IU coach Jeff Mercer was addressing the media outside the Indiana locker room following his host Hoosiers' 7-5 series-opening victory over Rutgers. And then the locker room audibly erupted. The final out had transpired in Lincoln, Neb., where the host Cornhuskers had beaten Michigan, 5-2. And that meant the Hoosiers were just a half-game back of the league-leading Wolverines with two games apiece remaining in Big Ten regular-season play.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Perhaps the loudest cheer Thursday night at Indiana's Bart Kaufman Field came after the game was over.
Hoosiers Victorious over Rutgers, 7-5
