Baseball looks to bounce back after 1st loss in a month
No. 17 IU (25-4, 8-1 Big Ten) will face off against the Evansville Purple Aces (14-18, 5-4 Missouri Valley Conference) at 7 p.m. today in Evansville.
No. 17 IU (25-4, 8-1 Big Ten) will face off against the Evansville Purple Aces (14-18, 5-4 Missouri Valley Conference) at 7 p.m. today in Evansville.
No. 17 Hoosiers’ 18-game winning streak snapped Sunday when Illinois took down IU, 3-2.
IU baseball has seen a lot of success so far this season, but things changed during the weekend.
In the 18-game winning streak for IU baseball, there were no more fairy-tale endings as the the team’s felt its first loss since March 9.
The largest crowd in Bart Kaufman Field history saw No. 17 IU take down Illinois 3-2 Friday night for its NCAA-best 17th consecutive victory.
With a win Friday night — the first home night game in program history — the No. 17 IU baseball team (23-3, 6-0) could match the nation’s longest winning streak of the season of 17 games set by Mississippi State to begin the season
The No. 17 Hoosiers (23-3, 6-0) dispatched the Xavier Musketeers 9-5 Wednesday afternoon at Hayden Field in Cincinnati.
No. 17 IU will go for its 16th straight victory as the team travels to Cincinnati to play Xavier University at 3 p.m. today.
No. 24 IU is currently riding a 15-game win streak, the longest active streak in the nation, and is already tied for the longest in IU’s 118-year history.
The Hoosiers extended their winning streak to 15, the highest active streak in the NCAA, and have also won 20 of their last 21 contests.
The No. 24 IU baseball team (19-3, 3-0) has an opportunity to escape March with only one loss as it enters its first Big Ten road series beginning 2:05 p.m. EDT Saturday at Iowa.
No. 19 IU (19-3, 3-0) broke the tie in the bottom of the fourth and went on to win 5-1 Wednesday afternoon at Bart Kaufman Field.
The Hoosiers’ game at 4 p.m. today against the No. 15 University of Louisville Cardinals.
IU Coach Tracy Smith tweeted Monday afternoon that the game, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. today, will instead begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Though the new Bart Kaufman Field has lights, IU’s starting pitchers were lights out in the No. 29 Hoosiers’ (18-3, 3-0) conference-opening series against Penn State.
The Big Ten’s first- and last-place teams will play on Bart Kaufman Field when No. 29 IU (15-3) takes on Penn State (5-11) Friday to begin their three-game series this weekend.
The weekend series against Penn State marks the beginning of the Big Ten season for the Hoosiers, who went 14-7 last year in conference play.
The Hoosiers improved to 15-3 on the year after they beat Miami (Ohio) 15-1 Wednesday night. IU has won eight straight games and 13 of their last 14.
The days of grass and dirt stains are done for IU baseball when the team plays in Bloomington.
New facilities can dramatically affect a team’s growth and success.The IU baseball program starts a new beginning with the opening of Bart Kaufman Field. It is a facility that the baseball team will cherish for a long time.