Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey explained

Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey
Founded:1977
University:University of Iowa
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Location:Iowa City, Iowa
Coach:Lisa Cellucci
Tenure:1st season
Stadium:Dr. Christine H.B. Grant Field
Capacity:1,000
Nickname:Hawkeyes
Ncaachampion:1986
Ncaarunnerup:1984, 1988, 1992
Ncaasemi:1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008, 2020
Ncaatourney:1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Conference Tournament:1981, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2019
Conference Season:1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2019, 2021
Assistant Coaches:Michael Boal, Jess Barnett,
Studentsection:Hawks Nest
Color1:Gold
Fight Song:Fight For Iowa
Mascot:Herkey The Hawk
Athletic Director:Beth Goetz
Captains:ALEX WESNESKI, Esme Gibson
Captain:Esme Gibson
Team Name:Iowa Hawkeyes

The Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey team is the intercollegiate field hockey program representing the University of Iowa. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Iowa field hockey team plays its home games at Dr. Christine H.B. Grant Field on the university campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have won 16 conference championships (13 in the Big Ten), six Big Ten tournament titles, and the 1986 NCAA Championship, making it the first Midwestern university to win a national title. As of 2014, the team is coached by Lisa Cellucci.

History

Field hockey has been a varsity sport at the University of Iowa since 1973, before that field hockey was a club sport. Iowa was a leader in early implementation of the Title IX legislation, which was passed in 1972. Christine Grant, PhD, was coach in 1973 and 1974 before she retired from coaching to become Iowa women's athletics director and a national voice for women in sport. She was also president of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) - which was the governing organization for women's intercollegiate athletics before the NCAA took over. From 1981 to 1989 and again since 1992, the Hawkeyes have been members of the Big Ten Conference, while they participated in the Midwestern Collegiate Field Hockey Conference (MCFHC) during the 1990 and 1991 seasons. Iowa is one of the most accomplished field hockey programs in the Big Ten, with 16 claimed conference championships (13 in the Big Ten), six conference tournament titles, and 11 NCAA Final Four appearances to its credit.[1] In 1986, the Hawkeyes became the first field hockey team from the Midwest to win the national championship, when they beat New Hampshire 2–1 in double overtime in the NCAA title game.[2] [3] Additionally, Iowa has cumulatively amassed a total of 85 national All-Americans, 152 regional All-Americans, and 162 All-Conference selections. In program history, the Hawkeyes have had a total of only five head coaches: Margie Greenberg (1977), Judith Davidson (1978–87), Beth Beglin (1988–99), Tracey Griesbaum (2000–13), and Lisa Cellucci (2014–present). In addition to Cellucci, who is herself a former Iowa player, Hawkeye alumni have attained the position of head coach at numerous other NCAA programs, including Ball State (Annette Payne), Dartmouth (Amy Fowler), Indiana (Amy Robertson), Kent State (Kerry [Horgan] Devries), Michigan (Marcia Pankratz), Princeton (Kristen Holmes-Winn), Rutgers (Liz Tchou), Stanford (Lesley Irvine), and Virginia (Michele Madison and Missi Sanders).

Season-by-season results

In 1973, five Hawkeyes were selected to play on the all-Iowa college team: Sue Lewis, Caroline Emrich, Sue Bouch, Liz Ullman, and Robyn Linn. The 1974 season, coached by Christine Grant, had a 1–6–4 record. Two Hawkeyes were selected to play on the State Field Hockey team: Liz Ullman and Sue Bouck. The 1975 team, coached by Margie Greenberg, had a 3–6–2 record. The 1976 team's record was 9–5–2. Three Hawkeyes advanced to the State Team that year: Carla Seltzer, Barb Resnick and Karen Zamora. Karen Zamora was then selected as a qualifier for the National Field Hockey Tournament.

YearHead CoachOverallPct.Conf.Pct.Conf.
Place
Conf.
Tourn.
Postseason
1977Margie Greenberg17–5–3AIAW regional tourn.
1978Judith Davidson12–9–4AIAW regional tourn.
197917–8–1AIAW national tourn.
198019–7–1AIAW national tourn.
198125–5–13–01stAIAW national tourn.
198221–26–01stNCAA 2nd Round
198319–3–29–1T1stNCAA 2nd Round
198417–5–38–1–12ndNCAA Runner-Up
198519–4–19–1T1stNCAA 2nd Round
198619–2–19–11stNCAA Champions
198717–5–28–0–21stNCAA Final Four
1988Beth Beglin19–66–22ndNCAA Runner-Up
198919–2–29–0–11stNCAA Final Four
199020–49–11stNCAA Final Four
199117–2–110–01stNCAA 2nd Round
199220–110–01stNCAA Runner-Up
199318–48–22ndNCAA Final Four
199415–86–43rd1stNCAA Final Four
199516–410–01st2ndNCAA 1st Round
199618–310–01st2ndNCAA 1st Round
19978–104–64thT5th
199810–104–6T4thT3rd
199919–39–11st2ndNCAA Final Four
2000Tracey Griesbaum12–83–3T3rdT3rd
200113–53–3T4th2nd
20029–82–4T4thT5th
200311–82–45thT5th
200413–85–1T1st2ndNCAA 1st Round
200510–83–3T3rdT5th
200612–92–45th1stNCAA 1st Round
200717–44–23rd1stNCAA 1st Round
200818–54–22nd1stNCAA Final Four
20099–103–34thT3rd
20103–140–67thT5th
201111–54–2T2ndT3rdNCAA 1st Round
201214–74–2T2ndT3rdNCAA 1st Round
201313–82–45th2nd
2014Lisa Cellucci11–74–4T5thT5th
Season-by-season results through the end of the 2014 season[4] [5] [6] [7]

Awards and accolades

National championships

Iowa has been well represented at the NCAA Championships, appearing 22 times with 11 Final Four appearances. In 1986, the Hawkeyes beat conference rivals Northwestern en route to the Final Four. There, they shut out Penn State 2–0 and topped New Hampshire 2–1 for their first national championship, becoming the first women's team at the university to win an NCAA Championship.

Year Coach Opponent Score Record
1986 Judith Davidson 2–1 19–2–1

Conference championships

Iowa has won 16 conference titles, 13 in the Big Ten Conference and three in the Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference (MCFHC).

Year Coach Conference Record Overall RecordConference NCAA Result
1981 Judith Davidson 3–0 25–5-1 Big Ten-
1982 6–0 21–2 Big TenNCAA 2nd Round
1983 9–1 19–3–2 Big TenNCAA 2nd Round
1985 9–1 19–4–1 Big TenNCAA 2nd Round
1986 9–1 19–2–1 Big TenNCAA Champions
1987 8–0–2 17–5–2 Big TenNCAA Final Four
1989 9–0–1 19–2–2 MCFHCNCAA Final Four
1990 9–1 20–4 MCFHCNCAA Final Four
1991 10–0 17–2–1 MCFHCNCAA 2nd Round
1992 10–0 20–1 Big TenNCAA Runner-Up
1995 10–0 16–4 Big TenNCAA 1st Round
1996 10–0 18–3 Big TenNCAA 1st Round
1999 9–1 19–3 Big TenNCAA Final Four
2004 Tracey Griesbaum 5–1 13–8 Big TenNCAA 1st Round
2019 Lisa Cellucci 7–1 17-4 Big TenNCAA 2nd Round
2021 7–1 17-3 Big TenNCAA 2nd Round
16 Conference Championships
13 Big Ten Championships, 3 MCFHC Championships

All-Americans

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1981 Sue Bury
1981 Pat Dauley
1981
1982 Sue Bury Second first-team selection
1982 Donna Lee Second first-team selection
1983 Ellen Egan
1984 Deb Brickey
1984 Kim Hermann
1984
1984
1985 Deb Brickey Second first-team selection
1985 Mary Koboldt Second selection
1985 Marcia Pankratz Second first-team selection
1986 Karen Napolitano
1986 RosAnna Salcido
1987
1988 Cherie Freddie
1988 Diane Loosbrock
1988 Erica Richards
1989 Cherie Freddie Second first-team selection
1989 Kristy Gleason
1989 Erica Richards Second first-team selection
1989 Aileen Trendler
1990
1990 Amy Fowler
1990 Kristy Gleason Second first-team selection
1990
1991 Heather Bryant
1991 Amy Fowler Second selection
1991 Kristy Gleason Third first-team selection
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1991 Lisa Sweeney
1991 Jibs Thorson
1992 Tiffany Bybel
1992 Kris Fillat Second first-team selection
1992 Amy Fowler Third selection;
Second first-team selection
1992 Kristy Gleason Fourth first-team selection
1992 Jamie Rofrano
1992 Andrea Wieland Second first-team selection
1993 Heather Bryant Second selection
1993 Tiffany Bybel Second selection
1994 Kristen Holmes
1994 Debbie Humpage
1995 Lisa Celluci
1995 Diane DeMiro
1995 Jessica Enoch
1995 Ann Pare
1996 Lisa Celluci Second selection
1996 Diane DeMiro Second first-team selection
1996 Kristen Holmes Second first-team selection
1996 Melisa Miller
1997 Kerry Lessard
1997 Melisa Miller Second selection
1998 Lisa Celluci Third selection
1998 Kerry Lessard Second selection
1999 Kelly Druley
1999 Quan Nim
1999 Sarah Thorn
2000 Natalie Dawson
2001 Tiffany Leister
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2002Tiffany Leister Second selection
2003 Pattie Gillem
2003 Barb Weinberg
2004
2004 Barb Weinberg Second selection
2005 Heather Schnepf
2006 Heather SchnepfSecond selection
2007Meghan Beamesdefer
2007 Lauren Pfeiffer
2008 Caroline Blaum Second selection
2008 Roz Ellis
2008 Lauren Pfeiffer Second selection
2009 Meghan Beamesdefer Second selection
2011
2012 Jessica Barnett Second selection
2012 Kathleen McGraw
2013 Natalie Cafone
2013 Dani Hemeon
2014 Natalie Cafone Second selection
2014 Stephanie Norlander

Olympians

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1984Beth Beglin
1988Beth Beglin
Mary Koboldt
Donna Lee
Marcia Pankratz
Patty Shea
1996Kris Fillat
Kristen Holmes
Marcia Pankratz
Patty Shea
Liz Tchou
Andrea Wieland
2008Barb Weinberg
Awards and accolades through the end of the 2014 season[8]

Stadium

Iowa has played its home games at Dr. Christine H.B. Grant Field since its construction in 1989. Originally named Hawkeye Field Hockey Field, in 1991 the stadium was renamed in honor of Christine Grant, the founder of the Iowa field hockey program and former Women's Athletics director of the university. Grant Field was rededicated in 2006 after the completion of significant renovations that included a new playing surface, a permanent grandstand, new concession facilities, restrooms, and a press box.[9] Described by former Michigan field hockey player and current Big Ten Network analyst Kara Lentz as "the best facility in the Big Ten", Grant Field has witnessed a 40-game Iowa home winning streak in addition to undefeated Hawkeyes home campaigns on six separate occasions. The stadium's official capacity is 1,000, while its all-time single-game attendance record stands at 1,339, which was set during a game against Penn State on October 24, 1993.

Title IX Activism

In the wake of the firing of former University of Iowa Field Hockey Coach Tracey Griesbaum on August 4, 2014, current players Chandler Ackers and Natalie Cafone joined former players Jessy Silfer and Dani Hemeon in filing a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education.[10] Coach Griesbaum was terminated after former players levied a series of allegations against her coaching methods and the culture within the field hockey program.[11] Despite an internal investigation by the university determining that she had not violated any university policy, Griesbaum was fired just days before the start of the 2014 season.[11]

At the heart of the complaint filed with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the agency responsible for overseeing Title IX compliance within the Department of Education, are allegations that the University of Iowa's Athletic Department engages in discriminatory practices and decision-making, often resulting in the removal of highly qualified female coaches from female programs. The student-athletes further allege that the removal of top female coaches deny to female athletes educational benefits protected under Title IX.[12]

As provided by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, "[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."[13] As a state institution of higher education, the University of Iowa is subject to the provisions of Title IX.

While Title IX compliance issues are commonplace in collegiate athletics, and generally center on such things as equal opportunity to participate, and access to equal facilities, the complaint submitted by the University of Iowa Field Hockey players is unique in its interpretation of gender discrimination.[12] The players contend that Coach Griesbaum was terminated for engaging in the same coaching methods and practices utilized by male coaches.[11] The student-athletes go on to claim that by holding female coaches and student-athletes to different standards than their male counterparts – standards largely shaped by sex stereotypes – the school undermines the success of women's programs, and denies female student-athletes the opportunity to learn from top coaches, and compete at the highest level.[11]

Many of the practices and standards challenged in the complaint are rooted in a paternalistic view of women's athletics. The Title IX complaint cites numerous examples of double standards that exist within the University of Iowa's Athletic Department. For instance, the student-athletes note that the university places a higher level of expectation on female coaches of women's programs to manage players' minor injuries and emotional sensitivities. The complaint alleges a pattern of negative consequences for women coaches for failure to adequately respond to complaints from parents and players.[14]

Conversely, the university is more likely to give male coaches the benefit of the doubt when faced with accusations of wrongdoing. For example, thirteen football players were hospitalized with rhabodomyolysis, a stress-induced degenerative muscle syndrome, after an arduous off-season workout in 2011.[15] Despite the very serious physical injuries facing these football players, the University of Iowa stood by the coach involved in the incident, and he was later named "Assistant Coach of the Year."[16]

Some feminist commentators suggest that the current model of sport is designed for men's interests, and that women's athletic pursuits are less competitive, and more recreational.[17] Advocates of this position would acknowledge real differences between men and women, and construct an athletic system that creates substantive equality between the sexes.[18] Under this view of gender equity, one might be able to argue that different coaching methods are necessary to provide both male and female athletes with similarly positive collegiate athletic experiences.

However, this Title IX complaint filed with the OCR is based on a formal equality approach to gender equity.[19] The University of Iowa Field Hockey student-athletes' allegations are remarkable because it challenges assumptions that would hold female and male student-athletes and coaches to varying levels of competitiveness and standards of behavior. As Ackers and Cafone have made clear, one major draw for many athletes to the University of Iowa Field Hockey program was the opportunity to play under Coach Griesbaum, and be pushed every day to reach their personal and athletic potential.[20] The student-athletes agree, "we want to be made better every single day" and "we don't want to be coddled like little girls."[11] The complaint's premise confronts stereotypes that greatly shape expectations for male and female student-athletes and coaches in college sports.

For their efforts on behalf of gender equality, Ackers, Cafone, Silfer, and Hemeon received the Jean Y. Jew Women's Rights Award.[21] The complaint has sparked a national conversation on double standards that exist for female coaches and student-athletes in collegiate athletics. Although not directly tied to the complaint filed by Ackers, Cafone, Silfer, and Hemeon, the OCR began an audit of the University of Iowa Athletic Department in response allegations of unfair treatment of female student-athletes on April 11, 2016.[22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 Iowa Field Hockey Guide. HawkeyeSports.com. University of Iowa. 23 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109205132/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/media-guide-2014-15.html. 9 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Thomas. Paul. Tasch Backstops U-M to First Women's NCAA Team Title. MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. 23 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130704135232/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-fieldh/recaps/111801aaa.html. 4 July 2013.
  3. Web site: Szafranski. Nick. 1986 field hockey nat’l champs honored during Iowa victory. The Daily Iowan. September 6, 2011. 23 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141109212209/http://www.dailyiowan.com/2011/09/06/Sports/24694.html. 9 November 2014.
  4. Web site: Big Ten Field Hockey Record Book. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. 23 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141024054906/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-fieldh/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/FHRecordsBook.pdf. 24 October 2014.
  5. Web site: 2014 Field Hockey Standings. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. 5 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006214847/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/w-fieldh-standings.html. 6 October 2014.
  6. Web site: 2014 Big Ten Conference Field Hockey Tournament. MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. 5 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205203135/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/big-ten-2014.html. 5 December 2014.
  7. Web site: Three Big Ten teams make 2014 NCAA Field Hockey Tournament. BTN.com. Big Ten Network. 5 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205203547/http://btn.com/2014/11/09/three-big-ten-teams-make-2014-ncaa-field-hockey-tournament/. 5 December 2014.
  8. Web site: Eleven Big Ten Players Earn NFHCA All-America Honors. December 1, 2014. BTN.com. Big Ten Network. 5 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205212906/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/120114aab.html. 5 December 2014.
  9. Web site: Dr. Christine H.B. Grant Field. HawkeyeSports.com. University of Iowa. 23 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141007011551/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/facilities/iowa-grant-field.html. 7 October 2014.
  10. Web site: 2015-02-05 . Iowa field hockey players file Title IX complaint . 2024-08-15 . ESPN.com . en.
  11. Id.
  12. Web site: 2015-02-05 . Why The Iowa Field Hockey Title IX Complaint Is A Huge Deal . 2024-08-15 . ESPN.com . en.
  13. Bartlett, Rhode & Grossman, Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary 257 (6th ed. 2013).
  14. Web site: 2015-02-05 . Iowa field hockey players file Title IX complaint . 2024-08-15 . ESPN.com . en.
  15. Web site: 2011-01-26 . Iowa players hospitalized with muscle disorder . 2024-08-15 . ESPN.com . en.
  16. Web site: Ferentz awards Doyle assistant of the year . 2024-08-15 . www.thegazette.com . en-US.
  17. Bartlett, Rhode & Grossman, Gender and Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary 264 (6th ed. 2013).
  18. Id. at 145.
  19. Id. at 1.
  20. Web site: O'Leary . Josh . Field hockey players: UI leaders 'shut us down' . 2024-08-15 . Iowa City Press-Citizen . en-US.
  21. Web site: Charis-Carlson . Jeff . Title IX complaint leads to honors for UI field hockey players . 2024-08-15 . Iowa City Press-Citizen . en-US.
  22. Web site: Charis-Carlson . Jeff . Feds visit campus to investigate University of Iowa athletics . 2024-08-15 . Iowa City Press-Citizen . en-US.