Column: Glass is the leader IU Athletics deserves
Athletics in the history of IU have always been strong. They were always respectable, high-class programs for all sports.
Athletics in the history of IU have always been strong. They were always respectable, high-class programs for all sports.
Freshman first baseman Sam Travis won the Big Ten’s Player of the Week for the second consecutive time Tuesday thanks to his performance against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Youth, and the decision for junior second baseman Micah Johnson to undergo surgery, has caused IU Coach Tracy Smith to shuffle his lineup. The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in errors committed with 61. However, Smith said he played the lineup Saturday that gave his team the best chance to win. There was a small change in the lineup for Sunday’s game, as redshirt freshman Tim O’Conner replaced fellow redshirt freshman Will Nolden at right field.
After Iowa’s 4-0 win on Saturday, IU Coach Tracy Smith said he played the defensive lineup that gave his team the best chance to win.
Creek has never played a full season in his IU career. Injury forced him to sit out this year, as the Hoosiers made an unexpected run into the NCAA Tournament. But he persists, trying to contribute in any way he can, while working to make his return.
Much to the chagrin of the Hoosiers, a change of scenery in the form of a weekend excursion to Michigan provided no antidote for a recent run of setbacks, as No. 23 IU dropped 5-2 decisions to both Michigan State and Michigan.
On Saturday, the Hoosiers played their second contest of the spring when they beat the Screaming Eagles of the University of Southern Indiana, 5-1.
What makes Sophie Garre and Leslie Hureau different is not their outstanding work ethic on and off the court, their tight friendship or that they live together. When they go home after a hard day’s practice or when they do not want a teammate to hear what they have to say, they speak French to each other.
The departure of linebackers Jeff Thomas and Leon Beckum and the addition of Defensive Ends Coach Jon Fabris are changing the makeup of the IU defense.
IU split matches against Michigan schools this weekend, beating Michigan State 6-1 and losing in a heartbreaker to No. 14 Michigan, 4-3.
Their actions prompted the IU Student Foundation to create what is now the women’s race in 1988. This isn’t lost to the women now, 25 years later.
With back-to-back wins and a pole victory in hand, the team members said they look toward the race after months of training. Yet with the absence of star-rider Caitlin Van Kooten, who graduated last year, the question remains: Can the team produce another win?
After falling behind 3-0 in the first 20 minutes of its game Sunday, the IU men’s soccer team failed to muster a successful comeback at Jerry Yeagley Field, falling 5-3 to Bradley in the team’s second match of the spring.
It was another weekend full of success for the IU men’s and women’s track squads. It was a split squad weekend, with athletes traveling to two separate meets in West Lafayette and Austin, Texas.
The Indiana Hoosiers forfeited their 15-game winning streak at home while the Michigan Wolverines ended their six-game winning streak as well.
Locked at seven goals apiece, freshman Alexis Jones netted a last-minute goal to top rival No. 9 Michigan. The No. 15 Indiana women’s water polo team overtook its archrival Saturday in an 8-7 win.
Indiana scored 10 unanswered runs Sunday to rally from a 5-0 deficit and win the game 10-5, taking the series against the Iowa Hawkeyes, 2-1.
After losing last season’s Miss-N-Out to Eric Young, Phi Delta Theta senior rider Steven Sharp is back on top of the Little 500 Spring Series, and in only her second year riding, Kappa Alpha Theta rider Kathleen Chelminiak is already making her name well known amongst the Little 500 elite.
With the Individual Time Trials wrapped up, the next event of the Little 500 spring series is another individual competition: Miss-N-Out.
The No. 15 IU women’s water polo team will look to wrap up their season with a fifth-straight win against rival No. 10 Michigan.