On the sldelines
Senior Dominika Walterova was ill and lost her singles match by default -- this was the only point scored on IU's women's tennis team in two victories against Marquette University and No. 44 Western Michigan University Saturday.
Senior Dominika Walterova was ill and lost her singles match by default -- this was the only point scored on IU's women's tennis team in two victories against Marquette University and No. 44 Western Michigan University Saturday.
Softball's offensive woes continue in Tulsa tournament The IU women's softball team hoped to rebound from two consecutive losses when it headed to Tulsa, Okla., for the Holiday Inn-Select Tulsa Festival this past weekend. Unfortunately, the Hoosiers came away with only one victory in their four games as their offense continued to struggle.
IU's No. 6 water polo team started the weekend off on a strong note, beating Cal State-San Bernardino 14-4. Freshman center Carolyn Conway posted the team's first goal 24 seconds into the game. By halftime, IU had jumped out to an 11-2 advantage. Conway and senior attacker Krista Peterson accounted for most of the scoring -- each finishing with a hat trick.
The IU men's tennis team has had close match after close match this spring, and right now, the close ones aren't falling the Hoosiers' way. The latest close contest came Sunday at the IU Tennis Center, as IU was downed by No. 17 Vanderbilt, 4-2.
Throughout the Big Ten season, the IU men's basketball team has relied on Assembly Hall. While the Hoosiers have struggled on the road, IU's bastion of hope is a home-court advantage that has afforded them a 6-0 home record in the conference.
Fresh off his 22nd-straight opening day win at home, IU coach Bob Morgan will travel with the baseball team to Millington, Tenn., to the Service Academics Classic to play three games in three days.
As much as IU has tried to get away from nightmarish halves in conference play, the Hoosiers were haunted again last night in the second half. IU's most recent episode resulted in a 52-35 loss to No. 15 Minnesota Thursday, only hitting three of their 27 shots after the break. The Hoosiers' 35 points stand as the second fewest allowed by Minnesota in their history.
When an IU track and field athlete looks back at his career, only two indoor meets matter -- the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Championships.
The IU water polo team has posted a 4-3 record so far this season, with losses to the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the nation. Competition will be tough again this weekend as 19 of the top 20 teams in the nation await the Hoosiers in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the Gaucho Invitational. Still, the No. 6 Hoosiers are ready.
IU hockey team will hold senior game at 9 p.m. tonight IU's club hockey team is finishing its season on a high note. The team ended with a 19-8-2 record and will be heading to Rochester, Mich. with a No. 1 seed in the national tournament this Tuesday. The team will honor its graduating seniors at 9 p.m. tonight at the Frank Southern Ice Arena in Bloomington.
With tournaments in Las Vegas and Baton Rouge, La. now behind them, the IU women's softball team will travel to Oklahoma this weekend for the Holiday Inn-Select Tulsa Festival. Last weekend after winning their first two games in Louisiana, one of which included pitcher Megan Roark's complete game no-hitter, the Hoosiers lost their next two games against Southern University and a nationally ranked LSU team.
No. 65 Ohio State, No. 41 Purdue and No. 45 Illinois -- all of these teams have something in common, and it's not that they're all in the Big Ten. Western Michigan's women's tennis team has upset all of them.
This is not how the IU men's tennis team planned on starting the weekend. Two days before its impending home date with No. 17 Vanderbilt, the Hoosiers stumbled in their visit to the Muncie YMCA, falling to No. 72 Ball State, 4-3.
IU's most experienced swimmers and divers hold more than records. They hold the responsibility of mentoring a new crop of talented underclassmen, whose performances this year indicate that the latter may be more impressive than any records they garner.
Junior distance runner Jessica Gall may have already qualified for the NCAA Championships, but the rest of the Hoosiers will have to get there a different way. That way will be this weekend's Women's Big Ten Indoor Championships held by Michigan, which will begin 10 a.m. Saturday.
The acquisition of Chris Webber didn't stop the 76ers from making another deal. Philadelphia pulled off another trade Thursday as the hours ticked down toward the 3 p.m. EST NBA deadline, acquiring Rodney Rogers and Jamal Mashburn from New Orleans for Glenn Robinson.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Randy Moss is heading to Oakland, the receiver's agent said Wednesday. Dante DiTrapano, Moss' agent, told The Associated Press that the Minnesota Vikings and the Raiders had "come to an agreement on Randy playing for Oakland next year."
The IU men's tennis team might finally be finding its routine. After losses two weeks ago to Virginia and N.C. State, the Hoosiers took two days off, and came back last Saturday with their best win of the season, toppling then-No. 26 Louisville at home. IU followed that formula again this week as they look to even out their record against No. 72 Ball State in Muncie today.
The IU men's swimming and diving team looks to repeat history as it heads to Minneapolis for the 2005 Big Ten Championships. It has been exactly 20 years since IU last won a Big Ten title in this sport. That same year was also the last time the Hoosiers won 10 dual-meets in a season before reaching that mark this season.
Two words most people don't often put together are Hoosier and Gopher. Ironically, the IU women's basketball team sports a pair of Hoosiers with Gopher blood.