IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Cyclone soccer program suffered its first setback of the season on Thursday evening, falling to in-state rival Iowa, 2-1, at the Iowa Soccer Complex. With the win, Iowa takes a 2-0 lead in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

Iowa State (2-1-0) was held scoreless until the final ten minutes of action, as the Iowa defense stifled most of ISU’s offensive attack on the night. Iowa (3-0-0) used a late first-half goal, paired with an early second-half goal, to get an edge over the Cyclones.

The first half saw each team record a handful of shots, five for Iowa and two for Iowa State, but with nothing doing as neither team was able to find the back of the net. The Hawkeyes finally broke through in the 34th minute as Kenzie Roling snuck one past Avery Gillahan off a Shae Doherty feed to put the Hawks on top.

Iowa took its 1-0 lead into the break and both teams came out of the half with the same mentality – hunt more shots.

The Hawkeyes tallied 12 in the second stanza and the Cyclones seven as each team started to push the pace and play with more urgency. Iowa’s energy out of the gate resulted in an early second-half goal from Elle Otto and the Hawks took a 2-0 lead.

After an early setback, Iowa State kept trying its luck on the Hawkeye defense, eventually putting a score on the board in the 82nd minute as Lauren Hernandez snagged her first goal of the 2023 season off an Olivia Edwards free kick.

The Cyclones would threaten down to the wire, seeing a cross fall just short of connecting in the final seconds of action as ISU dropped its first action of the year.

Fannon’s Thoughts 

“It’s difficult to be in a situation where you’re on the front foot and the aggressor. Their goal early in the second half kind of knocked the wind out of us. The part I took away from tonight is that when the match was at its hardest, we stepped up and got as close as possible in literally the last seconds.”

Goals 

Iowa State: Lauren Hernandez (82′)

Iowa: Kenzie Roling (34’), Elle Otto (48’) 

Assists 

Iowa State: Olivia Edwards 

Iowa: Shae Doherty 

Up Next
The Cyclones will return to the pitch this Sunday when they travel to Brookings, South Dakota, to take on the SDSU Jackrabbits. ISU and South Dakota State’s Sunday match is set to kick off at 1 p.m. and the action will be streamed on the Summit League Network. 

AMES, Iowa – Four former Iowa State men’s basketball players are set to begin action Friday in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Representing four different countries, the former Cyclones will be battling for gold in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10.

Tyrese Haliburton (United States), Melvin Ejim (Canada), George Conditt IV (Puerto Rico) and Marial Shayok (South Sudan) are slated to compete for their countries. Ejim is representing Canada for the second time in the FIBA World Cup, while it will be the first appearance for Haliburton, Conditt IV and Shayok. Haliburton won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup. Haliburton, Conditt IV and Shayok were all members of Iowa State’s 2019 Big 12 Tournament Championship team.

The action gets started on Friday morning with Ejim and Canada facing France at 8:30 a.m. (CT) on ESPN+. Shayok and Conditt IV are both in Group B and will face each other in the opener on Saturday at 3 a.m. (CT) on ESPN+. Haliburton and Team USA will face New Zealand in the opener at 7:40 a.m. (CT) Saturday on ESPN2.

A full schedule of games is below:

FIBA World Cup Rosters

#3 Melvin Ejim – Canada (Group H)
#1 George Conditt IV – Puerto Rico (Group B)
#11 Marial Shayok – South Sudan (Group B)
#4 Tyrese Haliburton – United States (Group C)

FIBA World Cup Schedule

Friday, August 25:

Canada vs. France – 8:30 a.m. – ESPN+

Saturday, August 26:

South Sudan vs. Puerto Rico – 3 a.m. – ESPN+
USA vs. New Zealand – 7:40 a.m. – ESPN2

Sunday, August 27:

Canada vs. Lebanon – 4:45 a.m. – ESPN+

Monday, August 28:

South Sudan vs. China – 3 a.m. – ESPN+
Puerto Rico vs. Serbia – 7 a.m. – ESPN+
USA vs. Greece – 7:40 a.m. – ESPN2

Tuesday, August 29:

Canada vs. Latvia – 8:30 a.m. – ESPN+

Wednesday, August 30:

South Sudan vs. Serbia – 3 a.m. – ESPN+
USA vs. Jordan – 3:40 a.m. – ESPN2
Puerto Rico vs. China – 7 a.m. – ESPN+

Thursday, August 31:

Classification Round (17-32)

Friday, September 1:

Second Round

Saturday, September 2:

Classification Round (17-32)

Sunday, September 3:

Second Round

Tuesday, September 5:

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, September 6:

Quarterfinals

Thursday, September 7:

Class Games (5-8)

Friday, September 8:

Semifinals

Saturday, September 9:

Class Games (5-6)

Sunday, September 10:

Medal Games

8-Man

• Ar-We-Va vs Exira-EHK
• Audubon vs CAM
• Boyer Valley vs Griswold
• Stanton vs Lenox
• West Harrison vs Glidden-Ralston
• Moravia vs Bedford
• East Union vs Sidney

11-Man

• Clarke vs Atlantic – on KJAN/KJANTV Pre-game at 6:30, kick-off at 7:30 p.m. 
• Lewis Central vs Harlan
• AHSTW vs Tri-Center
• ACGC vs Ogden
• West Monona vs Riverside
• Missouri Valley vs Logan-Magnolia
• Southwest Valley vs Red Oak
• St. Albert vs Treynor
• Nodaway Valley vs Mount Ayr
• IKM-Manning vs East Sac County
• West Central Valley vs Panorama
• Clarinda vs Shenandoah
• Underwood vs Van Meter
• Carroll vs Greene County
• Creston vs Winterset
• Sioux City West vs Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
• Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson vs Denison-Schleswig
• Glenwood vs Sioux City East

Corner Conference

• (3-1) Stanton 25-25-24-25, Fremont-Mills 22-21-26-15
• (3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, Essex 4-11-10

Pride of Iowa Conference

• (3-1) Bedford 17-25-25-25, Mount Ayr 25-19-13-20

Bluegrass Conference

• (3-2) Orient-Macksburg 21-25-20-25-15, Melcher-Dallas 25-15-25-20-7

Non-Conference

• (3-0) Des Moines Roosevelt 25-25-25, Atlantic 17-16-20
• (2-1) Glenwood 21-19-15 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9-21-3
• (2-1) Glenwood 13-21-15, Sidney 21-18-11
• (2-1) Glenwood 21-15-15, Tri-Center 10-21-6
• (2-0) Audubon 25-25, Panorama 10-15
• (2-0) Audubon 25-25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 13-14
• (2-0) Griswold 25-25, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 11-17
• (2-1) Lenox 8-25-15, Griswold 25-21-10
• (2-0) Lenox 25-25, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 10-21
• (2-1) Underwood 14-21-15, Harlan 21-10-10
• (2-0) ADM 21-21, Harlan 9-6
• (2-0) Carlisle 21-21, Creston 7-14
• (2-0) West Marshall 21-21, Creston 6-12
• (2-0) Oskaloosa 21-21, Creston 18-12
• (3-1) Storm Lake 20-25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 25-11-18-19
• (2-1) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 20-21-15, Sidney 22-18-10
• (2-1) Sidney 21-15-15, Tri-Center 15-21-11
• (2-1) Southwest Valley 25-21-15, East Mills 20-25-12
• (2-0) Southwest Valley 25-25, Essex 9-17
• (2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 23-21, Tri-Center 21-17
• (2-0) Des Moines Christian 21-21, Underwood 7-15
• (2-0) ADM 21-21, Underwood 11-16
• (2-0) LeMars 21-21, Logan-Magnolia 14-15
• (2-1) Logan-Magnolia 21-10-15, Sheldon 13-21-10
• (2-0) Cherokee 21-21, Logan-Magnolia 7-7
• (2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25, Panorama 22-19
• (3-0) Woodbury Central 25-25-25, West Harrison 18-17-21
• (2-0) Johnston 25-25, Abraham Lincoln 18-17
• (2-1) Iowa City High 25-25-17, Abraham Lincoln 25-20-15

A pair of number ones collide to open the high school football season as 3A top ranked Harlan vists 4A top rated Lewis Central. Harlan is coming off a second consecutive 3A state title.

That’s Harlan coach Todd Bladt. The Cyclones graduated a large senior class from last season.

The leader on offense is receiver Cade Sears. He had 46 catches and 15 touchdowns last season.