Indiana Hoosiers field hockey


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. 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

YearHead coachOverallPct.Conf.Pct.Conf.
Place
Conf.
Tourn.
Postseason
2000Amy Robertson1–120–67th1st Round
2001Amy Robertson1–160–67th1st Round
2002Amy Robertson6–131–5T6th1st Round
2003Amy Robertson8–101–5T6th1st Round
2004Amy Robertson12–8-1.5951–5-0T5th1st Round
2005Amy Robertson18–5.7834–22ndFinalistNCAA 2nd Round
2006Amy Robertson15–6.7144–2T2nd1st Round
2007Amy Robertson8–101–56th1st Round
2008Amy Robertson7–12.3681–5T6th1st Round
2009Amy Robertson16–7.6964–2T2ndFinalistNCAA 1st Round
2010Amy Robertson10–9.5261–4.2006th1st Round
2011Amy Robertson10–9.5262–45th1st Round
2012Amy Robertson11–10.5240–67th2nd Round
2013Amy Robertson9–101–56th1st Round
2014Amy Robertson9–81–7T8th
2015Amanda Janney9–105–33rd1st Round
2016Amanda Janney8–123–56th1st Round
2017Amanda Janney6-13 .3160-8.000
2018Amanda Janney4-13.2351-7.1259th1st Round
2019Kayla Bashore5-12.2941-7.1257th
2020Kayla Bashore1-14.0671-14.0679th1st Round
2021Kayla Bashore10-10.5002-6.2507th1st Round
2022Kayla Bashore9-10.4741-7.1259th
2023Kayla Bashore6-13.3160-8.0009th

''Season-by-season results through the end of the 2023 season''

Awards and accolades

All-Americans

SeasonPlayerRemarks
2004Kayla Bashore
2005Kayla BashoreSecond selection
2005Lydia Schrott
2006Morgan Miller
2009Corey Brautigam
2012Morgan Fleetwood
2013Audra Heilman
2014Audra HeilmanSecond 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.