Club team hopes membership rises for popular table sport
For some, foosball is nothing more than a casual activity played in a bar with few or no rules. Others, however, take the table sport very seriously.
For some, foosball is nothing more than a casual activity played in a bar with few or no rules. Others, however, take the table sport very seriously.
Due to weather conditions expected to deteriorate by Wednesday, the IU baseball team’s scheduled game at Ball State has been moved to 3 p.m today.
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.
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.
So much for riding the momentum. After winning its Big Ten opener Friday, the IU baseball team dropped its next three games against Michigan State this weekend.
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.
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.
With his team trailing 1-0 and behind a set on three of the singles courts, IU men’s tennis coach Ken Hydinger turned to his wife and said, “That’s the match,” signaling to senior David Bubenicek on Court 2.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After coming off a tough road loss to Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew last weekend, the IU men’s soccer team is ready to take the field for the second time this spring. The Hoosiers host the St. Louis Billikens at 6 p.m. Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.