Archive | March 6, 2010

Six grapplers in Big Ten finals

Click to view photo slideshow (22 photos) ——— ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Iowa’s 34th Big Ten championship is still in the works after the second session inside Crisler Arena. Despite the Hawkeyes possessing 32.5-point lead with six wrestlers in the hunt for an individual title, Minnesota, sitting in second place with 104.5 team points, remains [...]

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Commentary: The Big Ten Wrestling Championships: More dramatic than a teenage girl

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Big Ten Wrestling Championships: More dramatic than The Notebook. More dramatic than that time you broke up with your girlfriend for the fourth time, and she didn’t want to let you go. The drama reached its peak, fittingly, in Iowa’s final match of the day. Hawkeye heavyweight Dan Erekson was [...]

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Women hoopsters back in championship game

Click to view photo slideshow (21 photos) ——— INDIANAPOLIS — For just the third time in school history, the Iowa women’s basketball team (19-12) is heading to the Big Ten championship game. The third-seeded Hawkeyes defeated second-seeded and 23rd-ranked Michigan State (22-9), 59-54, in Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday. Iowa scored less than 60 points for [...]

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Commentary: Kachine Alexander has earned the title of warrior

The term “warrior” is sometimes diluted by its overuse in the sporting realm.

Kachine Alexander has officially earned the title after an inspiring performance in Iowa’s 59-54 Big Ten Tournament semifinal win against Michigan State on Saturday.

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Iowa women’s basketball team advances to Big Ten championship

The third-seeded Iowa women’s basketball team defeated the second-seeded Michigan State, 59-54, on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Championship game on Sunday.

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Michigan State leads Iowa at halftime, 26-25

Second-seeded Michigan State leads third-seeded Iowa at halftime of a Big Ten Tournament semifinal, 26-25.

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Kerr: ‘I need to stop worrying’

By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jake Kerr’s first match of the Big Ten championships might as well have been a two-on-one tag-team bout inside Crisler Arena. During his postseason debút against fifth-seed Sean Nemec of Ohio State Saturday morning, he spent most of the seven minutes wrestling with his mind. “I worry about how [...]

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Iowa in command after first session of Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Click to view photo slideshow (16 photos) ——— ANN ARBOR, Mich. — All 10 Iowa wrestlers remain in contention for a conference title after the first session at the Big Ten Championships, scoring 93 team points in the process. Penn State is second with 59 points. Not only are the Hawkeyes still in the mix, [...]

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Iowa in command after first session of Big Ten Wrestling Championships

All 10 Iowa wrestlers remain in contention for a conference title after the first session at the Big Ten Championships, scoring 93 team points in the process. Penn State is second with 59 points. Not only are the Hawkeyes still in the mix, but they dominated the competition with nine out of 15 wins earning [...]

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