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Helping in any way he can, Powers adjusts to role as tight end, mentor

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Just one year ago, Blake Powers was preparing for another season as the starting quarterback for the IU football team, and Kellen Lewis was a name unknown by many Hoosier fans. Entering this year’s spring practices, the story has changed for both players. Lewis is now the starting quarterback, and Powers has switched over to play tight end for his senior season.


Pete Stuttgen

EN GARDE!

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Basketball. Jogging. Sword fights. It wasn’t the most typical weekend at the Wildermuth Gymnasium. The IU Fencing Club hosted the United States Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs’ national championships at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation this weekend. While most HPER occupants are decked in gym shorts and Under Armour, these patrons donned real armor – and sabers.


Jay Seawell

Cutters’ Bishop, Teter’s Rieke capture Miss-n-Out victories

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With three-fourths of a lap remaining, Cutters rider Alex Bishop all but wrapped up his second consecutive Miss-n-Out victory. Although Bishop was joined on the track with two of the fastest sprinters in the field – Dodds House rider Chris Chartier and Phi Kappa Psi rider Erik Styacich – he won the race by getting to Turn 1 first.


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Graduate student narrowly misses national title

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IU post-graduate swimmer Kevin Swander traveled to East Meadow, N.Y., for the USA Swimming Spring Championships with hopes of winning a national championship in the 100-meter breaststroke. However, swimming with a sprained ankle, Swander added seconds to his time and finished in a disappointing second place with a time of 1:03.30.



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Hoosiers sweep 3 teams en route to regatta title

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The IU rowing team dominated Cincinnati, Dayton and Eastern Michigan on Saturday at Harsha Lake in Cincinnati. All boats beat the other crews by considerable margins. “We expected to win but I don’t think we expected to win by as much as we did,” said sophomore Jamie Spoto. “The boats just rowed a really solid race.”


Ronni Moore

IU drops 1st collegiate exhibition game of spring

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IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag treats the spring season as an opportunity for individual improvement and experimentation with the lineup. Based on the last two games, it seems he hasn’t quite found the killer combination on the field that he needs to win.


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Hoosiers earn Big Ten victory with weekend win at Michigan State

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It wasn’t easy, but the IU women’s tennis team’s winning streak against Michigan State hit the three-decade mark after Sunday’s 5-2 victory in East Lansing, Mich. In the history of the women’s tennis program, the Hoosiers have only lost to Michigan State once – an 8-1 Spartan win in 1977. IU coach Lin Loring, in his 30th season with the team, has yet to be defeated by a Michigan State team.


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4 athletes qualify for regional competition

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The track-and-field squads packed up and moved west to kick off their outdoor season at the 33rd annual Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. Even though the last two weeks have been intense training for the Hoosiers, four athletes posted regional qualifying times.


Ronni Moore

Calm before the storm

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Eighteen-year-old Eric Gordon stands to the side of the court at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. His face drips with sweat, yet he’s completely relaxed. A barrage of young fans, armed with posters, photos and Sharpies, frantically pushes its way toward the teenager. He’s the calm before the storm. Eric just got done playing in the McDonald’s All American Game, a nationally televised showcase of the most talented high school senior basketball players in the country.


Ronni Moore

Hoosier victory snaps losing streak

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Senior Rachel Terry hit two home runs, including the game-winner, as the IU softball team managed to salvage a win against Illinois after a disappointing three-game skid to start the Big Ten season.



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Hoosiers hope for 31 straight vs. Spartans

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If the IU women’s tennis team leaves East Lansing, Mich., victorious Sunday, its win streak against Michigan State will climb to 30 years. And IU coach Lin Loring is in his 30th season at IU.


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IU looks to rebound in Big Ten opener

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After a lackluster performance Wednesday against Ball State, the IU softball team will look to get back on the winning track when it opens Big Ten play against Iowa on Friday and close out the weekend against Illinois at home. The opener begins the end of the Big Ten careers for seniors Heather Hohs, Kim Richards, Rachel Terry and Christy Wahl.


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Hoosier wins gold, ties own world record

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IU senior swimmer Leila Vaziri continued her rapid ascent to the top of the swimming world last night at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, with a gold-medal performance in the 50-meter backstroke.


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IU not overlooking last-place Spartans

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The IU men’s tennis team won 15 of its 16 matches against Michigan State before coach Ken Hydinger’s arrival in Bloomington. Since then, the Hoosiers have continued their dominance of the Spartans, going 22-4 in Hydinger’s 21 seasons. While No. 71 IU (11-7, 1-2) might be better than Michigan State (9-11, 0-4) on paper, that means nothing to the Hoosiers.


Ronni Moore

IU opens conference play at home against Michigan State squad

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IU coach Tracy Smith couldn’t care less about his team’s six-game winning streak. Those were nonconference games, yet Friday, the IU baseball team’s games begin to matter on a different level. Now it’s Big Ten play. In their first conference games of the season, the Hoosiers host the Michigan State Spartans in a four-game series this weekend and will look to extend the longest winning streak in Smith’s time IU.