Category: Sports

Two-time Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year joins Panthers after guiding Drake to back-to-back FCS Playoff berths, conference championships

Eighth-seeded UNI to take on the Fighting Illini on Friday afternoon in Louisville in 26th NCAA Tournament appearance.

IOWA CITY – Iowa Hawkeye running back Kaleb Johnson had a season for the record books, setting records and breaking opposing defenses with games on the line, and now he is ready to play in the NFL as his days in black and gold are over.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference is levying fines upon the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University after a huge, vicious brawl at the end of their football game in Columbus.

AMES – The Iowa State Cyclones defeated the Kansas State Cougars Saturday night, 29-21, and secured the program’s first-ever 10-win season and a trip to the Big 12 Championship game.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — UNI women’s basketball wrapped up the Paradise Jam Island Tournament with a matchup against Pittsburgh, and took home a 90-74 victory.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – With a 30-24 victory over Maryland on Saturday, the Penn State Nittany Lions have clinched a berth into the 2024 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game for the second time in program history. Penn State finishes the 2024 regular season 11-1 overall and 8-1 in conference play.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – No. 15 Iowa State (6-2, 0-0 Big 12) took down Middle Tennessee (6-2, 0-0 C-USA), 75-59 in the Cyclones’ second game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida. The Cyclones…

LOS ANGELES – University of Iowa volleyball fell in three sets to the No. 20 USC Trojans at the Galen Center on Friday night. It was the first-ever meeting between the two programs. Iowa finishes the 2024 season 10-22 overall and 4-16 in the Big Ten.

CANCUN, MEXICO – Iowa raced out to a 16-10 lead in the first quarter and led most of the game against BYU, securing a 68-48 victory and an 8-0 start to the season.

Turnovers slow Panthers’ attempt at second half comeback in Florida. UNI opens conference play on Wednesday night at UIC.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — UNI women’s basketball continued play in the Paradise Jam Island Tournament as they took on the Kansas Jayhawks in the Panthers’ second game of the tournament, coming up short, 76-73.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — UNI women’s basketball opened Paradise Jam play with a matchup against the Tigers of Auburn. A back-and-forth game saw the Panthers take the lead with close to no time left on the clock before a corner three from Auburn sealed the deal for the Tigers as they took a 65-64 victory.

Iowa (7-4, 5-3) and Nebraska (6-5, 3-5) meet on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, for the 14th consecutive season. The schools have played on Black Friday every year since Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011. Iowa is 9-4 in the previous 13 Black Friday meetings, winning eight of the last nine games.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – No. 4 South Carolina (6-1) used a big first-half run of 32-0 to defeat No.15 Iowa State (5-2), 76-36, on Thanksgiving Day at the Elevance Health Fort Myers Women’s Tip-Off.

UNI falls to Mean Green on Thanksgiving night, 68-48. Panthers to play St. Bonaventure tomorrow night in consolation game.

CANCUN, MEXICO – The Iowa Hawkeyes moved to 7-0 on the season in defeating Rhode Island, 69-62, Thursday at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Cancun, Mexico.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI women’s basketball heads to the Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam Tournament November 28-30. The Panthers will take on the Auburn Tigers, the Kansas Jayhawks, and the Pittsburgh…

MAUI, Hawai’i – The fifth-ranked Iowa State Cyclones (5-1, 0-0 Big 12) closed out the Maui Invitational with a 2-1 record Wednesday, downing fellow Big 12 school Colorado (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) by a score of 99-71 in a non-conference tilt to claim fifth place in a loaded tournament.

IOWA CITY – As Iowa prepares to defeat Nebraska on Friday, The Hawkeyes’ talented kicker, Drew Stevens, has been named the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week after booting plenty of field goals in their defeat of Maryland.

UNI earns second top-15 dual win of the year. Panthers head to Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in early December.

MAUI, Hawai’i – Keshon Gilbert willed No. 5 Iowa State (4-1, 0-0 Big 12) past Dayton (5-2, 0-0 A-10) on Tuesday at the Maui Invitational, pouring in a season-high 24 points in his second-straight 20-plus point performance.

IOWA CITY – Iowa (6-1) beat USC Upstate (2-7) Tuesday night inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena behind point guard Brock Harding’s 20 points.

Panthers take down the UIC Flames with a 12-2 closing run in fourth set to win third straight conference tournament crown. UNI punches automatic berth to NCAA Tournament.

NIACC sophomore guard Alexis Schroeder, who is from Caledonia, Minn., was selected as the league’s player of the week for the week of Nov. 18-24.

CEDAR FALLS — UNI guard Maya McDermott was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Player of the Week as announced by the league. McDermott led all scorers with 37 points in UNI’s 87-75, upset victory over no. 8 Iowa State.

Panthers are coming off a one-point win over South Dakota State on Sunday at home, looking to knock off their second top-15 challenger of the season.

MAUI, Hawai’i – No. 5 Iowa State (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) suffered its first setback of the 2024-25 season Monday evening, falling to the fourth-ranked Auburn Tigers (5-0, 0-0 SEC) in the final seconds of the Maui Invitational, 83-81.

IOWA CITY – The Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team outclassed the Washington State Cougars 72-43, to move to 6-0 and finally move back into the top 25 rankings.

Panthers sit one win away from third straight conference tournament title and NCAA berth.

UNI defeats SDSU on criteria in first dual of the 2024-25 season. Panthers back in action on Tuesday against No. 9 Missouri.

AMES – No. 8 Iowa State (5-1, 0-0 Big 12) came away with a last-second victory over in-state foe Drake (2-2, 0-0 MVC), 80-78, in Hilton Coliseum on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES – The University of Iowa soccer team fell to Virginia Tech, 1-0, on Sunday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium in the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes season comes to a close with a final record of 15-3-4.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The University of Iowa volleyball team dropped straight sets to No. 16 Minnesota on Saturday evening inside the Maturi Pavilion. The Hawkeyes fall to 10-20 on the season and 4-14 in conference.

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND – In a strange season in which Iowa wins more than it loses, the Hawkeyes traveled out east and with a fourth-string quarterback, easily handled Maryland, 29-13.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – A balanced passing and rushing attack helped Iowa State get a big win against Utah, 31-28, Saturday night out West. Matt Campbell is now 62-50 at Iowa…

MADISON, Wis. – For the second time in four years, the Iowa State men are NCAA Cross Country Runners-Up. The Cyclones had four runners earn All-America status, the most since 1994.

UNI football took down the Indiana State Sycamores in the final game of the 2024 season, 41-34.

IOWA CITY – For the 20th straight meeting between the two, the second-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes were victorious over #12 Iowa State, 21-15, in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Dual on Saturday night.

UNI to host South Dakota State on Sunday in the UNI-Dome for first Big 12 dual of the season.