Looking to get back on track
When IU marches into Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, the Hawkeyes will be looking for redemption.
When IU marches into Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, the Hawkeyes will be looking for redemption.
The IU men’s golf team finds itself ranked 26th in GolfWeek’s first rankings of the season following an impressive third place finish at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate tournament last weekend in Zionsville, Ind.
Residing in the Hoosier locker room is a dry-erase board with the vague outline of a quarterback drawn on it. One might call it an effigy. It belongs to the defensive linemen, who are affectionately referred to as the “men in the trenches.” A little more than half the drawing currently has color. Before the season ends, the defensive line hopes it’s completely inked-in. But if the men in the trenches want to color in the top of the quarterback’s helmet, they will have to bring their number of sacks from 18 to 30.
When the IU field hockey team travels to Iowa City to take on Iowa on Sunday, they will have an opportunity to get their first Big Ten win over one of the top teams in the country.
Inside the lounge of the No.19-ranked IU men’s soccer team is a dry-erase board that has many random writings on it, but one statement on the board stands out from the rest.
Despite a 15-9-4 record last season, the IU ice hockey team failed to qualify for the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II national tournament, ending a streak of 12 straight appearances in that tournament.
After warm up meets with no implications on postseason play, the Hoosiers now head to the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, and possible postseason berths are on the line. While every team goes to the Big Ten Championships and Regional Championships, a good showing in this tournament will strengthen IU’s chances of sending individual runners to the national championship if the team does not finish well as a whole at regionals. IU coach Ron Helmer is not taking this added incentive lightly, even though he hopes to approach this meet like any other one.
On Friday, the IU volleyball team (10-4, 1-1) will face its toughest competition to date. IU will be taking on No. 3 Penn State at 7 p.m. in the University Gym.
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Other than being the first game of the Big Ten season, Friday night’s game against Northwestern will have extra meaning for the IU women’s soccer team.
The Hoosiers are heading back to fairy tale land this weekend to compete in the Wolverine Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich.
First-year IU coach Randy Bloemendaal is planning on hanging up banners in the IU Tennis Center – those honoring past achievements and those of his own.
As the IU men’s soccer team took the field for pre-game introductions, there were three gaping holes in the lineup.
A federal judge placed tighter restrictions Wednesday on Michael Vick after the Atlanta Falcons quarterback tested positive for marijuana. Because of the result, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson placed special conditions on Vick’s release, including restricting him to his home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. with electronic monitoring and ordering him to submit to random drug testing.
Don’t get him wrong. Prince Fielder is plenty pleased with becoming the youngest player to hit 50 homers in a season. But he really wants to hit 52 – especially if it helps Milwaukee reach the playoffs.
Some people love to state the obvious.
Historically speaking, IU isn’t supposed to do well in the Big Ten.
In most collegiate sports, the regular season is a warm up for postseason play.
The last two seasons, the IU field hockey team has finished in second place in the Big Ten regular season.
IU freshman midfielder Kelsey Kiper remembers watching her older sister Katie play field hockey in high school.