Hoosiers enter super regional as underdog
The IU baseball team is an underdog this weekend against Florida State for one of only a few times this season and for the first time this postseason.
The IU baseball team is an underdog this weekend against Florida State for one of only a few times this season and for the first time this postseason.
Sophomore catcher Kyle Schwarber was named a Second Team All-American. Junior third baseman Dustin DeMuth and sophomore pitcher Aaron Slegers were named Third Team All-Americans.
The IU baseball team’s attempt to advance further in a historic season came down to the right arm of a closer having a record-setting season.
IU won its first baseball regional championship with a 6-1 win against Austin Peay Sunday night in Bloomington. The Hoosiers will advance to Tallahassee, Fla., to play Florida State in the Super Regionals.
No. 1 seed IU defeated No. 2 seed Austin Peay 15-6 to snap the Governor's 16-game winning streak and advance to the regional championship game Sunday as the only undefeated team left in the Bloomington Regional.
Chad Clark ripped an 0-1 slider from Karch Kowalczyk into the left-field bullpen for a two-run, walk-off homer that propelled the Hoosiers to a 5-4 win against Valparaiso and completed a miraculous four-run ninth inning comeback Friday at Bart Kaufman Field.
IU, the No. 1 seed, will welcome Florida, Austin Peay and Valparaiso to Bloomington this weekend for a double-elimination NCAA Regional.
IU's first NCAA Regional in Bloomington will include Florida, Austin Peay and Valparaiso. IU will open play with Valpo Friday. IU, the No. 1 seed in the regional, took two of three from Florida, the No. 2 seed in the regional, in the regular season.
The NCAA announced late Sunday evening that IU's Bart Kaufman Field will be one of 16 regional hosts for the NCAA baseball tournament, the first time IU has hosted that event.
Scott Donley hit a walk-off single to left-center with the bases loaded to beat Nebraska 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Target Field in Minneapolis, giving IU its first Big Ten Tournament championship since 2009.
IU and Nebraska will play in a winner-take-all game at 1:05 p.m. ET Sunday with the Big Ten Tournament championship on the line. Follow live on Twitter.
The IU baseball team scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth, all coming after a throwing error by Ohio State starter Brian King, to beat the Buckeyes 11-3 Friday at Target Field.
Ryan Halstead closed out Minnesota in the ninth for the school-record 21st save of his career, preserving IU’s 4-2 win over Minnesota in game five of the 2013 Big Ten baseball Tournament at Target Field.
On May 19, the IU baseball team won its fifth Big Ten regular season championship. This weekend it will try to win its third Big Ten Tournament title.
The Big Ten conference announced IU Coach Tracy Smith as Coach of the Year and sophomore Aaron Slegers as Pitcher of the Year Monday afternoon.
The Hoosiers captured their first outright Big Ten regular season title since 1932 with an 8-1 victory Saturday at Bill Davis Stadium’s Nick Swisher Field by scoring six runs through the first three innings.
For the first time since 1932, IU has won a Big Ten baseball championship outright.
With a 7-2 victory against Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Friday night, IU claimed at least a share of its first Big Ten regular season title since 1949.
Sophomore catcher Kyle Schwarber has been named to USA Baseball’s 2013 Collegiate National Team, IU baseball announced in a press release Wednesday.
It’s been 64 years since the IU baseball team won its last Big Ten regular season title but the Hoosiers are staring down a chance at championship No. 5.