Local Sports Headlines: October 3, 2022

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Indiana University Football falls at Nebraska 35-21
The Indiana University Football Team lost at Nebraska 35-21 Saturday Night at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The Hoosiers fall to 3-2 on the season and 1-1 in the Big Ten with the fourth ranked Michigan Wolverines coming into Bloomington this Saturday at noon in a nationally televised game on Fox. Nebraska who won its first game under interim head coach Mickey Joseph is 2-3 on the season and 1-1 in the big ten will travel to Rutgers on Friday night.

Connor Bazelak was 18-27 passing for 223 yards a touchdown and interception and the Nebraska defense was in his face all night sacking him 3 times and six quarterback hurries. The Hoosier rushing game continues to have its struggles as five different Hoosier rushers had 23 carries for 67 yards and one touchdown by Shaun Shivers. Indiana was without its two Wide Receivers D.J. Matthews Jr. and Cam Camper due to injury and Illness. Emery Simmons was the top Hoosier receiver with six catches for 57 yards and a touchdown. Bazelak found 7 different receivers in the game. The Hoosier defense scored in the second quarter when Nebraska backup quarterback Chuba Purdy was sacked in the end zone and the ball came loose as Myles Jackson recovered it in the end zone.

Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson who is a transfer from Texas was 18-27 passing for 270 yards, 2 touchdown passes and interception, Thompson ran for a touchdown and Jaquez Yant added the other. Thompson was injured when in the third quarter when he held his right shoulder area after James Head Jr. put a big hit on him but returned after Purdy turned it over. Trey Plamer a transfer from LSU finished with 157 receiving yards on eight catches and a touchdown. The Huskers got a huge boost from Running Back Anthony Grant had 32 carries for 136 yards. Oliver Martin caught a touchdown pass for Nebraska and the defense made its presence felt when Chris Kolarevic blocked James Evans’ second-quarter punt and Malcolm Hartzog picked up the ball with a clear path to the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown. It was Nebraska’s first blocked punt returned for a touchdown since 2009. The game was filled with the teams combining for 23 penalties for 202 yards, one of the most flag filled FBS games of the season. Nebraska offensive lineman Turner Corcoran was ejected late in the second quarter after getting called for unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct on consecutive plays. Corcoran charged into the pile after Thompson’s facemask was pulled while going down, negating the penalty on the Hoosiers. On the next play Corcoran punched Aaron Casey while the linebacker was on the ground.

Bloomington South Football wins Conference Indiana Title
Bloomington South beat Columbus North 46-15 Friday Night at Fred Huff Memorial Field on the southside of Bloomington to finish the 2022 Conference Indiana Season with a 5-0 record and the Conference Championship. It is the first time that Bloomington South has won the conference championship since 2016 and 9th overall title since Conference Indiana began in 1998. Bloomington South has won conference titles in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2015, and 2016. The Panthers are 6-1 on the season and have won 5 straight games with the week off this week before the regular season finale at Seymour October 14.

Bloomington North beat Columbus East 24-7 on the road in Columbus Friday Night. The Cougars are 4-3 overall and on a three-game winning streak. The Cougars are 1-2 in Conference Indiana and will have two more chances to improve its conference standing with a road game at Columbus North this Friday night and home game October 14, against Southport to close out the regular season.

Edgewood had another rough week losing 52-0 on the road at Sullivan. The Mustangs are 1-6 on the season and have not won since a week 1 home win against Mitchell. Edgewood hosts Northview Friday Night on the red carpet in Ellettsville. Edgewood has not beaten Northview since August 29, 2008, in a 35-14 win in Ellettsville.

Indianapolis Colts fall at home to Tennessee Titans
The Indianapolis Colts fell at home to the Tennessee Titans 24-17 Sunday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium. Indy (1-2-1) has one win in its past six games and blew late three scoring chances that could have cut the deficit to less than seven while Tennessee (2-2) has won a franchise-record four straight in the series and improved to 11-2 against AFC South opponents since 2020. Indy will have a short week traveling to Denver for Thursday Night Football while Tennessee to travel to Washington to face the Commanders on Sunday.

Tennessee Running Back Derrick Henry rushed for a season-high 114 yards and one touchdown and leaned heavily on the two-time NFL rushing champ early and held on despite scoring no second-half points for the second consecutive week. Henry broke a bone in his right foot during last season’s trip to Indy and hadn’t looked like himself in the first three games. But on Sunday, his bruising style was back with a bang. Against the league’s No. 3 run defense, Henry topped the 100-yard mark for the fifth time in six games against Indy and he only needed one half to do it as the Titans took a commanding 24-3 lead.

Tennessee converted Matt Ryan’s fumble on Indy’s opening drive into a 7-yard TD pass from Ryan Tannehill to Robert Woods and Henry made it 14-0 when he made a defender miss in the backfield and sprinted 19 yards to the end zone. After trading field goals, Tannehill found Chig Okonkwo on an 8-yard TD pass to make it 24-3. The Colts answered with Ryan’s 14-yard TD pass to Mo Alie-Cox and cut the deficit to 24-17 when Ryan and Alie-Cox hooked up on another TD pass midway through the third quarter. But a sack knocked Indy out of field-goal range on the final play of the third quarter, Jonathan Taylor lost a fumble on the Colts’ next series and Chase McLaughlin missed a 51-yard field goal with 1:58 to play. Three-time All-Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard (back surgery) made his season debut for the Colts, but it didn’t last long. He went to the locker room after colliding with a teammate in the second quarter and was diagnosed with a concussion. Taylor, the defending rushing champ, left late with an injured ankle and had 42 yards rushing on 20 carries.

Indiana University Men’s Soccer gets 2-2 draw at Michigan
Indiana men’s soccer (4-2-3, 1-1-2 B1G) fought back from a goal down to Michigan (3-5-3, 1-2-1 B1G) twice on Sunday at U-M Soccer Stadium and earned a road point in Big Ten Conference play. With IU down 1-0, redshirt senior defender and reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Daniel Munie came into the match in the 59th minute, his first action since September 9 against Akron. The Hoosiers would score five minutes later, and Munie recorded IU’s equalizer in the 82nd minute. The two teams finished tied, 2-2.

In the 12th minute the hosts got off on the right foot, earning the bulk of the chances in the first 30 minutes. Michigan’s first clear cut opportunity came in the 12th minute when a header clanged off the crossbar. Eight minutes later, the Wolverines had the lead. A cross from the left wing sailed over a reaching Harms and to sophomore defender Jason Bucknor. Bucknor fired it into the open goal, and the last IU defender couldn’t clear it off the line. In Second half at the 60th minute Daniel Munie made his first appearance in conference play this season, replacing senior forward Karsen Henderlong. Five minutes later Indiana got its first equalizer from great combination play. Freshman midfielder Jack Wagoner played up to redshirt senior Ryan Wittenbrink, coming inside from the left wing. Wittenbrink pushed it over to sophomore forward Tommy Mihalic, who turned and fired a laser from 20 yards out past the keeper. Just a minute went by when the Wolverines retook the lead moments later, as senior midfielder Cameron Martin converted a header from a cross. In the 82nd minute Inside 10 minutes to play, IU tied it again. Henderlong flashed a cross towards the six-yard box, and Munie was in the area to help guide it in.

Indiana moved to 23-4-4 against Michigan all-time. Tommy Mihalic recorded his third goal of the year, No. 8 of his career. Munie scored his first goal of the season, the seventh of his career. Indiana has scored 18 times from 11 unique goal scorers over nine matches this season. Assisting Munie’s goal, senior forward Herbert Endeley earned his fourth assist of the season to tie senior defender Nyk Sessock for the team lead. With the assist to Mihalic, Wittenbrink earned his third assist of the season. Wagoner tallied his first-career point, also assisting Mihalic’s goal. Henderlong earned his second assist of the season with the last pass to Munie’s score. Indiana will put a pause on Big Ten play as the Hoosiers host Notre Dame on Wednesday (Oct. 5) in a match that was previously slated for September 3 but postponed due to inclement weather. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Indiana University Women’s Soccer falls to Nebraska 2-0
The Indiana women’s soccer team (2-4-6, 0-4-1) fell 2-0 against Nebraska (5-4-4, 3-1-1) after the Cornhuskers took an early advantage off a penalty shot. The Hoosiers got down early after Nebraska scored on a penalty shot in the second minute after an IU handball in the penalty box. Freshman defender Natasha Kim gave the Hoosiers their first opportunity of the match in the 16th minute before reaching it reached the hands of the Cornhuskers goalkeeper. Junior forward Anna Bennett gave Indiana another opportunity to tie it up in the 18th minute as she shot one down the center but couldn’t capitalize. In the 70th minute Izzy Smith found an opening between the defense, but it was deflected by the keeper’s hands. Freshman Sarah Sirdah got a second chance at it before her shot was saved.
The Cornhuskers found the net again in the 76th minute. The teams tied with 13 shots a piece and each with three shots on goal.
Nine of IU’s players got a shot off.   Hoosiers saw seven players off the bench against the Cornhuskers.  Indiana totaled five corner kicks trailing Nebraska’s six. The Hoosiers will travel to Piscataway, N.J. for a match against No. 10 Rutgers on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. The match will be broadcasted on ESPN2.

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