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Iowa baseball falls to Purdue in Big Ten Tournament elimination game
Purdue scored eight unanswered runs and outhit Iowa 10-1, ending the Hawkeyes' season and sending the Boilermakers to UCLA.
- On Thursday, 5-seed Purdue eliminated 8-seed Iowa from the Big Ten Tournament with an 8-1 victory in Omaha, advancing to face UCLA in the single-elimination stage.
- The Hawkeyes' season ended with a 33-23 overall record and a 15-15 conference mark, making an at-large NCAA Tournament bid unlikely for Iowa.
- Iowa scored one run in the fourth inning when Brolan Frost singled to score Miles Risley, but the Boilermakers pounded out 10 hits and eight unanswered runs.
- Caleb Wulf recorded two hits for Iowa, moving into second place in program history for single-season hits with 89 this season.
- Iowa head coach Rick Heller praised his players' resiliency, saying, "This was one of the best defensive teams I've ever coached," after the team recovered from early-season struggles following USC.
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Iowa baseball’s season ends with loss to No. 5 seed Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament
The 2026 season for Iowa baseball came to a close on Thursday, as the No. 8 seed Hawkeyes fell to No. 5-seeded Purdue in an elimination game, 8-1, in the Big Ten Tournament. Iowa was outhit, 10-6, and allowed eight free bases. Iowa finished its 2026 campaign with a 33-23 record, going 15-15 in conference play during the regular season. “It says a lot about the group of guys we have,” head coach Rick Heller told Hawkeye Sports. “After USC, it loo…
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