Something was seemingly missing in Iowa’s softball program. Five seasons slipped through the Hawkeyes’ fingers without a winning record, each lowering the fans’ expectations of returning to the glory...

When new Hawkeye softball head coach Renee Gillispie walked on to campus in June to take over her duties, there was plenty of work to be done. The Hawkeyes had not seen a glimmer of a winning softball...

Iowa softball added another weapon to its growing arsenal of new coaches on Aug. 2. Longtime Iowa high-school softball coach Rick Dillinger has been named as an assistant coach. Dillenger has a long...

Hawkeye fans will see a very different softball team when Iowa steps on the field for its fall slate of games. After a summer of mixing up coaches and bringing in new recruits, the Hawkeyes will have...

Out with the old and in with the new. By no means did the Hawkeye softball team light up the stat sheets this past season, but two replacements and a new player could alter that. Iowa softball’s...

The 2018 Iowa softball season can only be described one way: disappointing. Through March 28, the Hawkeyes were one game above .500, an impressive feat with four ranked teams on the schedule. After...

Rebuilding the culture The biggest problem with softball might not be the play on the field but the culture in the program. Let’s face it, Iowa softball is now notorious for being bad. The volleyball...

On June 8, Iowa softball took a step forward, naming Renee Gillispie as the head coach and successor of Marla Looper. Gillispie spent 18 years at Central Florida before returning to her native Iowa....

After eight seasons at the helm of Iowa softball, Marla Looper has announced her resignation. Athletics Director Gary Barta said on May 16 that Looper would pursue other professional opportunities....

A Cinderella Story: Iowa Softball Edition ended with a pumpkin on May 12 as the Hawkeyes suffered an extra-inning loss to Northwestern, 2-1, in the Big Ten Tournament in Madison, Wisconsin. The first...

For the first time since 2015, Iowa softball collected a Big Ten Tournament win on May 10, knocking off No. 5 seed Ohio State, 5-1. Sophomore Allison Doocy sat down 3 in the first inning on strikeouts,...