The adage goes that the best defense is a good offense. But the Iowa softball team may be proving that the best defense is, well, a good defense.
Iowa (18-13-1) is 4-0 in the Big Ten for the first time...
Typically, when a college athlete hits “an all-time low,” it’s time to tweak mechanics and rethink practice methods.
Iowa golfer Barrett Kelpin’s all-time low has been addressed a little differently.
The...
When people talk about the Big Ten expanding to 12 teams, they concentrate on revenue-juggernaut sports, such as football and men’s basketball.
But there are a multitude of other sports that Iowa offers...
And then there were two.
Only two teams remain in the hunt to be crowned All-University intramural basketball champions — UISSC and Ole School.
The field began with 135 teams vying for the chance to...
One night after Duke’s two-point win over Butler in Indianapolis, top-ranked UISSC looked to follow in the Blue Devils’ footsteps.
Donning similar royal blue uniforms, UISSC seemed to embody Duke...
Heidi Daumen isn’t one of the best softball players in the Big Ten.
She’s never been on the all-conference team or even been named Big Ten Player of the Week.
But that doesn’t mean her presence...
Men’s track and field walk-on Brandon Oest wasn’t supposed to be good enough to compete for the “big boys” of the college world.
So far, that hasn’t really slowed him down.
The freshman high...
It was the first time Matt Byers competed for the Hawkeyes.
He picked up his javelin and hurled it 222 feet, the third-best mark in Iowa history.
Not bad for a début. Not bad for a freshman.
Byers,...
Only the best intramural teams are left in their quest for an All-University title. And with championship teams comes championship officiating.
In any sport, the intensity escalates as the regular season...
Cutting the grass is only one facet of Tony Senio’s job. That’s good news for the 31-year-old, because he hates mowing.
His work calls for much more than lawn trimming when he tends to some of the...
With a season full of program-high collegiate rankings, the doubles pairing of sophomore Sonja Molnar and senior Merel Beelen are just another example of the Iowa women’s tennis team (13-3, 3-2) hitting...
The Iowa baseball team never competes on a gridiron, but it still has a quarterback — center fielder Kurtis Muller.
He may not shout audibles, but he does direct defensive shifts in the outfield. Similar...
