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(02/13/12 2:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Since being ranked in the top 10 in the preseason poll, the Hoosiers have continued to earn their ranking, entering the weekend as No. 9.Through the first three games of the Triton Invitational in Santa Barbara, Calif., the team had compiled a 2-1 record, improving to 6-3 for the season. The first of the wins came against Santa Clara on Saturday, when the Hoosiers had a 9-6 victory. Sophomore Amanda Redfern scored a trio of goals in the first half. Freshman Colleen McNaught helped her teammates’ offensive barrage, compiling a career-high five assists. Despite a three-goal comeback in the final period, the Broncos were kept in check for most of the contest by senior goalkeeper Cassie Wyckoff, who notched 10 saves.No. 12 Loyola Marymount proved to be too much for IU, and the Hoosiers fell 7-5. The defenses kept the game scoreless until Loyola Marymount scored with 33 seconds remaining in the first period. Freshman Alexis Jones put IU on the board with a goal at the 1:03 mark in the second period, but the Lions quickly responded 22 seconds later with a goal of their own. A second-half momentum swing wasn’t enough, and the Lions completed the victory and sunk the Hoosiers to 6-3.IU played No. 16 UCSB for the second time in as many weeks Sunday with a similar result. The Hoosiers defeated the Gauchos 7-5 to advance to the fifth-place game against No. 17 Maryland. Fournier led the Hoosiers with four goals in the game. Wyckoff had 10 saves again, making it the eighth game this season for her with double-digit saves.IU advances to face Maryland at 3:10 p.m. PST Sunday.
(02/13/12 12:41am)
Sophomore Kayla Fujimoto prepares to hit a forehand against the Ball State doubles team of Ashlyn Rang and Sarah Hebble Saturday. The IU duo of Fujimoto and senior Evgeniya Vertesheva won the match 8-3 and the team won the match against Ball State 7-0, accomplishing its seventh-straight victory.
(02/13/12 12:41am)
Senior Evgeniya Vertesheva returns the ball to Ball State's Courtney Wild and wins both sets 6-1, 6-0 Saturday at the IU Tennis Center. The team won the overall match 7-0 against the Cardinals, giving the Hoosiers their seventh-straight victory.
(02/03/12 4:30pm)
IU Coach Kevin Wilson discussed the 25 players who signed letters of intent Wednesday with Jeremy Gray on the IU Athletics webcast of National Signing Day, and then spoke to the media Thursday.
(02/02/12 4:49am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Offensive Line Coach Greg Frey has been known to set 11 alarms for himself on National Signing Day. Now that it has come and gone, he can sleep in.IU had 25 players sign letters of intent Wednesday, and they faxed them to IU Coach Kevin Wilson and his staff in a span of three and a half hours, ranging from a 5-foot-10-inch, 170-pound wide receiver to a 6-foot-seven-inch, 300-pound offensive tackle. Quarterback Cameron Coffman was among the first to fax his letter of intent to the coaching staff around 7 a.m., and Wilson said he will help fill the void left by three departed quarterbacks from last year’s depth chart. Coffman transferred from Arizona Western Community College and will begin as the backup to freshman Tre Roberson.“He throws the ball well. He’s intelligent, and he’s a very, very bright kid,” Wilson said. “He comes from a football family and is a winner. We look forward, as we go through spring, to getting him in the mix for competition for Tre.”Another quarterback, Nathan Sudfeld, entered the recruiting picture when Offensive Coordinator Seth Littrell — who previously recruited Sudfeld to Arizona when he worked there — accepted the position at IU. Sudfeld committed Jan. 25 and was the final recruit to sign his letter of intent Wednesday.Thirteen of the 25 members of the recruiting class will line up on the defensive side of the ball. Wilson said players such as defensive back Antonio Marshall will help IU at cornerback and in special teams play.On the defensive line, Wilson said the size of players, such as defensive tackle Ralphael Green, will help IU’s line compete with physical Big Ten competition.“The first word in Big Ten is ‘big,’ and Ralph is a big man,” Wilson said. “He could be an offensive player, but we see him as a 320-pound d-tackle. He’s actually lost weight to be at 320. He’ll be a big force inside.”Wilson also said the coaching staff isn’t finished with recruiting the 2012 class quite yet, and they might seek out another cornerback, offensive lineman or linebacker. In 2011, running back Stephen Houston was a late commitment to the team. He committed July 7 and ended up leading the team in rushing with 802 yards and eight touchdowns in the 2011 season. Offensive players of note included running back Tevin Coleman, wide receiver Kevin Davis and offensive tackle Dimitric Camiel, who committed to IU on Monday night. Between the three of them, they turned down offers from Michigan State, Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Arkansas and Cincinnati.Rivals.com rated Coleman and Davis at the top of IU’s recruiting class, and Wilson said he was impressed by Davis’ physical and mental traits.“He’s a very mature kid mentally, got a great look in his eye, great demeanor in the way he goes about his business, and he’s got some speed and it’s evident on tape,” Wilson said.Davis’ brother, linebacker Jordan Wallace, was the only high school linebacker the Hoosiers recruited. The other two, Jacarri Alexander and David Cooper, are transfers from junior colleges. Wilson praised Wallace’s ability to use social media to help in the recruiting, and Wallace said he is ecstatic for the chance to make IU football comparable to the basketball program in prominence. “I’m proud to be a Hoosier,” Wallace said via text message Tuesday. “We WILL get Memorial Stadium like Assembly Hall.”
(02/01/12 8:55pm)
Join Max McCombs and Alex McCarthy as they discuss today's events and their effect on IU, the Big Ten and the national college football landscape. They are open to questions, comments and discussion among IU fans.
(02/01/12 12:43pm)
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(02/01/12 3:52am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On a day when a throng of high school football players from California to Florida will sign to play with IU in the fall, we can expect a constant stream of breaking news. With recruiting going on at every corner of the country, the sheer volume of updates can be daunting.Both IU media and national media will be present today to help college football fanatics with coverage lasting from before sunrise to long after the sun has set.8 a.m. — IU Athletics Signing Day centralWho Assistant Athletic Director for Broadcast Services Jeremy Gray, IU Coach Kevin Wilson and football staffWhat A webcast at IUHoosiers.comDuration All dayWho should watch Fans of IU football, specifically those who want to see the athletics department’s reaction to the signeesWhy people should watch Until Wilson and the rest of IU Athletics confirms, signees are not officially members of the 2012 recruiting class. This webcast will provide official confirmation, along with a bit of analysis from Gray, Wilson and the rest of the coaching staff. 9 a.m. — ESPNU National Signing Day SpecialWho Hosts Rece Davis and Lowell Galindo, with a number of other analystsWhat A show offering analysis and news for 10 hours throughout the day on both ESPNU and ESPN3.comDuration 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.Who should watch Fans of college football who are looking for more news and analysis on a national levelWhy people should watch Those who want a heaping portion of national recruiting news and analysis from both the ESPNU studios in Charlotte, N.C., and on campuses from Florida to Texas to Michigan will get it on the sixth-annual special from ESPNU.4:30 P.M. — Big Ten network’s Football Signing Day SpecialWho Host Mike Hall, with analysts Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith and Chris MartinWhat A 90-minute show on Big Ten NetworkDuration 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.Who should watch Fans of Big Ten footballWhy people should watch To find out how IU’s competition fares on National Signing Day and what effect each recruitment will have in terms of the landscape of the Big Ten. While announcing where recruits end up, analysts give their views about how each commitment affects individual teams and the Big Ten as a whole.4:30 p.m. — Hoosier hype live chatWho Sports editor and football reporter Alex McCarthy and National Sports Columnist (and former football writer) Max McCombsWhat A live chat on the Hoosier Hype blog (idsnews.com/hoosierhype)Duration Forty-five minutes to an hourWho should watch IU fans, Big Ten football fans and college football fans who have questionsWhy people should join in Fans can ask questions and interact with the two fall 2011 IDS football reporters. McCarthy and McCombs will discuss recruiting from an IU perspective and a national perspective.They will give the outlook for the Hoosiers in 2012 and in the years to come as news breaks and recruits send in their Letters of Intent.
(01/31/12 5:53pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After vacillating between IU and Mississippi State since his Jan. 13 visit to Bloomington, offensive tackle Dimitric Camiel made his decision Monday.With a phone call to IU Coach Kevin Wilson and Offensive Line Coach Greg Frey at 9 p.m., Camiel verbally committed to play for the Hoosiers in the fall. Rivals.com rates him as a three-star lineman, which makes him the 18th three-star commitment to IU and the 25th overall commit. He is the fourth offensive lineman to commit to IU.For the full story, visit the Hoosier Hype blog here.
(01/31/12 2:33am)
After vacillating between IU and Mississippi State since his Jan. 13 visit to Bloomington, offensive tackle Dimitric Camiel made his decision Monday.
(01/26/12 10:52pm)
IU Coach Kevin Wilson and his staff added Modesto, Calif. quarterback Nathan Sudfeld to the Hoosiers' 2012 recruiting class after a Wednesday night in-home visit.
(01/24/12 2:18pm)
Today, his 18th birthday, Sarasota (Fla.) wide receiver Ricky Jones chose to attend IU in the fall and play for IU Coach Kevin Wilson.
(01/24/12 3:33am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>When Jon Fabris arrived at his desk Friday as the new defensive ends coach, it was empty. By midday Sunday, he said he couldn’t even see his desk through all the paperwork covering it.It will have to wait, though. With just six days until National Signing Day, he said his top priority is recruiting. With six potential 2012 players visiting this past weekend, it was one of the last chances to impress recruits.Fabris’ meeting with the media was delayed because he was talking with recruits. One of those was defensive end Nick Mangieri, who committed to IU in June 2011.“He seems like a great guy, and he has a real impressive résumé, so I look forward to playing with him,” Mangieri said. “I pretty much talked to him all weekend, and then we sat down on Sunday and talked a little bit.”Fabris spent nine years at Georgia and was named the best position coach in the SEC by Sporting News. Fabris will visit Mangieri’s home in Dunlap, Ill., later in the week.Mangieri was one of four weekend visitors who already committed to IU, but two — defensive back Jeffrey Hall and wide receiver Ricky Jones — are still in the process of making a decision.Jones is listed as a wide receiver but talked to both Quarterbacks Coach Kevin Johns (former wide receivers coach) and Cornerbacks Coach Brandon Shelby.Jones began as a cornerback and then became a slot receiver. Last season, he played both sides of the ball, and said he feels comfortable on defense as well.The Florida resident said he and other recruits had issues with the layer of ice that covered town. Jones said he fell and thought it was funny.“I didn’t see him fall,” Mangieri said, “but I’m pretty sure everybody else saw me fall.”Jones said he plans to make his decision today, his 18th birthday. He said IU is at the top of his list, followed by Florida Atlantic University and Western Kentucky. He said IU attracts him because of the allure of having a hand in Big Ten football.“When I’m looking at it, it seems like it’s one of the greatest (conferences),” Jones said. “That’s what I like. It’s up there with the SEC. That’s the only conference that can battle with the SEC.”Fabris joked that he has coached in every major conference except the Big Ten. He said he has seen just about every situation.“I haven’t been at the Georgia or Notre Dames all my life,” Fabris said. “I know what it’s like to coach at Washington State, and yet I know what it’s like to beat your cross-state rival three out of four years or beat USC.”Fabris said the attitude of Wilson’s staff will help the team to improve upon its one-win 2011 season.“It can be done,” Fabris said. “Is it easy? No. But it can be done, and that attracted me to be with a personality that believes it can be done.”
(01/23/12 3:58am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As visions of fishnet-wearing, hard-hitting roller derby girls danced on television in front of a 7-year-old girl, she turned to her mother and promised her that one day, she would become a roller derby girl herself.Twenty-nine years later, that girl had grown up to become Molly McFracture, one of the founders of the Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls.“By the ’80s and ’90s, I was like, ‘Yeah, that will never happen. It would be so cool,’” McFracture said. “I even told the story about how I thought I could be a roller derby girl when I grew up, but I never thought it would happen, until 2005.”McFracture and two of her friends, who would become known as Raven Furies and Truly F. Obvious, founded the roller derby club in 2006 after McFracture saw a live bout on a trip in 2005. They began with just six women and struggled to recruit the 14 required to field a team.On Sunday, they watched as the Bleeding Heartland club, now 45 members, scrimmaged in a large warehouse rented from D & F Warehouses.The roller girls have come a long way from the squad that practiced in an Ellettsville, Ind., elementary school gym. After members suffered a broken nose and a broken toe in the first meet in Kalamazoo, Mich., years ago, the Bleeding Heartland girls are currently ranked No. 13 in their region.The team was the 135th to be formed in the United States, and not very many girls had seen roller derby when the team was formed. Times have changed, McFracture said.“When there’s five or seven leagues in the country, there’s not a lot of people seeing it,” McFracture said. “But when there’s over 800 leagues in the country, it’s everywhere. You can’t help but see it.”Richard (or Dick, as his friends call him) Smack, the official voice of the team, was a friend of the three original founders for more than a decade before the team formed. His voice had been on radio and in poetry slams but is now the soundtrack to the furious bouts that end in scrapes, bruises and sometimes broken bones.“Radio is live, but this is live in front of an audience,” Smack said. “For me, it’s kind of a performance thing. I’m kind of playing a part, playing a role, but it is a sport, so I have to really call the game like I would a sport.”Unlike the team, Smack has changed very little in appearance since the opening days of the club. In the first ever meet against Kalamazoo, he wore a sport coat he said he pictured Ron Burgundy wearing. On one of the first road trips to Nashville, Tenn., he walked into a Goodwill and spotted a bright orange suit coat.“It’s been my uniform ever since. It was fate,” Smack said. “It’s volunteer orange. It’s fate because it’s team colors.”The girls primarily wear black and orange as they play their bouts at Twin Lakes Recreation Center, along with varieties of striped socks, fluorescent leggings, short shorts and roller skates. These images, along with the competitors’ names, often come to mind when discussing roller derby.Knock’R Down, a friend of the founders, played for a couple years and said names, from Motley Cruel to Harriet of Fire, carry different meanings for each participant.“Some people spend a long time trying to figure out what their name’s going to be,” Down said. “Some kind of get named in the ongoing events. Some people are very attached to their names, and some people are like, ‘Oh, it’s just a name, whatever.’”Even though McFracture, Down and a number of other former players aren’t playing this season, they all watched and spoke excitedly about the coming season. The girls begin the action Feb. 4 at Twin Lakes Recreation Center for the B-Cup Roller Derby Tournament Challenge.K-Shock, a Greencastle, Ind., resident who plays for the Race City Rebel men’s team in Indianapolis, said one doesn’t need to be a roller derby expert to have a good time at a bout.“It’s exciting to watch, whether you know the rules or not,” K-Shock said. “You can go to a bout the first time and enjoy the hell out of it without even knowing what’s going on.”
(01/22/12 5:17pm)
Veteran defensive ends coach Jon Fabris, who joined the IU coaching staff Friday, spoke to the media Sunday just prior to the Indiana-Penn State basketball game.
(01/20/12 9:07pm)
As National Signing Day draws nearer and nearer, the Hoosiers found a man to fill the void left by departed coach Brett Diersen. Jon Fabris, who has coached at Georgia Tech, Washington State, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Kansas State, South Carolina, the Cleveland Browns and most recently with Northwest Mississippi Community College, will become the new defensive ends coach and will also handle punt returns.
(01/19/12 4:46am)
IU Quarterbacks Coach Kevin Johns visited Deltona, Fla. Wednesday to check in on Paxton Lynch, a pro-style quarterback from Trinity Christian Academy.
(01/19/12 4:21am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Crimson all-female cheerleaders won the 2012 UCA College National Championship on Saturday in Orlando, Fla.The squad placed first in the All-Girls division, beating Morehead State, San Diego State, Minnesota, Florida State, South Florida, Western Kentucky, Rutgers and Temple in the final round. Morehead State won the previous two competitions, with IU finishing second in 2011 and fourth in 2010. The Crimson squad is made of 35 members, 25 of whom are from Indiana and four of whom are Bloomington natives.Five members of the Crimson Squad — Angela Stilwell, Caity Hinshaw, Natalie Skizas, Kirby Lynch and Courtney Bryne — were named to the 2012 Team USA All-Girl Squad, which will compete in April for its second-straight world championship medal. Stilwell and Hinshaw were members of the 2011 championship team.IU’s co-ed squad, comprised of members from both IU’s Cream (co-ed) and Crimson squads, finished fourth in the nation in the Small Co-Ed division.
(01/18/12 3:31am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Even though he missed a flight and spent unnecessary hours in the Atlanta airport, offensive tackle recruit Dimitric Camiel enjoyed his first visit to IU last weekend.Rivals.com rates Camiel as a three-star, six-foot-six-inch 290-pound offensive tackle from Westfield High School in Houston. During his visit, which began when he arrived in town Thursday night, he and his fellow recruits toured the facilities, including Memorial Stadium.“The stadium is beautiful,” Camiel said. “It’s one of the best college stadiums I’ve seen. I really liked it. I liked the whole setup of how you can basically just stay in one place the whole day except for your classes and your sleep time.”Camiel said he enjoyed the social parts of his visit, as well. He plans to visit Arizona State this weekend and Mississippi State next weekend and said he hopes to get a visit to local University of Houston. Camiel said the former coaches at Houston were very interested in him, but he hasn’t had much contact with the new coaches.“You just can’t beat the closeness to my home, having people come and watch me play, but I haven’t really met with the new coaching staff,” Camiel said. “The old coaching staff liked me a lot. They still weren’t No. 1 on my list — it was IU — but I’ll check out the new coaching staff and see how things go.”IU has occupied the top spot on his list since he met Offensive Line Coach Greg Frey and IU Coach Kevin Wilson last spring. Camiel said Mississippi State is his second choice, and Arizona State and Houston are competing for third. The coaches’ rèsumès have helped convince Camiel to place IU high on his list, but the University’s location works against it.“They’re going to do a lot of good things in this coming season, and I want to be a part of that,” Camiel said. “The only thing that really bothers me is the distance from my home, and my family won’t be able to come and watch me play.”Camiel spent his time with players such as freshman quarterback Tre Roberson, freshmen offensive linemen Bernard Taylor and Ralston Evans and junior center Will Matte, as well as other recruits. Camiel said he didn’t get to watch many IU football games during the fall because of his commitment to his own football season. By talking to players like Roberson or Matte, he learned about the team’s 1-11 season and how IU was close to winning some games but struggled in others.He said that, to have a turnaround season, you have to have a poor season before. “In every year, you’re not going to be undefeated,” Camiel said. “You’re not going to have a winning record. The good thing about it is there’s a possibility to turn things around.”Last weekend, a number of offensive linemen visited IU, including Wes Rogers, who already committed to IU, and Jake Meador, a former Ole Miss commit who has since started looking at other options.“He’s kind of in the same boat I’m in where it’s coming down to what you can do there personally and the goals you can set for yourself,” Camiel said of Meador.
(01/16/12 10:08pm)
Even though he missed a flight and spent unnecessary hours in the Atlanta airport, offensive tackle recruit Dimitric Camiel enjoyed his first collegiate visit to IU.