1.27.2012 | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer
The Upper Iowa University Athletics Department will recognize 161 student-athletes who earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll between the women's and men's basketball games on Friday, Jan. 27, against Southwest Minnesota State University. The honored group includes student-athletes, team managers, and student assistant coaches.
To earn consideration for the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have earned a minimum 3.00 grade-point average during the 2011 fall semester and/or ...
1.27.2012 | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball
The Peacocks will close out the month of January with a pair of home games this weekend wrapping up the longest homestand of the sesaon. Upper Iowa will host the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State University on Friday night and then welcome the Mavericks of Minnesota State University, Mankato on Saturday. The women's games are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. with the men's games to follow at approximately 8 p.m. Between games on Friday night, the UIU Athletics Department will be recognizing members of the Athletic ...
1.26.2012 | Wrestling
The #3 Peacocks defended Dorman Gym for the third time this year and posted a 24-12 victory over the rival Mavericks of Minnesota State University, Mankato. The win pushed UIU's overall record to 8-1 and the team is now 4-0 in NSIC duals. Upper Iowa won six of the matches including one by fall and one by forfeit, while all four of MSU's wins came by decision.
1.24.2012 | Men's Basketball
Peacock Head Men's Basketball Coach Brian Dolan is one of two featured guests on this week's edition of the Northern Sun Spotlight Radio Show. Augustana's women's basketball coach, Dave Krauth, was the other guest.
Upper Iowa climbed up the NSIC leaderboard this past weekend with a pair of four-point wins over Augustana, 70-66, and Wayne State, 55-51. UIU point guard #Jake Hughes# hit a corner triple with two seconds to play to break a tie Friday night against the Vikings and a late 7-2 run on Saturday gave the ...
1.23.2012 | Football
Peacock Chalk Talk, the official Upper Iowa Coaches Show, will go live tonight
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1.22.2012 | Wrestling
The Peacocks, currently the #3 team in the country, remained undefeated in NSIC
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1.21.2012 | Men's Basketball
The Peacock men's basketball team won their third straight game thanks to a
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1.21.2012 | Women's Basketball
Upper Iowa welcomed the Wildcats of Wayne State College, the number ten team in
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1.20.12 | Men's Basketball
1.20.12 | Women's Basketball
Friday, January 27
Women's Basketball
vs Southwest Minnesota State
Fayette
6:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball
vs Southwest Minnesota State
Fayette
8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 28
Women's Basketball
vs Minnesota State
Fayette
6:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball
vs Minnesota State
Fayette
8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 3
Women's Basketball
at Concordia-St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn.
6:00 p.m.
Women's Tennis
vs Minnesota, Crookston
Sartell, Minn.
6:00 PM
Wrestling
vs MSU Moorhead
Fayette, Iowa
7:00 PM
Men's Basketball
at Concordia-St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn.
8:00 p.m.
Athletes of the Week
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Wrestling
The Peacocks remained undefeated in NSIC duals this season (3-0) with a 28-9 defense of Dorman Gym versus the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State University on Sunday. UIU won seven matches including one by fall, one by major decision and one by forfeit in front of a massive crowd in Fayette. With the victory, Upper Iowa improves to 7-1 overall in duals this season. Winners included Kyle Pedretti (125, #1 NCAA) by forfeit, Trevor Franklin (133, #1 NCAA) by major decision 12-4, Jordan Rinken (149) by decision 11-7, Winston Robbins (157) by fall (:43), Wade Gobin (174, #6 NCAA) by decision 6-3, Carl Broghammer (197, #4 NCAA) by decision 9-3, and Luke Stika (285) by sudden victory 3-1. Sunday’s dual was the first of four straight home NSIC duals for the Peacocks. Upper Iowa will return to Dorman Gym next Thursday night, Jan. 26, for a 7 p.m. start with the Mavericks of Minnesota State University, Mankato. The dual will be a matchup of top twenty powers.
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Women's Basketball
Upper Iowa lost a pair of home games against the two teams tied at the top of the NSIC standings over the weekend. The Peacocks dropped a 97-65 decision to Augustana on Friday before giving the #10 Wildcats all they could handle for most of the game, but falling short 76-62. UIU was led by Whitney Kieffer over the weekend; the freshman averaged 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Kieffer scored 27 against the Vikings of Friday night. Jeri Jacobson averaged 14 points over the weekend thanks to her 23 point outburst against Wayne State, while Lyndsay Westgaard averaged 9.5 points off the bench and tallied 5 assists against the Wildcats on Saturday. Upper Iowa will be in Dorman Gym this coming weekend, Jan. 27 and 28, to take on the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State University and the Mavericks of Minnesota State University, Mankato. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. both nights.
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Did You Know...
Welcome to the NSIC...
Minot State University and the University of Sioux Falls have been admitted to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and will become regular league opponents starting in 2012-13.
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The Northern Sun
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has won nine team NCAA Division II National Championships since 2006.
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The First Classes at UIU...
Classes at Upper Iowa began on January 7, 1857 inside Alexander-Dickman Hall in Fayette.
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More Than 9,000 Miles...
The Upper Iowa distance education center located furthest from Fayette is in Singapore, which is more than 9,300 miles from the main campus.
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