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Volleyball team eyes Iowa, No.13 Minnesota

Perhaps revenge is what it does best. The IU volleyball team scored two upsets against Iowa and No. 13 Minnesota, after losing to them both earlier this season. IU’s success now puts it 6-6 in the Big Ten and 14-10 overall.

Hot first half leads women's basketball team past Greyhounds

The IU women’s basketball team was once again impressive last night. This time, they showed their talents off to the Indianapolis Greyhounds in an 82-56 victory. The Greyhounds scored at the 15:04 mark in the first half to make it 7-2 in favor of the Hoosiers. After, Indianapolis did not score until 6:58 left in the half. A scoreless drought of more than eight minutes. The Greyhounds’ next bucket made it 30-5, and the rout was on.

IU club hockey falls twice to Michigan

The IU club hockey team suffered two losses against Michigan over the weekend. The Hoosiers have now lost four in a row after losing two games to Davenport the week before. The team’s record is 6-4. Friday’s game was neck-and-neck, with the score deadlocked at one for most of the contest. The Wolverines managed to get a power play goal to go ahead 2-1. Then a fluke goal on a bounce gave Michigan a 3-1 lead, which proved to be insurmountable, as that became the final score. “It was another close game all the way through,” IU coach Tom Orr said. “Towards the end, we dominated play but just couldn’t get a goal.”

Obama: an example of sport revealing character

If you’re like me, you’ve been consumed by this year’s election. I just can’t seem to get enough of it. As one of your sports columnists, I’ve probably done my readers a disservice during the bulk of this semester as the majority of the TV I’ve been watching has consisted of campaign news. And if I do watch anything else, it’s via DVR. I honestly haven’t even watched much football.

Campaigning 101 for the blue and white

The folks who’ve been knocking on my door for the past few months tell me today’s Election Day. In honor of this highly ignored American holiday, I wanted to do a little research to see if any of the most famous campaign slogans could help inspire the Indianapolis Colts – who survived the Midterm Elections with a 4-4 record – to improve their approval ratings and squeak into the playoffs.

Hoosiers conclude exhibition schedule versus Indianapolis

After the IU women’s basketball team’s 93-49 blowout of Southern Indiana on Saturday, it might seem there is not much left to work on. But IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack said there are improvements to be made. On Saturday, the team shot just 47.8 percent from the free-throw line and grabbed 40 rebounds when Legette-Jack said they should have had at least 50. Legette-Jack said two key areas needing to be addressed are free-throw shooting and tenacity and purpose when it comes to rebounding. “If we can get our free throws together and be hungrier for those offensive rebounds and we keep doing what we’ve already done, I think we have a good shot at being a pretty good team,” she said. The Hoosiers will have another opportunity to show improvement as they take on Indianapolis in their final exhibition game at 7 p.m. today in Assembly Hall.

Crean makes Haunted Hall of Hoops a treat for kids on Halloween

Assembly Hall most likely saw a few things for the first time this Halloween: a halftime costume parade, a spirited game of Chubby Bunny and a 7-foot-tall junior holding Cinderella above his head so she could make a lay-up.

Football down but not feeling out just yet

Following a 37-34 loss to Central Michigan on Saturday, the Hoosiers are approaching the breaking point of their 2008 season. Junior linebacker Will Patterson was so perturbed by his team’s performance he somewhat called out them out following the game. “We’ve got certain guys that go out and play like warriors every Saturday,” Patterson said. “Then you’ve got the few guys that just kind of do their own thing. It showed today and we’ll get it fixed.”

Cross country teams fair well at conference tourney

Field hockey ends regular season with loss

Volleyball back in NCAA Tournament contention

Women's swimming and diving takes 2nd amidst top programs

Men's swimming and diving falls to Texas, Michigan in double-dual meet

Offense goes missing in men's soccer team's loss to Penn State

Five times this season, the IU men’s soccer team has been held scoreless in the first half of play and come back to win.

Women's basketball rolls over Southern Indiana

Shooting less than 48 percent from the free-throw line usually doesn’t bode well for winning basketball games – unless a team converts nearly 55 percent of its field goals and 63 percent of its 3-point shots. The IU women’s basketball team followed this model in its 93-49 victory against Southern Indiana in its first exhibition game of the season Saturday.

Goodbye, 2008. See you next year

No crystal ball, no tarot card, not even Ms. Cleo could have correctly hypothesized IU’s season up to this point. 2008, as we all know, was supposed to encompass the resurgence of Hoosier football.

6th loss comes in close contest with Chippewas

Completely outmatched through the air, the IU football team could not stop Central Michigan’s backup quarterback Brian Brunner in a 37-34 loss to the visiting Chippewas. Brunner threw for 485 yards and four touchdowns in the non-conference victory on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The loss was IU’s sixth of the season, dropping its record to 3-6. “We don’t feel very good,” sophomore quarterback Ben Chappell said of his team’s emotion following the game. “They played good, but we just didn’t play well enough to win.” Brunner’s 485 yards are the third-most IU has let up all time. “He did a tremendous job,” IU coach Bill Lynch said in his post-game press conference. “He is a fifth-year senior and has been in a program that has won a lot of football games. They certainly play with a lot of confidence.” To counteract Brunner’s success, the Hoosiers amped up their pass rush at the beginning of the second half.And it worked. Brunner was sacked five of his seven total times in the final half. But Brunner and the Chippewas also adjusted and found receivers left one-on-one in man coverage as Hoosier linebackers blitzed.

Brunner's 485 yards takes Chippewas past Hoosiers 37-34

Completely outmatched through the air, the IU football team’s defense couldn’t stop Central Michigan’s backup quarterback Brian Brunner as he threw for 485 yards and four touchdowns. Brunner led his Chippewas to a 37-34 non-conference victory against the Hoosiers on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Limiting turnovers could be key to football's fourth win

Last week, the IU football players seemed to have figured out what was plaguing them during the previous five weeks. The 21-19 win against Northwestern on Homecoming was the Hoosiers’ (3-5, 1-4) first since September. Now IU looks to win back-to-back games for the second time this season as it welcomes Central Michigan (6-2, 5-0 MAC) to Memorial Stadium on Saturday. “We had a good win against Northwestern,” IU coach Bill Lynch said. “It was a game that we needed to get back on track, and I really liked the way our guys played. They played with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm, and really, we did the things we had to. We had to win the turnover margin.” Lynch has said all season losing the turnover battle handicapped the Hoosiers in their losses. Winning that battle against the Chippewas has proven to be nearly impossible for everyone else, however. Central Michigan is currently tied with UNLV and Florida for the fewest turnovers in the nation at six. So far this season, the Hoosiers have turned the ball more than 14 times.

Both QBs available to play Saturday against Chippewas