No. 4 Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Soccer Big Ten Bitten by Tie Bug Against Northwestern Friday night’s three concurrent Big Ten men’s soccer matches all ended in a draw, meaning Indiana men’s soccer (12-1-3, 5-1-2 B1G) remains in control of its destiny concerning the conference regular season title as well Big Ten Tournament seeding following a 0-0 result with Northwestern (5-5-4, 2-3-3 B1G) on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. In addition to IU’s tie, Michigan State and Washington – its fellow top three teams – played to a 1-1 result. Further down the table, Michigan spoiled Rutgers run of form with three unanswered goals in a 3-3 draw. So, the teams in contention are content leave a handful of drama for the final week-and-a-half of the regular season.
In the 26th Minute Northwestern’s Peter Riesz had the first real chance of the match, his shot from distance banging off the right post. In the 51st Minute Indiana came out of the half firing. Oliver Moller-Jensen saw a shot from a corner hover over the goal-line, but the Northwestern keeper reacted just in time to keep it from going over. Moments later, he sent a laser bound for goal, but a Northwestern defender was the only one in the way and did enough to deflect the chance. in the 62nd minute Indiana earned a free kick about 28 yards out, and Nick McHenry’s curling attempt forced a diving save at the far post. In the 85th Minute the Hoosiers kept piling on chances late in the match, none perhaps closer than a Kinsella header off the bar with five minutes to play. Indiana earned, and created chances with, 14 corner kicks, but a stubborn Northwestern defense didn’t break on the night.
With a crowd of 2,821 Friday night, Indiana eclipsed its previous single-season attendance record. IU men’s soccer has welcomed 37,248 fans and counting to Bill Armstrong Stadium, marking its third season attendance record in four years. Indiana has at least one home game remaining to grow the record. Friday’s result snapped Indiana’s 10-match home winning streak to start the season, though the Hoosiers remain unbeaten through 11 matches at the Bill (10-0-1). Indiana earned its eighth clean sheet of the season and improved its Big Ten-leading goals against average to 0.50. Indiana moved to 37-5-8 in the all-time series with Northwestern, as Friday marked the 50th meeting between the programs. Indiana has two games left in the Big Ten regular season title race: away at UCLA next Friday (Oct. 30) and the regular season finale at home against current conference co-leader Michigan State that following Tuesday (Nov. 4).
Indiana University Women’s Soccer Host Rutgers in the Final Regular Season Home Game I ndiana women’s soccer prepares for their final home match of the season as they welcome the Rutgers Scarlet Knights this afternoon at 1 pm. Rutgers comes to Bloomington, Ind. suffering a two-game losing streak to Penn State and Ohio State. The Scarlet Knights hold a 4-7-4 overall record and 3-6-1 in conference play. They are led in scoring by Lilia Calvert (4) and Ashley Baran (3). The Hoosiers continue their final regular season homestand after suffering a loss to Purdue. Purdue won back the Golden Boot for the first time in four seasons after they defeated the Hoosiers 5-0 on Thursday night.
Maggie Ledwith and Bella Haggerty lead all Hoosiers with five and three goals scored, respectively, this season. Kennedy Neighbors, Piper Coffield, and Jenna Chatterton tie with two goals apiece, followed by Aleyna Quinn, Grace Hamm, and Amaya Falzarano with one goal each. 10 Hoosiers have recorded an assist this season, led by Kennedy neighbors with three. Ledwith, Chatterton, Grace Hamm, and Haden Vlcek follow with two assists each. Coffield earned her first assist on the year in the previous match. Emily Graham, Bella Haggerty, Paige Droner, Emma Ehret, Amaya Falzarano, and Ella Stanley have also added assists.
Ledwith and leads the Hoosiers in total points with 12 followed by Haggerty and Neighbors with seven each. Chatterton follows behind with six along with Coffield with five and Hamm with four points. Falzarano trails with three points while Aleyna Quinn, Grace, and Vlcek each have two points. Droner, Ehret, Stanley, and Graham round out the point total with one point apiece for the Hoosiers. 18 Hoosiers have recorded a shot this season. Ledwith leads the way with 32 shot attempts, followed by Hamm and Neighbors with 21 and 17, respectively. Droner follows behind with 13, Graham with 12, and Coffield with 11. Chatterton has added 10 shots, followed by Haggerty with eight and Ehret and Stanley with seven each. The Hoosiers have six field players that have crossed the 1,000 minute mark this season, lead by Neighbors and Coffield with over 1,300 minutes each. IUWS will look to close their regular season on the road next weekend as they travel to face Penn State on Friday (Oct. 30) evening. The match is set to start at 7 pm.
Indiana University Women’s Volleyball beats Ohio State for Back-to-Back Big Ten Road Sweeps To close out a tough three-match road trip, the Indiana volleyball team (12-6, 5-4 B1G) picked up its second-straight Big Ten sweep with a victory over Ohio State (25-23, 25-23, 25-18) on Friday evening at the Covelli Center. The win was IU’s first in Columbus since taking down the Buckeyes in five sets back in 2022. Despite some late pushes from the home team in the first two sets, IU held on to win all three frames in the victory. A balanced offensive effort, which featured at least six kills from all five primary attackers, was key in finishing off the pesky Ohio State defense. The Hoosiers hit .310 (46-10-116) with 23 combined kills from fifth-year opposite hitter Avry Tatum and second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager. Second-year middle blocker Victoria Gray was given a start for the first time in October and made the most of her opportunity. The dynamic attacker had nine kills on 15 errorless swings (.600), finishing one kill shy of the fourth double-digit effort in her career. She added three blocks and provided 10.5 total points in Friday’s win. Her counterpart, fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry, added six kills (.333 hitting percentage).
A welcomed sign for head coach in the past few weeks has been the explosion of his team’s net defense. For the third-straight match, IU had double-digit blocks. The Hoosiers finished with 12 in the sweep of the Buckeyes in Columbus. Granberry had a hand in seven of those while Jager and Tatum each had four. Jager led the charge with 16 points (11 kills, 4 blocks, 2 aces). IU will get a chance to stretch its winning streak to three games in a top-20 battle against No. 16 Penn State on Sunday (Oct. 25) afternoon at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers haven’t beaten Penn State in back-to-back years in program history. First serve is set for 3 p.m. on FS1 with Chris Vosters (PxP) and Camryn Irwin (Color) on the call.
Fighting to win sets late in road games has been something that IU has done a lot this year. After conceding a pair of seven-point leads in set one, IU scored the final three points in game one to take an early lead in the match. Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager had the final two kills. The same script nearly came true in set two as well. After a service error from Ohio State, IU led by five points (22-17). The hosts crawled all the way back to tie the set at 23-all, forcing head coach Steve Aird into his final timeout. A pair of late errors from the Buckeyes put points back on the side of the visitors and ensured a 2-0 lead. • IU went on a late 5-0 run in set three, on the serve of second-year setter Teodora Krickovic, to ensure that set three ended in a timely fashion. The Hoosiers hit .359 (17-3-39) in the final frame, led by six kills from fifth-year opposite hitter Avry Tatum.
For the first time since head coach Steve Aird’s first season in Bloomington, the Hoosiers have recorded double-digit blocks in three-straight Big Ten games. IU picked up a season high 16 blocks at Oregon last week and have followed that up with 10 at Washington and 12 at Ohio State. The last time IU did that in a three-match conference stretch was Oct. 27 – Nov. 3, 2018. Second-year middle blocker Victoria Gray had nine kills on 15 errorless swings in Friday’s win over Ohio State while making her first start in the month of October. It’s the third time in her career that she’s had eight-or-more kills and zero errors in a Big Ten match. She also did so against Oregon (8-0-11 – Nov. 14, 2025) and Wisconsin (8-0-14 – Oct. 1, 2026).
Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager picked up 11 kills on an efficient .313 hitting percentage against the Buckeyes. It’s the 21st time in 29 career Big Ten matches that she’s had double-digit kills. However, it’s the first conference match in her college career where she’s had 10-or-more kills while committing fewer than two attacking errors. Over the last two seasons, the Hoosiers have picked up six Big Ten road sweeps. That includes Friday’s effort at Ohio State and last weekend’s victory over No. 20 Washington. IU is 19-10 in conference action since the beginning of 2025 and will look to push that to 20 victories on Sunday against Penn State. In the first seven years of Aird’s tenure as the head coach at IU, his teams hit above .300 in a match on 29 occasions. Since the start of last year, the Hoosiers have done that 22 different times. That mark includes IU’s .310 hitting efficiency in the sweep of Ohio State. Nine of those matches have come in Big Ten play.
No. 2/5 Indiana Hoosiers Swimming and Diving Sweep Friday Tri Meet Indiana swimming and diving won all four decisions in Friday’s tri meet with No. 25/13 USC and No. 20/NR Kentucky Friday afternoon inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Hoosier men and women combined to win 24 of 30 events despite missing a handful of athletes preparing for next week’s USA Swimming Short Course World Championship Trials. Indiana swept the diving events and won three of four relays. Miranda Grana led the way, sweeping her individual events and leading off the women’s 200 medley relay victory. Grana swept the backstroke events and added a third victory in the 100-yard butterfly in Alex Shackell’s absence. Kristina Paegle added two wins of her own in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events, and Lily Witte swept the springboards with wins on 1-meter and 3-meter. Seven different Hoosier women – and three freshmen – recorded events wins on Friday.
On the men’s side, Toby Barnett represented “Breaststroke U” with win in the 100 breast and 200 breast. First-year Hoosier Gabriel Manteufel gave IU distance victories in the 500 free and 1,000 free. On the springboards, Mason Mankey and Josh Hedberg combined to complete the sweep of 1-meter and 3-meter, respectively. A pair of first-year distance Hoosiers jumped up the all-time lists. Paige Downey became IU’s No. 2 performer all-time in the 1,000-yard freestyle, setting a personal best time in 9:33.91 – her time just surpassing Lindsay Vrooman’s best time from the 2014 NCAA Championships (9:33.94). In the next event, Manteufel went an 8:49.53 in the men’s 1,000 free to become the No. 4-best performer.
TEAM SCORES
Women
No. 5 Indiana 205, No. 13 USC 95
No. 5 Indiana 218, Kentucky 82 Men
No. 2 Indiana 221, No. 25 USC 79
No. 2 Indiana 191, No. 20 Kentucky 108
HOOSIER WINNERS
Men
Toby Barnett – 100 breaststroke (52.15), 200 breaststroke (1:53.75)
Vidar Carlbaum – 100 freestyle (42.95), 400 freestyle relay (2:51.88)
Josh Hedberg – 3-meter (347.15)
Miroslav Knedla – 200 backstroke (1:41.18)
Mason Mankey – 1-meter (349.90)
Gabriel Manteufel – 1,000 freestyle (8:49.53), 500 freestyle (4:17.46)
Cooper McDonald – 400 freestyle relay (2:51.88)
Raekwon Noel – 200 butterfly (1:42.49)
Aaron Shackell – 400 freestyle relay (2:51.88)
Dylan Smiley – 400 freestyle relay (2:51.88)
Women
Anita Bottazzo – 200 medley relay (1:35.43), 100 breaststroke (57.73)
Amelia Bray – 400 freestyle relay (3:13.84)
Paige Downey – 1,000 freestyle (9:33.91)
Elizabeth Eichbrecht – 500 freestyle (4:43.51), 400 freestyle relay (3:13.84)
Miranda Grana – 200 medley relay (1:35.43), 100 backstroke (52.20), 200 backstroke (1:52.75), 100 butterfly (51.96)
Macky Hodges – 400 freestyle relay (3:13.84)
Kristina Paegle – 200 medley relay (1:35.43), 50 freestyle (21.89), 100 freestyle (47.70), 400 freestyle relay (3:13.84)
Eva Rottink – 200 medley relay (1:35.43)
Lylah Theriac – 200 IM (1:56.29)
Lily Witte – 1-meter (285.90), 3-meter (322.40)
Indiana turns its attention to College Swimming League postseason, coming to the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis in two weeks. The Hoosiers will swim in the Wild Card round on November 5, competing for the final spot in CSL Championship Match on November 6.
Indiana Fever moving on from GM Amber Cox Hours after losing their team president, the Indiana Fever confirmed general manager Amber Cox is also on the way out. Annie Costabile with The Athletic first reported Cox’s firing Friday, citing multiple sources. ESPN’s Alexa Philippou and “Locked On Pacers” host Tony East confirmed Costabile’s report. The Fever announced Cox’s “departure” Friday evening, saying the move is effective immediately. The news came hours after the team announced president Kelly Krauskopf was stepping down after nearly 30 years with Pacers Sports & Entertainment.
The Fever finished sixth in the WNBA this season with a 28-16 record, setting a franchise record for wins in a season as the WNBA expanded to a 44-game season. For the second straight season, they were eliminated from the playoffs by the Las Vegas Aces. “Through her two seasons with the Fever, Amber has helped us navigate the seismic growth of both the WNBA and our franchise,” said Pacers Sports & Entertainment President and CEO Mel Raines. “We’re grateful for her contributions and wish her the very best moving forward.” Before coming to Indiana, Cox spent time as the COO of the Dallas Wings, vice president of sports for the Connecticut Sun and COO of the Phoenix Mercury.
The Fever have a busy offseason ahead with star Caitlin Clark up for an extension under the EPIC clause — a new provision in the CBA that allows top rookie-scale players to renegotiate their final contract year early and sign multiyear extensions. Aliyah Boston signed an EPIC extension this past year. Kelsey Mitchell, Clark’s backcourt mate, is an unrestricted free agent. Cox has been around to see Indiana become of the league’s most popular teams with record crowds at home and on the road. The Fever have also set viewership records since Clark came in as the No. 1 pick in 2024. The Fever said a national search will be conducted to find Cox’s replacement.
Indianapolis Colts’ Quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. charged with marijuana possession in Carmel Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. has been charged in Carmel for allegedly having marijuana in his possession. According to court documents obtained Richardson faces a Class B misdemeanor charge for possession of marijuana. The charge was officially filed on Monday, Oct. 19. Officers conducted a traffic stop on Oct. 12 on a black 2023 Dodge Charger that was passing through the area of Springmill Boulevard and Silver Stream Drive. Police noted in court documents that the vehicle’s license plate did not match its registration and that it had expired.
Police said the vehicle complied and pulled over to the side of the road. The officer recalled immediately smelling the “odor of marijuana” when approaching the vehicle, according to court documents. When the officer asked Richardson about the smell, he reportedly admitted that he did smoke marijuana inside the vehicle to avoid smoking in front of his children and told police that he had a small amount of marijuana in the car. Richardson then exited the vehicle and was placed in handcuffs as the officer searched his vehicle. The officer reported finding a small Mason jar containing a substance believed to be marijuana and an opened bag of THC-infused gummies.
The officer confirmed in court documents that the substances tested positive for THC. The officer then issued a citation for the expired registration and Richardson agreed to appear in Carmel City Court for his summons. The court waived his initial hearing, which was scheduled for Dec. 9. Online court records indicate that a bench trial in the case is scheduled to occur on Jan. 4, 2027. While the NFL no longer suspends players for testing positive for THC, Richardson may face some kind of penalty from the league, as this is a legal issue. The Indianapolis Colts shared the following statement with the Media
“We are aware of the situation involving Anthony Richardson and are currently gathering additional information. We will have no further comment at this time.”
Kelly Krauskopf stepping down Indiana Fever team president Kelly Krauskopf will be stepping down as team president of the Indiana Fever, Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced Friday, Oct. 23. Krauskopf has worked with Pacers Sports & Entertainment for nearly three decades. She joined PS&E in 1999 and helped build the Fever from the beginning — serving as the franchise’s original president and general manager. Under her leadership, the Fever have made 13 postseason appearances, including a WNBA-record 12 consecutive playoff appearances, three WNBA Finals berths, and the 2012 title. “It has been an honor and a privilege to help build and steward the Indiana Fever with the support and trust of Herb Simon,” Krauskopf said. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunities, relationships, and shared accomplishments that have shaped my time with this organization. The Fever is poised for an exciting future, and I am proud to have helped lay the foundation for its continued growth and success. I will always cherish my time with Pacers Sports and Entertainment and the people who made it so meaningful.”
Krauskopf became an Indiana Pacers assistant general manager in 2018, but ultimately returned to the Fever as president of basketball and business operations in 2024. It was during this time that the Fever reached the WNBA semifinals in 2025 and returned to the playoffs in 2026. “When we started the Fever, Kelly saw what this franchise could become,” said Herb Simon, owner of Pacers Sports & Entertainment. “She built it, delivered a championship and came back when we needed her. She has played an extraordinary role in the growth of women’s basketball in Indianapolis, and our family is grateful for everything she’s given this organization. I’m proud to call her a friend.” Krauskopf has recently been helping lead the development of the Fever’s new sports performance center that’s scheduled to open in March 2027. At this time, it’s unclear when Krauskopf’s last day as Fever team president will be.