Articles Tagged: Hawkeye field hockey

Moment No. 4: The University of Iowa, under leadership of then-president Sandy Boyd, elevated 12 women’s teams to intercollegiate status and hired Christine Grant as the women’s athletics director.

From the “front lines” of the fight to keep Title IX’s implementation in sports alive to the focus on women’s athletes’ well-being, Christine Grant left quite the legacy both at Iowa and across the country.

Moment No. 5: For the first time ever, an Iowa women’s team went to a Final Four in 1984.

Moment No. 9: After Judith Davidson helped Iowa field hockey win a national title in the 1980s, Beth Beglin made the Hawkeyes a consistent Final Four team in the 1990s.

Moment No. 20: With “a lot of really positive things brewing,” Iowa filed hockey returned to the Final Four in 2008.

Moment No. 22: For the first time in program history, Iowa field hockey rose to No. 1 in the country. That led to a memorable showdown between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams a few weeks later with Lisa Bluder and others rushing the field at the end.

Moment No. 23: After a 2019 season that left Hawkeyes “so frustrated,” Iowa field hockey found redemption in Chapel Hill, N.C., almost 18 months later.

Dan Schleisman decided to celebrate his 50th year as a University of Iowa graduate by attending 2021-22 Hawkeyes sporting events in Iowa City. All of them.

Moment No. 26: The Iowa City Community School District names its North Liberty elementary school after Title IX pioneer and former Iowa women’s athletics director Christine Grant.

Moment No. 32: Iowa field hockey won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships in the same season for the first time in program history.

More than 300 people gathered at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to celebrate Christine Grant’s life and legacy. The crowd included former players, coaches she hired over a quarter-century and athletic administrators from around the country.

Moment No. 36 in The Gazette’s 50 Iowa moments since Title IX series is Iowa naming its field hockey venue after Title IX pioneer Christine Grant.

Moment No. 41 in The Gazette’s 50 Iowa moments since Title IX series is Iowa weathering a downpour to win its first official Big Ten title in 1981.

As The Gazette counts down the top 50 moments in Iowa women’s athletics history ahead of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, No. 47 is Kristy Gleason setting the NCAA goals record for American women and winning the Honda Sports Award.

Iowa athletics director Gary Barta outlined a “vision” for several new facilities, but he knows “vision without resources is irrelevant.”