IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa field hockey junior Dionne van Aalsum has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, the conference office announced Monday.

This marks her seventh career Offensive Player of the Week honor, which gives her the most offensive or defensive weekly awards by a Hawkeye.

Her 11 total weekly honors (seven offensive, four freshman) are the most in Iowa field hockey history and are tied for second-most all-time among Big Ten players with Northwestern’s Bente Baekers. She trails Northwestern’s Chelsea Armstrong (13).

Van Aalsum scored three goals, including the game winner as Iowa defeated Ohio State in double overtime. She leads the nation in goals (26), goals per game (1.63), points (54) and points per game (3.38).

The Castricum, Netherlands, native leads all active Division I players with 63 career goals in 53 games. She is the only player in the top 10 with fewer than 55 games played. She also leads in points per game.

Iowa (12-4) travels to Bloomington, Indiana, to face Indiana on Thursday at 4 p.m. (CT) in the Big Ten Tournament.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A new in-seat beverage service will be available in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the 2025-26 University of Iowa men’s and women’s basketball seasons, it was announced Monday by the University of Iowa Athletics Department.

The in-seat service will be offered exclusively to fans sitting courtside and in padded seats within the lower bowl of the arena.

Fans throughout the arena will be able to purchase drinks from roaming hawkers, who will serve the general public until all services halt at the beginning of the fourth quarter for women’s games and at the under-12 media timeout for men’s contests.

Fans can also purchase beverages and limited concessions at a walk-up stand at the south end of the playing court.

A QR code will be affixed directly to seats in the lower bowl of the arena where the service is available.

The Iowa women’s team opens its season on Monday, hosting Southern at 6:30 p.m. (CT), while the Hawkeye men will host Robert Morris in its season opener at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Bennett Stirtz has been named to the 2025-26 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Watch List presented by AXIA Time, it was announced Monday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club/Naismith Awards.

It is the second preseason Player of the Year preseason nod for Stirtz as he was named to the NABC watch list on Friday.

The Liberty, Missouri, native has also been named a preseason All-American by CBS Sports (second team), Field of 68 (second team), Jon Rothstein (second team), Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook (fourth team) and Jay Bilas (honorable mention).  He is also on the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Watch List.

Stirtz, who is in his first season as a Hawkeye, was an All-American by three outlets during the 2024-25 season at Drake.  He was also tabbed as the Missouri Valley Conference Larry Bird Player of the Year and Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year.

He led the MVC in scoring (19.2), steals (2.21) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.86), while ranking second in assists (5.7).  He also led the NCAA in minutes played, averaging 39:22 per game.

Stirtz is one of 13 players from the Big Ten Conference on the list, along with Oregon’s Nate Bittle, Wisconsin’s John Blackwell, UCLA’s Donovan Dent, Indiana’s Tucker DeVries, Illinois’ Ivisic Tomislav, Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn, Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg, Northwestern’s Nick Martinelli, Oregon’s Jackson Shelstad, Purdue’s Braden Smith, Illinois’ Andrej Stojakovic and Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton.

The Hawkeyes host Robert Morris on Tuesday in their season opener at 7:30 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will be televised on BTN.

Tickets are available at  hawkeyesports.com/tickets.

First Team
Sydney Sommers (Riverside)
Bentley Rone (Riverside)
Harlow Miller (Audubon)
Addisyn Bandow (IKM – Manning)
Sophia Fenner (Riverside)
Keagan Eisheid (IKM – Manning)
Carly Nelson (Underwood)

Second Team
Harlie Leaders (Tri – Center)
Rylee Hemmingsen (Treynor)
Khloee Stoops (Missouri Valley)
Lillian Reed (Riverside)
Dilynn Myler (Missouri Valley)
Lindsey Kastner (Loma)
Karlee Arp (IKM – Manning)
Bella Klutts (Loma)
Ashley Kelley (Riverside)

Honorable Mention
Madison Kelley (Riverside)
Tess Casey (Tri – Center)
Anna Stangle (IKM – Manning)
Ava Sloan (Loma)
Hailey Ambrose (Underwood)
Kendra Hansen (AHSTW)
Anna Larsen (Audubon)
Shaylee Smith (Tryenor)
Claire Myler (Missouri Valley)

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Oregon-Iowa football game scheduled for Nov. 8 in Iowa City is officially sold out, the announcement was made Monday by the Iowa Athletics Ticket Office.

Iowa has sold out its first six home games in 2025. Tickets remain for the home finale versus Michigan State on Nov. 22.

The game against the Ducks will be Iowa’s 26th consecutive sellout inside Kinnick Stadium dating back to the start of the 2022 season. Start time and television information for this contest will be announced this weekend.

Tickets are only sold and issued by the UI Athletics Ticket Office and its authorized agents. Persons buying tickets from other entities do so at their own risk. Fans should use caution if buying tickets from unauthorized outlets and are strongly encouraged to use SeatGeek, the official fan to fan marketplace of Hawkeyes, for sold out events.

The UI Athletic Ticket Office is only able to service/support purchases made through that office, or on SeatGeek. Iowa Athletics reserves the right to cancel any ticket purchases, less fees, made for the purpose of resale without notification.

All tickets for University of Iowa athletic events are distributed electronically and should be downloaded to a smartphone device. If you do not have access to a smartphone, please contact the ticket office to make arrangements.

Champaign, Ill. – University of Iowa volleyball took down Illinois in five sets on Sunday afternoon inside a sold-out Huff Hall. It is Iowa’s first win in Champaign since 2005 and first over the Illini since 2016. The Hawkeyes improve to 13-11 overall and 4-8 in the Big Ten.

The Hawkeyes claimed the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-22. Illinois forced a fifth set after winning the third and fourth sets, 25-19 and 25-15. Iowa secured the decider, 15-10.

Iowa’s win was its third five-set victory of the season. The Hawkeyes improved to 11-1 when winning the first set.

Redshirt sophomore Alyssa Worden recorded her fourth-straight double-double in the victory. Worden tallied 14 digs and 11 kills and hit at a .320 clip. Senior setter Claire Ammeraal closed in on a double-double with 53 assists and nine digs.

Iowa continued to utilize all options in the front row, with four Hawkeyes in double-digit kill figures. Graduate Chard’e Vanzandt led the team with 19 kills. She also added seven digs and four blocks. Junior Hannah Whittingstall terminated 13 kills and hit a team-high .333. The reigning league defensive player of the week had a team-best five blocks in the win. Freshman Carmel Vares made an impact at the pin with 11 kills on 26 swings, good for a .308 hitting percentage.

As a team, Iowa held the advantage in most statistical categories, recording more kills (63-56), a higher hitting percentage (.242 – .196), more assists (58-50) and more blocks (9.0-7.0). From the service line, each team had nine service errors, but Illinois held the advantage in aces (9-2).

Up Next: Iowa (13-11, 4-8 B1G) travels to No. 24 Indiana on Friday night in Bloomington. First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m. (CT) inside Wilkinson Hall. The match will be streamed on B1G+ and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa rowing team finished the fall racing along the Iowa River and Lake Carnegie for the Iowa and Princeton Chases.

IOWA CHASE
Saturday morning, juniors through master’s level rowers took on the 3500-meter course. In time trial format, the Hawkeyes swept all boat classes against Drake.

QUOTING ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH MEGAN FITZPATRICK
“It was great to see our first years compete for the first time as Hawkeyes! They showed good depth across the whole squad and we’re looking forward to how they’ll take that into our winter training block”, said Fitzpatrick. “As a team we hit the split times we were looking for and did a good job executing the race plans we outlined in practice this week.”

PRINCETON CHASE
Sunday, the Hawkeyes took on the Princeton Chase, facing off against seven ranked opponents. In the 62 varsity eight field, Iowa’s A boat finished 15th. Both boats recorded program best times for the 3-mile course. In the fours, Iowa mixed up line-ups and finished 16th, 17th and 18th, showing consistency throughout the program.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH JEFF GARBUTT
“I am proud of how our athletes went out and attacked the challenge this weekend. We showed really solid performances from all boats this weekend and I am excited about the progress that the program is making. Coach Fitzpatrick did a great job leading our athletes at home. It was great for our newcomers to get their first victories as Hawkeyes and our experienced athletes did a great job leading throughout the weekend.”

The 16th ranked Iowa State men open the regular season at home Monday night against Fairleigh-Dickinson. The Cyclones split a pair of exhibition games and coach T.J. Otzelberger would like to see the Cyclones impose their will on defense.

Otzelberger on what he wants to see from his team.

Senior point guard Tamin Lipsey returned to practice late last week after being sidelined with a sprained knee and his availability tonight remains a question.