Oklahoma outscored the Iowa women 16-1 to close the opening quarter and crushed the Hawkeyes 96-62 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Norman. Iowa committed 20 turnovers and was out-rebounded 64-33 to close the season with a record of 23-11.

That’s Iowa coach Jan Jensen. It was the Hawkeyes worst performance of the season.

Jensen feels her first season as head coach was a success and she is excited about the future.

Guard Lucy Olsen wrapped up her one and only season in a Hawkeye uniforms by scoring 20 points.

For the second time in a year a search for a new men’s basketball is underway at Drake. After leading the Bulldogs to a school record 31 wins and their deepest run in the NCAA Tournament in 54 years Ben McCollum was named the new coach at Iowa. He was the third different coach in eight years for a program that has enjoyed seven straight seasons of 20 wins or more and three straight trips to the NCAA Tournament.

That’s Drake athletic director Brian Hardin who says he was disappointed McCollum was not at Drake for more than one season.

With Niko Medved taking the job at Minnesota, Drake’s last three coaches are now working in the Big Ten.

Hardin was impressed with the way McCollum handled the contact he was receiving from other schools and says he remained focused on his Drake team throughout the process.

Hardin also lauded Iowa AD Beth Goetz for how she handled the search.

Hardin says contact with Iowa began when they returned from the NCAA Tournament late Sunday morning and McCollum informed him on Monday morning that he was taking the Iowa job.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa softball team will host South Dakota State, for a midweek non-conference matchup on Tuesday afternoon at Bob Pearl Field. The Hawkeyes will play a doubleheader with games at 2:30pm and 4:30pm CT.

The Hawkeyes enter the contest with a 19-9 record and the Jackrabbits come into the contest with a 15-5 record. South Dakota State enters the matchup after a ten day break in their schedule, and Iowa comes in after splitting its two game series against No. 5/6 UCLA this past weekend. Iowa leads the all-time series against the Jackrabbits,11-3, the most recent meeting between the teams was in May 2023, with Iowa winning, 6-3.

As a team, South Dakota State is hitting .301 and its pitching staff has a 4.57 ERA. They are led by Sophomore Abby Gentry with a .438 batting average, 35 hits and 30 RBIs. Freshman Tayler Baker has the most starts with 13, and holds a 4.11 ERA with a 4-3 record.

Overall, the Hawkeyes are hitting .283 as a team. The Iowa pitching staff has a 3.60 ERA. Sophomore Soo-Jin Berry leads the team with a .369 batting average and seven home runs. Junior Jalen Adams has thrown 95.1 innings for the Hawkeyes and has a 1.98 ERA, third in the Big Ten and 32nd nationally.

Tuesday’s games will be available on Big Ten+ ($). Tickets are available for $7 for adults, youth 18 and under are free. More ticketing information can be found on hawkeyesports.com.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa gymnastics team will continue its postseason in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for NCAA Regionals.

The Hawkeyes were selected for the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional on Monday morning during the 2025 NCAA Selection Show. The GymHawks will compete on Friday April 4 at Noon CT inside of Coleman Coliseum on the campus of the University of Alabama.

Iowa will compete against No. 6 Cal, No. 11 Alabama and North Carolina in session I. Session II in Alabama features No. 3 Florida, No. 14 Oregon State and NC State. The final spot in session II will be decided in a play-in meet between Clemson and Rutgers.

The top two teams in each of the sessions will advance to the regional final on Sunday April 6. The top two teams, the top all-around competitors, and the top event specialist on each event, who are not on an advancing team, from each regional will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships on April 17 and 19 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The GymHawks are one of 36 teams to qualify for the NCAA Regional competition at one of four different sites. To qualify, teams must have a top-36 national qualifying score (NQS). Iowa’s current NQS of 196.430 ranks 23rd in the latest Road to Nationals poll.

This is the GymHawks 25th straight season with an NCAA Regional appearance (as a team and/or individuals), and first under head coach Jen Llewellyn.

Iowa finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships this past weekend with a score of 196.775. Freshman Aurélie Tran and senior Haley Tyson were named to the all-championship team on bars and floor, respectively. Tran earned first team all-Big Ten and all-freshman honors as well.

The AHSTW Boys Track & Field team have a 16-man roster this Spring including a three-man senior class. The Vikings have four juniors, six sophomores and three freshmen as well. AHSTW kicked off the season at the IATC Indoor Championships in Ames on Thursday, March 13th with a seventh-place finish.

The Vikings scored 23 points highlighted by two top three finishes for Senior Luke Sternberg in the 200- and 400-meter dashes. Fellow Senior Jett Peterson was the runner-up in the shot-put competition throwing 49 feet and eight inches. The meet at Iowa State was the first of eleven meets on the schedule this year which includes a co-ed home meet on April 11th.

AHSTW brings back three of the four athletes from the 4×800 meter relay team that competed at the state meet last year in Chase Wheatley, Caden Geraghty, and Collin Harder. Those three plus Junior Ty Nelson ran the event in Ames a couple of weeks ago and finished eighth.

Head Coach Jason Renberg says he is proud of all his guys so far this season.

Renberg has goals for a few of his athletes to get the opportunity to compete at the Drake Relays.

Working hard day in and day out is the team-oriented goal in 2025.

AHSTW will continue their season at the Audubon Invitational on April 1st.

Iowa has hired Ben McCollum as its new basketball coach. In his one and only season at Drake McCollum led the Bulldogs to a school record 31 wins and their deepest run in the NCAA Tournament in 54 years. Prior to that hew spent 15 years as the head coach at Northwest Missouri State and led school to four NCAA Division II national championships. Four key members of the Drake team played for McCollum at Northwest Missouri State.

That’s McCollum after the Bulldogs were eliminated by Texas Tech over the weekend in Wichita.

McCollum says a key to his success has been finding players who are the right fit.

Iowa will hold a Tuesday afternoon news conference to introduce McCollum.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa baseball team recorded its third Big Ten series win by virtue of a 12-5 win over Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

Iowa (13-8, 6-2) plated double-digit runs for the second straight game and third time in four games. Iowa tallied nine hits, worked 13 walks and had two hit-by-pitches on Saturday. After driving in three runs in the series opener, Reese Moore had four RBI on Saturday.

Aaron Savory, Anthony Watts, Brant Hogue and Jack Whitlock combined to strike out 14 Buckeyes on the mound. Watts earned the win, throwing two and two thirds of scoreless baseball and allowing only one hit and striking out four in middle relief.

“We were pleased with our approach and execution of the game plan,” said Iowa head coach Rick Heller. “You couldn’t ask for more than the five runs in the first inning. We took advantage of the free bases that they gave us today. Savary wasn’t as sharp as he’s been, but he gutted it out for us and kept us in the game. Watts and Hogue did the same thing. Jack did exactly what you want in the ninth, shutting the door 1-2-3.”

Iowa chased Buckeye starter Blaine Wynk after sending 11 batters to the plate in the first inning, scoring five runs on four hits and four walks. The highlight of the frame was Reese Moore hitting a towering two-run shot over the right field wall for his second homer in as many days and seventh of the season.

Ohio State (6-14, 0-5) plated two in the second inning with back-to-back solo home runs and another tally in the third with an RBI single to close to within 5-3.

The Hawkeyes got three runs back in the third inning on a Buckeye throwing error and a two-out, two-RBI single by Moore up the middle.

After allowing two runs in the top of the fourth, Iowa’s lead swelled to 12-5 without a hit in the bottom of the fifth without a hit. The inning featured four walks, two hit-by-pitch and four runs.

In addition to Moore, Caleb Wulf, Kooper Schulte and Ben Swails registered two hits. Schulte and Swails also had an RBI while Wulf drove in two.

Iowa State was no match for hot shooting Ole Miss. The Rebels shot sizzling 58 percent, including 11-of-19 from three point range to beat the Cyclones 91-78 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee.

That’s Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones trailed by as many as 26 points in the second half and finished the season with a record of 25-10.

The Cyclones reached as high as number two in the national rankings but battled injuries to Milan Momcilovic,Tamin Lipsey and Keshon Gilbert over the last couple of months.

The Cyclones jumped out to an early 13-5 lead before the Rebels flipped the script.

That’s senior guard Curtis Jones who led ISU with 26 points. The Cyclones struggled defending the three point line during the final weeks of the season. ISU guard Nate Heise.

Ole Miss takes a 24-11 record into a Sweet Sixteen game against Michigan State.

That’s Rebel coach Chris Beard who says a key was committing only eight turnovers.

The Griswold Girls Track & Field program have 23 athletes on this year’s roster including six seniors. A bigger team than years past gives the Tigers the opportunity to field almost every relay and field event this season.

Coming off a seventh place finish at the Northwest Missouri State Indoor Meet Saturday, Griswold scored eight points in the meet. Senior Addison Adams set a personal best in the 400 meter dash and the 60 meter hurdles that included seventh and sixth place finishes. The Tigers entered two different teams into the 1600 meter sprint medley relay that finished seventh and eighth place. The trip to Maryville was the third of 15 meets on the schedule including four home meets.

Griswold hosts the Corner Conference meet on May 6th and Head Coach Rachel Larsen knows the competition is stiff but her team is ready to be challenged.

A bigger roster means spots at meets will be a lot more competitive within the team.

The six seniors will be eyed as leaders for the rest of the Tigers.

Griswold continues their season Tuesday, April 1st at Bulldog Relays at Bedford.