Senior pitchers Allison Doocy and Lauren Shaw are known as the one-two punch for the Iowa softball program.
Before the 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Doocy and Shaw combined...
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 23, 2021
The 2020 Iowa softball team was on pace to finish its season with the most wins the program had accumulated in a single season since 2013. Then, its season was canceled March 12 because of COVID-19.
Though...
Iowa softball boasts 10 freshmen on its roster for the upcoming season, making up almost half of the entire team. Those freshman stepped off an unusual end to their high school careers and are having...
This fall has not been routine for Iowa softball. Big Ten COVID-19 protocols limited the Hawkeyes to intrasquad scrimmages as opposed to their normal eight-game fall schedule.
According to head...
The University of Iowa's softball team has a new Director of Operations. According to head coach Renee Gillispie, University of Buffalo alumnus Matthew Meyer will serve as Iowa softball's Director...
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
• August 25, 2020
The Iowa softball team cannot play any games until next spring at the earliest, after a 17-5 record in a shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That doesn’t mean the team can’t...
When Iowa became the only state to allow high school baseball and softball to resume in June amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation watched.
Some saw it as a much-needed step toward normalcy, while...
When the Big Ten canceled spring sports for the remainder of the academic year on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa softball’s sophomore catcher Kit Rocco and her teammates were in shock.
The...
After a spring that saw sports canceled and classes moved online, the Hawkeye spring sports teams persevered to find success in the classroom.
Iowa had 107 spring student-athletes named to the 2020...
Several professional sports leagues across the U.S. are still in the process of returning to competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Iowa high school baseball and softball teams are already playing...
After high school and college athletics programs across the country had to do away with spring sports this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one category has yet to completely succumb to the lockdown:...
Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that Iowa school-sponsored activities can reopen June 1, including high school baseball and softball.
"I know many parents and youth athletes are all so eager to...
