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Women's Tennis
Perfect season continues for Hoosiers

Improving their record to 4-0, the No. 30 IU women’s tennis team defeated Marquette and Ball State on Sunday. IU only dropped one set in 18 total matches.

“We started with really good doubles,” sophomore Katya Zapadalova said. “We got the double point. Getting the doubles point helps to be positive, so we all went to our singles positive, ready to win.”

IU capitalized on injuries and point penalties on Marquette, winning every match to go 7-0.

Zapadalova said the Hoosiers expected to walk away with their perfect record still intact against Ball State, whom they defeated last year, 7-0.

IU won all its matches again, dropping only 20 of 93 games played. Zapadalova played doubles and singles in both matches.

“It’s nice to play doubles because you also have someone that can cheer for you,” she said. “Doubles helps to warm up before singles, all the shots and selections. In doubles, basically you’re doing all the strokes ­– ground strokes, service, volley, everything. It just helps to go into singles and be ready to hit the ball.”

– By Stephanie Kuzydym

Track and Field
Beckwith, Neuenswander break program's all-time records

Three was a charm for the IU track and field team this weekend.

In the third event of the year for the cream and crimson, all-time IU records were broken for the first time this season.

These new IU records belong to Molly Beckwith and Vera Neuenswander.

For Beckwith, the record time was in the 600-meter invitational at 129.16 on Saturday.
She said afterward she was confident the record was in her grasp.

“I knew what I could do and just ran as fast as I could,” Beckwith said.
Beckwith was also on the victorious 4x100 meter relay team for the Hoosiers.
For Neuenswander, her record vault came Friday at 4.15 meters.

Overall, the Hoosiers recorded 11 wins in the meet to bring their season total to 30 wins in three home events.

The Hoosiers return to action this weekend as host to the Indiana Relays.

IU coach Ron Helmer said despite their improvement throughout the season, the Hoosiers cannot afford to get complacent.

“Everything we do we know we got better on,” Helmer said. “We can’t just sit back and look at this intangibly though.”

– By Ari Shifron

Men's Tennis
No. 44 Hoosiers come home with first losses of season

The No. 44 Hoosiers left Bloomington last week knowing they had some tough matches ahead of them. IU (4-2) returned home with its first two losses of the season, dropping a pair in its triple-header.

Starting the weekend with a smooth matchup against New Mexico Military Institute, the Hoosiers won across the lineup, 7-0. Senior Peter Antons did not drop a game during his singles match and walked away with an 8-1 win in his doubles match with freshman Maxime Armengaud.

The Hoosiers sustained their first loss of the year against the No. 42 New Mexico Lobos. Freshmen Jonathan Shroeder and Will Kendall earned a pair of wins in singles action. Sophomore Santiago Gruter and freshman Jeremy Langer combined in doubles, earning a win at 9-7. However, one match is not enough to win the doubles point, and the men ended up with a 5-2 loss against the Lobos.

In their first meeting against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, the Hoosiers were unable to rebound from their morning match. Freshmen Guy Kubi and Shroeder earned Ws during play, with Kubi winning in a third set super tie-breaker (10-3).

Gruter earned the third point with a 6-3, 7-5 win. But the team only won one point at doubles in sophomore Lachlan Ferguson and Kubi’s doubles match, 8-7. The team fell to the No. 75 Islanders with a final score of 4-3.

The Hoosiers continue their weekend triple-headers against Washington on Friday at the National Indoor Qualifier in Athens, Ga.

– By Stephanie Kuzydym

Wrestling
Hoosiers rally to tie Nittany Lions

Ask IU wrestling coach Duane Goldman what comebacks mean if they don’t result in a victory, and his answer will probably be something like, “Nothing at all.”

This was the story Friday night at the University Gymnasium as the No. 21 Hoosiers won five of the final six matches to tie No. 14 Penn State 17-17.

With IU down 12-0, No. 12 Kurt Kinser (157 pounds) rolled over Colby Pasani 23-8 to give the Hoosiers momentum heading into intermission.

“Kurt gave us an injection there before the break,” Goldman said. “We can’t sell ourselves short, though.”

The Hoosiers went on to win four of the five matches in the second half of action, capped off by Hoosier heavyweight Nate Everhart’s defeat of Cameron Wade by a score of 5-3.
“I was hoping it would come down to my match,” Everhart said. “I was just thinking about taking shots and going out to get my first big win of the year.”

Everhart’s match not only ended the night, but also finished off an IU scoring run of 13-5 that began with Kinser’s win. Other winners from IU were Paul Young (165 pounds), No. 17 Trevor Perry (174 pounds), and Matt Powless (197 pounds).

Defending 125-pound national champion Angel Escobedo fell to No. 19 Brad Pataky, 4-3. Escobedo went down early with an injured knee, but was able to finish the match.

– By Frank Therber

Water Polo
Team wraps up tough weekend with win

The first weekend of the season did not start off well for the IU water polo team. IU only managed one victory at the Michigan Kick-Off this weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich.

After losing games to No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 California on Saturday and No. 14 Cal State Northridge on Sunday, IU scored its only win against Colorado State, 11-3.
Despite the losses, IU coach Barry King said he was proud.

“I really liked our effort,” King said. “I think we were willing to get in the mix and play hard. I really liked that.”

King said he was also pleased with the way his team played defense against powerhouse UCLA.

“I was very happy with our defensive effort,” King said. “We only gave up 10 goals, and they were legitimate goals, to the four-time defending national champion.”

– By Andrew Wyder