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Outdoor season begins today

By Pat Crowell · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The Hoosiers look for some fun in the sun this weekend as the men's and women's track and field teams head to Arizona State University. Spring training is not the only thing happening in Arizona as the Sun Devils play host to the Baldy Castillo Invitational. This is the first outdoor meet of the season, and the warm weather will give IU the opportunity to do well.

New coach leads Hoosiers

By Ryan Pretzer and Ryan W. Pretzer · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The IU athletics department announced Wednesday that former University of Pacific coach Ray Looze Jr. will be the next men's swimming coach. Looze replaces Kris Kirchner at the helm of one of the Big Ten's most storied swimming programs.

Conference favorite?

By Jason Recker · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The scene looked ominous for the Hoosiers and perfect for Iowa. Senior guard Dane Fife stood outside IU's team huddle, head slumped and eyes toward the parque floor in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Sunday. The 6-foot-4 Hoosier guard had just picked up two fouls in 13 seconds and was relegated to the bench with 16:17 remaining in the first half. Last season, Fife picked up two early fouls, and his defensive assignment, Hawkeye guard Luke Recker, went nuts, scoring 27 points and erasing a 17-point halftime deficit that carried Iowa to a 71-66 victory.

Baffert does it at Derby

By Alyson Brodsy and Richard Rosenblatt · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- War Emblem showed up at Bob Baffert's barn a mere three weeks ago. Even the trainer joked that he would need his best and shortest training job to win the Kentucky Derby. Baffert came through.

Roadrunners repeat top finish in women's race

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Jenn Wangerin did it again. Last year, the junior took the Roadrunners' final exchange and led her team to victory. This year was no different. With 20 laps to go, Wangerin took the bike and kept near the front of the pack.

Depth players lead team to wins

By Michael Sherman · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Saturday night, there weren't many smiles bigger than that of Hoosier center Rhys Anderson. It wasn't just that he had picked up a goal and an assist for his first multipoint game of the season. It wasn't just that he had done so against IU's biggest rival, Michigan State. It wasn't just that his efforts helped result in a 4-1 victory for the Hoosiers (6-2).

Hoosiers win opening game

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The women's volleyball team played its season-opening game Friday against the University of Maryland and recorded the ninth season-opening win for coach Katie Weismiller.

Team travels to Soutern Illinois to battle Salukis

By Dan Cortez · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Southern Illinois coach Bruce Weber and his men's basketball program are looking forward to facing the Hoosiers on Salukis hardwood for the first time. "It's been the talk of our town for the past two years," Weber said. "People are excited -- we'll be close to a sellout for the first time in 11 years. "Everybody's talking about Indiana coming here." Weber and the Salukis will host the Hoosiers tomorrow at SIU Arena in Carbondale, Ill. Tip off time is set for 4:05 EST.

1st place Hoosiers back on the road

By Dan Cortez · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Wednesday night's victory over No. 19 Ohio State, the Hoosiers find themselves in first place in the Big Ten standings with just three games left. That's the problem, though, for IU -- those three games. Two of those three are on the road before the Hoosiers close the regular season March 2 at Assembly Hall against an upstart Northwestern team. No. 23 IU begins the stretch with a noon visit to Michigan State Sunday.

Confident squad heads to NCAAs

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Nowling · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The IU women's swimming and diving team begins its bid for the school's best ever finish at the NCAA Championships today at the Jamail Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The Hoosiers best finish came in 1980 when they concluded the meet 11th.

Six athletes represent IU in national competion

By Michael Schroeder · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Maurice Greene. Marion Jones. Gail Devers. IU. Last weekend, IU mixed with the top competition in the country at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Stanford, Calif. and emerged with five top-10 placements. "We were excited to get back into the national scene," IU men's coach Marshall Goss said of bringing six athletes to the Championships.

Carpentier wins, ends da Matta's streak

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

CLEVELAND -- Patrick Carpentier finally got some luck and his second career victory, winning the Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland on Sunday to end Cristiano da Matta's CART winning streak at four races.

Diverse group of competitors comprises Row 6

By Ryan Lengerich · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The sixth row of the men's Little 500 race features what might be the three most diverse teams on the track. Lambda Chi Alpha boasts a balanced team, Achtung will have three riders on race day and Sigma Alpha Epsilon's hopes ride on one of this year's top riders and three rookies.

Lead erased Sunday

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The women's golf team entered the final round of the Indiana Invitational yesterday with a seven-stroke lead, hoping to win its first tournament of the year.

Series events:2 down, 1 to go

Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Four rounds and more than 50 heats after it started, only two riders remained at Miss-N-Out. Phi Delta Theta senior Matt Marketti and Kappa Kappa Gamma junior Kristin Carpenter reigned as the men's and women's champions in 2002.

FLAWLESS

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

SAN ANTONIO - Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma knew what he was talking about three months ago when he said Oklahoma would be a tough team in March. While Oklahoma missed a slew of inside shots Sunday night, Auriemma's Huskies still had to come up big to beat the determined Sooners 82-70 to complete a perfect season.

Evansville 'Ace' spoils Hoosiers' home opener

By Michael Sherman · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Valuable lessons can be learned from a loss. But it becomes harder to accept losing as a learning experience when it happens twice in one day. Perhaps the greatest lesson learned in the softball team's 5-2 and 4-3 losses to Evansville Tuesday was a tutorial in "Maggie Ross 101." The ace of the Aces' pitching staff was the Missouri Valley Conference's Pitcher of the Year in 2000, and if any Hoosiers (9-17) didn't know of her abilities before, they know now.

Hoosiers, Badgers ready to settle score

By David Uchiyama · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Junior forward Kirk Haston said roommate and sophomore guard Kyle Hornsby has some of the ugliest feet he's ever seen. But how far the Hoosiers advance in the Big Ten tournament could depend on how Hornsby's right foot feels after spraining his ankle Saturday against Purdue.

Hoosiers lose perfect record in tournament

By Katie Schoenbaechler · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The Hoosier-Illini men's volleyball tournament against the top teams in the nation March 3 proved that no one is perfect, but after a pre-spring break tournament in Arizona, the men still remain close to perfection with a 27-3 record.

Three-part revamp plan under way

By Rebekah Carpenter · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The athletics department is slowly working its way through a three-part plan to revamp the school's colors and logo, create a new icon and introduce a new mascot. The purpose of this plan is to create a department-wide brand identity for athletics, Jeff Fanter, director of Media Relations for the athletics department, said. After deciding last fall that the athletic department needed a more uniform look, the proposal was unveiled in January. The first change was to start using crimson and cream as the standard school colors, replacing the various shades of red and white used by the varsity teams. This part of the plan also involved the redesign of the block IU logo. A San Francisco-based company, Michael Osborne Designs, was hired to help with this project.

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