Jackson key to season-opening win
If her first game as a Hoosier is any indication, Amber Jackson is just as good as advertised.
If her first game as a Hoosier is any indication, Amber Jackson is just as good as advertised.
Coming on the heels of arguably the most emotional win of the season, the Hoosiers dropped a back-and-forth affair to Northwestern 31-28, once again putting their season-long goal of “playing 13” in jeopardy. Losing at Northwestern (6-5, 3-4), the Hoosiers (6-5, 2-5) will need to win a seventh game next weekend, since 10 teams in the Big Ten are now bowl eligible.
The IU football team couldn't pull off a late drive effort, losing to the Northwestern Wildcats 28-31 Saturday in Evanston, Ill. Check out Under the Rock for more coverage.
The IU women’s soccer team lost their first-round game in the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State 2-1 on Thursday.
After a long, grueling double-overtime game, the No. 9 Hoosiers and the No. 18 Ohio State Buckeyes were forced to settle the 2007 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Championship with penalty kicks after neither team was able to score during 110 minutes of play. Ohio State won 5-4, earning the automatic NCAA Tournament bid that came with the win.
The IU men’s soccer team managed to pull out a 1-0 victory over host team Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament Friday, and will face No. 2-seed Ohio State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
A lot has changed at IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson’s collegiate alma mater since his 1978 graduation.
In its final preseason tune up, the IU men’s basketball team used strong 3-point shooting and a stellar first-half performance from star freshman Eric Gordon to knock of UNC-Pembroke 111-62. But the win didn’t come without a scare.
Amber Jackson, a transfer from San Jose State, got 22 points in the women's basketball team's 67-59 win over Albany Friday night.
After getting the bowl eligibility monkey off its back, IU now looks to fix its recent road struggles at 12 p.m. Saturday in Evanston, Ill., when the team battles Northwestern.
This weekend, the IU volleyball team (14-12, 5-9) will stay in Bloomington to face Minnesota (13-11, 6-8) and Iowa (9-16, 1-13). Minnesota, a club ranked as high as No. 11 earlier in the season, has lost eight of its last nine conference matches. The Hawkeyes are sitting at the bottom of the conference and have dropped their last 10 matches.
Everything is on the line Saturday.
The first bell is about to ring this weekend, and the eight-month wait is finally over for the IU wrestling team.
In the short exhibition season, the IU women’s basketball team proved it can score points. As the Hoosiers open the regular season at 7 p.m. Friday at Assembly Hall against the University at Albany, they hope their defense will follow suit.
Jimmy Clausen will start at quarterback for Notre Dame against Air Force because he threw the ball with zip and accuracy in practice this week, coach Charlie Weis said Thursday.
The IU women’s soccer team lost its first-round game in the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State 2-1 on Thursday.
This year’s Big Ten Tournament might be a little bit different for the IU men’s soccer team, which enters the competition as the defending tournament champion and Big Ten regular season champion for a second straight year.
Ray Fisher seems very unimposing in person. At 5-foot-9, the sophomore wide receiver stands several inches shorter than the average cornerback. But what separates Fisher from other receivers his size is his ability to make other people flat out miss tackles in the field.
After four consecutive conference losses, today could potentially mark the end of the IU women’s soccer season as the team plays its first-round game of the Big Ten Tournament against Ohio State in Minneapolis.
Miguel Cabrera figures to be one of the big names to change teams during the offseason, with the Florida Marlins’ young slugger being dangled at the general managers’ meetings.