Indiana University Football to host Indiana State on Friday September 8th
For the second-straight season, the Indiana football program will host a contest on a Friday. The Hoosiers will welcome Indiana State to Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 8. Kick time and television designations will be announced at a later date this spring. The Hoosiers hosted Illinois on Friday night to open the 2022 campaign in a 23-20 come-from-behind victory at The Rock. Indiana is 3-2 all-time in Friday contests, with the other two wins during the 2005 (Central Michigan) and 1987 (at Minnesota) seasons.
The full 2023 schedule is below (home games in bold):
Sep 2 Ohio State
Sep 8 Indiana State (Friday)
Sep 16 vs. Louisville (Lucas Oil Stadium; Indianapolis)
Sep 23 Akron
Sep 30 at Maryland
Oct 14 at Michigan
Oct 21 Rutgers
Oct 28 at Penn State
Nov 4 Wisconsin
Nov 11 at Illinois
Nov 18 Michigan State
Nov 25 at Purdue
Season tickets are on sale now through the Indiana Ticket Office or online via IUHoosiers.com/Tickets. The ticket office, located inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, is opened from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or available via phone at (812)855-4006.
Two Indiana University Baseball players win weekly Big Ten Awards
Weekly awards keep cycling in for the Indiana baseball program as a pair of freshmen won weekly awards with Tyler Cerny earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Ethan Phillips garnering Big Ten Pitcher of the Week. With Cerny’s first weekly award, Indiana adds to its Big Ten-best 33 Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, while Phillips earns IU’s 32nd Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award in program history. Cerny joins three-time winner Devin Taylor as Hoosiers to earn B1G weekly freshman honors, while Phillips is the first IU pitcher to bring home B1G weekly honors on the mound in 2023.
Cerny hit .444 over five games with an OPS of 1.601 to help Indiana win all five games on the week and become the first Big Ten team to 30 wins on the season. Of his eight hits, five went for extra bases to account for a 1.056 slugging percentage. He also walked three times and reached once via hit-by-pitch to bolster a .545 on-base clip. He reached base at least twice and scored at least one run in each of his five starts at second base, with two multi-hit outings and three multi-RBI contests. The right-handed hitter opened the week with a single, walk and two runs scored against No. 10 Louisville. He also stole one base in the game. Both hits went for extra bases at Cincinnati with a double, home run and three RBIs on the afternoon. In the middle game of the series with Ohio, Cerny his first career multi-home run game as part of a career-best six-RBI afternoon. He logged three hits and scored three runs in the game. His series finale with the Bobcats featured a pair of RBIs with a double, a walk and one run scored.
Phillips posted two victories on the mound in relief and did not allow an earned run over 8 1/3 innings of work. He struck out nine batters and allowed one hit with just four walks over his two outings and stranded two of three inherited runners. He allowed multiple base runners in just one of his 8 1/3 innings and only one of his base runners reached third base on the week. The right-hander earned the win over No. 10 Louisville with 4 2/3 innings of relief work. He entered trailing 1-0 with a runner on second base and just one out and retired the first seven batters he faced. In all, Phillips allowed just one single and walked three batters with one unearned run surrendered. Against Ohio in the series finale, Phillips entered in a tie game with runners on first and third and stranded one of two runners to get out of the jam. He did not allow a base runner of his own to reach second base over 3 2/3 innings of relief work to earn the victory.
Indiana sits atop the Big Ten with a 9-3 record and is 30-11 overall entering the week. A trip to Ball State this afternoon at 3 pm will be followed by a three-game series with Maryland at Bart Kaufman Field. The Terrapins enter with the second-best record in conference play at 8-4 and are 25-15 overall on the season.
Indiana University Softball’s Taryn Kern collects fourth Big Ten Honor
Indiana freshman Taryn Kern earned her fourth Big Ten honor after she was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the league announced on Monday. Kern hit .500 on the weekend in the series sweep over Rutgers, boasting a 1.250 slugging percentage and a 1.583 OPS. She totaled two hits, five walks and three hit by pitch for five runs scored.
The rookie continues to lead the Big Ten in seven offensive categories: slugging percentage (.983), OBS (.599), OPS (1.582), RBI (57), home runs (19), walks (38), and hit by pitch (18). She is also ranked second in runs scored (54) and third in batting average (.420) in the Big Ten. Her consistent offensive production has put her on base in 41 consecutive games. She has also totaled nine multi-RBI games this season. The San Jose, Calif., native hit her 19th career home run to lead the NCAA and Big Ten in long balls. She has also recorded 57 RBI for the second highest total in a single season. The Hoosiers head to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a weekend series against the Wolverines this Friday through Sunday.
Indiana University Men’s Golf finishes 7th at Fighting Illini Collegiate
The Indiana men’s golf team shot an 892 (295-301-296; +40) over 54 holes at the Fighting Illini Collegiate. The Hoosiers finished seventh at the Atkins Golf Course on Sunday in Urbana Illinois. Indiana will head off to the 2023 Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships at the Galloway National Golf Course. The three-day event will begin on Friday in Galloway, N.J. Fifth-year senior Thomas Hursey finished as the lowest Hoosier for the second-straight tournament. His final round 73 (+2) included a trio of birdies. The Ferris State transfer tied for 13th in the individual standings.
Senior Noah Gillard saved his best for the Sunday round and finished at 221 (75-74-72; +8). He converted birdies on three of his first six holes and finished the round at 72 (+1). Fifth-year senior Mitch Davis ended the event at 224 (73-76-75; +11). He played one birdie on his final round of 75 (+4). Junior Drew Salyers turned in a scorecard of 229 (74-79-76; +16). His final round of 76 (+5) included a team-high matching three birdie conversions. Senior Eric Berggren closed the weekend at 232 (73-80-79; +19). Fifth-year senior Harry Reynolds, playing as an individual, bagged three birdies to close the tournament at 227 (77-76-74; +14). Junior Robbie Bender III playing as an individual, played his best round on Sunday at 72 (+1) with two birdies. He ended the regular season with a tally of 232 (82-77-73; +19).
Indiana University Women’s Golf ties for 12th place at Big Ten Championships
The Indiana Hoosiers women’s golf team finished tied for 12th at the Big Ten Championship after shooting a three-round score of 910 (296-306-309; +58) at the Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh PA, over the weekend. Graduate transfer Alexis Florio was the lowest-scoring Hoosier in her Big Ten Championship debut at 222 (72-75-75; +9). Her final round of 75 (+4) consisted of birdies on No. 9, No. 13, and No. 15. She finished t-16th in the individual standings.
Junior Dominika Burdová finished the weekend at 229 (75-76-78; +16). Sophomore Beatriz Junqueira ended the weekend in Pittsburgh at 230 (73-77-80; +17). She carded a birdie on No. 8 in the final round. Sophomore Margaret Fernandez carded a three-round score of 234 (77-77-80; +21). Senior Hanna Tanaka entered the clubhouse at 234 (77-81-76; +21). Her final round of 76 (+5) was the best of her weekend and included a birdie on No. 13 and Senior Valerie Clancy closed her tournament at 238 (76-78-84; +25). The NCAA selection show will be held tomorrow at 1pm.
Indiana Fever waive Forward Chelsey Perry
The Indiana Fever announced the team has waived forward Chelsey Perry. Perry was the No. 26 overall selection in the 2021 WNBA Draft by Indiana and played in six regular season games. Perry was the first player from Tennessee-Martin and the Ohio Valley Conference to be drafted in the WNBA. Perry scored 1,963 points and 228 blocks at Tennessee-Martin. She is the all-time leader in block shots and third in school history in points. Perry a Middleton Tennessee native averaged 2.2 points and 6.7 minutes per game after the Fever resigned her for the rest of 2021 season on June 28. Perry was released on May 17, 2021, and did not play the 2022 season.
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