by Scott Stewart in Sports
The UNO women's soccer team shut out Hastings College 7-0 in an exhibition match against Hastings College in Columbus, Neb., Saturday afternoon.
The Maverick office consisted of two goals each by senior forward MaryClaire Murnan and freshman forward/midfielder Becca Swanson.
by Scott Stewart in Sports
After being ranked second in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association earlier this month, UNO's squad was predicted to finish No. 7 in NCAA Division II football.
The Mavericks still trail MIAA rivals Northwest Missouri State, who came in third in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll, which was released Aug.
by Vernon Davis in Sports
The Maverick volleyball team had its annual alumni match on Saturday evening in the Sapp Fieldhouse.
It marked the return of several key members of UNO's volleyball history. It was also the squad's second exhibition match, having played its traditional red-black scrimmage on Tuesday.
by Scott Stewart in Sports
Michele Roberts, the newest addition to the UNO Athletic Department, has Maverick Mojo.
Roberts, the former director of basketball operations at Iowa State University, has been working in the Sapp Fieldhouse since Aug. 1. As associate athletic director and senior women's administrator, her duties include budgeting, scheduling, compliance, marketing and alumni relations.
by Nick Compton in Sports
Correspondent Nick Compton of the University of Iowa's The Daily Iowan traveled to Beijing as part of a group of 24 UI students who volunteered with the Olympic News Service. His dispatches from the Games were nationally syndicated by UWIRE.
BEIJING (UWIRE) Aug.
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BEIJING (UWIRE) Aug. 19 - It's a classic feel-good story.
He's a fresh-faced 21-year-old with a hyper-aggressive wrestling style and a happy-go-lucky attitude, the product of an upbringing filled with adversity.
His father was a career felon, completely missing from his childhood.