Drake outscored Valparaiso 27-12 in the second quarter and cruised to an 81-55 win Thursday, at the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Tournament in Coralville.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. Abbie Aalsma led the Bulldogs with 16 points and Drake closed the first half with an 11-2 run to build a 16 point lead at the break.

The Bulldogs will play Illinois State in the late game this evening.

4A:

#1 Cedar Falls – 59 vs #4 Dowling Catholic – 46

#6 Johnston – 57 vs #2 Waukee – 49

2A:

#1 Kuemper Catholic –  58 vs #4 Treynor – 57

#2 Unity Christian – 72 vs #3 Regina Catholic – 46

1A:

#1 St. Edmond – 74 vs #4 Notre Dame – 55

#6 Marquette Catholic – 65 vs #2 MMCRU – 56

THIS WEEK
The University of Iowa women’s golf team travels to Johns Island, South Carolina, for the Briar’s Creek Invitational on March 16–17. The 54-hole tournament will be played at The Golf Club at Briars Creek (par 72, 6,152 yards) and begins Monday with a 7:30 a.m. (CT) shotgun start.

FOLLOW LIVE
Fans can follow the tournament via live scoring on Scoreboard, powered by Clippd.

THE LINEUP
Iowa’s lineup includes freshman Sunny Wang, sophmore Lily Huether, junior Maura Peters, junior Ximena Benites, and senior Riley Lewis.

THE FIELD
The 15-team field includes: Boston College, Clemson, College of Charleston, East Carolina University, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Miami, Michigan State, NC State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Purdue, SMU, and UCF.

THE COURSE
The Golf Club at Briar’s Creek is known as one of the premier private golf clubs in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, offering a scenic setting just outside Charleston. Designed by Rees Jones, the course features wide fairways, natural marshland views, and well-maintained greens that highlight the area’s coastal landscape. The layout provides a strong test for golfers while remaining enjoyable to play. With its beautiful surroundings and reputation for hosting competitive events, Briars Creek has become a respected venue for amateur and collegiate tournaments.

LAST MEET
The Hawkeyes finished 5th at the Shootout at Wachesaw, recording a 36-hole total of 596 (301-295).

Sophomore Lily Huether paced the Hawkeyes with a 5-over-par 77 in the opening round. She responded with a career-low 1-under-par 71 in the second round, carding two birdies and 15 pars. Huether finished the tournament tied for 14th with a 36-hole total of 148.

Junior Maura Peters opened with a 3-over-par 75, tallying 12 pars and two birdies. She followed with a 2-over-par 74 in the second round to finish tied for 16th with a 36-hole total of 149.

OF NOTE…
• Sophomore Lily Huether recorded a career-low round of 1-under-par 71 in the second round at the Shootout at Wachesaw.

•Freshman Sunny Wang, competing as an individual, recorded a career-low 70 (-2) in the opening round of the Wachesaw Shootout and followed it with an even-par 72 in the final round to finish sixth overall.

•  Senior Riley Lewis earned a career-best eighth-place finish after carding rounds of 68–69–74 for a 54-hole total of 211 to open her spring season at the Puerto Rico Classic.

• Junior Maura Peters led Iowa with an even-par 72 in the final round of the Spartan Sun Coast Collegiate.

UP NEXT
Iowa returns to action March 20–22, traveling to Saddle Brooke, Arizona, for the Mountain View Collegiate.

The 2025 Southwest Valley Boys Track and Field finished with ten top 5 finishes and took 5th at the Pride of Iowa Conference Championships. They sent six events to state and are returning all but one of those runners. The 2026 Timberwolves are highlighted by junior Brody Crosier and other upperclassmen who are looking to repeat their success from last season. With all of the talent from last year returning, Head Coach Jason Shults thinks this team is deep and can repeat a lot of the success from 2025.

Coach Jason Hults thinks last year went well but really thinks his boys can take the next step this season and strive for even higher goals:

Brody Crosier is coming off of a great sophomore season where he excelled at multiple events, which included both sprint and jump events:

This 2026 Timberwolves group includes multiple runners who have been to state more than once. This experience is something that Coach Hults sees as the biggest strength heading into the season:

That experience not only helps on the track, but those upperclassmen are huge help to the newer runners on the team who are still getting used to the swing of things:

The 2026 Southwest Valley Timberwolves Boys season beings on March 13th when they head to the Lied Recreation Athletic Center for the IATC Indoor Boys Championships.

The Audubon Wheelers Boys Track and Field squad believes they have what it takes to have a successful season. In 2025, shot putter Lance Meyer, the 4×110 shuttle hurdle and the 1600m sprint medley relay teams competed at state. As a team, Audubon placed 56th overall. This year’s 1600m relay team will be without two seniors from the 2025 season, however they were led by Aiden Kjergaard, who returns as a sophomore. Head Coach Tony Konkler believes if they can find a way to fill in the gaps, they will be competitive in the long-distance events again.

Jorgen Nowatzke, who was a key part the 2026 Wheelers playoff basketball run, is expected to make a jump in the track world as well. Coach Konkler says the sophomore can trim down his 400m time of 54.79 from last season:

Audubon won’t be a huge team this year, but Coach Konkler thinks they can still find success in the mid-distance relay events:

Brody Schultes is the only senior of the group, but his leadership and work ethic has a positive effect on everyone. He has state meet experience and is a great example for the younger runners on the team.

This 2026 Audubon squad has set a high standard for themselves this season, and Coach Konkler encourages them to keep setting higher goals to reach:

The Audubon Boys Track and Field Season begins at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center on March 13th for the 2026 IATC Boys Indoor Championships.

The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team opens the Big Ten race on Friday with the first of a three game series at Penn State. The Hawkeyes has overcome some key injuries to the lineup and pitching staff and take an 11-5 record into the start of conference play.

That’s Iowa coach Rick Heller who says injuries have left the starting rotation with question marks. Sophomore Jaron Bleeker will start the opener against the Nittany Lions after getting his first start a week ago against Lindenwood.

Senior Logan Runde is returning from injury and is the scheduled starter for Saturday. The starter in the series finale has not been determined.

Penn State enters conference play with a record of 4-11.

The Northern Iowa women open the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Friday afternoon by taking on Bradley. The fourth seeded Panthers and the fifth seeded Braves traded home court victories during the regular season.

That’s UNI coach Tanya Warren. For the first time the tournament is being hosted by Xstream Arena in Coralville.

Warren says Bradley’s ability to shoot three pointers makes them tough to guard.

Iowa has been eliminated at the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago.

Gary Dolphin on the Hawkeye Network. The Hawkeyes cut a 16 point second half lead to one but the Buckeyes held on for a 72-69 win. Brendan Hausen and Isaia Howard both misfired on game tying three pointers in the waning seconds.

That’s Iowa coach Ben McCollum. Ohio State took command with a 10-0 run early in the second half and led by 16 with under 14 minutes to play.

The Hawkeyes are 21-12 and look like a good bet to receive a bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Seventh ranked Iowa State outscored 16th ranked Texas Tech 23-6 to start the second half and raced away to a 75-53 victory at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. The Cyclones shot a sizzling 65 percent in the second half to advance to Friday night’s semifinal round and avenge a regular season loss to the Red Raiders.

It was the second straight lopsided win at the tournament as ISU improves to 27-6.

The Cyclones have elevated their level of play with the start of the postseason.

The Cyclones are halfway home in their quest to win four games in four days to capture the tournament title.

Senior guard Tamin Lipsey led the way with 20 points as the Cyclones overcame a sluggish start that saw them trail 17-5 in the opening half.

Lipsey says the Cyclones are building momentum heading into Friday night.