The Iowa softball team is on the road again today after winning three of its first five games in Minneapolis last weekend.

The Hawkeyes (3-2) will head to Tempe, Ariz., to participate in the Littlewood Classic. They will open the tournament against Texas State and Rutgers today before facing Illinois State and Arizona State on Saturday.

Iowa has fared well in the Littlewood Classic in recent years, winning 10 of its last 15 games at the event.

The competition is tough this weekend, though.

Arizona State ranks No. 7 in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, and Texas State won the Southland Conference title last season.

Senior Lindsey Digmann hopes to pick up where she left off last weekend. The Marion native hit safely in four of the team’s five games, and she is tied for third in the Big Ten in hits.

Digmann and junior cocaptain Chelsey Carmody both rank in the top-15 in the Big Ten in batting average.

— by Mitch Smith