Team looks for two in a row against Irish
After winning every match they played last weekend against Murray State, the men's tennis team is ready to take on Notre Dame today at 4 p.m.
After winning every match they played last weekend against Murray State, the men's tennis team is ready to take on Notre Dame today at 4 p.m.
As the wrestling squad prepares for tonight's Big Ten season opener, they will have to do so without 184-pound junior Ty Matthews. Matthews is undefeated in the 184-pound weight class this year and held the No. 19 ranking in the country at that weight. Matthews was going to face 184-pound Penn State senior Mark Becks, who holds the No. 4 ranking in the nation, but now the Hoosiers will likely turn to freshman Andy Rios.
After back-to-back thrashings of Big Ten foes Ohio State and Purdue, the IU women's swim team looks to keep their undefeated record and No. 14 ranking intact this weekend as they travel to East Lansing, Mich. The Hoosiers, 6-0 (4-0 in the Big Ten) will take on Michigan State and Penn State in the final regular season conference competition of the year.
The women's tennis team will be back in action this Saturday when they host the Western Michigan Broncos and Miami (Ohio) Redhawks in a dual match tournament. IU first takes on the Broncos at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday at the IU Tennis Center, and then the Redhawks at 2:30 p.m. following the first match.
This weekend the No. 14 Water Polo team travels to the confines of its most heated rival; the dangerous waters of Ann Arbor, Mich. The Hoosiers and the No. 11 Wolverines have a heated rivalry and the Hoosiers are out to get revenge from last season.
IU will face its toughest challenge to date with two road games in the Nittany Lion Invitational this weekend. IU will be the only division II team in a four-team field.
Learning about hockey at IU can be confusing, especially for anyone who has followed NCAA hockey like junior Doug LaFave.
SAN DIEGO -- Hey, Super Bowl fans, the Oakland Raiders are not wimps on defense and the Tampa Bay Bucs are not buffoons on offense. True, neither is ranked at the top of the league the way the Raiders are with the ball and the way the Buccaneers are when the opposition has it. And neither has gotten much credit for lifting its team to a conference title.
On Jan. 12 the women's basketball team (9-6 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) upset Ohio State in front of 2,845 screaming fans. It was the sixth-highest single-game attendance total ever at IU. But 2,845 fans aren't enough for coach Kathi Bennett. She said she wants to see over 5,000 at the game against Wisconsin 7 p.m. Friday to break the attendance record.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A sweat-soaked Andy Roddick handed his racket to a ball boy to play the next point, then staggered to the corner of the court and plopped himself down, gasping air. More than 80 games and 4 1/2 hours into his quarterfinal against Younes El Aynaoui, Roddick figured the lighthearted gesture might ease the tension in what already was the longest Australian Open match in more than 30 years.
SAN DIEGO -- The NFL stopped pool reporters from watching drills Wednesday, even though that portion of practice has been open in the past. Practices are closed to the public and the media, except for one pool reporter for each conference. Peter King of Sports Illustrated is covering the Oakland Raiders this year, while Dan Pompei of The Sporting News is covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
NEW YORK -- Baseball's committee on the future of the Montreal Expos will meet Tuesday with the mayors of the District of Columbia and Portland, Ore., and a day later with officials from Northern Virginia to discuss a new site selection for the team.
After a 198-102 beating of No. 17 rival Purdue, coach Dorsey Tierney's top ranked women's swimming team heads into the final few weeks before the 2003 Big Ten Conference Championship. Leading the Hoosiers down the stretch is a solid group of seniors that includes Megan Geers, Jenny Bechem and Tina Gretlund.
There's an old coaches cliche, especially when conference play begins, that goes "you've gotta take care of home and maybe steal a couple on the road." While coach-speak can sometimes border on the generic (eg "take it a game at a time"), this statement is used so often in college basketball because it is a genuine truth. And the Big Ten is no exception to the rule. The No.14 Hoosiers (14-3, 4-1 Big Ten) will soon experience the tough atmospheres of their conference foes' arenas and, quite possibly, learn how tough they themselves are in the process, playing seven of their next nine games on the road. The only break they will get from their midwest tour comes on Feb. 8 and 12 when they host Michigan State and Michigan respectively.
Before the Big Ten season even starts, junior Coyte Cooper finds himself with an undefeated dual meet record (12-0), an overall record of 21-1, the No. 5 ranking in the nation at 141-pounds, Big Ten wrestler of the week honors (Dec. 23-30) and nine pins in 2002-03. Cooper has been a mainstay for the Hoosiers all season, going undefeated since losing the 141-pound championship bout at the Missouri Open. That was on Nov. 24, nearly two months ago.
Over the years, Big Ten basketball has compiled a laundry list of characteristics that define it as a smash-mouth conference. Among the various facets of the league's personality are stingy defense and low scores; rabid fans who taunt the opposition with vicious chants and award the home team with raucous cheers; and physical play that, at times, can resemble a wrestling match. Tuesday night's Big Ten rematch between the Hoosiers and the Ohio State Buckeyes was a prime example of the physical play that the Big Ten is famous for.
This is what the IU men's basketball team wanted to happen 10 days ago. Shutting down the Ohio State leading scorers, taking care of their own basket and getting rebounds was the Hoosiers' intent. Well, two out of three isn't bad. IU may have been out-rebounded by the Buckeyes, but they did shut down Ohio State's leading scorers and they did pound the ball inside to pick up their third-straight victory. The No. 14 Hoosiers (14-3, 4-1 Big Ten) got their revenge, beating the Buckeyes (8-8, 1-4), 69-51.
With freshman Joe Dubuque out with a knee injury, IU was forced to forfeit each of its four 125-pound bouts this weekend. But even that was not enough to stop IU from going 4-0 on a weekend that included back-to-back weigh-ins to help the Hoosiers prepare for the upcoming Big Ten season.
The No. 16 men's track and field team opened the indoor season with a win Saturday at Michigan with a four-way track meet with No. 25 Michigan, Kent State and Michigan State. The Hoosiers scored 172 points leaving runner-up Michigan behind by 15 points.
The IU women's swimming and diving teams won both bragging rights and an important conference dual meet with a 198-102 win over Purdue. No. 14 IU took first in 13 of 16 events to bolster the victory over the No. 17 Boilermakers. "Overall, we are very pleased with our afternoon," coach Dorsey Tierney said. "Our depth was a major factor. We swam well and Purdue didn't swim as well as they are capable. They certainly bring out the best in us and today that showed. We have a tough group."