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Column: Week 2 ‘Players of the Game’ awards

By Justin Albers · Tuesday, Sept. 13,2011 11:06 a.m.

MVP of the week - Matt Perez - Running Back, Redshirt Freshman Unsung player of the week - Chase Hoobler - Outside Linebacker, Redshirt Freshman

Column: Same hops, new attitude

By Avi Zaleon · Tuesday, Sept. 13,2011 11:03 a.m.

We knew Victor Oladipo could make it onto a highlight reel easier than a freshman with five dollars getting into a Villas party. This season, the Maryland native needs to improve on his decision making and the diversification of his game.

5-foot-2 libero packs powerful energy, brings team more honors

By Michael Norman · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 11:52 p.m.

During the weekend, senior libero Caitlin Cox passed Juli Pierce to become IU’s all-time digs leader with a total of 1,569 digs. To add to her new record, Cox also earned the Co-Defensive Big Ten Player of the Week and Hoosier Classic MVP honors this weekend.

Women’s soccer team tries new formation

By Micah McVicker · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 10:33 p.m.

Indiana’s new 4-1-4-1 has led to four fewer goals scored on them than this time last season. They also played one more non-conference game last season.

Defense playing for Beckum

By Alex McCarthy · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 10:32 p.m.

Senior linebacker Leon Beckum serves as an example of how close the linebackers are as a unit. Senior middle linebacker Jeff Thomas and Beckum have been good friends for a while, but younger players like freshman linebacker Chase Hoobler became fast friends with the older players.

Davies leads IU to victory in fall opener

By Abby Liebenthal · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:37 a.m.

The IU women’s golf team had a goal Sunday — make up the two strokes that kept them behind first-round leader IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Men’s golf finishes third, confident for rest of season

By Abby Liebenthal · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:35 a.m.

The Hoosiers finished third in the Northern Intercollegiate, their first event of the season. They ended with a tournament total of 888, eight strokes short of second place Tulsa and 18 strokes behind first place Central Florida.

Team suffers first defeat of season

By Jeremy Smith · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:33 a.m.

The IU field hockey team faltered for the first time this season, falling in back-to-back away games on a West Coast road trip. On Friday, they fell to No. 16 Stanford 3-2, then lost two days later to California 3-1.

Freshmen runners impress team at Indiana Open

By Matt Spears · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:32 a.m.

The Hoosiers showed up at the Indiana Open ready to run, with a calm and controlled approach in preparation for bigger, more important races.

Delta Gamma golf event allows amateurs to play with PGA professionals

By Abby Liebenthal · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:29 a.m.

Members of the IU men’s and women’s golf teams were positioned at every par-three and par-five tee boxes to help the amateurs at the Spikes for Speakers Golf Classic, which benefitted the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics.

New academic center christened at ceremony by athletics director

By Kevin Bowen · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:26 a.m.

Located underneath the east side of Memorial Stadium, the academic center is a 25,800-square-foot complex that includes 16 classrooms, a computer lab and various studying areas.

Hoosiers conclude non-conference with weekend split

By Micah McVicker · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:20 a.m.

Indiana scored quickly — 37 seconds into the match against Marquette on Sunday, but the Golden Eagles responded less than seven minutes later and went on to win a 2-1 victory.

Purdie powers Hoosiers

By Nathan Brown · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:17 a.m.

Senior forward Alec Purdie scored three goals for the weekend, powering his team to wins against Bucknell and Denver for the tournament title.

Cox breaks school digs record, IU sweeps home tournament

By Michael Norman · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:14 a.m.

Midway through the second set of the IU volleyball match against Gonzaga on Friday, play was stopped as the crowd rose to their feet to applaud IU’s new all-time digs leader, senior libero Caitlin Cox.

Column: IU Athletics bolstered security after terrorist attacks

By Matt Smith · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:10 a.m.

In the decade after 9/11, Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities Chuck Crabb said Indiana athletics has had a more diligent review for how it operates “large crowd events,” mainly at Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium.

Twin Towers tragedy affects IU tennis player, family

By Ben Simmons · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:06 a.m.

Ten years later, senior IU tennis player Will Kendall can still vividly recall the moment his life came to a sudden and unexpected halt.

Column: Loss to Virginia familiar, but more encouraging

By Justin Albers · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:03 a.m.

The Hoosiers took a different path to get there, but ultimately, the result was the same. They lost to Virginia in the most ridiculous of ways.

Turnovers fuel IU’s comeback, demise against Virginia

By Max McCombs · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12 a.m.

In a game where momentum ebbed and flowed with the turnover battle, IU’s turnover-fueled comeback in the second half was effectively negated by a turnover of its own.

IU gauges Virginia loss, prepares for next week

By Alex McCarthy · Sunday, Sept. 11,2011 11:55 p.m.

Virginia’s senior defensive end Cam Johnson sacked Wright-Baker and forced a fumble with 1:13 remaining in the game. The Cavaliers recovered at the IU 14-yard line. They ran down the clock and kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to secure a 34-31 victory, spoiling a 21-point fourth-quarter IU comeback.

Virginia 34, IU 31: Hoosiers lose first home game

By Alex McCarthy · Saturday, Sept. 10,2011 8:40 p.m.

A 24-yard field goal in the final two seconds of the game helped the University of Virginia edge IU.

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