Indiana University Women’s Soccer takes down Norte Dame 2-0 in their Second and Final Exhibition Match The Indiana Hoosiers Women’s Soccer team closed out the Exhibition season with a 2-0 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday afternoon at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers were playing their second exhibition match in four days after a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats on Wednesday afternoon in which Sophomore Forward Aleyna Quinn scored both goals in first 10 minutes. Quinn transferred to Indiana from Ball State following New Indiana Head Coach Josh Rife who coached the Cardinals for seven seasons before coming to Bloomington to replace Erwin van Bennekom who stepped down after last season. Maggie Ledwith and Kennedy Neighbors assisted on both of Quinn’s goals during the Cincinnati match. Rife played at IU from 2000-01 after transferring in from TCU as the helped the Hoosiers to back-to-back Final Four Appearances and 2001 Big Ten Championship.
Rife and the Hoosiers will open the regular season on Thursday Night at 8 PM when they Host the Youngstown State Penguins at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Indiana returns four starters and will have 11 seniors on its roster. One question that the Hoosiers face coming into the season is goalkeeper with four-year starter and all Big-Ten Jamie Gerstenberg graduating but Senior Dani Jacobson and Graduate Student Sally Rainey split time on Saturday pitching the shutout along with a good Hoosier Backline that allowed just 1 goal in both Exhibition matches.
Notre Dame played its second exhibition match in six days after hosting fellow Big Ten Member Northwestern in South Bend on August 3. Nate Norman beings his eighth season as head coach at his alma mater with an 82-42-15 record and overall record of 140-77-29 in 13 seasons with stops at Liberty and Western Michigan. The Fighting Irish made their fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance knocking off top seed Mississippi State and falling to Number 2 Stanford in the Elite Eight. The Irish return top goal scorer Izzy Engle who scored 19 goals in 22 matches as a freshman last season. The Irish will open the season against Western Michigan at home on Thursday Night at 7 PM.
Notre Dame got two shots on target in the first nine minutes as the first one sailed over the crossbar at the four-minute mark and second one by Charlie Codd was saved Indiana’s Dani Jacobson at the nine-minute mark as the Irish played tight defense and limited the Hoosiers chances to start the match. It took the Hoosiers 14 minutes to get their first shot on goal, and they made it count as Senior Marisa Grzesiak who got some space separating from the Fighting Irish Defender and rocketed the ball into the upper right corner of the goal passed Norte Dame Sophomore Goalkeeper Sonoma Kasica to put the Hoosiers up 1-0. Junior Morgan Roy put the Irish on her back taking three shots on goal against Dani Jacobson forcing the Hoosier Goalie to make two saves as the third shot went wide of the goal. The Hoosiers led 1-0 at the break as the Irish outshot the Hoosiers 5-1 and Notre Dame had two corner kicks to zero for the Hoosiers. Dani Jacobson made three saves, and Sonoma Kasica did not make a save for the Fighting Irish.
Graduate Student Sally Rainey replaced Jacobson in goal for the Hoosiers to start the second half and was tested immediately as the Fighting Irish had breakaway and the shot went wide. Indiana took advantage of a Fighting Irish miscue on the back line as Kennedy Neighbors got the ball and sent into the bottom corner of the net in the 53rd minute passed Junior Goalkeeper Jackie Hollomon to put the Hoosiers up 2-0. Grace Hamm hit a shot off the crossbar in the 68th minute that tested Hollomon who replaced Kasica to start the second half for Notre Dame. With seven minutes left Rainey came out of the goal to challenge Irish Defender Carolyn Calzada, and they collided in the air with Calzada being taking to the locker room holding the side of her head. Notre Dame outshot Indiana 10-8, and the Fighting Irish had six corner kicks to one for the Hoosiers. Sally Rainey made two saves for the Hoosiers in the second half and Notre Dame did not have a save between its two goalkeepers.
Indiana University Volleyball Names Three Captains for the 2025 Season Three Indiana volleyball players will serve as captains for the 2025 season following a team vote at the beginning of fall camp. Senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum, junior middle blocker Ava Vickers and sophomore setter Sade Ilawole were voted as IU’s three team leaders by their respective teammates. Tatum and Vickers were IU’s representatives at Big Ten Media Days in July, serving as spokeswomen for the Hoosiers ahead of the upcoming campaign. Ilawole, who featured as both a setter and defensive specialist in 2024, has been considered a great vocal leader in the gym this offseason. IU opened its fall preseason camp on Wednesday August 6. Incoming freshman setter Teodora Kričković will arrive on campus this weekend to complete the 17-player roster for eighth-year head coach Steve Aird. The Hoosiers open their season in Coral Gables against Miami (Fla.) on Friday, August 29th.
Zionsville’s Drew Snively to Walk on for the Indiana University Men’s Basketball Team for the 2025-26 Season Drew Snively was completely caught off guard by the question he got a few weeks ago. After considering some offers to play college basketball, he was ready to attend Indiana as a regular student later this month. But his former AAU coach called to deliver a message. “Coach (Drew) Adams at IU just called me and wanted to know if you wanted to walk-on,” Mike Fox told Snively. A simple and enticing question, but if he said yes, Snively’s next four years were about to get much harder. Countless hours at practice, the physical demands on his body, long road trips — all while accepting the reality all walk-ons must confront — the playing time will be sparse.
Snively says he consulted with current IU walk-on Ian Stephens, who comes from a similar background as another very talented central Indiana high school player who had some opportunities to play in college. Stephens participated in every facet of the IU open practice we attended last week. His reward — he got his nose bloodied. And now he’s here in Puerto Rico for their summer trip. Being a walk-on is a major time commitment, especially for someone like Snively, who says he wants to major in IU’s highly demanding business program. But ultimately, the 6-foot-4 Zionsville, Ind. product knew there was only one answer. “I felt like I couldn’t say no,” Snively said. The opportunity means something more for Snively, who posted “childhood dream” when he announced Wednesday his commitment to be a walk-on at IU, along with a photo posted to his social media accounts.
Snively’s parents didn’t go to Indiana, but his grandparents immersed him in IU basketball as a child, shaping his interest in the program with gestures like giving him the floating heads calendar each year. He says he’s been a fan of the program since he was eight years old. It’s a story similar to his fellow IU freshman Trent Sisley, who Snively has been a teammate of on AAU teams. Snively is going to fall in the category of walk-on who can really play and help Sisley and the rest of this 2025-26 team behind the scenes when he joins them in a couple weeks. As a senior at Zionsville H.S., Snively averaged 12.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists. As a junior he averaged 17.8 points and shot 40% from three. A three-year starter, he scored 929 career points and shot 37% from three for the Eagles. With a different role at IU, Snively says he embraces the opportunity to compete every day in practice and help the team get better. And now he’ll follow in the footsteps of multiple former Zionsville players in the last decade who have walked on at IU. Nate Childress was with IU from 2019-2023 and Hogan Orbaugh in 2022-23. Both are from the suburban town just northwest of Indianapolis. Jackson Tharp, also a walk-on from Zionsville, played for IU in 2016.
Indiana Fever Lose Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald to Season Ending Injuries The Indiana Fever’s guard woes keep piling up. Unfortunately, Thursday’s loss to the Phoenix Mercury is one that the team will keep feeling throughout the remainder of the season. Guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald were both injured during the 95-65 throttling. On Friday, the Fever announced these injuries are season-ending for Colson and McDonald. Colson suffered an ACL tear in the first quarter while McDonald broke her foot in the fourth. McDonald and Colson have been vital for the team in its recent stretch as the Fever’s star point guard Caitlin Clark, continues to watch from the bench with injury. McDonald has averaged 26.3 minutes this season for the Fever while putting up 9.8 points per game, 4.7 assists and shooting at a 30.8% clip from 3-point range. Meanwhile, Colson has averaged 13.5 minutes and roughly 2 point and 2 assists a game. With Clark missing last night’s home matchup against the Chicago Sky, the Fever now find themselves facing a crisis at point guard.
Indy RBI’s 18U Team Represents Circle City in Nike RBI World Series Championship Game Indy RBI, the Indianapolis Indians’ partner in MLB’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program and one of Indianapolis Indians Charities largest beneficiaries, represented the Circle City in the 2025 Nike RBI World Series on Friday night at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla. The 18U club fell to D-Backs RBI, 5-4. Indy RBI faced five total Nike RBI teams in the senior division of Regionals and the World Series, with Thursday night’s 8-0 win against New Orleans RBI marking the first shutout and second-largest margin of victory for the club in the tournament. After losing the first round of the tournament to New Orleans, Indy RBI defeated RBI clubs from Atlanta (10-5), Durham (13-4) and Detroit (2-1) en route to the championship.
“We are proud of Indy RBI’s success in the 2025 Nike RBI World Series,” said Randy Lewandowski, Indianapolis Indians president and CEO and chairman of the Indy RBI board of directors. “Indy RBI plays a crucial role in making baseball and softball available for Indianapolis’ inner-city youth, and it’s an incredible accomplishment to be represented on a national stage.” The ballclub will be honored during an Indians game at Victory Field on a future date.
Ji Hwan Bae Named the Indianapolis Indians July Player of the Month The Indianapolis Indians named outfielder Ji Hwan Bae as their July Player of the Month after he reached base safely in 18 of 20 games in the month. He joins Nick Solak, Drake Fellows and Billy Cook as recipients of the team’s monthly awards this season. Bae, 26, logged a .324 batting average (23-for-71) and .903 OPS in the month while ranking among International League hitters in triples (1st, 4), stolen bases (T-1st, 12; also, Ronny Simon and former Indian Jared Oliva) and on-base percentage (9th, .438). The outfielder is the first Indians hitter to tally four or more triples in a month since Travis Swaggerty also racked up four in July 2022. He and Simon are the first Indians to swipe 12 or more bags in a month since Eury Pérez stole 13 in June 2017. Additionally, they join former big leaguers Nyjer Morgan (13) and Rajai Davis (12) in April 2007 as the only pair of Indians teammates to do so in the same month since at least 2005.
Bae’s month was highlighted by a 10-game span from July 6-22 in which he recorded multiple hits in five contests, including a four-hit game on July 22 vs. Toledo to cap the stretch. In that span, he recorded two doubles, nine RBI and a 1.116 OPS while ranking among International League hitters in triples (T-1st, 3), batting average (T-5th, .417), hits (T-6th, 15), stolen bases (T-6th, 5) and on-base percentage (8th, .477). The Daegu, Republic of Korea native was signed by Pittsburgh as an international free agent on March 26, 2018. He has appeared in 157 games for Pittsburgh since making his major league debut on Sept. 23, 2022, vs. Chicago (NL).