Category: Sports

CEDAR FALLS – Coming off its first win of the season on Tuesday night at home, UNI men’s basketball hits the road for the second time this November to begin a four-game swing through Florida and the Bahamas as the Panthers battle the South Florida Bulls on Sunday afternoon.

CLEMSON, S.C. — University of Iowa women’s soccer fell to Georgia, 3-2, on Friday in the NCAA Tournament Second Round at Riggs Field. Iowa finished the season 13-5-4 overall and matched the deepest postseason run in program history.

AMES – Iowa State, winners of three of its last four games against Texas, hosts the No. 7 Longhorns in another Jack Trice Stadium night game. ISU will recognize 14 players prior to the game as part of its Senior Day celebration.

IOWA CITY – Iowa’s Ben Krikke notched his second straight 20 point game, netting a season-high 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting, in leading the Hawkeyes over Arkansas State Friday night, 88-74.

MARSHALL, M.O. – The first-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team finish strong in day one of the Missouri Valley Open, sending 11 to the semifinals and seven still alive in the wrestle backs, in the Burns Athletic Complex.

MASON CITY – Chiara Barbieri made NIACC history last season as she was a member of the school’s first-ever women’s wrestling squad. She wrestled for the Trojans in the first-ever ICCAC women’s wrestling dual meet against Indian Hills in Centerville on Nov. 8, 2022.

IOWA CITY – Kansas State (3-0, 0-0) defeated No. 2/2 Iowa (3-1, 0-0), 65-58, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday night.

IOWA CITY – The Hawkeyes return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena to face Arkansas State in their third home game of the season on Friday. Iowa put up a valiant effort before falling, 92-84, at No. 8 Creighton in its first road contest on Tuesday.

IOWA CITY – Saturday will be the 79th meeting between Iowa (8-2 overall, 5-2 in Big10) and Illinois (5-5 overall, 3-4 in Big10) — a series that began in 1899. The Hawkeyes look to clinch the Big Ten Western Division and a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.

IOWA CITY – 14 players — nine from the Hawkeye State — have signed National Letters of Intent to join the University of Iowa baseball program in the fall of 2023, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Rick Heller. The class is ranked as the 15th-best nationally by Baseball America, the highest ranking in program history.

CEDAR FALLS – Tayler Alden and Emily Holterhaus both posted double-doubles on Wednesday night as UNI volleyball wrote another chapter in its history with an undefeated Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) season following…

CEDAR FALLS – Playoff pictures hang in the balance on Saturday inside the UNI-Dome when the No. 22/RV UNI Panthers take on the No. 9/9 North Dakota State Bison in the regular-season finale.

IOWA CITY – Just as Iowa was marching up the polls to #16 in the college playoff and poised to win the Big10 West Division,
the Hawkeyes’ star defensive back Cooper DeJean suffered a season-ending injury, the team announced tonight.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa women’s basketball team is ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 released on Monday. The Hawkeyes were ranked No. 2 in the final…

IOWA CITY – Senior guard Caitlin Clark was named the Associated Press and the United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Week on Tuesday. Clark was also named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the 19th time in her career on Monday.

IOWA CITY – The nationally ranked Iowa Hawkeyes are set to host Kansas State on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The contest will air on FS1 and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

OMAHA – Ben Krikke paced Iowa with 24 points but it wasn’t enough as Iowa put up a good show against #8 Creighton in a road game losing effort, 92-84/

CEDAR FALLS – Four Panthers scored in double-digit figures as UNI men’s basketball shot over 50% from the field with 13 made three-point shots in a 90-50 win over the Loras Duhawks in its 2023-24 home opener on Tuesday night at the McLeod Center.

OMAHA – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time this season, traveling west on I-80 on Tuesday for a Gavitt Tipoff Games matchup at No. 8 Creighton. The game will tipoff at 9:10 p.m. (CT) at the CHI Health Center and it will be televised live on FS1.

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors the conference office announced.

IOWA CITY – The eighth ranked University of Iowa Women’s Wrestling team put on a show in their Carver-Hawkeye Arena debut against #13 Presbyterian, #11 Lindenwood, and #5 Sacred Heart.

AMES – Iowa State (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) remained unbeaten with an 86-55 victory over Idaho State (1-2, 0-0 Big Sky) Sunday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.

CEDAR FALLS – No. 3/3 Iowa (3-0, 0-0) defeated Northern Iowa (1-1, 0-0), 94-53. UNI women’s basketball welcomed in the reigning Big Ten champion and NCAA Tournament runner-up Hawkeyes in the first women’s basketball sellout of the McLeod Center in program history. The Hawkeyes shot 51.7% from the floor, their second-best mark of the season.

DES MOINES – Iowa State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12) fell to Drake (3-0, 0-0 MVC) Sunday in Des Moines at the Knapp Center by a score of 85-73 after the Cyclones couldn’t pull off the second-half comeback.

AMES – No. 10 Iowa State (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) beat Davidson (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) 50-0 Sunday afternoon in the home opener for the Cyclones. It was the largest margin of victory against an NCAA Division I school for the Cyclones since beating Utah Valley 53-0 in 2019.

DECORAH – The University of Iowa men’s wrestling program won eight titles Saturday at the Luther Open. 23 Hawkeyes combined for 15 pins, 37 technical falls wins and a 96-18 record.

GRIMES, IOWA – UNI wrestling opened the 2023-24 season with six championship titles on Saturday with an impressive showing at the Grand View Open with five freshmen topping their respective weight classes and three veterans also taking to the mat.

PROVO, UTAH – Iowa State got up big early on BYU and never let the Cougars into game, winning 45-13 Saturday night out west. Iowa State built an early lead and was…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – UNI struggled to slow down the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s (MVFC) top-passing offense and establish its own passing game as the Panthers fell to the Missouri State Bears on Saturday afternoon in a 35-16 loss at Robert W. Plaster Stadium.

IOWA CITY – Iowa (8-2, 5-2) defeated Rutgers (6-4, 3-4) on Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium, 22-0. With the victory (and Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin losses), Iowa clinches a share of the Big Ten West Division title.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa junior defensive back Cooper DeJean has been selected as one of nine semifinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.

CEDAR FALLS – The UNI women’s basketball team welcomes in the No. 3-ranked Hawkeyes of Iowa on Sunday afternoon. Both teams are undefeated in this young season.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa senior Tory Taylor has been chosen as one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award, which recognizes the nation’s top collegiate punter.

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa women’s soccer downed Bucknell in overtime, 2-0, in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Friday night. The Hawkeyes drew 2,639 spectators to shatter the program home attendance record.

IOWA CITY – Iowa had four players finish in double figures Friday night in an easy victory over Alabama State, 98-67

CHICAGO – UNI volleyball outserved the UIC Flames with seven serve aces and nine total blocks as the Panthers secured at least a share of the Missouri Valley Conference’s (MVC) regular season title on Friday night in a 3-0 sweep at Credit Union 1 Arena.