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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The Iowa women's tennis team participates in a group huddle before the Hawkeyes match against the Kansas State Wildcats on Feb. 5 at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex. The Hawkeyes beat the Wildcats, 41.

Iowa tennis notebook | Hawkeyes prepare for Penn State, Ohio State, feature new doubles pairings

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter April 5, 2023

The Iowa women’s tennis team left Iowa City on April 5, embarking on a two-match road trip where the Hawkeyes will square off against Penn State on April 7, then two days later, head to the Buckeye...

Iowa’s Daianne Hayashida hits a ball during a practice for the Iowa tennis team at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex in Iowa City on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Iowa women’s tennis team topples Purdue, falls to Indiana over the weekend

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter April 3, 2023

The Iowa women’s tennis team finished the weekend with a 1-1 record, defeating Purdue, 4-0, on March 31, then two days later falling to Indiana, 4-2.  These two duals completed the Hawkeyes’...

Iowa’s Anya Lamoreaux prepares to hit the ball during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Hawkeyes defeated the Wildcats, 4-1.

Iowa tennis notebook | Hawkeyes prepare for weekend matches against Purdue, Indiana

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter March 30, 2023

The Iowa women’s tennis team’s four-match homestand is set to conclude with conference matches against Purdue on March 31 at 1 p.m. and Indiana on April 1 at 11 a.m. Even though the Hawkeyes rank...

Iowa’s Smantha Mannix celebrates during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreational Complex in Iowa City, on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Mannix won her singles match ending, 6-3.

Iowa women’s tennis adjusts to fifth-year Anya Lamoreaux’s absence

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter March 29, 2023

Iowa women’s tennis player Anya Lamoreaux has not played for the Hawkeyes since their Feb. 24 home matchup against Iowa State. Head coach Sasha Schmid said the fifth-year senior has battled illness...

Iowa’s Samantha Mannix and Pia Kranholdt celebrate after a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex in Iowa City, on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Mannix and Kranholdt won both of their singles matches.

Photos: Iowa women’s tennis vs. Nebraska

Cody Blisset, Photojournalist March 26, 2023

Iowa women’s tennis defeat Nebraska, 4-1, at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex on Saturday. Nebraska defeated Iowa in doubles matches winning 2 of 3 against the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes...

Iowa’s Samantha Mannix celebrates during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Comple on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Hawkeyes defeated the Wildcats, 4,1.

Iowa women’s tennis defeats Nebraska, moves above .500 in conference play 

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter March 25, 2023

Before play began in the Iowa women’s tennis team’s 4-1 victory against Nebraska, Hawkeye fifth-year senior Samantha Mannix was already put in the spotlight. When the teams lined up to face the...

Iowa’s Pia Kranholdt stands ready during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex. The Hawkeye’s defeated the Wildcat’s, 4,1, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023.

Bringing energy serves well in collegiate tennis matches

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter March 5, 2023

Iowa women’s tennis player Samantha Mannix will always remember that road match. On March 13, 2021, Mannix and the Hawkeyes faced off against Illinois at Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Illinois. Iowa...

Kansas State’s Rozalia Gruszczynska and Iowa’s Marisa Schmidt shake hands after a match during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Comple on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Hawkeyes defeated the Wildcats, 4,1.

One is just a number for Iowa women’s tennis sophomore Marisa Schmidt

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter February 26, 2023

Iowa women’s tennis player Marisa Schmidt can be found working in silence before practice every Wednesday. With Hawkeye assistant coach Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell lobbing balls over the net,...

Iowa’s women’s tennis team pick up tennis balls during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. The Cyclones defeated the Hawkeyes, 4-0.

Photos: Iowa tennis vs. Iowa State

Cody Blissett, Photojournalist February 25, 2023

No. 4 ranked Iowa State women’s tennis defeat No. 40 Iowa’s women’s tennis, 4-0, at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Iowa lost 2 of 3 doubles matches against...

Iowa head coach Sasha Schmid watches drills during a practice for the Iowa tennis team at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex in Iowa City on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Iowa tennis notebook | Hawkeyes complete two-match road trip out west

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter February 16, 2023

The Iowa women’s tennis team completed a two-match road trip to the pacific northwest this weekend and finished 1-1. While the Hawkeyes lost to Oregon, 4-1, on Feb. 10, they defeated St. Mary’s,...

Iowa’s Samantha Mannix prepares to hit the ball during a women’s tennis meet at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Comple on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Hawkeyes defeated the Wildcats, 4,1.

Photos: Iowa tennis vs. Kansas State

Cody Blissett, Photojournalist February 5, 2023

Iowa women’s tennis team defeated the Kansas State Wildcats, 4,1, on Sunday. In the opening doubles matches Iowa won two out of the three matches. In the singles matches, Iowa won three matches while...

Iowa's Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell hits a backhand during a women's tennis match between Iowa and Rutgers at the HTRC on Friday, April 5, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Scarlet Knights, 6-1.

Former Iowa women’s tennis player Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell returns to her home court

Matt McGowan, Sports Reporter January 24, 2023

Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell didn’t end her collegiate tennis career the way she hoped. She was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2017 and played for the Hawkeyes during all five years...