Hoosiers face talented OSU squad
After defeating Notre Dame and last year’s Hermann trophy winner, midfielder Joseph Lapira, No.16 IU (9-4-1) will face Ohio State and Hermann hopeful Eric Brunner in Big Ten competition.
After defeating Notre Dame and last year’s Hermann trophy winner, midfielder Joseph Lapira, No.16 IU (9-4-1) will face Ohio State and Hermann hopeful Eric Brunner in Big Ten competition.
The IU volleyball team will travel to face No. 15 Michigan on Friday (16-4, 4-4) for a 7 p.m. date with the Wolverines. Michigan has lost only four games this season and was a perfect 13-0 before losing its first match, equaling the best start in the program’s history. The Wolverines sit in a three-way tie for fourth in the Big Ten, directly below IU, who is tied with Purdue for fourth. The Wolverines have won 10 of the last 15 outings against the Hoosiers, but IU leads the all-time series 32-24-1.
Last season, IU was 5-4 after a win against Michigan State with three games remaining on the schedule. The Hoosiers would have been bowl eligible if they had emerged victorious the following week at Minnesota. Sadly for IU, it was thumped 63-26, and then dropped its remaining two games of the year to finish 5-7 – prolonging the bowl drought.
When the IU field hockey team takes on No. 7 Michigan State on Saturday at the IU Field Hockey Field, the Hoosiers will be looking for their first Big Ten win of the season and a measure of revenge for last season. Last year, Michigan State handed IU two of its five losses, including a 3-1 victory in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, ending IU’s season.
When IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson addressed the media Thursday, he wanted to shift the focus from the pending NCAA investigation to this year’s squad.
The IU women’s soccer team finally broke into the national top 25 this week, coming in at No. 24. The Hoosiers will seek to demonstrate that they deserve that recognition as they begin the most trying part of the season.
When IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson addressed the media yesterday, he wanted to shift the focus from the pending NCAA investigation to this year’s squad.
IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson might have participated in eight three-way phone calls more than originally disclosed by the IU Athletics Department, said IU spokesman
Last night with the Big Ten Network televising the game, the IU volleyball team defeated Purdue 3-1 (31-29, 21-30, 30-25, 30-26).
A year ago, Notre Dame forward Joseph Lapira gave the IU defense fits at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic when he scored four goals including a game-winning goal that propelled the Fighting Irish to a 5-4 overtime win against the Hoosiers.
Three drivers, one race to go. One of the most thrilling and wild Formula One seasons in decades will come down to the last event of the year – the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. Rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher replacement Kimi Raikkonen each enter the finale in Brazil with a shot at winning the title in a season marked by twists and turns from the start.
IU’s first nationally televised game is Saturday when they host Penn State, but the Hoosiers first taste of national exposure was last night when CBS Evening News featured their use of cutting-edge helmet technology.
Being a hero to a child doesn’t always require a helmet and shoulder pads. Unlike the outcome of a game, in volunteering, everybody wins.
When redshirt freshman Phillip Eilers joined the IU men’s tennis team last January, then-head coach Ken Hydinger knew he had brought in a special player. He was excited about Eilers and fellow newcomer Lachlan Ferguson and their potential to lead the Hoosiers. Last month, new head coach Randy Bloemendaal said Eilers and Ferguson would be “impact players.”
The NCAA Committee on Infractions will take into account a variety of factors, including whether there was a “pattern of behavior,” before it issues its final ruling on impermissible phone calls made by IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff.
The NCAA put Ball State on probation for two years and cut three football scholarships for misusing a textbook loan program.
It is October in Colorado. The Broncos are playing. Snow showers are in the forecast. The leaves are turning red, yellow and brown. The dominant color in the Mile High City these days, though, is purple.
Tom Osborne is returning to Nebraska to temporarily run the Cornhuskers’ athletic department and possibly determine the fate of coach Bill Callahan.
The undefeated IU ice hockey team opens Greater Midwest Hockey League play with a two-game home stand this weekend against its toughest opponent to date, the Davenport University Panthers.
The IU women’s soccer team has finally broken into the national Top 25.