Indiana University Women’s Soccer hosts Ball State
The Indiana women’s soccer team (0-0-2) will open the home slate of the program’s 30th season with an in-state matchup against Ball State (0-1-1). Due to poor game field conditions on Yeagley Field Bill Armstong Stadium, Indiana’s home opener against Ball State has been moved to the practice field. First kick has also been moved to 6 pm instead of 8 pm. The match will be streamed on BTN+ with Samantha Condra (PxP) and Austin Platt (Analyst) on the call. Anna Winterhalder will handle the sideline reporting duties. Live stats of the match can be tracked on IUHoosiers.com.
Indiana played to a nil-nil draw for the second-straight match at Virginia Tech at Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Va., on Aug. 21. Sophomore keeper Jamie Gerstenberg notched a career-best eight saves across the 90-minute shutout of the Hokies. The match marked the first career start for freshman Olivia Rush. Junior defender Alania Kalin made her 50th career start. Senior defender Karlee Luker made her season debut with a first-half substitution for her 20th-career appearance for Indiana. Sophomore defender Camile Hamm recorded her 15th career start in 20 appearances. Redshirt freshman midfielder Ava Akeel made her first career appearance.
The two sides have met three times on the pitch with the series split evenly, 1-1-1. All three of the previous matchups have been contested in Bloomington. Ball State shutout Indiana (1-0) to take the first match of the series back on Sept. 5, 2004 before IU exacted revenge with a 2-1 result on Sept. 16, 2006. In the most recent addition of the in-state rivalry, the teams were all square at 1-1 after 110 minutes of play. IU holds a record of 19-3-2 all time against teams currently in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Hoosiers have converted three-straight positive results against the conference dating back to a 4-0 win over Western Michigan on Aug. 27, 2017.
The Ball State Cardinals, led by fourth-year head coach Josh Rife, enter the matchup off a scoreless opening weekend. BSU fell to the University of Kentucky (3-0) on the road before earning a 0-0 draw at Queens in Charlotte. Rife played two seasons for the Indiana men’s soccer program under legendary head coach Jerry Yeagley. During his career, IU went to back-to-back College Cups and the 2001 Big Ten Conference title. His teams combined for 34-11-1. Fifth-year midfielder Jenna Dombrowski is the team’s active leader in career goals (6), career assists (5), career points (17) and career shots on goal (33). She has started 40-of-56 career matches played. Sophomore forward Lexi Fraley is coming off a season in which she was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team. The Harrison, Ind., native scored four goals in 16 appearances in her debut season. Sophomore Bethany Moser tends goal for the Cardinals and has surrendered three tallies (1.53 goals against average) in 176 minutes in net. Moser has made 11 saves (0.786 save percentage) on the 28 shots faced.
Indiana University Men’s Soccer trio featured in Preseason Top 50
Top Drawer Soccer released its preseason Top 100 list Wednesday, and three Indiana men’s soccer student-athletes featured within the top 50 of that list. IU is one of four programs with at least three players ranked that high.
No. 3: Daniel Munie
On Tuesday, redshirt senior defender Daniel Munie was named Top Drawer Soccer first-team Best XI as well as a College Soccer News Preseason first-team All-American. IU’s team captain this season, Munie was an All-American and the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 after leading the Hoosiers to an NCAA DI-best 13 clean sheets.
No. 38: Karsen Henderlong
Senior forward Karsen Henderlong is set to make his IU debut this season after his transfer from Xavier where he was a first-team All-BIG EAST selection a year ago. Henderlong tallied 22 goals and seven assists over three seasons in Cincinnati and had career-highs in goals (8) and assists (4) to lead the league in points (20) last fall.
No. 49: Hebert Endeley
Senior forward Herbert Endeley was a catalyst in the final third for IU in 2021, collecting two goals and a team-best six assists. Endeley has been an All-Big Ten selection in each of his first three seasons in cream and crimson, earning second-team laurels the last two years and all-freshman team honors his first season on campus.
The 2022 season will be the 50th varsity season for Indiana men’s soccer and a celebration of the program’s Tradition of Excellence. IU men’s soccer is an eight-time NCAA Champion, 17-time Big Ten regular season champion, 15-time Big Ten Tournament Champion and has made 46 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including an active streak of 35 consecutive berths.
Indiana University Men’s Golf adds Transfer Thomas Hursey
Indiana University head men’s golf coach Mike Mayer announced the addition of transfer Thomas Hursey on Wednesday afternoon.
“Thomas has already made a tremendously positive impact to our program both on and off the course,” said Mayer in Press Release. “He brings a wealth of experience and ability to our team and will be an immediate impact player. We will work diligently with Thomas and the School of Optometry to make sure he is able to accomplish all his aspirations both in golf and academics.”
Thomas Hursey -Suttons Bay, Mich./ Ferris State University
Hursey joined the Indiana men’s golf team after four highly successful seasons at Division II powerhouse Ferris State. He was named to the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) First Team twice and the Second Team after his sophomore season. Hursey was also named the GLIAC Conference Player of the Year after his junior season. The Suttons Bay, Mich., native finished the ’22 campaign as the 72nd-ranked Division II player according to GolfStat and played an average round score of 71.73 strokes in 12 counted rounds. He finished top-10 as an individual in 11 tournaments during his four-year run at FSU and claimed individual medalist honors in one tournament in each of the last three seasons. He will have one season of eligibility remaining with the Hoosiers.
Indiana University Field Hockey lands three on Big Ten Preseason Watch List
The Big Ten Conference announced its 2022 Players to Watch List on Wednesday. Indiana’s Jemima Cookson, Sydney Keld and Yip van Wonderen were selected for the list. Keld, a redshirt-junior, was recently named a team captain for the Hoosiers. She enjoyed a breakout season in 2021, as she started in all 20 games for the Indiana defense. She was fourth in the team in points (11), led the team in defensive saves (3) and notched the game-winning goal against Richmond (Sept. 19) in a 1-0 victory.
Cookson is a junior forward who recorded two assists and the opening goal of the match against No. 9 Maryland in the 2021 season.
Lastly, van Wonderen, a sophomore defender, burst on the scene in her debut season in 2021, starting in all 20 games for the team and notching nine points, including two goals and five assists. The Hoosiers open their 2022 season with two home games this weekend as part of the Hoosier Invitational, playing Kent State tomorrow at Noon and No. 6 Liberty on Sunday at Noon.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Beat Rochester for Fourth Straight Win
Behind Osvaldo Bido’s first Triple-A quality start and a tie-breaking, eighth-inning solo blast by Cal Mitchell, the Indianapolis Indians bested the Rochester Red Wings for their fourth consecutive victory on Tuesday night, 3-2. The lone blemish on Bido’s season-high 6.0-inning line came via a solo home run off the bat of Nick Banks in the second inning to give Rochester (53-65) an early lead. He struck out four of his next five batters and, following a one-out double by former Indian John Nogowski in the fourth, caught Daniel Johnson looking to end the frame. He finished with seven strikeouts, one shy of his season-high, and it was his first quality start since spinning 7.0 two-hit, shutout innings on Aug. 26, 2021 with Double-A Altoona vs. Richmond.
The Indians (59-57) backed their starting pitcher with a pair of runs in the sixth. After Drew Maggi led off the inning with a single, he reached second on a fielders’ choice put into play by Hoy Park and raced off to third safely as Rochester left the bag open. With the bases juiced, Mitchell lined a single into right field to score one, and a bases-loaded walk to Diego Castillo put Indy ahead, 2-1. With Bido out of the game, the Red Wins knotted the game at 2-2 with a two-out, solo home run off the bat of Taylor Gushue in the seventh. Mitchell then launched his eighth home run with Indianapolis this season one inning later off Curtis Taylor (L, 1-1) to score the game-winning run. Austin Brice (W, 3-3) and Eric Hanhold (S, 9) combined to hold Rochester without a hit in the final two innings of the game. Hanhold’s ninth save in 10 opportunities marks a career high for the right-hander. Indianapolis’ four-game winning streak is its longest since the team won a season-high five consecutive games from April 8-13.
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