Pitching helps IU win four-game set with Toledo
Starting pitching continued to be the strong suit for IU throughout the weekend as the Hoosiers (9-9) depended on the seniors who took the mound to carry them deep into the game.
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Starting pitching continued to be the strong suit for IU throughout the weekend as the Hoosiers (9-9) depended on the seniors who took the mound to carry them deep into the game.
Freshman infielder Scotty Bradley didn’t enter the game until the seventh inning.
IU broke through with nine runs in the final game of the series against Western Carolina after IU Coach Chris Lemonis made a few major changes to the batting order.
The slow start for the Hoosiers was not how IU Coach Chris Lemonis expected to start the season.
When IU left Florida with a .500 record this weekend, it was largely due to the presence the freshmen brought to the plate.
Plating 14 runs in a game for the second time this year snapped a six-game losing streak for IU, winning two of the final three games in the Snowbird Classic this weekend.
Just six games into the season the Hoosiers find themselves in an unfamiliar situation. With one win, IU is off to its worst start since 2006 when the team finished 10 games below .500.
IU hoped to bounce back after a disappointing opening weekend as they headed west to face Cal State Fullerton. Instead, it only got worse for the Hoosiers.
Starting below .500 after the first weekend of play was unexpected for two teams who have been postseason fixtures recently.
Dropping two of the first three matchups was not what IU had in mind for its opening weekend against Middle Tennessee State.
IU’s path to a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance starts Friday in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as IU opens play against Middle Tennessee State in its first series of the season.
IU Coach Chris Lemonis relied substantially on his freshman class a season ago. At least three freshmen saw the field in 29 games.
The last time senior pitcher Kyle Hart took the mound for the Hoosiers, he tossed a gem.
Freshman sprinter Markevious Roach was 15 meters behind the pack of three runners ahead of him, including his teammate sophomore Daniel Kuhn.
Junior defender Kate Barber was an integral part to the IU field hockey team’s program-high five conference wins in 2015. Her tenacious play on both ends of the pitch lifted her above the competition in every aspect this season, which led to Barber’s being named to First Team All-West Region by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.
Senior defender Sydney Supica broke down on the turf when the clock hit triple zeros Thursday at the IU Field Hockey Complex to end the Big Ten quarterfinals. Tears came to her eyes as her teammates helped her up. The season was finished. The turnaround was done.
The Hoosiers couldn’t do what every other top seeded team in the Big Ten conference tournament on Thursday did: win. IU (9-10, 5-4) ended its season in the quarterfinals of the tournament with a crushing 3-1 loss to sixth seed Penn State (9-9, 5-4).
The Hoosiers won the most conference games in program history this season with first-year IU Coach Amanda Janney. The five conference wins earned them the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament, which they will play host to for the first time since 2008 on Thursday.
In mid-October the IU field hockey program locked up a Big Ten conference berth after missing out on the postseason tournament a season ago. Just making the tournament was one of the main goals for the Hoosiers during the preseason in August, after finishing 2014 with a 9-8 record — 1-7 in the Big Ten.
The senior class had two career conference wins coming into this season. Now it’s going for the program’s single season conference win record Friday.