Archive | February 19, 2012

Iowa baseball goes 1-2 in season-opening tourney

The Iowa baseball team opened the 2012 season by losing two of three games in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge in Florida. Iowa won its season opener, 7-5, over Pittsburgh on Feb. 17. The Hawkeyes jumped ahead early by scoring five runs in the second inning, capped by a 2-RBI double from third baseman Chett [...]

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Hawkeyes hurt Hoosiers, 78-66

By Ben Schuff benjamin-schuff@uiowa.edu The Iowa basketball team that faced No. 18 Indiana on Sunday played like a different group than the squad that allowed 103 points and was dunked on left and right in the teams’ first matchup on Jan. 29. Sunday’s group of Hawkeyes played with defensive intensity and desire, resulting in a [...]

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Gatens’ 30-point surge leads Iowa to upset of Indiana

By Jordan Garretson jordan-garretson@uiowa.edu Matt Gatens turned to the Carver-Hawkeye Arena faithful and threw his arms in the air, beckoning the fans to their feet. And just as Gatens has poured 1,482 points, 119 starts, and more than 4,000 minutes into the Iowa basketball program over the last four years, a crowd of 13,282 returned [...]

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Iowa women’s tennis drops two

The Iowa women’s tennis team traveled south this weekend to face No. 32 Oklahoma (5-4) on Feb. 18 and Oklahoma State (4-1) on Sunday. Iowa faced its toughest competition of the season this past weekend, and it showed as the Hawkeyes (3-2) lost both meets. They were outplayed in the doubles portion for the first [...]

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Hawkeye men’s tennis continues to struggle, falls to 1-6

The Iowa men’s tennis team was hoping two weeks off between meets would help fix its recent struggles in singles play. It did not. The Hawkeyes went 4-8 in singles during back-to-back losses at Illinois State and Western Michigan over the weekend, dropping their overall record to 1-6. Will Vasos’ senior slump continued as he [...]

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Iowa Invitational showcases photo-finish performances for lady tracksters

By Cody Goodwin cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu The Iowa Invitational on Feb. 17 was the final regular-season meet for the Iowa women’s track and field squad. The Hawkeyes will travel to Lincoln, Neb., this coming Friday for the Big Ten Indoor Championships. The following two meets will be last-chance meets before the NCAA Track and Field Championships in [...]

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Hawkeyes knock off No. 18 Hoosiers, 78-66

The Iowa men’s basketball team notched its third win against a ranked opponent this season Sunday. The Hawkeyes (14-13, 6-8 Big Ten) defeated No. 18 Indiana (20-7, 8-7), 78-66, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Matt Gatens scored a career-high 30 points. He was 2-of-8 from the floor in the first half before finishing 10-of-18 and 7-of-10 from [...]

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Big Ten Championships: Hawkeyes fall back to ninth place on final day

The Iowa women’s swimming and diving team entered the final day of the Big Ten Championships with the hopes of achieving a top-half finish. But it was not to be. The Hawkeyes were just 10.5 points out of sixth place entering the day, and had what appeared to be a good chance to put athletes [...]

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