Senior goalkeeper Alex Mann is now walking completely under her own power, sans any casts or ice. She suffered a knee injury in practice a couple of weeks ago. When Mann went down, in stepped junior goalkeeper Becky Pany.
IU Athletics Director Fred Glass announced six new IU legends will join the IU Athletics Hall of Fame today. Chuck Bennett (football, 1926-28), Lee Corso (football coach, 1973-82), Steve Green (men's basketball, 1973-75), Denise (Jackson) Salters (women's basketball, 1981-84), Wayne McDonald (men's golf, 1968-70), and Van Waiters (football, 1983, 85-87) bring the total number of inductees to 170. They will be officially inducted during the annual Hall of Fame dinner OCt.
If your design skills didn't flourish with 'The Quarry," IU Athletics is giving you another chance with the "largest student section in America." Just as it did with football, the department is asking fans to conjure up a student season ticket T-shirt for the 2010-11 basketball season.
The Hoosiers (10-0) defeated all four of their opponents in three sets in Buffalo, NY. In fact, eight of IU's 10 wins have been won in three sets. Last time the Hoosiers started off the season this good was in 1997, when they started 15-0, but lost 15 of the last 18 games in Big Ten Play. IU's pair of sweeps on Saturday came at Niagara (25-18, 25-9, 25-15) and vs.
Set Updates: IU improves to 10-0 on the season, with eight three set victories. IU wins 1st Set (1-0): IU 25- Bucknell 14 IU wins the 2nd Set (2-0): IU 25- Bucknell 10 IU wins 3rd set, match, and tournament (3-0): IU 25- IU 18 Follow me on Twitter for live score updates as well.
IU improves to 9-0 on the season, best starting record in over 10 years. Set Updates: IU wins 1st Set: IU 25- Niagara 18 IU wins 2nd Set: IU 25- NU 9 IU wins 3rd set and match 25-15 IU defeats Niagara in three sets: 25-18, 25-9, and 25-15 Follow me on Twitter for live score updates as well.
The Hoosiers (8-0) record another win against Colgate in their second win of the day, 25-20, 25-10, and 25-17. The team improved had a pair of 3-0 sweeps on the opening day of the Niagara/Canisius Tournament held in Buffalo. IU also beat Robert Morris, 25-16, 25-21, and 26-24. Senior middle blocker Ashley Benson picked up a total of 25 kills while swinging at a .488 efficiency in the back-to-back Hoosier wins. Sophomore outside hitter Jordan Haverly matched her 25 put-aways and added 15 digs and four aces. The Hoosier blocking effort was key in the back-to-back victories as Indiana averaged 2.83 stuffs per set. Junior setter Mary Chaudoin was a stonewall in the front court, pacing the Hoosiers with 10 rejections. Saturday presents two more matches with IU playing at Niagara in a noon showdown before heading over to the campus of Canisuis College for a 6 p.m.
Senior goalkeeper Alex Mann, who posted a 1.89 goals against average last season, has not played in an Indiana University Field Hockey contest this fall.
The Hoosiers (7-0) recrod their fifth third set win to start off the Canisius/ Niagara tournament. IU won the sets by a score of 25-16, 25-21, and 26-24. Leaders in the stats catagories were sophomore outside hitter and senior middle blocker Ashley Benson with 13 and 11 kills respectively. Junior setter Mary Chadouin set the team up in many situations, leading with 34 assists. This time cox wasn't the leader in digs as Haverly and Benson both had 10 digs in the game. The next game is tonight against Colgate at 8 PM.
IU volleyball (6-0) off to the program's best start since 2000, has four matches in the schedule for the Niagara/ Canisiu tournament in Buffalo, N.Y. Indiana is scheduled to face Robert Morris (3-4) and Colgate (3-3) on Friday at 2 and 8 p.m., respectively. Saturday presents another pair of contests as the Hoosiers take on the Purple Eagles of Niagara (4-3) at noon and Bucknell (1-5) in an 6 p.m.
ESPN.com writer Pat Forde wrote a story today on two Indiana families whose names will ring a bell with IU fans - the Zellers and the Plumlees. Wrote Forde: Indiana is 0-for-5 with the Zellers and Plumlees.The Hoosiers were not a factor with Luke Zeller, and were up to their pinstripe warm-ups in scandal when Tyler was being recruited.
In today's edition of the IDS, we gave some recognition to two guys who had big first games for IU. I spent a good 10 minutes talking to Hoosiers' tight end Ted Bolser this week and wrote a story about what he can provide for the offense this year.
In episode number two of "Inside IU Volleyball," Head Volleyball Coach Sherry Dunbar and the voice of IU Volleyball Dave Leno head over to check out the Hoosiers' state-of-the-art weight room with strength and conditioning coach Josh Eidson. In addition, Coach Dunbar discusses Indiana's 6-0 start and Dave sits down with assistant coach Nancy Mueller to ask her thoughts on what makes Bloomington a special place. "Inside IU Volleyball" is a weekly coaches show posted each Tuesday throughout the 2010 season right here at IUHoosiers.com. Check it out:
This week's episode of the 'Here's Something From Mary' weekly video blog highlights the home-opener football game, IU adidas Classic and volleyball BBQ tailgate. Hope you like this weeks episode:
You know it's almost fall when basketball stories are popping up in the IDS. That's why I'm here with this shameless self-promotion giving you the IU recruiting information up to 2012 (with a sprinkle of 2014) in a nut shell. In researching and compiling all the information, it was evident just how special the 2012 class could be for IU.
Via his Twitter account, IU sophomore guard Maurice Creek wants everyone to check out his mixtape, welcoming him back to action. Just a quick browse through the vast Internet found similar videos for freshman guard Victor Oladipo, recent commit Peter Jurkin and prospect Hanner Perea. It is in fact that slow of a news day.
In today's issue of the IDS, I wrote about the cupcake tour that is the first week of the college football season. To clarify, this column was not directed only at IU , but rather college football as a whole.
Great sports reads in today's IDS. Nathan Hart catches up with Indiana Pacers play-by-play announcer Mark Boyle as he passes through Bloomington during his 500-mile "Wish Walk" throughout Indiana to raise money for the Indiana Children's Wish Fund. Junior forward Will Bruin recorded his first career hat trick in the men's soccer team's 5-1 upset of No.
The Hoosiers beat Towson 51-17 in Thursday night's opener. OK, that's old news. The question is: What does it mean? It's difficult to take too much from a game against an FCS team like Towson, but in my Friday column, is noted some lessons that could persist throughout the season. Perhaps the most alarming thing from Thursday's game was IU's defense, or lack thereof.
After a 5-1 upset of No. 5 UCLA, the men's soccer team finished their first weekend of play with a 1-1 record.
