Hoosiers beat Purdue, fall to Illini
The No. 38 IU men’s tennis team picked up its second straight win Saturday, and senior Dara McLoughlin etched his name into the record books as the Hoosiers downed the Boilermakers, 6-1.
The No. 38 IU men’s tennis team picked up its second straight win Saturday, and senior Dara McLoughlin etched his name into the record books as the Hoosiers downed the Boilermakers, 6-1.
IU coach Stacey Phillips and her softball team learned from their mistake in Friday’s 3-2 loss to Ohio State. In Friday’s game, Buckeye standout Sam Marder hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning to put the Buckeyes ahead for good. But in Saturday’s one-hit shutout win over Ohio State, Phillips and the Hoosiers (12-27, 2-8) instead walked Marder three times.
As the school year comes to a close, so will senior captain Brianna Williams’ college tennis career. On Senior Day, Williams finished her last home match victorious as the No. 29 Hoosiers defeated No. 58 Illinois 4-3 Saturday and Purdue 4-3 Sunday.
Students who came to rapper Yung Joc’s concert at the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house Friday night more interested in student athletes than music were disappointed.
Pitching and defense again proved to be the Achilles heel of the IU baseball team as it dropped three of four games to Iowa this weekend.
Rain, thunder and lightning. The sixth running of the Little 50 was plagued by Mother Nature’s obstacles but showed the mental toughness of its competitors. With weather delays adding up to more than an hour, the runners lost rhythm but battled relentlessly during the 50-lap relay race.
Barack Obama left freshman Melissa Vargas a little disappointed.
Around lap 20 of the women’s Little 500, Teter looked like it might run away with a win. The Spring Series champions had senior Sarah Rieke, one of the top individual riders, on the bike and had pushed out their lead to close to a lap.
Alpha Tau Omega just wanted to gain back the respect it once had as a top cycling team. After a fourth-place finish Saturday in the 58th annual Little 500, they might have gotten it.
According to Monroe County Jail records, shortly after midnight Sunday morning Cutters rider Sasha Land and coach Jim Kirkham were arrested on misdemeanor battery charges.
On a cold and wet afternoon, the Cutters won their ninth Little 500 championship, becoming the first team to repeat as champions at Bill Armstrong Stadium. BLOG: Blogging Away SLIDESHOW: Men's Little 500
Delta Gamma became the fourth sorority in race history to win the women's Little 500 on Friday afternoon. BLOG: Blogging Away SLIDESHOW: Women's Little 500 SPECIAL COVERAGE: Little 500
The Detroit Titans hired former IU assistant Ray McCallum to be their basketball coach.
Months of training will culminate today in the 21st running of the women’s Little 500
While several thousand students will be at Bill Armstrong Stadium this weekend, the men’s soccer team will not. The Hoosiers will instead travel to Fort Wayne where they will face their top in-state competitor, Notre Dame.
In their last home matches, the No. 29 Hoosiers will take on No. 58 Illinois and unranked Purdue this weekend as they look to improve their Big Ten record.
Zach Johnson went on the defensive at the Masters, as if trying to show last year’s win was hardly a fluke.
Having a 101-degree fever and competing in the heat of the south is not something easy to do. Sophomore high jumper Jared Nuxoll faced these conditions two weeks ago at the Alabama Relays and was disappointed with his sixth place finish.
Following a weekend split, the No. 38 IU men’s tennis team will take on a familiar face Saturday in West Lafayette.
Just a week ago, the IU baseball team (14-13, 3-5) came out of a midweek meeting with Miami (Ohio) on April 2 on a high note, feeling good about a 5-2 victory that came despite struggling in the batter’s box.