Indiana University Women’s Basketball announces 2022-23 schedule
Indiana University Women’s Basketball has announced its regular season 2022-23 schedule including Big Ten matchups on Wednesday afternoon. Season tickets for the upcoming campaign can now be renewed or purchased on IUHoosiers.com. For fans that have previously made a deposit for their season tickets, a credit will appear on their account with the ability to purchase the full season ticket at this time. New season ticket holders can also purchase full season tickets at this time.
The Hoosiers non-conference slate is highlighted by seven home games including its ACC/Big Ten challenge matchup against North Carolina. IU will play its only public exhibition on November 4 when it hosts Division II Kentucky Wesleyan which will be free to the public. The season officially begins on November 8 when the team hosts Vermont and UMass Lowell on November 11. They hit the road on November 14 when they travel to Thompson-Boling Arena to face Tennessee before hosting a pair of games against Bowling Green (Nov. 17) and Quinnipiac (Nov. 20). Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Indiana will play in the inaugural Las Vegas Invitational where it meets Auburn (Nov. 25) and Memphis (Nov. 26). Returning to Bloomington, IU will host the Tar Heels in the previously announced ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Dec. 1) and jump in to Big Ten action on Dec. 4 when it welcomes Illinois and traveling to Penn State on Dec. 8. Non-conference action rounds out with a pair of home games before the holiday break against Morehead State (Dec. 18) and Butler (Dec. 21).
Big Ten play resumes on Dec. 29 when the team travels to Michigan State and will begin the 2023 calendar year by hosting Nebraska at home on Jan. 1. The Hoosiers will get a bye in the first week of January as it picks up play at Northwestern on Jan. 8. A pair of home games awaits after that against Maryland (Jan. 12) and Wisconsin (Jan. 15). Rounding out the month are visits to Illinois (Jan. 18) and Michigan (Jan. 23) before welcoming Ohio State (Jan. 26) and Rutgers (Jan. 29). Four of IU’s seven games in February will be on the road as it travels to Minnesota (Feb. 1) and Purdue (Feb. 5). They will host three games inside the Hall including Iowa (Feb. 9), Michigan (Feb. 16) and Purdue (Feb. 19) Other road games during the month are at Ohio State (Feb. 13) and the regular season finale at Iowa (Feb. 26).
Indiana is coming off its second-straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance where it finished 24-7 overall in 2021-22. All-Americans Grace Berger and Mackenize Holmes return for the Hoosiers who will add seven newcomers to the fold in 2022-23. Head coach Teri Moren enters her ninth season at the helm of the program, who holds a 172-89 record in eight seasons. Game times and TV designations will be determined later.
Indiana University Swimming and Diving place six on United States National Team
Six athletes with ties to the Indiana swimming and diving program were named to USA Swimming’s 2022-23 national team rosters on Wednesday. Three members of IU’s current team, Mariah Denigan, Mackenzie Looze and Josh Matheny and three Indiana Swim Club athletes, Tommy Cope, Lilly King and Annie Lazor, were selected. Of the six Hoosiers, five are breaststroke specialists. On the women’s side, IU makes up three of the nine breaststroke selections. Denigan, coming off her freshman season and an appearance at the 2022 FINA World Championships, is a long-distance freestyler.
2022-23 USA Swimming National Team
Athletes with Indiana Swimming and Diving Ties
Tommy Cope (Breaststroke)
Mariah Denigan (Freestyle)
Lilly King (Breaststroke)
Annie Lazor (Breaststroke)
Mackenize Looze (Breaststroke)
Josh Matheny (Breaststroke)
Indiana University Football Quarterback Connor Bazelak tabbed candidate for Golden Arm Award
Indiana University redshirt junior quarterback Connor Bazelak has been selected for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watch list, honoring the nation’s top senior or upperclassman quarterback set to graduate with their class. Bazelak helped Indiana orchestrate a 23-20 come-from-behind victory over Illinois in week one as he passed for 330 yards on 28-of-52 passing with one touchdown pass. He connected with D.J. Matthews Jr. on a 52-yard scoring strike in the second quarter. He completed 7-of-20 passes for 70 yards on the final drive of the game, as he had a hand in 74 of the 75 yards gained on the go-ahead score with 23-seconds remaining.
For his career, Bazelak owns 5,389 career yards passing in 25 games played between Indiana and Missouri (2019-21). That total ranks No. 39 among active NCAA FBS passers, while his 65.5% completion percentage sits No. 9 among active FBS passers. He has 24 career passing touchdowns with 507 career completions. Candidates are chosen based on player performance on-and-off the field as we head into the 2022 college football season. The preseason watch list, semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the distinguished Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, and former players.
The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied history. Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL, who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in 1958. His career passing figures include 2,830 pass completions for 40,239 yards, 290 touchdowns and throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. The 2022 award winner will be presented the Golden Arm Award trophy by The Johnny Unitas Educational Foundation President, John Unitas, Jr., at the Golden Arm Award banquet and celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
Indianapolis Colts replace Lucas Oil Stadium public address announcer
For the first time in 24 years, you’ll hear a different voice over the loudspeakers at an Indianapolis Colts home game. Longtime public address announcer Mike Jansen tweeted Tuesday that he was being replaced as the voice of the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium.
“All good things must come to an end. I was just notified by the Colts they are moving on to another stadium voice. It has been a great run and I have loved it all the way,” he wrote.
Jansen has been the public address announcer since 1998 when he won a competition for the job. The Colts named team writer and podcast host JJ Stankevitz as Jansen’s replacement for this season. Indianapolis opens the season with a pair of road games at Houston and Jacksonville before the home opener Sept. 25 against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Indianapolis Indians Coverage
Omaha Snaps Indians Five Game Winning Streak
Despite a late comeback effort, the Indianapolis Indians had their five-game winning streak halted by the Omaha Storm Chasers on Tuesday night in the series opener of a seven-game set at Werner Park, 8-7. Down 8-5 entering the ninth inning, Indians designated hitter Blake Sabol started the inning with a triple into the right-center field gap and was brought in on an RBI single through the right side of the infield from catcher Carter Bins. Center fielder Jared Oliva then singled to right, and a double steal brought Bins home and pushed Oliva into scoring position as the tying run before Omaha reliever Andres Nunez (S, 3) ended the game by getting Indianapolis shortstop Diego Castillo to ground out to third.
After the Indians plated two runs for the second consecutive inning off the top of the game thanks to an RBI groundout from second baseman Ji-Hwan Bae and a run-producing fielder’s choice from Castillo, the Storm Chasers (62-67) responded to put an end to the back-and-forth nature of the early innings. The first three Omaha hitters reached base safely in the bottom of the second to kickstart a four-run inning, spearheaded by RBI doubles from designated hitter Gabriel Cancel and rehabbing left fielder Edward Olivares. All seven Omaha runs over the first two innings were charged to Indians opener Austin Brice (L, 3-4), who allowed six hits in 1.2 innings. The Indians (67-61) scored in the top of the first inning for the third time in their last four games, opening the series up with a two-run top of the first against Omaha starter Marcelo Martinez (W, 5-5). The runs came thanks to a sacrifice fly to deep center field from right fielder Bligh Madris and a blooped RBI double into shallow right field from third baseman Kevin Padlo. However, Omaha responded for three in the bottom of the first to take the lead right back, highlighted by an RBI double down the right field line from rehabbing first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and a solo home run to left field for right fielder Brewer Hicklen’s 28th of the season. With Martinez and Brice both working into deep counts often, the two combined to throw 67 pitches in the first inning. In the fourth, Bins cut the Indians deficit to two on a solo home run to straight-away center for his 10th blast of the year, but Omaha extended its lead back to three in the bottom of the fifth. Before the Indians mounted their comeback effort in the top of the ninth, the Storm Chasers pitching staff combined to set down 15 consecutive Indians hitters after Bins’ home run.
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