IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Gold Team evened the series taking game two of the University of Iowa baseball team’s annual Black and Gold World Series, 3-0 in a six-inning game on Thursday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

Brody Irlbeck got the start for the Gold Team and was lights out allowing no runs in four innings of work to earn the win, he struck out six. Maddux Frese relived him and struck out two in his two innings of work.

Matthew Delgado and Tyler Guerin each plated a run on a sacrifice fly while Kellen Strohmeyer was able to score on an error.

Carter Wilcox started for the Black team and gave up two unearned runs in three innings of work. Beau Leasure threw the final two innings and allowed one run and struck out two.

Gable Mitchell knocked a double for the Black squad and Caleb Wulf and Carter Geffre both notched a hit.

The Hawkeyes will host the decisive third game of the Black and Gold World Series on Thursday at Duane Banks Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m., and admission is free.

NORMAN, Oklahoma – The University of Iowa women’s tennis team opened play at the ITA Central Regional Championships on Thursday at the Headington Family Tennis Center, competing in qualifying singles and main draw doubles action.

Eline Bex, Nikita Vishwase, and Sally Xu began their singles runs. Bex earned a decisive victory over Cassier Cervantes of Oral Roberts, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0, before falling to Wichita State’s Kristina Kudryavtseva, 6-4, 6-1. Vishwase battled in a three-set win against Billur Gonlusen of Missouri State, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, before dropping her next match to Arkansas’ Alexandra Panagiotidou, 6-1, 7-5. Xu posted a straight set win over Fiorella Duran of Saint Louis, 7-6, 6-4, before being edged by Wichita State’s Tatyana Nikolenko, 6-4, 7-6.

In doubles action, Daianne Hayashida and Tereza Dejnozkova came to a quick 8-0 victory over Margaret Jaraczewski and Addison Renfro of Kansas State. Bex and Vishwase followed with an 8-5 victory over Madison Hill and Emmerson White of Saint Louis. Xu and Pia Kranholdt battled but ultimately fell 8-4 to Maralgoo Chogsomjav and Zhanel Rustemova of Kansas State.

The Hawkeyes will continue competition in the main draw singles and doubles tomorrow.

Singles– Round of 64
Eline Bex (Iowa) def. Cassie Cervantes (Oral Roberts), 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
Nikita Vishwase (Iowa) def. Billur Gonlusen (Missouri State), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Sally Xu (Iowa) def. Fiorella Duran (Saint Louis), 7-6, 6-4

Singles– Round of 32
Kristina Kudryavtseva (Wichita State) def. Eline Bex (Iowa), 6-4, 6-1
Alexandra Panagiotidou (Arkansas) def. Nikita Vishwase (Iowa), 6-1, 7-5
Tatyana Nikolenko (Wichita State) def. Sally Xu (Iowa), 6-4, 6-7

Doubles– Round of 64
Maralgoo Chogsomjav/Zhanel Rustemova (Kansas State) def. Sally Xu/Pia Kranholdt (Iowa), 8-4
Daianne Hayashida/Tereza Dejnozkova (Iowa) def. Margaret Jaraczewski/Addison Renfro (Kansas State), 8-0
Eline Bex/Nikita Vishwase (Iowa) def. Madison Hill/Emmerson White (Saint Louis), 8-5

LOS ANGELES – The No. 5 University of Iowa women’s soccer team fell to UCLA, 3-0, on Thursday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The Hawkeyes move to 10-3-3 on the season and 6-2-2 in Big Ten Conference play.

UCLA’s Kara Croone would give the Bruins a, 1-0, advantage in the second minute.

Junior Sofia Bush was called for a red card in the fifth minute as the Hawkeyes would be forced to play the rest of the match with 10 players.

Graduate student goalkeeper Taylor Kane marked a new career-high six saves in the first 45 minutes as the Hawkeyes trailed the Bruins, 1-0, at the break.

UCLA’s Emma Egizii would extend the Bruin lead in the 60th minute as the Hawkeyes faced a, 2-0, deficit.

The Bruins would add their third goal in the 73rd minute to push the lead to, 3-0.

Kane would finish with seven saves in the second half. 

MATCH NOTES

• Bush earned a red card in the fifth minute as the Hawkeyes would have to play the rest of the match with 10 players.
  • It marked the first Iowa player to have a red card since Monica Wilhelm against Michigan on Oct. 2, 2022.
• Kane’s 13 saves marked a career high.
  • It marked the most saves by a Hawkeye in a single match since Emily Moran on Oct. 31, 2010 (14).
  • The 13 saves tie the seventh most in a single match in program history.
  • The 13 saves are the most amongst a goalkeeper playing for a power four conference team on the season.

UP NEXT
The Hawkeyes stay in Los Angeles where they take on USC on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. (CT). The match will be streamed live on B1G+ (subscription required).

Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger says senior guard Tamin Lipsey won’t play but everybody else is healthy as the 16th ranked Cyclones open exhibition play at Creighton Friday night. Lipsey remains sidelined with a sprained knee.

The game does not count on their record but Otzelberger says the first goal is to win the game.

Otzelberger says it is a chance for the Cyclones to establish their identity.

These teams meet in a little over a month in a regular season game in Las Vegas but Otzelberger says there is no thought to holding anything back.

Iowa receiver Reece Vander Zee is happy to be back on the field as the Hawkeyes prepare to host Penn State. The sophomore from Rock Rapids suffered a foot injury prior to the season opener and saw his first action in last week’s 37-0 win at Wisconsin.

In limited action against the Badgers, Vander Zee caught three passes.

Penn State enters Saturday night’s game on a three game losing skid but Vander Zee says the Nittany Lions have a talented defense.

After a thrilling win at San Diego, Drake returns to Pioneer Football League action at home on Saturday by hosting Davidson. HJarry Balke’s walk-off 55-yard field goal gave the Bulldogs a 19-16 win over the PFL preseason favorite Toreros and coach Joe Woodley likes the mental toughness his team is showing.

With a new coach and a new style of play Davidson enters the game with a record of 1-5.

Woodley says the Bulldogs are focused on themselves and not Davidson’s record.

Drake is 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the league race.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) — A 7-year-old Adair County boy will be this week’s Kid Captain when the Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Penn State Nittany Lions. KCRG reports Micah Norby, from Greenfield, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy at 5 years old, after his parents noticed him falling more often and lagging behind on the soccer field.  Micah received a new gene therapy on the day before his sixth birthday at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The treatment was intended to slow the progression of the disease.

University of Iowa health care (photo)

The treatment needed to be administered before he turned 6. His health care team had to appeal for insurance coverage, and an illness caused a delay in treatment. Micah was the first child in Iowa outside of clinical trials to receive this treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He is now 7 years old and enjoys swimming, fishing, and using his remote-control car.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Former University of Iowa safety Marcus Paschal will serve as honorary captain when the Hawkeyes entertain Penn State on Saturday on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:08 p.m. (CT) and the game will be streamed on Peacock.

Paschal was a four-year letterman and helped the Hawkeyes advance to four bowl games (2004 Outback; 2005 Citrus; 2006 Outback; 2006 Alamo) from 2003-06. The native of Largo, Florida, amassed 199 tackles, including three for loss, intercepted three passes, recovered three fumbles, forced one fumble, blocked one kick and had 17 pass break-ups during his career.

Paschal earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2006 as a senior. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2007, also seeing time with Atlanta, Indianapolis and Baltimore.

Paschal has served as the head football coach at Largo High School, his alma mater, since 2014.

Paschal will accompany the Iowa captains to midfield for Saturday’s pregame coin toss. He will also be with the Hawkeyes in the locker room before and after the game.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Former Bulldog All-American Katie Dinnebier will join the Drake women’s basketball radio broadcast team as an analyst for select games during the 2025-26 season, Drake Athletics announced today.

One of the most decorated guards in Drake history, Dinnebier will bring her on-court experience and insight to the broadcast booth.

The primary radio team of Hunter Phillips (play-by-play) and Randy Mauro (color analyst) will continue to call the majority of Drake women’s basketball games.

“We’re very excited to add Katie to our broadcast coverage,” said Greg Ellis, General Manager of Drake Sports Properties. “She’s been one of program’s fan favorites and her enthusiasm will come through to the listeners.”

A native of Waukee, Iowa, Dinnebier finished her Bulldog career last spring as one of the program’s all-time leaders in points, assists, and three-point field goals, leading Drake to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances.

The 2025-26 Drake Women’s Basketball season begins October 28 with an exhibition game against Dakota Wesleyan at the Knapp Center. Games can be heard all season long on 102.1 FM, 1350 AM, and streaming live on The Varsity Network app.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa’s offensive line was named to the midseason honor roll for the Joe Moore Award on Wednesday. The award honors offensive line units that display a high level of toughness, effort, teamwork, consistency, technique and finishing.

The Joe Moore Award is named after Joe Moore, widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football history. It is the only major college football award to honor a unit.

Iowa’s offensive line is coached by George Barnett and includes center Logan Jones, guards Beau Stephens and Kade Pieper and tackles Gennings Dunker and Trevor Lauck. The group has started every game for the Hawkeyes this season, while Jones, Stephens and Dunker have combined for 102 career starts.

Lauck and Pieper are in their first seasons as starters on the offensive line.

The unit has helped Iowa gain more than 200 yards in three of the team’s six games and the line has surrendered just nine sacks.

The Hawkeyes have outrushed their opponents in five of the six contests, compiling 210 yards in the dominating 37-0 road win at Wisconsin on Oct. 11 and rushing for 310 yards in the season-opening win over UAlbany.

Iowa is one of 24 units recognized by the award at the midway point of the 2025 season. The Joe Moore Award voting committee will announce its semifinalists on Nov. 5.

The Hawkeyes return to action Saturday, hosting Penn State in the ANF Black & Gold Spirit Game inside Kinnick Stadium. The sold-out game will begin at 6:08 p.m. (CT) and it will be streamed on Peacock and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.