Indiana University Women’s Soccer opens regular season at West Virginia
Indiana Women’s Soccer will open the program’s 30th season with a clash against West Virginia this evening in Morgantown, West Virginia. First kick between the Hoosiers and Mountaineers is scheduled for 7pm and the match will be streamed on the Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with Andrew Caridi (PxP) and Adam Zundell (Analyst) on the call. Live stats of the match can be tracked on IUHoosiers.com. The West Virginia Mountaineers, led by veteran head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, finished the 2021 season with a record of 10-5-5 (3-3-3 Big 12). The program was left out of the NCAA Tournament field for the first time in 21 seasons, a run that marked the fourth-longest active tournament streak in the NCAA at the time. Sophomore forward Dilary Heredia-Beltran returns for her second season after being named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. She is one of three returners to record nine points last season (3 goals, 3 assists) and led the team in both shots (45) and shots on goal (25). Senior forward Julianne Vallerand has scored 12 career goals in her first three seasons in Morgantown. Senior goalkeeper Kayza Massey played in and started all 20 games last season for the Mountaineers in goal. She conceded 12 goals (0.58 goals against average) while making 52 saves (8.813 save percentage). Massey allowed one or fewer goals in 17-of-20 starts and was named All-Big 12 Second Team.
The Hoosiers were 9-5-4 last season and 3-4-3 in the Big Ten and missed out on the Big Ten Tournament finishing in 9th place. The Hoosiers had three players named to the 2022 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Players to Watch List with sophomore keeper Jamie Gerstenberg, sophomore forward Jordyn Levy and freshman defender Arianna Rose among the 42 players recognized by the conference’s coaches.
Gerstenberg, a member of the 2021 Big Ten All-Freshman Team, tied the Indiana program record with nine shutouts in her rookie campaign. She posted a 9-3-4 record across 1,456 minutes in 16 starts. The Birkenwerder, Germany, native recorded 36 saves in 44 chances (0.818 save percentage) and allowed just 0.49 goals per game. Levy tied for second on the team in goals scored (4) in ’21, tied for fourth in assists (2) and third in total points (10) among Hoosier attackers. Three of her four goals were game-winning tallies, the highest mark on the team. Rose joined the IU women’s soccer program after spending three seasons with the Canadian youth program. She hails from Brampton, Ontario, Canada and competed for Ontario’s National Development Center.
Indiana and West Virginia have never met on the pitch. The Mountaineers are the only opponent on the schedule that the Hoosiers have not previously played. The Hoosiers are unbeaten in six previous matches against current teams from the Big XII Conference with a record of 4-0-2. Indiana is slated to play seven teams that are ranked or receiving votes in the preseason United Soccer Coaches rankings, highlighted by a couple of top-10 Big Ten opponents in No. 6 Rutgers and No. 9 Michigan. Penn State (No. 14), Purdue (RV) and Wisconsin (RV) round out the five conference opponents the Hoosiers will face on the pitch that are receiving votes in the season-opening poll.
Hagerstown Indiana opens Little League Baseball World Series play
The Hagerstown Indiana Baseball Little League Team will face the Davenport Southeast Little League from Davenport Iowa this afternoon at 3 pm in the Little League World Series in Williamsport Pennsylvania on ESPN. Hagerstown won the Great Lakes Regional and Davenport won the Midwest Regional tournament which both held at Little League Central Region Headquarters in Whitestown Indiana last week. The Winner of this game will play on Monday at 3pm while the Loser plays on Saturday at 3pm.
20 Teams, including 10 domestic and 10 international, are competing through August 28th for the World Championships. The teams are divided up into two brackets and then the winners of the United States and International brackets will faceoff for the title. Hagerstown is making its first ever trip to Williamsport and they are the first Indiana Team since New Castle in 2012 to make and the 16th team from the State. Davenport Southeast is making its second trip and first since 1975. 15 Teams from Iowa have made it to Little League World Series and seven have been from Davenport. The Davenport East Little League made it in 1989, 2000, and 2001 while Davenport Northwest made it in 2004 and 2005.
Indiana Pacers announce 2022-23 regular season schedule
The Indiana Pacers will tip-off the 2022-23 regular season on Wednesday, October 19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse against the Washington Wizards at 7pm, part of a three-game homestand that includes games on Friday, October 21 against the San Antonio Spurs 7pm and Saturday, October 22 against the Detroit Pistons 7pm. Pacers tickets for games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse will be on sale on Wednesday, September 28 at 2pm. Fans can register for presale access to single game tickets by signing up for Pacers Insider emails at Pacers.com/Insider. The fan- and family-friendly 2022-23 schedule includes 21 of the team’s games falling on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday this season. Additional information on season tickets, group sales, suite rentals, and more can be found at Pacers.com.
The Pacers will have four homestands at Gainbridge Fieldhouse that consist of four games, all before the new calendar year. The first such homestand tips off on Friday, November 4 against the Miami Heat 7pm and continues Monday, November 7 vs. New Orleans 7:45pm, Wednesday, November 9 vs. Denver 7pm, and Saturday, November 12 vs. Toronto 7m. The Pacers will welcome the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, December 14 7pm for their only visit to Indiana, while the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics are in town on Thursday, February 23 7pm. The Pacers traditional post-Thanksgiving game will fall on Friday, November 25 against the Brooklyn Nets 8pm. As previously announced by the NBA, no games will be played on Tuesday, November 8 in recognition of Election Day. The Pacers also confirmed their 2022 pre-season schedule, which starts with two road games, the first on Wednesday, October 5 at Charlotte 7pm and then on Friday, October 7 at New York 7:30pm. The Pacers will conclude their pre-season schedule with two games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the first on Wednesday, October 12 against New York 7pm and then on Friday, October 14 against Houston 7pm.
Edgewood Volleyball knocks off county rival Bloomington South
Edgewood Volleyball is 4-0 for the first time since 2011 knocking off Monroe County Rival Bloomington South 3-1 Tuesday Night at the Mustang Corral in Ellettsville Tuesday Night. The Mustangs won 23-25,25-22, 25-21 and 25-22. It’s the first time since 2011 that Edgewood has beaten Bloomington South in Volleyball. Edgewood won the Mooresville Invitational last Saturday beating Lawrence Central, Herron and Mooresville all by 2-0 scores. Bloomington South won the JV matchup 2-1.
Bloomington South is 0-1 on the season and will travel to Floyd Central this evening while the Mustangs hit the road to face Terre Haute South. Bloomington North lost their season opener Tuesday Night at Home to Columbus East 3-0. The Cougars travel to Brownstown Central this evening.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Get 1,000th Career Win at Victory Field
Hoy Park and Travis Swaggerty each recorded three-hit performances while falling a triple short of the cycle, and the Indianapolis Indians peppered seven extra-base hits as part of a 15-hit attack en route to a 10-5 triumph over the Iowa Cubs on Wednesday afternoon. The victory was the organization’s 1,000th win all time at Victory Field. Indianapolis (55-56) led wire-to-wire and scored in each of its first seven innings. In the opening frame, Park singled and raced to third on a one-out double by Swaggerty. Then with two outs, Brendt Citta reached on an infield single deep in the hole between first and second base to drive in two runs.
The Indians pushed their lead to 3-0 in the second on a two-out RBI double by Park. After David Bote put Iowa (51-62) on the scoreboard with a run-scoring single in the third, doubles by Cal Mitchell and Citta in the home half extended the lead back to three. Indy’s scoring barrage continued in the middle innings. Drew Maggi doubled to open the fourth and later scored on a single by Swaggerty. In the fifth, singles by Jack Suwinski and Mason Martin set up a run-scoring fielder’s choice off the bat of Taylor Davis and a sacrifice fly by Park. The Indians then played long ball in the sixth and seventh, with Swaggerty and Park ripping solo home runs to push Indy to double digits in the run column for an eighth time this season. Osvaldo Bido (W, 2-7) sailed through 5.0 innings of one-run ball, scattering four hits, one walk and one hit batter with four strikeouts. Caleb Kilian (L, 4-2) was tagged for six earned runs on eight hits in 3.0-plus innings pitched. Both of Kilian’s losses in Triple-A this year have occurred at Victory Field (also: July 8).
Nick Mears, John O’Reilly and Travis MacGregor posted zeroes in the sixth, seventh, and eighth out of Indy’s bullpen before Iowa chased Hunter Stratton for four runs in the ninth to complete the scoring. Indianapolis reached the 15-hit threshold for a seventh time overall in 2022 and the second at Victory Field (also: June 11 vs. Columbus). The Indians and I-Cubs play the third contest of their six-game series tonight at 7:05pm. Indy will send RHP Jerad Eickhoff (5-4, 4.39) to the bump against RHP Javier Assad (0-2, 3.52).
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