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Hoosiers challenge nation's finest

As of April 9, the women's indoor track team is ranked sixth in the nation according to the Team Power Rankings. This weekend the Hoosiers will show their force at the Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn.

Tough competition awaits team

Coming off of a decisive victory Saturday, the men's track team will head south in hopes of continuing its success. This weekend, the Hoosiers will be a part of the Sea Ray Relays in Tennessee for the first time since the 1994-1995 season. Then, the men's team had two top-five finishers, including a win in the pole vault. That success could be repeated,

Sigma Pi features untested riders

Like row 11, the teams in row 10 will enter the 2001 Little 500 with little experience. Cold and windy track conditions on qualifications day might have cost each team a chance to move into row 9, but each team said it feels confident it could grab a top-20 finish.

Hoosier offense explodes in 19-8 victory against Grizzlies

The Franklin Grizzlies can always blame Tuesday's 19-8 loss on the rain.

Alumnus finds success in XFL

CHICAGO -- In 1996, IU linebacker and captain Jamie Baisley won the Balfour Award for bringing honor and distinction to Hoosier football.

Fumbling?

CHICAGO -- When World Wrestling Federation Chairman Vince McMahon announced Feb. 3, 2000, that he founded a new football league, curiosity surfaced. And when NBC became a co-owner of that league March 29, 2000, excitement for the inaugural season grew. But since the XFL began play Feb. 3, 2001, media have focused more attention on national ratings and other measures of success than the teams and players within the league.

Hoosiers to use midweek game to prepare for Big Ten

The baseball team tackled Division III Franklin College Tuesday in Bloomington and faces Wright State of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio. The midweek games against apparently meager teams should help the Hoosiers prepare for a four-game series against Northwestern this weekend, team members said.

Senior setting standard for men's tennis team

If men's tennis coach Ken Hydinger had to sum up his tennis program, he would do it with one name: Ian Arons. "Ian has been a great guy for four years," Hydinger said of the senior. "He is one of those guys who comes to work everyday and has the maturity to see the big picture. He knows and wants what is good for the team and good for the program. He portrays what we want this program to be about. He is a person of ability and responsibility as well as a classic student-athlete."

Enforcers win in XFL

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Enforcers were in a fight for their XFL playoff lives in the final regular season game Sunday night against the Orlando Rage. They won the fight.

Michigan sweeps IU

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Hoosiers roll to victory

Before Saturday's scored meet against Ball State, Cincinnati and Central Michigan, coach Randy Heisler said he needed his athletes to finish where they should. Heisler also said some distance runners needed to steal points from the competitors. The coach got what he wanted, as IU gained a 23.5-point victory against closest competitor Ball State.

Hoosiers cruise to victory in 1st scored meet

The men's track team won nine events, set eight career-bests and had its first NCAA provisional mark met of the outdoor season in route to its first scored team victory. IU finished with a 63-point margin of victory against runner-up Cincinnati, which finished with 117 points. Central Michigan remained a contender with 116 points. Iowa finished with 108 points, and Ball State scored 61 points.

Defense shows signs of improvement in third scrimmage

Football coach Cam Cameron said the Hoosier offensive line is as strong as it ever has been. The Hoosiers return all five starters and Cameron has made some adjustments he believes will boost the Hoosiers' offense. But the offensive line couldn't hold back the defense, which made a strong showing at the team's third scrimmage Saturday. "(The offensive line) is one of the strengths of our team," Cameron said. "Our defensive line is really improved, but the offensive line is really going to be the strength of this team."

Senior wins national freestyle crown

Senior Michael Dixon's career as an IU wrestler ended at the Big Ten Championships March 4 in Evanston, Ill. Dixon lost his final match to Penn State's Bob Jones and finished eighth in the conference finale. In that respect, Evanston wasn't kind to Dixon. But Dixon made sure the eighth-place finish wasn't his last appearance on the Northwestern campus. Instead, with his career as a Big Ten heavyweight complete, he assured himself of yet another chance to strut his skills on another level, and he's not finished yet.

Team splits doubleheader

IU's offense helped them win; then, the Hoosier bats fell silent. The softball team split a doubleheader with Michigan State Friday before falling to Michigan in the second weekend of the Big Ten season. Both IU losses were shutouts, and the Hoosiers managed only six hits in the two defeats.

Spartans terminate IU streak

The women's golf team's string of three consecutive Indiana Invitational crowns came to and end Sunday, as Big Ten rival Michigan State took an 11-stroke victory against runner-up Kent State. IU finished fifth, 21 shots back. The Spartans fired a 295 during Sunday's final round of the three-round competition, the best round by any team by nine strokes. Kent State and Northwestern fired 304.

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Women's crew to battle 3 teams at Lake LemonThe women's crew team will compete at home for the first time this season as it is host to Cincinnati, Dayton and Northwestern at Lake Lemon Saturday. After a strong performance last weekend at the Jayhawk Rowing Invitational, the Hoosiers will be looking to get more race experience under their belt.

Big Ten honors player

Senior Milan Rakvica's two convincing wins this past weekend earned the Hoosier a share of the Big Ten's weekly Athlete of the Week for the men's tennis team.

Notre Dame comes back to beat Hoosiers

The final score might not show it, but IU's women\'s tennis team gave seventh-ranked Notre Dame quite a scare Wednesday evening at the IU Tennis Center.