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(10/26/12 4:14am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Thursday evening marked the kick-off of the 63rd year of the Little 500. The first event of the fall cycling series was the individual time trials.Delta Tau Delta took the top two spots for the men thanks to Paul Smith’s 2:15.22 ride and Warren Clayton’s 2:15.38. Nick Torrance of Sigma Phi Epsilon placed third with a time of 2:16.37, followed by Black Key Bulls rider Jacob Miller, who finished in 2:16.87. Paul Gillettee of Sigma Phi Epsilon rounded out the top five by crossing the line in 2:17.56.Wing It Cycling placed 1-2 in the women’s individual time trials. Laura Miller crossed the line in 2:37.76, with a time just ahead of her teammate Melissa Moeller, who finished in 2:37.93. Lisa Hutcheson of Teter placed third with a time of 2:39.04. Kappa Delta rider Lauren Kohut finished fourth with a time of 2:39.53. Cru Cycling’s Emily Palmer was fifth thanks to crossing the finish line in 2:40.13.ITTs typically take place at Bill Armstrong Stadium, but a conflict with a soccer game forced them to be on the roads. The starting and finishing line was in between the Briscoe Quad and the tailgating fields behind the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center. The riders rode south, took three consecutive rights on East 13th Street, North Fess Avenue and East 14th Street, before finally taking a left back onto North Walnut Grove Street to complete the .93-mile-long course. The riders seemed to respond well to the new location for ITTs. “I think it gives an advantage to people who race on the roads, especially with the turns,” Palmer said. “It’s going to give an advantage to experienced racers and will make it more difficult for the rookies. We spend so much time on the track that it’s nice to do something different.”One of Palmer’s teammates, Anna DeBoer, also liked the new format.“I think it’s cool because it’s something new and a change from past years,” she said.However, the roads may have been partly responsible for several injuries during ITT’s. Spencer Brauchla, a rider for the Black Key Bulls, was one rider who got into an accident. He wrecked in the opening straightaway and injured his shoulder.Despite the injuries, the event ran smoothly thanks to the organization of the IU Student Foundation, which runs the Little 500.Sean Dulworth, a member of IUSF who was in charge of setting up and organizing the event, said there was a team of 12 IUSF members stationed at various points of the course to assist with ITTs. “We have people registering riders at the check-in, timers at the finish line, a bike holder who makes sure that the riders have a good start and someone who organizes the next five riders in line,” Dulworth said. “There are people starting every 60 seconds so it is important to keep it running smoothly.”With a large field of riders and a set schedule for start times, it was crucial for ITTs to be well-organized, Dulworth said.“There are about ninety riders and almost every team has a rider representing them at the individual time trials,” he said. “Today’s competition is all about trying to beat the rest of the riders. They go as fast as they can one at a time.”The riders were out in full force, wearing their allegiances across their chests on their racing uniforms. The environment was nothing but supportive as the riders cheered each other on in the race against the clock.The weekend is full of other cycling events in the fall cycling series. Cyclocross, which is a biking obstacle course competition, takes place at 5 p.m. Friday at the IU tailgate fields. The duathlon, which resembles a triathlon without the swimming portion, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Street sprints will be on North Jordan Avenue at 1 p.m. Sunday.
(10/24/12 3:21am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The No. 48 ranked Hoosier women’s tennis team returns with eight players from last season but also has two players who came to IU through the transfer process. Jithmie Jayawickrema, a senior who previously played at Stephen F. Austin State, and Gabrielle Rubenstein, a junior from Butler, are in their first year in Bloomington and said they love being Hoosiers.“I finished my sophomore year in Texas, and I decided that I needed a change,” Jayawickrema said. “I really liked the coaches here, so I decided to take a visit to see how Indiana University was, and I really liked it.” Rubenstein said she briefly considered Ball State, since it’s in-state and she’s very close with her family. However, knowing that Indiana’s coaching staff had a lot of experience developing a successful program made coming to IU an easy choice, she said. “When I was at Butler, I didn’t know what I wanted to do academically,” Rubenstein said. “After I signed, I tore my ACL in my senior year of high school, and I started to be really interested in the human body and how it works. I became interested in exercise sciences, but they didn’t have a program. “Plus, [IU] has a history of excellence in their tennis program, and I thought that coming here would allow the coaches to help me to reach my full tennis potential.”Jayawickrema, who also considered Purdue, Virginia, NC State and Central Florida, said she chose Indiana because the coaching staff made her feel welcome, and she felt at home at IU. Jayawickrema and Rubenstein said they think they made the right decision to come to IU to join the Hoosiers women’s tennis team because of the team’s acceptance of them and the structure of practices. “The girls are really friendly, they work hard and I think that they connected well with us even though we are new,” Jayawickrema said. “They made us feel really welcome and were very helpful adjusting to a new school.”Rubenstein agreed, saying she enjoys the way practices are laid out.“I like how our practices are structured, and our coaches do a really good job with our practice sessions,” she said. “It’s very professional, and there’s always something new to do.”They both said they have fallen in love with their new home at IU including the campus.“The campus isn’t only made up of buildings, and I like hanging out at the union,” Jayawickrema said. Rubenstein said she loves where she’s located on campus as well and enjoys the campus’ scenery.“I really like living in Briscoe (Quad) even though I’m a junior because it’s such a nice dorm,” Rubenstein said. “The campus is very pretty, especially in the fall when the leaves are coming down. If I had more time to sit back and relax, I would probably do it outside.”Jayawickrema and Rubenstein said they are hoping to help the women’s tennis team accomplish their goals for the season, which include winning the Big Ten, making it to the NCAA Tournament and ranking in the top 30.
(10/15/12 4:42am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Last weekend’s Bulldog Classic at Georgia, gave the IU women’s tennis team the opportunity to compete against some of the country’s top collegiate talent. IU faced six nationally-ranked singles opponents at the tournament, which included Virginia. Matches began Friday afternoon in Athens, Ga.“In thirty-nine years of coaching, I’ve never experienced a tournament with such poor organization as this,” IU Coach Lin Loring said. “It wasn’t the fault of any of the coaches or players at the Bulldog Classic but was the result of Utah not showing up.”Senior Leslie Hureau and sophomore Alecia Kauss both won their first sets against their ranked opponents before falling in three sets. Georgia’s No. 53 Lauren Herring defeated Hureau 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Virginia’s Li Xi, who is ranked No. 77, knocked off Kauss 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the other singles matches on the first day of competition, Georgia’s Maho Kowase, who at No. 37 was the highest individually ranked player in the field, beat sophomore Katie Klyczek 6-2, 7-5. Kowase’s teammates Kate Fuller, No. 62, and Makenzie Craft defeated senior Jithmie Jayawickrema and sophomore Shannon Murdy in straight sets.Virginia’s Stephanie Nauta won against junior Sophie Garre 6-2, 6-2. No. 103 Erin Vierra of Virginia bested sophomore Carolyn Chupa 6-0, 6-1. Fellow Cavalier and No. 99-ranked singles player Maria Fucillo topped junior Gabrielle Rubenstein 6-3, 6-0. In doubles, the Hoosiers came up short in their four matches in the opening day of the Bulldog Classic. Georgia’s No. 30-ranked tandem of Fuller and Herring defeated Hureau/Garre 8-4. Kauss/Murdy went down by the same score to No. 50 Kowase/Lily Kimbell. Chupa/Klyczek fell 8-3 to Vierra/Macie Epstein. The Rubenstein/Jayawickrema duo was the closest to pulling out a win but was defeated 8-5 by Fuccillo/Xi. IU picked up its first win of the weekend in a doubles match against Virginia on Saturday. Hureau and Garre teamed up to defeat the No. 41 team of Xi and Nauta 8-4. Indiana was very close to picking up two more doubles wins, as well. Kauss/Murdy fell 8-6 to Virginia’s Vierra/Epstein, and Chupa/Klyczek was also defeated 8-6 by the No. 30 team of Fuller/Herring. Hureau took her opponent to the third set for the second day in a row but was defeated by Virginia’s Nauta in a tiebreaker 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Kauss was defeated by Kowase 6-1, 6-1, and Garre lost to Fuller 6-0, 6-1. Chupa and Rubenstein also lost in straight sets to Georgia Bulldogs. Against Virginia, Klyczek lost 6-3, 6-3 to Xi, Jayawickrema was defeated 6-3, 6-4 by Epstein, and Murdy came up short to Fuccillo 7-6 (3), 6-2.Loring said he won’t find out how they truly performed at the Bulldog Classic until later in the season but is pleased with the experience and learning opportunities the Hoosiers gained by playing against top-ranked competition.“With the exception of Leslie, I’m not sure that any of our players were favored in any of our matches last weekend,” he said. “At the adidas Hoosier Classic, we were favored in about half of our matches, which is the best that you can hope for in a tournament. However, the difficult matches gave the team a lot of opportunities to learn and to be coached.”The Hoosiers have only a few days in Bloomington until Thursday, when they head to the four-day ITA Regional at Purdue.
(10/11/12 3:32am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After sponsoring the adidas Hoosier Classic at the end of September, the Indiana women’s tennis team spent the past two weeks gearing up for the Georgia’s Bulldog Classic. The tournament features Georgia Bulldogs, Virginia Cavaliers and Utah Utes, who finished last season ranked sixth, 15th and 34th, respectively.The Bulldog Classic is structured in a format called hidden duals.“In the fall, teams don’t really play dual matches, and dual matches have official scoring that require you to use a play date every time you have one,” IU Coach Lin Loring said. “We never actually play the same school in singles and doubles on the same day. It will be really loose as far as the lineup, and I can do anything with my lineup any day that I want.”In the practices since the adidas Hoosier Classic, the team has worked on staying up on the baseline, its ground strokes, doing a better job mixing up its drives and lobs in doubles, placement of serves and keeping their hands at the net in doubles.One advantage of a hidden dual tournament is the singles and doubles orders can change every day.“No one really cares if the other teams’ lineups are in order because it’s not an official dual match,” Loring said. “Everybody just wants to get matches in.”Seven of IU’s opponents from Georgia and Virginia are nationally ranked. The women will be tested against top-notch singles players, including Georgia’s No. 37 Maho Kowase, No. 53 Lauren Herring and No. 62 Kate Fuller and Virginia’s No. 77 Li Xi, No. 95 Hana Tomljanovic, No. 99 Maria Fuccillo and No. 103 Erin Vierra. In doubles, Georgia and Virginia each have two nationally ranked teams. The Bulldogs have Fuller and Herring and No. 50 Maho Kowase and Lilly Kimbell. The Cavaliers boast Tomljanovic and Vierra as well as No. 41 Li Xi and Stephanie Nauta.In addition to the tough match play, Loring said traveling and playing on the road bring new elements to the Hoosiers in the Bulldog Classic.“We’re playing on the road, which will help get us ready for when we travel in the conference to Iowa and Nebraska,” Loring said. “Since they’re our only matches that require plane flights in the Big Ten, this tournament will be a good trip to simulate competing away from home.”As the Hoosiers continue their fall season, Loring said they are looking to keep seeking improvement and to work on their doubles play.On Friday, IU will face Virginia in doubles and Georgia in singles. The Hoosiers will compete in singles matches against Utah and doubles matches against Virginia on Saturday. Sunday, the final day of the Bulldog Classic, will feature singles matches against Utah.
(10/01/12 4:20am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>This weekend, the IU women’s tennis team was the host of the 2012 adidas Hoosier Classic, which brought Purdue, Notre Dame, Colorado and Kansas State to the IU Tennis Center’s courts. The three-day tournament was broken down into four singles flights and one doubles flight. The top singles flight was set up in a round-robin format in which each day every player played one match against another.The top tier featured two nationally ranked players, IU senior Leslie Hureau (50) and Notre Dame’s Britney Sanders (98).Sanders and IU sophomore Alecia Kauss were both undefeated in singles play during the weekend, winning all three of their matches in the tournament.Indiana’s Friday matches produced a collective singles record of 4-4 and a doubles record of 5-2. In the top flight, Kauss defeated Quinn Gleason of Notre Dame 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (7), and Hureau won against Colorado’s Winde Janssens 6-2, 6-0. Senior Jithmie Jayawickrema earned her first singles win as a Hoosier when she defeated Mazy Watrous of Colorado 6-4, 6-3. Sophomore Carolyn Chupa rounded out Indiana’s opening day victories by besting Colorado’s Carla Manzi Tenorio 6-2, 6-1. IU sent two doubles teams, Hureau and junior Sophie Garre, as well as Kauss and sophomore Shannon Murdy, into the round of four in the sixteen-team bracket. Hureau and Garre won both of their matches 8-4 against pairs from Colorado and Purdue. It took the Kauss/Murdy duo 16 games to pull out a win against Kansas State. IU’s pair of Chupa and sophomore Katie Klyczek lost their opening match but recovered to beat Kansas State 8-1.The Hoosiers improved on Friday’s win totals as the tournament continued, earning six victories in both singles and doubles. All Hoosiers in the top flight defeated their opponents. Hureau came from behind to beat Notre Dame’s Quinn Gleason 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7), Klyczek topped Molly O’Koniewski of Notre Dame 6-4, 7-6 (7) and Alecia Kauss overcame Colorado’s Winde Janssens in a tiebreaker 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8).Garre bested Kansas State’s Ana Gomez Aleman 6-1, 6-3, Murdy defeated Gisella Pere of Purdue 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (11) and junior Gabrielle Rubenstein won her match 7-6 (2), 6-1 against Miranda Erisman from Kansas State. The doubles teams of Chupa/Klyczek and Rubenstein/Jayawickrema both ended 2-0 on the day. Hureau/Garre and Kauss/Murdy each defeated their Kansas State opponents Saturday.The tournament wrapped up Sunday with the final singles matches. Kauss defeated O’Koniewski to cap off her perfect singles record to start the season. Kauss, who had a 21-15 record as a freshman, said the biggest difference from freshman to sophomore year is experience.“The experience I gained from last season and knowing everyone on the team makes me feel a lot more comfortable,” she said. She said her success on the court this weekend has to do with consistency, planning and adjusting as necessary. IU Coach Lin Loring said he was excited about his team’s season opener tournament. “Overall, I thought we played really well,” he said. “All of the teams were BCS schools, so we had some really good wins over quality players. We still have a ways to go to get where we want to be, but we’re definitely further along than we were last year at this time.”The women’s tennis team is next in action Oct. 12 when they go to Athens, Ga., for the three-day Georgia Invitational.