Indiana University Athletics
2016-17 Year In Review
7/20/2017 1:44:00 PM | General
Facilities
Indiana University dedicates Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
The historic and venerable arena is named in honor of IU alumna Cindy Simon Skjodt, whose $40 million gift represents the largest gift in IU Athletics history. The renovation preserved the greatest home court advantage in college basketball while adding fan amenities and modern technology to the iconic venue.
IU Golf Course renovations approved by the Indiana University Board of Trustees
The project is expected to start in September or October of 2017 and be completed around September 2018. The golf course renovation will reconfigure the existing 18-hole championship and nine-hole par-3 courses into a new 18-hole championship course and driving range; a new clubhouse will also be built.
Indiana University holds official groundbreaking for the IU Excellence Academy
The $53 million, 66,575 square foot facility will enclose the south end zone at Memorial Stadium and create a bold new "front door" to campus for Memorial Stadium and more generally the Athletics campus. The Excellence Academy will open in the summer of 2018.
Graduation
IU Athletics honored 2017 graduates
Indiana University Athletics honored 82 students who are eligible to graduate in May/August 2017 after the IU commencement ceremony.
Big Ten Tournaments
B1G wrestling tournament comes to Bloomington
Indiana University hosted the Big Ten wrestling tournament in March. Elijah Oliver and Nate Jackson both advanced to the championship semifinals, while eight Hoosiers advanced overall.
Hoosiers hosted B1G baseball tournament
The top eight teams in the Big Ten made their way to Bloomington for postseason conference play. Indiana rallied to upset No. 16 Michigan in 13 innings before falling to Minnesota in an elimination game.
Olympics
Hoosiers brought back hardware
Seventeen IU students, alumni and coaches participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, spanning seven countries and four sports. The Hoosiers won seven medals-- five gold, one silver and two bronze-- the most since 1976.
King highlighted swimming and diving accomplishments
Sophomore Lilly King won gold medals in the 100 breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and in the 400 medley relay. IU alum Cody Miller also won a gold medal in the 400m medley relay, and won a bronze in the 100m breaststroke in a new American record time. Other medal winners for IU swimming and diving were Blake Pieroni (gold-- 400m freestyle relay), Michael Hixon (silver-- 3m synchro) and Kennedy Goss (bronze-- 800m freestyle relay).
Drouin won gold in high jump
IU alum Derek Drouin improved on his bronze medal finish in 2012 and was crowned an Olympic champions this past August. He became the first gold medalist for the IU track and field program since Greg Bell won long jump in 1956.
Baseball
Baseball went to Hawaii
The Hoosiers traveled to Honolulu to face University of Hawaii in a four game series, which ended in a 3-1 series draw.
Dedelow's grand slam lifted IU over No. 15 Maryland
With the Hoosiers down one run, senior Craig Dedelow hit a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Hoosiers the 6-3 win over the Terrapins. Indiana took the series 2-1.
IU upset No. 2 Louisville in front of a season-high home crowd
The Hoosiers used a four-run second inning to hang on and get a 4-3 win over the second-ranked Cardinals. Freshman Andrew Saalfrank got the victory, while Freshman Matt Gorski drove in two runs.
Men's Basketball
Men's basketball tops Kansas in overtime at State Farm Armed Forces Classic
James Blackmon Jr. led Indiana to their 19th consecutive win in a season opener with 26 points and four 3-pointers. Kansas is the highest-ranked team Indiana has beaten in their first game of the season since beating No. 2 UCLA by 20 points in St. Louis in 1975.
Men's basketball beat No. 3 North Carolina 76-67 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
The Hoosiers handed the Tar Heels their first loss of the season Nov. 30 when the two teams played for the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge. OG Anunoby led the team with 16 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the floor.
Miller introduced as men's basketball head coach
Fred Glass introduced Archie Miller as the 29th IU men's basketball coach at a ceremony in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on March 27.
Women's Basketball
Women's basketball entered season ranked for first time in program history
The IU women's basketball team began the season ranked No. 23 in the AP Preseason Top 25 Poll for the first time in program history. They followed this ranking up with a 5-1 start to their season.
Team advanced to WNIT quarterfinals
THe Hoosiers advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT with a 64-44 win over Southern Methodist University at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Senior Karlee McBride led the team with 17 points and five rebounds.
Buss named WBCA All-American
Tyra Buss earned WBCA All-American Honorable Mention honors after averaging 18.4 points, 4.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 steals during the 2016-17 season. The junior guard is the first IU women's basketball player to earn All-American honors since 1986.
Field Hockey
Field hockey upset No. 6 Northwestern
The Hoosiers handed the Wildcats their first Big Ten loss of the season with a 2-1 win at home. Nora Aucker scored the go-ahead goal in the 50th minute, giving IU their first top-10 win since they beat No. 4 Duke in 2014.
Barber broke IU season scoring records, named First Team All-American
Kate Barber broke the single-season goals record and single-season points record in a 3-2 loss to No. 6 Penn State. She also earned her second career All-American accolade and became the second Hoosier field hockey player ever to be named a First Team All-American.
Football
IU defense tallied two pick 6's in the same game for the first time in school history
Juniors Rashard Fant and Tegray Scales each turned defense into offense, returning their interceptions all the way for touchdowns. These defensive plays helped the Hoosiers win their season opener over the Panthers 34-13.
Old Brass Spittoon comes to Bloomington for the first time since 2006
Griffin Oakes' 20-yard field goal in overtime sealed IU's win over No. 17 Michigan State and ownership of the Old Brass Spittoon. This was the Hoosiers' first win over a ranked opponent since 2014.
Old Oaken Bucket remains in Hoosier Nation
With a 26-24 win, IU beat in-state rival Purdue to keep possession of the Old Oaken Bucket for the fourth year in a row. This is the first time since 2001 that the Hoosiers have had both the Old Brass Spittoon and the Old Oaken Bucket.
Men's Golf
Brown finished T10 at the Big Ten Championship
Redshirt sophomore Jake Brown became the first IU golfer since 2014 to place inside the top 10 at the conference championship. The Carmel, Ind. native shot a 3-over par round of 73 and finished with an overall score of 212 ( 2).
Men's golf finished second at the Hoosier Invitational
The Hoosiers used a strong final day to jump two spots in the standings and finish second on their home turf, tied for their highest tournament finish of the season.
Hoosiers finished second at the Northern Intercollegiate
Brendon Doyle, Andrew Havill and Brock Ochsenreiter placed in the top 16 to lead IU to a second-place finish. Doyle placed eighth, tying the best finish of his career.
Women's Golf
Indiana women's golf won IU Invitational; Kong won individual title
Junior Alix Kong won the first individual title of her career to help the Hoosiers win the team title. Four Hoosiers finished within the top eight to edge second-place finisher Toledo 292-305.
Hoosiers shot third-lowest round in school history at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Senior Ana Sanjuan was tied for 11th, freshman Elisa Pierre was tied for 15th and senior Theresa-Ann Jedra set a new career best as the Hoosiers sat in sixth place after day one.
Rowing
Rowing won Dale England Cup for the first time since 2010
The 16th-ranked Hoosiers beat No. 17 Duke, in-state rival Notre Dame, and San Diego to win the title. IU's 1v8 team led the way with a victory, and its 2v8 team narrowly finished second by .24 seconds.
Hoosiers finished 12th at NCAA Championships
The 1v8 crew finished sixth and the 2v8 crew won their heat (13th overall) to push IU to improve on their 15th-place finish from last season.
Barber earned her first career All-American honors
Senior Emily Barber was named to the Pocock All-America Second Team after helping the 1v8 to First Team All-Big Ten honors and a top-15 finish at nationals. This is the fifth All-American honor the Hoosiers have earned in the past four seasons.
Men's Soccer
Men's soccer seeded No. 7 in the NCAA Tournament
The Hoosiers, who posted a record of 12-2-7 on the season, earned their 12th top-16 seed in the last 14 years. This was also IU's 30th-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and 41st overall.
Hoosiers reach NCAA Tournament Round of 16 for the fifth time under Coach Yeagley
A goal by senior Billy McConnell in the 54th minute propelled IU over the Akron Zips 1-0, advancing the Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 for the 36th time in program history and the fifth time under head coach Todd Yeagley.
Lillard and Thompson nabbed All-America honors
Grant Lillard earned his first All-America honors with a Second-Team Best XI honor by Top Drawer Soccer and Second-Team Scholar All-America by the NSCAA. Tanner Thompson finished his IU career with four All-America honors, picking up first-team honors from the NSCAA and Best XI Third-Team honors by Top Drawer Soccer.
Women's Soccer
Women's soccer tied against ranked opponents in back-to-back games
IU held their own in impressive fashion against No. 13 Penn State, the defending national champions, to walk away with a 1-1 tie. In the next game, the Hoosiers battled back from an early 2-0 deficit against No. 24 Rutgers to earn the 2-2 draw.
L'Hommedieu led the Big Ten in saves, earned three weekly conference honors
Freshman goalkeeper Sarah L'Hommedieu's 93 saves topped the Big Ten this season. She also earned three conference honors throughout the season, being named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice and Defensive Player of the Week once.
Team returned to Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2013
Redshirt sophomore Mykayla Brown was named to the All-Big Ten Tournament Team, marking the first time since 2013 a Hoosier made this list. Brown scored the lone goal in IU's 3-1 loss to No. 1 seeded Minnesota in the conference tournament quarterfinal.
Softball
Goodin threw a no-hitter against UAB
Freshman Emily Goodin retired all but two batters she faced in IU's 7-0 win over the Blazers.
Tsirigos won Big Ten Medal of Honor
Senior CaraMia Tsirigos was awarded with this distinction that goes to one male and one female student-athlete at each Big Ten university to recognize proficient academic and athletic excellence. She led the team in home runs this season and is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Stanton hired as softball head coach
After the 2017 season ended, Shonda Stanton was hired from Marshall University to take over the IU softball program. She added assistant coaches Chanda Bell and Kendall Fearn, who also assisted her at Marshall.
Men's Swimming & Diving
Men's swimming and diving won Big Ten team title
The Hoosiers won their 25th Big Ten Championship in program history and their first since 2006. They did it by winning 19 total medals – 12 gold, five silver and two bronze, and won four of the five relays.
Hoosiers placed seventh in the team standings at NCAA Championships
The team's seventh-place finish was their best since 1979, and the it was fifth time in the last six years the program finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships. IU's 229.5 points were the most for the Hoosiers since scoring 274 in 1975.
Team went undefeated in dual meets
The Hoosiers finished the dual meet season with a perfect 11-0 record, including wins over No. 2 Texas, No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Florida and No. 13 Michigan. This was the first time the Hoosiers posted an unblemished mark since the 1981 season.
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's swimming and diving placed eighth at the NCAA Championships
Indiana earned an eighth place finish at the NCAA Championships with 185 points, the second-most scored at NCAA's in team history to 2016's 228. The Hoosiers' eighth place finish was also the second-best finish in school history.
King became first swimmer or diver in Big Ten history to win four individual national titles
Lilly King added two more NCAA titles to her impressive resume by winning the 100 and 200 breaststroke. In doing so, the Olympic champion also broke her own IU, NCAA, NCAA meet and American records.
Hoosiers accumulate 24 All-America accolades
Eight individuals advanced to nationals, but they earned a total of 24 All-America honors, marking the sixth time in the last nine seasons that the Hoosiers have earned at least 20 All-America honors. Senior Gia Dalesandro led the way with five honors, while Lilly King and Kennedy Goss each had four.
Men's Tennis
Men's tennis rallied to beat Purdue 4-3
The Hoosiers faced an early 2-0 deficit, but got wins at one, three and five singles to take hold of the match. Freshman Zac Brodney later won his match in the sixth spot to seal the win for IU.
Women's Tennis
Appel and Schmider beat No. 1 ranked doubles team in the nation
After beating the No. 32 doubles team earlier that week, Madison Appel and Kim Schmider beat the No. 1 ranked doubles team of Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adach from University of Kentucky by a score of 6-4. After this, the Hoosier duo was ranked No. 19 in the country.
Men's Track & Field
Men's track and field won Big Ten Championship
The Hoosiers won their first indoor track and field team title since 2012. Individual Big Ten Champions included Eric Beathea, Daniel Kuhn, Willie Morrison, and Treyton Harris, who was named Field Athlete of the Championships.
Kuhn ran the fifth-fastest time in history
In route to winning his second Big Ten title in the 600m dash, junior Daniel Kuhn ran 1:15.23, the fifth-fastest time ever run in the history of the event. He went on to earn First Team All-American honors in the 800m run (sixth place) and the distance medley relay (fifth place) at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Women's Track & Field
Receveur capped season with third place finish at NCAA Track & Field Championships
Redshirt sophomore Katherine Receveur became the first woman in IU history to earn First Team All-American honors in cross country (11th place), indoor (sixth place) and outdoor track and field (third place). She also won the Big Ten indoor track and field 5,000m title in a time that broke the school and conference record.
Clute won her third Big Ten championship in record-breaking fashion
Senior Sydney Clute won her third conference title in the pole vault by clearing 4.43m (14-6.25), which broke the meet and facility records. She also earned her third First Team All-American honor by getting fourth place at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Volleyball
Volleyball took down No. 13 Michigan at home
Led by senior Jazzmine McDonald's career-high 15 kills on 20 attempts and 10 blocks, the Hoosiers completed the upset of the No. 13 Wolverines by a score of 3-1. This was the highest-ranked opponent the team beat since No. 10 Michigan State in 2013.
Water Polo
Hoosiers upset No. 6 Hawaii in coach Castle's opening weekend
Indiana scored a top-10 upset in coach Ryan Castle's first regular season weekend as the Hoosiers' head coach. It is IU's first top-10 win since beating No. 10 Princeton in 2015.
Matthews and Williams earn All-America honors
Kelly Matthews has yet to miss the year-end All-American honor roll, collecting the third award of her career, alongside freshman Mollie Williams. The two combined for 103 goals, 79 steals, 58 assists, and 15 hat tricks during their first season playing together.
Wrestling
Wrestling tops No. 18 App State for first NWCA Dual Series win
The Hoosiers delivered on their second-ever invitation to the annual NWCA Division-I National Dual Championship Series, exacting revenge with a 21-12 upset at No. 18 Appalachian State. Sophomore Elijah Oliver gave IU the momentum with a 7-5 decision over No. 18 Vito Pasone in sudden victory, while sophomore Cole Weaver also prevailed with an escape for a 5-4 decision win. The win came from a four-bout run late in the dual meet, ending with bonus point victories by Devin Skatzka and Nate Jackson.
Jackson placed eighth at the NCAA Wrestling Championships
Senior Nate Jackson ended his IU career by picking up his second All-American honor at NCAA's with an eighth place finish in 184 lbs. He became the first Hoosier wrestler with All-American honors in different weight classes since 1977.
The historic and venerable arena is named in honor of IU alumna Cindy Simon Skjodt, whose $40 million gift represents the largest gift in IU Athletics history. The renovation preserved the greatest home court advantage in college basketball while adding fan amenities and modern technology to the iconic venue.
The project is expected to start in September or October of 2017 and be completed around September 2018. The golf course renovation will reconfigure the existing 18-hole championship and nine-hole par-3 courses into a new 18-hole championship course and driving range; a new clubhouse will also be built.
The $53 million, 66,575 square foot facility will enclose the south end zone at Memorial Stadium and create a bold new "front door" to campus for Memorial Stadium and more generally the Athletics campus. The Excellence Academy will open in the summer of 2018.
Graduation
Indiana University Athletics honored 82 students who are eligible to graduate in May/August 2017 after the IU commencement ceremony.
Big Ten Tournaments
Indiana University hosted the Big Ten wrestling tournament in March. Elijah Oliver and Nate Jackson both advanced to the championship semifinals, while eight Hoosiers advanced overall.
The top eight teams in the Big Ten made their way to Bloomington for postseason conference play. Indiana rallied to upset No. 16 Michigan in 13 innings before falling to Minnesota in an elimination game.
Olympics
Seventeen IU students, alumni and coaches participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, spanning seven countries and four sports. The Hoosiers won seven medals-- five gold, one silver and two bronze-- the most since 1976.
Sophomore Lilly King won gold medals in the 100 breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and in the 400 medley relay. IU alum Cody Miller also won a gold medal in the 400m medley relay, and won a bronze in the 100m breaststroke in a new American record time. Other medal winners for IU swimming and diving were Blake Pieroni (gold-- 400m freestyle relay), Michael Hixon (silver-- 3m synchro) and Kennedy Goss (bronze-- 800m freestyle relay).
IU alum Derek Drouin improved on his bronze medal finish in 2012 and was crowned an Olympic champions this past August. He became the first gold medalist for the IU track and field program since Greg Bell won long jump in 1956.
Baseball
The Hoosiers traveled to Honolulu to face University of Hawaii in a four game series, which ended in a 3-1 series draw.
With the Hoosiers down one run, senior Craig Dedelow hit a grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Hoosiers the 6-3 win over the Terrapins. Indiana took the series 2-1.
The Hoosiers used a four-run second inning to hang on and get a 4-3 win over the second-ranked Cardinals. Freshman Andrew Saalfrank got the victory, while Freshman Matt Gorski drove in two runs.
Men's Basketball
James Blackmon Jr. led Indiana to their 19th consecutive win in a season opener with 26 points and four 3-pointers. Kansas is the highest-ranked team Indiana has beaten in their first game of the season since beating No. 2 UCLA by 20 points in St. Louis in 1975.
The Hoosiers handed the Tar Heels their first loss of the season Nov. 30 when the two teams played for the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge. OG Anunoby led the team with 16 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the floor.
Fred Glass introduced Archie Miller as the 29th IU men's basketball coach at a ceremony in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on March 27.
Women's Basketball
The IU women's basketball team began the season ranked No. 23 in the AP Preseason Top 25 Poll for the first time in program history. They followed this ranking up with a 5-1 start to their season.
THe Hoosiers advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT with a 64-44 win over Southern Methodist University at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Senior Karlee McBride led the team with 17 points and five rebounds.
Tyra Buss earned WBCA All-American Honorable Mention honors after averaging 18.4 points, 4.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 steals during the 2016-17 season. The junior guard is the first IU women's basketball player to earn All-American honors since 1986.
Field Hockey
The Hoosiers handed the Wildcats their first Big Ten loss of the season with a 2-1 win at home. Nora Aucker scored the go-ahead goal in the 50th minute, giving IU their first top-10 win since they beat No. 4 Duke in 2014.
Kate Barber broke the single-season goals record and single-season points record in a 3-2 loss to No. 6 Penn State. She also earned her second career All-American accolade and became the second Hoosier field hockey player ever to be named a First Team All-American.
Football
Juniors Rashard Fant and Tegray Scales each turned defense into offense, returning their interceptions all the way for touchdowns. These defensive plays helped the Hoosiers win their season opener over the Panthers 34-13.
Griffin Oakes' 20-yard field goal in overtime sealed IU's win over No. 17 Michigan State and ownership of the Old Brass Spittoon. This was the Hoosiers' first win over a ranked opponent since 2014.
With a 26-24 win, IU beat in-state rival Purdue to keep possession of the Old Oaken Bucket for the fourth year in a row. This is the first time since 2001 that the Hoosiers have had both the Old Brass Spittoon and the Old Oaken Bucket.
Men's Golf
Redshirt sophomore Jake Brown became the first IU golfer since 2014 to place inside the top 10 at the conference championship. The Carmel, Ind. native shot a 3-over par round of 73 and finished with an overall score of 212 ( 2).
The Hoosiers used a strong final day to jump two spots in the standings and finish second on their home turf, tied for their highest tournament finish of the season.
Brendon Doyle, Andrew Havill and Brock Ochsenreiter placed in the top 16 to lead IU to a second-place finish. Doyle placed eighth, tying the best finish of his career.
Women's Golf
Junior Alix Kong won the first individual title of her career to help the Hoosiers win the team title. Four Hoosiers finished within the top eight to edge second-place finisher Toledo 292-305.
Senior Ana Sanjuan was tied for 11th, freshman Elisa Pierre was tied for 15th and senior Theresa-Ann Jedra set a new career best as the Hoosiers sat in sixth place after day one.
Rowing
The 16th-ranked Hoosiers beat No. 17 Duke, in-state rival Notre Dame, and San Diego to win the title. IU's 1v8 team led the way with a victory, and its 2v8 team narrowly finished second by .24 seconds.
The 1v8 crew finished sixth and the 2v8 crew won their heat (13th overall) to push IU to improve on their 15th-place finish from last season.
Senior Emily Barber was named to the Pocock All-America Second Team after helping the 1v8 to First Team All-Big Ten honors and a top-15 finish at nationals. This is the fifth All-American honor the Hoosiers have earned in the past four seasons.
Men's Soccer
The Hoosiers, who posted a record of 12-2-7 on the season, earned their 12th top-16 seed in the last 14 years. This was also IU's 30th-straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and 41st overall.
A goal by senior Billy McConnell in the 54th minute propelled IU over the Akron Zips 1-0, advancing the Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 for the 36th time in program history and the fifth time under head coach Todd Yeagley.
Grant Lillard earned his first All-America honors with a Second-Team Best XI honor by Top Drawer Soccer and Second-Team Scholar All-America by the NSCAA. Tanner Thompson finished his IU career with four All-America honors, picking up first-team honors from the NSCAA and Best XI Third-Team honors by Top Drawer Soccer.
Women's Soccer
IU held their own in impressive fashion against No. 13 Penn State, the defending national champions, to walk away with a 1-1 tie. In the next game, the Hoosiers battled back from an early 2-0 deficit against No. 24 Rutgers to earn the 2-2 draw.
Freshman goalkeeper Sarah L'Hommedieu's 93 saves topped the Big Ten this season. She also earned three conference honors throughout the season, being named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice and Defensive Player of the Week once.
Redshirt sophomore Mykayla Brown was named to the All-Big Ten Tournament Team, marking the first time since 2013 a Hoosier made this list. Brown scored the lone goal in IU's 3-1 loss to No. 1 seeded Minnesota in the conference tournament quarterfinal.
Softball
Freshman Emily Goodin retired all but two batters she faced in IU's 7-0 win over the Blazers.
Senior CaraMia Tsirigos was awarded with this distinction that goes to one male and one female student-athlete at each Big Ten university to recognize proficient academic and athletic excellence. She led the team in home runs this season and is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
After the 2017 season ended, Shonda Stanton was hired from Marshall University to take over the IU softball program. She added assistant coaches Chanda Bell and Kendall Fearn, who also assisted her at Marshall.
Men's Swimming & Diving
The Hoosiers won their 25th Big Ten Championship in program history and their first since 2006. They did it by winning 19 total medals – 12 gold, five silver and two bronze, and won four of the five relays.
The team's seventh-place finish was their best since 1979, and the it was fifth time in the last six years the program finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships. IU's 229.5 points were the most for the Hoosiers since scoring 274 in 1975.
The Hoosiers finished the dual meet season with a perfect 11-0 record, including wins over No. 2 Texas, No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Florida and No. 13 Michigan. This was the first time the Hoosiers posted an unblemished mark since the 1981 season.
Women's Swimming & Diving
Indiana earned an eighth place finish at the NCAA Championships with 185 points, the second-most scored at NCAA's in team history to 2016's 228. The Hoosiers' eighth place finish was also the second-best finish in school history.
Lilly King added two more NCAA titles to her impressive resume by winning the 100 and 200 breaststroke. In doing so, the Olympic champion also broke her own IU, NCAA, NCAA meet and American records.
Eight individuals advanced to nationals, but they earned a total of 24 All-America honors, marking the sixth time in the last nine seasons that the Hoosiers have earned at least 20 All-America honors. Senior Gia Dalesandro led the way with five honors, while Lilly King and Kennedy Goss each had four.
Men's Tennis
The Hoosiers faced an early 2-0 deficit, but got wins at one, three and five singles to take hold of the match. Freshman Zac Brodney later won his match in the sixth spot to seal the win for IU.
Women's Tennis
After beating the No. 32 doubles team earlier that week, Madison Appel and Kim Schmider beat the No. 1 ranked doubles team of Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adach from University of Kentucky by a score of 6-4. After this, the Hoosier duo was ranked No. 19 in the country.
Men's Track & Field
The Hoosiers won their first indoor track and field team title since 2012. Individual Big Ten Champions included Eric Beathea, Daniel Kuhn, Willie Morrison, and Treyton Harris, who was named Field Athlete of the Championships.
In route to winning his second Big Ten title in the 600m dash, junior Daniel Kuhn ran 1:15.23, the fifth-fastest time ever run in the history of the event. He went on to earn First Team All-American honors in the 800m run (sixth place) and the distance medley relay (fifth place) at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Women's Track & Field
Redshirt sophomore Katherine Receveur became the first woman in IU history to earn First Team All-American honors in cross country (11th place), indoor (sixth place) and outdoor track and field (third place). She also won the Big Ten indoor track and field 5,000m title in a time that broke the school and conference record.
Senior Sydney Clute won her third conference title in the pole vault by clearing 4.43m (14-6.25), which broke the meet and facility records. She also earned her third First Team All-American honor by getting fourth place at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Volleyball
Led by senior Jazzmine McDonald's career-high 15 kills on 20 attempts and 10 blocks, the Hoosiers completed the upset of the No. 13 Wolverines by a score of 3-1. This was the highest-ranked opponent the team beat since No. 10 Michigan State in 2013.
Water Polo
Indiana scored a top-10 upset in coach Ryan Castle's first regular season weekend as the Hoosiers' head coach. It is IU's first top-10 win since beating No. 10 Princeton in 2015.
Kelly Matthews has yet to miss the year-end All-American honor roll, collecting the third award of her career, alongside freshman Mollie Williams. The two combined for 103 goals, 79 steals, 58 assists, and 15 hat tricks during their first season playing together.
Wrestling
The Hoosiers delivered on their second-ever invitation to the annual NWCA Division-I National Dual Championship Series, exacting revenge with a 21-12 upset at No. 18 Appalachian State. Sophomore Elijah Oliver gave IU the momentum with a 7-5 decision over No. 18 Vito Pasone in sudden victory, while sophomore Cole Weaver also prevailed with an escape for a 5-4 decision win. The win came from a four-bout run late in the dual meet, ending with bonus point victories by Devin Skatzka and Nate Jackson.
Senior Nate Jackson ended his IU career by picking up his second All-American honor at NCAA's with an eighth place finish in 184 lbs. He became the first Hoosier wrestler with All-American honors in different weight classes since 1977.
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