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(10/11/06 4:04am)
The Frank Southern Ice Arena saw its first action of the season this weekend when the IU club hockey team hosted its annual Red-White intersquad matchup Saturday.\nThe Red-White game is a team scrimmage with half of the squad's players in red jerseys and half in white, with a few alumni filling in the empty spots. On Saturday, the Red team scored first and never looked back -- winning the intersqaud matchup 5-3. \nThe game provided a chance for the squad to get acclimated to the Frank Southern Ice Arena's facilities, said IU junior Dan Karlander.\n"We wanted to make sure we have everything operationally ready to go," said Karlander, whose father, Al Karlander, took over as head coach of the team this season. "We got here early and our trainer wasn't here and our scoreboard guy wasn't here. We had to set up the merchandise and get the scoreboard working. Before warm ups, we had to figure out how to turn on the lights since the rink workers didn't even know how to do it. We just have to make sure we have everything prepared for a real game."\nThe exhibition got the team into game speed, Karlander said. He said the first period was identical to normal game speed, but the teams wore down during the second two periods because of the low number of players on each team.\nAl Karlander said the scrimmage also provided an opportunity to try out different combinations of players in a match-like setting.\n"We are trying to get line combinations,"coach Karlander said. "We want to see who works best with who. We want to find some good defensive pairings and forward combinations who complement each other and have a good balance of offense and defense on each line. I wanted to get to know the players a little better to see where they fit in."\nThe Hoosiers start their regular season at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Frank Southern Ice Arena against the University of Kentucky, a team that boasts a record of 4-0-1. IU then travels to Lexington, Ky., Saturday night for a matchup with the Wildcats at midnight.\nCoach Karlander knows the game against Kentucky won't be an easy one.\n"Kentucky is off to a good start," he said. "They will already have five games under their belt when we play them Friday. It looks like they will be very competitive."\nThe younger Karlander said he doesn't know what to expect from his team.\n"We haven't played any games yet, so they don't know anything about us," said the younger Karlander. "They are looking a little stronger this year than they have in the past. We just need to come out and be ready to play and be pumped for our first game of the season"
(10/05/06 5:05am)
The race for the AT&T Crimson & Gold Cup started with a Purdue win.\nThe IU women's volleyball team was swept by the No. 9 Boilermakers in three games last night (30-24, 30-26, 30-27) at University Gym.\nThe first game was a close one with both teams exchanging points until Purdue closed with six unanswered, taking the game 30-24. IU junior Lauren Ditteon led both teams with nine kills in the game.\nThe first game involved a large amount of serving errors. IU had four serving errors while Purdue had seven, but IU coach Katie Weismiller said her team's errors were momentum killers.\n"Our service errors were at bad times," Weismiller said. "Down the stretch, not being able to make the plays from the (service) line is what hurt us."\nThe second game was another close one with teams exchanging points until Purdue pulled ahead at the end to win 30-26. IU spread the ball around to six different players for kills in the game with Ditteon adding another four to her tally.\nThe third game was a little different than the first two, with IU jumping to an early 4-1 lead. Sophomore Juli Pierce added back-to-back service aces to push the IU lead to 20-12, but Purdue mounted a comeback to tie the game at 25 and eventually won the game 30-27, giving them the match.\nDitteon led the team with 14 kills while Pierce added 23 digs for the match.\nWeismiller said the team is capable of playing with top ranked teams as long as the Hoosiers play on the same level each night.\n"We've got great players on different nights, and we've yet to put them together," Weismiller said. "We generally have two or three players play very well each night. From a coaching standpoint, we have to figure out how to do that."\nDitteon was one of the players who stood out tonight, Weismiller said, but she is still focused on the team.\n"As a team, we need to focus on each other to help the next person get her confidence going," Ditteon said. "If I'm up one night, then I need to be a better teammate and help my teammates who aren't doing as well."\nExecution may be the key to beating Iowa this Friday, Pierce said.\n"Hopefully we can execute," Pierce said. "I hope I can play just as well against Iowa, if not better"
(10/04/06 3:24am)
The first half-point of the AT&T Crimson & Gold Cup -- an annual duel for bragging rights between several Purdue and IU varsity sports -- will be decided Wednesday.\nThe IU women's volleyball team takes on in-state rival No. 9 Purdue Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the University Gym. This is the third straight ranked opponent the Hoosiers will play in a five-day stretch.\n"It's great to play competition like that because we're always looking for the big upset," junior middle blocker Annie Moddrell said. "This is a great opportunity for our program to hopefully climb the ranks and get a few votes next week with a win."\nThe rankings don't play a factor in how the Hoosiers look at the game though, said senior defensive specialist Sara Diehl.\n"In the Big Ten, this is just another game," Diehl said. "Half the teams are ranked at all times, so you can't look at numbers."\nThe Hoosiers come into Wednesday's game after a tough weekend losing to both No. 2 Penn State and then-No. 13 Ohio State, dropping their Big Ten record to 1-3 and their overall record to 10-6.\nThe Boilermakers travel south carrying a Big Ten record of 3-1 and an overall record of 13-2 after splitting their games this weekend with a win against Ohio State and a loss to Penn State.\nThe Hoosiers know they have a tough task ahead without a lot of time to prepare, IU coach Katie Weismiller said.\n"It's a short week coming off a tough weekend," Weismiller said. "(Tuesday) we jumped right back into it, but we kept the ball down a little. (Wednesday) we will be up in rotation going full speed. We will be full-go (Wednesday)."\nWeismiller said that time shouldn't be a factor since both teams played Saturday. Plus, IU doesn't have to do the traveling.\nHome advantage might help, but IU hopes to continue its team blocking to defeat Purdue, she said.\n"Our blocking has been very good," Weismiller said. "We have been working on lining up your second line of defense to help take away some of their shots they like to hit."\nAfter breaking the attendance record Saturday night with the "Jam the Gym" event, IU hopes to have another big crowd.\n"The fans were great," Weismiller said. "We would love to get all those people back as repeat offenders Wednesday night. Purdue is a great challenge for us, and if we can get the fans loud, I promise it will be a fun and exciting match"
(10/02/06 4:16am)
The underdogs aren't supposed to win.\nThat was truly the case this weekend for the IU women's volleyball team as it dropped its Big Ten home openers against No. 2 Penn State and No. 13 Ohio State. The Hoosiers are now 1-3 in the Big Ten and 10-6 overall.\nDespite out blocking the Nittany Lions 6-4, IU lost the first match to still undefeated Penn State, falling in three straight games (19-30, 23-30, 22-30). Sophomore Erica Short led the team with 13 kills, and freshman Allison Regas added 26 set assists in the game.\nCoach Katie Weismiller found the game important despite the loss.\n"Penn State is obviously a very good team," Weismiller said. "We couldn't finish, but we definitely learned a lot tonight."\nIU tried to forget the loss as it looked to Saturday night's "Jam the Gym" against Ohio State. The goal to set the attendance record was fulfilled as 1,362 people packed the gym, beating the previous record of 1,267, set last year against Purdue.\nWeismiller appreciated the high attendance.\n"I was exceptionally pleased with the turnout tonight," Weismiller said. "To see all of those fans, both from the community and other student athletes, that definitely pumped everyone up in the beginning of the match."\nSenior Sara Diehl agreed.\n"The crowd was awesome," Diehl said. "It was an exciting environment, and it was nice to have it."\nAlthough the crowd was large, it was not enough to help the Hoosiers overcome the Buckeyes as they beat IU in four games (30-25, 25-30, 23-30, 25-30).\nThe Hoosiers looked good in the first game but committed some unforced errors that cost them the next three games. Short again led the team with 23 kills, while Regas tallied 41 set assists. The team also had 14.5 blocks, a number of which Weismiller said she was proud.\n"Ohio State is a very good team, and we had the opportunity to compete against a top-15 team tonight," said Weismiller. "We gave up some points and had some miscommunication that we will work on before the match against Purdue."\nIU will take on in-state rival No. 11 Purdue at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the University Gym as it continues its home stretch of ranked teams.\nWeismiller knows the importance of these Big Ten games.\n"It's the Big Ten, and every night's a battle," Weismiller said. "This is a great league, and you have to know every night is going to be a battle. The difference between the good and the great teams is the great teams are getting splits at home, and that's what we are going to fight to do."\nThe players understand its importance, too. \n"I think it's a great experience being (in) this conference," Diehl said. "Even though we lost to Penn State, we know we can hang with them, and we know we can hang with anyone in the conference. You have to be in this conference to get to know that"
(09/29/06 4:11am)
Coach Hep's not the only one who wants you Saturday.\nThe IU women's volleyball team hosts "Jam the Gym" at 7 p.m. Saturday against No. 13 Ohio State and will try to break its home attendance record at University Gym. \nHowever, before Saturday night's event, the Hoosiers play host to undefeated No. 2 Penn State at 7 p.m. Friday in their Big Ten home opener.\nCoach Katie Weismiller said she knows how tough this weekend could be but still wants to stick to the team's game plan.\n"Penn State could easily be ranked No. 1 because they are that deep and that good," Weismiller said. "We want to limit our unforced errors and pick up our side of the ball. We are going to go out and be the same team we've always been, but we just have to play a little more aggressive."\nPenn State comes to IU with a 13-0 match record and has lost only four games total this season. They coming off two wins by sweeping Ohio State and Iowa this past weekend to kick off Big Ten play. The Hoosiers have never beaten Penn State, as the Nittany Lions hold a 31-0 advantage all-time.\nThe match will feature the Big Ten offensive player of the week, Penn State's freshman Megan Hodge, and the Big Ten defensive player of the week, IU junior Annie Moddrell.\n"Megan is a go-to player for Penn State," Moddrell said. "We are working on mixing up our blocking schemes to try to confuse them."\nSophomore Juli Pierce is also focused on defense for the games this weekend.\n"I need to line up behind the block and jump in the holes," Pierce said. "I'm going to go for everything."\nSaturday presents another ranked team as No. 13 Ohio State comes to University Gym to play the Hoosiers. Ohio State brings a record of 11-1. The team's only loss came against Penn State last weekend.\nDefense has been the main focus for the team this week at practice in preparation for the two ranked teams.\n"We've been working a lot on defense," Pierce said. "Monday's practice was all about defense."\nWeismiller said the team has been working on defense, but they just need to go out and compete. She also said that if the team limits its unforced errors, it can play with anyone the country.\nModdrell hopes for big things this weekend.\n"We want to go 2-0 this weekend," Moddrell said. "It's our home opener, and we have "Jam the Gym," so hopefully we will get a lot of people and a lot of crowd energy"
(09/28/06 3:55am)
As a former player in the National Hockey League and an experienced coach, Al Karlander's strategy for winning a national title with the IU club hockey team is surprisingly simple.\n"We need to improve two things (to win a national title): We need to play better team defense since we allowed too many goals in big games last year. But we also need to improve our already sound offensive," Karlander said. "I always say that the best defense is a good offense."\nKarlander became the 20th IU hockey coach and sports an impressive resume. He played six years in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, coached in the Central Hockey League and coached 20 years of travel and high school hockey in Carmel, Ind. Karlander won multiple state championships with Carmel High School.\nOffense could be the key to winning, Karlander said. However, it is something that might be hard to come by at the Hoosiers' home rink -- the Frank Southern Ice Arena. The rink, which is smaller than a normal regulation rink, is unnatural for many players, but Karlander said it will provide an advantage for the Hoosiers.\n"Since it's our home rink, we will be used to it," Karlander said. "Other teams will have to make adjustments, but we won't."\nThe abnormal rink might be one advantage, but the veteran roster, which includes Karlander's son Dan, is another. Karlander said former IU coach Rich Holdeman built a good program during his tenure. Karlander wants to build on that foundation and maximize the team's talent to ultimately win a national title.\nThe team's talent comes not only from returning players, but also from players Karlander recruited. He said he targeted students from the Midwest and recruited at the Chicago Showcase, a national tournament featuring the best high school players from around the country. \nBesides going out and actively seeking players, Karlander also had students contacting him.\n"A lot of the recruiting came from the e-mails and calls I received with questions about the program," Karlander said.\nMore than 50 players tried out for the team this season, a number that is a little larger than average. Karlander said most of the players are capable of playing in the league. From that group, he chose a team he said he is excited about.\n"I think the student body will be pleased with the product," said Karlander. "It should be very \nentertaining to watch"
(09/25/06 4:32pm)
IU men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson preaches that the best offensive is a good defense. This idea, one practiced among many sports, also holds true for the IU women's volleyball team. \nThe Hoosiers understand the importance of defense and have scholarship athletes in the defensive specialist positions. These players anchor the back row and start most plays, but they don't get a lot of fan recognition.\nIU coach, Katie Weismiller said she understands their role and recognizes the importance of the position.\n"This is my 14th season, and we've always had a defensive specialist on scholarship," Weismiller said. "That shows how important this position is to me."\nDespite its importance, the positions are still widely overlooked by most spectators. That doesn't keep senior Sara Diehl, the team's libero, from loving the position. The libero is the defensive specialist who wears a different jersey color and can substitute with any player in the back row at any time.\n"The crowd doesn't always recognize what you do," Diehl said. "But your teammates appreciate what we do."\nSophomore Juli Pierce said she also understands the importance of her job.\n"Without us, nothing would be happening," Pierce said. "Every point always starts with a dig or a pass. If our dig or pass is off, then the whole play is off."\nEven though the defensive specialists usually don't spike the ball to get kills, they still get to contribute in making big plays.\n"If someone gets a great hit off of our pass, then we get excited," Pierce said. "We get as excited as the hitters do."\nWeismiller said she agrees that the defensive specialist is a position that the players don't overlook.\n"They are huge," Weismiller said. "From a passing standpoint, from a digging standpoint and from a serving standpoint, they are important. They run the back row."\nThough the offense is what brings the crowds to its feet, Weismiller knows that it is the defense that will carry the team to victory.\n"Defense wins games," she said.
(09/18/06 3:35am)
They've got momentum.\nAfter a dominating performance at their own IU Credit Union tournament this weekend, which featured several career-record performances, the IU women's volleyball team is riding high heading into Big Ten play.\n"We are going to celebrate the win, but we will be right back in the gym to start practicing for the Big Ten," IU coach Katie Weismille said. "It's nice to come off with a tournament trophy and a win, but we know we have to prepare for this Big Ten season."\nThe Hoosiers kicked off the weekend Friday against University of Tennessee at Chattanooga winning in three straight games (30-27, 30-20, 30-25). Sophomore Erica Short led the team with 18 kills, and freshman Allison Regas contributed 22 assists.\nIU set six career highs Saturday morning, beating Mercer University in four games (30-22, 27-30, 30-19, 30-20). The team set a school record for hitting percentage in the match by hitting .400. Short set two career bests in kills (25) and digs (17). \nJuniors Gabrielle Allison, Annie Moddrell and Caitlin Watts and sophomore Emily Zulauf also set career bests in the match. Allison, Moddrell and Zulauf notched the most kills of their careers, while Watts and Regas posted the most sets of their careers. \nThe Hoosiers closed the tournament Saturday night with a sweep over Southern Methodist University (30-26, 30-24, 30-24) to win the tournament. Watts led the team with 22 assists while senior Sara Diehl contributed 17 digs.\nShort was announced the tournament's most valuable player, her second tourney MVP honor of the year. Also, junior Lauren Ditteon was announced to the all-tournament team.\n"I'm proud (of my second MVP)," Short said. "But I couldn't do it without my teammates."\nThe teammates helped all around as 10 different players recorded kills and 11 different players recorded digs this weekend. Sophomore Juli Pierce also contributed two service aces in the three games of the tournament, a stat that didn't go unnoticed.\n"I felt like we were progressive with our serves," Weismiller said. "Our serving had (the other teams) out of system a lot. Juli ran quite a string of points off of her jump serve. She was really on."\nWatts agreed the serving progressively got better throughout the three matches. She said she also thought the match against SMU was one of the team's best this year but understands that the team still has room to improve.\nThe Hoosiers look to take the momentum to their Big Ten openers in Michigan this weekend when the team takes on Michigan and then Michigan State.\n"This (tournament win) will carry into practice this week and into this weekend," Watts said. "Ending on a good win like this is just more fire for us to have. It's a great confidence booster"
(09/15/06 4:24pm)
University of Maryland volleyball player Teryn Papp returned to her native town of Bloomington to spoil the previously undefeated IU women's volleyball season. Papp and the Terrapins won the TIS Bookstore Tournament this weekend by defeating IU, Chicago State University and Marshall University to take the crown. The Hoosiers, who hosted the tournament, took second.\nIU continued its success from the previous weekend Friday night in a match against Marshall, winning in three straight games (30-27, 31-29, 30-28). Sophomore Erica Short, who was named to the all-tournament team, led IU with 22 kills while freshman Allison Regas contributed 22 assists in the victory.\nSaturday morning, IU cruised through the Chicago State match, again winning in three games (30-17, 30-14, 30-14). The Hoosiers used the match to help the young team gain experience by having 13 different team members play. The team also spread the ball around, having eight different players score kills and 10 record digs.\nAfter defeating Marshall and Chicago State, a win against Maryland on Saturday night would have given IU the tournament title. But the Hoosiers came up short.\nAfter dropping the first two games of the match (30-27, 30-27), IU rallied and won the next two games (30-18, 30-22). This put Maryland and IU into a decisive fifth game, which Maryland won 15-3 -- winning them the tournament in the process.\nAlthough the team was disappointed in the loss, Short said the comeback showed the trust in the team.\n"You never want to lose on your home court," Short said. "But it's a new season with a new mentality. We trusted each other in that we could come back, and we had that mentality that we could win."\nRegas said she agreed.\n"We showed a lot of heart tonight," Regas said. "We gained some more confidence, but we have to keep working hard.\nIU coach Katie Weismiller agreed that the comeback was a good step for the team but gave Maryland the credit it deserved.\n"We lost to a very good team," said Weismiller. "A lot of credit goes out to them. We were well scouted by them, and they did a good job defending our offensive. It is obvious why they have votes to be in the top 25."\nDespite the loss, Weismiller was happy with the weekend and the way the team played.\n"Overall I was pleased with our play this weekend," said Weismiller. "We are still learning and getting better."\nWeismiller has some plans for practice before IU travels to the Dayton Invitational this upcoming weekend to face Wake Forest University, Louisiana State University and the University of Dayton.\n"We are going to work on our defensive and our transition game," said Weismiller. "We want to continue to distribute the ball to other hitters"
(09/15/06 4:38am)
It's the final preparation before the Big Ten season -- one last test before the big games come to Bloomington. This is the women's volleyball IU Credit Union Tournament.\nThe Hoosiers play host to Mercer University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Southern Methodist University this weekend.\nIU faces off first against Chattanooga Friday at 7 p.m. to kick off the tournament. Chattanooga, a team IU coach Katie Weismiller calls "scrappy," is coming into the tournament with a record of 1-7.\nThe Hoosiers continue the weekend when they face Mercer at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Mercer comes to IU after a successful weekend at home, winning three of its last four games. Mercer, however, will still bring a losing record of 5-6 to Bloomington.\nIU closes out the weekend against Southern Methodist University at 7 p.m. Saturday. SMU has lost its last three games but still holds a record of 7-4 entering the tournament.\nThe Hoosiers (6-3) look to bounce back after going 1-2 last weekend in the Marriott Flyer Invitational in Dayton, Ohio. The team said it feels that good defensive play will help get it back on the winning track.\n"We've been concentrating on defense, serving and passing this week," senior Sara Diehl said.. "We have practiced with a few new lineups, too."\nSophomore Juli Pierce, a defensive specialist, said she thinks a win could help the team's morale.\n"We want to lift everyone's spirit and excitement," Pierce said. "We want to dig everything we can to help the team."\nWeismiller said a simple detail could help out this weekend.\n"We worked a lot this week on serving," she said. "We're definitely getting better from the service line as a team. We were very strong early in the season, but we let up a little this past weekend. We want to get back on track."\nWeismiller continued to talk about another issue that was a little more alarming to her.\n"We had been a very strong blocking team until this past weekend," Weismiller said. "We had very few blocks this weekend, and we need to get back to our game"
(09/03/06 7:11pm)
The IU women's volleyball team cruised through the West Virginia Tournament this weekend, sweeping all three teams it faced in straight games. The Hoosiers added three more wins to IU coach Katie Weismiller's already impressive career record as the winningest women's volleyball coach in IU history.\nThe team, with just two seniors, used the weekend as a learning experience.\n"We learned a lot about the team, who we are and what we're about," Weismiller said in a statement. "Giving the team a taste of winning and getting on the court was great. We got better with each match we played."\nThe Hoosiers started off the weekend with a 3-0 win against the University of Akron. Sophomore Erica Short lead the Hoosiers with 15 kills, while junior Lauren Ditteon also recorded double-digit kills with 11. The Hoosiers won the first two games in close fashion, 30-24 and 30-28. The team won the third game 30-21.\nThe win against the Zips led into the Hoosiers' match against Oakland University, which again ended in an IU sweep. The Hoosiers won a close first game 30-26, followed by a \nsecond game 30-18 victory. They then closed the match with a 30-27 win. Ditteon led the team with nine kills and only two errors.\nHost team West Virginia was IU's final match of the weekend and the only thing standing between the team and the tournament win. The Hoosiers swept West Virginia, elevating their season record to 3-0 and capturing the tournament title. IU won the three games 30-18, 30-20 and 30-26, respectively.\nThroughout the tournament, IU utilized a solid mix of offense and defense. \n"With each match, we got better offensively," Weismiller said in a statement. "Also, our back row is one of the best we've had in years."\nDitteon was named MVP of the tournament. Teammates Short and senior Sara Diehl were also named to the all-tournament team.\nThe Hoosiers have their home opener at 7 p.m. Friday in the TIS Bookstore Tournament against Marshall University.
(09/01/06 4:03am)
Home-court advantage? For the IU women's volleyball team, try new court advantage. \n"We installed a new floor at University Gymnasium on top of the original support system," said Assistant Director of Athletics Chuck Crabb. "It's an air channel floor that is lively, more forgiving on the ankles and legs, and will help prevent injuries."\nAfter a strong showing this past weekend in the West Virginia Tournament, the Hoosiers will unveil their new home court when they participate in the T.I.S. Bookstore Tournament this weekend. Chicago State University, Marshall University and the University of Maryland will compete in the tournament. IU's first game of the tournament is against Marshall Friday at 7 p.m. in the University Gymnasium.\nCrabb said he thinks the floor -- which was updated for the first time in 43 years -- will help with practice just as much as it will help injury prevention.\n"The new floor was also refigured to allow for four practice courts instead of three," Crabb said. "It is all around a superior practice and playing surface."\nIU coach Kate Weismiller agreed that the floor is good for the team and its morale.\n"From a recruiting standpoint, it is very important," Weismiller said. "It is a volleyball floor with no basketball lines. That shows that IU put emphasis on the team, which puts pride in the program."\nWhile the new floor is a valuable asset for the team, Weismiller did find the practices recently held at the SRSC to be useful.\n"It was nice playing at the (Student Recreational Sports Center) in front of a crowd for each practice," Weismiller said. "It was good experience for the team."\nMaryland will kick off its season with this weekend's tournament, while Marshall (1-3) and Chicago State (0-4) have already competed in tournaments this season. This will mark the first time IU has faced any of these three teams since Aug. 31, 2001, when IU swept Maryland in three straight games. \nWeismiller said IU will have a tougher time this weekend in the tournament, but the team won't lose sight of its ultimate goal: improving with each game.\n"The opponents will be tougher this weekend since two of the teams played in the NCAA Tournament last year," Weismiller said. "Our goal is going to be to improve from last weekend, gaining confidence with every swing. We can distribute the ball, and we have options to go to on offense."\nAlthough offense is important to the Hoosiers, defense is also a main focus for Weismiller this weekend.\n"We need to be a great (defensive) team this weekend," said Weismiller. "We have the personnel to be a great defensive team"
(04/12/06 5:33am)
The Hoosiers brought 16 swimmers to the University of Georgia on March 31 to swim in the 2006 East Coast Collegiate Club Championship and came home in second place for the team competition, only losing to the host team.\nDespite entering the competition as a relative unknown, the IU swim club team set 16 new meet records. IU swimmer Dave Doerr set meet records in the 100-yard freestyle, the 500-yard freestyle, and the 200-yard IM while Allison Lloyd set six meet records in the 50-yard breaststroke, the 100-yard breaststroke, the 200-yard breaststroke, the 100-yard IM, the 200-yard IM and the 400-yard IM. Sean Gibson also set records in the 100-yard IM, the 50-yard backstroke, the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard backstroke. Hoosier relay teams set the other three meet records.\nIU had the high-point scorer in the women's competition and the top two high-point scorers in the men's. Lloyd was the high-point score for the women, edging out Georgia swimmer Becky Hiro by four points. Doerr held the top points over his teammate Gibson by 10 points.\nDoerr said he was happy with the team's performance in their first national competition.\n"It was a very fun trip for the swim club and even though we were only able to take 16 people, we came away with second place as a team," Doerr said in a statement. "Everyone swam really well."\nBill Ramos, team coach, adviser and swimmer also said he was pleased with how the team competed in its first national competition.\n"I thought it was a great step for the team to just go to the national meet," Ramos said. "Doing as well as we did is just icing on the cake. We are looking forward to going again."\nThe swim club ended its season with this competition, but it will begin again next fall in pursuit of winning the competition. The swim club will start practice next fall and is open to swimmers of all abilities.
(03/29/06 4:58am)
Judo has been around for hundreds of years since its development in 17th-century Japan. Now the martial art is entering its 42nd year at IU.\nThe Hoosiers started a judo club in 1964, flourishing in the 1970s under U.S. Olympic coach Dan Phytila and producing numerous national and regional champions.\nThis weekend, IU tried to produce another individual national champion in the National Collegiate Judo Championship.\nThe NCJC was held in Tinley Park, Ill., and was open to any full-time student who is part of his respective school's judo club. This year, IU's team consisted of senior captain Neil Coker, freshman Jimmy Walters and coaches Vern Ellett and Daisuke Hirata.\nCoker had high hopes for the tournament. \n"I go into every tournament hoping to win," Coker said. "This tournament was no exception; I trained incredibly hard for three months in order to prepare myself for this. I wanted to win, and leave my college judo career on a high note."\nCoker had an eventful ride to the bronze-medal match. He beat an opponent from San Diego State University and advanced to the quarterfinals, then advanced to the semifinal round by defeating an Army wrestler. In the semifinal match, Coker lost to another opponent from Army, putting him into the consolation bracket. There, he defeated the San Jose State opponent that he originally topped in the first round, taking Coker to the bronze-medal match.\nHowever, in the medal round, Coker encountered a referee dispute. He used the same combination that won him the match in the second round, but it was waved off.\n"I jumped up with my hands in the air as soon as he hit the mat, but I saw the corner judges waving off the score," Coker said. "The score went to my opponent in one of the more controversial calls that I've ever seen in this level of judo."\nThe points were awarded to Coker's opponent, giving him fourth place in the competition. The team contested the call to the referees, the coaches' liaison and the tournament director, but no official change has been made to the ruling. \nCoker was upset that he lost the medal due to a referee's call.\n"I feel like I could have won the whole thing if I would have played just a little smarter," said Coker. "I would have settled for the bronze, but getting screwed on a bad call like that really bummed me out. I fought really well, and no one really dominated the bracket. I think the top four (competitors) could go any way on any given day." \nSince Coker is graduating in August, his judo career at IU is complete, but he hopes to continue in the sport. He plans to try out for the national Olympic team either in 2008 or 2012 and then plans to earn his coaching certificate and eventually begin teaching.
(03/09/06 5:22am)
The No. 33-ranked IU club baseball team opened its inaugural season with a hit, winning two out of their first three games in their series against Ball State.\nThe team is in its inaugural year as a club team at IU and in its first season with the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA). The NCBA placed the first-year Hoosiers in the Great Lakes South conference. Junior Matt Ostrega says the conference is tough, but he has high hopes for the season.\n"We have the talent to do something special this year," Ostrega says. "We play in a tough conference with several great teams including (No. 2) Illinois and Ball State, and winning this first series of the year just proves that we can compete against very good ball clubs."\nSophomore Kevin Rogers, the No. 10-ranked home run hitter among all players in the NCBA, agrees with Ostrega.\n"I have very high expectations for our team this year," Rogers said. "We have so much talent on this team. We just need to put it to use. Even though this is our first year as a club team I expect us to go out and win every game and we have the ability to do so. We have so much depth on the team it creates great competition within the team pushing each other and improving each day."\nThe second game had much more scoring as IU beat Ball State again, 10-9. The Hoosiers were down 9-3 in the bottom of the sixth when they rallied to win in a comeback fashion. The team scored four runs in the sixth inning and three runs in the seventh inning giving them the one run win. Rogers hit a two-run homerun to tie the game in the seventh. A deep pop fly allowed senior Steve Powell to score the \nwinning run.\nThe third game didn't go as IU had hoped. The team jumped out to an early 5-1 lead but eventually lost to their in-state rival, 9-6.\nBoth Ostrega and Rogers feel that this team can do some \ndamage, even in a tough conference. Ostrega is confident in the team's ability to do well this season.\n"I feel this squad is going to surprise some teams this season," Ostrega said.\nRogers is confident enough to make an early-season prediction.\n"I am predicting right now, with the talent we have, we will win our conference and go far into the playoffs," Rogers said.\nThe team plays its home games at Bloomington North High School and will have its next home series against Northwestern March 25 and 26.
(02/22/06 4:35am)
Most people wander into the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation for their usual workouts or for the start of the intramural basketball playoffs. However, a group of five people enter twice a week for an entirely different reason--the IU Table Tennis Club.\nThe table tennis club has only five active members. Those members are working to increase their numbers and they hope to play in a few tournaments, member Mike Schopp said.\n"All types of players are welcome," Schopp said. "Not just people who have played competitively."\nThe team has not played in a tournament since the 2003 National Collegiate Table Tennis Team Championship, where it came in third, according to the team's Web site, www.informatics.indiana.edu/fil/TT. That team, comprised of five students, won four of six games, losing only to the first-and second-place teams.\nThe team might go back to playing tournaments this year, club president Abbas Shirinifard said.\n"Purdue invited us to go to a tournament in March," Shirinifard said. "We are going to discuss (the tournament) during practice this week."\nAccording to www.nctta.org, the team could potentially rejoin the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association for a $100 fee, that could provide many options for the club. Joining this association would make IU the sixth active Big Ten team in the association. The other active teams include the Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Penn State and Ohio State. The team would rejoin the Ohio division, which is comprised of 14 teams throughout the Midwest region. Membership also allows the students a discount from The Table Tennis Pioneers, a major online store available at www.ping-pong.com.\nHowever, the team is lacking a major aspect in order to be competitive: a coach. According to the Web site, Gurhan Gunduz, former player and coach, started playing in the 1999-2000 season and ended his career with a 31-3 singles record and a 25-1 doubles record for IU. Gunduz started coaching the team after placing third in the nation in 2003. The team has been looking for a new coach since Gunduz recently returned to his home country of Turkey.\nThe team practices at 7 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday at the HPER in room 293.\n"During practice we train for fun," Shirinifard said.\nSchopp said practice is more then just training. \n"We play a lot of open games," Schopp says.\nThe practices are open to everyone, and the team hopes to recruit enough players to regain tournament status in the future, Schopp said. The membership cost is $10 per semester and covers equipment and practice time.
(02/20/06 4:24am)
The story behind the making of Law and Disorder is worthy of its own TV show.\n"(The idea to produce the journal) came to me in a dream," said Theresa Ochoa, IU professor of special education. "I woke up and it came to me: Law and Disorder."\nLaw and Disorder is an undergraduate journal comprised of IU students' manuscripts covering legal issues of mentally disabled students. \nOchoa said she assigns two of her classes a manuscript covering current legal issues for students with disabilities. \nOchoa said after grading these manuscripts, she came up with the idea for an academic journal and mentioned it to her classes. \n"A few people from class decided it was a good idea to publish the research papers," said senior Meghan Barkley, executive board editor and contributing author for Law and Disorder.\nTopics of the journal range from the No Child Left Behind Act to sexual education for students with disabilities. \nStudents have to submit their manuscripts to the board, Ochoa said. From there, the article is entered into a blind review, where three different people read it. They then decide whether the paper is worthy of entry or if it is rejected, and the approved papers are revised before they go into the journal.\nSenior Kathryn Ulin, an executive board editor, said the executive board hit some tough issues during the publishing process of the first issue. \n"We had a lot of problems with formatting," she said. \nAlthough Ulin said she thought the formatting was the toughest part, senior and executive board editor Alison Boehning said she thought otherwise. \n"Letting (the journal) go to the publishers was the hardest part," she said. "We put so many hours into the making that we just wanted it to come out well."\nDuring a meeting Feb. 14, the executive board worked on invitations for an upcoming gala, which will be held March 31 and will launch the first issue of Law and Disorder. The journal will be available to the public for $10 to $15.