UNI Athletic Communications

Official X account of the UNI Athletic Communications Office | Promoting @UNIAthletics and its 17 varsity programs.

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Former @UNImbb players now playing professionally…

Wes Washpun 🇵🇹
Jeremy Morgan 🇫🇷
Isaiah Brown (G League) ☘️
AJ Green (NBA) 🦌
Tytan Anderson 🇬🇷
Jacob Hutson 🇬🇷
Ben Schwieger 🇵🇱
Tristan Smith 🇫🇮

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Another Panther going PRO‼️

Congratulations to Tristan Smith on signing with Kipinä Basket in Finland's Korisliiga! 🏀 🇫🇮

📰 https://t.co/e1oo7NmP9o

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Hailey Luedtke's ten saves on Thursday against Omaha were the most by a goalkeeper in their Panther debut since at least 2008! 🧤🧤

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.@UNI_Soccer will also wear different colored hair ribbons for today’s match denoting the different forms of cancer that have affected their lives.

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💜 Lavender Out
📅 Thursday, August 20th
⏰ 4 p.m.
📍 UNI Soccer field
🆚 Omaha
👕 Lavender T-shirts & pom poms (while supplies last)

#EverLoyal | #LegacyEra

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Parker Sutherland was truly one of one.

The Iowa Wave will honor Parker’s memory with a one-of-a-kind merchandise collection, benefiting the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

🔗 https://t.co/51GUNEzkL1

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First time @UNImbb will face Davidson and Charlotte in program history.

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Florida bound for Feast Week‼️

Your Panthers will face Davidson and Charlotte this November in the Fort Myers Tip-Off! 🏀

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As first seen with @UNImbb and @UNIwbb this past winter, @UNI_Soccer will debut lavender kits for Thursday’s match vs. Omaha.

Lavender is the color that represents raising support and awareness for the fight against all forms of cancer.

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💜 Lavender Out
📅 Thursday, August 20th
⏰ 4 p.m.
📍 UNI Soccer field
🆚 Omaha
👕 Lavender T-shirts & pom poms (while supplies last)

#EverLoyal | #LegacyEra

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Head coach Bobbi Petersen addresses the media at @UNIVolleyball's 2026 media day

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UNI’s first regular season matches will come on back-to-back days with consecutive matches against Wichita State. The Panthers have not faced the Shockers since WSU’s MVC departure to the American Conference in 2017.

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The Panthers will host Omaha for their final exhibition on Aug. 22 before opening the regular season in Ames at the Cyclone Invitational (Aug. 28-30) against Georgia Tech, Loyola-Chicago and Iowa State.

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UNI’s 2026 VB schedule will feature seven teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season (Louisville, Iowa State, Creighton, Georgia Tech, Loyola-Chicago, Utah Valley, Rice), as well as three reigning conference regular season champions (Creighton, Utah Valley, Rice).

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Defensive specialist/libero Jadyn Petersen finished her first season of play with 4.3 digs/set, the fourth-best career average in team history. She also notched a .957 receiving percentage, including 18 matches with no receiving errors in 2025.

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Northern Iowa returns all but two players from its 2025 squad.

Setter Sydney Golden graduated and exhausted her eligibility, while middle blocker Lindsay Oldendorf transferred for a graduate season at Illinois.

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Following Oldendorf’s departure, Bixby returns as the Panthers’ leading blocker from last season with 119, third-most in the MVC.

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HC Bobbi Petersen entering year 27 ranks sixth among active D-I women’s volleyball coaches with 635 wins, which is also tied for 49th on the all-time D-I wins list.

She earned her fifth AVCA Regional COTY and record-setting tenth MVC COTY awards last season.

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The @MVCsports has only had one team win five straight regular season volleyball titles, and UNI did so from 1998 to 2002.

Northern Iowa will also look to join the record books as the only other five-peat MVC Tournament champs.

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.@UNIVolleyball will look to etch its name into history once again with a number of impressive streaks heading into 2026 … 🧵

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52 straight regular season MVC wins (Second-longest such streak in Division I behind only Dayton (56 / Third-longest in team history; Record in 66)