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(10/11/04 5:16am)
IU's 1-0 lead suddenly didn't look so good after sophomore back Jed Zayner received a red card when he tackled Michigan back Dawson Stellberger.\nThe hard tackle broke Stellberger's leg and resulted in a lengthy stop in play so an ambulance could take the fallen player off the field.\nIU was forced to play a man down for the remainder of the match, but eventually prevailed 2-1.\n"The red card just made the whole game change," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "But I think the guys adapted well."\nZayner's red card was just one incident in a game marred by nearly 30 fouls and seven yellow and red cards combined. The Hoosiers were issued a yellow card along with a red, and Michigan received four yellows and a red card of their own in the 77th minute.\n"The main thing about IU soccer is the composure that we have for 90 minutes," sophomore midfielder Josh Tudela said. "Even when the other team is coming out and hitting us, it just takes all of us keeping out head in the game and being composed."\nIU junior midfielder Brian Plotkin put the Hoosiers ahead at the start of the second half. Zayner carried the ball into Michigan's box -- drawing the Wolverine defense. He then played a soft pass to Plotkin who was left unguarded, and Plotkin buried a 12-foot shot into the lower corner of the net.\nPlotkin had missed two opportunities earlier in the match when a header went wide and a 20-yard laser was deflected off the crossbar by Michigan's goalkeeper, Joe Zawacki.\n"Whenever a team is packing it in, we try to get a lot of people making runs off the ball and keep the ball moving until we find a way to penetrate through and get behind the defense," Tudela said.\nDespite the Hoosiers playing a man down for much of the second half, IU's defense protected the one goal lead by giving Michigan only two quality chances. \nSenior goalkeeper Jay Nolly covered the rest.\n"It's always tough losing Jed in a situation like that," Nolly said. "But we moved (junior back Drew Moor) in the middle and he's one of the best players in the nation."\nWith just under 20 minutes left in the game, Michigan ripped a hard shot that seemed destined for the upper corner of IU's net. But Nolly leapt into the air and deflected the ball wide of the goal. \nIn the 83rd minute Michigan packed into IU's box once again and put a shot on goal that forced Nolly to lunge to his left and deflect the ball wide once again.\nJust one minute later, sophomore midfielder John Michael Hayden carried the ball into the Michigan defense and juked two players before sending a low shot past Michigan's keeper. \nMichigan's Mychal Turpin snuck a goal past Nolly with only 2.9 seconds left on the clock after several IU defenders played "mentally soft," Freitag said.\n"I don't know (what happened), but I'm very upset about it," he said. "Those kind of things shouldn't happen. I don't like seeing them get a goal up on the board."\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(10/07/04 5:03am)
When the Hoosier men's soccer team went to Lexington Wednesday night, the Wildcats played for a shutout and that's what they got.\nThe University of Kentucky packed all but one player into the defense at times versus the Hoosiers, leading to an eventual 0-0 score after double overtime. IU was still able to muster up 15 shots, many of which were from 20 yards out.\n"Soccer is a hard enough game to score in," head coach Mike Freitag said. "But when a team packs in with nine players it's even more difficult. That was not a good game for college soccer."\nThe Hoosiers were able to hold possession for much of the match, but the six defenders played by Kentucky were just too much for the two forward offense of IU.\n"Kentucky came out, not as a soccer team," senior midfielder Danny O'Rourke said. "They just cracked the ball in back looking for counters and dead balls. It's frustrating, but if that's the way they have to play us, I guess we just need to work on finishing."\nThe statistic lines read a closer game than those who were in attendance saw, as the 15-8 shot differential would infer a close game. When in reality, IU senior goalkeeper Jay Nolly only needed to make two saves and the rest of the UK shots came off dead balls and long desperation attempts.\n"I don't think our position changes much," junior midfielder Brian Plotkin said. "This is what they wanted to do, but it doesn't set us back at all."\nThe game capped off a five-game road swing for the Hoosiers that stretched from New Mexico to Pennsylvania. IU finished the road trip 2-2-1.\n"(Road games) strengthen us," Freitag said. "I think the players like playing on the road and going into hostile environments and showing what they can do, and they did that tonight. The score may not indicate it, but everyone here saw."\nWhen IU finally does return home they won't have long before having to lace up their boots again as Big Ten rival Michigan comes to town Sunday. Playing in front of the home crowd will be welcomed by the Hoosiers, but the road swing may be a bigger benefit once the postseason begins.\n"It makes us stronger," O'Rourke said. "I think the coaches do that on purpose because you have to play tough teams on the road during the tournament. It makes us better players."\nIU plays Michigan at home Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. \n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(10/04/04 6:02am)
The IU men's soccer team took its 47-game conference unbeaten streak into University Park this weekend to face Penn State, a team that hadn't lost in a nation's best 12 games.\nIn the end, it was IU's streak that was extended to 48.\nThe win pushed the Hoosiers to 2-0 in Big Ten play and 7-2 overall. Penn State is now 5-1-4 and 0-1 in the Big Ten.\nThe final score was 2-1 with all the scoring coming in the first half.\n"I thought we came out real well and took it to them in the first half," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "I thought their goal was their first real chance and we just didn't clear very well. It was nice for the boys to come right back and get one before the half."\nThe Hoosiers started the scoring when junior forward Mike Ambersley headed in a corner kick from junior midfielder Brian Plotkin. It was Ambersley's second goal of the season and the fourth assist of the year for Plotkin.\nIn the 28th minute, Penn State netted an equalizer from the foot of Brian Devlin. After a deflection by senior goalkeeper Jay Nolly, Devlin one-timed a shot from 25-yards out that then got by Nolly.\nFor the fourth time this season, it was sophomore forward Jacob Peterson to the rescue with a game-winning goal. The goal brings his season total to seven.\nPeterson scored when fellow sophomore midfielder Josh Tudela played a crossing ball that hit Peterson at the left post of the PSU net. It was Tudela's third assist of the season.\nThe defense did the rest of the work despite playing without sophomore back Julian Dieterle. Freshman Greg Stevning made his first collegiate start and played outstanding, Freitag said.\n"They didn't really have any great opportunities to score," Freitag said. "A lot of balls were played in that (Nolly) snagged. I'm very proud of the way we defended as a team."\nEntering the season, getting both forwards, Ambersley and Peterson, on the same page was a major goal. Both forwards found the net Friday, but there is still some ironing out to do.\n"I still think we have got a little ways to go," Ambersley said. "But I'm getting to know his tendencies a little better than the beginning of the season. Playing with a new striker takes time."\nIt was nine games into last season when the Hoosiers turned things around and began their quest for the title. The team stands well ahead of the 2-3-4 record it held last year, but still needs to stay focused for a repeat finish to the season.\n"I think it's a lesson we learned last year," Plotkin said. "You can't click off at all. You've got to know what's going on and be clicked in every moment and I think that's what we've learned now."\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(10/04/04 6:00am)
Three more murals were added to 129 that already stand watch over the north and south entrances to Assembly Hall. The murals rarely receive more than a glance from the thousands of students who pour into Assembly Hall each winter -- despite the presence of the three words that carry the most weight when it comes to individual achievement in sports -- "Hall of Fame."\nFormer high jumper Denis Adama, softball pitcher Amy Unterbrink-Poljan and swimmer Tom Stock were all inducted into the IU Hall of Fame Friday. Adama and Stock each enter as a part of former IU track coach Sam Bell and legendary swim coach Doc Counsilman's legacies that have produced many Hall of Famers. \nUnterbrink-Poljan enters as the first ever softball player inducted.\n"I am the first one from my sport," Unterbrink-Polijan said. "So I represent, not only myself, but the whole program which has a great tradition and I came here because of that tradition."\nUnterbrink-Poljan was an All-American in 1986 when she posted a 0.21 earned run average, which is still a Big Ten record. She holds IU career records in wins, innings pitched, shutouts and strikeouts along with holding the top six single game strikeout records. In her four years, Unterbrink-Poljan was also able to throw nine no-hitters.\n"I know this is about me and my name is up here," she said. "But in a team sport, unlike individual sports, you make it to where you are because of the people that are around you. It would be very arrogant of me to say that I got where I am, and accomplished what I did by myself."\nDespite accumulating all the top pitching statistics in IU history, Unterbrink-Poljan said the memories of all the team accomplishments greatly overshadow anything individual. Specifically, she spoke of the two Big Ten championships and trips to the College World Series.\nJust about one decade earlier Adama dominated the high jump at IU, winning indoor and outdoor Big Ten crowns from 1972-1974. He was named an All-American in 1974 after placing third in indoor and second in outdoor competitions. Adama helped set new standards in the collegiate high jump by clearing seven feet or better 20 times in competition.\n"Sports, for me, have really been a wonderful thing in my life," Adama said. "And sports at Indiana University have changed my life."\nStock enters the Hall of Fame as the 14th swimmer from Cousilman's tenure. Stock entered IU while the team was still on probation, preventing them from capturing NCAA titles. Despite the probation, Stock was able to win Big Ten backstroke titles in 1962 and 1963 along with seven AAU titles in the backstroke and medley relay.\n"(The probation) didn't alter my decision, why would it?" he said. "I was going to go to the world's leading institution and be taught by the world's greatest coach."\nStock is the first swimming inductee since Counsilman's death earlier this year. Stock paid tribute to Counsilman's wife, who was in attendance, calling her the "first lady of swimming." \n"I was so fortunate to be taught by the world's greatest coach at the world's greatest institution," he said.\nThere have been over 30,000 student athletes who have passed through IU, but only 129 are forever entitled with the University's greatest athletic honor. They stand as a reminder of the past, and a motivation for the future of IU athletics.\n"We recognize (the Hall of Famers) to remind our current student athletes of the long tradition of athletic success we expect them to try and emulate." IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan said.\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(10/04/04 5:38am)
Illegal file sharing and colleges have become synonymous in the past few years because of the countless crackdowns on university students nationwide. \nBut illegal file sharing isn't just happening at IU. It's happening on the IU server, and because of IU privacy policies, there is nothing the University can do.\nKnown as the Common File System Scratch files, they were created by University Information and Technology Services to allow students to easily share files. The CFS allows students and faculty to store files, while the Scratch files take it one step further and make the files exchangeable via download.\n"The thinking behind scratch is that people need to share files with each other," said Andy Arenson, a storage services group manager for UITS at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis. "CFS allows people to reach files from anywhere, let's find a way to make it easy to share."\nThe idea was perfect on paper because it allows students to share their important information. But paper is also the cause for abuse to the system as IU privacy policies prevent UITS from monitoring student activity with the files.\n"(Students abusing the system) is something we had to think very carefully about," Arenson said. "The plain fact is, from a privacy standpoint, we aren't allowed to go in and look at what (students) put up ... If a complaint is made, we differ to the policy office and they decide how to respond."\nThis lack of authority over the files has led to copyrighted material such as music and videos to find their way onto the site.\n"The use of the scratch files and any service is governed by the computer users document that everyone reviews before activating a network ID," Deputy Communications Officer Christine Fitzpatrick said. "Like any other system or service, users are expected to agree (to those terms)."\nAccording to the Computer Users' Privileges and Responsibilities document drawn up in 1999, IU can only remove a student's information from his or her server if the information involves illegality, danger to the server or abusive material. Even though all copyrighted material falls under the category of illegality, IU can act on this only if someone reports illegal activity.\nFor more information regarding IU network user policies, visit the UITS Web site, www.uits.iu.edu.\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/29/04 5:23am)
Three times last season, the Big Ten's weekly awards for Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week consisted of nothing but Hoosiers. After a 3-1 victory over Michigan State last weekend, the Hoosiers swept the awards for their first time of the 2004 season.\nSophomore forward Jacob Peterson secured the offensive honors, while senior midfielder Danny O'Rourke received the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. It was the first time receiving the honor for either player in their careers.\n"Any time players play like that, it's awesome," senior goalkeeper Jay Nolly said. "To get recognized for their hard work, it shows we're taking the right steps, and hopefully we can see some more sweeps this season."\nNolly received the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award two weeks ago -- bringing his total up to six. \nPeterson received the recognition after registering a monumental homecoming, as the Portage, Mich., native notched three goals for his first career hat-trick. The three goals bring his season total up to six, which leads the team.\n"The talent on this team is unbelievable," Nolly said. "We have players that would be starting at 90 percent of the schools in the nation, but they don't see much playing time here. Any week someone can step up on our team and be the player of the week."\nDespite being named to the first team All-Big Ten team twice in his career, O'Rourke had yet to be recognized as a player of the week. But after being forced to sit out in the Hoosiers' loss to New Mexico, O'Rourke connected with Peterson for two of the goals to go along with his solid defensive play.\n"It was so hard to sit out and watch them play against New Mexico and not be able to fight with them," O'Rourke said. "But it just gave me a little more time to prepare."\nThe two assists bring O'Rourke's season point total to six, third best on the team behind only Peterson and junior midfielder Brian Plotkin.\n"Having (O'Rourke) out hurt the most against New Mexico," Peterson said. "He is the most important player we have."\nWith a strong victory in Michigan State, the individual recognition may seem like a step in the right direction after dropping two in New Mexico, but O'Rourke said they never went backward in the first place.\n"The funny thing is everyone thinks you drop two, how are you going to respond?" he said. "But the way we played out there, I don't think we ever skipped a beat. We just couldn't find the back of the net."\nThe Hoosiers moved back up slightly in the polls, ranked as high as No. 2. They will face No. 5 Penn State in an early battle for Big Ten supremacy Friday at State College, Pa. \n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/20/04 5:57am)
The University of New Mexico scored a goal with 13 seconds left to defeat IU 1-0 in double overtime to cap off a winless weekend for the No. 1 Hoosiers.\nThis was the second time IU has fallen in double overtime on Sept. 18. \nLast season the Hoosiers took the field Sept. 18 in South Bend and fought their way into two overtimes before finally giving up a goal and losing the game to Notre Dame. \nExactly one year and 23 unbeaten matches later, the Hoosiers took the field in Albuquerque, N.M., and finished with the same result. A double overtime heartbreaker.\nSoccer America's No. 3 University of California-Santa Barbara was the first team to hand IU a loss in 24 straight matches, but it didn't come without a fight. Literally.\nThe match featured 26 fouls between the teams and 11 cards issued, three of them red. The physical play hit its peak in the first overtime after a hard tackle ignited a scrum in front of the Hoosiers' bench resulting in the ejection of UCSB's Tony Lockhead and the first of two yellow cards issued to IU senior midfielder Danny O'Rourke.\n"Because they play in the west coast where there is more of a finesse style, they play physical to intimidate teams," sophomore back Julian Dieterle said. "But because we come from the Big Ten it didn't really affect us."\nIU had plenty of opportunities to win in regulation, out-shooting the Gauchos 15-4, and 11-1 in the second half. In the 104th minute of play, UCSB made its count when a corner kick led to three straight headers on frame, the final one ending the match. Sophomore forward Kevin Robson deflected Andy Iro's first attempt right to the Gaucho's Corey Wood. His shot was saved by senior goalkeeper Jay Nolly, but knocked straight back to Iro who put the game away.\n"Those games happen," junior midfielder Brian Plotkin said. "It's not a trend, just one bad game."\nThe physical play carried over to Sunday's game against No. 14 University of New Mexico, where six more yellow cards were handed out and over 40 fouls were whistled in another overtime affair. The style of play acted as a tune-up for the Hoosiers, who begin conference play next weekend.\n"Coach made a big point to watch the fight of (UC-Santa Barbara)," Plotkin said. "I think we showed we had more fight by the end. We really beat down their spirits but they just found a way to get their chance."\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu .
(09/17/04 5:45am)
The IU men's soccer team will take its undefeated record out West to New Mexico this weekend for the adidas/Crescent Financial Solutions Classic. The event will mark the final two games before conference play begins for the No. 1-ranked and defending champion Hoosiers. \nBut this trip to the Southwest will be no vacation for the Hoosiers, as two teams ranked in Soccer America's top 15 await them.\nIU (5-0) will square off against No. 3 University of California-Santa Barbara Saturday and then No. 14 University of New Mexico Sunday. From there, the Hoosiers will get a week-long break before starting conference play at undefeated Michigan State.\n"The Big Ten is right up there as one of the best conferences in the country," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "It was ranked No. 2 last year, and I think its better this year."\nBefore hitting the meat of its schedule in the Big Ten, where physical play is commonplace, IU will have to endure two equally tough opponents.\n"Santa Barbara is a team that everyone's told me is not a fun game," Freitag said. "They are big and strong and physical, and they've got an attitude. We'll have to rest up from (the Notre Dame) game and be ready for a real battle on Saturday."\nThe game against UC-Santa Barbara also will feature two players recently named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week; both IU junior defender Drew Moor and UCSB goalkeeper Dan Kennedy made the squad. Moor becomes the Hoosiers' third player to make a team-of-the-week in just two weeks.\nThe Hoosiers cruised past No. 5 Notre Dame Wednesday night, 2-0, the first game in a string of three against ranked opponents. The game against the Fighting Irish served as some revenge for IU, as Notre Dame was the last team to beat the Hoosiers.\n"I think we just need to prepare mentally," sophomore forward Jacob Peterson said. "After coming off a big win (against Notre Dame), I think we just need to carry that over into the weekend."\nPeterson is tied with junior midfielder Brian Plotkin for the team lead in goals with three each. IU is settling into a new defensive scheme that seems to be working, as the Hoosiers have outscored their opponents by a combined 14-4.\nThe UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos come into Saturday's match with a undefeated record as well, going 4-0-0 on the season. The Lobos of New Mexico are also 4-0-0 this season including a win versus then-No. 13 ranked Virginia Commonwealth University.\nIU has never faced New Mexico and has played UCSB only once, in 2002, winning 3-1.\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/16/04 5:05am)
The last time the IU men's soccer team tasted defeat on its home field was Oct. 17, 2001. The Hoosiers' opponent -- Notre Dame.\nThe last time the Hoosiers tasted defeat, home or away, was Sept. 18, 2003. Their opponent -- Notre Dame.\nSince that loss, the Hoosiers ripped off 22 straight games without being left with that taste of defeat in their mouths. And last night, against those same Fighting Irish, the Hoosiers made it 23.\nIU was able to knock-off Soccer America's No. 5 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2-0 in a game that could only be quantified as a "revenge game."\n"We were looking forward to this game for about a year now," sophomore forward Kevin Robson said. "It was definitely a revenge game. We've wanted to get back at these guys and we played, probably, our best 90 minutes of the year."\nBoth teams had several chances to take the early lead in the first half, as the Hoosiers and Notre Dame each sailed close range free-kicks over the bar. IU sophomore forward Jacob Peterson snuck through the defense in the eighth minute but his shot was deflected just wide of the bar by Notre Dame's goalkeeper Chris Sawyer.\nIU was able to break the deadlock in the 53rd minute when junior forward Mike Ambersley played a ball to sophomore midfielder Josh Tudela at the top of the 18-yard box. Tudela then flicked the ball over to a streaking Peterson who delivered a strike to the lower-left corner of the net.\nThe second IU goal came in the 80th minute, primarily from the individual effort of Robson. Playing as the lone forward with Notre Dame pushing more players into the offense, Robson received a loose ball at midfield. He then flicked the ball over a rushing defender and sprinted toward the goal. Robson then crossed over another defender before playing the ball to junior midfielder Brian Plotkin who finished the play with his third goal of the year.\nSenior goalkeeper Jay Nolly made four saves in recording the shutout. For Nolly, Wednesday's shutout carried a little more weight than normal. Nolly and Notre Dame's Sawyer have a long history from their days on opposing club teams in Colorado. \n"(The win) is huge because last year they beat us and (Sawyer) got the shutout," Nolly said. "We always have a little inside battle because we are the two top goalies from Colorado that are still playing in college. We are good friends so, it's just a battle on the field, not off."\nThe win brings IU's record to 5-0-0 on the season as they prepare to head to New Mexico for two more games against ranked opponents. The Hoosiers will have just two days to savor this win and prepare for yet another battle, but preparation has been relatively easy for head coach Mike Freitag this season.\n"These guys wouldn't be here if they needed me to motivate them," he said. "They've got an internal motivation and that's why they are here. It's what we call 'the fiber,' and you've got to get all that fiber wound together to make things go."\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/10/04 5:36am)
After starting the season with the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic championship, the IU men's soccer team will look to continue its winning ways in the Notre Dame Classic.\nThe Hoosiers are scheduled to square off against Cal State Fullerton today and the University of Evansville Sunday.\n"We want to win the tournament," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "We want to win both games, and we want to get better. The getting better part is most important for us because I don't think we are firing on all cylinders yet."\nCal State Fullerton enters the Notre Dame Classic winless, with two losses, but was described as a "dangerous team" by Freitag. Historically the Hoosiers have a losing record against the Titans, losing their last game against the them in 2002.\n"They have some players that maybe don't go to UCLA for whatever reason," Freitag said. "They're another opponent that's good enough to beat you."\nEvansville enters the tournament at 1-1 after beating Wisconsin last weekend. The Hoosiers played Evansville earlier in the year in an exhibition match, one in which Evansville outplayed IU for much of the game, Freitag said.\nA major transition for the Hoosiers this season has been the switch over to a more zone-oriented defense as opposed to a simple man-to-man. The new defensive style allows IU's backs to work their way into the attack a little more, as evident by the goal scored by sophomore back Julian Dieterle over the weekend. But the shift also requires a lot more communication and presents the potential for mental lapses, which could lead to goals.\n"Obviously letting in three goals isn't something we want to do," junior back Drew Moor said. "But that happens, and we just have to get the kinks out. Communication is a big deal there."\nDespite the defense letting in three goals, the offense was able to pick up some of the slack by downing six of their own, two of which came from sophomore forward Jacob Peterson. His two goals -- one of which was a game winner in overtime -- landed him on the College Soccer News' National Team of the Week. But oddly enough, after scoring six goals in two games, one of the main focuses in this week's practice has been finishing.\n"We created a good number of chances in both games and didn't put them away like we should," Freitag said. \nThe Hoosiers took a total of 41 shots in their two games, were able to get 17 of them on frame and still only hit pay dirt on six. \nAnother emphasis of this week's practice has been defending set pieces after allowing goals on a free-kick and corner kick last weekend. But all tactics aside, the real key to the season may lie in the intangibles.\n"We need to stay honest as a team," sophomore midfielder John Michael Hayden said. "One thing we had last year was that we were all honest as a team. We fought for each other."\nRegardless of the area, Freitag will keep tinkering and encouraging his team until they can reach his ultimate goal -- perfection.\n"Most schools would be happy going 2-0 and scoring six goals," he said. "But I'm always looking to play that perfect game, and we'll keep holding them to that standard until they do it. Then I'll be really happy." \n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/09/04 6:38am)
The final freshman enrollment numbers released Wednesday showed a decrease of 768 students. The 2 percent drop in enrollment will leave IU-Bloomington $7.3 million dollars short of its predicted revenue.\nThe $7.3 million dollar shortfall will force non-academic expenditures to drop by 2.3 percent across the board which will tap into most schools' reserve money.\n"We've known since last spring that there was going to be a shortfall," IU-Bloomington Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said. "At the time it looked like as much as 1,300 students, so we planned then and informed people of what to expect by way of budgeting for reduced expenditures or for units to not receive as much income."\nStudents who were accepted to IU and chose to go elsewhere were given surveys by the Office of Admissions on why they chose another university. Of the surveys received, 27 percent of in-state applicants and 28 percent of out-of-state cited a lack of financial aid as their main reason.\nWith the switch to Peoplesoft software, many employees needed time to adjust. The adjustment, which Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services Don Hossler compared to learning to drive a car, resulted in many applicants receiving their financial aid letter six to eight weeks late.\nAlso, a number of other applicants received the wrong aid package and weren't informed of the mistake until several weeks later, Gros Louis said.\n"It wasn't a problem with the software, but rather a problem with the complexity of the new modules in the Peoplesoft system," Gros Louis said. "It's nobody's fault, in fact many people worked seven days a week and 10 hours a day to get everything done."\nBy the time the applicants received their correct information, many may have already decided to attend school elsewhere, Hossler said.\nDespite the decrease in tuition revenue, Gros Louis and Hossler both pointed out some of the silver lining to this enrollment cloud. \n"Preliminary indicators show that diversity is looking much stronger and that the quality of student, in terms of class rank and SAT score, may be better," Gros Louis said.\nThe number of transfer students also seems to be on the rise as transfer numbers may have hiked by as much as 10 percent, Hossler said. With Indiana's recent promotion for community colleges, recruitment continues to be more successful at that level.\nThe enrollment drop has also led the Office of Admissions to add additional staffing in order to become a little more personalized.\n"As the saying goes, we've been staffed more for wholesale, not retail," Hossler said.\nOverall, the only effects of the drop will be a decrease in tuition money as state revenue shouldn't shift because IU already is a "mature campus," Hossler said. Residential Programs and Service also predicted a drop of over $2.5 million dollars from their proposed budget.\nAccording to Wednesday's press release, the overall student enrollment stands at 37,821 for this year, a 768 student drop from last year's 38,589. That number, however, does include transfers and freshmen from last year that didn't gain sophomore status.\nAll IU campuses including Bloomington saw an overall decrease of just 0.6 percent. \n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/06/04 5:48am)
The Hoosiers picked up right where they left off this weekend by capturing two victories in dramatic fashion while getting new coach Mike Freitag off to a perfect start at the reigns of the defending champions.\nOn Friday, IU received quite a scare from Boston University, who put themselves ahead 2-1 with two quick goals at the start of the second half. Junior midfielder Brian Plotkin countered to send the game into overtime with a goal inside of two minutes remaining. Sophomore forward Jacob Peterson then cemented the victory with a goal in the fourth minute of overtime to win the game 3-2.\nSunday's game looked eerily familiar when Oregon State netted a goal off a corner kick just four minutes into the second half, but IU wouldn't fall victim to another let down and answered with a goal from sophomore back Julian Dieterle just 37 seconds later.\nNeeding to win by two goals in order to win the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic, Peterson again played hero with a break away score in the 85th minute of play to ice the game, 3-1. Peterson was named the classic's Offensive Most Valuable Player. Because Notre Dame also finished the classic 2-0, goal differential was the deciding factor concerning who was crowned champion. IU outscored the Irish 6-4.\n"We didn't play our best," said senior back and co-captain Danny O'Rourke, who netted the first goal against Oregon State. "But to get two victories really shows the character of this team."\nFor 88 minutes of IU's opening game against BU all signs pointed to a disappointing start to the season. IU came out hot controlling the ball for the first 30 minutes of play highlighted by a goal from junior forward Mike Ambersley off a pass from sophomore forward Kevin Robson on a quick corner.\nFrom there the Hoosiers started getting "lulled to sleep," Freitag said. But IU had a wake-up call when Boston junior Jamie Johnson and senior Erik Evjen each scored within two minutes of each other and quickly put the defending champs in a hole.\n"You let your guard down and you get punched in the nose," Freitag said. "And we got punched with two quick ones. Maybe this was just the wake up call we needed to remind them of what they have to do."\nFrom there, IU turned to the aggressor attacking BU goalkeeper Chad Comroe, forcing him to make a tournament record 14 saves (10 in the second half). The barrage also led to eight corner kicks for the Hoosiers in the second half, with the final one coming with less than two minutes left on the clock.\nSophomore midfielder John Michael Hayden played a ball into the box filled with 19 of the 22 men on the field. The ball squeaked out of the scrum of players directly to the right foot of Plotkin, who was wearing No. 31 instead of No. 10 after being forced to leave the game and change jerseys after being kicked in the head in the first half.\n"To be honest, that play has happened to me a bunch so instinct just took over," he said. "I just wanted to put the ball on frame and look what it did."\nIt only took four minutes of overtime before Robson once again found himself setting the table for Peterson who was streaking behind him. A perfect back-pass left Peterson alone with a wide open net to finish the game.\n"If I would have missed that one I might have had to hang up my boots," Peterson said.\nPeterson led the offensive attack again in Sunday's game with seven shots, but it was the defense that picked up the slack early. IU's first two goals came from backs O'Rourke and Dieterle. It was O'Rourke's first ever collegiate goal.\n"(Scoring) felt like getting a big elephant off my back," he said. "My role on this team isn't to score goals, but it definitely felt good getting that first one."\nPeterson locked his MVP honors for the tournament when he netted his second goal of the season with five minutes left to play.\nOffense was a question heading into the season for Freitag, and even though the team scored six goals, it took 27 shots on goal.\n"I still think we can play better if you look at the number of chances we had and didn't put them away," he said. "When we get clicking on all cylinders, I think some real good things will happen."\nThe Hoosiers now head to South Bend to take on Cal State Fullerton and Evansville in the Notre Dame Classic next weekend.\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/02/04 5:43am)
Last April the Board of Trustees raised tuition rates by four percent to increase revenue. Four months later that decision may be the reason Residential Programs and Services finds itself $2.5 million short of its proposed revenue.\nThe exact admission numbers for the 2004 fall semester won't be finalized until Monday, but RPS is currently anticipating a drop of 450-500 students, RPS Executive Director Pat Connor said.\n"Basically, we have to look at having less revenue than we anticipated and look to make an adjustment," Connor said.\nDespite all signs pointing towards the freshman class size decreasing, it is starting to look as if the number of transfers will be larger than years past, IU Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Services Don Hossler said.\nOnce the final numbers are in, RPS and other departments will take steps to find out why admission is down and what can be done to alleviate the financial repercussions.\n"We first need to know things like: Are we down among in-state or out-of-state students?" Hossler said. "Are we down among women or men? Are we down among students of color or international students? Are there some majors where we saw greater declines?"\nHossler expects that sort of information to come roughly seven to 10 days after the final numbers come in.\nRPS received their "targets" from the Office of Admissions last January which predicted the number of new students entering the RPS system. By February the RPS budget was put together, meaning the unexpected drop will leave RPS without revenue they expected to get.\nRPS already shut down two floors in Collins-Brown, alleviating nearly 100 dorm spaces. Once all numbers are finalized, they will work to consolidate dorms and free up strategic places with lower numbers.\nOther actions that RPS may take to cut the estimated 2.5 million dollars from the budget include holding off on repairs and filling vacancies. They will also take a closer look at their supplies and how to stretch certain supplies, Conner said.\nMany freshmen were turned away by the seemingly ever-climbing tuition rates, especially those from out-of-state.\n"I know my parents and I really had to take our time with deciding which school I would go to," freshman Matt Gilberts, an out-of-state student from Mundelein, Ill. said. "We looked at a lot more in-state options and made sure I was absolutely positive about going to IU. I know some other kids in my grade ended up going to (University of Illinois) instead of here because of cost."\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(09/01/04 5:23am)
As each season starts, priority No. 1 is filling the voids left from the year before. And most of the time it is simply the matter of bringing up the anxious bench player to replace the lost senior. Most of the time.\nThis season, the IU men's soccer team has the responsibility of replacing an All-American who led the team to its sixth national title. \nNed Grabavoy wasn't just any graduating senior; he was a junior that left early to play professional soccer. When the Los Angeles Galaxy drafted Grabavoy with the 14th pick in the draft, they drafted 33 points worth of IU's offense.\n"Each year, you have different pieces of the puzzle, and you try to take those pieces and make a masterpiece out of it," IU coach Mike Freitag said. "Losing a nice piece of the puzzle like that changes the picture, but that doesn't mean other pieces can't fit in and make the picture a little bit different and maybe just as successful or even more."\nLast season, Grabavoy led the team with 11 goals and 11 assists and was one of just three unanimous selections to the All-Big Ten Team. He was selected as an All-American by the National Coaches Association of America, College Sports Television and College Soccer News, and was one of just 15 candidates for the Missouri Athletic Club's Herman Trophy. \nWith Grabavoy, the list goes on and on, but for junior Mike Ambersley, the task isn't so much replacing Grabavoy, but rather making his own impact. After redshirting last season, Ambersley is expected to step into a starting role with the Hoosiers.\n"(Grabavoy) liked to get everyone involved and make everyone feel like a part of the team," he said. "I've got a little ways to go before I can do that, but right now I am just focusing on what I need to do and helping get the ball in the net."\nHad it not been for last year's effort from then-freshman Jake Peterson, Freitag's new picture may have looked a little more bleak. Peterson netted seven goals last season, three of which came in the postseason, including one in the National Championship game.\n"I think I'm going to have to step it up a little more like I did in the postseason last year," Peterson said. "But I think with Mike (Ambersley), it's basically going to be the same thing as last year."\nIn just his second year with the team, Peterson will seemingly become the biggest draw for opposing defenses, but Freitag remains optimistic.\n"(Peterson) will draw attention," he said. "But the thing about Jake is he's the Energizer Bunny -- he can run all day long. He makes great runs off the ball and as a defense you have got to be aware of a kid like that getting behind you."\nWith Peterson's speed, Ambersley's passing ability and the return of junior midfielders Brian Plotkin and Pat Yates, there is a definite ability to score plenty of goals this season, Freitag said.\n"(Ambersley) is a great passer and can score goals," Freitag said. "I'm hoping he and Peterson can make a great tandem because (Peterson) can make the runs and (Ambersley) can get him the ball. I don't think they've clicked yet completely, but you can see the signs."\n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(04/30/04 6:04am)
After four long years toiling away behind a computer or in a lecture hall, all a student can ask for is a 70-degree day, music and free stuff.\nThat's exactly what the class of 2004 got Thursday. \nThe IU Alumni Association and IU Student Foundation sponsored a senior day for all of IU's most tenured undergrads to kick back and relax before the stress of finals kicks in. \nThe day featured free food, a raffle, music from Dave and Rae and free gifts from each student's school. But more than anything, the event gave the students a time and place to enjoy a beautiful day with friends.\n"This is great," senior Shannon Murphy said. "It's a celebration of all our achievements, finally being done and going out into the real world. It's a good way to end our college career."\nThe day kicked off with IU-Bloomington Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis dedicating the class of 2004's tree. Gros Louis then stuck around to mingle with students and give them a proper send-off.\n"I think it's important for them to see the chancellor of the University thinks enough of the senior class to come out and dedicate their tree," he said.\nEach student then signed up for a raffle and a chance to win an autographed soccer ball from former head soccer coach Jerry Yeagley, an autographed football from head football coach Gerry DiNardo, gift certificates, a four-hour limo ride, a one-night stay at the Indiana Memorial Union Hotel and Conference Center and the grand prizes of a free class ring and a lifetime membership to the Alumni Association. \nWhile every student had the opportunity to win a lifetime membership, they were each given a one-year membership. President and CEO of the association Ken Beckley said he hopes the students will see good reason to stay connected with IU.\n"The success of a university depends on the alumni," Beckley said. "Faculty, staff and students are extremely important but alumni help bring the dollars to the University."\nWhile the day was one of the most successful in its seven-year history, some felt the numbers could have been better.\n"More people should be involved," senior Jennifer Rice said. "I didn't know about this until (my roommate) came home and said something, so a lot (of students) don't know."\nEach student also received appreciation from their individual schools as tables were set up around a tent with free gifts. T-shirts, mugs and other souvenirs were available from each school for their soon-to-be graduates.\nWhen the event started in 1997, roughly 80 seniors were in attendance. This year's event saw bigger numbers than that waiting for pizza. Gros Louis said the turnaround is a great sign for seniors and the University as a whole.\n"Whether they came for the free food or the nice day, it is an event that is relatively new but has already become a tradition," he said.\n-- Contact senior writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(04/30/04 5:28am)
After obtaining the most wins since 1997, the IU softball team now looks to make a run at the Big Ten Tournament. The Hoosiers will face Penn State and Ohio State twice this weekend, and will make the tourney with a sweep.\n"We're hitting the ball hard right now and scoring lots of runs," sophomore pitcher Megan Roark said. "Hopefully that can carry over and get us into the Big Ten tourney…We just need to win four of our next six games, and we hope to get two of those wins against Purdue."\nThe team has already been able to hold its own relatively well against some of the Big Ten's more formidable opponents. By keeping themselves right at the .500 range, IU remains in decent position to make it into the postseason with a decent run.\n"Now it is a little easier to relax," freshman third baseman Rachel Terry said. "We have nothing to lose, so we can just go out and have a good time now. We have already faced the top four teams in the Big Ten."\nWith the 29 wins the team has achieved to date, the 2004 Hoosier squad became the most successful team in seven years. For many of the players, this season has presented them with opportunities for success like no other before it.\n"This is the best team I have played on in four years," senior utility player Abby Stark said in an April 28 Indiana Daily Student article. "We are in a position where we handle our own destiny."\nThe Hoosiers have gone 6-5 since they dropped five in a row in early April, and their season was on the line, taking wins from Big Ten opponents Wisconsin, Michigan State, Northwestern and Minnesota. But consistently splitting match-ups won't cut it this weekend or the rest of the year.\n"The defense has come together in the last couple weeks," Roark said. "These are strong teams we have coming up, but we are capable of taking all four."\nIU faces Penn State at 4 p.m. Friday and again at noon Saturday. The Hoosiers then play host to Ohio State for a doubleheader noon Sunday.\n"It's the stretch run, and we need to step up, be ready to compete and give it our 'A' game," Terry said. "This is it for the seniors, so we want to play well."\n-- Contact senior writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(04/26/04 6:29am)
Kappa Kappa Gamma was able to edge out Teter in Friday's Women's Little 500 in the closest race in history. \nAfter 99 laps, only two riders were left with a chance to bring home the title. Individual Time Trial record-holder senior Bri Kovac of Teter and sophomore rookie Kappa rider Jessica Sapp were wheel-to-wheel with a quarter-mile left between glory and disappointment.\nAfter 100 laps, it was Sapp and the rest of her Kappa teammates left celebrating a victory and Teter left with the heartbreak of ending up less than a foot away from a Little 500 championship. \n"We're feeling awesome right now," Kappa rider Meredith Horner said right after the win. "It was a tough race; there was great competition out there. We just gave it all we got, and today ended up being our day."\nIt quickly became a four-team race, as Kappa, Teter, Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Gamma Delta were the only teams left on the lead lap. Teter controlled the pace for much of the race, and by the time 80 laps were completed, only Kappa and Theta were able to stick with Teter on the lead lap. \n"Today's race was really a race full of strategy," said Rob Rhamy, the IU Student Foundation Little 500 Coordinator. "Teter wanted to get away all day, and you could kind of see that. They would attack, and as soon as they got caught, they would slow down. Theta and Kappa just marked them all day and were kind of gambling on a sprint finish."\nThe gamble would pay off for Kappa, as it was able to do what Theta could not and stick with Teter until the end and pull off the win in a sprint finish. Kappa coach Bill Naas attributed the win to teamwork and keeping the team in a position to take the lead from Teter in its final sprint.\n"(The team) rode hard when they had to and set up Jess Sapp in the perfect position to go out there and duel it out with Bri," Naas said. "She caught Bri, grabbed her wheel, rested for a second, then held her off and did a great job. It was perfect."\nThe finish wasn't perfect for everyone, though, as Kovac and Teter felt their finish mirrored that of the men's race, where an impeding penalty was called at the finish line. Kovac felt Sapp drifted in front of her, similar to the way Alpha Tau Omega forced Cutters off its line.\n"I wish there was just a little more consistency," Kovac said. "I feel bad for ATO that they can watch that happen Friday and it's OK, then do the same thing Saturday and it's not."\nAll controversy aside, the race still proved to be among the greatest in history. Other than a six-team wreck in lap two that took out top-10 qualifiers Speed, Athena and Alpha Chi Omega, the race remained relatively crash-free. Star riders Kovac and Alpha Gamma Delta's Corey Bitzer dueling for the lead in the early laps, combined with surprise top-10 performances from teams like Delta Gamma and Cycledelics, all provided the perfect set up for the closest finish ever.\nThe win for Kappa was its fourth, tying it with Theta for the most women's titles ever won. But this championship came complete with a storybook finish, as the leadership and teamwork of its experienced riders paved the way for a Little 500 rookie to become an instant hero.\n"I was very shaky at first, but the girls on my team were so encouraging," Sapp said. "They knew I could do it. They set me up so that my body would be able to do it, and I just gave everything I had."\n-- Contact senior writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(04/26/04 5:50am)
When the women's field was told to mount its bicycles last Friday, sophomore Jessica Sapp was a nervous newcomer -- unproven among the Little 500 community.\nOne hour, nine minutes and 29 seconds later, she was a hero.\nSapp mounted her bike on the last exchange with four laps left to ride and a substantial distance to make-up on record-holding rider senior Bri Kovac. \nThe odds were against her.\nWith one lap left to ride, Sapp peddled herself into position right next to Kovac. The rookie and the record-holder had one lap left to decide the winner of the 17th women's Little 500 race. \nThe odds were still against her.\nBut for Sapp and her teammates, the odds were never against them, as they had put themselves exactly where they wanted to be. To everyone else, it was an experienced superstar versus an unproven sophomore, but to Kappa Kappa Gamma, it was a rider with almost 40 laps in her legs against a qualified sprinter who had only run eight laps.\n"Our coaches always said we wanted to save our chips and make everyone else give theirs up in the beginning," Sapp said. "I rode 12 laps total, and we wanted those fresh legs at the end."\nSapp's story began last year when she started riding for Kappa with the understanding she would not be on the 2003 team. Nonetheless, there was an obvious level of talent that only needed time to further develop. Even though she knew she wouldn't be competing in the race, Sapp had the eighth-fastest Individual Time Trial and finished fifth in Miss-N-Out in 2003. Despite all that, her spot still wasn't 100 percent secured on the 2004 squad.\nKappa riders juniors Meredith Horner and Kelsey Cooper and senior Allison Edwards all returned to the team, leaving only one spot left and four riders vying for it. But just before spring break, Sapp found out she would round out the Kappa team.\n"When I found out, I was incredibly nervous," she said. "I couldn't even sleep at night. I had been telling myself that I probably wouldn't happen, but when I found out, I got a lot more focused."\nAs if the pressure of a first Little 500 wasn't enough, the coaches soon asked the team who they felt would be best to finish the race. Every head turned to Sapp.\n"We knew that she was more than capable and that we wanted her on that bike," Cooper said. "She is really good in strong intervals and can finish the best of all of us."\nOnce on the bike, with the final four laps remaining, Sapp found herself in an eerily familiar situation. In this year's Miss-N-Out, Sapp and Kovac were neck and neck, with Sapp on the outside and Kovac on the inside. Kovac was able to fend her off to win the event. \nBut this time, Sapp had the inside advantage, and the sprint started after turn two. \n"She was always right next to me, but on the outside, which meant I would have the advantage around the turn," Sapp said. "When we crossed the finish, line I actually thought Teter had won because, by the time I looked, her tire was a little in front of mine. Then they announced Kappa, and I was like, 'Oh cool.' It was just a surreal experience."\nTo many, the odds were against Kappa and Sapp all along. But in reality, it proved to be nothing more than a picture-perfect setup for Sapp and her teammates.\n"We were confident," Kappa coach Bill Naas said. "We knew her strengths, and she went out there and did what we needed her to do."\n-- Contact senior writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.
(04/25/04 10:50pm)
After 99 laps Kappa Kappa Gamma's first year rider Jessica Sapp and Teter's heralded star Bri Kovac were still locked, wheel to wheel, preparing for one last push for glory.\nAfter 100 laps, Kappa had captured its fourth Little 500 title by less than a foot and Teter was left heartbroken after a monumental effort.\nThe field separated rather quickly as Kappa, Teter, Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Gamma Delta broke away from much of the field by the halfway point. By lap 80, only Kappa, Teter and Theta were left on the lead lap.\nIt all set the stage for one of the most exciting finishes in Little 500 history. Kovac took over on the bike with five laps to go, and Sapp hopped on with four. The first year sprinter, Sapp, battled to catch up with the fastest rider in Individual Time Trial history and eventually capture the victory for her team.\n"The girls on my team were so encouraging, they knew I could do it," Sapp said. "The coaches set me up perfectly so that my body could do it and I just gave everything I had."\nFor more, see Monday's Indiana Daily Student.
(04/23/04 6:20am)
In 1988, the women of IU were finally granted permission to have their own Little 500. After a team of girls from Kappa Alpha Theta tried to participate in the men's race, a women's division was formed, and 31 teams instantly joined.\nIn 1988, the women's race had no hype, no superstars, no history. They have had to fight from the shadow of the men's race and establish a reputation of their own.\nSixteen years later, the women's time has come.\nRecords have been set at every single event thus far this year, leaving the race itself as the only event remaining without 2004 written next to it in the record book.\nThe top two qualifying teams, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Gamma Delta, each broke the previous best time rather easily. Senior Bri Kovac of Teter surpassed Lindsay Hawkins' 1998 time of 2 minutes and 36.04 seconds in the Individual Time Trials, and the Teter team set the Team Pursuit record twice. They broke it once in qualifying, and then proceeded to beat that number in the finals.\n"All the records getting broken is just evidence that the teams are getting stronger and training harder," Kappa Kappa Gamma rider junior Kelsey Cooper said. "The field is the strongest it's been in a couple years, or maybe ever."\nAfter the first three series events, Teter leads the way with 39 total points, thanks to its wins in Team Pursuit and the ITTs. Kappa Kappa Gamma is in second with 46 points, and the Theta team is in third with 66. But the series events only offer so much when it comes to preparing for the actual race itself, senior Rene Luzadder of Delta Zeta said.\n"Team Pursuit is what will demonstrate the most for race day," she said. "It shows which teams will be able to compete in the race as a whole and which teams have more depth."\nThe women's field has been full of storylines this year, as different teams and individuals have had chances to create a legacy of their own. \nRiders like senior Corey Bitzer and Kovac have helped bring the women's race to a new level through record-breaking performances and national media coverage. Bitzer graced the cover of Sports Illustrated On Campus earlier this month, while Kovac has entered the history books with her time trial and Team Pursuit finishes.\n"(The superstar riders) have definitely legitimized the event," Teter coach Chip Armbruster said. "There have been superstars in the past, and the talent level (of today's stars) is pretty consistent with those from the past. The whole field is just a lot stronger, though."\nBut individual riders can only get you so far. It takes a team effort to capture a Little 500 crown. Teams like Kappa and Theta both return nearly their entire team this year after successful runs last year. Kappa brings back three riders from last year's squad, and newcomer sophomore Jessica Sapp finished third in time trials and Miss-N-Out. \nThe Theta team, after winning the championship last year, brings back every rider for a chance at back-to-back titles.\n"(Winning last year) hasn't changed our approach all that much because we know this year will be different," senior Theta rider Katie Beyer said. "We're not training hard to defend last year's win. We're training hard to excel this year."\nThe teams will spend the day together going through final preparations before the race begins at 4 p.m. Breakfasts, meetings and simply getting focused fill each rider's schedule before they hit the track and live out a dream. \nThe one thing every team knows is that once the gun fires and the race begins, truly anybody can come out on top.\n"It should be a really fun race," Armbruster said. "The field is very deep with a lot of teams that could stick their nose out and get the win."\n-- Contact senior writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.