IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors reported Thursday that Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased.

They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend. He also gave his wife, a department employee, a university cell phone even though she didn’t need one. The Associated Press first reported this month that Delin resigned in February amid the investigation. A separate internal audit found other weaknesses in the athletic department’s handling of IT equipment.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Matt Hoeg hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning and Iowa beat Maryland 9-8 on Thursday in their Big Ten Tournament baseball opener. Iowa (35-19) was ahead 6-1 before Maryland scored six in a row to take the lead. Solo home runs by Robert Neustrom and Chris Whelan put Iowa up 8-7 in the top of the sixth.

Maryland’s Marty Costes then tied it on a homer, but the Terrapins (34-20) left the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth. Josh Martsching (4-0) got the win for Iowa, which will face Nebraska in the winner’s bracket on Friday.

The Hawkeyes and Terrapins were forced to play Thursday instead of Wednesday because of a rule stating that games can’t start after 10 p.m. EDT.

The Atlantic Boys Tennis Doubles team of Grant Podhajsky and Cooper McDermott get started with play at the state meet on Friday at Byrne’s Park Tennis Complex in Waterloo. The duo qualified for state with a district championship over a squad from Ballard on May 11th. The coaches meeting is set for 8:00am Friday with a seeding meeting immediately to follow. Play will start as soon as the seeding meeting is complete.

This is the second straight season that Podhajsky and McDermott have made it to State and Head Coach Mike McDermott said the guys will need to be at the top of their game to try to advance in the winners bracket this year.

They lost their first round match to a team from Glenwood last year and then were bumped out of the consolation bracket in the first round by a duo from Waverly-Shell Rock. Coach McDermott said they have shown they have what it takes to have success and a big key will be if their serves are strong early on.

The Atlantic Boys Golf Team begins their quest for a state title on Thursday at the Class 3A State Golf Tournament.  The tourney begins on Friday morning at 10:30am at Spring Valley Golf Course in Livermore.  The Trojans earned their way to state by winning their district meet at Atlantic Golf and Country Club on Friday, May 19th.  Atlantic has seen strong play from each of their golfers throughout the season and Head Coach Ed DenBeste said that is definitely a strength of the squad.

Coach DenBeste said it’s tough to compare your team to others in the state but feels like they have played some tough competition throughout the season to prepare them for State.

This is the second year in a row that the Trojans have played in the 3A State Tourney at Spring Valley. Coach DenBeste said most of the guys are fairly familiar with the course but he knows they will need to shoot a lower score this year if they want a shot at a state crown.

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Another Iowa prep offensive lineman for the class of 2018 committed to Iowa State on Wednesday. Dowling Catholic Guard Zach Ross announced that he will continue his football career as a Cyclone.

Ross is 6’3″, 290 pounds, and is rated as a two-star prospect by most recruiting services. Speculation is that Ross could play Center at Iowa State.

Ross is the second in-state lineman to commit to the Cyclones in as many weeks. Creston star Trevor Downing announced his decision to join the Cyclones last week.

Boys Substate Semifinals

Class 1A Substate 7
Des Moines Christian 3, Kuemper Catholic 0
Gilbert 4, Creston 0

Class 1A Substate 8
St. Albert 3, Tri-Center 1
Treynor 2, AHSTW 1 (OT)

Class 2A Substate 1
Spencer 4, Denison-Schleswig 1

Class 2A Substate 8
Winterset 5, Harlan 1

Girls Regular Season

Treynor 5, Riverside 0

Softball

Atlantic 6, Missouri Valley 3
A-D-M, Adel 12, Carroll 2
CAM, Anita 4, Griswold 3
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 10, Denison-Schleswig 9
Glidden-Ralston 12, St. Mary, Storm Lake 0
I-35 7, Lenox 0
Logan-Magnolia 12, Charter Oak-Ute 0 (4 innings)
Melcher-Dallas 12, Orient-Macksburg 0
River Valley 12 Ar-We-Va 4
Shenandoah 19, Essex 5
Stanton 5, Nodaway Valley 1
Winterset 4, Perry 0

Baseball

Atlantic 14, Logan-Magnolia 4
ADM, Adel 6, Earlham 2
CAM, Anita 14, Griswold 2
Denison-Schleswig 14, Carroll 4
Stanton 23, Clarinda Academy 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Leake allowed four hits over eight innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Wednesday night. Jedd Gyorko had three hits and drew a walk in the two-run second inning that gave the Cardinals the lead for good.

Yadier Molina hit a solo home run in the seventh inning to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Molina’s streak ties Kolten Wong for the Cardinals’ longest this season. Leake (5-2) struck out five and walked none. He maintained a National League-leading 1.91 ERA.

Dodgers starter Rich Hill walked seven and allowed five earned runs in 4-plus innings. He threw two more balls (42) than strikes (40). Hill (1-2) walked four in a two-run, 36-pitch second inning.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Former Nebraska forward Michael Jacobson is transferring to Iowa State. Jacobson, who grew up just down the road from Ames in Waukee, Iowa, is a 6-foot-9, 240-pound power forward. He made 56 starts in two seasons with the Cornhuskers, averaging 5.3 points and 5.2 rebounds a game.

Jacobson also pulled down 153 offensive rebounds for Nebraska, an area Iowa State struggled with last season. Jacobson will sit out next season per NCAA transfer rules. He’ll have two seasons left to play for the Cyclones.