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Hawkeyes will head to Houston for NCAA Regional

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May 31st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Hawkeyes are set to travel to Houston for the NCAA baseball tournament. The Hawks are the fourth seed and will play hopst a top seeded Houston on Friday. It is Iowa’s second trip to a regional in three years under coach Rick Heller.

Texas A@M and Baylor collide in the other first round game. Iowa is 38-20 after winning its first Big Ten Tournament title over the weekend. The Hawkeyes grabbed the automatic bid after Sunday’s 13-4 win over Northwestern. Iowa pitcher Nick Gallagher who says the players were happy with the Houston location.

(Learfield Sports)