Ceremony to be held This Morning to name stretch of road after Bob Knight There is a ceremony this morning at 11 a.m. ET in connection with the naming of part of State Road 45/46 as Bob Knight Memorial Way, WFIU is reporting. Earlier this year, the Indiana state legislature unanimously passed a resolution calling for the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the stretch of State Road 45/46 between College Ave. and Fee Lane after the legendary IU basketball coach. This span is just north of Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium at the north end of the IU campus. Speakers at the ceremony will include Bob Knight’s son and former IU player Patrick Knight, IU AD Scott Dolson; Peggy Mayfield, the Indiana state representative who authored the resolution; and Steve Ferguson, chair of Board of Cook Group Inc.
A sign will be unveiled at the ceremony. Knight won three national titles at Indiana, an Olympic gold medal, and retired as the game’s all-time winningest coach. In total, Knight led IU to 11 Big Ten Conference titles, five Final Fours, and a 32-0 undefeated season in 1976. That 1975-76 campaign remains the last undefeated season in men’s college basketball. Indiana made the NCAA Tournament in 24 of Knight’s 29 years at the helm. During his time in Bloomington, Knight coached 12 Big Ten MVPs, saw 29 players go to the NBA, and 98 percent of his 4-year players graduated. He passed away in 2023.
No. 4 Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Soccer Returns Home to Host Northwestern Following a pair of Big Ten road contests, Indiana men’s soccer (12-1-2, 5-1-1 B1G) returns to its fortress at Bill Armstrong Stadium Tonight, hosting Northwestern (5-5-3, 2-3-2 B1G) late in conference play. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. Fans unable to attend can watch the match via the B1G+ digital platform. Tonigh’s match is IU faculty and staff appreciation night at Armstrong Stadium. The first 150 faculty/staff members at the match will receive an IU Soccer duffel bag.
Tied atop the table with 16 points, the Hoosiers remain in control of their Big Ten destiny with three league games to play – against Northwestern Friday, at UCLA in a week (Oct. 30) and against co-leader Michigan State at home on Nov. 4. Washington also has a stake in the regular season title race with 13 points and a game in hand on IU and MSU. The Huskies and Spartans will face off concurrently this evening. Indiana is coming off a Big Ten road win at Ohio State, as Easton Bogard’s 41st-minute goal made the difference in the 1-0 result. The Hoosiers earned their seventh clean sheet, and Michal Mroz made four saves in the match. IU has a 10-0-0 record at home this season, outscoring visitors 28-5 and earning five shutouts. Mroz was one of four Hoosiers featured in Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top 100 list, which included Oliver Moller-Jensen (No. 5), Mroz (22), Maher (27), Njike (34).
Northwestern is winless in its last four, with an 0-2-2 mark in that span. The Wildcats drew, 1-1, with No. 10 UCLA on Monday. Peter Riesz leads Northwestern with four goals and 11 points. Italo Addimandi has also scored four goals this season. Head coach Russell Payne leads Northwestern in his sixth season, carrying a 41-40-18 record during his time in Evanston as well as a 110-125-49 career record in 17 seasons as a head coach. Indiana has historically dominated the series with Northwestern, winning 37 of the 49 meetings. The Hoosiers won the first 20 matchups between 1983-2003. In the last four seasons, the host has won the matchup – perhaps a good sign for Indiana, Friday’s home team. The Hoosiers have lost to Northwestern just once at home, boasting a 20-1-3 record in such matches.
Indiana University Women’s Volleyball Travels to Ohio State and Hosts Penn State After breaking a three-match losing streak with a big sweep of No. 20 Washington, the Indiana volleyball team (11-6, 4-4 B1G) will look to start piling wins together as the Big Ten season hits the midway point. The Hoosiers will finish off a three-match road trip at Ohio State this evening before taking on Penn State in a top-20 battle at Wilkinson Hall on Sunday.
An improved defensive effort was evident in IU’s trip to the west coast over the weekend. Led by 14 blocks from third-year middle blocker Ella Boersema in two matches, IU totaled 26 rejections as a team (3.25 per set). The 16 team blocks against Oregon were the most in a Big Ten match since 2023 (18 – vs. Illinois). The Hoosiers followed that up with 10 stuffs in a sweep of Washington. Third-year outside hitter Izzy Clark added an extra wrinkle to IU’s dynamic offense when she made a full return to the front row this weekend. Her 12 kills against Washington helped the team hit above .300 and pick up a massive, ranked victory. Seven different players have turned in a double-digit kill effort for the Hoosiers this season including four pin hitters and three middle blockers. This weekend’s matches will feature some familiar storylines on each side.
First-year outside hitter Sara Snowbarger (Wooster, Ohio) and assistant coach (Dublin, Ohio) each hail from within a handful of hours from Columbus. Both will have plenty of family and friends in attendance. On Sunday, Hodge and head coach Steve Aird will take on Penn State’s head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley. The three of them overlapped in the early 2000’s during their playing days at Penn State. All three of them either played for or coached under legendary head man Russ Rose at some point in their careers. Each of this weekend’s games will be broadcasted to a national audience. IU will be live on the Big Ten Network from the Covelli Center in Columbus this evening at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Wilkinson Hall will host the third all top-20 home matchup in program history at 3 p.m. on FS1.
A Win over Ohio State would be the 12th win of the season and the fifth in Big Ten play and the fifth win in seven tries against the Buckeyes. A win over Penn State would be the first-time beating Penn State in consecutive years in IU history. Would be the third ranked win in Wilkinson Hall history and Steve Aird would match the program record for most ranked wins as a head coach. A win over both would improve IU’s record to 13-6 (6-4 Big Ten) on the year and would be the first three-game Big Ten winning streak of the season. IU is coming off its second ranked win of the year with a sweep of No. 20 Washington (Oct. 18). The Hoosiers will go for a fifth road win of the season on Friday in Columbus. Longtime friends Steve Aird (IU) and Katie Schumacher-Cawley (Penn State) will meet each other on the sideline on Sunday.
Second-year setter Teodora Krickovic is closing in on becoming the 12th player in program history to reach 2,000 career assists. She’s 139 away as she continues to set the Hoosiers at an elite offensive rate. The Serbian is averaging 10.63 assists per set in her career at IU. Since the 2022 campaign (four-plus years), Indiana has racked up 88 wins under head coach Steve Aird. That includes at least 15 wins in each full season during that stretch. IU will be looking to reach that plateau again for the fifth-straight year in 2026. Third-year outside hitter Izzy Clark made her full return to the lineup with a pair of starts out west. She produced a match high 12 kills on a .455 hitting percentage against No. 20 Washington as IU picked up a big road sweep. IU’s pin hitters combined for 31 kills in the win.
Third-year middle blocker Ella Boersema led a strong blocking performance in IU’s games over the weekend. She combined for 14 rejections in two matches out west, led by nine in a near win over No. 11 Oregon. Boersema has 31 blocks in Big Ten action this year. In conference games only this year, IU is near the top of the Big Ten in a number of important categories. The Hoosiers are fourth in hitting percentage (.255), fifth in blocks per set (2.62) and fifth in aces per set (1.55). That all comes while already having played the top four teams in the league. The win over No. 20 Washington was important in a number of ways. But it made some program history. The sweep over the Huskies, and last year’s sweep at Penn State, is the first time in school history that IU has swept a ranked Big Ten opponent on the road in back-to-back years.
Head coach Steve Aird and IU is coming off a big win at No. 20 Washington last week. He has now guided the program to 11 wins against AVCA opponents. If he is able to take down his alma mater, Penn State, he will match the program record for ranked wins (12) by a head coach. IU has gotten important contributions from nearly its whole roster this year. 16 of 18 players have appeared in a match this year and 11 of those have started in one. On Sunday, second-year defensive specialist Avery Freeman made an appearance off the bench with two big aces.
Ohio State is 10-8 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten. A win over USC and a five-set loss to UCLA proved a productive weekend as the Buckeyes completed their weekend out west at the same time as IU. Ohio State is in prime position to make this year’s Big Ten Tournament and will be hoping to rise the standings this weekend at home. Outside hitter Naomy Govou leads a strong charge of foreign flair for head coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg. She leads the team with 3.81 kills per set and 4.24 points per set. Opposite hitter Hannah Jones provides 3.00 kills per set. Setters Bailey Nakanelua and Mia Tuman have both gotten some run at the position in the last few weeks. The Buckeyes were one of the early powerhouse programs in the Big Ten. Indiana has caught up in the all-time series, winning six of the 11 games played under head coach Steve Aird. The two teams have played seven-straight games that have gone either four or five sets. IU hasn’t won in Columbus since taking down the fifth-ranked Buckeyes in 2022.
Penn State is 13-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten. Penn State is also coming off its west coast trip after losing to UCLA and beating USC over the weekend. Opposite hitter Kennedy Martin, one of the nation’s best players is leading the team with 4.34 kills per set and 5.00 points per set. Veteran outside hitter Whitney Launstein is putting up 3.10 kills per set but is hitting under .200. Setter Alexis Stucky transferred in from Florida during the offseason and is leading the team’s offense to a .254 hitting percentage. She loves to get middle blocker Gabrielle Nichols involved in the offense (1.85 kills per set). Nichols is also offering up 1.28 blocks per set (78.0 total). Once the standard in college volleyball, Penn State has long reigned supreme over many teams in the Big Ten. IU finally picked up its first road win in the series last year and is now looking to pick up back-to-back wins over the Nittany Lions for the first time in program history. Penn State leads the all-time series 62-2.
Indiana Field Hockey Set for Final Home Matches Against No. 19 Penn State and No. 1 Maryland After falling to No. 2 Northwestern last weekend, No. 11 Indiana Field Hockey closes out its regular-season home slate at Deborah Tobias Field in Bloomington, Ind. , against Penn State on Friday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. and No. 1 Maryland on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Noon.
No. 13 IU Field Hockey and No. 19 Penn State will face off for the 33rd matchup in history of play. The record is 5-27 all-time, favoring Penn State. The last time the pair met, the Hoosiers came home with a 3-1 in State College in 2025. Previously, IU had a 12-game losing streak against the Nittany Lions. Ella Gaitan leads the offense for Penn State with 11 goals and two assists. The opponent has totaled 192 shots on the season with 105 being on goal. Penn State is on a seven-game win streak, with the last loss being on Sep. 20 against No. 19 Monmouth. B1G wins include Rutgers (1-0), Michigan State (1-0), Ohio State (4-3, OT, PS) and Michigan (2-1).
Maryland has been the No. 1 ranked team for two weeks in a row and sits undefeated in conference play. On Thursday at 8 p.m., it will face off against No. 2 ranked Northwestern who handed IU a 4-1 loss last Sunday afternoon. All-time, the Hoosiers are 1-12 against Maryland. The single win was added in the 2025 season in an away match where IU claimed the victory in a 2-1 shootout. Maryland is led by Babs van Hest and Francisca Eschoyez. Van Hest has recorded eight goals and nine assists on the season and Eschoyez has totaled nine goals and two assists. Overall, the team has notched 49 goals and allowed opponents 10.
Indiana and Penn State are currently tied for third in the Big Ten, both with a 4-1 record. Penn State’s lone loss was given to them by then No. 5 Maryland. Maryland and Northwestern both lead the conference, tied for first place with a 5-0 record. The match against Penn State will be Indiana’s sixth B1G game and seventh against a ranked opponent.
Molly Stutte sits at sixth overall in the conference in shots with 42 overall and a 3.23 average per game. She is also sixth in shots on goal with 27 overall. Stutte and Celia Arroyo Cabezudo are tied for ninth in goals, both totaling eight. Mijntje Hagen is 19th in goals with five. Arroyo Cabezudo is 13th overall in total shots with 30. Sitting close behind is Inés Garcia Prado at 14th with 29 shots. Arroyo Cabezudo is 11th for shots on goal with 20. Garcia Prado is 17th with 17. Charlotte Glasper also sits in the top-25 for shots on goal, taking the 22nd spot with 14. Sadie Canelli is the third ranked goalie in the B1G with a .792 save percentage, saving 38 goals and allowing 10. She is also third in shutouts with five.
Molly Stutte and Celia Arroyo Cabezudo lead the team with eight-goals each. Stutte has totaled seven assists throughout the season and Arroyo Cabezudo has recorded four. With nine total wins, Indiana looks to total the most wins since 2021 where it finished 10-10 on the season. IU has recorded 34 total goals in the 2026 season and have held opponents to 13 goals, with three coming from the last game against Northwestern on Oct. 16. The 4-1 record in the B1G is the best conference five-game start since 2015 when the Hoosiers finished 5-3, the best all-time conference record. It looks to continue conference success to tie or break the conference win record. Sadie Canelli’s 10 goals allowed in 12 games is on track to be the least amount of goals she has allowed in a single season. In her first season with the Hoosiers, she allowed 18 goals in 15 games.
The Hoosiers hosted No. 2 ranked Northwestern on Friday, Oct. 16 at Deborah Tobias Field. After a short back-and-forth, Northwestern scored first to put them up 1-0 at the end of the first quarter. Indiana responded with Mintje Hagen putting the equalizer in the cage to make it 1-1. The tie was short-lived as a penalty corner awarded to Northwestern would set them up to score a goal. As play ended in the first half, it was 2-1 Northwestern. It was all Wildcat in the second half, as the remainder of their goals went unanswered to end the match 4-1. In the third-quarter, goalkeeper Sadie Canelli made two critical saves to prevent more Northwestern goals. The Hoosiers held Northwestern to just seven shots on goal, tying it for the second-lowest shot-on-goal stat on the scoresheet this season. They tie with Princeton, who defeated Northwestern the previous week in an overtime victory.
Indiana’s Inés Garcia Prado, Molly Stutte and Mijntje Hagen were named to the Big Ten’s preseason Players to Watch list. Inés Garcia Prado, Mijntje Hagen and Gabriela Garayo Aranceta were featured on the 2026 NFHCA Division I Players to Watch List. Upperclassmen Mijntje Hagen, Javi Baeza, Inés Garcia Prado look to get the team to new heights this season as team captains. Indiana’s roster bolsters a former high school duo who are once again playing together at the collegiate level. Javi Baeza and Charlotte Glasper played together at Shaker Heights High School (Ohio).
The Hoosiers further their international talent, expanding the number of countries represented on the team. Lily Freeman and Jessie Mauro came to Bloomington from England while Keke Sluiter, Isa Smulders and Mijntje Hagen traveled from the Netherlands. Agustina Gamonal is from Chile and Helen Grahe represents Germany. Spain boasts the highest representation with Celia Arroyo Cabezudo, Inés Garcia Prado, Berta Sáenz de Santa María and Gabriela Garayo Aranceta representing Spain in Bloomington. First year Berta Sáenz de Santa María reunites on the field with second-year Celia Arroyo Cabezudo as the pair both attended Esclavas Del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. Alongside the duo, Gabriela Garayo Aranceta is also from Santander, Spain.
With the Minnesota Vikings up next the Indianapolis Colts try to focus on Football while reflecting on former GM Chris Ballard The ramifications from Chris Ballard’s firing continued to resonate throughout the Indianapolis Colts locker room Wednesday. And everyone understood the message — win or more changes could be coming. Two days after team co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon announced her decision, Colts players got a chance to reflect on the man who constructed Indy’s current roster even as they tried to remain focused on Sunday’s game at unbeaten Minnesota. “Whenever you see anyone let go in this business, especially someone like him — he’s a first-class guy — it’s tough,” quarterback Daniel Jones said. “He cares about the players, treats all the players the right way, and you can tell he really cares. I feel lucky to have spent the time together with him and have the ultimate respect for who he is as a man. So it’s tough, a tough part of the business.”
Ballard spent nearly a full decade making the tough personnel decisions, building bonds and earning the respect of his players. He gave Jones a fresh start in 2025. Jones had sought and received his release from the New York Giants in November 2024 then finished that season on the Vikings practice squad. Indy brought in Jones to compete for the starting job with Anthony Richardson, whose injury history and inconsistency created an opening just two seasons after Ballard used the No. 4 overall draft pick on Richardson. Indy re-signed Jones to a two-year deal in March based largely on his 10-game start last season before he suffered a torn right Achilles tendon.
Yet nobody in the team complex was more loyal to Richardson than Ballard. “He believed in me enough to have me here, and I’m forever grateful for that,” Richardson said. “I’m trying to do my part and not make him feel like he made the wrong decision. So I’m just trying to keep getting better every week and am waiting on my opportunity.” Many Colts fans wanted Ballard and head coach Shane Steichen gone last season. They started 8-2, then lost their final seven games and missed the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. Instead, Irsay-Gordon gave both a second chance with a not-so-subtle stipulation — make the playoffs, compete for a Super Bowl or face the consequences. A 2-3 start didn’t help. Neither did last weekend’s performance against previously winless Tennessee. Indy blew a 13-0 halftime lead, allowing the Titans to rally for a 26-20 victory as the home fans booed loudly throughout the second half and burst into chants of “Fire Ballard.”
On Monday, Irsay-Gordon announced she was making that very move, one that has put everyone at the team complex on notice. “I think there’s pressure in this league every year, regardless of the circumstances,” Steichen said. “And as the head coach, you’ve got to lead this team, empower your players, guide them through every single day and put them in position and that’s I way look at it — put your head down and go to work. That’s all you can do.” Steichen said he has met with assistant general manager Ed Dodds, who will replace Ballard on an interim basis. Some fans want even more changes as the Colts have lost 11 of 13, including seven straight road games. Steichen has repeatedly said this week he is not making a quarterback switch and does not intend to make any moves with his coaching staff. Jones has struggled mightily this season, completing just 59.6% of his throws with four TD passes and six interceptions. He’s also lost three fumbles and has taken 15 sacks.
The defense ranks in the bottom five of the league in points allowed (164) and is tied with Dallas and Philadelphia for the fewest takeaways (three). And last weekend, the Colts special teams units allowed a 58-yard punt return to set up Tennessee’s tying score and a blocked punt that was returned for the go-ahead score. But with so much to correct, the Colts know they can’t afford any distractions in this turbulent, emotional week. It’s time to get back to football. “I think every single day we have to come out here and no matter what happens, we have to go out there and continue to work to get over these losses,” Camryn Bynum said. “I think that’s the biggest thing, being able to move forward from the bad weeks we’ve had. We have to move forward because, as players, the only thing we can control is our performance on that field.”
No. 21 Taylor University Men’s Golf Ends Fall with Whistling Straits Title The No. 21-ranked Taylor men’s golf program closed its fall season with another strong performance, this time topping a field of 17 teams at the Whistling Straits Classic in Wisconsin. The Trojans posted a team score of 289 on Monday, before Tuesday’s action was wiped out due to fog. With results reverting back to Monday’s scores, TU claimed the team title by seven strokes over Pikeville. The large field included one other top-25 team, with Taylor finishing Monday’s round 24 strokes ahead of No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan on the team leaderboard. The trio of Porter Dick, Tanner Conklin and Aaron Fulda all fired scores of even-par on Monday to tie for sixth in the individual standings, with Hayden Fox and Ben Oakley shooting 73. No. 21 Taylor closed its fall season with two wins and three runner-up finishes in its five tournaments. The Trojans shot a collective team score of two-under par for the fall season.
No. 11 Taylor University Women’s Volleyball Quiets Spring Arbor in CL Sweep Freshly minted No. 11 Taylor continued its torrid play as of late with a sweep of Spring Arbor (16-9, 8-6 CL) inside Odle Arena on Wednesday night and alongside a loss by Grace (24-4, 11-3 CL) took sole possession of first place in the Crossroads League. The Trojans hit .274 against a stout Cougar defense, with a trio of players racking up nine or more kills, led by Ruth Anderson with 11. Anderson took 18 swings and had two blocks and digs apiece in a stellar match by the sophomore. The first set was all TU after a 6-0 early run pushed the lead to 11-6, which eventually grew to 23-12 before a mini rally by Spring Arbor saw the final score read 25-15. Anderson produced five kills in the set, while TU racked up half of its eight blocks in the opener.
The Cougars came alive to begin the second, scoring the first six points before Taylor woke up and punched back to take a 10-8 lead and forced a timeout from the visitors. The see-saw set continued with Spring Arbor retaking the lead before a timeout by Erin Luthy with the scoreline at 15-12 helped the home squad recalculate and eventually even the set at 20 apiece. The Trojans showed their fortitude as Ellie Herschberger collected her third kill of the set before stepping to the service line and not leaving as the final five points went to the Purple and Grey for a 25-20 set victory. Herschberger delivered nine kills and ten digs in addition to a pair of aces in the win.
The Cougars again jumped out to an early lead in the third at 4-1, but TU quickly knotted it at five, which began a stretch of back-and-forth play that saw the score deadlocked at every interval between five and 15. Reagan Kleiman then delivered three-consecutive kills to force a timeout by Spring Arbor. The break did not slow the Trojans as a pair of errors sandwiched a kill by Anderson on an overpass for a commanding 21-15 lead. Two straight points by the Cougars put TU on noticed before rattling off the final four for a 25-17 victory to complete the sweep.
Kleiman collected five of her ten kills in the final set, while adding a season-high five digs to help the defense. Daya Vestal led the charge at the net with six blocks in addition to five kills on 14 swings for an effective night in the middle. The back row saw Mackenzie Gerig lead the squad with 13 digs, while Suzanne Storey added eight along with three aces in an outstanding showing by the senior. No. 11 Taylor (24-5, 12-2 CL) is set to celebrate Senior Day on Saturday, October 24th at 3:00 pm before a match against CL foes Huntington (12-16, 5-9 CL) inside Odle Arena.