But that doesn't obscure all the hopes realized during a very successful debut season for coach Jeff Mercer at Indiana. That campaign concluded during regional play Sunday afternoon as host Louisville, the NCAA baseball tournament's No. 7 overall seed, eliminated the Hoosiers in what ended up as a 9-7 donnybrook. IU went 1-2 at the regional but will still proudly reign as the outright Big Ten regular-season champ, the first time that title was achieved by a first-year coach in the conference since 1982.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The post-season didn't really go as Hoosiers had hoped.
Hoosiers Bow Out Battling, Heads Held High
