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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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…
Iowa baseball falls to Purdue in Big Ten Tournament elimination game
Iowa baseball's Big Ten Tournament run ended May 21 with an 8-1 loss to Purdue in an elimination game.
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