Sports

Hoosiers end season 1-11

Through thick and thin, the field hockey team completed its first varsity season after 19 years of not fielding a team. But this season ended with a 1-11 record and suffered shutouts in all the losses, even though the team exceeded expectations.

Passing could revive team

As the season progresses, the Hoosiers' offense continues to focus more on the rushing game. IU has had success doing so, averaging 257.6 yards per game on the ground, the eighth best rushing attack in the nation.

Team prepares for tourney

The women's tennis team ends its fall season with a trip to Michigan for the ITA/Rolex Midwest Championships this weekend. The tournament kicks off with qualifying rounds today and Friday, and main draws beginning Saturday. It is an individual event, so the team does not gain points.

Football coach remains patient

Many coaches in Cam Cameron's shoes would be frustrated by now. For three years, the football coach has witnessed his team lose too many close games in the final minutes. This season is no different, as three of the Hoosiers' five losses have been decided in the last minutes of the game. Saturday against Penn State, Cameron's team fell 27-24 on a field goal with less than one minute remaining.

Volleyball Hoosiers face road woes

Friendly confines anywhere in the Big Ten? Hardly. Well, sometimes. Sometimes far from it. The women's volleyball team has yet to find any gymnasium, hall or arena overly cordial, not even their home turf -- University Gym.

Life on club rowing team expensive, but 'worth it'

When George Werres was a freshman, someone pulled him aside and said, "Hey, you're tall. Want to try rowing?" Now a sophomore, Werres wakes up every morning at 5:30 to meet the rest of the Crew Club at the Fine Arts Plaza by 6, and he gets back from crew practice at 8:30. He pays his dues for this privilege -- $100 a semester, plus race fees, and like all crew members, he buys his own equipment.

Crew team finishes season strong, begins training

The rowing team concluded its fall season with a strong finish in the last race, but there is no room for relaxation as the team enters the winter training season.

The season that could have been

The women's soccer team doesn't like to reflect on what could have been. But after Sunday's 3-1 win against Kentucky, the Hoosiers (8-9-1) have found it more difficult to avoid wondering what could have been this season.

Hoosiers focus on attitude, desire

The volleyball team is giving itself a makeover. After a dismal 3-7 start in Big Ten play, the Hoosiers have started making changes, both in their line up and their attitude.

Field hockey team finishes season with 9-0 loss, looks to Big Tens

The women's field hockey team finished its first regular varsity season with a 9-0 loss to Michigan State (11-8, 2-5 Big Ten) Sunday in East Lansing, Mich.

Women outswim Illinois

The women's swimming and diving team won 10 events to defeat Illinois 180.50-118.50 Saturday at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. Senior Jenn Cristy won all four of her events, as she anchored the victorious 400-meter medley relay team and placed first in the 50-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle races.

On the sidelines

White defeats Red in scrimmage

The men's basketball team's annual Red/White game had the feel of a scrimmage despite being played on television and in front of 1,500 fans at Assembly Hall.

Men's rugby team falls to Ohio State 28-15

Saturday's game against Ohio State proved to be not only the season's biggest game for the men's rugby team but also its biggest disappointment. The Hoosiers scored only twice during the game and gave up twice as many tries in a game that left them just out of reach of the national final four tournament. The Hoosiers lost 28-15.

Hockey team sweeps Kentucky

IU coaches and players were confident they would sweep the University of Kentucky in the teams' home-and-home series this weekend. And as IU expected, the Hoosiers crushed the Wildcats both nights, defeating Kentucky 11-5 Friday at the Frank Southern Center, 1965 S. Henderson Ave., and 7-1 Saturday at the Lexington Ice Arena.

Volleyball team battles inconsistency for win

It might just be that the volleyball team suffers from a slight personality disorder. Friday, the sluggish, uninspired version poked its head into University Gym. A mere 24 hours later, IU's energized, upbeat twin rumbled in.

Cross country teams compete at Big Tens

The men's cross country team took second place with 81 points in the Big Ten championships behind Wisconsin's 45 points Sunday in Madison, Wis. Penn State finished third with 82 points.

Feisty Fife looked upon by teammates as leader

Scrappy. Feisty. Dane Fife. In a three-minute span in the second half of Sunday's annual Red and White intrasquad scrimmage, the 6-foot-4, 200 pound junior guard displayed the character that defines him as a player.

Soccer team ends season with victory over Wildcats

The women's soccer team had not scored a goal in the last seven games before Sunday's match against Kentucky, when the Hoosiers scored three in the first half. Those three goals would be all the Hoosiers needed to dismantle the Wildcats 3-1. Junior midfielder Stacey Peterson wasted no time ending the Hoosiers' scoreless run when she put a shot in the bottom right corner of the net on a feed from sophomore forward Kate Kastl, just 9:32 into the game.

Penn State field goal seals victory over Hoosiers

INDIANAPOLIS -- Penn State senior quarterback Rashard Casey didn't want to watch. After Casey marched his team 52 yards in less than two minutes, his teammates' hopes of defeating IU rested on the foot of senior kicker Ryan Primanti.