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Former Iowa volleyball player Amiya Jones is taking her talents to the two-time reigning Finnish Volleyball League champion club Polkky Kuusamo. The middle hitter, who helped maintain stability inside the Hawkeye locker room over the last five seasons amid multiple coaching changes, an injury, and a global pandemic, will depart for Finland on Aug. 15....

Iowa softball scored five runs with two outs in the seventh inning to defeat BYU, 9-7, and take home the National Invitational Softball Championship title on Saturday night. Iowa came into the eight-team tournament in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the No. 2 seed and defeated UC Davis, South Dakota State, and Maryland en route to...

Whenever Iowa softball head coach Renee Gillispie called upon Nia Carter, she had an answer. In her first collegiate at-bat as a freshman, Carter lifted the Hawkeyes over the East Carolina Pirates, 6-5, with a pinch-hit walk-off single at the 2020 Kickin’ Chicken Classic. Since then, Carter proved herself as more than just a one-hit...

Iowa softball split a doubleheader against Nebraska in its home opener at Bob Pearl Field on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes prevailed over the Huskers in the first game, 3-2, and then dropped the nightcap, 9-3. The Hawkeyes are now 21-13 overall and 3-2 in conference. “We did a good job defensively in the first game and...

Jacob Warner’s biggest goal as a young wrestler was to be a backup on a Division I squad. Growing up in Tolono, Illinois, a town nearly 10 miles outside of Champaign with only about 3,500 people, Warner didn’t have many wrestling opportunities. Fast forward to this year, and the 197-pounder finished his Iowa men’s wrestling...