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Hoosiers win Big Ten finale, lose to \ndefending champs\nThe IU Hoosiers women's field hockey team earned its first Big Ten win of the season Friday in its Big Ten finale with a double overtime, upset win over No. 9 Iowa. Although the Hoosiers were able to upset one of the nation's best teams in Iowa, they weren't able to knock off the best team in the nation as they fell Saturday 6-0 to No. 1 Wake Forest. However, with the win over the Hawkeyes, the Hoosiers improved their Big Ten record to 1-5 and now have an overall season record of 8-9. \nCoach Amy Robertson said in a statement that she was very excited about the program's first win over a nationally-ranked, top-10 team. \n"This is the program's first win over a top-10 opponent, and the first win over a ranked opponent this season," Robertson said. "This win was truly a team effort; the team reacted well to the ball and stayed in the game the entire time."\nThe Hoosiers started out slow against the Hawkeyes, and at halftime the Hawkeyes led 2-0. However, the Hoosiers came back in the second half and got on the board when senior Erica Nilsson scored her fifth goal of the season. Another senior scored the tying goal of the game as senior Jamie O'Pray reached the back of the net with just under five minutes remaining in regulation. Robertson was very happy with the play of her seniors.\n"The seniors wanted a game to remember, and they went out there and created one," Robertson said. "Erica (Nilsson) and Jamie (O'Pray) had great goals, and (senior) Molly (Pulkrabek) played awesome in goal for us."\nFinally, in double overtime freshman Lydia Schrott scored the games final goal, her sixth of the season tying her for most goals in a season with junior Kayla Bashore.\nThe Hoosiers head to SAtate College, Pa., as the seventh seed in the Big Ten tournament Friday, where they will face off against the second seed in the tournament. \nNo-win weekend adds to team's downfall\nThe IU women's volleyball team finished its road swing this weekend with losses at Michigan and Michigan State. The Hoosiers were unable to halt their losing streak, as the team has lost its last 10 matches and sits at the bottom of the Big Ten standings. The Hoosiers now have a record of 9-14 overall and 2-10 in the Big Ten. Saturday the Hoosiers ventured to Ann Arbor, Mich., and lost to the Wolverines 34-32, 30-23, 30-20. Freshman Lindsay Cochrane collected a career high 14 digs and junior Beth Heimann joined Cochrane in the double-digit dig club with 12 of her own. Junior setter Victoria Zimmerman distributed 36 assists during the match and compiled seven digs. Michigan's victory improved its record to 16-7 and 8-4 in conference. The weekend started off much like it finished, with a loss and a sweep. The Hoosiers traveled to East Lansing, Mich., to try and jump start their reeling season against the Spartans but fell 30-24, 30-23, 30-23. The news continued to sour as junior Christina Archibald failed to reach the double-digit mark in kills for the first time in 32 matches.\nSeniors Melissa Brewer and Monique Pritz turned in strong performances as both reached double figure kill marks, and Pritz finished with a season-high 13 kills.\nUp next, IU returns home for a pair of Big Ten matches. The Hoosiers face No. 17 Penn State Friday and battle Ohio State Saturday. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. at University Gym.\nWomen's soccer ends season with defeat\nThe women's soccer team ended its regular season Sunday with a 3-0 loss to Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. The Golden Grizzlies three goals were the most scored on the Hoosiers all season. \nThe ladies in crimson and cream completed their season at 8-9-1 overall and 5-5-1 in the Big Ten. \nThroughout most of the first half of Sunday's game, IU kept the ball on its side of the field, outshooting Oakland 8-4. \nAlthough the Golden Grizzlies scored first, IU kept their goalkeeper on her toes forcing Oakland keeper Sarah Buckland to make three saves in the games first 20 minutes. \nFor the Hoosiers, freshman goalkeeper Stacey Von Boxmeer allowed the games three goals.\nIU kept the score at 1-0 for the majority of the match, until Oakland scored its second goal at the 69:37 mark in the second half. The Golden Grizzlies finished their barrage of goals with 16 minutes left in the game. \nIU did leave Rochester with an advantage in shots, 15-12. Seven of those shots were on goal.\nThe Hoosiers next play Thursday at 1:30 in Madison, Wis., as part of the Big Ten Tournament. As the No. 6 seed, IU will face No. 3 seed Purdue at the McClimon Complex.\nSwimming and diving end weekend with losses\nIn a battle of top-25 teams, No. 21 IU Men's Swimming and Diving lost its second consecutive dual meet Saturday as No. 12 Tennessee toppled the Hoosiers 141-93. \nThe loss dropped IU to 1-2 on the season.\nThe Volunteers took home nine of the 13 events. \nJunior Ryan Fagan kept up his winning ways with a victory in the one-meter springboard. Fagan went on to finish as the runner-up in the three-meter springboard.\nSophomore Kevin Swander took top honors in the 200-yard breaststroke with a season best time of 2:06.04. \nThe third individual to win in Tennessee was junior Murph Halasz, who placed first in the 200-yard butterfly. \nIU's 400-yard freestyle relay team completed a three-peat, as it won its race for the third straight meet. \nThe Hoosiers next battle No. 10 Wisconsin in Madison at 4 p.m. Friday and then travel to Evanston, Ill., Saturday to compete against No. 22 Northwestern at 1 p.m. Both meets will be co-ed.\nWomen's golf team finishes 9th in tourney\nThe IU women's golf team finished its fall season with a ninth place finish at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C. The Hoosiers fired a third round total of 318 to finish at 936 for the event. \nIU sat in seventh place after an opening round 305, only five strokes away from second place Tulsa. The team slipped to eighth after a second round 313, and higher scores Sunday saw the Hoosiers drop one more spot on the leaderboard. \nSeniors Karen Dennison and Danah Ford led the way for the Hoosiers after two rounds, both in a tie for sixth place at 147. Sunday, Dennison fired a final round 79, and Ford closed with 80, leaving them in 15th and 19th place respectively. Both seniors have finished in the top 25 in all four fall tournaments. \nAlso competing for the Hoosiers were junior Bethany Brunner and sophomores Molly Redfearn and Lissa Putnam. Redfearn finished in 42nd place at 237, while Brunner and Putnam finished tied for 52nd at 249.\nThe Hoosiers will now have the rest of the fall to practice before returning to competition in February at the Central District Regional in Parrish, Fla.