IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa women’s soccer downed Bucknell in overtime, 2-0, in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Friday night. The Hawkeyes drew 2,639 spectators to shatter the program home attendance record.

With its 13th clean sheet of the year, the Iowa defense set a new program record for shutouts in a single season.

The Bison took No. 14 Iowa to extra time despite a 25-4 Hawkeye advantage in shots during regulation, thanks to nine saves for the game by Bucknell goalkeeper Jenna Hall. The Hawkeyes totaled 67 percent time of possession, creating 31 shots and 11 shots on goal against Bucknell.

In the 94^th minute, Iowa’s 26^th shot connected off the foot of seventh-year player Josie Durr. A hustling Elle Otto fell to the ground advancing the ball laterally to Durr at the top of the key, who fired a rocket through the back of the net.

Durr’s goal comes on the heels of another game-winner in the Big Ten Tournament Championship against Wisconsin. She leads Iowa with seven goals and matches a team-best 16 points this season.

Iowa’s second score came in the 108^th minute, when senior Kelli McGroarty drilled her third goal of the postseason. McGroarty rebounded a deflected save on a shot from sophomore Morgan Lietz, her second putback score during the tournament run.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH DAVE DIIANNI

“That is by far the biggest crowd that I have seen in my time here… That is the Hawkeye community. I said to our kids yesterday, I didn’t have a deep appreciation for it before I got the job here, but everybody supports one another in the athletic department and the community of Iowa City. To have that crowd around you, a lot of people also came from around the state of Iowa. We have deep appreciation for that, and we tried to put on a good show for them.

I really like how we played. That was how we thought the game was going to play out, to be honest. They took Ohio State right to the end last year into overtime. They don’t quit. They play hard. They compete. They’re athletic. When we missed some chances early in the game, my concern was that it was going to be a difficult 90 minutes. Their goalkeeper is first team all-conference. We knew she was good.

The game played out kind of how we thought it would, but I was very pleased with how we played tactically. For 90 minutes we were creating chances, and it can be easy to start to become undisciplined, but I thought we pushed through and stayed committed to what we are trying to do.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• Iowa set a new home attendance record of 2,639; the previous record was 1,847 set in 2015 against Ohio State. The Hawkeyes hosted an NCAA Tournament game for the first time on Friday.
• The Hawkeyes have won 10 postseason games since 2021 and are 12-6 in the postseason under Coach DiIanni. ­
• Iowa totaled 31 shots, the most in a single game for the program since Oct. 31, 2012, against Penn State.
• Iowa makes its fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament (2013, 2019, 2020, 2023).
• Enneking’s 26 career victories rank fourth in program history. Enneking’s 22 career shutouts rank third in the Hawkeye record books. Her 12.5 credited clean sheets this season are a single-season program record.
• Four consecutive victories is the most for Iowa since starting the season with a 5-0 record.
• 90 Tracker: Nine Iowa position players logged at least 90 minutes in the extra-time contest. Eleven total Hawkeyes have played at least 90 minutes in a game this season, including fifth-year Samantha Cary (16), freshman Millie Greer (16), senior Maggie Johnston (8), freshman Eva Pattison (7), senior Rielee Fetty (6), freshman Sofia Bush (3), seventh-year Josie Durr (2), senior Kelli McGroarty (2), junior Elle Otto (2), junior Kenzie Roling (2), sophomore Kellen Fife,

UP NEXT

Iowa will face fourth-seeded Georgia on Nov. 17 for the NCAA Tournament Second Round. The game will be hosted be Clemson University. Kickoff time is to be determined.

Class 1A

MFL Marmac 41 – Underwood 28

Grundy Center 42 – Colombus Catholic 7

Class 5A

Southeast Polk 30 – Valley 27

Ankeny 10 – Ankeny Centennial 7

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior Tory Taylor has been chosen as one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award, which recognizes the nation’s top collegiate punter. The announcement was made Friday by the Augusta Sports Council.

Taylor, who is a three-time Ray Guy Award semifinalist (2020, 2021, 2023), was named last month to six midseason first-team All-America teams (Associated Press, ESPN, FOX, The Athletic, Sporting News, CBS).

The native of Melbourne, Australia, has punted 60 times for a 47.6-yard average through the first nine games of the 2023 season with 23 punts traveling 50+ yards (five punts of 60+), 19 being fair caught and 23 being downed inside the 20, nine inside the 10 and six inside the 5. Taylor only has three touchbacks and opponents average just 7.1 yards per return. His 60 punts are most by any punter nationally, while his punting average of 47.6 ranks eighth best.

Taylor was recognized as the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week twice (Oct. 9; Oct. 16), the Ray Guy National Punter of the Week on Oct. 24, and named to the Ray’s 8 list five times this year.

Taylor punted 10 punts in Iowa’s win at Wisconsin for a career-high 506 yards (50.6 avg.). He punted nine punts for 444 yards (49.3) against Minnesota and seven times for 366 yards (career best 52.3 average), including a season-long 62-yarder at Penn State.

Established in 2000, the Ray Guy Award is named after College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy. Former Hawkeye Ryan Donahue was a finalist for the award in 2010.

A national body of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sports information directors, media representatives and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the top three finalists to be announced on Nov. 22. After the finalists are named, the voting body will cast ballots again to select the nation’s top punter.

The Hawkeyes (7-2, 4-2) host Rutgers (6-3, 3-3) at 2:40 p.m. (CT) on Saturday on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium. The game will be televised live on Big Ten Network and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.