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Surprise, surprise: Coe’s a power once again

College softball: Kohawks are top seed and host for Iowa Conference tournament

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 [...]

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Kiah Stokes

Father: UConn’s Stokes isn’t going anywhere

Women's basketball: UConn celebrates a title, and Linn-Mar graduate will pursue another

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 [...]

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WBB: Hawkeyes and Hurricanes: Flip a coin

Iowa hosts tournament for first time since 2009

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 [...]

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WBB: Guards on display in Notre Dame-UTM game

It's the Irish's Diggins against the Skyhawks' prolific scoring duo

IOWA CITY – Notre Dame has the best point guard in the country. Tennessee-Martin has an uncommon scoring tandem. The difference, in the eyes of UTM coach Kevin McMillan, lies in the paint. “They have an inside game and we don’t,” McMillan said as the 16th-seeded Skyhawks (19-14) prepared to meet top-seeded, No. 2-ranked Notre Dame [...]

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Wright excited by Irish’s site

NCAA women's notes: Notre Dame reserve played at Des Moines East

IOWA CITY – When the NCAA brackets were announced and Notre Dame’s destination was revealed, it was met largely with a collective shrug from the Fighting Irish. Except from Markisha Wright. “Everybody looked up at the screen and was like, ‘Eh, OK,’ ” said Wright, a sophomore for the second-ranked Irish and a native of Des [...]

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Skylar Diggins and two-time national runner-up Notre Dame will be in Iowa City this weekend for the NCAA women's basketball tournament. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, file)

NCAA women’s tournament: Iowa City subregion

Facts on the teams coming to Carver this weekend, and a schedule for the event

Thumbnails on the teams participating in the Iowa City subregional for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament: TENNESSEE-MARTIN (19-14) Norfolk Region seed: 16th Final AP ranking: Unranked Nickname: Skyhawks How it qualified: Earned an automatic berth by winning the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Brings an eight-game win streak to Iowa City. Coach: Kevin McMillan (4th year at [...]

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Miami's Shawnice Wilson, right, battles with Florida State's Chelsea Davis, left, for a rebound during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, March 8, 2013. Florida State won 70-58. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

WBB: Miami coach: ‘We have to be 10 points better’

Head coach Meier says Hawkeyes will get Hurricanes' best effort

IOWA CITY – The way Katie Meier sees it, the Miami Hurricanes take a double-digit deficit to Carver-Hawkeye Arena this weekend. “Unfortunately, we have to have the mentality of playing on someone’s home court,” the Hurricanes’ head coach said to the Miami Herald after the NCAA women’s basketball tournament pairings were released Monday night. “That [...]

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The Iowa women's basketball team reacts to the announcement of their first-round game against Miami while watching the NCAA basketball selection show in their locker room theater at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday, March 18, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Hawkeyes draw Miami as first-round NCAA foe

Iowa is a 9 seed; second-ranked Notre Dame likely looms in Round 2

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa coaching staff began advance scouting on a cluster of about eight teams last week, in preparation for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. “Miami wasn’t one of them,” head coach Lisa Bluder said. The Hawkeyes (20-12) earned a No. 9 seed and will face the eighth-seeded Hurricanes (21-10) in [...]

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WBB: Bluder: ‘I feel good’ about NCAA berth

NCAA announces selections Monday; Hawkeyes seek 6th straight berth

IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder isn’t sweating. “I feel good about our chances (of making the NCAA tournament), I really do,” the University of Iowa women’s basketball coach said Thursday. The NCAA field of 64 teams will be announced Monday (6 p.m., ESPN), and Bluder is confident that her team will be called for the [...]

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Jaime Printy (left) goes for the hoop over Wisconsin's Tiera Stephen during their game Jan. 24. (Jim Slosiarek/Gazette-KCRG)

Farewell tears on hold for Iowa’s Printy

Iowa women's basketball: Marion native has left her mark on the record book

IOWA CITY — Jaime Printy surprised her teammates, her family and herself during a Senior Night postgame speech. No tears. “I’m a huge crier,” she said. “And I’m sure I will be very emotional when the season is over. “But that night, I wasn’t saying good bye. Not yet.” The Iowa Hawkeyes expect to make [...]

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