WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The University of Iowa baseball team dropped the series opener at Purdue, 10-3, on Friday afternoon at Alexander Field.

The Boilermakers led wire to wire after scoring three runs in the first inning.

Brody Brecht started on the mound for Iowa, allowing three earned runs over five innings. Brecht allowed seven hits and struck out three batters. The Iowa defense committed four errors, leading to three unearned runs.

Caleb Strack, Chas Wheatley, Drew Deremer and Justin Hackett entered out of the bullpen and combined to strike out six Boilermaker hitters.

Andy Nelson hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning, while Davis Cop collected two hits to lead the Hawkeyes. Kyle Huckstorf, Gable Mitchell and Raider Tello had base hits for Iowa.

Purdue scored three runs in the first and fourth innings, and two runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Starter Jordan Morales allowed four hits in seven innings of work.

UP NEXT: Iowa (11-10, 0-1 B1G) returns to Alexander Field to take on Purdue on Saturday at Noon (CT).

The Atlantic Trojans boys golf season has come into to full swing. The Trojans have 17 athletes are coached this season by Kendra Henningsen, who is in her first year as head coach and brings abundance of experience to the program.

Coach Henningsen commented on how things went last season.

Coach Henningsen is feeling positive from what she’s seen in practice.

Coach Henningsen had this to say about playing in the Hawkeye Ten Conference.

Coach Henningsen explained what her main goals are for the year.

The Trojan boy’s first golf meet will be a Hawkeye Ten Conference regular season meet when they will take on Kuemper Catholic at the Carroll Country Club on Tuesday April 2nd. That golf meet will get underway at 4:30 p.m.

The Iowa State men will advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time with a victory over Washington State Saturday in Omaha. The fourth ranked Cyclones opened the tournament with an 82-65 win over South Dakota State. Washington State edged Drake 66-61 on Thursday night.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. It is expected to be another pro-Cyclone crowd in Omaha.

Senior guard Curtis Jones says the fans give Iowa State an advantage.

Senior forward Tre King says Washington State will challenge the Cyclones in the post.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Two University of Iowa wrestlers – Drake Ayala (125) and Michael Caliendo (165) – advanced to Friday night’s semifinals during Session III of the 2024 NCAA Championships at the T-Mobile Center.

The wins clinched All-America honors for the Hawkeye duo. They are the 364th and 365th All-America honors in Iowa history.

Ayala is a first-time All-American and Caliendo earned his second All-America honor and first at Iowa.

Along with the two semifinalists, the Hawkeyes have four wrestlers alive on the consolation side of the bracket. Iowa is fifth in the team standings with 41.5 points, while Penn State is leading the team race with 86.5 points. Michigan (50.5) is second, Arizona State (44.5) is third and Iowa State (42.0) is fourth.

Ayala opened quarterfinal action with a 4-1 sudden victory decision over Oklahoma State’s Troy Spratley at 125.

Spratley earned an escape after choosing to begin the second period in the down position. Ayala responded with an escape in the third period. A takedown with 53 seconds remaining gave the Fort Dodge, Iowa, native his second overtime win over Spratley.

Ayala will face Wisconsin’s 10th-seeded Eric Barnett in tonight’s semifinals in a rematch of the 2024 Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (Ayala won via decision 8-1).

The win gives Caliendo his second career All-America honor and moves his record to 27-4 this season. Caliendo will face Penn State’s second-seeded Mitchell Messenbrink (Messenbrink and Caliendo have met twice this season with Messenbrink winning both meetings.)

No. 3 seed Real Woods and No. 10 seed Jared Franek both fell to the Round of 12 with quarterfinal losses.

Woods matched up with Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina and the two had a tight match at 141. McNeil broke a 1-1 tie with a third-period takedown and three near fall points before the buzzer to win, 7-1.

Franek dropped a 5-2 decision to second-seeded Jacori Teemer of Arizona State. Teemer got a reversal to tie things at 2-2 and then a takedown with 31 seconds remaining to advance to the semifinals.

No. 15 seed Brody Teske stayed alive with a 2-0 session. In his first match, Teske won via major decision over Maryland’s Braxton Brown before following with an 3-1 victory in tiebreakers over Army’s No. 25 seed Braden Basile. He had a reversal in the first tiebreaker period to advance to the round of 12.

No. 12 seed Patrick Kennedy advanced with a 2-0 performance in the morning session. He defeated No. 11 seed Austin Murphy of Campbell, 5-3, before defeating Central Michigan’s No. 19 seed Alex Cramer, 5-2.

Caleb Rathjen (149), Zach Glazier (197), and Bradley Hill (285) had their tournament runs come to an end during Session III.

Rathjen fell 7-2 to Ohio State’s No. 14 seed Dylan D’Emilio at 149, Glazier lost in sudden victory to No. 9 seeded Stephen Little of Little Rock, 4-1, and Hill lost via major decision to Virginia Tech’s Hunter Catka, 11-2.

Rathjen finished the year 20-7, Glazier went 25-4, and Hill went 21-9.

QUARTERFINALS RESULTS

125 | #3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec. #6 Troy Spratley (OK State), 4-1 SV1

141 | #6 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec. #3 Real Woods (Iowa), 7-1

157 | #2 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec.  #10 Jared Franek (Iowa), 5-2

165 | #6 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec #3 Julian Ramierez (Cornell), 9-4

CONSOLATION RESULTS

133 | #15 Brody Teske (Iowa) major dec. #17 Braxton Brown (Maryland), 14-6

149 | #14 Dylan D’Emillio (Ohio State) dec. # 13 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa), 7-2

174 | #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) dec. #11 Austin Murphy (Campbell), 5-3

197 | #9 Stephen Little (Little Rock) dec. #7 Zach Glazier (Iowa), 4-1 SV1

285 | #26 Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) major dec. #25 Bradley Hill (Iowa), 11-2

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133 | #15 Brody Teske (Iowa) dec. #25 Braden Basile (Army), 3-1 TB1

174 | #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) dec. #19 Alex Cramer (Central Michigan), 5-2

SEMIFINALS MATCHUPS

125 | #3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) vs. #10 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)

165 | #6 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) vs. #2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State)

CONSOLATION MATCHUPS

133 | #15 Brody Teske (Iowa) vs. #4 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers)

141 | #3 Real Woods (Iowa) vs. #7 Cael Happel (UNI)

157 | #10 Jared Franek (Iowa) vs. #5 Ryder Downey (UNI)

174 | #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) vs. #1 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)

UP NEXT
Session IV of the 2024 NCAA Championships will begin at 7 p.m. (CT) and it will be televised live on ESPN.