Indiana University Men’s Tennis Player Matteo Antonescu Awarded the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award The Big Ten announced Thursday that Indiana’s Matteo Antonescu has been awarded the sportsmanship award for the 2025-26 season. The sophomore from Mountain View, Calif. has made the biggest impact at doubles this season with graduate teammate Michael Andre. The duo has been Indiana’s best in doubles this season, earning a dual record of 12-3, including a 7-1 record in the Big Ten and a 5-1 record at No. 1 doubles. Antonescu and Andre are currently ranked No. 33 by the ITA. Notably, the duo is 3-0 against ranked teams, defeating No. 1 Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico from Ohio State (Mar. 20), No. 31 Taym Alazmeh and Danial Rakhmatullayev from Michigan State (April 17), and No. 52 Max Dahlin and Pierce Shaya (April 19). In singles, Antonescu has a 5-3 overall record so far this season.
Indiana University Track and Field Closes Day One from Louisville The Indiana University track and field team closed the first day of the Clark Woods Invitational on Thursday, April 23rd. The multi events highlighted the day wrapping the first days of the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon. Max Grangier started the day with the men’s decathlon. He was able to score 3,708m points setting three personal bests (long jump, 6.91m; shot put, 11.47m; 400m, 49.40) through the first five events. In the women’s heptathlon, Chayla Rankin and Elle Knepp completed the first four events, sitting at ninth and 13th, respectively. Knepp saw personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles (14.84) and shot put (9.99m) competitions, while Rankin earned a second-place finish in the high jump 1.69m and a personal best in the 200-meter sprint (25.68). Tyler Carrel and finished out the day with a top five finish in the pole vault. His height of 5.22-meters earned a fifth-place finish.
Indiana University Men’s Tennis Falls to Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals The No. 9 seed Indiana Hoosiers lost to the No. 1 seed Michigan State Spartans 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. Thursday’s match marked the second time Indiana and Michigan State have played each other in the past week, with No. 23 Michigan State defeating No. 55 Indiana 4-3 last Friday (April 17). After Indiana won the doubles point last time against the Spartans, Michigan State was able to begin today’s match 1-0 by winning at courts No. 1 and No. 3. At No. 1, Michigan State’s Ozan Barris and Matthew Forbes defeated No. 33 Michael Andre and Matteo Antonescu, 6-3, and Michigan State’s Aristotelis Thanos and Danial Rakhmatullayev defeated Sam Landau and Aidan Atwood, 6-1. At court No. 2, Indiana’s Facundo Yunis and Jip van Assendelft defeated Taym Alazmeh and Mitchell Sheldon, 6-4.
In singles, Michigan State won the first two points, with Mitchell Sheldon defeating Aidan Atwood 7-5, 6-0 at court No. 6, and No. 57 Ozan Baris defeating Michael Andre 6-3, 6-2 at court No. 3. Facundo Yunis got the Hoosiers on the board at court No. 4, defeating Danial Rakhmatullayev 6-3, 6-3, but No. 15 Matthew Forbes sealed the match for Michigan State at court No. 2 by defeating Jip van Assendelft 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). The two matches left unfinished were courts No. 1 and No. 5. At court No. 1, No. 78 Sam Landau led No. 33 Aristotelis Thanos 6-4, 5-3, and at court No. 5, Indiana’s Braeden Gelletich led Taym Alazmeh 6-4, 6-6 (5-5).
Indiana University Wrestling Has 10 Compete at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas Ten current or former Indiana Wrestlers will compete in the 2026 U.S. Open in Las Vegas this weekend. All 10 wrestlers will compete in freestyle and three of the 10 will also compete in the Greco-Roman division. The U20 Greco-Roman competition took place on Thursday while the U20 Freestyle tournament will begin today and continue through tomorrow. For Senior Freestyle, that will take place Yesterday and will finish today.
All Hoosier competitors are listed below. U20 Greco-Roman: Lucas Peters, Marlo Clark and Hunter Sturgill. Senior Freestyle: Joey Buttler, Gabe Sollars and Jacob Bullock. U20 Freestyle: Gavin Jendreas, Jackson Blum, Marlo Clark, Lucas Peters, Hunter Sturgill, Chris Crawford and Caleb Marzolino
Indiana Fever Announce the Broadcast Schedule for the Preseason The Indiana Fever has announced broadcast details for the team’s 2026 preseason slate. The Fever are set to play one game on the road, an April 25 game at New York Liberty, before home games on April 30 against Dallas Wings and May 2 against the Nigeria National Team. Tickets for the team’s two home preseason games, as well as all regular season home games, can be purchased at FeverBasketball.com/tickets.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Time (ET) | Broadcast |
| Sat., April 25 | New York Liberty | Barclays Center | 3 p.m. | ION/WNBA League Pass |
| Thurs., April 30 | Dallas Wings | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7 p.m. | ION/WNBA League Pass |
| Sat., May 2 | Nigeria WNT | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 7 p.m. | WNBA League Pass (national)/WALV (local) |
Indy Ignite Win Their 20th Game of the Season with a Road Sweep at Orlando The Indy Ignite reached 20 wins and lowered their magic number to clinch the top seed in the Major League Volleyball Championship to one with a road sweep in Orlando Thursday night. The Ignite defeated the Orlando Valkyries 25-20, 25-15, 25-18 in three sets April 23, improving their record to 20-5 with three matches left in the regular season. With one more win or Dallas Pulse loss, the Ignite will secure that No. 1 seed in the upcoming championship, where the top four teams will compete for a million-dollar prize. The Ignite logged a 48.5 kill percentage and limited the Valkyries to a 31.7% kill rate in the matchup, never trailing by more than two points in any set.
“That was a very clean game from us,” Ignite head coach Lauren Bertolacci said. “We served really well. They have two great setters, and I don’t think they were able to use their in-system offense very much, which gave us a lot of chances on defense and in transition. I thought (Ignite setter) Mia (Tuaniga) did a great job setting our middles in trans, and we were really able to put the pressure on the whole game.” Outside hitter Leketor Member-Meneh tallied 12 points and kills, along with 13 digs, while outside hitter Azhani Tealer added 11 points on nine kills and a pair of blocks. Two recent additions, middle blockers Jaelyn Keene and Emma Clothier, also impressed in the match. Keene tallied nine kills in 15 attempts, along with a service ace, and Clothier was 7-for-14 hitting without an error, also notching a block and ace. The Ignite victory completed a 4-0 season sweep for the Valkyries and eliminated Orlando (10-15) from postseason contention. The Ignite next travel to Atlanta for their final road match, playing Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. (CBS Sports Network). The team then returns home for their final two contests, which will stream for free on WTHR+.
No. 1 Taylor University Baseball Secures Fourth Straight CL Regular Season Championship In his return to the starting lineup, Nate Simpson delivered the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the 12th inning and reliever Nathan Frady tossed a career-high seven shutout innings to lift No. 1 Taylor past No. 24 Marian by a 6-5 margin in Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader. The dramatic finish was worth the wait as the extra-inning victory sealed TU’s fourth straight Crossroads League Regular Season Championship, with the Trojans dogpiling late into the night at MU Ballpark. The Trojans persevered through a rough start in Indianapolis after falling 17-8 in the opening contest, which snapped the win streak at 24 – finishing tied for the longest in program history with the 2011 squad.
TU improved to 43-4 (31-3 CL) on the season and will have a chance to break its record for most league wins (32) set last year with a pair of victories on Saturday. In the nightcap victory, TU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning with back-to-back RBI knocks from Brayden Manning and Jordan Malott. Manning roped a double in the first inning of both contests, moving into sole possession of second place on TU’s all-time career charts for both hits (284) and runs-batted-in (229). The senior also climbed to fourth on the program’s leaderboard for most career doubles (58). Then much like it had all afternoon, Marian responded immediately with three runs to even the score at 3-3 off starter Wes Hunt, before grabbing its first lead on River Pecina’s CL-leading 17th home run – a solo shot in the third inning.
Fletcher Roemmich’s sacrifice fly leveled the score at 4-4 in the fifth, but another solo homer by MU’s Zach Bale in the next half inning put the Knights back in front. Leading off the top of the sixth, Malott flexed his power and launched the first pitch over the wall in center field for his team-leading and new personal single-season best 14th home run. With the game tied at 5-5 entering the final inning (seventh), both teams received stellar pitching efforts out of the bullpen. MU’s Chris Adams went six innings and struck out seven, while overcoming five walks and four hits allowed. Frady logged seven innings of four-hit ball with seven punchouts and no walks. The right-hander stranded the potential tying run after a leadoff single in the 12th and picked up his career-best fourth win on the mound.
TU left the bases loaded in the top of the seventh and stranded a pair of runners in scoring position in the eighth. Overall, the Trojans posted nine hits and stranded 12 runners in each contest of the twinbill. Manning (2 for 4, RBI, 2 BB) and Malott (2 for 6, 3 RBI) produced multi-hit efforts in the second game while Simpson ( 1 for 3, RBI, 3 BB), Roemmich, Luke Sutter, Sam Gladd and Quinn Kunkel each logged a base knock.
In the Game 1 setback, Brennan Frickel (2 for 3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI), Ben Kennedy (2 for 5, 2 2B) and Manning (2 for 5, 2B, RBI) led the Trojans at the dish. Malott and Roemmich were each responsible for multiple runs produced. TU raced out to a quick 6-0 lead on a two-out rally and batting around the lineup in the second inning. Roemmich cleared the bases on a three-run triple, followed by RBI singles from Manning and Malott. However, MU loaded the bases with no outs in the next frame and took advantage with seven runs to claim the 7-6 lead on just three hits, including a grand slam by Hector Corona. The Knights extended the lead with three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to move ahead 11-6. The Knights hit four homers in the first game, including a pair by Zach Bale.
TU’s lone homer came off the bat of Brennan Frickel, with a solo blast that briefly trimmed the deficit to four, but the Knights plated two more to lead 13-7 after six complete. Frickel doubled in his next at-bat to plate the final run for the Trojans in the eighth. Both teams finished with nine hits in the opening matchup and the squads combined for 23 walks allowed, including a season-high 10 walks surrendered by the TU pitching staff. The Trojans and Knights will close out the regular season thia afternoon with a 1 p.m. start time for Game 1 at MU Ballpark. TU has now clinched the top seed for next week’s CL Tournament in Spring Arbor, Michigan, while MU will aim to secure the No. 2 seed.