All Indiana University Athletics events will be cashless
Indiana University Athletics announced Wednesday that it has completed its transition to cashless payments for all ticketing, concessions, and merchandise purchases at all IU athletic venues and shops, effective immediately. The move to cashless is designed to improve the pre-game and gameday experiences for all Hoosier fans by reducing the amount of time that fans are waiting in lines, be it at a ticket window, concessions area, or merchandise store/stand. In addition to expediting the checkout process, the move to cashless will also enable concessions areas at IU Athletics venues to increase the number of point-of-sale locations in its existing space.
Among the venues that are now cashless are Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (including the Ticket Office), Memorial Stadium, Armstrong Stadium, Wilkinson Hall, Bart Kaufman Field, and Andy Mohr Field. In addition to accepting all major credit cards, both Apple Pay and Google Pay will be accepted on gamedays at concessions locations and the IU Team Store for gameday apparel sales. The Indiana Hoosiers Team Store locations at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall and the Carmichael Center, meanwhile, will also be exclusively cashless when they re-open later this summer. You can visit the new on-line store at https://shop.iuhoosiers.com/.
IUWBB player Henna Sandvik gets double-double as Finland takes down Ireland
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Freshman Henna Sandvik Scored 15 points and pulled down 14 Rebounds as Finland beat Ireland 73-59 in a Consolation Game at the FIBA Under 20 Division A European Championships in Sopron Hungary Wednesday. Sandvik Started and played 29 minutes going 6-12 from the field, 0-4 from three-point range and 3-3 at the free throw line. She had 3 blocks an assist and a steal. Finland will play Lithuania tomorrow at 1:45pm.
Sophomore Mona Zaric scored 2 points in 17 minutes as Serbia fell to Italy 72-46 in the Quarterfinals. Zaric started and played 20 minutes going 0-3 from the field, 0-1 from three-point range and hitting both free throws. Zaric pulled down 4 rebounds and had 3 blocks. Serbia will face the Host Nation Hungary in a consolation game tomorrow at 9:45am.
Freshman Yarden Garzon scored 19 points as Israel cruised to a 108-44 win over Georgia in the final group game of the FIBA Under 20 Division B European Championships in Skopje North Macedonia. Garzon started and played 19 minutes going 6-11 from the field, 3-6 from three-point range and 4-4 from the free throw line. Garzon pulled down 6 rebounds, dished out 4 assists and had 4 steals. Israel wins group B with 3-0 record and will play Greece in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 10:15am.
Indiana University Women’s Soccer elevates Emily Basten to Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator
Indiana University Women’s Soccer head coach Erwin van Bennekom has announced that assistant coach Emily Basten will be elevated to assistant coach/recruiting coordinator. Basten is in her sixth year with the Indiana women’s soccer program and third year as a full-time assistant coach. Basten played for the Hoosiers in 2015 and started all 19 games as a defender. Last season Basten helped the Hoosiers to their best overall record, most wins and highest RPI since the 2013 season. Along with her work for Indiana Women’s Soccer, Basten has extensive coaching experience on the club side for both Alliance FC and Cutters.
Connecticut Sun beat Indiana Fever to sweep the season series
Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell led all scorers with her league-leading 16th 20-point game this season as Indiana fell to the Connecticut Sun, 89-81, at Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon. Mitchell finished with 21 points and three assists as Indiana dropped to 5-20 this season, while Connecticut improved to 15-8. The Fever scored a season-high 35 points and outscored Connecticut by 11 in the final quarter to decrease the deficit to single digits before the Sun secured its first win after the WNBA All-Star break.
Fever guard Victoria Vivians made a season-high eight field goals to cap the day with 17 points and tied a team-best with four assists. After representing the Fever in the WNBA Skills Challenge this past weekend, rookie forward NaLyssa Smith logged her seventh double-double this season with 12 points and a team-high 13 rebounds. In her first game back from health and safety protocols, center Queen Egbo added 10 points, while Danielle Robinson tallied 11 points and three assists off the bench. Robinson secured 13th place all-time in assists in league history after entering the game tied with Teresa Weatherspoon with 1,338 dimes. She now trails Temeka Johnson in 12th place with 1,382 career assists.
In her fourth starting appearance this season, Tiffany Mitchell finished with eight points and went 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Mitchell (561) passed Briann January (560) for second all-time in franchise history for most free throws made. She trails only Tamika Catchings, who made 2,004 free throws during her Fever career. For Connecticut, DeWanna Bonner finished with 19 points and became the 14th player in WNBA history to reach 6,000 career points. Last year’s Most Valuable Player, Jonquel Jones, finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds, while Brionna Jones came off the bench to add 17 points. Natisha Hiedeman and Courtney Williams each poured in 11 and 10 points.
The Fever will play its final regular season home game at Indiana Farmers Coliseum tomorrow night at 7pm against the Minnesota Lynx. The final four Fever regular season home games will be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Win at Columbus
Ji-Hwan Bae launched a two-run homer to take an early lead and the Indianapolis Indians never trailed in a series-opening victory over the Columbus Clippers on Tuesday night, 5-2. Bae roped extra-base hits in each of his first two at-bats, with a one-out homer off the Huntington Park net in left-center field plating the first two runs of the game in the third inning. The lead was secure as starting pitcher Bryse Wilson (W, 5-0) earned his fifth win in six starts with just one run allowed in 5.0 innings. A leadoff double by the Indians (41-42) newest major league rehabber, Greg Allen, led to the eventual game-winning run scoring in the fifth inning. With one out and two runners on, Cal Mitchell knocked in his first RBI of the game with a single. Another leadoff double, this time off the bat of Hoy Park, and two-out RBI single by Allen extended the lead to 4-1.
Wilson was followed by Mike Burrows, who in just the second relief outing of his career, spun 2.0 hitless innings with four strikeouts. After Mitchell drove in his second run of the night with a one-out double in the ninth, Columbus (47-38) scored on a solo homer by Gabriel Arias off Joe Jacques (S, 1) with one out remaining in the contest. While surrendering three of Indy’s five runs, Clippers starter Logan Allen (L, 0-2) fanned nine over 4.2 innings. Thirteen total Indians batters struck out in the victory. Mitchell led the Indians offense with three hits, and Bae followed closely with a pair of extra-base knocks. They combined to drive in four of Indy’s five total runs.
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