Iowa used four pitchers on Friday. LHP Cade Obermueller started on the mound for the Hawkeyes and was credited with the loss. He gave up four runs – three earned – and eight hits while striking out seven in six innings of work.  Anthony Watts (0.2 IP), Brant Hogue (2.0 IP) and Gannon Archer (0.1 IP), came out of the bullpen, yielding three earned runs on five hits while punching out three Cougars.

Junior Caleb Wulf led Iowa at the plate, going 4-for-5 with three RBIs and a double. Transfer Jackson Beaman went 1-for-3, hitting his third home run as a Hawkeye.

Iowa got on the board first when Wulf hit a two-out RBI double to score junior Miles Risley. The second and third innings were scoreless for both squads.

Washington State took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning after an RBI bunt single and a throwing error. Iowa regained the lead on a Wulf RBI single in the fifth.

The Cougars responded, scoring two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to go up, 6-3. The Hawkeyes plated one more in the bottom of the seventh, but that was it for the offense.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes continue the four-game series with the Cougars with game three tomorrow at 2 p.m. (CT). Right-hander Aaron Savary will start on the mound for Iowa. The game can be heard on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

The Iowa Hawkeye women close the regular season at home Sunday afternoon against Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes are 9-8 in the Big Ten and this will be Jan Jensen’s first Senior Day as head coach.

The Badgers are 4-13 in conference play but safely in next week’s Big Ten Tournament.

Listen for the game Sunday on KJAN, beginning with the pre-game show at 2:30-p.m. Tip-off is at 3.

First Team All-Conference

Evan Gettler, Sr. – Stanton
Jackson Embree, Sr. – East Mills
Isaiah Sholes, Jr. – Essex
Braedon Godfread*, Sr. – Sidney
Cal Peterman*, Sr. – Bedford
Brody King, Sr. – Bedford

Second Team All-Conference

Michael Hensley, Sr. – Sidney
Garrison Motsinger, Sr. – Bedford
Mason Camden, So. – East Mills
Bode Wyman, Sr. – Griswold
Grant Whitehead, Sr. – Sidney
Keith Thompson, Jr. – Hamburg

Honorable Mention

Mason Reed, Jr. – Fremont-Mills
Sheldon Vandenberg, Sr. – East Mills
Quentin Dalton, So. – Bedford

* Denotes Unanimous Selection

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s soccer head coach Dave DiIanni has signed a contract extension through the 2029 season the school announced on Thursday.

DiIanni is coming off his 11^th season as helm of head coach in Iowa City where he led the program to its fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament and first appearance in the Round of 16. The Hawkeyes amassed a 15-3-4 overall record, tying a program record for wins in a season. Iowa hosted an NCAA Tournament game in back-to-back seasons. The Hawkeyes drew a crowd, finishing the season 13^th nationally in attendance and second in the Big Ten.

Iowa finished third in the Big Ten regular season standings, finishing 8-2-1 in conference play, the third-place finish tied a program record while also setting a record for Big Ten regular season wins in a season. The Hawkeyes were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll top 25 every week of the 2024 campaign, something that previously had never been done in program history.

In DiIanni’s 22 years as a head coach he has accumulated a 334-95-44 record. At Iowa, he has led the program to a 113-77-26 record. In his previous stint at Grand Valley State, DiIanni led the Lakers to three NCAA Division II national championships, nine-consecutive Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference titles, and 11-straight NCAA Tournament Berths.

Since the 2019 season, the Hawkeyes have won two Big Ten championships, won each of four NCAA tournament games in program history, made four of the five NCAA Tournament appearances in program history, earned 12 postseason wins, posted 53 shutouts, and saw DiIanni become the all-time winningest coach in program history.

Iowa’s spring season gets underway on March 8^th, where they host Iowa State at the Indoor Football Practice Facility. The match is set for 5:00 p.m. (CT) and is free admission to the public.

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake women’s basketball team capped off the home portion of its regular-season schedule with a record-breaking first half that carried over to a 107-86 romp past over Indiana State at the Knapp Center on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs kept their composure while Indiana State got off to a sizzling start and took control once the short-handed Sycamores cooled down to earn a decisive bounce-back victory after Saturday’s disappointing overtime loss to Missouri State.

Playing what could be her final game at the Knapp Center, senior Katie Dinnebier topped 30 points for the nation-leading eighth time this season, scoring 35 to propel Drake (19-9, 13-4) to its eighth victory in the last nine games.

She had plenty of help in this one. Dinnebier, Abbie Aalsma, Courtney Becker and Anna Miller all reached double figures in the first half as Drake took a 59-49 lead. The 59 points were the most ever by a Drake team in the opening half of a game. It’s the third time this season the Bulldogs have scored 50 or more points in a half and they first time they reached the century mark in a game since a 107-98 victory over Murray State on Jan. 21, 2024.

Dinnebier, topping 30 points for the third time in the last four games, hit four 3-pointers and a variety of layups in going 12-for-19 from the field. She also handed out 10 assists for her seventh double-double of the season, grabbed six rebounds and made two steals.

Becker finished with 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting and Aalsma scored 16, making 6-of-8 shots with four treys and handing out a career-high six assists. Miller wound up with 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three blocks as the Bulldogs finished with a season-best 28 assists and shot 59.2 percent.

Freshman Maggie Taylor matched her career high with 11 rebounds in 12 solid minutes and scored two points.

All this came about after Indiana State (4-24, 2-15), with only eight active players, stunned the Bulldogs by scoring the game’s first nine points and rocketing to a 22-11 lead in the first 4 1/2 minutes. The Sycamores were 8-for-11 with four threes at that point and looked nothing like a team that had won only four games.

Then Dinnebier went to work, accounting for 10 straight Drake points to pull the Bulldogs to 22-21. She started that run with a layup, hit a three from the top of the key, fed Brooklin Dailey for a layup and then buried another triple from the same spot to get the Bulldogs back into it.

The points just kept coming as the two teams matched each other basket for basket. The wild opening quarter ended with Indiana State leading 35-33 and shooting 68.4 percent (13-of-19). Drake shot 60 percent in the quarter and Dinnebier scored 17 points, yet the Bulldogs still trailed.

Indiana State stretched its lead to 42-35 and was up 47-43 before the Bulldogs finished the half with a flourish, outscoring the Sycamores 16-2 and holding them scoreless the final 3:23 of the half to open that 59-49 lead.

Dinnebier finished the half with 21 points, Aalsma had 14, Becker 12 and Miller 10. Indiana State missed its final five shots of the half and seven of the last eight and never regained its touch. After that hot opening quarter, the Sycamores shot just 35 percent the rest of the way and finished at 43 percent.

Three straight baskets from Shannon Fornshell and a Becker layup pushed Drake’s lead to 69-53 and the Bulldogs stayed ahead by double figures the rest of the way.

The closest Indiana State got was 79-69 with 2 minutes left in the third quarter. Eighty seconds later, the Bulldogs were up by 19 thanks to nine straight Dinnebier points. She converted a 3-point play off a driving layup, knocked down a three from the top of the key, then converted another 3-point play off a slick reverse layup that drew a roar from the crowd.

Drake led 88-73 going into the final quarter and the only question that remained was when the Bulldogs would reach 100. They got there on Peyton McCabe’s free throw with 4:49 left. By then, all the Drake starters were watching from the bench.

“The first quarter was exciting, kind of wish it was a little less so, but we fought, we battled, especially when Indiana State was able to build their early lead,” said Suzie Glazer Burt Head Coach Allison Pohlman. “We dug our feet in the sand…I was pleased with our depth shining through. A lot to learn from today but proud of our squad to get a win like this in the Knapp Center. We just needed to hit the reset button, and we did. Credit to Indiana State, they came in ready to play…a testament to how deep the Missouri Valley Conference is.”

Indiana State got 24 points each from Savannah White and Keslyn Secrist and 22 from Bella Finnegan.

With Missouri State’s loss at Murray State on Thursday night, the Bulldogs now trail the league-leading Lady Bears by only one game.

Drake finishes the season with three road games, starting Saturday at Northern Iowa. Tip-off time is set for 2 p.m. in the McLeod Center.

CLEBURNE, Texas – The University of Iowa baseball team was defeated, 12-7, on Thursday afternoon by Washington State at La Moderna Field.

The Hawkeyes outhit the Cougars 16-10 but left 14 runners stranded.

“Our first try at a mid-week game didn’t go so well,” said head coach Rick Heller. “We didn’t pitch or play well. The offense fought hard and gave us a chance, but we just couldn’t get a shutdown inning after we scored. Too many free bases did us in. After scoring two in the top of the sixth we gave them five runs without a hit. You’re not going win when that happens.”

Iowa used eight different pitchers in a bullpen game for the Hawkeyes. Bryson Walker got the start and was tagged with the loss, allowing 2 runs in 2/3 of an inning. The pitching staff walked seven and hit five batters while striking out nine.

Five Hawkeyes tallied multi-hit games on the offensive side. Gable Mitchell has three hits while Miles Risley, Andy Nelson, Kooper Schulte and Ben Wilmes each tallied two. Caleb Wulf and Schulte each had two RBIs and Wilmes, Jackson Beaman and Max Burt each plated one.

Washington State scored six runs across the first three innings to open the game before Iowa responded with two in the fourth. The Cougars answered back with a run in the fifth and despite two Hawkeye runs in the top half of the sixth, a five run bottom half would make it 11-4. Iowa added one run in the seventh and two in the eighth but couldn’t complete the comeback.

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes continue the four-game series with the Cougars with game two tomorrow starting at 2 p.m. (CT). Cade Obermueller will start for the Hawkeyes and the game can be heard on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery believes all 18 Big Ten teams should take part in the conference post season tournament. Only the top 15 teams qualify for the Big Ten Tournament and the Hawkeyes are on the cut line right now as they take a 6-11 league record to Northwestern Friday night.

McCaffery says the coaches were in favor of including all 18 teams.

Northwestern is also 6-11 in the Big Ten and battling for its postseason life. The Hawkeyes won the first meeting at the buzzer back on December third but McCaffery says both are different teams after battling injuries.

McCaffery says the injuries have forced Northwestern coach Chris Collins to adjust.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger hopes senior guard Keshon Gilbert will return to the lineup on Saturday night when the ninth ranked Cyclones host 22nd ranked Arizona. Gilbert missed the last two games with a muscle strain as ISU dropped road games at Houston and Oklahoma State.

Otzelberger has been preaching consistent effort this week in practice. It is something he felt was lacking in Tuesday night’s upset loss at Oklahoma State.

The Cyclones have struggled when missing key players due to injury or illness.

The Cyclones are tied for fourth in the Big 12 at 11-6 and are 21-7 overall and Otzelberger says there needs to be sense of urgency.

Arizona is currently second in the Big 12 at 13-4 and used a half court shot to force overtime in an 86-75 victory over the Cyclones in their first meeting a month ago.