The Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team begins Big Ten Conference Tournament play Tuesday morning in Omaha, Neb., against Michigan. They have surged at the end of the regular season and overcome the loss of top hitter Keaton Anthony for a lot of reasons, one of them including the play of first baseman Brennen Dorighi.
As it prepares for its final regular-season series of the season, against the Big Ten’s worst team, the Iowa baseball team seems to be in solid position for an NCAA tournament berth.
University of Iowa sophomore pitcher Brody Brecht has been struggling with his control and was pushed back in his baseball team’s starting rotation this weekend from Friday to Sunday. He was terrific in the Hawkeyes’ 5-1 win over Michigan State.
See photos from the Iowa baseball team’s 5-1 win over Michigan State on Sunday.
If the investigations into online sports wagering at Iowa result in any NCAA violations, recent history point toward the possibility of some stiff penalties.
A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are faring in affiliated professional baseball in mid-May
Iowa sophomore Marcus Morgan is the fifth of five children of former Hawkeye basketball player Michael Morgan who are Division I athletes, but the first in baseball.
Will Mulflur hasn’t been able to play much this baseball season for the Iowa Hawkeyes because of a bad back. But he got a chance to play two games last weekend against Ohio State, and made the most of his opportunity.
Dozens of student-athletes at the schools are under investigation, both universities have confirmed.
Ohio State scored three go-ahead runs in the seventh inning to beat Iowa, 5-2, Sunday at Banks Field. The Hawkeyes still won the baseball series, two games to one, and sit pretty well when it comes to making postseason play.
See photos from Iowa’s baseball game Sunday against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The Iowa baseball team beat up Ohio State before a packed crowd of 2,138 Saturday at Banks Field, 15-3. The win gave head coach Rick Heller his 1,000th career victory.
Sophomore third baseman Raider Tello is a California kid who transferred to the University of Iowa from a California JUCO. He has been the Hawkeyes’ primary third baseman this season, acclimating just fine to cold-weather baseball
Rick Heller was more than happy to oblige the familiar faces from the Upper Iowa community following Iowa’s win over the Peacocks. He is a former multiple-sport athlete and coach in Upper Iowa’s Athletics Hall of Fame.
Iowa didn’t experience a let down after a key Big Ten sweep over Nebraska last weekend. The Hawkeyes used a 12-run first inning for 16-0 victory over Upper Iowa Tuesday at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City.
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