A record crowd in Kinnick Stadium watched the Iowa Hawkeye women defeat DePaul 94-72 in an exhibition game Sunday. The announced crowd of 55,646 is the largest to watch a women’s basketball game and topped the previous record of 29,619 for the 2002 national championship contest between UConn and Oklahoma. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder.

Bluder called it a great showcase for the sport.

The crowd and the atmosphere exceeded her expectations.

Bluder says it took a lot of hard work to make the event a success.

Even in the elements Caitlin Clark posted a triple-double. The reigning national player of the year scored 34 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and added 10 assists.

Clark on the experience of entering the stadium.

The SWV Timberwolves finished their regular season at the Ron Landphair Invitational in Mount Ayr on Thursday.  All 10 Timberwolves ran their fastest times of the season, with 4 earning new career PR’s in the process.

LAWRENCE, Kan. – University of Iowa sophomore Daianne Hayashida had her ITA Midwest Regionals run come to an end in the quarterfinals Sunday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.

Hayashida lost in straight sets to Oklahoma’s Dana Guzman, 6-0, 6-1.

During the week in Lawrence, the Hawkeyes went 5-4 in singles competition and 3-2 in doubles competition, excluding the extra exhibition matches that were played.
  HEAR FROM HEAD COACH SASHA SCHMID 

“I am proud for the run that Dai had, making it to the quarters with an elite group of players. I’m happy for her, she learned a lot and I think it will take a lot of confidence from this. We have some really productive things to work on away from the event. Overall, it was good for Jess, Poko and Pia to compete and have a great weekend of competitive matches. We’re going to get home and get back to practice as we have a lot to work to do before our final event in November.”

The Hawkeyes will have their final fall competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Las Vegas International tournament starting Nov. 10.

Day One Results 

Singles Matches

Jessica Matthews (UI) def. Tuana Tinaztepe (UM): 7-5, 6-1

Nore Heinitz (UND) def. Jessica Matthews (UI): 6-3, 4-6, 10-4

Day Two Results 

Doubles competition: 

Daianne Hayashida/Jessica Matthews (UI) def. Sumomo Hamnaga/Vichitraporn Vimuktananda

(UCA): 8-0

Barbora Pokorna/Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Lily Hutchings/Maria Berlanga (UT): 8-7 (7-3)

Daianne Hayashida/Jessica Matthews (UI) def. Oriana Parkins Godwin/Ines Stehpani (DU): 8-3

Maja Pietrowicz/Lucy Loy (UN) def. Barbora Pokorna/Pia Kranholdt (UI): 8-4

Singles competition: 

Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Kacie Harvey (UA): 6-2, 7-5

Daianne Hayashia (UI) def. Manami Ukita (KS): 7-5, 6-2

Barbora Pokorna (UI) def. Jordan Schifano (SIUE): 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)

Kristina Novak (OSU) def. Pia Kranholdt (UI): 6-1, 6-1

Day Three Results 

Doubles competition: 

Dana Guzman/Alina Shcherbinina (UO) def. Daianne Hayashida/Jessica Matthews (UI): 8-1

Singles competition: 

Daianne Hayashida (UI) def. Anet Koskel (UA): 6-0, 6-0

Ava Catanzarite (UO) def. Barbora Pokorna (UI): 6-4, 6-3

Extra Matches: 

Pia Kranholdt (UI) def. Arina Sorokina (ORU): 6-0, 6-1

Saniya Singh (UT) def. Jessica Matthews (UI): 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)

Day Four Results 

Singles competition: 

Dana Guzman (UO) def. Daianne Hayashida (UI): 6-0, 6-1

Extra Matches: 

Barbora Pokorna (UI) def. Zdena Safarova (UO): 7-6 (8), 6-3

Lucy Loy (UN) def. Pia Kranholdt (UI): 6-1, 6-4

Ava Catanzarite (UO) def. Pia Kranholdt (UI): 6-2, 6-3

BILOXI, MISS. – The University of Iowa men’s golf team concluded round one of the Fallen Oaks Collegiate Invitational on Sunday. The Hawkeyes are currently 11^th on the leaderboard.

Graduate student Josh Lundmark, competing individually, finished as the low scorer for the Hawkeyes at 2-under par (70). Lundmark’s day was highlighted by a hole in one on No. 14.

Lundmark finished the round with just one bogey and is tied for sixth place.

Lundmark’s par three average of 2.50 (-2) ties for the best in the field through 18 holes. Lundmark also leads the tournament in pars (15).

Junior Ian Meyer was the next low finisher for Iowa at one-under par. He is in 12^th place heading into Monday after shooting 71 (-1) in the first round.

  HAWKEYE SCORECARD 

*Competing Individually

HEAR FROM COACH TYLER STITH 

“We had a couple of very good rounds but didn’t capitalize on it. We need more consistency through the entire lineup tomorrow. I’m very proud of Josh and Ian for their performances today.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES 

• Lundmark’s 2.50 (-2) par three stroke average leads the event through 18 holes; Meyer’s 2.75 (-1) average on par threes ties for fourth in the field. 

 UP NEXT 

The second round tees off on Monday. Play at the Fallen Oak Collegiate closes out on Tuesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s soccer downed Maryland, 5-0, on Sunday in the home finale at the Iowa Soccer Complex. The Hawkeyes improve to 9-3-3 overall and 3-3-2 in Big Ten Conference play.

Iowa dominated all phases of the contest, finishing with a 16-2 advantage in shots and a 10-1 lead in shots on goal. Half of those shots on goal connected as the Hawkeyes piled on a season-best five goals. The clean sheet is Iowa’s 10^th this season.

Junior Elle Otto gave Iowa the lead out of the gate, drilling a fourth-minute goal on assists from senior Kelli McGroarty and freshman Eva Pattison. Otto sliced a fastbreak ball behind the sliding Terrapin goalkeeper for her fifth score of the season.

Otto’s five goals and 12 points lead the Hawkeyes this season.

Iowa struck again in the 19^th minute, this time on a set piece that saw a pair of headers dump the ball to the bottom-left corner of the goal. Senior Maggie Johnston launched a long free kick into the box, which freshman Millie Greer lofted up to McGroarty; the Voorhees, New Jersey, native spiked the ball where it needed to be to give Iowa the, 2-0, advantage.

The Hawkeyes took a 3-0 lead into halftime thanks to a 36^th minute score tacked on by junior Addie Bundy off a corner kick. Bundy took the kick, hooking the ball through the net despite grazing the Maryland keeper.

Iowa converted again in the 54^th minute on a Josie Durr penalty kick. That score makes four goals and 10 points for the seventh-year veteran this season, her most in a single season as a Hawkeye.

Freshman Sofia Bush put the seasoning in the stew in the 81^st minute, firing a deep goal to a spot no one was getting to at the top of the net. The long ball was Bush’s second career goal.

Seven Hawkeyes recorded offensive points as Iowa picked up three crucial points in the Big Ten standings to keep its postseason aspirations alive.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH DAVE DIIANNI

“We talked about having a fresh approach mentally today and not bemoaning the last two games. I loved our mental approach. We asked them to be competitive and to do everything together.

I think the scout was really good. We wanted to move the ball. We wanted to shift them. I thought that when we did that they became a lot more isolated individually on defense. I would imagine today was probably the most passes we have been able to put together. We defended well as a group, and we pressed well. The first and second goal were results of turning them over in the back. We were sharp in the box.

I talked to them a little about how it is never as good and never as bad as you think it is. Live somewhere in the middle. I am really happy with their mental resolve. Just be in the day. You can’t be in tomorrow until you are done with today. Go win the day, and we did that today.”

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

• Iowa’s 10 shutouts through 15 games (.667) lead the Big Ten this season.
• Senior goalkeeper Macy Enneking ranks fifth in the Hawkeye record book with 22 career victories (.676 win percentage). Enneking’s 19 career shutouts rank third in program history.
• 90 Tracker: No Hawkeyes played the full 90 minutes on Sunday. Twenty-three Iowa players logged minutes against Maryland. The following position players have recorded at least one 90-minute outing this season: fifth-year Samantha Cary (11), freshman Millie Greer (11), freshman Eva Pattison (2), senior Rielee Fetty (4), senior Maggie Johnston (4), freshman Sofia Bush, junior Kenzie Roling and sophomore Kellen Fife.

 UP NEXT

Iowa faces Michigan at 7 p.m. (CT) on Oct. 19 at U-M Soccer Stadium. The Hawkeyes close out the regular season against Michigan State on Oct. 22 at DeMartin Soccer Complex. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. (CT).

Iowa begins the week in the driver’s seat in the Big 10 west. The Hawkeyes held Wisconsin out of the endzone to claim a 15-6 win in a slugfest in Madison. The Hawkeyes rushed for 200 yards but passed for only 37 and Tory Taylor averaged more than 50 yards per punt.

That’s Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz. The Hawks are without their starting quarterback and top three tight ends but held on to improve to 6-1 on the season.

Taylor amassed more than 500 yards of punting and aided Iowa’s defense by pinning the Badgers deep.

Tight end Erick All suffered a knee injury and Ferentz says should learn more on Monday.

The Hawkeyes host Minnesota this week.

Iowa State heads into its bye week with a record of 4-3. The Cyclones dominated in every phase in a 30-10 win at Cincinnati. The Cyclones are 3-1 in the Big-12.

That’s ISU coach Matt Campbell. The Cyclones are currently second in the Big-12 standings.

ISU was 1-2 after a loss at Ohio but has won three of its last four.

The Cyclones return to action on October 28th at Baylor.