Iowa hung on to advance at the Big Ten baseball tournament in Omaha.

John Leo on the Hawkeye Network. Iowa scored three runs in the first and got seven scoreless innings from starting pitcher Cade Obermueller to beat Rutgers 4-3. The win clinches a spot in Saturday’s semifinal round.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller who says it was a big win for a team that stumbled down the stretch of the regular season.

The Hawkeyes play regular season co-champ UCLA in Saturday’s semifinals. They have a game tonight against an Indiana team that has already been eliminated and Heller says he will use the game to line up his pitching for this weekend.

Obermueller tossed seven innings and gave up only four hits while striking out 10 after struggling in his last few starts.

Obermueller says the early run support was key.