Indiana University Men’s Soccer hosts Portland
The Hoosiers are home. Indiana men’s soccer (0-1-0) kicks off a four-match homestand tonight when it hosts the Portland Pilots (0-0-1) at 8pm on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The match can be streamed live via the Big Ten Plus digital platform. Tonight’s match is Teacher Appreciation Night at Bill Armstrong Stadium as kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and school staff are eligible to purchase $5 tickets. The program will also have a 50th Season poster giveaway.
Indiana’s upcoming homestand consists of four straight matches against opponents that reached the NCAA Tournament last season. IU owns a 345-69-64 record all-time at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers went 11-3-0 at home last season thanks to a run of nine straight home wins to close the season. Indiana owns a 31-10-8 (32-10-8) record in home openers all-time. IU is undefeated in its last 11 such matches, with wins in 10 and a seven-match winning streak. The Hoosiers have lost only once in their last 20 home openers going back to 2002.
In 2021, Portland owned an 11-7-1 record and made the NCAA Tournament for the third time in six seasons. The Pilots defeated Seattle in the first round, 3-2, before falling to Washington, 3-1. The Pilots are led by seventh-year head coach Nick Carlin-Voigt. Carlin-Voigt has compiled a 56-34-11 record at Portland. Portland was picked as the preseason favorite to win the West Coast Conference regular season title, finishing first in the annual WCC Preseason Coaches Poll. The series between Indiana and Portland sits tied at 2-2 coming into Tonight’s match. The two programs last played each other in 2001, a 1-0 win for the Pilots. The series’ most famous match was in 1988 in the NCAA Tournament semifinal. Portland came into the match undefeated at 21-0 after allowing just six goals all season, but Simon Katner’s 44th minute goal was the difference in IU’s 1-0 win. The contest featured an intriguing goalkeeper matchup between Indiana’s Juergen Sommer and Portland’s Kasey Keller, who both eventually had great success in their professional careers. IU went on to win its third NCAA National Championship that season.
Indiana University Athletics and Upland Brewing Company announce exclusive partnership as craft beer sponsor
Upland Brewing Company, a craft brewer with three brewery and six brewpub locations throughout Indiana, today announces a new partnership with Indiana University Athletics that will make Upland Brewing Company the exclusive craft beer sponsor starting with the 2022 – 2023 season. As part of the three-year agreement, Upland Brewing Company will produce promotional beer packaging utilizing IU’s cream and crimson color scheme and branding, host official IU Athletics watch parties for home and away games of all sports at brewpub locations, and utilize advertising opportunities during basketball, baseball and football games. Upland Brewing Company will also have the opportunity to be featured on IU Athletics’ social media and digital platforms, as well as on the IU Radio Network.
“Bloomington is home for Upland, and IU students and staff were some of our first-ever customers,” said Eddie DeSalle, Upland Brewing Company president in a Press Release. “As a graduate of Indiana University, myself, and knowing how many of our team members are as well, this is a meaningful partnership with a very special organization. Drinking beer is a natural part of the sports-watching experience. We want IU’s elite fan-base to be able to enjoy exemplary beer on game day, and we’re proud to be the ones to provide it.”
This is the first collegiate sponsorship deal Upland Brewing Company has had with Indiana University. “Upland Brewing Company is not only a great local Bloomington-based company, but it has been a wonderful partner to our department since we introduced beer sales at IU Football games in 2019,” said IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson in Press Release. “Upland has always offered an outstanding product and I am particularly excited about this partnership and what it means for our department and our fans.”
Indiana University Volleyball starts season 2-1
Indiana University Volleyball Started the season 2-1 after hosting the Indiana Invitational at Wilkinson Hall Last Friday and Saturday. The Hoosiers beat Indiana State 3-0, 25-11, 25-23 and 25-20 Friday Night. The Hoosiers came back Saturday Morning to sweep Chicago State 25-19, 25-23 and 25-23. The Hoosiers lost to Jacksonville State Saturday Night 25-21, 26-24 and 25-16. Jacksonville State won the tournament with a 3-0 record, Indiana finished 2nd at 2-1, Chicago State finished third 1-2 while Indiana State was 0-3 on the weekend.
This was the final home match for just over an entire month for the Hoosiers. The next four weekends will be spent on the road including tournaments in Corpus Christi, Texas, Raleigh, North Carolina and Bowling Green Kentucky. The Hoosiers will open Big Ten Conference play on September 23rd at Penn State and their next home match is September 28th against Iowa. Indiana will play this Friday against SMU at 5pm in Corpus Christi Texas, Saturday against Sam Houston State and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Indiana University Field Hockey adds Jill Dedman as Interim Assistant Coach
Indiana University Field Hockey head coach Kayla Bashore has announced the return of Jill Dedman to the Field Hockey coaching staff as an interim assistant coach. Dedman previously coached on the Indiana staff as an assistant in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. In those seasons, Dedman helped lead the team to two 10-win seasons and a 26-16 cumulative record, including a standout 2009 season, when the Hoosiers were 16-7 and made the NCAA Tournament. While overseeing Indiana’s goalkeeper play, she helped senior Alex Mann record a fantastic season in the cage, notching 82 saves across 21 games played.
Dedman has also been a collegiate coach as an assistant at the University of Albany for three seasons from 2004-2006, and at the University of California, Berkeley for the 2011 season. Outside of the college ranks, Dedman was a Goalkeeper Specialist for the Canadian National Team and in their U-21 Training Camps in 2018.
Dedman also enjoyed an outstanding playing career as a goalie. She began playing field hockey in high school at Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, Conn. where she led the school to its first ever state championship and was named Athlete of the Year for the 1995-96 school year. From there, she attended Boston College and put together an outstanding career that landed her in the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2010. As a keeper for the Eagles, Dedman compiled numerous accolades including career totals of 3,211 minutes played, a 1.42 goals against average rating (GAA), a 27-18 record and 398 career saves. In her junior year, she was named a Northeast Regional All-American, the Big East Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and was listed on the All-Big East First Team. As a senior, she was again named a Northeast Regional All-American, earned Third-Team All-American honors and was on the Second Team All-Big East Squad.
Following her collegiate career, she was a goalkeeper for the USA National Team for eight years in both indoor and outdoor competition. She most notably was named to the 2002 Women’s World Hockey Cup Team in Perth, Australia. Dedman competed in international competition in Germany, Netherlands, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Argentina and Canada throughout the course of her career. While playing on the USA National Team, she was a teammate to Indiana Field Hockey Head Coach Kayla Bashore
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Indians Begin Road Trip at Louisville
The Indianapolis Indians begin a long trip tonight in Louisville at 6:35pm. The Indians will play six games at Louisville before heading to Omaha next week for a seven-game series. The Indians and the Bats will play at 6:35pm Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. The Teams will play at 7:05pm Friday and Saturday. Indianapolis is 62-59 on the season after taking four out of six games against Rochester at Victory Field. Louisville is 52-71 on the season winning 2 out of six games at Toledo last week and will try to snap a three-game losing streak tomorrow night.
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