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There is a new Head Coach in town for the Atlantic Trojans baseball team and his name is Nathan Block. When asked about what his initial feeling was with becoming the next Head Coach, Block explained how thrilled he was.

An Iowa native Coach Block is a graduate of Panorama High School. He attended Loras College and from there he learned he had a passion for teaching and coaching. Block served as an assistant baseball coach at Pocahontas Area and Nodaway Valley. Block’s time at Nodaway Valley made him familiar with the Atlantic program as the two programs competed last summer.

While discussing this new role of coaching for Atlantic, Coach Block discussed how being a successful coach is about connecting with the students and helping them learn about the importance of the communities they’re in.

On the topic of coaching, Coach Block was quick to remember a coach that impacted him in his high school days. That said coach is Head Baseball Coach at Panorama Brian Bahrenfuss.

Coach Block has simple and concise goals for his Trojan Squad. He wants to move a team that was 10-17 a year ago, to above .500 and he plans on his team competing for a Hawkeye Ten conference title.

Baseball season for Atlantic starts Monday May 20th.

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The UNI men return to Missouri Valley play on Wednesday night by hosting Illinois-Chicago. Both teams are 1-3 in conference play and the Flames are 8-7 overall.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson who says defense remains a problem for his team.

The Drake men look to bounce back from their first Missouri Valley loss on Wednesday night when they host Indiana State. The Bulldogs are coming off a 22-point loss at Belmont and host a Sycamore team that is 4-0 in the Valley.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who says the Bulldogs will need a big effort defensively.

Drake is 3-1 in the Valley and 12-3 overall.

The winter storm changed the travel plans for the third ranked Iowa women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes play at Purdue Wednesday night and coach Lisa Bluder says they traveled to West Lafayette on Monday.

The Hawkeyes are 15-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. Purdue is 2-1 in the conference and 9-5 overall. They are 8-0 at home.

Bluder says it will be a difficult road test for the Hawkeyes.

THIS WEEK 

The University of Iowa women’s tennis team will kick off its spring season this weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. The Hawkeyes will face Florida Atlantic in the season opener on Friday at noon (CT) before squaring off against Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday at 9 a.m.

FOLLOW LIVE 

Fans can follow the duals via live scoring at ioncourt.com. Fans can also follow the action live via the Iowa women’s X account (@iowa_tennis).

THE LINEUP 

The Hawkeyes will be introducing three new student-athletes this season — two freshmen and one transfer. Six of the eight players on this year’s roster are international, ranging from Canada to Germany.

A REVIEW 

• Iowa posted seven victories against ranked opponents during the 2022-23 season, including a 4-1 victory over No. 31 Illinois in Champaign.

• Iowa finished the regular season tied for fifth place in the Big Ten standings, marking the second time in three seasons that the program has placed fifth or better. 

HAYASHIDA AT ITAS 

• Sophomore Daianne Hayashida, who is ranked 109th in the ITA singles rankings, had a strong showing at the ITA Midwest Regionals this fall, advancing her way to the quarterfinals.

• She was the first Hawkeye to advance to the regional quarterfinals since Elise van Heuvelen in 2019. Hayashida defeated her first two opponents in straight sets before falling to Oklahoma’s Dana Guzman.

HAWKEYEYES RETURNING 

• Iowa welcomes back its No. 1 singles player Marisa Schmidt, who went 5-5 in 10 matches at the top singles spot a season ago. Schmidt also tied for the team lead with three doubles wins at the No. 1 doubles position.

• Sophomore Daianne Hayashida went 10-3 in dual action in 2023, going 4-0 at No. 3 singles and 5-2 at No. 4 singles. 

MEHRA’S SENIOR SEASON 

Senior Vipasha Mehra begins her senior season with 31 career singles victories and 36 career wins in doubles. The Calgary, Canada, native is the lone senior and one of three upperclassmen on the Hawkeyes’ 2024 roster.

NIKITA THE HAWKEYE 

Sophomore Nikita Vishwase, a transfer from LSU, will make her Hawkeye debut when she takes the court this spring. The Arizona native didn’t compete in the fall because of injury. In Baton Rouge, Vishwase was an ITA Southern Regional doubles champion and she posted 16 wins in singles and 22 wins in doubles. She was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in the ITA doubles rankings in November of 2022. 

SCOUTING FLORIDA ATLANTIC 

• The Owls posted an 8-14 overall record and went 0-2 in conference action during the 2023 season.

• FAU’s doubles team of Victoria Gomez O’Hayon and Mille Mae Matthews advanced to the 2023 ITA Southeast Regional semifinals.

• Freshman Panna Bartha advanced to the 2023 ITF Tournament semifinals in the singles draw.

• Friday’s meeting will be the first between Iowa and FAU.

SCOUTING FLORIDA GULF COAST 

• The Eagles posted a 16-7 overall record and went 6-2 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. FGCU went 11-2 on its home courts.

• FGCU hosted the Bonita Bay Classic during the fall, posting two wins over Purdue and three over Notre Dame.

• Iowa is 1-0 all-time against FGCU, winning 5-2 in Fort Meyers during the 2019 season. 

UP NEXT 

The Hawkeyes will return to action on Jan. 20, traveling to South Bend, Indiana, to face Notre Dame beginning at 10 a.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s wrestler, Sterling Dias has been named the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Region Wrestler of the Month, as announced Tuesday by the organization.

In the month of December, Dias was undefeated with nine wins. She went 3-0 at the Las Vegas Desert Duals where she picked up one ranked win and two wins via pin. At the second-annual Soldier Salute Dias took first-place at her weight, securing three technical falls and two pins on her way to the title. Dias is currently ranked second in the 101-weight class and holds an 18-1 record on the season.

The Las Vegas, Nevada native also helped the Hawkeyes to a NWCA National Duals title this past weekend, securing two top-ten wins.

The Hawkeyes are set to host their second dual in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, January 21st. Iowa will face Life University and Missouri Valley College. The dual will begin at 2 p.m. CT and will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).