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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

AquaHawks fall to Minnesota

MITCH SMITH November 9, 2009

The women’s swimming and diving team closed out its meet on Nov. 6 in dramatic fashion, despite losing to the Golden Gophers, 176-118. Despite defeat, senior Christine Kuczek said there were plenty...

Hawkeyes drop in polls

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

The Iowa football team dropped considerably in each of the major polls released on Sunday following the Hawkeyes’ first loss of the season, to Northwestern in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 7. The Hawkeyes,...

Soccer loses to Purdue

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

In its last match of the season, the Iowa soccer team fell in overtime to No. 23 Purdue, 3-2, in West Lafayette, Ind. The Hawkeyes lagged, 2-0, before staging a comeback to send the game into extra time....

Field hockey season ends in Big Ten Tournament

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

No. 8 Michigan State ended the Iowa field hockey team’s 10-match Big Ten Tournament winning streak on Nov. 6, defeating the Hawkeyes, 5-1, in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament in East Lansing,...

Loss doesn’t deflate Iowa defense

AMIE KIEHN November 9, 2009

Climbing the bare cement steps up from the Iowa locker room, safety Tyler Sash knew the exact words his mother would utter after seeing her crushed son. “Everything happens for a reason,” she’d...

Commentary: All is not lost, Hawkeye fans

BRENDAN STILES November 9, 2009

Hawkeye fans, stop acting like the sky is falling. I get the frustration that comes with watching Iowa lose a game for the first time in more than a calendar year (and to Northwestern, no less). I also...

Commentary: First loss as an Iowa fan

IAN MARTIN November 9, 2009

It’s not that I’m not used to losing. It’s just that I’m not used to losing as a Hawkeye. I’ve been a University of Virginia fan, living an hour from Charlottesville, Va., for the last eight...

For the Hawkeyes, more than an exhibition

BRENDAN STILES November 9, 2009

The Iowa men’s basketball team played Marian University in an exhibition game on Sunday. But the Hawkeyes certainly didn’t treat it as such inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In beating Marian, 76-53, the...

Freshmen start strong for women’s basketball

EVELYN LAU November 9, 2009

When senior center JoAnn Hamlin went down with a lower leg injury, it was up to Iowa’s youth to pick up the team. Three days ago, on Nov. 6, freshman Morgan Johnson learned she would start at center...

3s lead Bluder’s Bunch to exhibition victory

JORDAN GARRETSON November 9, 2009

Former Hawkeyes Kristi Smith and Wendy Ausdemore were the only two players to sink more than 30 3-point field goals last season. Their graduation left a question mark on Iowa’s long-distance ability...

Defending champs too much for volleyball

EVELYN LAU November 9, 2009

In front of a record volleyball crowd inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, defending two-time national champion Penn State kept the third-longest NCAA winning streak alive on Nov. 7. With 2,802 fans in attendance,...

City High moves on to state semifinals

IAN MARTIN November 9, 2009

Iowa recruit A.J. Derby threw a touchdown on his first pass of the game. And his second. And his fourth. Derby led Iowa City High one step closer to a 4A state championship with four passing touchdowns...