All good things must come to an end, and the Hawkeyes streak of consecutive Big Ten series without losing one finally came to a screeching halt in Minneapolis this past weekend. After going a full calendar year without dropping a series in conference play, Iowa dropped the first two games of their three-game set to the Golden Gophers.
Iowa played well enough to win all three games, if we’re being honest - the pitching was pretty solid in each of the three games, but the bats couldn’t do enough to eek out at least one more win. The Hawks are now 7-6 in conference play and find themselves in the bottom half of the Big Ten for the first time all season - they’re currently in eighth place with nine games left.