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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

Bluder’s Bunch captures Hawkeye Challenge

JORDAN GARRETSON November 16, 2009

Kamille Wahlin was just 5-of-12 from the floor in Sunday’s KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge championship game. But Wahlin’s crunch-time resolve helped propel the Iowa women’s basketball team (2-0) to...

City High moves to 4A title game

PATRICK RAFFERTY November 16, 2009

CEDAR FALLS — Call it déjà vu. When the City High Little Hawks played the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints on Nov. 13 inside the UNI-Dome, it wasn’t the first time the two teams had tangled. After the...

Commentary: Kachine Alexander is a complete player

EVELYN LAU November 16, 2009

Is there anything Kachine Alexander can’t do? At only 5-9, the junior guard can shoot, rebound, steal, block, and dish out assists. Simply put: She’s a complete player. Perhaps one of the most complete...

Volleyball falls to Minnesota

DI STAFF November 16, 2009

The Iowa volleyball team (12-16, 4-12) was swept, 3-0, by No. 13 Minnesota (20-7, 11-4) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 13. It was the second-straight game the Hawkeyes played without starters Mara Hilgenberg...

Slaton, Gambrall take titles

DI STAFF November 16, 2009

Iowa senior 141-pounder Joe Slaton and redshirt freshman 184-pounder Grant Gambrall seized individual titles at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in Ames over the weekend. Slaton competed unattached, and...

Amish Mafia, Truman Fury take regional flag-football titles

MITCH SMITH and MATT SCHOMMER November 16, 2009

With a shot at the flag-football national championships in Tampa, Fla., on the line, the Amish Mafia handily defeated Union in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s regional championship...

Men’s basketball to host Texas-San Antonio

SCOTT MILLER November 13, 2009

Hosting Texas-San Antonio for the second-consecutive year, Iowa head coach Todd Lickliter’s men’s basketball team will officially tip off its season at 5:05 p.m. Nov. 15. The Hawkeyes participated...

University presidents worry about athletic spending

CLARK CAHILL November 13, 2009

At a time when colleges nationwide are eliminating athletics teams and spiking tuition for its students, university presidents are worried athletics spending cannot continue at its current rate. A survey...

Volleyball looks to build winning streak

EVELYN LAU November 13, 2009

The Iowa volleyball hasn’t beaten Minnesota in 28 tries. However, after ending a season-high five-game losing skid and sweeping their season series against Wisconsin for the first time in 15 years,...

Now or never for men’s cross-country

SEAN MORGAN November 13, 2009

After a disappointing Big Ten championship performance — the Iowa men’s cross-country team finished sixth — the Hawkeyes aren’t exactly in the catbird seat heading into this weekend’s NCAA regional...

Women harriers prepare for Regional meet

MICHELE DANNO November 13, 2009

The NCAA Midwest Regional meet on Saturday is the Iowa women’s cross-country team’s judgment day. At the meet last year, the team had a “uniform malfunction” that almost cost them a trip to the...

No more tourney time

ROBBIE LEHMAN November 13, 2009

There will be no Big Ten women’s soccer tournament in 2009. Because of a format that left teams fatigued heading into the NCAA Tournament after playing three games in four days, conference coaches decided...