IOWA CITY, Iowa – Germany native Mia Mack has signed a scholarship agreement with the University of Iowa tennis team, it was announced Thursday by head coach Sasha Boros.

The Löchgau, Germany, native will join the team in January and have two seasons of eligibility remaining in Iowa City. She spent her freshman season at Miami (Florida) in 2022-23 and her sophomore season at the University of San Diego in 2023-24.

“I’m thrilled for Mia to join our team,” said Boros. “She is a talented and highly experienced player with a wealth of experience and success. We are excited to help Mia reach her high goals on and off the court at the University of Iowa.  Mia will contribute and make a positive impact on our singles and doubles lineup immediately.”

During her sophomore campaign at USD, Mack won a combined 21 singles and doubles matches for the Toreros en route to second-team All-West Coast Conference honors in singles and honorable mention all-league honors in doubles.  She was ranked as high as No. 42 nationally in singles during the spring season.

Mack went 6-4 at No. 2 singles and 4-1 at No. 3 singles, which included a 3-3 record against nationally ranked opponents. In doubles, Mack went 11-8, which included seven wins at the No. 1 doubles line.

Mack won the USTA Intercollegiate Championships in the fall of 2023, cruising to the title.  She entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed and didn’t drop a set until the final where she downed Texas’ Vivian Ovrootsky, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4.

Prior to making the move to the West Coast, Mack was a four-time ACC Freshman of the Week honoree at Miami.  She posted a 20-10 singles record and went 15-10 in doubles, finishing second on the team in combined winning percentage (.636), singles winning percentage (.667) and spring singles winning percentage (.708).

Mack went 17-7 during the spring season, including a 15-6 mark in dual matches and a 9-4 record in ACC play.  She had a pair of singles victories over ranked foes.  A notable win came against NC State’s Chloe Henderson (6-0, 6-2), who was the eventual NCAA runner-up.

During her first fall of collegiate tennis, Mack advanced to the quarterfinals at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships in doubles.

“To me, it’s not about being in the biggest city, but more about being in a place full of the right people that makes it feel like home,” said Mack of her future home in Iowa City. “After getting to know the coaches and teammates, there was no doubt. I am excited to become a part of the Iowa family since the culture, values and personalities aligned with mine immediately. I can’t wait to represent the HAWKEYE on my shirt very soon!”

Mack had a decorated junior career, where she reached as high as No. 850 in the WTA rankings and No. 47 in the ITA rankings, both in August 2022.  She peaked at No. 375 in the ITF Juniors rankings in January 2021.

She won two ITA Juniors doubles titles in 2020, claimed an ITF Juniors singles crown in Norway in 2020, reached the finals of a $15K ITF Tournament in Tunisia in 2021 and won five German championships, including four in doubles in her career.

The Hawkeyes will return to action Nov. 6-10 at the ITA Sectional Championships in College Station, Texas.

Sioux City native and former Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan has her eye on the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. The 32-year-old Houlihan finished 11th in the five thousand meter final at the Rio Olympics in 2016 but missed the Tokyo and Paris Olympics after a positive test for a banned substance in 2020. Houlihan says the substance likely came from tainted food.

She tried to prove it was from tainted pork, but the International Olympic Committee rejected that and handed down a four year ban.

Houlihan insisted she had not knowingly done anything illegal.

Houlihan spent 250-thousan dollars to try and prove her innocence and even battled through depression. She returned to the track this past season and finished fourth in the 5,000 meter run at the world championships.

Houlihan is a 13-time US champion.

Iowa State tight end Ben Brahmer says the Cyclones are poised for the stretch run as they get set to host 11th ranked BYU. The Cyclones are coming off their bye week with a record of 5-2.

Brahmer says the Cyclones remain confident despite back-to-back losses.

Brahmer says the BYU defensive line will be a challenge.

Drake coach Joe Woodley says quarterback Chase Spellman is questionable as the Bulldogs take a 3-0 Pioneer Football League record to Marist. Spellman has struggled with what Woodley has described as n “upper body” injury and did not play in last week’s 45-0 win over Valparaiso.

If Spellman can’t go freshman Logan Inagawa will get another start. He has appeared in five games and thrown for five touchdowns and rushed for five.

Drake’s success can be traced to a simple combination. The Bulldogs have the second best run game in the PFL and also rank second against the run.

The chore for the Drake defense on Saturday will be slowing down Marist dual threat quarterback Sonny Mannino.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser released the brackets for ISU’s 2025-26 wrestle-offs, which will take place this weekend. Semifinals will be wrestled Saturday, Oct. 25 at 11 a.m. on the Lied Rec Center main floor. Finals will take place the following day at Ames High School at 2 p.m.

Seven matches will be wrestled Saturday with nine on Sunday. A full bout order can be viewed at the end of this story.

Stevo Poulin, Evan Frost and Rocky Elam will be held out of competition this weekend and will wrestle off in the coming weeks. Daniel Herrera will also miss this weekend’s wrestle-offs due to his participation in the U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia Saturday and Sunday.

Additionally, Dresser also announced that Nando Villaescusa, Sawyer Bartelt, Carson Floyd and Carter Fousek will miss the 2025-26 season due to injury and will pursue a medical redshirt.

Results from the inaugural Cyclone Invitational Presented by Daily’s Premium Meats, in which two wrestlers per team can enter, will also factor in to setting the ISU lineup.

Wrestle-off results will be posted to Cyclones.com following each round.

IOWA STATE WRESTLE-OFF SCHEDULE
Semifinals
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Lied Rec Center

Finals
Date: Sunday, Oct. 26
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Ames High School
Watch: IAWrestle

SATURDAY MATCH ORDER
125: Adrian Meza vs. Ethan Perryman
141: Anthony Echemendia vs. Osmany Diversent*
149: Paniro Johnson vs. Logan Stotts
165: Connor Euton vs. Manny Rojas
165: Aiden Riggins vs. Owen Helgeson
174: Melton Powe vs. Jacob Helgeson
285: McCrae Hagarty vs. Xavier Bruening

SUNDAY MATCH ORDER
125: Christian Castillo vs. Meza/Perryman*
133: Garrett Grice vs. Carter Pearson
149: Jacob Frost vs. Johnson/Stotts
157: Vinny Zerban vs. Kane Naaktgeboren
165: Euton/Rojas vs. Riggins/O. Helgeson
174: MJ Gaitan vs. Powe/J. Helgeson
184: Isaac Dean vs. Tate Naaktgeboren
197: CJ Carter vs. Rowan Udell
285: Yonger Bastida vs. Hagarty/Bruening

*Denotes exhibition

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa announced updates to future football nonconference schedules on Thursday.

Iowa will play North Dakota in its nonconference finale on Sept. 18, 2027, in Iowa City and will host UNI on Sept. 1, 2029, in its season opener.

Below are Iowa’s updated future nonconference schedules.

2026
Northern Illinois (Sept. 5)
Iowa State (Sept. 12)
UNI (Sept. 19)

2027
Ball State (Sept. 4)
at Iowa State (Sept. 11)
North Dakota (Sept. 18)

2028
Western Michigan (Sept. 16)

2029
UNI (Sept. 1)
Northern Illinois (Sept. 15)

2030
Florida Atlantic (Aug. 31)

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa freshman Ella Magallan was named the Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Freshman of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday.

It is the third time this year that Magallan has earned the award. She previously claimed the distinction on Sept. 10 after placing eighth at the Hawkeye Invite and on Oct. 8 after her performance at the Joe Piane Invite.

The freshman from Burleson, Texas, ran 21:59.2 in the 6,000 meters at the Pre-National Invite on Oct. 17 in Columbia, Missouri. This time was a near two-minute personal best. She finished fourth among Hawkeyes. Magallan has scored in all four of Iowa’s races this fall.

In total, it is the fifth time a Hawkeye has won a weekly conference award this season.

• Ella Magallan – Women’s Freshman of the Week (Sept. 10)
• Elena Torres – Women’s Athlete of the Week (Sept. 10)
• Luke Knepp – Men’s Athlete of the Week (Sept. 24)
• Ella Magallan – Women’s Freshman of the Week (Oct. 8)
• Ella Magallan – Women’s Freshman of the Week (Oct. 22)

Iowa returns to action for the Big Ten Championships on Oct. 31 in East Lansing, Michigan.

West Point, Miss. – The University of Iowa women’s golf team concluded its fall season this week at The Ally, hosted by Mississippi State at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi. The Hawkeyes finished 12th in the 15-team field, recording a three-round total of 907 (299–305–303) over 54 holes.

Junior Ximena Benites closed out her final round at The Ally with a 1-over-par 73, finishing tied for 52nd. The Peru native recorded four birdies and 10 pars in her final round. Senior Shannyn Vogler also carded a 1-over-par 73, tying for 75th after recording five birdies and eight pars.

Junior Maura Peters shot a 78, with two birdies and 10 pars, to finish tied for 29th with a 220 (68-74-78).

Freshman Sunny Wang posted a 79 in her final round to tie for 64th place. Senior Riley Lewis rounded out Iowa’s lineup with a 10-over-par 82, finishing tied for 75th.

Florida captured the team title at 8-under par, while Abbey Schutte of Arkansas claimed individual medalist honors at 9-under.

IOWA LEADERBOARD

UP NEXT 

The Hawkeyes will kick off their spring season on Feb. 1-3, traveling to Rio Grande, Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Classic.

BOYS

GILBERT MEET

Qualifying Teams: Gilbert, Des Moines Christian, Bondurant-Farrar

Qualifying Individuals

• Mason Betts (Atlantic) – 16:19.88 (11th)

SPENCER MEET

Qualifying Teams: Sioux Center, Storm Lake, MOC-Floyd Valley

Qualifying Individuals

• Jeffery Gross (Harlan) – 16:42.55 (7th)

GIRLS

GILBERT MEET

Qualifying Teams: Des Moines Christian, Gilbert, Winterset

Qualifying Individuals

• Katrina Williams (Atlantic) – 19:52.11 (16th)

SPENCER MEET

Qualifying Teams: Sioux Center, Harlan, MOC-Floyd Valley

Qualifying Individuals

Ashlyn Rau (Harlan) – 18:38.60 (2nd)

Julia Heslink (Harlan) – 19:23.12 (6th)

Grace Berglund (Glenwood) – 18:52.85 (3rd)

Caitlin Hebel (Glenwood) – 19:43.19 (14th)

The Riverside Bulldogs took another step towards a second straight state tournament appearance as they opened their postseason with a 3-0 win over the Underwood Eagles. The Bulldogs controlled the first two sets with 25-14 and 25-17. Although the sets were close early, Riverside went on runs to pull away, and it seemed like most of the extended rallies went the Bulldogs’ way. However, with their season on the line, Underwood gave the Bulldogs everything they had. The Eagles played with the lead for much of set three. However, Riverside proved to be too much to handle, and the Bulldogs took the lead late and didn’t relinquish it again, cementing their spot in the 2A region 7 semi-final.

Set one was arguably Riverside’s best offense performance. Leading 8-5 Riverside, went on a pair of long runs and never looked back. They dominated the latter part of the set, pulling away for an 11-point win. Lilli Reed and Sydney Somers played well, sharing the team lead with 9 kills each in the match.

Set two was much like set one, just closer for longer. Although the Bulldogs played with the lead for much of the set, Underwood did a great job of limiting Bulldog runs. However, the Riverside defense was once again phenomenal. Sophia Fenner finished with 17 digs, but her play really embodies the defensive look of the Bulldogs: Keep the play alive. There were numerous points throughout the match that the Bulldogs kept plays alive that had no business being kept alive. Although most times you end up ceeding an offensive opportunity, if you keep it alive long enough, the other team will make a mistake or an offensive opportunity will come your way. This is what proved to be a massive difference as Riverside took set two 25-17.

Set three was Underwood’s best performance of the night. With their season on the line, they gave the Bulldogs everything they had. Although they had been competitive for most of the night, they took that next step in the third set. It was the Eagles that played with the lead for much of the set. However, the patience and defensive ability of the Bulldogs prevented them from going on that set-defining run. Eventually, that patience would pay off as Riverside flipped the script late to win 25-21 and secure their spot in the regional semi-final. Head coach Brooke Flathers was pleased with how her team handled their postseason opener.

One thing that was absent from Riverside’s performance was nerves.

The defense plays such a big part of the Bulldogs’ game and Flathers credits the work the group puts in at practice.

Riverside will take on Missouri Valley in their semi-final. The Lady Reds come into the match with a record of 26-14 and a narrow win over Tri-Center in their quarterfinal Matchup. The semi-final match is scheduled for 7 pm on Monday in Oakland.