News Headlines for September 12, 2026

EVANSTON, ILL. — The second-ranked Iowa Hawkeye field hockey team erased a fourth-quarter deficit with two penalty-corner goals Friday, rallying past No. 16 Miami (Ohio), 2-1, at Lakeside Field in the Midwest Challenge.

The comeback kept Iowa unbeaten at 5-0 and marked the Hawkeyes’ third come-from-behind victory of the young season.

CORALVILLE — Iowa Hawkeye volleyball opened its home schedule with a four-set victory over Southern Illinois on Thursday night at Xtream Arena, powered by a career performance from Rosa Vesty.

The Hawkeyes won 25-23, 22-25, 25-15, 25-23 to improve to 5-2.

CORALVILLE — Iowa Hawkeye volleyball shook off an ugly opening set Friday night and came roaring back to defeat Incarnate Word in four sets, getting a career performance from Peyton Young in her season debut.

The Hawkeyes knocked off the Cardinals 21-25, 25-23, 25-15 and 25-15 inside Xtream Arena, improving to 6-2 on the season and staying unbeaten at the Hawkeye Invitational.

HOUSTON, TEXAS — UNI Panther volleyball gave nationally ranked Creighton a fight Friday afternoon, breaking through for a dominant third-set victory before the No. 15 Bluejays pulled away to hand Northern Iowa a four-set loss in the opening match of the Rice Invitational.

Creighton defeated UNI 25-16, 25-17, 15-25 and 25-19 at Tudor Fieldhouse.

BALTIMORE, MD. — Iowa State Cyclone soccer needed only 20 seconds to answer an early Loyola Maryland goal Thursday night, then spent the rest of the match searching for a winner before settling for a 1-1 draw in its final non-conference contest of the season.

Sophie Forrester scored for Iowa State in the fifth minute as the Cyclones finished their non-conference schedule with a 4-2-2 record.

CEDAR FALLS — UNI Panther soccer battled back from an early deficit Thursday afternoon, but St. Thomas broke a second-half deadlock and escaped Cedar Falls with a 2-1 victory in Northern Iowa’s final non-conference match of the season.

The Panthers generated plenty of opportunities at the UNI Soccer Field, including a season-high nine corner kicks, but the Tommies ultimately held a 17-12 advantage in shots.

Ella Ubben scored Northern Iowa’s lone goal, converting a penalty kick late in the first half for her first goal of the season.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Iowa Hawkeye soccer controlled much of the action Thursday night but could not turn a heavy advantage in shots into goals, falling 1-0 to Minnesota in the Big Ten Conference opener.

No. 25 Iowa outshot Minnesota 22-12 and put twice as many attempts on goal, but one first-half strike was enough for the Golden Gophers at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

The loss dropped Iowa to 5-2-1 overall and 0-1 in Big Ten play. Minnesota improved to 5-1-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s biggest in-state football rivalry takes center stage Saturday night when the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones collide under the lights at a sold-out Kinnick Stadium.

No. 21 Iowa and Iowa State both enter the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk showdown at 1-0, but they arrive with dramatically different teams and plenty at stake.

Kickoff is scheduled for approximately 6:30 PM Saturday, September 12, with NBC carrying the game nationally.

It will be the first nighttime Cy-Hawk kickoff since 2016 and only the fifth night meeting between the programs in a rivalry that dates to 1894.