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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 golf expects to win Hawkeye Invitational

J.T. BUGOS October 16, 2009

The Iowa women’s golf team will host its lone home tournament of the year this weekend, the Hawkeye Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course. The Hawkeyes will face 12 other teams, including Iowa State,...

Men’s harriers hope to make big stride at pre-NCAA meet

SEAN MORGAN October 16, 2009

After Iowa’s surprising fifth-place finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Oct. 3, there is a higher level of optimism permeating through the men’s cross-country program. Highlighted by freshman...

Men’s swimmers begin Big Ten with Badgers

PATRICK RAFFERTY October 16, 2009

The Iowa football team won’t be the only Hawkeye squad traveling to Madison, Wis. The Iowa men’s swimming and diving team will also take to the road to challenge the Wisconsin Badgers. It’s Homecoming...

AquaHawks head to Madison

MITCH SMITH October 16, 2009

Forty-eight wins, three losses. That is the Wisconsin women’s swimming and diving team’s record in Big Ten dual meets over the past 10 seasons. The Iowa women’s swimming and diving team heads north...

Women harriers confident about pre-national meet

MICHELE DANNO October 16, 2009

Experience favors the Iowa women’s cross-country team heading into the Pre-NCAA meet on Saturday. This is the seventh-consecutive year that the Hawkeyes will run the 6-kilometer race at Indiana State....

Freshman cross-country runner receives redshirt

MICHELE DANNO October 16, 2009

Iowa women’s cross-country head coach Layne Anderson considered freshman Megan Ranegar his top recruit for the 2009 cross-country season — and now he is sitting her for the remainder of the season. Anderson...

Football midterm report card

DI SPORTS STAFF October 15, 2009

The Hawkeyes have reached the halfway point in their 2009 season, and UI students are cramming for midterms. With this in mind, here are The Daily Iowan’s midterm grades for the No. 11 Iowa Hawkeyes. Quarterbacks...

Men’s tennis player knows what it takes to play

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI October 15, 2009

In college sports, physical skills and talent aren’t enough. And Iowa sophomore tennis player Chris Speer is a model specimen of hard work and determination. As a youngster growing up in suburban Chicago,...

Emmert returns to Iowa women’s basketball

EVELYN LAU October 15, 2009

Adjusting from player on the court to fan on the sideline isn’t an easy task. So former Iowa basketball player Abby Emmert made a compromise. After four years with the women’s basketball team, from...

Bluder’s bunch seeks third-consecutive NCAA bid

JORDAN GARRETSON October 15, 2009

For the second-straight year, the Iowa women’s basketball team enters the season after losing five seniors to graduation. But unlike last year, Lisa Bluder’s squad boasts just one senior. Because...

Women’s golf looks to take advantage of Finkbine

J.T. BUGOS October 15, 2009

Playing at home is a big advantage for baseball, basketball, and football teams. The benefit is thought of so highly that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig believed the All-Star game would be more competitive...

Intramural flag-football playoff primer

IAN MARTIN October 15, 2009

Co-Recreational When you browse through the Co-Recreational scores, two teams stand above the rest. Perennial powerhouse Bi-Sexual Chocolate didn’t allow a point until its final game, a 43-12 triumph. On...