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OT: Iowa Field Hockey Team
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The crazy run continues for Iowa sports during the pandemic. Go Hawks!
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Iowa was runners up in 1984, 1988 & 1992. 3rd in 1990 and other final 4 appearances in 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997 & 2008.
I have never figured out why Iowa has a women's field hockey team. As far as I know, Iowa does not have a HS that has a team. Most of the Iowa team come from the Eastern US. That means all out-of-state scholarships. There must be a sport that could be switched to where Iowa females could compete for scholarships.
Hi, let me introduce you Title IX, enacted in 1972 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX . Field hockey is Iowa’s most successful sport outside of wrestling. It’s irregular, but you should be proud of the program’s success.
Title IX hit hospice when the woke mob pushed for transgender athletes access to female sports.
This^^^^^
where are all the people and politicians that used to fake standing up for women’s rights?
Each successive acquiescence to wokeness is a sell-out to a previous beneficiary...because said beneficiaries are fooled by the "strength in numbers" mantra thrown forth by the puppeteers.
Softball. Iowa has really good players that end up on teams around the Midwest and play in the B1G beating Iowa. Iowa once had a really good program under Gayle Blevins but Barta got rid of her early in his role as DFM AD. Imagine that. Idiot.
Fine, to satisfy title IX, pick another sport that Iowa high schools participate in or add more scholarships to an existing one. Field hockey is like curling except we would offer scholarships to Canadians. We might be very successful in that too and both sports would draw the same size crowds.
Just out of curiosity, which sport doesn't Iowa have for women that is played by high school girls in Iowa?
Iowa offers every sports that is played by high school girls in Iowa (at least on a mass basis). Volleyball, basketball, track and cross country, soccer, golf.
And, softball, tennis, and swimming (close call there), too. Bowling is the only IGHSAU-sanctioned sport UI doesn't have.
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How is the #1 team in the nation playing the #2 team in the nation in a conference semifinal?.............
Guess the #2 team finished 4th in the conference. Along the lines of abalama being the #2 in the CFP
UIowa is hosting field hockey and cross country regionals today. Its mid-30s and snowing.
This sport is painful to watch. And no, not because it's boring. It can actually be quite exciting. It's because it looks like a 60-minute ad for future chronic orthopaedic and chiropractic intervention.
that's really the only thing I think about when I watch it.
Swung by for fifteen minutes over a late lunch in the fourth quarter. We were down 2-1 with about 11:00 to go. American University parents were yelling “go AU” every five seconds. Hawkeye crowd was too quiet for a bit so we made sure the AU folks knew whose field this was. Watched the LARGE crowd go bonkers with two Hawkeye goals within four minutes and lockdown defense. Our first field hockey game ever. Very fun!
GO HAWKS!!!!
GO HAWKS!!!!
Yeah, the end of that game was "so Iowa" if you will. Field Hockey team just wanting to fit in, I guess.
