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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Iowa Guard Caitlin Clark (22) takes a shot during a semifinal game of the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament. Iowa, ranked No. 6, took on No. 7 seeded Michigan State in Indianapolis at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse Friday afternoon. The Hawks beat the Spartans, 87-72, advancing the Hawks to take on Maryland Saturday in the Big 10 finals.

Caitlin Clark named second-team All-American

Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter March 17, 2021

University of Iowa women's basketball freshman point guard Caitlin Clark is a second team All-American, the Associated Press announced Wednesday. Although Clark is the eighth player in program history...

Iowa head coach Vicki Brown talks to players from the sidelines during the Iowa vs Rutgers match at Xtream Arena on Feb. 19, 2021. Iowa defeated Rutgers, 3-1.

Iowa volleyball adjusts to schedule variation

Will Fineman, Sports Reporter March 16, 2021

The last time Iowa volleyball took on Nebraska was November 16, 2019. Nebraska was ranked No. 6 in the country at the time with only three losses on the season, and the Hawkeyes were riding a five-match...

Carver-Hawkeye Arena is seen empty after a men’s basketball game on Dec. 22, 2020.

Opinion | Daily Iowan staffers reflect on 2020 sports cancellations, postponements

Daily Iowan Staff March 16, 2021

When sports shut down in March of 2020, The Daily Iowan staffers witnessed it first-hand. Then-Sports Editor Robert Read and Pregame Editor Pete Ruden were in Indianapolis to cover the Big Ten Men’s...

Iowa players chant and cheer on Will Davies during his singles match at the Iowa Men’s tennis meet v. Wisconsin in the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex on Friday, March. 12, 2021. The Hawkeyes defeated the Badgers 5-2.

A year after its best season, Iowa men’s tennis opts out of Hawkeye uniforms to protest the program’s end

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter March 16, 2021

A little over a year ago today, Iowa men’s tennis picked up one of the biggest wins in the program’s history and achieved its highest national ranking. The Hawkeyes downed then-No. 16 Cornell...

Iowa’s Spencer Lee attempts a takedown against Purdue’s Devin Schroder during the finals of the Big Ten Wrestling Tournament at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA on Sunday, March 8, 2021. Lee won the match with a tech fall 21-3.

Iowa wrestling ready for second chance at NCAA title

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor March 16, 2021

On March 12, 2020, Iowa wrestling was robbed of its chance at history. The Hawkeyes were just five days removed from a first-place team finish at the 2020 Big Ten Championships in Piscataway, New...

Iowa forward Luka Garza looks to pass during a mens basketball game between Iowa and Wisconsin at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, March 7, 2021. The Hawkeyes, celebrating senior day, defeated the Badgers, 77-73. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan)

Luka Garza becomes Iowa men’s basketball program’s first two-time AP All-American

Robert Read, Pregame Editor March 16, 2021

Luka Garza was named a unanimous All-American by the Associated Press on Tuesday, becoming the first Iowa men's basketball player in program history to earn first team All-America honors from the AP...

Iowas Alyssa Graves completes the womens 1000m freestyle during a swim meet at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. The womens team hosted Nebraska while the mens team had an intrasquad scrimmage. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa’s Graves tunes out distractions ahead NCAA Championships

Evan Bruner, Sports Reporter March 15, 2021

Iowa women’s swim and dive freshman Alyssa Graves was one of just three Hawkeye swimmers to qualify for the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championship this week. For Graves, qualifying...

Michigan Midfielder Sarah Pyrtek moves the ball upfield as Iowa Midfielder Sofie Stribos moves in during a field hockey game between Iowa and Michigan at Grant Field on Saturday, March 15, 2021. “The Hawkeyes defeated the Wolverines, 2-1, in a shootout.”(Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan)

Stribos sisters push Iowa field hockey to new heights

Ben Palya, Sports Reporter March 15, 2021

For sisters Lokke and Sofie Stribos, the path to Iowa field hockey was relatively straightforward, even if they lived 4,292 miles and an ocean away from Iowa City. The pair grew up in Brussels,...

Iowa’s McKenna Warnock (14) and Iowa Guard Caitlin Clark (22) celebrate their win after a semifinal game of the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament. Iowa, ranked No. 6, took on No. 7 seeded Michigan State in Indianapolis at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse Friday afternoon. The Hawks beat the Spartans, 87-72, advancing the Hawks to take on Maryland Saturday in the Big 10 finals.

Iowa women’s basketball receives No. 5 seed for NCAA Tournament, will face Central Michigan

Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter March 15, 2021

Iowa women's basketball received a No. 5 seed for the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Monday. The Hawkeyes are slated to play 12th-seeded Central Michigan in their tournament-opener in the...

Fan cutouts placed in Carver-Hawkeye Arena due to Covid-19 seen before the Iowa Volleyball season opener game against Illinois on Jan. 22, 2021 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Illinois defeated Iowa 3-1.

UI Athletics reports one positive COVID-19 test out of 436 tests conducted

Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor March 15, 2021

The University of Iowa Athletics Department conducted 436 COVID-19 PCR tests for the week of March 8-14 and received one positive test and 435 negative tests. As part of Iowa’s return to campus...

Iowas Head Coach Fran McCaffery yells at his team during an Iowa men’s basketball game against Nebraska on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Carver-Hawkeye arena. The Hawks beat the Cornhuskers, 102-64.

Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery signs four-year contract extension

Robert Read, Pregame Editor March 15, 2021

Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery has signed a four-year contract extension that will keep him with the Hawkeyes through the 2027-28 season, athletics director Gary Barta announced on Monday. McCaffery's...

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-Text: PC photo by Danny Wilcox Frazier --10/20/01-- Iowas Ladell Betts flys past the arm of Indiana defender Dominique Smith during Iowas 42-28 win over Indiana at Kinnich. Betts and Iowas offense exploaded to lift the Hawkeyes to victory.

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Betts and Barnett officially named to Iowa football coaching staff

Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor March 15, 2021

Ladell Betts and George Barnett were officially named to the Iowa football team's coaching staff Monday. Betts will be the running backs coach after the previous coach in that position, Derrick...

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