John Steppe

Iowa women’s wrestling has done it again. The Hawkeyes have claimed their second National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships team title in as many years of competition.

The Hawkeyes ended the first day in second place, but they have a favorable path to another national title.

The Hawkeyes also are without head coach Renee Gillispie, who stepped away for 2025 season due to a “personal health matter.“

Iowa women’s wrestling will be seeking its second consecutive national title on Friday and Saturday at Coralville’s Xtream Arena. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for results and updates throughout the day.

Prospects will have another opportunity to woo NFL scouts later this month at Iowa’s pro day.

Iowa is the overwhelming favorite again at this year’s national championships after claiming last year’s team title and six of the 10 individual titles.

Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo said it’s “easy to throw stones” as he defended Iowa’s Fran McCaffery.

The Hawkeyes blew an early 27-13 lead as they fell to No. 8 Michigan State on Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

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Iowa still has work to do with two games left to qualify for the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament.

Payton Sandfort’s final season with Iowa men’s basketball “hasn’t been what I dreamed of,” but he takes pride in his continued fight.

Fran McCaffery has “no intention of moving on” from Iowa men’s basketball after the 2024-25 season, the 15th-year head coach told reporters on Tuesday.

Warren Ruggiero joins the Hawkeyes after 11 seasons as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Wake Forest.

Former Iowa specialists Nick Gallery and Brion Hurley “didn’t want to do the normal sports talk radio” as they started their Hawkeye football podcast.

Sydney Affolter set a new career-high in scoring as the Hawkeyes picked up a quality road win against Michigan on Wednesday night.