MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The 20th-ranked University of Iowa women’s gymnastics team fell short to No. 17 Minnesota, 196.850-196.150, on Monday evening in Maturi Pavillion.

The GymHawks brought home three event titles and had six top-three finishes. Senior Adeline Kenlin led the way for Iowa capturing event titles on bars and the all-around. She finished with a 39.275 on the evening to take home her second all-around title in as many meets. Sophomore Karina Muñoz scored an impressive 9.900 on beam to win the event title.

Sophomore Hanna Castillo made her season debut competing on vault and floor. Freshman Eva Volpe competed in the all-around for the second straight week.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH LARISSA LIBBY 

“From my perspective, I felt like this meet felt more like our first meet of the season in comparison to last week. I am not sure with this being our first travel trip made them a little jittery.  After a lot of atypical mistakes early on, I felt like the team did a great job mounting a comeback on beam. Being able to close out as well as they did bodes well for the future.”

Bars
The Hawkeyes started the meet off strong with a team score of 49.025 on the uneven bars. The top-two scores on bars for the night belonged to Iowa. Kenlin provided a strong performance in the anchor position. She scored a career best, 9.900 for the sixth time. Sophomore Gianna Masella posted a career-high 9.850 to take second place on the event. Junior Ilka Juk tied for fifth with a 9.825, a new season best.  Junior Marissa Rojas matched her score from last meet of a 9.700. Muñoz and Volpe rounded out the rotation posting a 9.750 and 9.150, respectively.

Vault
The GymHawks posted a 48.875 on vault, led by Muñoz who tied for second with a 9.850. Hannah Castillo made her season debut for the Hawkeyes, posting a score of 9.800 in the leadoff spot. Sophomore Avery Chambers matched Castillo by also scoring a 9.800. Freshman Alyse Karenbouer and Eva Volpe stuck season-bests of 9.650 and 9.775, respectively.

Floor
Iowa continued to fight and posted a score of 49.025 on the floor. Emily Erb, Alexa Ebling and Volpe provided strong performances to start the rotation for the Hawkeyes. In the second part of the rotation, Kenlin debuted a new floor routine tonight and posted a 9.875. Castillo tied with Kenlin for third place in the event by also scoring a 9.875. Specialist Bailey Libby delivered a solid performance with a 9.825.

Beam
Iowa finished the evening on beam with a score of 49.175. Muñoz was the spark on the beam and nailed a near-perfect routine scoring a 9.900 to win the event title. Rojas and Juk each recorded a season-best on the apparatus. Rojas tied for second on the event with a 9.875 and Juk had a 9.775. Volpe finished her all-around performance with a 9.825 to end her night. Kenlin stuck her routine and scored a 9.850. Ebeling rounded out the Hawkeyes on the beam with a 9.700

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes return home to face Southern Utah on Friday, January 26^th in Xtream Arena. The meet is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription needed).

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) –  An Iowa DCI agent is being accused of improperly investigating sports wagering by student-athletes. The investigation involves athletes and others associated with athletic programs from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. KCCI reports an attorney for Eyioma Uwazurike and Isaiah Lee made the accusation in a new filing Monday. The two former Cyclones football players are charged with identity theft and tampering with records related to illegal sports wagering.

In the new filing, Van M. Plumb says Special Agent Brian Sanger conducted a “warrantless search” by placing a GeoFence around certain dorms to investigate underage gambling. Plumb says this was done without any tips to DCI.

The filing also shows the software Sanger used gave him access to see online betting apps that were being used. However, he could not see if bets were actually being made, according to court documents.

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Lewis Central 71, Sioux City North 50
Red Oak 82, Sidney 25
Atlantic 75, Creston 73
#4 Kuemper Catholic 93, Glenwood 72
Council Bluffs Jefferson 89, St. Albert 63

Western Iowa Conference:
Missouri Valley 50, Audubon 45
Logan-Magnolia 70, Boyer Valley 53
#5 Underwood 69, IKM-Manning 25
Riverside 58, OABCIG 46

Rolling Valley Conference:
West Harrison 45, Glidden-Ralston 43
Coon Rapids-Bayard 59, Ogden 54

Pride of Iowa Conference:
Lenox 67, East Union 60
Central Decatur 68, Wayne 61
Saydel 69, Southeast Warren 49

West Central Conference:
Van Meter 68, Panorama 56
Woodward-Granger 55, #8 ACGC 45
Pleasantville 61, West Central Valley 52

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Atlantic 64, Creston 42
Glenwood 47, Kuemper Catholic 43
St. Albert 72, Council Bluffs Jefferson 19
Clarinda 58, Stanton 39

Western Iowa Conference:
Underwood 56, IKM-Manning 32
Riverside 47, OABCIG 43

Rolling Valley Conference:
#10 Woodbine 57, #9 CAM 52
West Harrison 40, Glidden-Ralston 36
#12 Coon Rapids-Bayard 67, Ogden 14

Corner Conference: 
#15 Fremont-Mills 68, Bedford 33 (NC)

West Central Conference:
#2 Panorama 55, Van Meter 30
ACGC 61, Woodward-Granger 47
West Central Valley 41, Pleasantville 36

Missouri Valley 42, Denison-Schleswig 27
ATU 36, Denison-Schleswig 36

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CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling 36, Red Oak 21
CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling 54, Southwest Valley 6
CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling 48, East Mills 12
CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling 48, Harlan Community 12
CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling 48, Shenandoah 6

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Red Oak 30, East Mills 6
Red Oak 30, Southwest Valley 12
Red Oak 30, Shenandoah 9
East Mills 12, Shenandoah 12
Harlan Community 18, East Mills 9
Harlan Community 18, Shenandoah 12
Southwest Valley 13, Harlan Community 12
Southwest Valley 12, East Mills 6
Southwest Valley 9, Shenandoah 6

Colton’s Rasmussen’s focused free throws in the final 23 seconds sent Atlantic to a nail-biting win over Creston 75-73 on Monday night in Creston. The Panthers led by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter, but the Trojans fought their way back in the second half thanks to a 50-point performance from senior Colton Rasmussen.

The Panthers led 38-34 at halftime and the Panthers grew their lead to 10 at 55-45 at the start of the fourth.  The fourth quarter was back and forth until Rasmussen had the ball in the final 70 seconds and pulled up to the elbow for a smooth jump shoot. The Trojans had the lead at 71-70 and didn’t let go throughout the remainder of the fourth. The final two throws in the fourth quarter had one make and one miss by Brock Henderson to make it 75-73. Cael Turner received the pass off the second missed free throw and heaved it up at half court with seconds left. The shot missed and the Trojan’s bench celebrated. After the game Head Coach Dalton Franken talked about that feeling of pride, he had with the way the Trojans battled all night.

Coach Franken complimented the effort from not only Rasmussen, but the Atlantic squad as well.

Colton Rasmussen led the Trojans with 50 points. Nolan Waters added 14 points and Brock Henderson had 6 to help Atlantic move to 4-10 on the season. They travel back home Thursday to play Harlan.

Creston was led by 23 points from Jake Hoyt and 17 from Tony Davidson. The Panthers fall to 3-8 and will stay at home to face a competitive Glenwood team on Tuesday.

The Atlantic Trojans Girl’s basketball team had no problems controlling the game against Creston on Monday night winning 64-42.

Paytn Harter led the team with a strong night scoring 28 points, Zoey Kirchoff added 9, Lila Wiederstein and Maddie Richter had 8 each.

The fast tempo for the Trojans was set when they come out of the gate starting the game on a 14-0 run, continually feeding the ball to Paytn Harter in the paint. Atlantic led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter and 32-14 at the half.

Creston tried to claw their way back in the second half going on multiple 5-0 runs, but each was answered immediately by Atlantic.  The Trojans continued to pull away in the second half with six players contributed to outscoring the Panthers 19-12 in the third quarter. The closest Creston got to cutting the Atlantic lead was when they were only down by 14 in the fourth. That was thanks in large part to the efforts of Ella Turner with 15 points and Kadley Bailey with 12.

Overall Head Coach Dan Vargason was pleased with the intensity Atlantic started the game with.

A win like this continues to show the potential Atlantic has at being a competitive team with the entire Hawkeye Ten conference.

Atlantic improves to 6-10 with the victory and head back home to face Harlan on Thursday. Creston sits at 4-10 and host Glenwood on Tuesday evening.

The Northern Iowa men take a four-game winning streak into Tuesday night’s game at home against Evansville. The Panthers are 5-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference after Saturday’s win over Southern Illinois.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson. Evansville beat the Panthers in overtime in their first meeting back in early December, but the Aces have struggled without injured forward Ben Humrichhous.

Defense has been a trouble spot for much of this season, but Jacobson says the play of Nate Heise (HI-zee) and Trey Campbell has helped on that end of the court.

Evansville is 2-6 in the Valley and 11-8 overall.

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says it will be difficult to prevent court storming in college arenas. Hawkeye women’s star Caitlin Clark collided with a fan following Sunday’s at Ohio State prompting another round of calls to ban the celebrations. Also, Iowa is considering a plan to move the students closer to the floor at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

McCaffery does not see court storming going away.

The Hawkeye men return to action on Wednesday night by hosting Maryland.

Drake coach Darian DeVries says improved perimeter shooting is a big part of the Bulldog’s current four game win streak. During the last two weeks the Bulldogs have connected on better than 40 percent from three-point range. The Bulldogs have a share of the Missouri Valley Conference lead with a 7-1 record.

DeVries says several new players are gaining confidence.

Drake returns to action on Wednesday night at Missouri State.