With competition increasing, the rowing team managed one win at Saturday's Indiana Cup.
In a meet featuring athletes from 117 different teams, the men's track team finished strong and maintained its momentum. IU finished with 13 Top 10 performances in 12 events and one first-place finish at the Sea Ray Relays this weekend in Knoxville, Tenn. The Hoosiers finished in the top five in three events.
A new chapter has been added to the IU-Purdue basketball rivalry. With conference schedules condensing meetings between the teams from twice to once, the schools have added non-conference dates to extend the competition.
The Hoosiers took a trip to Evanston, Ill., to face Northwestern Easter weekend. The Hoosiers lost three of four and came back with a below .500 record overall, falling to 3-12 in conference play.
Antwaan Randle El hasn't lined up under center except for a few times this spring. He's played strictly receiver for the first three weeks of spring practice and finally took some snaps last week. Is he rusty? Nowhere near it. In Saturday's Red-White Spring Game, two defenders for the white team jump offsides, busting through the line almost before Randle El takes the snap. He spins left, circles right and leaves the two men in white grasping air, the distance between them and him growing. "'Twaan," as many call him, nears the line of scrimmage, still running to his right, and fires a pass back toward the middle of field.
The women's golf team gets back on the road again this weekend, competing at the 26th Annual Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, Saturday and Sunday. The team will look to rebound from a fifth-place finish in the Indiana Invitational last weekend.
The men's and women's soccer teams both have unbeaten records this spring, and both teams look to continue their success Saturday.
Another weekend means another pair of talented opponents for the softball team. Two weeks into Big Ten play, the Hoosiers (12-25, 2-6 Big Ten) are behind in their quest to reach the Big Ten tournament. This weekend, IU looks to get back on track against two teams in the upper-echelon of the conference.
The final two conference road games of the season are in store for the women's tennis team this weekend as they travel east to challenge two Big Ten foes.
Golf is a game of tradition. This weekend, the men's golf team will see plenty of it when the Hoosiers compete in the 16-team Kepler Invitational Saturday and Sunday at Ohio State's Scarlet Course.
Baseball coach Bob Morgan said his team won't get Easter baskets when it travels to Evanston, Ill., this weekend for a four-game series with Northwestern. Instead, he said he hopes the Hoosiers find presents elsewhere -- such as winning their first Big Ten series this season against the last-place Wildcats. The four-game series opens at 3 p.m. Friday at Rocky Miller Park.
Row 7 is mixed with experience and newcomers, but each team has confidence in its capability. One team boasts three experienced riders, while the two other squads didn't field a team in last year's women's Little 500. Despite low qualification times, the teams are ready to show their stuff in the race.
Lack of experience, poor exchanges and uncertainty as to who will ride come race day played into where the teams in Row 7 will line up for the men's Little 500. But the teams said they refuse to believe starting from the middle of the pack will hurt their chances to speed toward the front of the field. Some even think the less-than-stellar starting position will help.
For four members of the men's tennis team, this weekend will serve as more than just two more scrappy, endurance-testing conference matches.
Coach Cam Cameron said it isn't often a college football coach gets 15 "excellent" practices out of his team during the spring. He also said his Hoosiers have a shot at making it 15-for-15 Saturday at the Red-White Spring Game. IU began spring practice March 21 and will conclude its spring training Saturday with the spring game, its final NCAA-allotted practice. Cameron said he has been pleased with what he's seen so far.
Eleven rookies. Eleven untested riders. There isn't a lot of Little 500 history for Delta Sigma Pi, Ashton and the Army ROTC. But the women of Row 9 said they are looking forward to making their mark in the 2001 race.
Less than one second separates these three teams in Row 9. But the teams will need to make a surge if they want to reach the front of the pack. The defending champion Cutters found themselves in 25th for the race and look to charge to the front with a new crop of riders.
The teams in Row 8 have seen their share of ups and downs during the Little 500 race. Each team lacks experience, but each team has high hopes.
Junior Kevin Vanes seems to be the leader of the bunch in Row 8. After finishing third at the individual time trials, he will have to work from the inside to get Acacia to the front pack.
