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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

Men’s tennis faces home test

SETH ROBERTS April 16, 2010

Home is where the heart — and a .800 winning percentage — is. One week after dropping two meets on the road, the No. 72 Iowa men’s tennis team (10-7, 2-4) returns to Iowa City to face No. 32 Wisconsin...

Softball hosts Western Illinois

MITCH SMITH April 16, 2010

Holly Van Vlymen helped the Iowa softball program get to where it is today. During her tenure as pitching coach from 2000-04, she coached three Big Ten Pitchers of the Year and aided in the Hawkeyes’...

Baseball faces Hoosiers on the road

JORDAN GARRETSON April 16, 2010

Jack Dahm doesn’t always show it, but the excitement is palpable in his voice. When he talks about this year’s Iowa baseball team, listeners can sense it. The Hawkeyes have potential. But the seventh-year...

Iowa travels to Northwestern

JON FRANK April 16, 2010

Saturday is the Iowa women’s tennis team’s (14-4, 4-3) opportunity to establish itself as a top contender in the Big Ten and the NCAA. The Hawkeyes will travel to Evanston, Ill., to face No. 9 Northwestern...

Couple makes $1 million donation to football

DI STAFF April 16, 2010

An Iowa City couple has made a $1 million donation to the Hawkeye football program. Jim and Darlene McCord made the gift to help fund renovations to some of Iowa’s football training facilities, including...

Intramural powerhouse UISSC prepares for nationals tourney

ETHAN SEBERT April 15, 2010

Six years. That’s how long the core members of UISSC have played basketball together — longer than most college and high-school basketball teammates get to play with each other. But they aren’t...

McCaffery: ‘I have to engage the students. I have to go to them’

SCOTT MILLER April 15, 2010

The Daily Iowan: How have these two weeks been since you’ve been hired? Fran McCaffery: It has been very busy, as you can imagine, on a lot of different fronts. With regard to the players we have, that’s...

Men’s gymnastics psyched for NCAA qualifier

NICK GANS April 15, 2010

The gymnasts are healthy. The lineups are set. Practice is over, and the most important meet of the year is here. The Iowa men’s gymnastics team has set its sights on one target: to show the country...

Men’s golfers find their stroke

JESSIE SMITH April 15, 2010

Winning seasons come in cycles. Certain successful cycles may take a little longer to come by than others. From 2000 to 2007, the Iowa men’s golf team sat in what seemed to be a concrete seat at the...

Iowa’s ‘leprechaun’ leaps over competition

MATT SCHOMMER April 15, 2010

The only things that have stood in trackster Jordan Mullen’s way this season are a series of 42-inch hurdles — and even those have yet to slow him down. The freshman has stormed out of the high-school...

Softball nips Wisconsin in doubleheader

DI STAFF April 15, 2010

The Iowa softball team defeated Wisconsin, 1-0 and 14-1, on Wednesday during a double-header in Madison. The Hawkeyes improved to 22-14-1 overall, 8-1 in the Big Ten, and Wisconsin fell to 10-24 overall,...

Team Miralax runs wild in Co-Rec division

JERRY SCHERWIN JR. April 15, 2010

Team Miralax came into the Co-Rec intramural basketball playoffs with one goal in mind: repeat. The squad, which won its second championship on April 7 after toppling top-seeded Blar, 56-47, used 3-point...