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Lineman bolsters offense

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:34 a.m.

IU fans tend to remember the exploits of the two members of the 2001 all-Big Ten team that graduated last season. After all, Antwaan Randle El and Levron Williams combined to form a nightmare for any defensive coordinator or scoreboard operator, with Williams leading the conference in scoring and Randle El taking the Silver Football for Conference Player of the Year honors.

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Homecoming kicks off

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:32 a.m.

This Saturday, the Hoosiers take on another ranked opponent when IU welcomes No. 15 Iowa into Memorial Stadium. The Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-0 Big Ten) are tops in the Big Ten and are heavily regarded as the best team in the conference. Kick-off is slated for 11:10 a.m.

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Pre-NCAA invite promises prime competition

By Andrew Rosen · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:28 a.m.

The No. 30 women's cross country team will head to Terre Haute Saturday in what looks to be one of the biggest events of the year, the Pre-NCAA's. The 6K invite will be held at the same site as the NCAA championships on Nov. 25 and coach Judy Wilson said the event should help get the Hoosiers acquainted with the course.

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Pre-NCAA invite promises prime competition

By Steve Hinson · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:27 a.m.

The men's cross country team will face their toughest test of the season Saturday when they travel to Terre Haute for the pre-nationals meet. The top teams in the nation will line up at Indiana State in preparation for the NCAA Championships, which are held at the same site Nov. 25.

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Road trip next hurdle

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:25 a.m.

Coming off an upset victory over the No. 15 ranked Wisconsin Badgers last Saturday, the Hoosiers take to the road this weekend as they get ready to face the Illinois Fighting Illini and rival Purdue Boilermakers. IU (12-6, 2-4) has struggled in road games so far this season, as they have posted a 1-4 record away from Bloomington.

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Ranked rival hits town

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:24 a.m.

The field hockey team returns to the friendly confines of John Mellencamp Pavilion this weekend to host two games. The Hoosiers will face-off against No. 2 Michigan tonight and will play host to Div. III Lindenwood on Sunday afternoon.

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Trips to Iowa, Illinois to prove conference potential

By Ira Klapper · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:23 a.m.

Ever since last year's disappointment of missing the Big Ten Tournament by the slimmest of margins, the IU women's soccer team has preached the importance of getting to the post-season this year. After tonight's game in Iowa City and Sunday's game in Champaign, Ill., they might have done enough to earn a trip to East Lansing, Mich., where the Big Ten Tournament will be held in three weeks, and the Hoosiers are looking to solidify their chances of competing in it.

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IU has chance to clinch top seed

By Aarno Retherford and Aaron Retherford · Friday, Oct. 18,2002 1:22 a.m.

IU has a chance to clinch the No. 1 seed of the Big Ten Tournament outright with a win or tie Sunday. But it won't be easy against a hungry Ohio State team that is coming off a 1-0 heartbreaking loss to Penn State and a 3-0 drubbing of Oakland. The Hoosiers (11-1-2, 5-0-0 in Big Ten) are riding a ten-game winning streak, but the Buckeyes (9-4-0, 2-1-0 in Big Ten) are going to try to get back on track after Penn State ended their six-game winning streak.

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All guts and no glory for revamped Hoosier defense

By Alex MelloanRuiz · Thursday, Oct. 17,2002 11:30 a.m.

New to IU this season, women's soccer coach Mick Lyon inherited a unknown defense. Lyon said he knew changes would have to be made in order to remedy an ailing squad that ranked last in Big Ten conference play in both shutouts and goals allowed in 2001. "During preseason, and the first couple of games, I thought we would be an absolute liability at the back," Lyon said. "I knew it was going to be a personal task to put some semblance of good defense together." Fortunately for the Hoosiers, Lyon's teaching worked and IU has improved to fifth in the Big Ten in both goals allowed and shutouts.The team said they felt that during their game against Michigan State the defense finally clicked in the 1-0 shutout. It marked the team's fifth shutout of the season.

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Tennis serves as family tradition

By Stephanie Sims · Thursday, Oct. 17,2002 1:36 a.m.

Playing for the IU men's tennis team is a family tradition for senior Zach Held. Both of Held's older brothers played tennis at IU; the oldest played here 12 years ago. But, it wasn't always that clear-cut of a choice for Held, as he opted to go to the University of Michigan for his freshman year before transferring.

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Foreign players bring new outlook to American game

By Tyler Rainey · Thursday, Oct. 17,2002 1:35 a.m.

Sports like basketball, baseball and football in the U.S. were once dominated by white American-born players. Today, the sports world is more diverse with people of different races and ethnic backgrounds, and the IU women's tennis team is no exception. Five out of nine women on the team are European.

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Newcomer adjusts to college game quickly

By Matt Glenesk · Thursday, Oct. 17,2002 1:34 a.m.

The vast majority of freshman golfers take a redshirt year during their first year at IU. A redshirt allows the athlete to sit out a season to become acclimated with the differences between high school and collegiate playing levels. It's rare to have a true freshman play and contribute to the team's scores. Freshman Molly Redfearn has become the exception to this unwritten rule.

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Norway import provides new perspective

By Cory Steger · Thursday, Oct. 17,2002 1:32 a.m.

Growing up in Oslo, Norway, junior Line Espedal said she never thought she would be rowing at a school in the Midwest. In fact, she had never competed in a regatta before coming to school here. What originally attracted her to IU was the Kelley School of Business.

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Winning streak continues against Cats

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 17,2002 1:30 a.m.

IU squeaked out a 2-1 victory against rival Kentucky Wednesday in Lexington. Senior Pat Noonan led the Hoosiers with two goals increasing his team point lead to 24.

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World Series will bring Giants and Angels up to bat

By Janie McCauley and Josh Dubow · Wednesday, Oct. 16,2002 1:06 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Baseball will have another wild-card champion. The San Francisco Giants won the NL pennant on Monday night, setting up a World Series matchup of second-place teams when they play the AL champion Anaheim Angels. Game 1 is Saturday night at Edison Field, with Barry Bonds hoping to succeed in his first trip onto baseball's biggest stage against the Angels, who have never been to the Series and don't have any players who have, either. "Saturday, I'll get there finally," Bonds said. "It's pretty nice. Any World Series is nice."

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Golfers swing to 5th place finish

By Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Oct. 16,2002 1:05 a.m.

During a fall season that was marked with one bad round every tournament, the IU men's golf team concluded the first half of the 2002-2003 campaign with a fifth place finish at the Xavier Invitational Tuesday in Mason, Ohio. In a course of 48 hours, the Hoosiers bounced around the leaderboard. From starting the first round shooting a nine-over-par, 293 to taking the lead for the middle holes in the second round in which they finished in fourth place with a 287. This left them 12 shots back from the top spot to starting the third round in atrocious fashion, and finishing the round with a 288 which left them 16 shots from the tournament winner, Wright State. "We got off to a horrendous start in the third round, but these guys are tough and battled back as much as we could," coach Mike Mayer said. "They showed a lot of determination." Mayer contributes the awful start Tuesday as a carry over from the end of the second round. He said that a poor second round finish, their play carried over to the third round.

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Injured runner returns with success

By Steve Hinson · Wednesday, Oct. 16,2002 1:03 a.m.

Junior Nate Purcell provided the men's cross country team with a pleasant surprise. Coming off a nagging heel injury last season, Purcell was forced into surgery last spring and it was undetermined when he would be back to full strength. Purcell's surgery limited the mileage he was able to run over the summer. His training consisted of running nearly half the amount that the rest of the team. Due to this, Purcell and coach Robert Chapman focused on the later part of the season. "With Nate, we both knew it would be a progressive process as the year goes on," Chapman said. "He's going to get a little better each week." Chapman referred to Purcell as a relief to the pressure of the younger runners. He said Purcell will pick up the slack if anyone falters.

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Single senior leads team

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Wednesday, Oct. 16,2002 1:01 a.m.

What is so amazing about senior Hillary Toivonen is not that she is the lone senior on a 12-6 squad, or that she has played in over 60 straight matches in three years. Rather, it is that she is doing all of this when doctors told her it couldn't be done. A native of Muncie, Toivonen has defied the odds in her athletic career. In seventh grade, doctors diagnosed Toivonen with scoliosis. Her spinal curvature is off by 36 degrees from the normal curve. A condition to the extent of Toivonen's, especially in the back, creates serious problems for a person as athletic as herself. But it hasn't prevented Toivonen from reaching her goals.

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