Leanne Lowry prepping for successful freshman volleyball season
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
October 5, 2020
Having spent her entire life in Colorado, Iowa freshman defensive specialist/libero Leanne Lowry knew she wanted to leave the state to play collegiate volleyball. Before she had played a high-school game, Lowry committed to Iowa in summer 2016. “They spent the whole day with me,” Lowry...
NCAA Division I Board of Directors announces dates for fall sports in spring
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
September 23, 2020
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors decided when NCAA Division I fall championships and sports will take place in the spring Tuesday. This decision impacts men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, FCS football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, and men’s water...
Hawkeye volleyball team puts a new spin on leadership and accountability
Will Fineman, Sports Reporter
September 17, 2020
The Hawkeye volleyball team is putting a new spin on leadership to ensure everyone on the roster has some accountability. Each player has been put into one of three groups — The Rangers, Seal Team, and Delta Force — by their teammates based on personality traits they bring to the team. “It’s that ...
Iowa volleyball aims to take step forward in 2020-21
Austin Hanson, Sports Editor
September 10, 2020
After a disappointing 2019 campaign yielded a 10-21 overall record, Iowa volleyball is ready to suit up for redemption this season – whenever that may be. “Hopefully [athletics resume] this spring,” outside hitter Courtney Buzzerio said. “I think that’s what we’re hoping for. Maybe...
Xtream Arena to serve as star attraction for Iowa corridor communities
Austin Hanson, Sports Editor
September 9, 2020
Just off of East Second Avenue in Coralville sits a new sports and entertainment complex that will bring Hawkeye sports to the Iowa River Landing. Xtream Arena is a new 6,800-capacity venue, boasting multiple attachments from a recreation center to a retail store. “It’s unbelievable, the r...
Big Ten postpones fall 2020 sports
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
August 11, 2020
The Big Ten Conference announced on Tuesday that it is postponing all fall sports for the 2020 season due to concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision includes regular-season competitions and Big Ten championships and tournaments. The conference will consider the possibility of playing these...
Around the Big Ten: How the conference’s volleyball programs stack up going into 2020 season
Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter
July 27, 2020
Volleyball is a competitive sport in the Big Ten. Seven teams from the conference made the NCAA Tournament last season, the most in the bracket. Every Big Ten team in the tournament, except for Illinois, made it past the first round. Two teams, Minnesota and Wisconsin, made it to the semif...
NCAA Division I Coordination Committee issues waiver on minimum contests
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 27, 2020
The NCAA Division I Council Coordination Committee announced Monday that it has granted a blanket waiver that reduces the current legislated minimum number of contests that teams in fall sports other than football must play by 50 percent. The waiver is available for men’s and women’s cross...
Interactive: COVID-19 testing data from Big Ten athletic departments
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 13, 2020
The Big Ten Conference took a major step in preparing for the fall athletic schedule by announcing on July 9 that if sports can be played in the fall based on medical advice, it will move to conference-only schedules in those sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move still leaves a lot of qu...
Iowa volleyball players, coaches excited for move to Xtream Arena
Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter
July 9, 2020
The Iowa volleyball program is getting a new arena to call home. It was announced in January of 2019 that the volleyball team would be moving its games from Carver-Hawkeye Arena to Xtream Arena in Coralville for the 2020 season to reduce tight scheduling at Carver. In the past, the volleyball team ...
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren calls moving to conference-only fall seasons the ‘next logical step’
Robert Read, Sports Editor
July 9, 2020
Kevin Warren officially took over as the Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference Jan. 1, 2020, after Jim Delaney retired. It's been a hectic first year on the job. Warren has been forced to guide the Big Ten through the COVID-19 pandemic, which has included canceling the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tourn...
Iowa volleyball’s Joslyn Boyer ready to take on bigger role her sophomore season
Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter
July 8, 2020
“Reserved” was Iowa volleyball head coach Vicki Brown’s first impression of Joslyn Boyer when she joined the team as a freshman last season. Boyer hails from Downers Grove, Illinois, and in her first year as a Hawkeye she led the team’s freshmen in playing time — appearing in 28 match...