2026-2027 Indiana University Women’s Basketball Season Tickets on Sale Season tickets and renewals for the 2026-27 Indiana women’s basketball season are now on-sale. Season ticket renewals including reserved, general admission and red zone seating are available for renewals by clicking here. New season ticket holders can begin the process of selecting their season tickets here. Last season, the Hoosiers ranked ninth in the nation in average attendance (7,866) and have been in the Top 10 nationally in attendance for the last four-straight seasons. In her 12 seasons at the helm, all 10 of the Top 10 attended games in school history have come in the Teri Moren era. The 2026-27 roster continues to take shape as it is led by returners in junior guard Lenée Beaumont and junior forward Zania Socka-Nguemen. The sixth-ranked freshman class will also make their debuts for IU next season led by McDonald’s All-American Addy Nyemchek, Naismith All-American GiGi Battle and Miss Kentucky Basketball Ashlinn James. Three transfers have also joined the program so far this offseason in forwards Alisa Williams and Jess Petrie.
Indiana University Men’s Tennis Opens the Big Ten Tournament with Oregon No. 9 seed Indiana will open the 2026 Big Ten Men’s Tennis Tournament against No. 8 seed Oregon Today at 2 p.m. ET. The matchup will be the second meeting between the Hoosiers and the Ducks this season. No. 45 Oregon defeated No. 60 Indiana 4-3 in Eugene, Ore., on March 13. Should Indiana advance, the Hoosiers will face No. 1 seed Michigan State on Thursday, April 23, at 1 p.m. ET. Indiana fell to Michigan State 4-3 in East Lansing, Mich., on Friday, April 17. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, April 24, at 3 p.m. ET, with the championship set for Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. ET. The Big Ten Tournament will be held at Libbey Park in Ojai, Calif. The field features the top 10 finishing teams in the Big Ten.
Indiana University Women’s Tennis Misses the Big Ten Tournament The Big Ten Conference announced the complete bracket for the 2026 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Tournament presented by Allstate, which will take place on April 23-26 at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio. Indiana did not make the tournament as the Hoosiers and Michigan State both finished 4-9 in the Big Ten and Tied for 13. The Top 12 Make the Tournament and the Hoosiers and Spartans are joined Oregon, Purdue, Minnesota and Rutgers who finished below them in the standings and all miss the tournament. Indiana finishes the Season with a 14-11 overall record.
Ohio State (21-3, 12-1 Big Ten), USC (19-5, 12-1 Big Ten) and Michigan (16-6, 12-1 Big Ten) each clinched a share of the Big Ten Championship, and tiebreaking procedures were used to determine tournament seeding. The Buckeyes will look to defend their Big Ten Tournament title as the No. 1 seed in this year’s tournament, opening play on Friday against the winner of No. 8 seed Illinois and No. 9 seed Nebraska. After clinching its first-ever Big Ten Championship, USC earned the No. 2 seed and will face the winner of No. 7 Maryland vs. No. 10 Northwestern in Friday’s third quarterfinal match. The Trojans finished the regular season 10-0 at home and enter the postseason on a seven-match win streak.
Michigan won its fourth straight and 14th overall Big Ten Championship and will play the winner of No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 11 Iowa in Friday’s final quarterfinal match. The Wolverines have won seven Big Ten Tournament titles, including three in a row from 2022-24. UCLA claimed the No. 4 seed and will receive a bye into the quarterfinals for the second-straight year. The Bruins await the winner of No. 5 Washington and No. 12 Penn State. UCLA finished the regular season 9-4 in Big Ten play (15-6 overall), winning six straight matches to close out the regular season. All matches for this year’s tournament will be streamed live on B1G+.
Bloomington Resident Mary Theisen-Lappen to Represent the United States in Weightlifting at the Pan American Championships in Panama A Bloomington-based Olympian and weightlifter is getting ready to represent the U.S. on the international stage this month. Mary Theisen-Lappen qualified for the 2026 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Panama City, Panama. “It’s not too far. It’s kind of nice,” Theisen-Lappen said. “A lot of times we have to travel kind of far, so this will be a nice short trip to Panama.” She competes in the +87 kg category and took home a gold medal at the competition in 2021 and 2023. Last year, she finished in second place at the championships held in Cali, Colombia.
Originally a track and field athlete, she threw shot put, discus, and weights for three schools, including, at one point, Indiana State University. After college, Theisen-Lappen stopped competing. Instead, she took a job with the NCAA and coached college athletes. Eventually, USA Weightlifting reached out and encouraged her to transition to a new sport. “In track and field, I was very powerful. I was very strong. So those are two things that really carry over well into weightlifting.” Theisen-Lappen said. “So basically, USA Weightlifting reached out to me and asked if I would give it a shot, and I did. I don’t know that I would have tried it if it wasn’t for them reaching out to me.”
That transition worked out — she would go on to represent Team USA at the 2024 Olympics. She placed fifth in Paris. The weightlifter called the qualifying process hard and tiring as she competed in seven meets in one year. Though Theisen-Lappen says it was worth the experience. She was blown away by her time in the athlete village. “Paris did a really good job of just making the city nice for us to come visit,” Theisen-Lappen said. “A lot of different opportunities in the village or on the campus that we were to just be able to hang out and have a good time and get what we needed while we were there. “ The Pan American Weightlifting Championship runs from April 27 – 30 at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Panama City. Theisen-Lappen will take the mat on Thursday, April 30.
Taylor University’s Ben Kennedy Named the Crossroads League Baseball Player of the Week Taylor University’s Ben Kennedy has been named the Crossroads League Baseball Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. Kennedy’s stellar performance in a four-game sweep over Indiana Wesleyan helped No. 1 Taylor clinch a share of the CL regular season title. Kennedy, a senior from Evansville, Indiana, powered the top-ranked Trojans by hitting .533 (8-for-15) with four home runs, three doubles and 12 runs batted in to earn his first career Player of the Week recognition. The shortstop set the tone with a 4-for-4 effort in the first game of the series and hit safely in all four contests.
The biggest moment of the series came in Game 3, when Kennedy launched the first grand slam of his career to erase a 3-0 IWU lead in the eventual 8-6 victory. He then recorded his third career multi-homer game in the series finale, finishing Friday’s doubleheader with three home runs and eight RBIs. Just as impactful on defense, Kennedy made several diving plays while factoring into all four double plays turned in the series. The recognition marks the eighth Crossroads League Baseball weekly award earned by a Trojan this season and the fourth Player of the Week selection. Taylor Athletics has now garnered 59 Crossroads League, WHAC and MSFA Player-of-the-Week awards and six NAIA National Athlete-of-the-Week honors during the 2025-26 campaign. No. 1 Taylor travels to No. 24 Marian on Thursday and Saturday to close out the regular season.
Indianapolis Colts Wide Receiver Alec Pierce to Miss OTA Due to Surgery on Ankle Injury The NFL offseason is in full swing with offseason workouts and the NFL Draft taking place this week. Colts general manager Chris Ballard spoke at the Colts training facility on Monday about the upcoming NFL Draft and shared injury updates on several Colts players. One of those updates was with wide receiver Alec Pierce. The fifth-year receiver signed a four-year, $116 million contract extension with Indianapolis in March. The deal included $84 million guaranteed. Ballard said Pierce played through some pain in his ankle for parts of last season.
“Last year for a lot of the season he kept dealing with some pain in his ankle,” Ballard said. “After the season we talked about if it was good enough, can we get through it again another year. Right before we signed him and after we signed him, I started asking questions and he said I can play through this again. I knew he was hurting at times last year so finally after consulting with multiple doctors and him, he had a clean-up done.” Ballard said getting the ‘clean up’ surgery now would be better than having Pierce play through ankle pain throughout next season.
“It’ll be training camp, so you won’t see him during OTAs [Organized team activities],” Ballard said. “It’s a three-month recovery. We don’t expect any long-term repercussions. More of it got to where he was really having to maintenance it a lot last year and the pain and so he had to kind of fight through that. At the end of the day, I said you can play with this. Do you want to play with it or knock it out? So, he decided to knock it out.” Pierce’s $116 million contract extension made him the highest-paid free agent receiver in NFL history.
Taylor University’s Women’s Tennis Season Ends with a Loss to Marian in the Crossroads League Tournament The Taylor University women’s tennis team’s season came to a close Monday as No. 12 Marian swept the Trojans 5-0 in the Crossroads League quarterfinals at USTA Midwest. The Trojans entered the postseason as the No. 8 seed and faced the Knights for the second time in three days after falling to Marian in Muncie on Saturday. Both matches were played indoors. Marian secured the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 flights. Jimena Rivera Flores and Michelle Irigoyen defeated Ellie Schaufelberger and Delaney Dahl 6-1 at No. 2, while Ana Lopez Torres and Emma Chrome blanked Evy Danemayer and Gracie Frazier 6-0 at No. 3. The No. 1 doubles match between Maddy Fuqua and Anna Stone against Lopez Torres and Yasmin Imamniyazova was halted at 3-2 in favor of Marian once the point was clinched.
Singles play was controlled by Marian as Rivera Flores posted a 6-0, 6-0 win over Schaufelberger at No. 3, and Chrome topped Danemayer 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. Maggie Bertram defeated Stone 6-0, 6-3 at No. 5 singles, and Elisa Roccaforte claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Dahl at the No. 6 flight. The No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches — Fuqua against Imamniyazova and Jillian Darby against Irigoyen — went unfinished after Marian clinched the team result. Monday’s result closes a milestone season for Taylor, which competed in women’s tennis for the first time since relaunching the program. The Trojans finished 6-14 overall in their inaugural campaign, earning a postseason berth in their return to Crossroads League competition.