STANFORD, Calif. – The University of Iowa softball team fell to Loyola Marymount, 14-1, on Sunday afternoon.

Senior Maren Judisch got the start in the circle for Iowa. LMU took an early lead after plating two runs on an RBI single and a sacrifice fly to make it, 2-0, after one inning of play.

The Lions poured on the runs in the second inning putting up a 12 spot to make it, 14-0. LMU was able to capitalize with runners on base and put an exclamation point on the inning with a two-out grand slam. The Hawkeyes used three pitchers to get through the inning.

Iowa had back-to-back singles in the top of the third from sophomore Skylinn Pogue and junior Rylie Moss. Pogue was thrown out at home for the second out of the inning.

In the top of the fifth, the Hawkeyes were able to get on the board as Moss picked up her second hit with a two-out RBI single.

Iowa finished the game with one run on four hits and had error. LMU had 14 runs on 13 hits and one error.

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Iowa (8-8) returns to action on Monday as they travel to Davis, Calif for a matchup with UC Davis. First pitch at La Rue Field is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT and will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription required).

TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State put four on the podium at the Big 12 Championship Sunday afternoon inside the BOK Center. Casey Swiderski led the charge with a third-place finish while Kysen Terukina and MJ Gaitan placed fourth. Will Feldkamp finished his tournament in sixth place.

Iowa State remains atop the team standings with one session remaining. The Cyclones have 144.5 points but are trailed closely by Oklahoma State’s 137.5 points. ISU has five in the finals tonight while OSU has four, including one head-to-head matchup at 133 pounds.

Bonus points were again a focal point for Iowa State in Session III with the Cyclones increasing their tournament total to 28 extra tallies. Swiderski chased takedowns like they were going out of style as he dispatched of Oklahoma’s Willie McDougald, 19-5, before registering a 22-6 tech fall in the third-place match against Wyoming’s Gabe Willochell.

Gaitan picked up a bonus point in his consolation semifinal, a 13-5 major decision over Mizzou’s Peyton Mocco, but eventually fell in the third-place bout.

At 125 pounds, Terukina knocked off South Dakota State’s Tanner Jordan, 10-6, before getting pinned in the third-place match. The Cyclone wrestled above his seed in the tournament, placing fourth as the No. 6 seed and putting 11.5 team points on the board.

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Iowa State has five finalists – Evan Frost, Anthony Echemendia, Cody Chittum, David Carr and Yonger Bastida – set to compete is this evening at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

In its first season of Conference membership, Houston has captured the 2023-24 Big 12 men’s basketball regular season title and earned the top seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship March 12-16 in Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center.

The No. 1-nationally-ranked Cougars won the regular season by two games, finishing at 15-3. Heading into postseason, UH is 28-3 overall with a nine-game win streak. Houston is also the top-ranked team in the NET, Ken Pom and ESPN Power Index metrics. The Cougars went undefeated at home this year with a 17-0 mark and are currently 5-1 vs. Top 25 opponents. This marks the second Big 12 regular season title for Houston coach Kelvin Sampson who won a share of the 2004-05 championship while serving as head coach at Oklahoma.

Iowa State claimed the No. 2 seed in the Championship followed by No. 3 Baylor and No. 4 Texas Tech. The top four seeds earn a double bye and begin play in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 14. The next six highest seeds are No. 5 BYU, No. 6 Kansas, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 TCU, No. 9 Oklahoma and No. 10 Kansas State. They received a first-round bye and commence action on Wednesday, March 13.

The two first round games on Tuesday, March 12 will feature No. 12 UCF vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State at 11:30 a.m. CT followed by No. 11 Cincinnati vs. No. 14 West Virginia at 2 p.m. CT.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The University of Iowa softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader against Santa Clara on day two of the Silicon Valley Classic. They Hawkeyes fell in game one, 4-2, before dropping game two, 3-2.

Freshman Soo-Jin Berry led Iowa with going 3-for-7 with an RBI and a run scored in the doubleheader

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The Hawkeyes close out the weekend on Sunday as they are set to face LMU at Noon CT at Stanford University.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The second-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team finished the 2024 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Tournament with six champions and 10 All-Americans. The Hawkeyes brought home the team title with 204 total points.

At 101, the Hawkeye pair of No. 1 Emilie Gonzalez and No. 2 Sterling Dias faced off in the championship bout. The two fought all the way to the end, keeping it a close matchup the whole six minutes. In the end, Gonzalez came out on top with a 4-0 decision, earning the first national title for the program.

Second-ranked Ava Bayless followed, also keeping a close match against Lock Haven’s No. 4 Kaelani Shufeldt. The redshirt freshman brought home her first title after defeating Shufeldt via decision, 2-, at 109.

Hawkeyes met again for an all-Iowa finals match at 116, with No. 3 Brianna Gonzalez facing No. 4 Felicity Taylor. With a tough battle back and forth, Taylor capped off her senior season with the title, defeating Gonzalez via decision, 9-2.

At 143, second-ranked Reese Larramendy came out hot in her match against King’s No. 6 Aine Drury, picking up the first pin for Iowa in the finals. After running through the tournament finishing every match with a tech. fall, the redshirt freshman decided to finish her season with a fall in 4:10 over Drury.

Defending National Champion, Marlynne Deede captured her second title, and first as a Hawkeye. At 155, the top-ranked senior took the, 9-3, decision over No. 2 Cheyenne Bowman of King.

With Iowa leading by just .5 points as a team, Kylie Welker took it into her own hands to finish the job at 170. Welker shut the door with an, 11-0, tech. fall over No. 2 Yelena Makoyed of North Central to clinch the national title for both herself and the team.

All six national champions also secured a spot at the 2024 Olympic Team Trials next month at Penn State University.

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – Zach Glazier advanced to the Big Ten Championship finals and five Hawkeyes remain alive on the backside for the University of Iowa men’s wrestling team after Session II of the 2024 Big Ten Championships at the Xfinity Center.

“We have another day tomorrow,” said head coach Tom Brands. “We have another day, position yourselves for the future. This is the qualifier, it is a very important event, we have another day, have to position yourselves the best you can.”

The No. 3 seed at 197-pounds Glazier won his semifinal match against No. 2 seed Jaxon Smith with a takedown in sudden victory to punch his ticket to the Big Ten finals.

“He came through for us tonight,” said Brands. “He wrestled a smart and patient match. Sometimes guys are slippery like that. We saw what that guy did in quarterfinals in overtime. Smart match.

The Hawkeyes dropped semifinal bouts at 133, 141, 157, 165 and 174.

At 125 on the consolation side of the bracket No. 2 seed Drake Ayala pinned No. 8 seed Brendan McCrone of Ohio State in 1:46 before winning an 8-1 decision over Wisconsin’s Eric Barnett.

At 149, Caleb Rathjen also tallied two wins on the backside defeating No. 12 seed Braden Stauffenberg of Michigan State, 8-1, and No. 7 seed Joseph Zargo of Wisconsin, 7-2.

Bradley Hill won two consolation bouts at 285. The No. 7 seed defeated No. 9 seed Josh Terrill of Michigan State by major decision, 11-0 and six seed Nick Willham via decision, 4-2.

Team Standings Through Session II

1               Penn State        136.0

2               Michigan             105.5

3               Nebraska           89.0

4               Iowa                        88.5

5               Ohio State         78.5

6               Rutgers                71.5

7               Minnesota         66.0

8               Wisconsin         43.0

9               Purdue                 36.0

10            Maryland            31.0

11            Indiana                 29.0

12            Illinois                   28.0

13            Michigan St.      19.5

14            Northwestern    14.5

NORMAN, Okla. – Iowa State (9-12, 0-2 Big 12) dropped a pair of games Saturday afternoon to No. 1 Oklahoma (21-1, 2-0 Big 12) at the recently opened Love’s Field.

After inclement weather forced Friday’s game to be pushed to Sunday, the two teams squared off in a doubleheader to kick off the Big 12 Conference slate.

The Sooners took both games on the day, winning game one by four and game two by nine.

Alesia Ranches was the lone Cyclone to notch multiple hits on the day, registering one in both contests. Ranches also drove in both runs for the Cyclones in game number two’s first inning.

Four different pitchers saw action for ISU, as the team limited OU’s dangerous offense to just four runs in the first game before the Sooner bats found their stride in game two, scoring 11

On Deck

The Cyclones will be back at Love’s Field tomorrow, March 10, to take on the Sooners in the weekend series finale. Sunday’s first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the contest will be streamed live on ESPN+.