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Indiana and Nebraska Earn Weekly Women’s Soccer Conference Honors

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huskersoccerOffensive Player and Freshman of the Week

Jaycie Johnson, Nebraska

F – 5-6 – Fr. – Lake Winnebago, Mo.  – Lee’s Summit West

 

·         Tallied a conference-high eight points with three goals and two assists in non-conference wins over Southeast Missouri (Aug. 23) and Cincinnati (Aug. 25)

·         Scored two goals and collected one assist in collegiate debut against Southeast Missouri, leading Nebraska to a 4-0 season-opening win

·         Finished with one goal and one assist in 4-1 win over Cincinnati

·         Attempted seven total shots on goal

·         Earned first career Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honor

·         Nebraska’s first Big Ten Freshman of the Week selection

·         Last Nebraska Offensive Player of the Week: Mayme Conroy (Oct. 8, 2012)

 

Defensive Player of the Week

Shannon Flower, Indiana

GK – 5-8 – Sr. – Columbus, Ohio  – Upper Arlington

 

·         Posted shutouts against both Ohio (Aug. 23) and Georgia Southern (Aug. 25), her third and fourth career shutouts, respectively

·         Helped Indiana start out 2-0 for second-straight season

·         Made three saves against Ohio

·         Earned first career Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor

·         Last Indiana Defensive Player of the Week: Sarah Stone (Oct. 1, 2012)

Indiana Tops Men’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll

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Big-Ten-LogoPark Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference today announced its 2013 men’s soccer preseason coaches’ poll and players to watch list, with defending national champion Indiana earning top honors among the seven conference teams. The Hoosiers, who are ranked No. 1 in the NCAA preseason top 25 poll, became the first-ever No. 16 seed to win the national title last season.

Reigning Big Ten Tournament Champion Michigan State checked in at No. 2 in the preseason poll, followed by No. 3 Northwestern, No. 4 Michigan and No. 5 Penn State. The Wildcats and Nittany Lions shared the Big Ten title in 2012.

Ten players that earned postseason awards or were named All-Big Ten in 2012 were members of the 2013 players to watch list. Indiana’s A.J. Corrado, Michigan’s Tyler Arnone, Michigan State’s Adam Montague, Northwestern’s Chris Ritter and Wisconsin’s AJ Cochran were each named first-team All-Big Ten last season. Second-team returnees include Indiana’s Nikita Kotlov, Michigan’s Adam Grinwis, Michigan State’s Kevin Cope and Owen Griffith and Penn State’s Andrew Wolverton. Ritter was also tabbed the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2012.

The complete preseason coaches’ poll and the players to watch list can be found below. The 2013 season officially kicks off onFriday, Aug. 30, with five Big Ten teams hosting non-conference opponents.

BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL

1. Indiana

2. Michigan State

3. Northwestern

4. Michigan

5. Penn State

6. Wisconsin

7. Ohio State

BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER PRESEASON PLAYERS TO WATCH

A.J. Corrado, Indiana, Sr., Midfielder

Nikita Kotlov, Indiana, Sr., Midfielder

Dylan Mares, Indiana, Jr., Midfielder

Tyler Arnone, Michigan, Jr., Midfielder

Adam Grinwis, Michigan, Jr., Goalkeeper

Fabio Villas Boas Pereira, Michigan, Sr., Midfielder

Fatai Alashe, Michigan State, Jr., Midfielder

Kevin Cope, Michigan State, Sr., Defender

Adam Montague, Michigan State, Jr., Forward

Layth Masri, Northwestern, Sr., Midfielder/Defender

Chris Ritter, Northwestern, Sr., Midfielder

Lepe Seetane, Northwestern, Sr., Midfielder

Sage Gardner, Ohio State, Sr., Defender

Ben Killian, Ohio State, Sr., Defender

Alec Lowell, Ohio State, Jr., Midfielder

Owen Griffith, Penn State, Jr., Midfielder

Mikey Minutillo, Penn State, Sr., Forward

Andrew Wolverton, Penn State, Jr., Goalkeeper

AJ Cochran, Wisconsin, Jr., Defender

Chris Prince, Wisconsin, Sr., Forward

Tomislav Zadro, Wisconsin, Sr., Midfielder

BIG TEN Conference Partners with USA Football to Advance Youth Player Safety

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Big-Ten-LogoNearly 2,800 youth and high school football programs across the United States representing 600,000 players and 90,000 coaches have committed to the health and safety of their players by adopting Heads Up Football, a new program dedicated to making the game better and safer. Heads Up Football provides coaching education and teaching resources that benefit players, parents and coaches while teaching tackling techniques that take the head out of the game.

Indianapolis-based USA Football is the sport’s national governing body, leading the sport’s development for youth, high school and other amateur athletes.

The Big Ten and USA Football will produce public service announcements featuring each of the conference’s head football coaches to voice the importance of Heads Up Football participation. Video messages will appear throughout the 2013 football on BTN, stadium video boards, conference and member institutions’ athletic web sites and usafootball.com.

USA Football’s five primary elements of Heads Up Football:

 

Heads Up TacklingSM
  • ·      USA Football’s Heads Up Tackling technique, endorsed by medical and football experts, teaches players to keep their heads up and out of the line of contact.
Coaching certification
  • ·      All coaches complete USA Football’s Level 1 Coaching Certification course (youth football) or USA Football’s varsity-level coach training course (high school football).
Concussion recognition and response
  • ·      Coaches learn and are assessed on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concussion recognition and response protocols.
  • ·      Coaches, parents and players are taught concussion-related protocols at the start of the season and have them reinforced throughout the year.
Player Safety Coach
  • ·      Appointed by each participating Heads Up Football high school or youth program. This individual is trained by USA Football to implement Heads Up Football’s player safety protocols, including coaching certification, and conducts safety clinics for fellow coaches, parents and players.
Equipment fitting
  • ·      Coaches, parents and players are taught proper helmet and shoulder pad fitting.

The Big Ten is recognized as a leader in college student-athlete safety as well as concussion research. The conference recently hosted the Big Ten-Ivy League Head Injury Summit on July 18-19 to engage in collaborative discussions and to refine the strategic priorities of the conferences’ unprecedented research initiative that was announced in June 2012.

“We are pleased to support USA Football and its Heads Up Football program,” Big Ten Commissioner JIM DELANY said. “It is extremely important to promote the proper instruction of tackling at all levels to ensure the well-being of young athletes as well as our student-athletes – nothing is more important than their health. Heads Up Football reflects the innovation that is woven into football’s heritage by changing for the better how our game is played and taught.”

“The health and safety of every young football player is our No. 1 priority and the Big Ten Conference shares in that commitment by supporting our Heads Up Football program,” USA Football executive Director SCOTT HALLENBECK said. “Commissioner Delany and each of the Big Ten’s universities partner with us to further advance a better and safer game for young athletes who enjoy the fun, fitness and other rewards gained by playing this exceptional team sport. We value the Big Ten’s trust and continued leadership for the betterment of our children.”

“Football is rooted in proper fundamentals and techniques – this has been the case since its earliest days,” Northwestern head coach PAT FITZGERALD said. Fitzgerald also is a member of USA Football’s Tackle Advisory Committee. “The techniques that USA Football teaches not only make our kids better players, but safer players as well.

“I know that I speak for every coach in our conference when I say that we are proud to support USA Football and our new partnership. Heads Up Football is a vital innovation for our athletes, particularly our children who enjoy and gain from the sport at the youth level.”

For more information, visit www.BigTen.org, or www.usafootball.com.

Big Ten Network Announces Volleyball Television Coverage for 2013 Season

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VolleyballLincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska Athletic Department and the Big Ten Conference announced a total of 11 Husker volleyball matches will be televised or streamed online this fall. The Big Ten Network, which has been assigned all of Nebraska’s television rights for all sports from the Big Ten Conference, will televise five conference matches during the 2013 season.  In addition, at least six home matches will be webcast on BTN.com.

NET Television will announce its 2013 coverage of the Huskers at a later date. Other road conference matches carried on BTN.com are likely to be added as each conference school sets its Student U/BTN.com schedules.

In their first Big Ten Network televised match of the season, the Huskers will take on Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 28 in Champaign, Ill. The Huskers’ home match with Minnesota on Friday, Oct. 4 will also be broadcast on BTN, in addition to the match on Oct. 23 when Iowa will come to the Devaney Center. BTN will televise Nebraska’sOct. 30 match against Illinois, and BTN will also televise Nebraska’s trip to Minnesota on Sunday, Nov. 10.

At least six other matches this season will be webcast on BTN.com. The first match slated to be webcast by BTN.com will be a historic night as the Huskers play their first match in the Devaney Center against Villanova onSept. 6. BTN.com will also webcast Nebraska’s match with St. Mary’s on Sept. 12, Dayton on Sept. 13, Indiana on Oct. 18, Purdue on Oct. 19 and Michigan State on Nov. 15.

2013 Volleyball TV/Webcast Schedule (subject to change)

Sept. 6 (7 p.m.) –  Nebraska vs. Villanova (BTN.com)
Sept. 12 (7 p.m.) – Nebraska vs. St. Mary’s (BTN.com)
Sept. 13 (7 p.m.) – Nebraska vs. Dayton (BTN.com)
Sept. 28 (4 p.m.) – Nebraska at Illinois (BTN)
Oct. 4 (7 p.m.) – Nebraska vs. Minnesota (BTN)
Oct. 18 (7 p.m.)- Nebraska vs. Indiana (BTN.com)
Oct. 19 (7 p.m.)- Nebraska vs. Purdue (BTN.com)
Oct. 23 (6:30 p.m.) – Nebraska vs. Iowa (BTN)
Oct. 30 (6:30 p.m.) – Nebraska vs. Illinois (BTN)
Nov. 10 (3:30 p.m.) – Nebraska at Minnesota (BTN)
Nov. 15 (7 p.m.)- Nebraska vs. Michigan State (BTN.com)

Conferences End Licensing Deals with EA Sports

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Big-Ten-LogoThe Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern are following the NCAA’s lead and will no longer allow EA Sports to use league logos in its college football video games.

The NCAA announced last month it will no longer allow Electronic Arts Inc. to use its logo starting next year. The move comes as the NCAA fights a high-profile lawsuit that says the governing body owes millions of dollars to former players for allowing their likenesses to be used for free.

ESPN first reported the SEC would end its licensing agreement with EA, and a spokesman confirmed that to the AP Wednesday.

Spokesmen for the Big Ten and Pac-12 say their conferences also will not renew agreements with EA.

The conference contracts do not cover individual schools.

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