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The Hawkeyes posted six straight 30-win seasons (pre-pandemic) with .596 win percentage in that stretch. In 2021, Iowa won a school-record 26 Big Ten games against a league-only schedule and in a “normal” year would have won 30+ games for the seventh time in the Heller era.

Iowa has advanced to NCAA Regional play three times — 2023, 2017 and 2015 — in the Hellerball era. In 2023, Iowa punched its ticket to the Terre Haute Regional and defeated North Carolina twice before falling to Indiana State, 11-8, in the regional final. The Hawkeyes ended the year 44-15, tying the program single season win record.

In 2017, Iowa advanced to the Houston Regional, knocking off host and 15th-ranked Houston in the opening round, before ending the season with a 39-22 record. Iowa’s 2015 NCAA Regional run led the Hawkeyes to their first NCAA Tournament win since 1972, going 2-2 at the Springfield Regional. The Hawkeyes placed second in the Big Ten Regular Season standings, going 19-5 in conference play in a year that saw five Big Ten Teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament.

Iowa is one of only three Big Ten schools to qualify for the Big Ten Tournament since 2014. The Hawkeyes claimed the 2017 Big Ten Tournament Title for the first time in school history and it was the team’s first league title since 1990.

BEAT THE BEST TO BE THE BEST

The Hawkeyes are 36-34 against ranked opponents since 2014. In Iowa’s abbreviated 2020 season, the Hawkeyes knocked off No. 18 Arizona. No. 20 North Carolina, and No. 14 Duke.

Road to Omaha

In 2023, 2017 and 2015, Iowa made some noise in NCAA Regional play.

2023

After a runner-up finish in the Big Ten Tournament, Iowa punched its ticket to the Terre Haute Regional. The Hawkeyes defeated North Carolina twice to advance to the regional final but then fell to Indiana State, 11-8. Iowa ended the year 44-15, tying the program single season win record.

 

2017

Coming off a Big Ten Tournament Championship, the Hawkeyes stormed into the Houston Regional, knocking of top-seeded and 15th-ranked Houston in the opening round. Iowa’s magical run came up short with losses to Texas A&M and Houston by a combined three runs.

2015

In Iowa’s first NCAA Regional berth since 1990, the Hawkeyes took two games over Oregon in the Springfield Regional. Iowa’s season came to an end after two losses to host and No. 8 national seed Missouri State.

 

The Iowa Hawkeyes against the Oregon Ducks during NCAA Regional Baseball action from Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri on May 29, 2015
Iowa against The Oregon Ducks during NCAA Regional Baseball action from Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri on May 31, 2015.
The Iowa Hawkeyes against the Oregon Ducks during NCAA Regional Baseball action from Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri on May 29, 2015

Big Ten Tourney

Iowa was crowned Big Ten Tournament Champs in 2017.

Winning the last four regular season series, the Hawkeyes stayed hot in the 2017 Big Ten Tournament, winning four games in four days to win the conference tournament. Iowa defeated Northwestern, 13-4, in the title game to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

 

OMAHAWKS

In the 2016 Big Ten Tournament, the Hawkeyes almost ran the table as the eight seed. Advancing to the championship game with wins over Minnesota, Ohio State, and Maryland, the Hawkeyes faced Ohio State in a rematch. Trailing 7-4 heading into the eighth inning, Iowa tied the game at seven, before falling 8-7.

The Iowa Hawkeyes stand for the National Anthem before the Big Ten Championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
TD Ameritrade Park before the Big Ten Championship game Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Calvin Mathews (32) walks back to the dugout at the end of the first inning during the Big Ten Championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Fans make their way to TD Ameritrade Park for the during the Big Ten Championship game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, May 29, in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes outfielder Devin Pickett (7) reacts after scoring the tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning during the Big Ten Championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes catcher Jimmy Frankos (16) waves a towel as he pumps up the crowd during the bottom of the eighth inning of the Big Ten Championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
The Iowa Hawkeyes pray before the Big Ten Championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes outfielder Joel Booker (23) drives in a run during the Big Ten Championship game Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Iowa Hawkeyes outfielder Robert Neustrom (44) leads off of first during the Big Ten Championship game Sunday, May 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Brian Ray/hawkeyesports.com)
Individual Standouts

Walk-off Winners

DON’T COUNT ‘EM OUT

The Hawkeyes have overcome deficits to win 63 games since the start of the 2017 season, and post 15 walk-offs. Thirty of those victories have come with Iowa trailing or being tied entering or through seven innings. Twenty have come in the final at-bat.

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