{"id":12571,"date":"2026-04-22T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=12571"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:35:46","slug":"local-sports-news-april-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=12571","title":{"rendered":"Local Sports News: April 22, 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"309\" src=\"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Local-Sports.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8111\" style=\"width:61px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Local-Sports.png 275w, https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Local-Sports-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>2026-2027 Indiana University Women&#8217;s Basketball Season Tickets on Sale\u00a0<\/strong>                                                                                                                                  Season tickets and renewals for the 2026-27 Indiana women&#8217;s basketball season are now on-sale.  Season ticket renewals including reserved, general admission and red zone seating are available for renewals by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iuhoosiers.evenue.net\/signin?uf=SR&amp;continue=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fncommerce3%2FGetApps%3FlinkID%3Dindiana%26caller%3DappList\">here<\/a>. New season ticket holders can begin the process of selecting their season tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iuhoosiers.com\/news\/2026\/4\/20\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiuhoosiers.evenue.net%2Fevents%2FWBSEA&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmkramper%40iu.edu%7Cb767a7ddb4584b82303808de9eef4971%7C1113be34aed14d00ab4bcdd02510be91%7C1%7C0%7C639122947742928524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D3oyF83KVzWpLHtdiWfsAT1vDeZv7vq0oPeq%2FUGMb3Q%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>. Last season, the Hoosiers ranked ninth in the nation in average attendance (7,866) and have been in the Top 10 nationally in attendance for the last four-straight seasons. In her 12 seasons at the helm, all 10 of the Top 10 attended games in school history have come in the\u00a0Teri Moren\u00a0era. The 2026-27 roster continues to take shape as it is led by returners in junior guard Len\u00e9e Beaumont and junior forward\u00a0Zania Socka-Nguemen. The sixth-ranked freshman class will also make their debuts for IU next season led by McDonald&#8217;s All-American Addy Nyemchek, Naismith All-American GiGi Battle and Miss Kentucky Basketball Ashlinn James. Three transfers have also joined the program so far this offseason in forwards Alisa Williams and Jess Petrie.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indiana University Men&#8217;s Tennis Opens the Big Ten Tournament with Oregon\u00a0<\/strong>                                                                                                                                    No. 9 seed Indiana will open the 2026 Big Ten Men&#8217;s Tennis Tournament against No. 8 seed Oregon Today at 2 p.m. ET. The matchup will be the second meeting between the Hoosiers and the Ducks this season. No. 45 Oregon defeated No. 60 Indiana 4-3 in Eugene, Ore., on March 13. Should Indiana advance, the Hoosiers will face No. 1 seed Michigan State on Thursday, April 23, at 1 p.m. ET. Indiana fell to Michigan State 4-3 in East Lansing, Mich., on Friday, April 17. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, April 24, at 3 p.m. ET, with the championship set for Saturday, April 25, at 8 p.m. ET. The Big Ten Tournament will be held at Libbey Park in Ojai, Calif. The field features the top 10 finishing teams in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indiana University Women&#8217;s Tennis Misses the Big Ten Tournament<\/strong>                                                                                                                                                \u00a0The Big Ten Conference announced the complete bracket\u00a0for the 2026 Big Ten Women\u2019s Tennis Tournament presented by Allstate, which will\u00a0take place\u00a0on April 23-26 at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio.\u00a0\u00a0Indiana did not make the tournament as the Hoosiers and Michigan State both finished 4-9 in the Big Ten and Tied for 13. The Top 12 Make the Tournament and the Hoosiers and Spartans are joined Oregon, Purdue, Minnesota and Rutgers who finished below them in the standings and all miss the tournament. Indiana finishes the Season with a 14-11 overall record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio State (21-3,\u00a012-1\u00a0Big Ten), USC (19-5,\u00a012-1\u00a0Big Ten)\u00a0and Michigan (16-6,\u00a012-1\u00a0Big Ten) each clinched a share of the Big Ten\u00a0Championship,\u00a0and tiebreaking procedures were used to\u00a0determine\u00a0tournament seeding.\u00a0\u00a0The Buckeyes will look to defend their Big Ten Tournament\u00a0title as the No. 1 seed in this year\u2019s tournament, opening play on Friday against the winner of No.\u00a08 seed Illinois and No. 9 seed Nebraska.\u00a0After clinching its first-ever Big Ten Championship, USC earned the No. 2 seed and will face the winner of No. 7 Maryland vs. No. 10 Northwestern in Friday\u2019s third\u00a0quarterfinal\u00a0match. The Trojans\u00a0finished the regular season 10-0 at home\u00a0and\u00a0enter\u00a0the postseason on a seven-match win streak.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan won its fourth straight and 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0overall Big Ten Championship and\u00a0will play the winner of No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 11 Iowa in Friday\u2019s final quarterfinal match. The Wolverines\u00a0have won seven Big Ten Tournament titles, including three in a row from 2022-24.\u00a0\u00a0UCLA claimed the No. 4 seed and will receive a bye into the quarterfinals\u00a0for the second-straight year. The Bruins\u00a0await the winner of No. 5 Washington and No. 12 Penn State.\u00a0\u00a0UCLA\u00a0finished the regular season 9-4 in Big Ten play\u00a0(15-6 overall), winning six straight matches to close out the regular season.\u00a0\u00a0All matches for this year\u2019s tournament will be\u00a0streamed live\u00a0on B1G+.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bloomington Resident Mary Theisen-Lappen to Represent the United States in Weightlifting at the Pan American Championships in Panama\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>A Bloomington-based\u00a0Olympian\u00a0and weightlifter is getting ready to represent the U.S. on the international stage this month. Mary Theisen-Lappen\u00a0qualified for the 2026 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Panama City, Panama. \u201cIt\u2019s not too far. It\u2019s kind of nice,\u201d Theisen-Lappen said. \u201cA lot of times we have to travel kind of far, so this will be a nice short trip to Panama.\u201d  She competes in the +87 kg category and took home a gold medal at the competition in 2021 and 2023. Last year, she finished in second place at the championships held in Cali, Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally a track and field athlete, she threw shot put, discus, and weights for three schools, including, at one point, Indiana State University. After college, Theisen-Lappen stopped competing. Instead, she took a job with the NCAA and coached college athletes.  Eventually,\u00a0USA Weightlifting\u00a0reached out and encouraged her to transition to a new sport.  \u201cIn track and field, I was very powerful. I was very strong. So those are two things that really carry over well into weightlifting.\u201d Theisen-Lappen said. \u201cSo basically, USA Weightlifting reached out to me and asked if I would give it a shot, and I did. I don\u2019t know that I would have tried it if it wasn\u2019t for them reaching out to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That transition worked out \u2014 she would go on to represent Team USA at the 2024 Olympics. She placed fifth in Paris. The weightlifter called the qualifying process hard and tiring as she competed in seven meets in one year.  Though Theisen-Lappen says it was worth the experience. She was blown away by her time in the athlete village.  \u201cParis did a really good job of just making the city nice for us to come visit,\u201d Theisen-Lappen said. \u201cA lot of different opportunities in the village or on the campus that we were to just be able to hang out and have a good time and get what we needed while we were there. \u201c  The Pan American Weightlifting Championship runs from April 27 \u2013 30 at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Panama City. Theisen-Lappen will take the mat on Thursday, April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor University&#8217;s Ben Kennedy Named the Crossroads League Baseball Player of the Week\u00a0<\/strong>                                                                                                       Taylor University\u2019s Ben Kennedy has been named the Crossroads League Baseball Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. Kennedy\u2019s stellar performance in a four-game sweep over Indiana Wesleyan helped No. 1 Taylor clinch a share of the CL regular season title.  Kennedy, a senior from Evansville, Indiana, powered the top-ranked Trojans by hitting .533 (8-for-15) with four home runs, three doubles and 12 runs batted in to earn his first career Player of the Week recognition. The shortstop set the tone with a 4-for-4 effort in the first game of the series and hit safely in all four contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest moment of the series came in Game 3, when Kennedy launched the first grand slam of his career to erase a 3-0 IWU lead in the eventual 8-6 victory. He then recorded his third career multi-homer game in the series finale, finishing Friday\u2019s doubleheader with three home runs and eight RBIs. Just as impactful on defense, Kennedy made several diving plays while factoring into all four double plays turned in the series.  The recognition marks the eighth Crossroads League Baseball weekly award earned by a Trojan this season and the fourth Player of the Week selection. Taylor Athletics has now garnered 59 Crossroads League, WHAC and MSFA Player-of-the-Week awards and six NAIA National Athlete-of-the-Week honors during the 2025-26 campaign.  No. 1 Taylor travels to No. 24 Marian on Thursday and Saturday to close out the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indianapolis Colts Wide Receiver Alec Pierce to Miss OTA Due to Surgery on Ankle Injury\u00a0<\/strong>                                                                                                         The NFL offseason is in full swing with offseason workouts and the NFL Draft taking place this week.  Colts general manager Chris Ballard spoke at the Colts training facility on Monday about the upcoming NFL Draft and shared injury updates on several Colts players.  One of those updates was with wide receiver Alec Pierce. The fifth-year receiver signed a four-year, $116 million contract extension with Indianapolis in March. The deal included $84 million guaranteed. Ballard said Pierce played through some pain in his ankle for parts of last season.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast year for a lot of the season he kept dealing with some pain in his ankle,\u201d Ballard said. \u201cAfter the season we talked about if it was good enough, can we get through it again another year. Right before we signed him and after we signed him, I started asking questions and he said I can play through this again. I knew he was hurting at times last year so finally after consulting with multiple doctors and him, he had a clean-up done.\u201d  Ballard said getting the \u2018clean up\u2019 surgery now would be better than having Pierce play through ankle pain throughout next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll be training camp, so you won&#8217;t see him during OTAs [Organized team activities],\u201d Ballard said. \u201cIt\u2019s a three-month recovery. We don\u2019t expect any long-term repercussions. More of it got to where he was really having to maintenance it a lot last year and the pain and so he had to kind of fight through that. At the end of the day, I said you can play with this. Do you want to play with it or knock it out? So, he decided to knock it out.\u201d  Pierce\u2019s $116 million contract extension made him the highest-paid free agent receiver in NFL history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor University&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Tennis Season Ends with a Loss to Marian in the Crossroads League Tournament\u00a0<\/strong>                                                                                    The Taylor University women\u2019s tennis team&#8217;s season came to a close Monday as No. 12 Marian swept the Trojans 5-0 in the Crossroads League quarterfinals at USTA Midwest.  The Trojans entered the postseason as the No. 8 seed and faced the Knights for the second time in three days after falling to Marian in Muncie on Saturday. Both matches were played indoors.  Marian secured the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 flights. Jimena Rivera Flores and Michelle Irigoyen defeated Ellie Schaufelberger and Delaney Dahl 6-1 at No. 2, while Ana Lopez Torres and Emma Chrome blanked Evy Danemayer and Gracie Frazier 6-0 at No. 3. The No. 1 doubles match between Maddy Fuqua and Anna Stone against Lopez Torres and Yasmin Imamniyazova was halted at 3-2 in favor of Marian once the point was clinched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singles play was controlled by Marian as Rivera Flores posted a 6-0, 6-0 win over Schaufelberger at No. 3, and Chrome topped Danemayer 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. Maggie Bertram defeated Stone 6-0, 6-3 at No. 5 singles, and Elisa Roccaforte claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Dahl at the No. 6 flight. The No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches \u2014 Fuqua against Imamniyazova and Jillian Darby against Irigoyen \u2014 went unfinished after Marian clinched the team result.  Monday&#8217;s result closes a milestone season for Taylor, which competed in women&#8217;s tennis for the first time since relaunching the program. The Trojans finished 6-14 overall in their inaugural campaign, earning a postseason berth in their return to Crossroads League competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-2027 Indiana University Women&#8217;s Basketball Season Tickets on Sale\u00a0 Season tickets and renewals for the 2026-27 Indiana women&#8217;s basketball season are now on-sale. Season ticket renewals including reserved, general admission and red zone seating are available for renewals by clicking\u00a0here. New season ticket holders can begin the process of selecting their season tickets\u00a0here. 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