Indiana University Athletics
IU Winning With Resilience
5/6/2016 10:36:00 AM | Baseball
By: Sam Beishuizen | Twitter
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - In the closing stretch of his final season, Kyle Hart has Indiana's identity summed up in one word.
"Resilient," the senior pitcher said. "Right now, I think we're resilient."
Indiana's ability to bounce back after getting knocked down has become a theme as of late. Just last weekend after the Hoosiers swept Northwestern, head coach Chris Lemonis was describing his team like a Rocky movie because of the amount of times they've had to pick themselves back up after falling.
Now, IU has won 11 of its last 13 Big Ten games and sits just half a game behind Minnesota heading into a critical three-game series against the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis. With only three weekend series and a couple of midweek games left before the conference tournament, this is shaping into the last opportunity for Indiana to stay up.
"We've kind of had our back up against the wall for a while," Lemonis said. "Week-to-week, we know we're playing for everything. So it's a lot of fun."
With postseason implications hinging on every game from here on out, Indiana has managed to keep what could just as easily be the most stressful part of the season light. The Hoosiers are loose and talk with confidence about where they are and where they're trajectory is taking them even with pressure to win mounting.
If anything, weekends like this have become the norm for IU, a team that won three one-run games against Northwestern and 11 single-run ballgames overall. The Hoosiers had similar series against then-league leading Michigan State a couple of weekends ago and jumped into Big Ten contention after winning two of three games.
"A big series," Hart said. "I wouldn't say it's the end all, be all series quite yet. If this was the last weekend, I'd maybe be changing my statement, but right now it's a really big weekend. I'm looking forward to Friday night."
Hart's not alone either. By the time he takes the mound Friday night, classes will have already been let out for the summer leaving only baseball on the schedule for Hart and his teammates before parting ways.
The more the Hoosiers continue to fulfill that resilient tag Hart has given them, the longer the season will last.
"They like this time of year," Lemonis said. "It's wake up, practice, play baseball, lift weights and repeat. They enjoy this time of year. I'm hoping it will be a big boost for us."
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - In the closing stretch of his final season, Kyle Hart has Indiana's identity summed up in one word.
"Resilient," the senior pitcher said. "Right now, I think we're resilient."
Indiana's ability to bounce back after getting knocked down has become a theme as of late. Just last weekend after the Hoosiers swept Northwestern, head coach Chris Lemonis was describing his team like a Rocky movie because of the amount of times they've had to pick themselves back up after falling.
Now, IU has won 11 of its last 13 Big Ten games and sits just half a game behind Minnesota heading into a critical three-game series against the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis. With only three weekend series and a couple of midweek games left before the conference tournament, this is shaping into the last opportunity for Indiana to stay up.
"We've kind of had our back up against the wall for a while," Lemonis said. "Week-to-week, we know we're playing for everything. So it's a lot of fun."
With postseason implications hinging on every game from here on out, Indiana has managed to keep what could just as easily be the most stressful part of the season light. The Hoosiers are loose and talk with confidence about where they are and where they're trajectory is taking them even with pressure to win mounting.
If anything, weekends like this have become the norm for IU, a team that won three one-run games against Northwestern and 11 single-run ballgames overall. The Hoosiers had similar series against then-league leading Michigan State a couple of weekends ago and jumped into Big Ten contention after winning two of three games.
"A big series," Hart said. "I wouldn't say it's the end all, be all series quite yet. If this was the last weekend, I'd maybe be changing my statement, but right now it's a really big weekend. I'm looking forward to Friday night."
Hart's not alone either. By the time he takes the mound Friday night, classes will have already been let out for the summer leaving only baseball on the schedule for Hart and his teammates before parting ways.
The more the Hoosiers continue to fulfill that resilient tag Hart has given them, the longer the season will last.
"They like this time of year," Lemonis said. "It's wake up, practice, play baseball, lift weights and repeat. They enjoy this time of year. I'm hoping it will be a big boost for us."
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