Iowa Associate Head Coach Jan Jensen says the team knew it would be a tough task to beat a talented South Carolina team.

Jensen says she and Coach Bluder realize how much this team has meant to the state of Iowa over the past several months.

Jensen says Clark deserves to be recognized as the greatest of all time.

Senior Gabbie Marshall played almost all 40 minutes, scoring six points and had a team-high three steals. She says Iowa being out rebounded 51-29 and giving up 30 second-chance points hurt the Hawkeyes.

Marshall says South Carolina showed how strong they are as they outscored Iowa 37-0 in points off the bench.

Marshall credits Kate Martin’s leadership for helping the Hawkeyes reach the championship game for a second straight year.

Hannah Stuelke finished with 11 points and says it was tough to battle South Carolina’s talent.

Stuelke says there’s no doubt in her mind – Caitlin Clark is the greatest of all time.

Stuelke says losing the rebounding battle hurt the Hawkeyes.

Sydney Affolter had 12 points and says it was a tough way to end a two-year run that culminated in national runner-up finishes.

Affolter says this team believed they had a chance to make a successful run at the start of the season.

Affolter says South Carolina responded well after Iowa’s 20-9 start to the game.

South Carolina spoiled what the Iowa Hawkeye women were hoping would be a storybook ending. The Gamecocks took control with an 8-0 run late in the third quarter to beat the Hawkeyes 87-75 in the national championship game in Cleveland.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. It was Iowa’s second straight trip to the Final Four and their second straight loss in the title game.

Bluder says South Carolina’s depth was a major factor. The Gamecocks got 37 points from the bench.

Bluder hopes they can maintain the momentum in the program going forward.

South Carolina dominated the glass by out rebounding the Hawkeyes 51-29 and also connected on nine-of-17 from three point range to finish a perfect 38-0.

That’s Iowa star Caitlin Clark who finished with 30 points, eight rebounds and five assists to close out her record breaking career.

Clark is expected to be the top pick in the WNBA Draft on April 15th.

The Hawkeyes finish the season with a record of 34-5.

It is the end of the road for a Hawkeye team that captivated the nation over the last two years with record television ratings and sold out crowds.

Iowa won 65 games during the past two seasons. Senior forward Kate Martin.

Martin says this Iowa team has been a big part in the growth of the women’s game over the past couple of years.

Boys Scores

Van Meter 1, Waverly-Shell Rock 0
ADM 4, Waverly-Shell Rock 1
Denison-Schleswig 2, Norwalk 0
ADM 2, Clinton 0
Spencer 2, Denison-Schleswig 1

Girls Scores

Council Bluffs Jefferson 7, Carroll 0
Spencer 4, Tri-Center 0
Waukee Northwest 6, Lewis Central 0
Treynor 2, Spencer 1
Lewis Central 2, Council Bluffs Jefferson 0
Glenwood 1, Bishop Heelan 0

Team Scores
1 Tri Center – 99
2 Denison – 94
3 Woodbine – 90.5
4 Harlan – 90
5 Boyer Valley – 80
6 IKM-Manning 76
7 Underwood – 50.5

High Jump
7 Aubree Wegner – 4’4″
7 Kenzley Bruck – 4’4″

Long Jump
7 Aubrey Schwieso – 13′ 4.75″
10 Brinley Van Baale – 12′ 11″

Shot Put
10 Abby Curren – 25′ 8″
11 Bristol Loudy 25′ 5″

Discus
6 Bristol Loudy – 75′ 0″
14 Abby Curren – 55′ 6″

Sprint Medley
3 Schwieso, Stork, Ineson, Wegner – 1:59.17

3000m Run
5 Allie Andersen – 12:18.32
6 Ava Freund – 12:59.18

4x800m Relay
2 Alberti, Sonderman, Van Baale, Schechinger – 11:01.85

Shuttle Hurdle
1 Schmitz, Stork, Daniels, Mages

100m Dash
4 Sammie Ineson – 14.05
8 Ari Daniels – 15.05

Distance Medley
4 Broeckelman, Mages, Tunender, Bieker – 5:02.22

400m Run
3 Aubrey Schwieso – 1:06.63
11 Kenzley Bruck – 1:25.61

4x200m Relay
3 Stork, Sonderman, Anderson, Goshorn – 1:58.87

100m Hurdles
2 Jaylee Schmitz – 17.30

200m Dash
6 Aubree Wegner – 28.66

400m Hurdles
2 Abby Brockelman – 1:11.40
6 Paige Sonderman – 1:20.03

1500m Run
1 Lindsey Sonderman – 5:01.19
7 Brylee Schechinger – 5:43.53

4x100m Relay
3 Schwieso, Stork, Schmitz, Goshorn – 55.60

4x400m Relay
2 Brockelman, Anderson, Alberti, Wegner

Boy’s Team Scores

1 Glenwood – 114
2 Council Bluffs Jefferson – 93
3 Atlantic – 77
4 Lewis Central – 66
5 Creston – 61
6 Red Oak – 57
7 St. Albert – 53
8 Council Bluffs Lincoln – 43
9 Denison-Schleswig – 39

Boys Results

Boys 100m Dash
1 Cale Hall – Red Oak – 11.97
2 Seth Gordon – Creston – 12.19
3 Ethan Ayres – Lewis Central – 12.44
4 Davin Wallace – Creston – 12.56
5 Adrian Jessen – St. Albert – 12.57
6 Peyton Hamilton – Lewis Central – 12.60
7 Sergio Villanueva – Red Oak- 12.72
8 Ethan Fouts -Red Oak – 12.78

Boys 200m Dash
1 Cale Hall – Red Oak – 23.83
2 Jorge Camarena- CB Jefferson – 24.16
3 Seth Gordon – Creston – 24.28
4 Adrian Jessen – St. Albert – 24.86
5 Davin Wallace – Creston – 25.05
6 Kelley Barrett Jr. – Glenwood – 25.28
7 Chris Lovan – Denison-Schleswig – 25.62
8 Kye Irwin – St. Albert – 25.73

Boys 4x100m Relay
1 Glenwood – 46.97
2 Lewis Central – 46.98
3 Red Oak – 48.55
4 Council Bluffs Jefferson – 51.39

Boys 400m Dash
1 Davin Wallace – Creston – 55.32
2 Vincent Mesinger – Atlantic – 56.83
3 Edgar Ortiz – Denison-Schleswig – 58.34
4 Kevin Sanchez – Denison-Schleswig – 58.83
5 Rylan Andres – Lewis Central – 1:03.91
6 Leonardo Sanchez-Rios – 1:04.70
7 Jackson Abraham – CB Jefferson – 1:05.77
8 Ryan McColloch – 1:05.87

Boys 4x200m Relay
1 Lewis Central – 1:37.41
2 Red Oak – 1:40.79
3 Atlantic – 1:44.10
4 Lewis Central – 1:44.70

Boys 800m Run
1 Evan Hamilton – CB Jefferson – 2:11.32
1 Joey Mazzella – St. Albert – 2:11.32
3 Reese Montgomery – Red Oak – 2:15.24
4 Corbin Ritter – Atlantic – 2:18.78
5 Preston Williams – Atlantic – 2:18.82
6 Hunter Harmsen – CB Jefferson – 2:20.96
7 Anthony Valitierra – Denison-Schleswig – 2:25.46
8 Josh Bunz – Creston – 2:26.88

Boys 4x400m Relay
1 Atlantic – 3:49.82
2 CB Jefferson – 3:55.22
3 Lewis Central – 3:59.96
4 Glenwood – 4:00.02

Boys 4x800m Relay
1 Denison-Schleswig – 9:50.01
2 St. Albert – 9:53.06
3 Creston – 10:12.17
4 Glenwood – 10:55.52

Boys 1600m Run
1 Immanual Brown – CB Jefferson – 5:27.32
2 Malak McDaniel – CB Jefferson – 5:33.28
3 Hunter Harmsen – CB Jefferson – 5:45.98
4 Brady Smith – St. Albert – 5:57.65
5 Jackson Abraham – CB Jefferson – 5:59.32
6 Mak Horton – Glenwood – 6:08.25
7 Ben Schoening – Glenwood – 6:23.85

Boys 800 Medley
1 Creston – 1:43.71
2 Lewis Central – 1:45.25
3 Glenwood – 1:46.66
4 CB Jefferson – 1:49.65

Boys 1600 Medley
1 Atlantic – 4:02.16
2 Glenwood – 4:04.91
3 CB Jefferson – 4:12.69
4 CB Abraham Lincoln – 4:12.78

Boys 110m Hurdles
1 Aaden Lopez – Glenwood – 17.13
2 Grant Petty – Atlantic – 17.72
3 Brayden Adams – Denison-Schleswig – 18.73
4 Carter Lobaugh – Lewis Central – 18.88
5 Aden Tupa – Lewis Central – 19.08
6 Shain Pratt – Glenwood – 19.35
7 Bailyan Williamson – CB Jefferson – 18.35
8 Brayden McPherson – 20.95

Boys 400m Hurdles
1 Sawyer Tarrell – Atlantic – 1:02.90
2 Evan Lang – CB Abraham Lincoln – 1:03.77
3 Ethan Eiseman – Glenwood – 1:03.77
4 Isaac Carpenter – CB Jefferson – 1:07.14
5 Brayden Adams – Denison-Schleswig – 1:07.19
6 Vincent Meisinger – Atlantic – 1:07.41
7 Shelton Mualia – Atlantic – 1:07.68
8 Jackson Walter – St. Albert – 1:08.24

Boys 4×110 Shuttle Hurdle
1 Glenwood – 1:10.77
2 CB Jefferson – 1:18.16
3 Glenwood – 1:21.89

Boys 3200m Run
1 Kaiden Hamilton – CB Jefferson – 10:42.51
2 Tristan Turner – Glenwood – 11:42.45
3 Isaac Hamilton – CB Abraham Lincoln – 11:55.46
4 Brady Smith – St. Albert – 12:07.06

Boys Long Jump
1 Ethan McNeal – Atlantic – 19-10.5
2 Shain Pratt – Glenwood – 18-05.5
3 Ethan Eiseman – Glenwood – 17-04.5
4 Adrian Jessen – St. Albert – 17-02
5 Evan Long – CB Abraham Lincoln – 17-00
6 Garrett Null – CB Jefferson – 16-11
7 Edgar Ortiz – Denison-Schlewsig – 16-02
8 Wilson Riphin – Denison-Schlewsig – 15-05.5

Boys High Jump
1 Chase Razor – Glenwood – 6’0″
2 Aden Tupa – Lewis Central – 5’4″
3 Grant Petty – Atlantic – 5’2″

Boys Shot Put
1 Tom Mikkelsen – Creston – 50-06
2 Hunter Infanger – Lewis Central – 41-07
3 Sawyer Sheffield – St. Albert – 38-10
4 Tyson Baker – CB Jefferson – 37-10
5 Alex Segoviano – Denison-Schleswig – 37-03
6 Malik Nichols – CB Jefferson – 35-05
7 Isaiah Heath – CB Jefferson – 34-00
7 Gabriel Henningsen – Denison-Schleswig – 34-00

Boys Discus
1 Lincoln Skarnulis – Glenwood – 124-03
2 Caleb Ranson – Red Oak – 113-07
3 Sawyer Sheffield – St. Albert – 108.07
4 Tyson Baker – CB Jefferson – 106-01
5 TJ Schmitt – Glenwood – 105-08
6 Tom Mikkelsen – Creston – 103-09
7 Trace Mergen – CB Jefferson – 94-03
8 Jordan Taylor – Glenwood – 93-03

Girl’s Team Scores

1 Atlantic – 104
2 Glenwood – 102
3 Lewis Central – 84
4 Denison-Schleswig – 78
5 St. Albert – 57
6 Creston – 53
7 Council Bluffs Lincoln – 47
8 Red Oak – 19
9 Council Bluffs Jefferson – 18

Girls Results

Girls 100m Dash
1 Lila Wiederstein – Atlantic – 13.48
2 Kyia Clark – Denison-Schleswig – 13.60
3 Megan Hughes – Glenwood – 13.74
4 Sophia Denton – St. Albert – 13.78
5 Jayci Reed – Atlantic – 13.95
6 Alexa Lenz – St. Albert – 13.98
7 Allison Middents – Atlantic – 14.09
8 Payton Mattews – Lewis Central – 14.18

Girls 200m Dash
1 Avery Staver – Creston – 28.40
2 Alexa Lenz – St. Albert – 28.93
3 Sophia Denton – St. Albert – 29.21
4 Natalie Johnson – Red Oak – 29.72
5 Maylee Riley – Creston – 29.73
6 Brooklyn Kelsey – Glenwood – 29.90
7 Piomo Okwer – Denison-Schleswig – 30.02
8 Olivia Wright – Glenwood – 30.13

Girls 4x100m Relay
1 Atlantic – 53.00
2 Lewis Central – 55.30
3 Glenwood – 56.38
4 Red Oak – 57.34

Girls 400m Dash
1 Avery Staver – Creston – 1:03.77
2 Lauryn Turin – Denison-Schleswig – 1:04.20
3 Maylee Riley – Creston – 1:06.95
4 Averi Newman – Glenwood – 1:08.87
5 Katelyn Harms – Glenwood – 1:09.09
6 Piomo Okwer – Denison- Schleswig – 1:09.42
7 Eva Jones – St. Albert – 1:10.31
8 Kyia Clark – Denison-Schleswig – 1:10.75

Girls 4x200m Relay
1 Atlantic – 1:56.00
2 Lewis Central – 1:59.65
3 Glenwood – 2:05.50
4 Atlantic – 2:09.08

Girls 800m Run
1 Delayna Reese – Lewis Central – 2:30.95
2 Kate Stohmeier – Lewis Central – 2:52.32
3 Ruby Johnson – CB Lincoln – 2:54.31
4 Haylee Hughes – Glenwood – 2:55.61
5 Ella Turner – Creston – 2:58.53
6 Sydney Skokan – Lewis Central – 3:02.33
7 Olivia Wait – Lewis Central – 3:03.71
8 Autumn Newman – Glenwood – 3:05.68

Girls 4x400m Relay
1 Glenwood – 4:59.83
2 Atlantic – 5:01.90
3 Lewis Central – 5:21.69
4 CB Lincoln – 5:38.57

Girls 1500m Run
1 Lili Denton – St. Albert – 4:50.70
2 Grace Berglund – Glenwood – 5:16.01
3 Lola Mendlik- Denison-Schleswig – 5:30.43
4 Katelyn Harms – Glenwood – 5:49.18
5 Mya Scheer – CB Lincoln – 5:57.39
6 Ruby Johnson – CB Lincoln – 6:07.31
7 Averi Newman – Glenwood – 6:10.39
8 Olivia Wait – Lewis Central – 6:12.19

Girls 4x800m Relay
1 Creston – 11:22.24
2 Glenwood – 11:30.04

Girls 800 Medley
1 Creston – 2:02.13
2 Atlantic – 2:05.06
3 St. Albert – 2:07.09
4 Glenwood – 2:11.74

Girls 100m Hurdles
1 Jayci Reed – Atlantic – 17.62
2 Makalya Martin – CB Jefferson – 17.67
3 Avery Bock – Denison-Schleswig – 17.89
4 Malena Petersen – CB Lincoln – 19.03
5 Adler Bruce – Atlantic – 19.11
6 Kamden Bruhn – Denison-Schleswig – 19.56
7 Reese Strunk – Creston – 19.71
8 Alejandra Cardenas – Denison-Schleswig – 19.98

Girls 1600m Relay
1 Red Oak – 5:15.77
2 Atlantic – 5:22.60
3 CB Lincoln – 5:31.64

Girls 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle
1 Denison-Schleswig – 1:17.99
2 Glenwood – 1:24.34

Girls 400m Hurdles
1 Katrina Williams – Atlantic – 1:20.05
2 Malene Petersen – CB Lincoln – 1:31.83

Girls 3000m Run
1 Grace Berglund – Glenwood – 11:01.35
2 Delayna Reese – Lewis Central – 11:06.24
3 Madelyn Hoss – Lewis Central – 11:11.44
4 Lola Mendlik – Denison-Schleswig – 11:41.94
5 Katrina Williams – Atlantic – 12:22.92
6 Kate Strohmeier – Lewis Central – 12:28.28
7 Mya Scheer – CB Lincoln – 12:29.42
8 Ruby Johnson – CB Lincoln – 13:19.87

Girls Long Jump
1 Avery Bock – Denison-Schleswig – 16-07.5
2 Kyia Clark – Denison-Schleswig – 16-00.75
3 Jayci Reed – Atlantic – 15-04.00
4 Megan Hughes – Glenwood – 14-06.75
5 Makalya Martin – CB Jefferson – 15-04.5
6 Lynnea Longchaya – Glenwood – 14-03.75
7 Natalie Johnson – Red Oak – 14-02.5
8 Kayla Christian – Glenwood – 13-10.75

Girls High Jump
1 Olivia Ausdemore – Lewis Central – 4-08
2 Gizella McIntosh – Glenwood – 4-06
3 Megan Scheel – Lewis Central – 4-00

Girls Shot Put
1 Molli Rosloniec – St. Albert – 31-05
2 Olivia Olson – Atlantic – 31-04
3 Katie Salvo – St. Albert – 30-05
4 Mariah Nichols – CB Jefferson – 29-05
5 Mayah Slater – Denison-Schleswig – 29-03
6 Jasmine Shields – CB Lincoln – 28-10
7 Maggie Smith – Glenwood – 28-06
8 Peyton Katzer – Lewis Central – 28-04

Girls Discus
1 Mayah Slater – Denison-Schleswig – 100-08
2 Madeline Woods – Lewis Central – 96-07
3 Olivia Olson – Atlantic – 93-05
4 Peyton Katzer – Lewis Central – 88-07
5 Molli Rosloniec – St. Albert – 88-01
6 Makenzie Vetter – Lewis Central – 85-11
7 Ella Marvel – Glenwood – 82-09
8 Delayna Reese – Lewis Central – 82-04

The Audubon Wheelers girls tennis season is underway. The Wheelers have 15 high schoolers out this season and are coached by McKenzie Nissen.

Coach Nissen said last year was about improving the program.

Coach Nissen had this to say about how her team has been progressing so far on the season.

Coach Nissen says there is many new faces this year Wheelers tennis program and she emphasized the team has been working on a lot of fundamentals.

Coach Nissen elaborated on what her goals and expectations for the year.

The Wheelers are coming off a 9-0 loss to Ballard on Friday April 5th in the Dallas Center-Grimes Quad Meet. The next tennis meet for the Wheelers will be Tuesday April 9th at Red Oak. That tennis meet will start at 4:30 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – It was a walk off winner for the University of Iowa baseball team as Merrick Matthews propelled the Hawkeyes to a, 3-2, victory in the 10th inning over Michigan on Friday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

The Hawkeyes and Wolverines saw the game go to extras in what was a low scoring pitchers’ duel. With the game tied, 2-2, Matthews delivered a bases loaded single to end the game. The Centerville, Iowa, native took just his seventh at bat as a Hawkeye and delivered the clutch base hit after falling behind 0-2 in the count.

“It was great to see,” said head coach Rick Heller. “Because when you have opportunities to win it like we did a couple of times and then didn’t come through, a lot of times you miss those chances and they don’t come back around. The guys just kept plugging away, they just kept fighting. Merrick Matthews comes through with the big clutch hit with two strikes and that was just awesome.”

Cade Obermueller made his first career Friday start for Iowa throwing 4 2/3 innings allowing two runs on two hits. The sophomore from Iowa City struck out six.

Jack Young entered and got the final out of the fifth. Aaron Savary threw 3 and 1/3 innings of relief striking out five Wolverines.

Ben DeTaeye entered in the ninth inning with a runner at third with one out and got a flyout and a groundout. The redshirt senior threw 1 2/3 innings to earn the win.

“Cade Obermueller pitched great for three innings,” said Heller. “As good as he’s pitched this year. And then he kind of lost it and gave him some free bases and we ended up giving them a couple runs. Then the bullpen came in and did an outstanding job today. Aaron Savary was tremendous, and then same with Ben DeTaeye. They were both outstanding today. We only had one free base once we went to the bullpen.”

Reese Moore and Will Mulflur each tallied two hits for the Hawkeyes. Mulflur had an RBI for the Hawkeyes with a single up the middle in the second inning and Kyle Huckstorf added an RBI on a groundout in the fifth.

“We just found a way to get it done,” said Heller. “Super happy with the effort.”

Iowa improved to 16-11 on the season and 5-2 in Big Ten play.

The Hawkeyes and Wolverines will conclude the three-game series with a doubleheader beginning tomorrow at 1 p.m. (CT).

Notables

• The Hawkeyes have 18 walk off wins at Duane Banks Field since 2015.
• The last walk off win for the Hawkeyes was on February 17, 2023, against Indiana State when Kyle Huckstorf hit a grand slam in the 11th inning.
• The last walk off for the Hawkeyes at Duane Banks Field was April 21, 2021, when Brett McCleary hit a three-run home run against Northwestern.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa Athletics Department will be hosting a FREE women’s basketball watch party Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the second-ranked Hawkeyes’ NCAA Championship game against top-ranked South Carolina.

Doors at the North, South and West entrances to Carver-Hawkeye Arena will open at 1 p.m. (CT) — 60 minutes prior to the 2 p.m. scheduled tipoff from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.

Fans attending the watch party will be asked to view the game on the jumbotron from the east side of the arena in Sections NN, N, M, L, MM, LL, KK.

Parking will be free in all Carver-Hawkeye Arena surrounding lots.  There will not be reserved parking.

During the watch party, there will be in-game entertainment and the Hawkeye Fan Shop and concessions (including beer and wine) will be available.

The Hawkeyes, who have won a school record 34 games this season, are playing in their second straight NCAA Championship Game.

Iowa junior guard Sydney Affolter finished with eight points and seven rebounds and says the team knew they had to clamp down on defense throughout the game to pull off the win.

Affolter says she was proud of the way the team stayed together despite being behind in the first half.

Affolter says the team realizes every player contributes in a different way every game.

Gabbie Marshall had five points and five rebounds and the senior from Cincinnati hopes her career ends with a national title in her home state.

Marshall was impressed with Clark’s composure throughout the game.

Kate Martin had 11 points and eight rebounds and says the team’s defense has been showing up well in the tournament.

Martin says she’s proud of Stuelke’s play.

Martin says the team stayed composed in the locker room at halftime despite being down by double digits in the first half.