Iowa's Josie Durr. (Stephen Mally/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeye Athletics Week in Review
Iowa Soccer's 5-0 record stands out. It ranks behind only '19 (9-0) and '13 (8-0) among the program's best starts during the last 11 years.
The Hawkeyes' latest triumph kicked off at 10 a.m. Sunday morning. They dominated Southeast Missouri State, 4-0, at the Iowa Soccer Complex on a warm day in town. Junior Kenzie Roling tallied a goal and an assist, while her teammates, Josie Durr and Sophie Kincaid, each added a goal.
"I thought our kids played well," Iowa coach Dave DiIanni told HawkeyeSports.com. "I liked their mentality. It was a tough trip for us coming back from Mississippi on Thursday, so we just wanted them to be able to compete.”
Iowa knocked off Mississippi State in Starkville. The Hawkeyes have outscored opponents, 10-1, in '23. Durr, Roling and Elle Otto have scored two goals each this year. Keeper Macy Enneking has saved 13 of 14 shots she's faced.
The Hawkeyes hit the road for a pair of games in Virginia this week. They'll be in Charlottesville Thursday to take on UVA and in Fairfax Sunday to face George Mason. They're back in Iowa City on Sept. 17 for the Big Ten opener against Illinois.
Murphy Takes Down Record
The cross country teams got their season underway Friday with the Hawkeye Invitational at Ashton. Junior Max Murphy took down the men’s 6,000-meter school record by about 13 seconds, finishing in 17:57.7.
“In the first meet of the season the goal is to just run as a team and see where everyone is at,” Murphy told HawkeyeSports.com. “I had a lot of fun running with the squad the first 5k or so and then opened up at the end. We’re definitely in a much better spot than we’ve been in in the past years.”
Murphy topped the previous mark of 18:10 run by Ian Eklin at the '17 Hawkeye Invite. Iowa's Hayden Kuhn (18:05.4) and Miles Sheppard (18:07.4) also bested Eklin on Sunday.
Iowa's Amber Aesoph finished third in the women's 4K, running the course in 14:19.3, a personal best. Hawkeyes' Jalyssa Blazek (14:34.6), Brooke McKee (14:35.5) and Aleah Tenpas (14:36.0) finished seventh through ninth with personal bests.
No. 7 Hawkeyes Keep Rolling
The seventh-ranked Iowa Field Hockey squad picked up two more wins this past week. The Hawkeyes (4-0) took down Fairfield and No. 19 Albany (NY) by identical 3-0 scores in contests played in Albany.
Freshman Dionne van Aalsum scored two goals in Friday's victory against Fairfield and again in Sunday's win against Albany. She has scored two goals in each of the first four contests in her college career.
Sophomore keeper Mia Magnotta learned Wednesday that she was the NFHCA Division I Defensive Player of the Week. She was in net during wins against No. 12 Wake Forest and versus then top-ranked North Carolina.
Magnotta, Esme Gibson, Lauren DeRose and Gia Whalen learned Thursday that they had been named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Watch List. Monday, van Aalsum was named Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week, while Magnotta was the conference Defensive Player of the Week for the wins against Wake and UNC.
The Hawkeyes return to action Friday at 3 p.m. CT when they play host to Central Michigan for their home opener at Grant Field.
FryFest Invite Champions
The Hawkeye volleyball team claimed the FryFest Invitational Championship Sunday at Xtreme Arena with a 3-0 win against South Dakota State. Fifth-year senior Caitlin Buettner cranked out 17 kills (.436).
Iowa downed Middle Tennessee State, 3-0, on Friday in its first match of the event. Saturday, the host team outlasted Kent State, 3-2.
Hawkeye Nataly Moravec was named Fryfest Invitational MVP. Buettner and Delaney McSweeney earned spots on the all-tournament team.
Iowa next plays host to Iowa State Cy-Hawk Series matchup 6 p.m. Wednesday at Xtreme.
B1G Recognizes Dabagia, Vogler, Benites
Iowa 's Madison Dabagia, Shannyn Vogler and Xiemena Benites found out Thursday they'd been named to the Big Ten Women’s Golfers Watch List for the '23-24 season.
Dabagia and Vogler are sophomores landing on the list for a second year in a row. Benites joins it as a freshman. The Hawkeyes open the fall season Sept. 17-19, traveling to Madison, Wis., for the Badger Invitational.
Rowing Adds Staff
Iowa Rowing welcomed graduate assistant coach Molly Rygh and assistant coach/director of operations Paige Schlapkohl, head coach Jeff Garbutt announced on Tuesday. Rygh and Schlapkohl played for the program.
Rygh earned honors as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, two-time Academic All-Big Ten, CRCA Scholar Athlete and was a three-time letter-winner. As a sophomore, Schlapkohl helped the 2N8+ crew finish first at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual. She also helped the Hawkeyes finish second at the Big Ten Championships as a senior.