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Surprise, surprise: Coe’s a power once again
CEDAR RAPIDS — It might not be the best softball team Bob Timmons has coached, though it’s close. It is, without a doubt, the most surprising. “We had a lot of holes to fill,” said Timmons, in his 16th season at Coe College. “To be honest, when we went to Florida at the beginning of [...]
Father: UConn’s Stokes isn’t going anywhere
Greg Stokes has heard the rumors about his daughter. Wednesday, he shot them down. “Kiah is not looking to go anywhere else,” Stokes said. “She wants to succeed at UConn.” A 2011 graduate at Linn-Mar High School — she was the Gazette Female Athlete of the Year that year — Kiah Stokes is a member [...]
Women’s basketball: A first take on 2013-14
Jeff Linder of The Gazette and KCRG has served on the Associated Press women’s basketball panel for the past four seasons. If he is on the committee for the 2013-14 season, his preseason ballot will look something like this: 1. CONNECTICUT (35-4, NCAA national champion in 2013) — Are we about to see the next [...]
WBB: A returning core of four, and question marks
IOWA CITY – A little more than a minute remained when Jaime Printy, Morgan Johnson and Trisha Nesbitt walked off the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court to a standing ovation. Printy stopped and shared an embrace with Iowa coach Lisa Bluder before taking a seat on the bench. “I just told Jaime not to cry,” Bluder said. [...]
No. 2 Notre Dame sidelines Hawkeyes, 74-57
IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder knew what it would take to turn the women’s basketball world on its ear. “We had to experience a near-perfect night to beat that team,” she said. “It just didn’t happen tonight.” Kayla McBride established a career high with 28 points — including 24 in the first half — as [...]
WBB: Hawks take aim at Notre Dame
IOWA CITY — A huge challenge awaits. So does a huge opportunity. “If this doesn’t get you up, nothing will,” said Samantha Logic, point guard for the University of Iowa women’s basketball team. The Hawkeyes (21-12) load up their slingshots for Tuesday’s second-round NCAA tournament game against second-ranked Notre Dame (32-1). Tipoff is 8:40 p.m. [...]
Iowa/ND: Two programs in two different places
IOWA CITY — There’s no Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. No LaSalle or Wichita State. “There’s just not the parity in women’s basketball as there is in men’s basketball right now, and that’s unfortunate,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. What there is: A well-defined upper crust. Notre Dame is among those [...]
Miami coach prophetic on Iowa’s Logic
IOWA CITY — This was what Katie Meier feared. “Well, I think I jinxed (us) in (Saturday’s) press conference,” said Meier, the women’s basketball coach at Miami (Fla.) “You asked me the key to Iowa and I said Samantha Logic, because boy, she was phenomenal.” Logic scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Iowa [...]
Second-half spree sends Hawkeyes past Miami
IOWA CITY – Samantha Logic insisted the game wasn’t slipping away. But the Iowa Hawkeyes were teetering on the brink of major danger before Melissa Dixon shot them out of trouble. Dixon nailed three consecutive 3-pointers in less than two minutes as the Hawkeyes rallied past, then ran away from Miami (Fla.), 69-53, in an [...]
WBB: Hawkeyes and Hurricanes: Flip a coin
IOWA CITY – The Iowa Hawkeyes gathered at Lisa Bluder’s house for a team meal Saturday night. Bluder wasn’t cooking, but said that chicken and lasagna would be on the menu. The Hawkeyes are hopeful that it wasn’t their Last Supper as a team. “I hope we come out and win this first one so we [...]
