PROVO, Utah – A back-and-forth battle broke out at Gail Miller Field in Provo, Utah, on Friday night as Iowa State (16-24, 5-12 Big 12) fell to the BYU Cougars (25-19, 7-13 Big 12) on a Maddie Bejarano walk-off home run in nine innings, 8-7.

The long ball was the theme of Friday’s battle, as the two teams combined to blast eight homers on the evening. In fact, all eight of BYU’s runs came via long ball as the Cougars recorded six homers – four solo shots and two, two-run shots.

The Cyclones, who are still aiming for their first-ever win in Provo, bounced back offensively after a down series-opener, connecting on 13 hits. Four of ISU’s 13 hits went for extra bases as Carli Spelhaug led the way with a three-for-five outing. Milaysia Ochoa, Angelina Allen and Olivia Wardlow all joined Spelhaug with multiple hits on the night. Ochoa had a team-high two RBI.

Karlie Charles (2-6) matched her career high with 8.1 innings pitched on the afternoon, starting the game, being relieved by Jaiden Ralston, and re-entering to finish the game. Charles struck out three and walked just one.

Huntyr Ava was on fire for the Cougars on the evening, as the first baseman went four-of-four at the plate and towered a pair of solo shots in the game. Returning from injury, Violet Zavodnik and Lily Ownes joined Ava with two RBI on the day and also got in on the action blasting long balls themselves. The hero Bejarano and Hailey Morrow also had homers for BYU.

Gianna Mares got the start for the Cougars and went for three innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. Ailana Agbayani again came in in relief, allowing just two hits in 2.2 innings of work. Kate Dahle also saw action for the Cougars, tossing 3.1 innings.

On Deck

Iowa State will return to Gail Miller Field tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, to take on the Cougars in the series finale. Tomorrow’s game is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

GREGG BEAM HAWKEYE INVITATIONAL

2. Woodbine (120.5 points)

Evan Estrada, 1600 meter run (5:11.02)

Gavin Kelley, discus throw (139-06)

4×200 meter relay: Landon Blum, Owen Wingert, Adam Barry, Brody Pryor (1:35.99)

4×800 meter relay: Landon Blum, Brody Pryor, Adam Barry, Gunner Wagner (9:02.36)

3. Missouri Valley (119 points)

5. CAM (45 points)

Jack Follmann, 110 meter hurdles (15.03)

6. West Harrison (31 points)

7. East Mills (20.5 points)

UNDERWOOD MEET

1. Tri-Center (167.50 points)

Isah VanArsdol, 400 meter dash (1:04.39)

Tess Casey, 800 meter run (2:32.39) & long jump (16-02.50)

Quincey Schneckloth, 400 meter hurdles (1:12.47)

Sprint medley relay: Avilyn Kilpack, Lucy Elsener, Kaitlin Kozeal, Casey (1:59.95)

Shuttle hurdle relay: Zohie Payne, Layla Meador, Cassidy Cunningham, Schneckloth (1:11.30)

2. Treynor (131 points)

Delaney Mathews, shot put (35-10.50) & discus (108-04.00)

Alyssa Kulesa, 3000 meter run (11:31.32)

Rylee Hemmingsen, 100 meter hurdles (17.97)

3. Riverside (128 points)

Lydia Erickson, 200 meter dash (27.87)

Carly Henderson, 1500 meter run (5:16.09)

4×800 meter relay: Erickson, Elly Henderson, Bentley Rone, Carly Henderson (10:47.44)

4. Underwood (104.5 points)

5. AHSTW (85 points)

4×400 meter relay: Bella Lamp, Makenna Paulsen, Delaney Goshorn, Ava Paulsen (4:26.67)

6. Logan-Magnolia (54 points)

7. Heartland Christian (17 points)

8. Thomas Jefferson (13 points)

9. Hamburg (8 points)

Girls

• Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
• St. Albert 7, Harlan 2
• Lewis Central 6, Denison-Schleswig 3

Knoxville Tournament

6th Place — Creston (3 points) 

Sioux City East 9 Thomas Jefferson 0

Bishop Heelan Catholic 9 Thomas Jefferson 0

Bishop Heelan 9 Abraham Lincoln 0 

Boys

• Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
• St. Albert 9, Harlan 0
• Creston 7, Clarke 2
• Southwest Valley 9, Audubon 0
• Sioux City East 7, Thomas Jefferson 2
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 9, Thomas Jefferson 0
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 9, Abraham Lincoln 0
• Sioux City East 5, Abraham Lincoln 4

Heartland Christian 271, Griswold NTS

• Medalist: Joanna Reynolds, Griswold (45)
• Runner-up: Linsey Keiser, Griswold (46)

Riverside 205, AHSTW NTS

• Medalist: Addison Brink, Riverside (43)
• Runner-up: Kaycie Perkins, Riverside (49)

Treynor 217, Audubon NTS 

• Medalist: Sophi Pedersen, Treynor (46)
• Runner-up: Molly Coffman, Treynor (54)

East Union NTS, Southwest Valley NTS

• Medalist: Grace Bain, Southwest Valley (43)

SOUTHEAST VALLEY TOURNAMENT

5th Place — Glidden-Ralston (256)

1. Addy Boell (48) 

Griswold 224, Heartland Christian 253 

• Medalist: Hogan Hook, Griswold (49)

Riverside 165, AHSTW 179 

• Medalist: Garrett Hough, Riverside (37)

Treynor 160, Audubon 178

• Medalist: Ethan Konz, Treynor (35)

East Mills 156, East Union 167, Southwest Valley NTS

• Medalist: Lincoln Palmer, East Mills (35)

Boys

• Atlantic 3, Red Oak 1
• Creston 5, Riverside 0
• Denison-Schleswig 2, Tri-Center 0
• Glenwood 1, LeMars 0
• Abraham Lincoln 5, St. Albert 2

Girls

• Logan-Magnolia 1, Atlantic 0
• Creston 1, Chariton 1
• St. Albert 1, Abraham Lincoln 0
• Lewis Central 3, Glenwood 1
• Kuemper Catholic 3 Storm Lake 1

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa softball team fell in game one of a three-game series, 8-0, against Indiana Friday evening at Bob Pearl Field.

Junior Devyn Greer (2-5) started the game in the circle for the Hawkeyes. The Hoosiers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a two-run home run. Despite a few key defensive plays for Iowa, Indiana extended their lead to five in by the fourth inning.

The Hoosiers plated two more in the top of the sixth on an RBI single and capped off the scoring with a solo shot in the seventh.

Junior Rylie Moss picked one of Iowa’s two hits and recorded an outfield assist in the top of the third throwing out a Hoosier runner at home.

UP NEXT

Iowa (16-19, 2-9) returns for game two of the series tomorrow at 2 p.m. CT at Bob Pearl Field. The game will be streamed on B1G+ and broadcast on the Hawkeyes Radio Network.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Iowa men’s golf team concluded round one of play at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, hosted by Ohio State, at OSU Scarlet Course on Friday. The Hawkeyes are in a tie for seventh place at nine-over par (293) out of eighteen teams. Kent State leads the field at three-over par (287) trailed by Purdue and South Dakota State at five-over par (289).

Senior Mac McClear is tied for 14th at one-over par (72). Kent carded a bogey free one-under par on his front nine before shooting two-over on the back nine. Tied with McClear at one-over par is sophomore Hogan Hansen. Hansen’s two birdies on the back nine propelled him into a tie for 14th.

Freshman Noah Kent is sitting at two-over par in a tie for 24th. Kent shot even par on the back nine after carding two-over on the front nine.

Tyler Seeling of South Dakota State leads the individual field at four-under par.

HAWKEYE SCORECARD

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• Iowa’s par four average of 4.15 (+8) leads the field by X strokes.
• McClear leads the field in pars with 15.
  • Ian Meyer and Hansen are second on the team with 11 pars a piece.
• Kent, Hansen, and Max Tjoa lead Iowa with three birdies a piece.

 UP NEXT

The second round of the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate tees off on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. (ET). The Hawkeyes tee off at 8:15 a.m. (ET).

Sarasota, Fla. – The University of Iowa rowing team competed in Big Ten Invitational on Friday at Nathan Benderson Park.

The Hawkeyes raced in the 1V8, 2V8, 3V8, 4V8, 1V4, 2V4, and 3V4 with a stacked field consisting of No. 9 Michigan, No. 13 Duke, No. 15 Rutgers, and No. 16 Indiana.

Iowa’s top placement of the day came from the 2V8 in the morning session, placing first by .93 seconds. The Hawkeyes had five other boats finish second comfortably in their races.

Hawkeyes will return back in action tomorrow morning beginning at 8:20 a.m. (CT) with the 2V4. Fans can watch live at https://rhstv.com/bigten or follow along at https://legacy.herenow.com/results/#/races/21215/results.

QUOTING HEAD COACH JEFF GARBUTT

“Day one was a great test for our squad today. The competition was some of the best we have seen this season and we learned how to go through two rounds of racing with stiff competition. Seeing our crews race hard in each round and rallying around each other in the second round was great to see. The weather was beautiful, but the heat added a new twist to our race prep. I can’t thank my staff enough, especially our Athletic Trainer, Kezia DiGioia, for having the athletes ready to race hard again in round two. Their conditioning was tested, and they responded with some very inspiring racing. So proud of all their efforts and can’t wait to see them take the lessons of today into our final round of racing tomorrow morning.”

QUOTING SENIOR EMMA MASK

“We ran a great race this morning which gave us a great opportunity to show our speed against some fast teams. Competition was tough this afternoon which reminds us we have room for growth. I’m excited to continue getting faster in our races to come.”

 QUOTING SENIOR ABBY JAYNES

“Today was a good step forward for our program as a whole, and we were able to show our speed with fast competition. I think if we continue to build on consistency and focus on the success we had today, we will end the weekend on a high note!”

 QUOTING SENIOR CLAIRE WRAGGE

“Iowa raced hard during both races in the Florida heat today. We continue to focus on growth within our boats and and as a team overall. Looking forward to more hard racing tomorrow with my crew as we strive to get better each race!”

 QUOTING SOPHOMORE OLIVIA SMOTHERS

“Throughout the day, our team did an awesome job executing the race plans and technical changes we have been practicing. We are excited to compete in more tight races tomorrow.”