Indiana University Men’s Soccer Player Hebert Endeley named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
After contributing to three goals inside two positive conference results for Indiana men’s soccer last week, senior forward Herbert Endeley has been named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The honor is Endeley’s first-career weekly award as well as IU’s first of the season. Endeley tallied a goal and two assists as the Hoosiers earned a win and a draw against Big Ten opponents Northwestern and Michigan, respectively. The Blaine, Minnesota, native is enjoying a great run of form, tallying six goal contributions in IU’s last six matches two goals and four assists. His four assists this season are tied for the second most in the Big Ten with teammate and senior defender Nyk Sessock.
In IU’s 4-1 win over Northwestern a week ago, Endeley scored the winning goal, assisted IU’s third and was involved in the first goal as well. Moments after Northwestern took a 1-0 lead, sophomore forward Tommy Mihalic passed towards the top of the box where Endeley dummied for redshirt junior midfielder Quinten Helmer, who coolly equalized. Another minute gone in the match, Endeley glided into a wealth of open space in the box and finished a pass from redshirt senior forward Ryan Wittenbrink. Two more minutes gone by, Endeley was credited with an assist after his shot on goal was saved and fell to the feet of senior forward Karsen Henderlong, who scored his first goal as a Hoosier.
Endeley helped IU earn a point in a 2-2 draw at Michigan, contributing to the second equalizer with the first of two assists to senior defender Daniel Munie’s goal. Endeley passed down the right wing to Henderlong, who rifled a cross towards the six-yard box, where Munie was able to guide it in. Prior to the season, Endeley was named a Big Ten Player to Watch and ranked as the No. 49 overall player in the country by Top Drawer Soccer. Endeley and the Hoosiers are back in action tonight in a non-conference clash with in-state rival Notre Dame. Kickoff is set for 7pm at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
Indiana University Women’s and Men’s Basketball floating head posters now available
The iconic Indiana Men’s and Women’s Basketball floating heads schedule posters are now available for the 2022-23 season. A tradition that goes back to the 1981-82 men’s basketball season, the floating heads schedule posters are great resources for the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball seasons and wonderful collector’s pieces for Hoosier fans. The 24″ x 30″ posters will be available for purchase at the Indiana Team Store’s on-line and retail locations this week. Posters are $12 apiece (plus shipping and handling for on-line orders).
Fans attending Hoosier Hysteria Hoosier on Friday can plan to purchase their posters at the Indiana Team Store located inside the west doors of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall beginning at 6 p.m., one hour before the start of IU Basketball’s season tip-0ff event. The posters will also be available at the IU Team Store’s second retail location in the Carmichael Center at 530 Kirkwood Avenue, which is directly across the street from the IU Sample Gates.
The posters are being produced by Campus Ink, a Name, Image, and Likeness company that has partnered with the members of the IU Men’s and Women’s Basketball to offer Hoosier fans an affordable pricing model that also permits each student-athlete to be compensated for their name, image and likeness through the sales of this year’s posters. Campus Ink is also offering opportunities for discounted bulk order pricing and for businesses interested in creating a branded version of the poster. Details on those opportunities can be found HERE.
Indiana University Volleyball hosts defending National Champion Wisconsin
The defending National Champions make their way to Bloomington tonight for the final game in a string of three-consecutive home matches for the Hoosiers. The Indiana Volleyball team (9-7, 2-2) will host No. 7 Wisconsin (9-3, 3-1) in Wilkinson Hall this evening in the second match of a volleyball doubleheader on the Big Ten Network. IU comes into the match on the heels of a four-set defeat to No. 6 Ohio State. The Hoosiers rallied to take the third set 25-23 but would fall in the fourth. This marks the third top-10 opponent in conference play already this season after matches with No. 9 Penn State and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes. Connor Onion (PxP) and Bloomington Native Emily Ehman (Color) will have the call at 8:00pm on the Big Ten Network.
The 2022 season marks the beginning of the 48th year of Indiana Volleyball including the fifth under head coach Steve Aird. Mady Saris continues her ascent up the charts in the Big Ten, proving to be one of the conference’s most prolific attackers. She is fourth in the Big Ten in kills with 208 including a career high 20 at Maryland. Saris has double digit kills in 13 matches this season. Paula Cerame is as steady as they come in the back row. She provided 18 digs in the win over Iowa and 9 against Ohio State and has 205 on the season (No. 5 in the Big Ten). Heading into Tonight’s match, Cerame is just 27 digs away from eclipsing 1,000 for her entire collegiate career. Camryn Haworth was all over the place against Ohio State with 7 kills, 8 digs and 25 assists. She passed 1,000 career assists against Iowa and continues to prove she’s one of the most dynamic athletes in the Big Ten. She’s the only player in the Big Ten with 500+ assists, 100+ digs, 50+ kills and 25+ service aces this season. Savannah Kjolhede had six solo blocks in the defeat to No. 6 Ohio State. She’s got 206 career blocks in just three seasons as she inches closer to IU’s top-10 list. Kjolhede is hitting .381 (No. 5 in the Big Ten) with 104 kills on the campaign. Grae Gosnell and Ashley Zulauf played big points against the Buckeyes, combining for 8 kills, 10 digs and 3 blocks. Four different Hoosiers have at least 100 kills this season Candela Alonso-Corcelles, Mady Saris, Savannah Kjolhede, Morgan Geddes. The Hoosiers are No. 2 in the Big Ten in service aces (108) and rank top-20 nationally in the same category.
Wisconsin enters the season as the defending national champions after beating Nebraska in five sets to capture the program’s first-ever title. The Badgers became the third Big Ten school (Penn State and Nebraska) to capture an NCAA Championship. The Badgers run a 6-2 rotation with setters Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill playing a crucial role in the offense. Outside hitter Sarah Franklin is one of the conference’s most prolific attackers and owns 142 kills (3.84 per set) on the season. Freshman libero Gulce Gultekin is one of the best newcomers in the Big Ten and has been Wisconsin’s starting libero from day one. She’s dug 164 balls this year and has provided 54 assists. Wisconsin owns three-ranked wins this year (No. 24 Marquette, No. 14 Kentucky and No. 9 Penn State). All three defeats have been at the hands of ranked opposition. Kelly Sheffield is in his 10th season at the helm of the program and has led the Badgers to the Sweet 16 or better every season. They’ve won four Big Ten titles including three-in-a-row and have been to three-straight Final Fours.
Indiana University Swimming and Diving opens season at Kentucky
Indiana swimming and diving returns to action this morning in its first meet of the 2022-23 season. The Hoosiers will visit Kentucky in a dual meet matchup particularly intriguing on the women’s side. At last season’s NCAA Championships, Indiana’s women placed 11th with 116 points, just half a point better than the 12th-place Wildcats. At the men’s national meet, IU took fifth place and Kentucky finished 31st. The teams faced off in Bloomington to open that 2021-22 season and Indiana picked up two opening day wins against the Wildcats.
The Indiana swimming and diving program is coming off another successful season in 2021-22 during which the Hoosier men won their fourth Big Ten Championship in six years and finished fifth at the NCAA Championships, while the women placed 11th at the national meet for their 14th straight top-15 placement. Tarrin Gilliand repeated as platform diving national champion, the women’s eighth individual title in as many championships. Gilliland was named CSCAA Division I Women’s Diver of the Year and Big Ten Diver of the Year and was one of two divers to earn first-team All-America honors in all three diving events. Brendan Burns followed with IU’s first title in the 200-yard butterfly since 1973, while also earning silver medals in the 100-yard backstroke and 400 medley relay. At the Big Ten Championships, Burns won gold in all five events he swam and was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships and Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Year. Indiana dominated Big Ten postseason awards, earning five of the eight honors available. Alongside Burns, Ray Looze was named Big Ten Men’s Coach of the Year and Andrew Capobianco earned his second straight Big Ten Men’s Diver of the Year award. On the women’s side, Drew Johansen, who was also the CSCAA Women’s Division I Diving Coach of the Year, was picked as the Big Ten Women’s Diving Coach of the Year.
Indiana capped a great summer of long course swimming, totaling the highest women’s, second-highest men’s and highest combined point totals at the Phillips 66 National Championships. Hoosiers combined for five medals at the meet, including three individual national championships. IU continued its tradition of breaststroke success as Mackenize Looze (200-meter) and Josh Matheny (100-meter) each won national titles in the stroke. Former IU swimmer Zach Apple tied for a national title in the 100-meter freestyle, going 48.44 to touch simultaneously with Virginia’s Matt King. Thirteen athletes and two coaches with ties to the Indiana swimming and diving program competed at the 2022 FINA World Championships in June and July, totaling four medals. Former IU swimmer Lilly King won three gold medals during the competition. With a victory in the 200-meter breaststroke race, King became the first American swimmer to win a career of gold medals in the 50, 100 and 200-meter events of one stroke at the long course world championships. Coming out of his freshman season, Carson Tyler nabbed a bronze medal in mixed synchronized platform diving with USA Diving teammate Delaney Schnell.
Bloomington North to play Fishers in Forum Credit Union Tip Off Classic at Southport HS
Bloomington North will face Fishers at 5:15pm on Saturday December 10th as part of the six-game schedule for the 2022 Forum Credit Union Tip Off Classic at Southport HS in Indianapolis. Fishers features Jalen Haralson, ranked No. 10 in the country by 247sports in the 2025 class. The 6-6 Haralson averaged 16.0 points and 4.6 rebounds last season for the 21-3 Tigers. Bloomington North will be led by JQ Roberts, a 6-7 Vanderbilt recruit who averaged 14.4 points and 9.1 rebounds as a junior on the Cougars’ 24-4 team that reached the 4A semistate. Bloomington North beat Franklin Central 63-59 in last year’s event as the Cougars make their second straight appearance in the field.
The action will kick off at Noon with North Daviess taking on Beech Grove. North Daviess, the Class A state champions a year ago, will be playing in Class 3A this season. Jaylen Mullen will lead the team against Beech Grove, which won last year’s 3A state title. The Hornets, under new coach Joe Rihm, will return several seniors, including Jeremiah Tate and Jeremiah Alexander. The second game of the day features Franklin Central and Norwell at 1:45 pm. Franklin Central will have a young and talented team with junior Dhani Flannigan as one of the team’s most experienced players from a 9-14 season. Norwell, a 22-5 team and Class 3A sectional champion last season, will be led by senior guard Luke McBride. Norwell brings back the bulk of its team.
Crown Point will face Southport at 3:30pm. Crown Point will be led by Bellarmine recruit and senior A.J. Lux, one of the state’s top 3-point shooters. Crown Point is coming off a 17-6 season. Southport coach Eric Brand has a team that should be improved from last year’s 14-12 squad with senior guards A.J. Dancler and Keyon Miller returning with senior forward Nickens Lemba. That trio combined for 45 points per game last season. Seniors Jayden and Jeff Pinkston transferred in from Tindley. Penn will face Zionsville at 7pm. This is another matchup of 4A contenders with seniors who could make a run at Mr. Basketball honors. Penn is led by high-scoring point guard Markus Burton (26.9 ppg), who committed to Notre Dame in August. Coach Al Rhodes returns his top four scorers. Zionsville is led by Penn State recruit Logan Imes (17.8 ppg, 5.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists), along with 6-9 senior Nick Richart and several others for coach J.R. Howell’s team. The Eagles, a 14-8 team a year ago, were ranked No. 1 early in the season. Penn was 24-3 last season, falling to Chesterton in the 4A regional final. The final game of the day at 8:30 pm sees defending 4A Champion Cathedral taking on Ben Davis. Cathedral was 26-6 last year and returns several key players in addition to Michigan State Commit Xavier Booker, including seniors Jaron Tibbs, Jake Davis and Sincere Germany. Ben Davis beat Cathedral 67-64 during the regular season last year before falling in the regional championship. In addition to Zane Doughty, Sheridan Sharp and K.J. Windham, coach Don Carlisle’s team also returns seniors Clay Butler and Shaun Arnold and sophomore Mark Zackery, among others.
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