IU field hockey on the road over weekend as Big Ten play starts up
The IU field hockey team has seen a lot of the new IU field hockey field lately. But this weekend, the Hoosiers are in for a change of scenery.
The IU field hockey team has seen a lot of the new IU field hockey field lately. But this weekend, the Hoosiers are in for a change of scenery.
For weeks, IU coach Bill Lynch and his team dodged questions regarding the Big Ten. They played under the adages “we’re going to take it one game at a time,” and “we’re not going to look ahead.”
The Indiana Daily Student presents key players, statistics and match-ups for Saturday's game between the Hoosiers and the Fighting Illini
Zack Greinke may have ended the debate over whether he should be a starter or reliever. Greinke struck out a career-high 10 and pitched two-hit ball for eight innings, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Chicago White Sox 3-0 Thursday.
The Hoosiers are off to Nittany Lion country to try to tame Penn State’s Blue Golf Course this weekend. With a second-place finish at last weekend’s Mary Fossum Invitational in East Lansing, Mich., the 20th-ranked IU women’s golf team now faces a full field of 14 teams at the Lady Northern Invitational in State College, Pa., this weekend.
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The Indianapolis Colts offensive linemen winced during film sessions this week. There it was, in full, living color: Peyton Manning being sacked, taking the occasional hit and getting twisted to the ground at Tennessee.
The story line for the women’s soccer team in September has been to go out and find ways not to lose. With a record of 5-0-1 in September to date, they’re on a familiar track.
After a tough weekend in St. Louis, the Hoosiers return home Friday night in hopes of snapping their first losing streak of the season with a victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham. IU leads the all-time series with a record of 1-0-2.
The IU volleyball team spent the first part of their season testing themselves against some of the best competition they could find, playing in a total of four preseason tournaments. Now they get to start over, as it is time for Big Ten play.
After about a week of practices, the IU women’s tennis team is gearing up for its first fall tournament, the Wake Forest Invitational, which will take place this weekend in Winston-Salem, N.C. While this tournament will not determine team rankings, it will eventually influence individual rankings at the end of the season. More importantly, it will allow coaches to get a feel for the strengths and weaknesses of this year’s Hoosier squad, which features four freshmen. “It’s a get-your-feet-wet tournament,” IU coach Lin Loring said.
One look at Tyler Zeller’s Facebook profile and you can get a good sense of what drives him.
The IU women’s soccer team had to come from behind for the fourth time this season to overcome the Butler Bulldogs 2-1. Butler scored first as midfielder Courtney Lord soared a shot from 30 yards out that went over a mis-timed jump of Hoosier freshman goalkeeper Lauren Hollandsworth in the 19th minute. That goal would be Butler’s only score. Indiana’s first goal came on the board in the 63rd minute as sophomore midfielder Christie Kotynski headed in a shot to the back post, off of a cross from sophomore defender Kelly Lawrence. “We were ready to play again,” Kotynski said. “At halftime we came out ready to play, and (we) stepped up and won the game.”
C.C. Sabathia upgraded his Cy Young resume and Cleveland finished declawing the Detroit Tigers with a 4-2 win Wednesday that completed a three-game sweep and reduced the Indians’ magic number for clinching the AL Central to three.
Much to the chagrin of senior Hunter Marks, he will have to pay more to get season tickets for the IU men’s basketball team this year. The Los Angeles native has become a Hoosier basketball fan during his first three years in Bloomington, so he will pay the extra $53 for the ticket package.
The IU men’s golf team stroked its way to a fourth place tie in the 12-team Gopher Invitational last weekend in Wayzata, Minn. The tournament was hosted by the University of Minnesota and held at the par 72, 7,020-yard Spring Hill Golf Club.
When IU’s defense takes the field against Illinois on Saturday, they’ll get an idea of what it’s like trying to stop Hoosiers’ quarterback Kellen Lewis.
If the IU women’s soccer team is going to extend its five game unbeaten streak, it will have to do it on the road tonight in Indianapolis against in-state foe Butler.
The Chicago Cubs are locked in a pennant race. So naturally, Tom Eukovich is terrified.
Suspended defensive tackle Tank Johnson signed a two-year contract Tuesday with the Dallas Cowboys.