IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 75th-ranked University of Iowa women’s tennis team defeated No. 34 Illinois, 4-2, Friday evening at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center. It is the Hawkeyes’ second straight win over a ranked opponent and moves the team’s record to 8-6 overall and 3-0 in Big Ten play.

The Fighting Illini started the night by capturing the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 line. The Hawkeyes got an impressive win on court one with sophomore Daianne Hayashida and senior Vipasha Mehra downed No. 47 Megan Heuser and Alice Xu, 6-2.

Junior Barbora Pokorna and sophomore Pia Kranholdt dropped a close match at No. 3, bringing it to a tiebreaker before falling, 7-6 (4), to Josie Frazier and Kida Ferrari.

In singles competition, the Hawkeyes wasted no time in earning four singles wins at the top four spots.

After falling on court six to fall behind 2-0, Kranholdt earned a straight set victory over Treiber on No. 4, 6-4, 6-1. Junior Marisa Schmidt continued on court two with her 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Schaefbauer.

In the final moments of the match, Pokorna and Hayashida got their winning points simultaneously on courts three and one to secure the Hawkeyes’ upset win. Pokorna defeated Frazier; 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 and Hayashida downed Heuser; 7-6 (3), 6-4.

QUOTING HEAD COACH SASHA SCHMID

“I’m really proud of the team, it was a great fight today especially after losing the doubles point. I really felt like we had a good start in singles, and I’m happy for the way they courageously finished out those singles matches to get to four points. We will regroup tomorrow, and get ready to host a very competitive Northwestern team.”

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will finish this weekend’s home competition Sunday, hosting No. 35 Northwestern at noon at the HTRC.

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.

Iowa star Caitlin Clark is ready for one final run in an Iowa uniform. The second ranked Hawkeyes are the top seed in the Albany two regional and open against Holy Cross Saturday afternoon in Iowa City.

The spotlight has been bright on Clark and the Hawkeyes during a season that has included record attendance and television ratings.

The Hawkeye made a run to the national championship game last season but two years ago were stunned on their home court during the opening weekend.

Holy Cross advanced after Thursday night’s 72-45 win over UT-Martin in the First Four.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. The Hawkeyes have been off for nearly two weeks since winning the Big Ten Tournament.

The Iowa Hawkeye men are at Utah Sunday night in the second round of the NIT. The Hawkeyes are 19-14 and advanced after a win over Kansas State. Utah is 20-15 and led by seven-foot senior center Branden Carlson. He averages more than 17 points and seven rebounds per game.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says sophomore guard Dasonte Bowen has been sidelined with an injury. Bowen placed his name in the transfer portal earlier this week.

The Atlantic Trojans girl’s golf team season has gotten underway. The Trojans have nine high schoolers out and are coached by Kathy Hobson.

Coach Hobson gave her highlights of last season.

Coach Hobson mentioned on what the Trojans girls have been working in practice.

Coach Hobson talked about what it’s going to be like to play in the Hawkeye Ten Conference this season.

Coach Hobson elaborated on what her squad’s goals are for this year.

The Trojans girls first golf meet will be Thursday April 4th at Creston. That meet will start at 4:30 p.m.

Drake faltered down the stretch and lost to Washington State 66-61. The Bulldogs led by eight points with just over seven minutes to play. It was the second straight season the Bulldogs failed to close a game out in the tournament.

That’s coach Darian DeVries. Drake hurt its own cause by making only six of 14 free throws and managed only two field goals in the final seven minutes.

The Bulldogs close the season with a record of 28-7.

Washington State coach Kyle Smith.

DOANE CLASS A MEET

Woodbine finished in 4th place with 62 points

Woodbine Landon Bendgen placed 1st in the 800 meter run, 2:01.38

Woodbine Jax Pryor took 1st place in the discus throw 139-07

Abraham Lincoln finished in 8th place with 9 points

Abraham Lincoln Cody Smith placed 3rd in the 3200 meter run, 10:55.83

MOUNT MARTY CLASS B MEET 

Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Alex Wilson placed 1st in the shot put (52-06.00)

Sergeant Bluff-Luton,  Collin Bliven, Dan Delarosa, Tate Loffswold, Gavin Ahrendt placed 1st place in the 4×400 meter relay, 3:45.61