IOWA CITY, Iowa — Seven University of Iowa relievers scattered two hits over seven shutout innings to lead the Hawkeyes to a 4-2 victory over Grand View on Wednesday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

The win was Iowa’s 17th of the season, moving the team’s record to 17-9.

Sophomore Derek Lieurance, freshman Jack Dreyer, redshirt sophomore Kyle Shimp, freshman Cam Baumann, junior Shane Ritter, and senior Nick Nelsen all tossed hitless frames.  Baumann earned his first career victory, while Nelsen struck out four of the five batters he faced to notch his second save in as many games.

Eight Hawkeye pitchers limited Grand View to just four hits and the staff finished with 13 strikeouts and only one walk.

The Hawkeyes spotted the Vikings a 2-0 lead when starter Trenton Wallace gave up a wind-aided home run to Tyler Smith in the second inning before Iowa fought back to tie the game with single runs in the second and fourth frames.

Sophomore Kyle Crowl reached on a fielding error with one out in the second and advanced all the way to third base before scoring on Lorenzo Elion’s sacrifice fly to make the score 2-1.  Iowa evened the score on another Elion RBI single in the fourth.

The Hawkeyes took the lead in the sixth when senior Austin Guzzo scored on a wild pitch after leading off the inning with a walk.  Freshman Brett McCleary drove in the final run on an RBI groundout to knock in Crowl.

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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Carlos Martinez pitched into the ninth inning and struck out 10, Yadier Molina homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the error-prone Milwaukee Brewers 6-0. Leadoff batter Dexter Fowler scored twice in the first three innings for the Cardinals, who beat their NL Central rivals a night after losing on a game-ending homer by Ryan Braun.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals plan to activate right-hander Adam Wainwright from the 10-day disabled list on Thursday to start their home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Wainwright has been sidelined by a strained left hamstring. Manager Mike Matheny says the team decided that Wainwright was ready after giving him one last checkup on Wednesday morning.

DETROIT (AP) — The Kansas City Royals celebrated as if they had won a game a day after they did. They cheered when their scheduled game against the Detroit Tigers was postponed due to inclement weather conditions. With a postponement looming as a possibility, Kansas City breezed to its first victory of the season on a chilly, rainy day the previous day. The Royals beat the Tigers 1-0 in a game that lasted nine innings and was played in just 2 hours, 17 minutes.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Malik Newman plans to leave Kansas and enter the NBA draft after leading the Jayhawks to the Final Four in his only season playing for them. The sophomore guard says he plans to sign with an agent.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Scott Frost likes to harken to his playing days in the 1990s when the Tom Osborne-coached Nebraska teams used strength and brute force to impose their will on overmatched opponents. Upon his return as the new coach, Frost found a team that had gone soft. His first task was to get his players in shape. The winter strength and conditioning program was extremely taxing. The toughening-up process is continuing in spring practices.

Today’s University of Iowa baseball game against Grand View has been pushed back to a 4:05 p.m. (CT) start at Duane Banks Field.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Due to the projected cold temperatures this week, the University of Iowa softball team has altered it’s schedule with Northern Iowa and Wisconsin.

Today’s matchup with UNI has been postponed. The makeup date will be announced at a later date.

Friday’s series opener against Wisconsin has been moved to Saturday. The Hawkeyes and Badgers will now play a doubleheader on Saturday with game one beginning at 1:30 p.m. (CT), followed by game two approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Game one will air live on BTN.

The final game of the series is still slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday.

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association will host the Larry Niemeyer Senior Game Series for basketball players around the state on Sunday.  The games will be played at Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids.

A number of area athletes will be participating. Kealey Nelson of Exira-EHK and Mateya Peters of Griswold will be on the 1A White team. Sophia Peppers of Exira-EHK and Erin Weber of Boyer Valley will play on the 1A Select Team.

Kylan Straight of Logan-Magnolia will play on the 2A White team. Karley Larson of Underwood is on the 2A Grey Team. Madelyn Deitchler of Treynor, Kenzie Cunard of Logan-Magnolia, Devyn Kemble of Panorama, and Kia Rasmussen of IKM-Manning are on the 2A Select team.

Maegan Holt of Lewis Central will play on the 3A/4A/5A Select White. Claire Jones of CB Abraham Lincoln will play on the 4A/5A White team. Sierra Athen of Red Oak will compete on the 3A Grey squad.

Full rosters can be viewed here: ICGASeniorGameSeries2018

IOWA CITY, Iowa — United World Wrestling has notified USA Wrestling with an approved revised schedule for the 2018 Freestyle World Cup, hosted by the University of Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 7-8.

With Iran and Russia not in the field, and with Mongolia and India added to the event, there are changes in both the pool competition and the order of the bouts.

The two-day tournament is broken down into three pool-play sessions, in addition to a medal round. Every team will compete during each session.

The new schedule has the United States in Pool A against the nations of Japan, Georgia, and India. Pool B consists of teams from Azerbaijan, Cuba, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

The times of the U.S. duals have not changed from the previous schedule, but the order of the opponents has changed. The USA will face India first, followed by Japan on Saturday, then will battle on Sunday morning against Georgia to complete its pool competition.

The revised event schedule is as follows:

Saturday, April 7

10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Session I

10:00 a.m – USA vs. India on Mat A, Mongolia vs. Kazakhstan on Mat B

11:15 a.m. – Georgia vs. Japan on Mat A, Azerbaijan vs. Cuba on Mat B

2 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies

2:30 p.m. -7:00 p.m.  Session II

2:30 p.m. – USA vs. Japan on Mat A

4:30 p.m. – Mongolia vs. Cuba on Mat B

5:45 p.m. – Georgia vs. India on Mat A, Azerbaijan vs. Kazakhstan on Mat B

Sunday, April 8

10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Session III

10:00 a.m. – USA vs. Georgia on Mat A, Mongolia vs. Azerbaijan on Mat B

11:15 a.m. – Japan vs. India on Mat A, Cuba vs. Kazakhstan on Mat B

12:30 p.m. – 5th Place Match at Mat A, 7th Place Match on Mat B

2:15 p.m. – Bronze Medal Match on Mat A

4 p.m. – Gold Medal Match on Mat A

Ticket opportunities for the World Cup include standard all-session tickets ($75/$50), single-day tickets ($40/$25), and a “The Eastern Iowa Airport Family Four Pack” ($100). Tickets are now available on the University of Iowa Athletics website hawkeyesports.com.

Visit worldcupiowacity.com for more information on the event.

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An in-state softball contest in Iowa City today (Wednesday), will feature Iowa hosting Northern Iowa. The Panthers are 18-14 overall and coming off a Missouri Valley Conference series that saw them take two of three games from Missouri State. UNI coach Ryan Jacobs who says the Panthers will face an Iowa team that has gone up against a very challenging schedule. Iowa is 15-17 after dropping all three games of a weekend series at Maryland. The first pitch is set for 5-p.m.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun hit consecutive homers off Dominic Leone with two out in the ninth, sending the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Leone retired the first two batters, but then lost Yelich on a 2-2 pitch before Braun whacked the next one for his fourth career game-ending homer. Dan Jennings picked up the victory with a perfect ninth.

DETROIT (AP) — Jakob Junis took a shutout into the eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 for their first victory of the season. On a chilly, rainy day, the Tigers and Royals breezed through nine innings in 2 hours, 17 minutes. Jorge Soler drove in the game’s only run with a sacrifice fly in the second.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed Jedd Gyorko on the 10-day disabled list and recalled prospect Harrison Bader from Triple-A. Gyorko was placed on the DL before a game against the Brewers. He left Monday’s game in the seventh inning with a strained right hamstring. Greg Garcia will fill in at third base.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former Missouri State coach Paul Lusk will join the Creighton staff as an assistant coach. Coach Greg McDermott announced Lusk would replace Darian DeVries. DeVries was named head coach at Drake last week. Missouri State fired Lusk last month. He previous was an assistant at Purdue and Southern Illinois.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa guard Isaiah Moss is the second Hawkeyes sophomore to submit paperwork for early entry into the NBA draft. The process is designed to gauge professional interest. Moss joined Tyler Cook by announcing his plans. Moss has not hired an agent and has until May 30 to return to school or remain eligible for the draft.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, will host the USA Track and Field outdoor championships in 2019. Catch Des Moines, the city’s chamber of commerce, says the city has added the event to next year’s calendar. Drake is also hosting the national outdoor championships in June.