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MANHATTAN, KANSAS – Iowa State (17-10, 11-6 Big 12) ended No. 15 K-State’s 17-game win streak at home as Iowa State pulled off the gritty 82-76 road win Wednesday night.
IOWA CITY – Iowa (17-12, 9-9 B1G) defeated Penn State (14-15, 8-10) Tuesday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, 90-81, behind a triple-double by Payton Sandfort, the first in program history.
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Northern Illinois, 14-6, on Tuesday evening at Duane Banks Field.
ST LOUIS — Following a 5-1 week, UNI softball picked up a pair of weekly awards from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). Samantha Heyer won MVC Pitcher of the Week and Alexis Pupillo won MVC Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon.
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa freshman Ben Kueter has been named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. The honor is the first of his career.
MASON CITY – The NIACC softball team is ranked No. 15 in the NJCAA Division II poll released this week. NIACC (5-3 overall) was ranked No. 14 in the preseason poll released Jan. 22.
UNI finishes 11-3 inside the McLeod Center this year. Panthers close the regular season out on Sunday at Southern Illinois
MINNEAPOLIS – The #6 Iowa Hawkeyes will hit the road for the final time in the regular season at Minnesota on Feb. 28. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Williams Arena. The contest will air on Peacock (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.
AMES – Yonger Bastida has been named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week for the second time this season, the league office announced Tuesday. It is the third Big 12 weekly honor of Bastida’s career and the fourth time this season a Cyclone has been recognized.
AMES – Iowa State University has selected Midwest-based Goldenrod Companies to lead the design, development, financing, and construction of CYTown, Iowa State’s innovative 40-acre multi-use district being built between the Iowa State Center and Jack Trice Stadium, school officials announced Monday.
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 on Monday. She has earned weekly honors a conference-best, nine times this season.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI men’s basketball will close out its 2023-24 home schedule on Tuesday night as the Panthers welcome the Valparaiso Beacons to the McLeod Center in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play.
DES MOINES – UNI women’s basketball traveled to Drake to take on the Valley’s top-ranked Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon. Drake jumped out to a hot start, but the Panthers clawed their way back as the two teams traded blows down the stretch. The Bulldogs came out of the slugfest on top by a score of 79-77.
STILLWATER, Oklahoma – The fourth-ranked University of Iowa men’s wrestling team defeated No. 2 Oklahoma State, 22-9, on Sunday afternoon at Gallagher-Iba Arena. This was the Cowboys’ first loss of the season.
IOWA CITY – No. 4 Iowa (24-4, 13-3) dropped Illinois (13-13, 7-9), 101-85, inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday afternoon. Caitlin Clark, registered her 16th career triple-double and the fifth which is the best in the country.
AMES – No. 5 Iowa State (13-2, 6-1 Big 12) dominated a limited No. 7 Missouri (10-4, 6-3 Big 12) lineup, 41-3, Sunday afternoon inside Hilton Coliseum.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The 18th-ranked University of Iowa baseball team fell to Wichita State, 12-6, on Sunday afternoon at 121 Financial Park.
AMES – Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell has announced that Jake Waters, an integral piece in the Cyclones’ success, has been promoted to running backs coach.
CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa has unveiled additional conceptual renderings of its new wrestling training facility. Fundraising for the project has been ongoing since UNI received permission to plan the training facility from the Iowa Board of Regents in November 2023.
INDIANOLA – The second-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team had all 15 regional participants qualify for the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships on Friday at Simpson College. Iowa also claimed the Region V title accumulating 220 team points in the tournament.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI women’s basketball heads to Iowa’s capitol city to take on the Bulldogs of Drake. These teams have a historic past with 98 previous meetings.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The 18th ranked University of Iowa baseball team fell to No. 14 Virginia, 12-9, on Saturday night at 121 Financial Park.
ATLANTA, Ga. – Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named to the 2024 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List. Otzelberger is one of 15 coaches across the country named to the list, including three from the Big 12.
AMES – Audi Crooks broke Iowa State’s freshman season scoring record and finished with 18 points as Iowa State defeated BYU, 74-49, Saturday evening at Hilton Coliseum.
Former Charles City standout Samantha Heyer allowed three runs and struck out 14 batters in a 150-pitch effort against SEMO.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI men’s basketball shot just over 55% from the floor and dominated the rebounding battle on Saturday as the Panthers scored a key upset over the defending Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) tournament champions and in-state rival Drake Bulldogs, 91-77.
AMES – In a game where No. 6 Iowa State struggled to score its defense saved the day. Iowa State (21-6, 10-4 Big 12) forced 23 turnovers, including seven in a five-minute stretch late in the second half, in a 71-64 victory over West Virginia (9-18, 4-10 Big 12) Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.
GENEVA, Ohio – University of Iowa Track and Field closed the Big Ten Indoor Championships with six All-Big Ten finishes this weekend at Spire Academy.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The 18th ranked University of Iowa baseball team fell to Auburn, 7-5, on Saturday morning at 121 Financial Park.
Panthers take on in-state rival for second time this year with three games to go in the regular season. Tip-off is at 5 PM, televised on ESPN+.
IOWA CITY – The nationally-ranked University of Iowa women’s tennis team fell to No. 53 Oregon on Friday at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreational Complex. The loss snapped UI’s four match winning streak.
UNI scores its highest ranked win of the season in 25-point win over Tigers. Panthers host Wisconsin on Sunday for Senior Day.
AUBURN, ALABAMA – UNI softball picked up its second consecutive victory on Friday morning, withstanding a late Longwood rally to win 9-8 in the opening game of the Auburn Plainsman Invite.
UNI battles reigning Big 12 champions on Friday and welcomes Badgers to town for Senior Day on Sunday.
Caitlin Clark was 3-16 from 3-point land, while the team was 5-28 from deep. That was the difference in the ballgame – cold shooting. Clark also contributed 5 turnovers.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI women’s basketball welcomed the Southern Illinois Salukis into the McLeod Center on Thursday night for the Panthers’ annual Pink Out. Northern Iowa dominated from tip to final buzzer in the 74-51 victory.
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – UNI softball picked up its first road win of the 2024 season in grand fashion on Wednesday evening, spoiling Memphis’ home opener with a 7-0 victory over the Tigers. Samantha Heyer starred in the victory with a 14-strikeout no-hitter.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – Audi Crooks scored 25 points and Iowa State assisted on more than 76 percent of its baskets en route to a 76-64 win Wednesday evening at the Fertitta Center.
MASON CITY – NIACC sophomore Eli Anderson was selected as the ICCAC Division II baseball player of the week for the week of Feb. 12-18.
MASON CITY – NIACC sophomore Brynnlin Kroymann was selected as the co-ICCAC Division II softball player of the week for the week of Feb. 12-18.