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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Iowa baseball aims for consistency as Big Ten begins

MATT COZZI March 23, 2012

Left-hander Jarred Hippen knows it. Head coach Jack Dahm frequently brings it up when asked about the Big Ten. First baseman Mike McQuillan has talked about it before. The entire Iowa baseball team appears...

Home sweet home for Iowa softball

BEN ROSS March 23, 2012

This is it. The Iowa softball team traveled roughly 14,000 miles to play 25 games over the course of 40 days, but the Hawkeyes will finally get to wake up in their own beds and play a game at a place...

Big Ten Championships: GymHawks to host Big Tens

ALEX FRENCH March 23, 2012

Hoping. Wanting. Knowing. All three are characteristics Iowa women's gymnastics head coach Larissa Libby said are common in the sport. They're also mental stages she uses to describe her team. "On...

Iowa’s high-flying leaper stays grounded

TORK MASON March 23, 2012

Troy Doris is a three-time NCAA All-American in the triple jump, but you might not know it if you knew the way he approaches the sport. Assistant coach Clive Roberts considers the senior captain a "great...

Marion pleads guilty to driving while barred

DI STAFF March 23, 2012

Former Iowa wrestler Montell Marion pleaded guilty to driving while barred as a habitual defender on Wednesday and was ordered to pay a $625 fine, according to online court records. The charge dates to...

Women golfers return to Midwest

DI STAFF March 23, 2012

The Iowa women's golf team will travel to Carbondale, Ill. March 25 and 26 to compete in the Saluki Invitational at Hickory Ridge Golf Course. The Hawkeyes are fresh off a season-best ninth-place finish...

Hawkeyes crush Grand View in home opener, 20-1

BEN SCHUFF March 22, 2012

The Iowa baseball team took full advantage of Grand View's miscues in the early innings on Wednesday. Then the Hawkeyes buried the Vikings. Iowa (7-10) had one of its best offensive days in recent memory...

Power threat Flanagan hits two homers in Iowa baseball’s win

MATT COZZI March 22, 2012

Grand View pitchers really only had one way to prevent Iowa senior Sean Flanagan from clearing the fences on Wednesday. Hitting him. Flanagan homered twice and was hit by a pair of pitches in four trips...

Freshmen Zordani and Silver are the Hawkeyes’ most reliable doubles duo

PATRICK MASON March 22, 2012

The Iowa women's tennis team has a 6-6 record so far this season, and it picked up its first win on the road in Orlando, Fla., over spring break. Head coach Katie Dougherty has said numerous times that...

Winning isn’t everything for GymHawks

ALEX FRENCH March 22, 2012

Overall wins and losses aren't the unit of measurement for success in gymnastics. Instead, accumulations of individual scores — which lead to a total team score — hold the highest merit. Iowa women's...

Intramural soccer: P.P. headed to championship

TOMMY REINKING March 22, 2012

The first 40 minutes of regulation weren't enough. Neither was the five-minute overtime period. It took the ultimate overtime — a penalty shootout — to decide a winner between the P.P. and the Sons...

Iowa softball swept by No. 10 Missouri in doubleheader

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

The Iowa softball team dropped both games of a double-header to No. 10 Missouri on Wednesday in the last leg of a 25-game road trip. The Hawkeyes failed to score a run in Columbia, Mo., losing 8-0 in...