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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

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...

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...

Satterfield dismissed from team

DI STAFF April 14, 2010

A former Hawkeye football player who pleaded guilty to an aggravated misdemeanor last week has been dismissed from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania football team, according to a team official. Abe...

Softball trying to score more against Wisconsin

IAN MARTIN April 14, 2010

The Iowa softball team is looking to put a tally in the win column after its first Big Ten loss on Sunday. Wisconsin may be the perfect supplier today when Iowa (20-14-1, 6-1) plays a double-header against...

Baseball rolls Wisconsin-Milwaukee

J.T. BUGOS April 14, 2010

Zach Robertson pitched five shutout innings, and the Iowa baseball team pulled out a 9-3 win over visiting Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes put three runs on the board in the first inning,...

Baseball’s top three ignite offense

JORDAN GARRETSON April 14, 2010

Hitting is contagious in baseball. The top of the Hawkeyes’ order demonstrated that perfectly in Iowa’s 9-3 win against Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tuesday night. Iowa’s 1-2-3 hitters — Kurtis Muller,...

Memorable year for GymHawks

ROBBIE LEHMAN April 14, 2010

Throughout the 2009-10 season, the Iowa women’s gymnastics sought some swagger. The Hawkeyes didn’t have it at the beginning of the campaign, and the results backed it up. Iowa wasn’t heading toward...