomington, beat IU on Friday in four games (30-26, 30-25, 23-30, 33-31). The Hoosiers were then bested Saturday by the nation’s top team, Penn State, who took the match in three games (30-14, 30-18, 30-23).
History tends to repeat itself – or so the IU men’s soccer team hopes.
The IU women’s basketball team began the first exhibition game of the new season on a 17-0 run and never looked back, defeating the Hoosier Lady Stars 77-49 Saturday night at Assembly Hall. The visitors didn’t score until five minutes into the game.
All the stats were on the Hoosiers side when they stepped out on the pitch against Wisconsin in their regular season finale.
Incapacitated by injuries, the IU women’s soccer team was “shell-shocked” by rival No. 8 Purdue 7-0 in West Lafayette on Friday afternoon.
After six failed attempts over the last two years, the IU football team is bowl eligible. As is typical with Hoosier victories, sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis had a big day statistically. But after the game, Lewis was deflecting the credit to two leaders who kept him in the game mentally.
All the stats were on the Hoosiers side when they stepped out on the pitch against Wisconsin in their regular season finale.
Despite leading late in the fourth quarter, the Colts could not secure the victory against the New England Patriots, as they were defeated 24-20.
IU handily defeated North Alabama 121-76 in their first exibition match of the year. Check out the IDS basketblog for more coverage of the game.
By defeating Ball State 38-20, IU becomes bowl eligible for the first time in more than a decade. Check out Under the Rock for more coverage.
Much has changed in the last three years of IU field hockey. Games have moved from Mellencamp Pavilion to the new IU Field Hockey Field, players have come and gone and lineups have been altered. But if one thing has remained constant, it has been the presence of senior goalkeeper Haley Exner in net. Exner, who has started all but one game over the last three years and earned All-Big Ten honors the past two seasons, will make her final home start Sunday when IU (7-9, 0-5) plays Northwestern on Senior Day. During her career, Exner played a crucial role in the growth of Hoosier field hockey, and her skill and leadership in goal have made her the face of a young program now established as a national power.
It has been a rough few weeks for IU football.
Last season when the Hoosiers took on Ball State, it was the dawning of a new day for the team – the Kellen Lewis era.
After weeks of off-the-court distractions stemming from self-reported NCAA violations, the 108th season of Indiana basketball tips off Sunday afternoon with an exhibition game against the North Alabama Lions.
The IU field hockey team saw the season come to a sobering end Thursday afternoon with a loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
After losing a 2-1 game at Purdue last year on a rain-soaked pitch, the IU women’s soccer team has to travel to Purdue again this year to try and exact revenge in the final game of the season.
The many banners hanging at Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center speak volumes about IU swimming.
Before every season, teams make lists of goals they hope to accomplish by season’s end. This weekend, the No. 9 IU men’s soccer team travels to Wisconsin in hopes of checking off the first goal on its “To-Do” list – clinching the Big Ten regular season title.
Coming off a 19-win season and a third-round appearance in the women’s postseason NIT, the IU women’s basketball team will return to the court for its first exhibition game of the season against the Hoosier Lady Stars on Saturday at Assembly Hall.