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IU swimmers sputter in Day 1

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:27 a.m.

IU coach Kris Kirchner came into the Big Ten Championships with high hopes that his team would swim well. "I would like to come out of there with everybody swimming fast, at their best, and scoring their best," Kirchner said before the three-day meet, which began Thursday in Minneapolis. But when the Hoosiers jumped into the pool, his expectations fell short. Most of his hopes were dashed in the preliminaries.

Hoosiers head to South Florida tourney

By Nate Rau · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:25 a.m.

Let the improvement begin. Heading into the season, coach Diane Stephenson said the Hoosiers would approach each opponent with the same mindset -- wanting to win every game. While they fell short of that goal last weekend at North Carolina State, the young squad displayed potential, while notching a 2-3 record.

Rookie team battles to qualify for race

By Guy Cipriano · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:21 a.m.

Achtung, a team of four rookies hoping to qualify to compete in the Little 500, faced obstacles even before peddling one lap around the Bill Armstrong Stadium track.

Team takes to road for second consecutive weekend

By Ryan Gunterman · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:20 a.m.

The IU baseball team is taking its game on the road for the second consecutive weekend. This time, the Hoosiers will compete in the Winthrop Tournament in Rock Hill, S.C. IU will meet three teams, facing Eastern Kentucky and Wagner Friday and Winthrop Saturday. It will finish the weekend in the consolation or championship game Sunday.

IU looks to rebound in final home game

By Brett Wallace · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:18 a.m.

Fresh off a heartbreaking loss to Miami (Ohio) for the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League conference championship, the hockey team plays host to its final home series of the season against Chicago's Robert Morris College at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Frank Southern Center.

Team hits road for fourth week

Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:17 a.m.

For the fourth consecutive week, the women's tennis team will take to the road. Protecting their 7-2 record, the Hoosiers will travel for a clash with Tennessee 11 a.m. Sunday.

Hoosiers rested, ready for Racers

By Greg Jenkins · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:16 a.m.

The men's tennis team had its four-match winning streak broken last weekend at Minnesota, dropping the team out of the Top 25. But, with a win Monday against Brown, the No. 31 Hoosiers are looking to start a new streak.

Team looking to repeat Big Ten feat

By Sarah Trotto · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:15 a.m.

The women's track and field team won't win this year's indoor Big Ten championships with 150 points like it did last year, coach Randy Heisler said. The Hoosiers will likely win more than the one event they did last year, but they won't win the meet by 38 points like last year.

Team to count on veterans at meet

By Aarno Retherford and Aaron Retherford · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:13 a.m.

Throughout the season, the men's indoor track team has shown signs of promise and has left talented opponents in its dust. This weekend, the men's Indoor Big Ten Championships present something different for the Hoosiers.

Hoosiers, Badgers trying to climb in standings

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:11 a.m.

Time is starting to run out on the IU men's basketball season. With three conference games and only one guaranteed Big Ten tournament game, each battle grows exponentially in importance.

Senior looking to win back-to-back crowns

By Sarah Trotto · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:10 a.m.

Jenn Brown stepped in for track coach Randy Heisler last week while his wife recovered from a seizure and surgery to remove a brain tumor. In Heisler's absence, Brown guided her teammates to season-best throws at Saturday's Hoosier Hills invite.

Illini fend off Hoosiers in final minutes

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 1:08 a.m.

Bright lights shined through a darkened Assembly Hall Thursday as seniors Rainey Alting and Rachael Honegger, and the rest of the Hoosiers, were introduced in the final home game of the season.

Honegger plays

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 23,2001 12:41 a.m.

Senior basketball player Rachael Honegger was allowed to play her final game in Assembly Hall Thursday night, after serving a five-game suspension for pleading guilty to forgery. Thursday's 54-50 loss against Illinois was the final home game of the 2000-01 season for the Hoosiers. Honegger did not speak to the press after the game, but did address the crowd during the ceremonies honoring the two IU seniors.

Honegger might get to play today

By Marie Harf · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 2:44 a.m.

Until Wednesday, senior basketball player Rachael Honegger had little hope she would be allowed to play during her last game in Assembly Hall today. Honegger has been suspended from playing since Feb. 7, when athletics director Clarence Doninger sidelined her pending investigation into her guilty plea to forgery.

Team to battle Illini on Senior Night

By Aaron Sharockman · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:17 a.m.

Senior Night is always special. But with an NCAA Tournament berth and a first-round bye at the Big Ten tournament on the line, tonight's game cannot be much more important.

Hoosiers look to rebuild tradition

By Matt Pera · Thursday, Feb. 22,2001 12:15 a.m.

The men's swimming and diving team has experienced some inconsistencies this year. This weekend it will face its biggest test -- the Big Ten Championships at the University of Minnesota. There, the team hopes to redeem this season's disappointments in a good showing in the conference's most important meet.

Spartans get their revenge

By Heater A. Dinich and Heather A. Dinich · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 1:04 a.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Junior center Kirk Haston is the leading scorer in the Big Ten and the Hoosiers' go-to man. He's interim head coach Mike Davis' choice for Big Ten Player of the Year and one of the top post players in the conference. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo recruited Haston and called him the most improved player this season. But it takes more than one man to defeat No. 5 Michigan State, especially when he's playing with four fouls and held scoreless for the last 19 minutes of regulation.

Team signs 4 state player-of-the-year recruits

By Sarah Trotto · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:34 a.m.

Four high school seniors -- all players of the year in their respective states -- have signed letters of intent with the IU men's soccer team, coach Jerry Yeagley said.

Center's play hurts Hoosiers

By David Uchiyama · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:33 a.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State freshman center Zach Randolph won the Class 4-A IHSAA state championship at Marion High School last year, but his friend, IU freshman forward Jared Jeffries, won the Mr. Basketball award. Apparently, that didn't sit well with Randolph. He banged, bruised and muscled his way to 14 points against Jeffries and the Hoosiers in Michigan State's 66-57 victory Tuesday.

Hoosiers survive Wildcat comeback

By Ira Klapper · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:29 a.m.

Tuesday's baseball game started the home season off with a bang for IU. On the first pitch of the first inning, redshirt freshman Mark Calkins drove a home run over the center field fence. "I just saw a good pitch and hit it well," Calkins said. "I wasn't trying to hit a home run. I was just trying to get on base."

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