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Sweet win: Hawkeye fans cheer on winning women’s team

Sweet win: Hawkeye fans cheer on winning women’s team
THERE AS THE HAWKS PUNCHED THEIR TICKETS TO THE NEXT ROUND. <0624 45:33-35 CHEERING FOR THE END OF THE GAME... "WOO!"> WITH THAT BUZZER AND COLLECTIVE SIGN OF RELIEF.. THE IOWA WOMEN ARE HEADED TO THE SWEET SIXTEEN! <0542 RICK ISAACSON 47:15-17"CAITLIN CLARK IS AWFULLY FUN TO WATCH RIGHT?"> <CHEERS NAT> AS THE HAWKS TRADED BLOWS WITH A PESKY GEORGIA TEAM.. <0609 30:03-05 "AH DAMN"> ...FANS HELD THEIR BREATH AT THE FRONT ROW IN CLIVE... IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEKEND FOR IOWA SPORTS FANS BETWEEN THE MEN'S TEAM LOSING IN THE FIRST ROUND, AND SPENCER LEE FALLING IN NCAA WRESTLING TOURNAMENT... THE BLACK AND GOLD NEEDED A WIN. <0541 AMY WILLIAMS DSM 45:58-04"THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE IOWA WOMEN AND SO WE'RE YELLING GO HAWKS SO WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT ROUND."> <0539 EMMY DUYSEN 43:01-10"THE GUYS COULDN'T REALLY PULL THROUGH WE GOT SOME OTHER DSM TEAMS IN THE TOURNAMENT, SPENCER LEE KINDA FELL THROUGH BUT IT'S COOL THAT THEY'RE STILL IN IT AND I THINK THEY CAN MAKE IT PRETTY FAR."> AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS WIN SO MUCH áSWEETERá THE HAWKEYE WOMEN ARE THE ONLY BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE STATE LEFT STILL PLAYING OUT OF THE SIX WHO WERE SELECTED FOR THE BIG DANCE. AND YOU KNOW THE SUPPORT IS ONLY GOING TO GROW <CHEERS NAT> AS THEY GO DEEPER INTO THE TOURNAMENT. <0539 EMMY DUYSEN 42:20-27"DEFINITELY COOL TO WATCH THE WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM REPRESENT THE STATE OF IOWA. THEY'RE KILLING IT OUT THERE."> <0541 STUART VAN WEELDEN DSM 45:38- 42"THEY'RE THE LAST TEAM THAT'S IN THE MARCH MADNESS TOURNMENTS AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE HAWKEYES AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB."> <0539 WESTON COPPERSTONE 42:13- 20"IT'S BIG FOR ESPECIALLY FOR THE WOMENS BASKETBALL, I THINK, GUYS WAS KIND OF A DISAPPOINTMENT BUT THE GIRLS ARE STEPPING UP SO."> AND THE FANS WHO CAN'T MAKE THE TRIP TO SEATTLE NEXT WEEKEND, WILL LIKELY BE BACK IN SAME SEATS CHEERING EVEN LOUDER FOR THE HAWKEYE WOMEN. <0542 RICK ISAACSON 47:48-57"I THINK IT'S EASY
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Sweet win: Hawkeye fans cheer on winning women’s team
It was a sold-out crowd in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the University Iowa women's basketball NCAA Tournament Second Round game against Georgia.The fans who couldn't make the trip from Des Moines watched Sunday at The Front Row Bar in Clive.KCCI was there as the Hawkeyes qualified for the Sweet 16 after winning against the 10-seed Georgia 74-66. "Definitely cool to watch the women's basketball team represent the state of Iowa. They're killing it out there," Iowa fan Emmy Duysen said.

It was a sold-out crowd in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the University Iowa women's basketball NCAA Tournament Second Round game against Georgia.

The fans who couldn't make the trip from Des Moines watched Sunday at The Front Row Bar in Clive.

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KCCI was there as the Hawkeyes qualified for the Sweet 16 after winning against the 10-seed Georgia 74-66.

"Definitely cool to watch the women's basketball team represent the state of Iowa. They're killing it out there," Iowa fan Emmy Duysen said.