Two University of Iowa baseball student-athletes – redshirt senior Izaya Fullard and redshirt sophomore Kyle Huckstorf – were named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team, it was announced Sunday by the league office.

Fullard hit .316 (6-of-19) in five games with one double, two RBIs and two runs scored.  The North Liberty, Iowa, native had the game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning in Iowa’s 5-4 victory over Purdue in Friday’s elimination game.  The second baseman had two multi-hit games in the tournament.

Huckstorf finished with a team-high .400 (6-of-15) batting average with three extra-base hits (double, triple and home run).  The outfielder drove in a team-high six runs and four score times.  The Wisconsin native was 2-for-3 with a double and solo home run against Penn State before going 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in the semifinal win over Michigan.

After losing its tournament opener, Iowa won three straight elimination games at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.  The Hawkeyes became the first team in tournament history to win two games on the same day when they defeated Penn State and Michigan on May 28.

OMAHA, Neb. – Michigan jumped out to a 4-0 lead and put up a nine spot late to down the University of Iowa baseball team, 13-1 in seven innings, on Sunday in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.

Iowa had a strong week in Omaha, winning three games and becoming the first team to win two games on the same day during the tournament.  The Hawkeyes are 36-19 overall.

Michigan took advantage of two free bases against Iowa starter Brody Brecht in the first inning, which led to two runs scoring.  After Brecht gave up an RBI single to Jimmy Obertrop, Iowa went to Dylan Nedved in relief.  The redshirt senior struck out two of the three batters he faced, but Michigan’s Riley Bertram’s RBI single through the right side made the score 2-0.

Michigan used a single, hit by pitch and Hawkeye fielding error to load the bases in the fourth before back-to-back sacrifice flies pushed the lead to 4-0.

Iowa scored its lone run in the bottom half when Izaya Fullard walked and scored on Kyle Huckstorf’s RBI single.

Michigan put an end to the game in the seventh, scoring nine runs on three hits, while sending 13 batters to the plate.  Tito Flores had a two-run double, Ted Burton had a three-run double and Clark Elliott and a three-run triple in the inning.

Brecht (1-4) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on one hit in 1/3 of an inning.  Iowa used seven pitchers in the game and the staff issued nine free bases.

SOFTBALL

Shenandoah Tournament

Sidney 8, Shenandoah 1
Sidney 11, Stanton 9
Shenandoah 8, Stanton 3
Shenandoah 7, Fremont-Mills 0
Fremont-Mills 7, Sidney 2
Fremont-Mills 14, Stanton 1

Clarinda Triangular

Clarinda 14, West Central Valley 0
Clarinda 11, CB Thomas Jefferson 9
West Central Valley 4, CB Thomas Jefferson 3

Winterset Tournament

ADM 10, Southeast Warren 6
ADM 3, Van  Meter 0
ADM 11, Earlham 2
I-35 14, Harlan 1
Harlan 5, Earlham 3
Van Meter 5, Harlan 3
Southeast Warren 6, I-35 3
Southeast Warren 6, Van Meter 2
Winterset 11, Earlham 5
Winterset 10, I-35 0

Ogden Tournament

Carroll 9, Kuemper Catholic 0
Carroll 4, Webster City 3
Carroll 3, Greene County 2
Des Moines Christian 6, Southeast Valley 5
Boone 9, Kuemper Catholic 3
Gilbert 9, Des Moines Christian 4
Gilbert 12, Greene County 0
Greene County 7, Boone 4
Southeast Valley 17, Ogden 0
Webster City 3, Kuemper Catholic 1
Webster City 7, Southeast Valley 2

Bishop Heelan Tournament

Bishop Heelan 9, Spencer 4
Sioux Center 7, Lewis Central 1
Sioux City East 12, Lawton-Bronson 0
Spirit Lake 10, Lewis Central 4
Spirit Lake 12, Sioux City East 3
Spencer 11, Underwood 9
Estherville-Lincoln Central 10, Underwood 9
West Monona 9, LeMars 6
LeMars 3, Sioux Center 1

MVAOCOU Tournament

Logan-Magnolia 4, Hinton 2
Woodbine 13, MVAOCOU 8
Logan-Magnolia 1, Woodbine 0

Other Scores

East Union 12, Des Moines North 0
East Union 21, Des Moines North 0
Grand View Christian 21, Panorama 2
Manson-NW Webster 15, Panorama 7

BASEBALL

Saint Ansgar 2, Denison-Schleswig 0
Saint Ansgar 18, Denison-Schleswig 1
Shenandoah 6, Mount Ayr 5
Southeast Polk 7, CB Abraham Lincoln 3
Southeast Polk 9, CB Abraham Lincoln 4

Shenandoah’s Le Yuan Sun finished as the runner-up at the Class 1A State Girls Tennis Tournament on Saturday. She defeated Catherine Straus of Spirit Lake in the semifinals 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. Then in the finals Sun dropped a 6-2, 6-3 match to Ella Tallett of Xavier.

Also in singles play Coryl Matheny of Glenwood picked up a 7th place medal. Matheny defeated Tess Paton of Fairfield 6-2, 6-4 in second round consolations. Then in the consolation semifinal Matheny lost to Sophia Fain of Columbus Catholic 6-2, 6-4. Then in the 7th place match Matheny defeated Mary Rolfstad of Assumption 7-5 7-6. Lanee Olsen of Lewis Central was knocked out in second round consolations by Sophia Fain 6-2, 6-0.

In 1A Doubles play St. Albert’s Landy Miller and Allison Narmi defeated Clarinda’s Taylor Cole and Mayson Hartley 6-3, 6-3 in the fifth place match, bringing a couple more medals to Hawkeye Ten players.

Cole and Hartley knocked out Merced Ramirez and Tessa Rolenc of Red Oak 6-4, 6-0 in the consolation 2nd round. They then beat Gracie Goad and Natalee Hartman of Marion 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fifth place match.

Miller and Narmi beat Alexis and Oasis Opheim of Lewis Central 6-2, 6-3 in the consolation 2nd round. They then defeated Presley Blommers and Lucy Roach of Oskaloosa 0-6, 6-1, 1-0 (11-9) to reach the fifth place match.

Paul Goldschmidt hit a home run and had 2 RBI to power the Cardinals past the Brewers 4-2 on Friday night in St. Louis.

Edmundo Sosa had a triple and also drove in a run. Drew VerHagen picked up the win on the mound and Ryan Helsley earned his third save of the season.

The Cardinals improved to 25-20. The two teams square off again on Saturday. Pregame on KJAN will start at 12:20 p.m. and first pitch is 1:15 p.m.

SOFTBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Ballard 9, Atlantic 7 (A: Ava Rush 2 hits, Malena Woodward 2 RBI Double.)
Creston 16, Red Oak 0
Glenwood 11, Sioux City West 0
Kuemper Catholic 4, East Sac County 0
Westwood 7, St. Albert 5

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 12, Riverside 2
Logan-Magnolia 12, Underwood 1
Treynor 4, Audubon 3
Tri-Center 4, IKM-Manning 3

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, Boyer Valley 0
Exira-EHK 18, West Harrison 0
Glidden-Ralston 8, Ar-We-Va 1
Woodbine 14, Whiting 1

Corner Conference

East Mills 11, Sidney 5
Griswold 19, Stanton 0 (G: Joey Reynolds 5 RBI, triple and single, scored 3 runs. Marissa Askeland 2 hits, 3 RBI. Brenna Rossell 2 hits, 2 RBI, Pitched perfect game with 4 K’s)

Pride of Iowa Conference

East Union 5, Lenox 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 14, Southwest Valley 4
Mount Ayr 12, Central Decatur 0
Southeast Warren 10, Bedford 0
Wayne 11, Nodaway Valley 0

Bishop Heelan Classic

West Monona 11, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1
West Monona 10, Lewis Central 2
Sioux City East 13, Lewis Central 5
LeMars 11, Lawton-Bronson 0
LeMars 8, River Valley 3
Estherville-Lincoln Central 2, SB-L 0
Spirit Lake 11, Sioux City North 1
River Valley 7, Sioux City North 6

Other Scores

Twin Cedars 17, Orient-Macksburg 3

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Bishop Heelan 12, Harlan 0
Creston 12, Red Oak 6
Glenwood 12, CB Thomas Jefferson 2
Kingsley-Pierson 6, St. Albert 4
Urbandale 7, Lewis Central 5

Western Iowa Conference

Riverside 11, AHSTW 6
Treynor 8, Audubon 3
Tri-Center 14, IKM-Manning 4
Underwood 4, Logan-Magnolia 1

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, Boyer Valley 0
Exira-EHK 3, West Harrison 1
Glidden-Ralston 5, Ar-We-Va 4
Woodbine 19, Whiting 2

Corner Conference

Sidney 16, East Mills 4
Stanton 8, Griswold 5

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 4, East Union 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 3, Southwest Valley 2
Mount Ayr 8, Central Decatur 1
Nodaway Valley 2, Wayne 0
Southeast Warren 17, Bedford 5

Class 1A – American Legion Golf Course, Marshalltown

Team Standings

Individual Top 10

Class 2A – Pheasant Ridge Golf Course, Cedar Falls

Individual Top 10

Class 3A – River Valley Golf Course, Adel

Individual Top 10

Class 4A – Otter Creek Golf Course, Ankeny

Individual Top 10

Day one of the Girls State Singles and Doubles Tennis Tournaments was Friday. Here’s a look at how area players fared on the first day.

1A Singles

Le Yuan Sun of Shenandoah is into the Semifinals. She picked up an opening win over Tanae Thiravong of Albia 6-0, 6-3. She then won in the Quarterfinals 6-4, 6-3 over Sophia Fain of Columbus Catholic.

Samantha Tidgren of Kuemper Catholic lost her opening match 6-4, 6-2 to Tess Paton of Fairfield. Then in the consolation first round Tidgren lost to Tanae Thiravong of Albia 6-3, 6-3.

Coryl Matheny of Glenwood lost her first round match to Ella Tallett of Xavier 6-1, 6-3. She then won in the consolation first round 6-3, 6-3 over Kenna Mongan of Cherokee, Washington.

Lanee Olsen of Lewis Central dropped her opening match 6-0, 6-1 to Mary Solfstad of Assumption. She then won in the consolations 6-3, 6-1 over Allison Pavlovec of Decorah.

1A Doubles

Alexis and Oasis Opheim of Lewis Central lost their first match 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) to Haley Berends and Kinsey Schroeder of Spencer. They then won in the consolations 6-3, 6-2 over Shannon Bush and Helen Sons of Assumption.

Taylor Cole and Mason Hartley of Clarinda won their first match 6-2, 7-6 over Libby Janssen and Adria Neymeyer of Aplington-Parkersburg. They then lost in the Quarters to Mara Holland and Annalise Skrade of Decorah 6-4, 6-4.

Landry Miller and Allison Narmi of St. Albert won their first match 6-1, 6-2 over Kaitlyn and Kendall Olson of Osage. They then lost in the Quarterfinals 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to Ella Dilulio and Allison Halligan of Assumption.

Merced Ramirez and Tessa Rolenc of Red Oak lost their first match to Presley Blommers and Lucy Roach of Oskaloosa 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. They then won in the first round of consolations 6-4, 6-2 over Kaitlyn and Kendall Olson of Osage.

Play concludes on Saturday at the University of Iowa Tennis Center.

OMAHA, Neb. – Redshirt senior Izaya Fullard’s two-out, two-strike RBI single in the ninth inning sent the third-seeded University of Iowa baseball team to a 5-4 victory over No. 7 seed Purdue on Friday morning in a Big Ten Tournament elimination game at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.

Sophomore Michael Seegers started the ninth inning rally with a one-out single to centerfield and heady base running saw him move into scoring position on Peyton Williams’ foul out to Troy Viola – a ball that was caught down the left field line while landing on the tarp along the wall.

“Viola made one of the best plays I have ever seen,” said Iowa head coach Rick Heller. “He was stuck in the crack and couldn’t get out and Michael took advantage and got to second and that gave us a chance to get a two-out knock.”

After Purdue intentionally walked Keaton Anthony, Fullard fell behind 0-2 before hitting a hard single to left field to give Iowa the 5-4 lead.

“When I got on deck, I knew they were going to walk Keaton,” said Fullard. “I don’t know why you wouldn’t, he’s one of the best hitters in the Big Ten and I had been struggling to that point.  I was excited, that’s why you play the game.

“I got behind 0-2 right away and that last pitch I saw him shake off and smirk a little bit. I don’t know why, but it made me think he was going to blow a fastball by me. I made sure to get on time for a fast ball and I was able to put a good swing on it.”

Redshirt sophomore Will Christophersen pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, including two punch outs, to keep Iowa alive.  The right-hander earned his first win as a Hawkeye, pitching 2 1/3 shutout innings with five strikeouts.

“The slider was working today,” said Christophersen. “I was glad it turned out this way.”

Purdue jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Viola hit a solo home run to left field off redshirt senior starter Dylan Nedved.

After recording one hit through four innings, Iowa averted to small ball to put pressure on the Boilermakers in the fifth.  Iowa scored three runs on three hits – with only one leaving the infield.  The Hawkeyes scored a run on a passed ball, a Seegers safety squeeze and a wild pitch to take a 3-1 lead.

“Sometimes you have to play small ball like that to get things going,” said Fullard. “Yesterday against Penn State we were struggling to produce runs and get hits. We struggled early today, so being able to bunt and move guys over and play the small game, that opened up the offense for us and I think that will carry into tomorrow.”

Purdue got one run back in the bottom of the fifth on Steve Ramirez’s RBI ground out before the Hawkeyes pushed their lead back to two runs on Cade Moss’ RBI double down the left field line.

The Boilermakers followed with a three-hit bottom of the sixth with two runs scoring on a Hawkeye fielding error that tied the game at four.  Purdue kept the pressure on, putting two runners on with nobody out in the seventh.

Redshirt senior Ben Beutel picked off Ramirez on a wheel pickoff play for the first out and Sam Petersen played a ball perfectly off the left field wall, holding CJ Valdez to a single and keeping the go-ahead run at third base.  Christophersen entered and fanned Viola to end the inning.

Nedved allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits over six innings, fanning four without issuing a walk.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will face the loser of the Rutgers-Penn State in an elimination game on Saturday at 9 a.m. (CT).

The 2022 Girls State Singles and Doubles Tennis Tournaments begin today and will wrap up on Saturday.

Class 1A is playing at University of Iowa Tennis Complex.

In Singles play Shenandoah’s Le Yuan Sun is the top seed and will open against Tanae Thiravong of Albia in the first round. Kuemper Catholic’s Samantha Tidgren faces Tess Paton of Fairfield in the first round. Coryl Matheny of Glenwood will face the 3-seed Ella Tallett of Cedar Rapids Xavier. Lanee Olsen of Lewis Central will face #2 seed Mary Rolfstad of Davenport Assumption.

In Doubles play Alexis Opheim and Oasis Opheim of Lewis Central will face Kinsey Schroeder and Haley Berends of Spencer in their first match. Taylor Cole and Mayson Hartley of Clarinda will face Libby Janssen and Adria Neymeyer of Aplington-Parkersburg. Allison Narmi and Landry Miller of St. Albert face Kaitlyn Olson and Kendall Olson of Osage. Tessa Rolenc and Merced Ramirez of Red Oak face Presley Blommers and Lucy Roach of Oskaloosa.

Class 2A is competing at Waukee Northwest High School Tennis Complex. No local athletes are involved.