Redemption is near. After tying unranked Kentucky 1-1 on Wednesday, the No. 17 IU men’s soccer team travels to University Park, Penn., for its second-to-last conference match against Penn State.
PHILADELPHIA – From losingest team to longest game, the Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions.
Playing its first midweek game since early in the season, the IU field hockey team never adjusted to the different routine, falling to Louisville 2-1 Wednesday on Senior Day. No. 12 Louisville (13-5) took advantage of many penalty corner opportunities – especially in the first half – to score its two goals. IU gave up nine penalty corners in the first half and 12 for the game. Louisville’s Nicole Youman took advantage of one of the first-half penalty corners, scoring the period’s lone goal. IU coach Amy Robertson said she felt “bewildered” by her team’s play. They were sloppy and lacked confidence for the first 35 minutes, she said.
The IU men’s basketball team is not the only Hoosier squad undergoing a major roster turnover from last season. With six freshmen and only three returning players on a 10-man roster, the men’s tennis team heads into this weekend’s Big Ten Singles Championship in Madison, Wis., light on experience and full of untested potential. “There are a lot of new faces this year,” said sophomore Lachlan Ferguson. “Some of these guys are pretty green, fresh out of high school and still a little wet behind the ears.”
The IU club hockey team will take on Michigan this weekend and look to put last weekend’s tough losses at Davenport behind them. After winning their first six games of the season, IU now sits at 6-2. The team is still winless in the Great Midwest Hockey League. The contention between IU and Michigan is just as intense in hockey as in other sports. “Michigan is another team we have a lot of history with,” IU coach Tom Orr said. “We know they’re going to be hungry. They’re going to be ready for us.”
Carl Edwards did all he could last Sunday to bring Jimmie Johnson and the Chase for the Sprint Cup back into reach. But despite his best effort in winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Edwards made little ground on Johnson after the two-time defending champ finished with his No. 48 in second place on the scoring pylon. With 10 laps to go, a runner-up result didn’t look possible for Johnson.
All season long, the IU women’s golf team has tried to put a tournament together where everyone fires on all cylinders at the same time. This week in Las Vegas, they managed to do that for one of their three rounds. The Hoosiers used a school-record, 11-under 277 third-round total to slide up the leaderboard and finish in 10th place on Wednesday in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. The three-round total of 860 also betters the school record by four shots.
Did you know there is a presidential election coming up Tuesday? I just found out about it when this old lady called me to tell me I should vote for some Nader guy. That explains all those damn commercials I fast forward through when I watch my DVR’d episodes of “Yes, Dear” every day. I decided I should look into this election thing. I figured it is kind of a big deal. But how do I make such an important decision?
Not even the fastest goal in NCAA Division I history could propel the IU men’s soccer team to its fourth win in a row, with the Hoosiers’ match against Kentucky ending in a 1-1 tie after two overtime periods Wednesday night. On the opening kickoff, sophomore forward/midfielder Andy Adlard sent a long ball deep into the Kentucky zone. After bouncing off of a Wildcat defender, Kentucky goalkeeper Dan Williams came out of the goal to attempt to scoop up the bouncing ball. IU senior forward Kevin Noschang took advantage of the miscue by gaining control of the ball and firing it past Williams for the 1-0 advantage six seconds into the game. “For the past two games, we decided to attack them right off the bat,” Noschang said. “I was just able to one-time it in. Obviously, when you get a goal six seconds into the game and can start a game up 1-0, there is nothing better than that.” Noschang’s early goal sparked aggressive offensive play from the Hoosiers in the first half. But while the team looked to continue its scoring attack, Kentucky evened the score.
When Fred Glass was formally announced Monday as the University’s next director of athletics, effective Jan. 2 of next year, it ended a year-long process that slowly, but surely, saw turnover and foundational change across this campus.
Watching him talk to players and occasionally suggest to referees he might not agree with a call at IU football games, it’s safe to call outgoing IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan a football guy. So players and coaches might be concerned whether Greenspan’s replacement, Fred Glass, will bring the same passion to a program going through transition.
The loss of IU’s basketball prestige has been “not only for basketball, but maybe even worse for the University as a whole,” Fred Glass, IU’s incoming athletics director, said Tuesday in an interview with the Indiana Daily Student. “People who care a lot about IU have had their hearts broken.”
Fred Glass, an Indianapolis lawyer and IU graduate, seemed to have come out of nowhere to become the next IU Director of Athletics. Nevertheless, there he stood behind a press conference podium, shaking hands with the IU president, beaming with pride.AUDIO: Fred GlassSLIDESHOW: Press conference
As Fred Glass spoke to members of the press, IU administrators, coaches, family and friends on Tuesday, he calmly explained his plans for the future of IU’s athletics department. Glass, named the next director of athletics Tuesday, defined his vision of what he hopes IU athletics will become during the next few years.“It starts with comprehensive compliance,” Glass said. “We’ve got to follow the rules, and we have to become known again for following the rules.” VIDEO: AD announcement
