The Indiana Hoosiers field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing Indiana University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Indiana field hockey team plays its home games at the IU Field Hockey Complex on the university campus in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana has appeared in the NCAA tournament twice and finished runner-up in the Big Ten three times since the field hockey program was created in 2000. The team is currently coached by Kayla Bashore.
History Field hockey has been a varsity sport at Indiana University since 2000. The Hoosiers have been a member of the Big Ten Conference and have been coached by Amy Robertson in each season of the program's existence. The team has twice appeared in the NCAA tournament, in 2005 and 2009, playing a total of three games. Indiana defeated North Carolina in the first round in 2005, while it was eliminated by Wake Forest both in the 2005 second round and the 2009 first round. The Hoosiers' best regular-season performance in the Big Ten has been second place, which it has accomplished three times, in 2005, 2006, and 2009. Indiana has also played in the Big Ten tournament championship game twice, losing both, to Michigan in 2005 and to Michigan State in 2009.
Season-by-season results
+ Year Head coach Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Conf. Place Conf. Tourn. Postseason 2000 Amy Robertson 1–12 0–6 7th 1st Round – 2001 1–16 0–6 7th 1st Round – 2002 6–13 1–5 T6th 1st Round – 2003 8–10 1–5 T6th 1st Round – 2004 12–8-1.595 1–5-0 T5th 1st Round – 2005 18–5.783 4–2 2nd Finalist NCAA 2nd Round 2006 15–6.714 4–2 T2nd 1st Round – 2007 8–10 1–5 6th 1st Round – 2008 7–12.368 1–5 T6th 1st Round – 2009 16–7.696 4–2 T2nd Finalist NCAA 1st Round 2010 10–9.526 1–4.200 6th 1st Round – 2011 10–9.526 2–4 5th 1st Round – 2012 11–10.524 0–6 7th 2nd Round – 2013 9–10 1–5 6th 1st Round – 2014 9–8 1–7 T8th – – 2015 Amanda Janney 9–10 5–3 3rd 1st Round – 2016 8–12 3–5 6th 1st Round – 2017 6-13 .3160-8 .000 – –20184-13.2351-7.1259th1st Round–2019Kayla Bashore5-12.2941-7.1257th––20201-14.0671-14.0679th1st Round–202110-10.5002-6.2507th1st Round–20229-10.4741-7.1259th––20236-13.3160-8.0009th–– Season-by-season results through the end of the 2023 season
Awards and accolades
All-Americans Key First-team selection Second-team selection Third-team selection
SeasonPlayerRemarks 2004 Kayla Bashore 2005 Kayla Bashore Second selection 2005 Lydia Schrott 2006 Morgan Miller 2009 Corey Brautigam 2012 Morgan Fleetwood 2013 Audra Heilman 2014 Audra Heilman Second selection Awards and accolades through the end of the 2014 season
Stadium Indiana has played its home games at the IU Field Hockey Complex since its opening in August 2007. The complex has a seating capacity of 500 and features a Polytan playing surface as well as a Nelson Water Cannon system for watering the field before play. Built adjacent to Bill Armstrong Stadium, the home of the Indiana men's and women's soccer teams, the IU Field Hockey Complex serves the Hoosiers field hockey program as a practice venue in addition to as a game venue. In August 2009, the Ireland Family Fieldhouse was added to the complex, which houses the team's locker room, a staff meeting room, and equipment storage space. Prior to the construction of the IU Field Hockey Complex, the Indiana field hockey team played its home games inside Mellencamp Pavilion from 2000 to 2006, making it one of only a few American collegiate field hockey programs to play indoors.
See also List of NCAA Division I field hockey programs
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