Iowa City, Iowa – The first-ranked NCAA women’s top 16 roster slipped Sunday despite playing in front of the standing room only as fans cheered the Division I captain in scoring and assisting.
No. 10 seeds Creton He was not intimidated by the crowd, the second seed in Iowa or the star Caitlin Clark, Hockey knocked 64-62 in the second round. The Bluejays are entering a regional final for the first time in the program’s history, as they move to Sweet 16 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Hockeys are lamenting a difficult end to a season in which they competed in the Big Ten regular season and won the league title.
The Bluejays sent notice that they meant to work with a 84-74 win over 7-seeded Colorado on Friday in the first round, and they topped most of the game on Sunday. Iowa had two shots on the game’s peg basket, but both failed when the bell sounded. The Bluejays celebrated their group of blue-clad fans surrounded by thousands of frustrated black and gold fans at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa’s 62 points were the fewest points a hockey team has scored in the past two seasons, with Clarke making a significant impact on scoring. But on Sunday, she was suspended on 15 points, going 4 of 19 from the field, including 0 of 8 in the second half.
A student in his second year of study Lauren Jensenwho played her first season at Iowa last year before moving on, led Creighton with 19 points, including what turned out to be the triple-game winner with 15 seconds left.
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