Articles Tagged: Hawkeye softball

Iowa softball coach Renee Gillispie joins the Hawk Off The Press podcast this week ahead of the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten tournament game Wednesday against Maryland.

Iowa softball improved its Big Ten record by seven wins — from 3-20 to 10-13 — this season in large part because of its freshmen.

It’s a mailbag episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast, starting with thoughts on Iowa receiving a commitment from Ohio State transfer wide receiver Kaleb Brown.

UNI beat Iowa 4-2 in an in-state softball battle Wednesday at Pearl Field.

Iowa’s Denali Loecker belted a two-run home run in a 5-3 loss to Rutgers Friday at Pearl Field. It was her eighth of the season and 22nd for her career, tying her for seventh on the Hawkeyes’ all-time HR list.

Photos from Iowa State’s 7-4 win over Iowa in the 2023 Cy-Hawk softball game on Wednesday at Pearl Field in Iowa City.

Iowa’s Nia Carter has wreaked havoc on opposing pitchers and their defenses this season. She ranks second in NCAA Division I with 70 hits, entering Saturday’s series finale against Maryland. She has helped power Iowa to 26 victories this season.

It’s a mailbag episode of the Hawk Off The Press podcast, with questions covering multiple Hawkeye sports, including football, basketball, baseball and softball.

The Hawkeyes are looking to bounce back with a young group in 2023 after going 3-20 in Big Ten play last year.

Anna Streff has a scholarship waiting at Iowa, but at Linn-Mar, she’s just another player, albeit an important one. The Lions own a share of an MVC divisional championship after sweeping Cedar Rapids Prairie.

Moment No. 13: Iowa softball punched its ticket to a third straight Women’s College World Series appearance in 1997.

Moment No. 17: After getting a tough draw in the NCAA Regionals, Gayle Blevins remembers “no one expected us to win a game.” But the now-retired softball coach led the Hawkeyes that year to their first Women’s College World Series in program history.

As college athletes at Iowa and across the country face myriad mental health obstacles, here’s what Iowa athletes and staff are doing about it.

Moment No. 33 in The Gazette’s 50 Iowa moments since Title IX series is Iowa softball’s return to the Women’s College World Series in 2001.

Moment No. 40 in The Gazette’s 50 Iowa moments since Title IX series is Gayle Blevins’ fast rebuild that resulted in a Big Ten title in her second year.