2 home losses leave Hoosiers in Big Ten volleyball quicksand
The Hoosiers were supposed to ruffle the Hawkeyes' feathers then give sixth-ranked Minnesota a run for its money last weekend. Iowa and Minnesota didn't agree.
The Hoosiers were supposed to ruffle the Hawkeyes' feathers then give sixth-ranked Minnesota a run for its money last weekend. Iowa and Minnesota didn't agree.
As the individual season rolls along, the men's tennis team will send players to two tournaments this weekend. Three players will go to Stone Mountain, Ga., for the pre-qualifying round of the All-American tournament. Others will go to Louisville, Ky., for the Louisville Invitational. Senior Paul Jacobson, junior Rahman Smiley and freshman Bernard Tsepelman will compete in Stone Mountain in a tournament with all the best players in college tennis. The event will be unique, in that it will be crowded and individualized.
The women's golf team faced a busy three days of golf and a full plate of familiar foes this past weekend at the Northern Invitational in Minneapolis. Going into the tournament, the invitational appeared to be a good early season indication of where the Hoosiers stand in the Big Ten, since every conference squad was present.
News from various sports teams at IU: Week of Oct. 3
Pat Knight, former assistant men's basketball coach and son of former coach Bob Knight, accepted an assistant coaching position with the University of Akron's men's basketball team. Knight will replace Saint Crawford, who is looking at another position elsewhere. Knight's official start date is Oct. 16.
Assistant football head coach and quarterbacks coach Pete Schmidt passed away Friday in Bloomington after battling lymphoma for almost a year. Coach Cam Cameron hired Schmidt, 52, in 1996 after serving as head coach at Albion College from 1983-1996. Schmidt was the first assistant hired by Cameron. Throughout Schmidt's illness, Cameron said he managed to visit him once a day.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- IU fans leaned from the stands to pat Colin Rogers on his head to congratulate the junior goalkeeper for his performance in the Hoosiers' 3-2 win against Penn State.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- On paper, the IU men's soccer team wasn't supposed to defeat the No. 2 team in the country Friday night. But in a time of seemingly bad luck, IU halted its season-long offensive woes, defensive inconsistency and received solid play from junior goalkeeper Colin Rogers in a 3-2 upset against Penn State.
In many ways, Saturday night at Memorial Stadium unfolded like the first two games the Hoosiers lost to open the 2000 season. In the end, junior quarterback Antwaan Randle El did something he wasn\'t able to do in those first two losses.
LOUISVILLE -- IU stormed down Interstate 65 Sunday determined to get its first win of the season against Division II Bellarmine University. It turned out the only difficult thing about the day was choosing whether to watch "Goonies" or "The Princess Bride" on the way home. "Goonies" won with a 10-8 vote.
Regulation and double overtime play weren't enough to determine a winner in the IU-Michigan State women's soccer game Sunday afternoon at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
Coach Joe Kelley was looking for a way to improve his offense to help the Hoosiers climb out of the Big Ten cellar. He didn't have to look far once he found junior sweeper Whitney Butler.
The volleyball team dropped two Big Ten games this weekend in its conference home openers. The Hoosiers are 10-4 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten. IU fell to Iowa (7-5, 3-1) in five games Friday (5-15, 15-12, 15-9, 7-15, 6-15) and then dropped three consecutive games to No. 6 Minnesota Saturday (15-9,15-12, 15-8).
Pat Knight, former assistant men's basketball coach and son of former coach Bob Knight, has accepted an assistant coaching position with the University of Akron's men's basketball team. Knight will replace Saint Crawford, who is looking at another position elsewhere. Knight's official start date is Oct. 16.
In dorm rooms, apartments and offices throughout "Happy Valley," Pa., Sept. 29 is marked on calendars as the year's biggest soccer game. The defending national champion IU men's soccer team faces No. 2 Penn State 7 p.m. today in State College, Pa.
There have been classic battles between the two teams in the past and there will be some in the future. But Indiana and Iowa's football programs are only focused on this weekend.
When the men's soccer team faces No. 2 Penn State this weekend, the Hoosiers won't have their mainstay senior goalkeeper T.J. Hannig on the field.
Hopkinsville High School football head coach Craig Clayton gently nudged, then slightly tugged and then finally, like a loose tooth, was able to jiggle Jerry Dorsey into playing football his senior year of high school.
The cleats aren't new. The wide receivers and defensive backs aren't given gloves to ease the pain of catching a hard-thrown football. And the meals, well, sometimes there just aren't any. Welcome to the world of junior college football.
The women's soccer team gets back to Big Ten action against Michigan State (7-1-1, 2-1-0) Sunday after a non-conference match-up with in-state rivals Butler Thursday.