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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

Women’s tracksters shine in conference meet

DI STAFF March 1, 2010

At Penn State for the 2010 indoor Big Ten championships over the weekend, members of the Iowa women’s track and field team hoped to redeem themselves after finishing last in the conference in 2009. And...

Men’s track finishes fifth at Big Ten championships

DI STAFF March 1, 2010

After managing seven points during the first day at the Big Ten championships, the Iowa men’s track and field team finished fifth in Minneapolis — an improvement over last year. Defending conference...

Baseball wins big at challenge

DI STAFF March 1, 2010

The Iowa baseball team went 2-1 at this year’s Big Ten/Big East Challenge, capping off its weekend with an 11-2 victory over Villanova (5-1) at Jack Russell Stadium on Sunday in Clearwater, Fla. The...

Softball loses four in classic

DI STAFF March 1, 2010

The Iowa softball team dropped four of its five games this past weekend at the Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga. The Hawkeyes (7-7) opened the weekend with a 5-4 loss to No. 9 Alabama and an 11-1 loss...

Mongeese poised for basketball playoff run

ETHAN SEBERT March 1, 2010

What began as an infatuation with an animal is now a force to be reckoned with on the intramural courts. “I’ve always liked the mongoose, and I wondered what the plural form was,” junior Tom Beecher...

Women’s basketball routs Indiana

JORDAN GARRETSON February 26, 2010

Poor long-range shooting and zero free-throw attempts in the game’s first 25:30 would have spelled certain doom for the Iowa women’s basketball team earlier in the season. But the Hawkeyes (16-12,...

Bittersweet ‘Senior Day’ for women hoopsters

EVELYN LAU February 26, 2010

This wasn’t the senior year JoAnn Hamlin imagined. Hoping to lead Iowa to another strong showing in the Big Ten and possibly a return trip to NCAA Tournament, the lone senior envisioned herself on the...

Wildcats shoot Hawkeyes out of Welsh-Ryan Arena

BRENDAN STILES February 26, 2010

Northwestern got payback on Thursday. Fifteen days after the Iowa men’s basketball team managed a 78-65 win over the Wildcats in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Northwestern shot lights out against the Hawkeyes...

Iowa sets sights on Big Ten Championships in Minnesota

MATT SCHOMMER February 26, 2010

This is the big tamale, the granddaddy of them all for the Iowa men’s track and field team. The Big Ten championships will begin this weekend in Minneapolis, and Iowa will make its way up north to battle...

GymHawks set to host Gophers this weekend

ROBBIE LEHMAN February 26, 2010

The jukebox is stuck playing the same old song, and the Iowa women’s gymnastics team is sick of hearing it. This season’s theme for the GymHawks: Close, but no cigar. Iowa has been above average most...

Baseball heads to Florida

DI STAFF February 26, 2010

The Iowa baseball team will travel for a three-game road trip this weekend in St. Petersburg and Clearwater, Fla. The Hawkeyes will face Rutgers, West Virginia, and Villanova during the Big East/Big Ten...

Women’s tennis looks to Big Ten dominance

JON FRANK February 26, 2010

The Iowa women’s tennis team (6-1) hopes to open Big Ten play with another victory against Minnesota (6-3) today. But unlike last season, when the Hawkeyes won, 4-3, in Iowa City, the No. 53 Golden...