Column: The option of the option
I’m starting to think running the option wouldn’t be such a bad idea for the current Hoosiers — at least for the final three games of the season, just to see how it works.
I’m starting to think running the option wouldn’t be such a bad idea for the current Hoosiers — at least for the final three games of the season, just to see how it works.
The IU field hockey team’s season came to an end Thursday as it fell to Iowa 3-2 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Estridge, along with fellow seniors Alec Purdie, Tommy Meyer, Tyler McCarroll and redshirt junior Nick Blevins, have one final regular season game remaining at 1 p.m. this Saturday against Ohio State at Jerry Yeagley Field.
Even after losing more than 75 percent of last season’s team’s goal scoring to graduation and the MLS, IU Coach Todd Yeagley still knew he had the offensive firepower his team needed for success.
The IU women’s basketball team will have to overcome the loss of four seniors as it begins its season with an exhibition game at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall.
The IU field hockey team plays a rematch with Iowa in the opening round of the seven-team Big Ten Tournament today.
In what might be the most exciting two years in conference realignments, the Big East is finally making its long-talked-about move. It’s extending invitations to expand its conference to make up for the loss of Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia.
The first two games are exhibition games against St. Ambrose today and Indianapolis on Nov. 8. This year’s woman’s basketball team has nine returners from last year and five new faces, including three freshmen and two junior-college transfers.
Two weeks ago, 1,600 miles away and 5,000 feet above sea level in a foreign nation, senior swimmer Allysa Vavra had what she calls a career breakthrough.
Senior Brenna Moeljadi of the IU field hockey team was chosen to play in the 2011 National Field Hockey Coaches Association’s Senior All-Star game. The forward will suit up at 3 p.m. Nov. 19 in Louisville, Ky.
Indiana, the Big Ten preseason favorite to take home the regular-season crown, will likely be the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Senior Will Kendall joined junior Josh MacTaggart, who was the top overall seed in the tournament, in the last eight of singles action. Both were defeated while vying for a spot in the semifinals.
Michael Soderlund, redshirt freshman midfielder Kerel Bradford, sophomore midfielder/forward Blake Wise, true freshman defender/forward Jack Coleman and junior midfielder Aris Zafeiratos took an unconventional path to travel a great distance to come to Bloomington and wear the cream and crimson for one reason — tradition.
This season, the Hoosiers can thrive if they execute an up-tempo offense that centers around transition play, following a year when they gave up the most points in the Big Ten.
Senior wide receiver Damarlo Belcher was dismissed from the IU football team for a violation of team rules, according to a release from IU Athletics.
With an eye on the future, IU Coach Mick Lyon inserted sophomore goalkeeper Shannon Flower in the 56th minute of Ohio State’s season-preserving 3-0 win that ended the year for IU.
The women’s swimming and diving team (2-2) traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich., on Friday for a double-dual meet against Michigan and Texas, defeating the Wolverines 178-122 but falling to the Longhorns, last year’s No. 6 team in the nation, 165-133.
Top overall seed junior Josh MacTaggart lost in the Big Ten Singles Championship quarterfinals Sunday against Iowa’s Jonas Dierckx. His teammate, senior Will Kendall, lost to Michigan State’s Aaron Pfister in the same round.
With the tie, the Hoosiers (10-3-4, 2-1-2) were eliminated from contention for the Big Ten regular season championship going into their season finale next Saturday against Ohio State in Bloomington.
The IU men’s basketball team welcomed local trick-or-treaters into Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon with a 30-minute intersquad scrimmage.