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Numbers drop back down this week after campus saw higher numbers last week.

The UNI Panthers fall 6-13 to Missouri State Bears in Saturday’s game.

CME student worker Emma Cover-Carper starts a compliment wall as a pick-me-up for students.

UNI DM holds annual Black Tie Affair NICK BAUR

Staff Writer

A wondrous Iowa sunset punctuated what would become a night of jest and

joy for the students of UNI Dance Marathon this past Thursday, March 18.

The members of the largest student organization at the University of Northern

Iowa safely congregated in the Wellness and Recreation Center (WRC) on campus for their annual Black Tie Affair, an event which culminated what the organi-

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This year the Dance Marathon Black Tie Affair took place in the WRC to to allign with COVID-19 guidelines.

zation has dubbed “Dancer Appreciation Week.” The Dancer Appreciation Week marks an entire week for the group of students to express gratitude for the many members in their ranks and the vigorous fundraising all dancers were involved in over the course of the last few months.

Students Grace Meints, Nicole Deir and Alisha Kammerude, members of the executive board of UNI Dance Marathon, all collaboratively worked to navigate the somewhat tricky task of organizing the annual Black Tie Affair due to the COVID19 protocols for UNI gatherings. They had found it difficult to find a space for the event this year, as it was, in previous years, typically held in the Wesleyan Foundation basement. There, the UNI Dance Marathon students would take part in activities with food and soft drinks.

Meints, a junior majoring in elementary and middle level education, relayed their thought process behind this year’s iteration of the Black Tie Affair.

“It was definitely interesting, trying to keep things the same as possible, so this year we were looking to find a place to safely replicate that entertaining environment,” she said.

Thankfully, they were able to secure the suitably large lower-level basketball courts in the WRC as a location for the event.

The attending students were dressed in their very best for the Black Tie Affair with the upscale attire creating something of a ref ined atmosphere.

Individuals participated in various group activities such as bingo, raff les and, naturally, dancing.

points in just 10 minutes of play, hitting three of four three-point attempts.

With the victory, the Panthers move to 15-12 on the season. UNI moved on to the second round of the WNIT, taking on the Creighton

Bluejays on Saturday, March 20. The Bluejays entered the game with a record of 10-11, coming off of a victory over the Bowling Green Falcons in the first round, 72-65.

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Panthers advance to quarterfinals DAVID WARRINGTON

Sports Writer

This past weekend, the UNI Panthers women’s basketball team competed in the first two rounds of the 2021 Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), competing at the UW Health Sports Factory in Rockford, Ill. UNI took on the Dayton Flyers in the first game, while taking on the Creighton Bluejays in the second game. The Panthers came in with a record of 14-12 on the season, whereas the Flyers entered 14-3 and came off of a runner-up finish in the Atlantic-10 conference tournament. Despite having nine more losses on the year than their opponents, the Panthers put together a fantastic game, ultimately coming away with a 70-56 win in the first-round matchup.

The Panthers started slowly, falling behind 7-2 to start the game. However, junior Kam Finley gave UNI the

spark they needed, hitting three consecutive threes to give the Panther women an 11-7 advantage. They held a seven-point lead after one quarter of play, 20-13. They managed to extend their lead in the second quarter, going into halftime leading by the score of 39-29.

Midway through the third quarter, the Flyers showed signs of life, going on an 8-0 run to get within 44-39.

Feeling the lost momentum, Finley once again made a timely play, hitting another three to spark a 6-0 run, returning the momentum firmly into UNI’s corner. The Panthers led 50-43 entering the final quarter of play.

Freshman Kayba Laube stepped up in a big way early in the fourth quarter, hitting back-to-back three pointers to give UNI a 13-point advantage. The Panthers cruised the rest of the way, giving the Flyers just their fourth loss of the year in a 70-56 victory.

Finley had a standout game for UNI. In 27 minutes coming off of the bench, Finley scored 23 points, hitting five of her seven shot attempts from behind the three-point line. Laube also had a nice game, scoring nine

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This is the first time in program history that the Panther women have advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT.

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COVID-19 on campus: rate, cases fall ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

Additionally, for the first time this semester, the university did not report any self-reported cases of COVID-19 from March 15-21 from staff or students.

In other pandemic-related news, the more infectious

B.1.1.7 variant (commonly known as the British or U.K. variant) was detected in Black Hawk County for the first time on Thursday, March 18.

The UNI COVID-19 Response Team wrote in an

the event took the opportunity to relax and unwind with their peers while acknowledging the importance of the work they have done so far.

As Kammerude expressed, “Today is just a day to celebrate our dancers’ hard work, let them win some prizes and have some fun.”

As the night wound to a close, UNI Dance Marathon unveiled their fundraising numbers to date, with $23,689 raised so far this year.

The next event scheduled for the students of UNI Dance Marathon is their biggest of the year, the annual day-long marathon itself, which is taking place this year on April 21. This year, the “Big Event” will be held virtually for all dancers in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic rather than the traditional location of Maucker Union.

The Big Event marks

email to campus that the arrival of the variant was “not unexpected” but is still cause for concern.

“Public health officials are warning that we will be in a close race against these variants in the com-

After last week’s significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and positivity rate on the UNI campus, testing through the UNI Student Health Center this week yielded the university’s lowest positivity rate of the semester.

According to data released Friday, March 19 at noon, the 52 tests conducted from March 15-21 through the Student Health Center resulted in less than six positive cases, for an 3.85% campus positivity rate.

This is already a substantial decrease from last week’s positivity rate of 14.13%, and the positivity rate may decrease slightly today when the Student Health Center updates last week’s data to include any tests conducted on Friday.

Since the end-of-week updates only include data collected through Thursday, Friday numbers are added to the weekly total by noon on the following Monday and GABI CUMMINGS/Northern Iowan are therefore not included in This graphic depicts the positivity rate and number of COVID-19 cases on campus as well as other statistics regarding the ongoing pandemic. the NI’s weekly analysis.

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“While cases were dropping everywhere in the country a month ago, as variants spread 15 states are now seeing more cases then (sic) they were two weeks ago and 18 others – including Iowa – have seen their declines level off.”

On the vaccine front, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds promised on Wednesday, March 17 that starting April 5, all Iowa adults will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This timeline, however, is dependent on vaccine supplies, which the UNI COVID-19 Response Team emphasized “will remain limited but are projected to increase significantly in coming weeks. Public health officials have urged us all to remain patient.”

Reynolds’ announcement came after President Biden called on March 11 for states to expand eligibility for vaccines to all adults by May 1. The federal government has also pledged to have enough doses for every American adult by the end of May.

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The Black Tie Affair served as a celebration before the “Big Event,” which will be held virtually on April 21.

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Price to pay with stimulus money

COLIN HORNING

Opinion Columnist

After the passage and signing from Congress and the White House of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, most people (including dependents) have begun to see their $1,400 checks show up in their bank accounts. This being the third COVID-19 relief stimulus bill passed in the last calendar year, there are still questions to be had about whether these bills have actually had a positive impact on “stimulating” the economy. While it might provide a short-term boost due to the masses spending their excess cash or boosting stock prices in the market, there are likely going to be more longterm effects of these bills postCOVID-19 that are not being considered right now.

I understand the need to provide economic relief from the federal government and the federal reserve, as millions of people have fallen on hard times recently. Many of these people need money to make ends meet, thus being the motivation for relief money from the government. That

being said, for a lot of people receiving these checks, the money simply isn’t needed.

They are being handed $1,400 of their own taxpayer dollars when they haven’t been in need for monetary relief, whatever their situation is.

While handing out relief to millions of people in the form of paychecks is warranted to an extent, the economic effects are much greater than are being perceived. In order for the federal government to provide such a large spending bill, the printing presses need to go to work. In other words, the Fed needs to drastically increase the money supply in order to literally throw money at the issue to help. This, of course, will lead to higher inflation rates down the road, which is something already being discussed in the financial world. By adding so much to the money supply, the government and the Fed have continued to devalue the dollar with no end in sight. Not only that, but inflation also causes the general increase of prices of goods and services. Being that the currency has less value, vendors and retailers need to increase their prices in order

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Columnist Colin Horning discusses the long-term effects stimulus checks have on the Federal Reserve.

to make any money off of their transactions.

I hope that the COVID-19 relief paychecks received by those who needed it were able to help them get through any hardships they have had going on in the last year. After all, thousands of businesses had to close their doors and weren’t able to stay above water since the pandemic began. However,

I do believe that rather than closing down businesses indefinitely and handing the masses stimulus checks could have been resolved in a different way. The best way to “stimulate” the economy is to allow businesses to re-open and conduct business as usual.

When people are working again and spending their own hard-earned money instead,

the results are time-tested.

Rather than adding more to the deficit and inflating the dollar through more government spending and money-printing, the best way to get the economy back up and running is by getting the government out of the way and letting the marketplace thrive.

Hate crimes won’t stop until we stop its source TYLER MONTGOMERY

Opinion Columnist

There has clearly been a rise in violence in America over the past few months, but the previous year of 2020 saw a massive increase in violence and shootings. Why the increase? Some might say Black Lives Matter has led the surge, but if you start researching, you’ll find an interesting correlation. The rise of violence has also seen a rise in gun sales, so if people have easier access to guns, they’ll probably use them in quicker successions.

The hate crime in Atlanta, Ga. demonstrated how quickly a person can access a gun, and then use a gun to kill several people. If the shooter had to go through a longer waiting period, then he probably wouldn’t have killed those people. With racial tensions on the rise, we are living in a country where the preferred method of communication and expressing emotional problems or even how you feel about politics seems to revolve around shootings and storming capital buildings.

Gun sales increased in January of 2021, and 2020 was a record year for gun sales. It’s not farfetched to say more hate crimes are going to be committed. There are still three states (Wyoming, Arkansas and South Carolina) that don’t have hate crime laws, and the states with hate crime laws all have varying degrees on what a hate crime is.

The shooter in Atlanta was reportedly “sexually frustrated,” taking it out on Asian women. White males tend to view Asian woman as exotic and obedient based on racists stereotypes enforced by pornographic material. Therefore, his statement is clearly racist and doesn’t deflect it from being a hate crime. Then a statement from the police said he was having a bad day, which almost makes it sound as if they are excusing the crime.

When have you heard of a white person gunning down other white people and the phrase, “he was having a bad day” been used? It hasn’t, and even if it has been uttered, it’s no excuse for killing people.

In America, there are always excuses for white

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A griever pays tribute to the nine lives lost in Atlanta, Ga.

males’ participation in violence and assault. How often are white people held accountable for their actions? A slap on the wrist and then they are free to return to society.

Restricting gun laws and holding white males far more accountable are two ways of starting to decrease the rise of hate crimes in America, but

with the House passing a ban on teaching diverse concepts in public schools, it almost seems as if instead of taking one step forward and two steps backwards, it’s just tripping over yourself constantly.

The mix of easy access to guns, not holding white males accountable and banning teachings on diverse concepts

is just asking for an explosion. If 3,000 people stormed the capitol because they had a major lack of understanding current issues, what will happen if there is less access to education? A guess would be hate crimes will be on the rise and maybe even become a norm again. Imagine a larger group of Proud Boys (who seem to be the KKK of our generation) doing what they want, which would include more shootings and assaults.

A side note – there are several organizations such as the Proud Boys and the KKK who are not labeled as terrorist organizations.

This country has a long history of not holding white men accountable for their actions, avoiding guns restriction laws and diverse teachings have always been a sore subject.

Even if you think UNI is a nice campus, and there is no way that hatred will find its way onto campus; it will in time. They say things always get worse before they get better, and things are getting worse. Hopefully, people will be able to pull through and end the hate crimes.

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Case study competition awards three UNI students EMMA PISTARINO Staff Writer

Three UNI students majoring in public health recently won second place in the National Case Study Competition in Health Education (NCSCHE). The competition took place virtually, bringing together 15 teams of public health students from 11 different colleges. Lynn Kleyer, Kara Hooper and MacKenzie Helle worked on the case study for three weeks, addressing breastfeeding disparities in a Louisiana county.

In order to compete, UNI students had to take specific public health courses and apply to join the team.

Kleyer, Hooper and Helle met several times during winter break to review previous case studies for practice. Once they received this year’s topic, they worked together several hours per day to pinpoint risk factors and key stakeholders and to plan program strategies.

“This year, the competition focused on increasing the number of infants exclusively breastfed in Winn

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Lynn Kleyer, Kara Hooper and MacKenzie Helle are all smiles as they win second-place awards at the National Case Study Competition in Health Education.

Parish, La. for the first six months of life and the percentage of infants still being breastfed to some degree at one year,” said Hooper.

The plan the UNI team came up with, titled “Latched On: A Gift That Lasts A Life”

was presented to a board of judges from the Society for Public Health Education, a professional organization involved in public health education since 1950.

“This opportunity makes me proud to call myself a

Panther,” said Kleyer in a university press release. “It was a crazy month, but I would not take it back. I am better equipped to join the public health field and have grown closer to my classmates because of it.”

The three students had the support of Disa Cornish, an associate professor at UNI who is both an advisor and professor within the Public Health program.

“I was so impressed by this group’s hard work,” said Cornish in the press release. “They put in months of preparation time and expertly used the skills and lessons from our public health program.”

The prize awarded to the students consisted of a trophy and certificates for each of them, although the opportunity for professional experience and practice in their field is what the students were mostly looking forward to when participating.

“We were all really ecstatic when we learned we had placed second!

However, the goal was never to win,” said Hooper.

“We were really focused on building upon the skills we learned through our public health curriculum, creating an impressive program and the overall experience of competing in a national competition.”

CME inspires students with compliment wall CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

With no spring break and midterms coming up, students may need some extra encouragement and motivation. The compliment wall within the Center for Multicultural Education (CME), started by CME student worker and English and communications major Emma Cover-Carper, may be the little pick-me-up students need.

Cover-Carper led the idea of the compliment wall and hopes it will give students the inspiration they need to carry on with their day. The wall is displayed for students on the display cases and on the whiteboard in the CME. The wall is intended to be interactive and inspirational for students, encouraging them take a compliment written on Post-it notes. Students can then write their own compliment on provided Post-it notes to leave for someone else.

“The compliment wall was inspired by the ‘random acts of kindness’ concept,” Cover-Carper said.

“I thought having compliments to not only take for yoursel but to leave for others would be a great way to allow others to do a random act of kindness while also receiving a bit of inspiration they may need for the day.”

Cover-Carper also notes the wall was inspired by Women’s History Month.

“The wall is particularly important to this month because its goal is to make compliments okay,” CoverCarper said. “I’ve seen a few articles discussing how difficult it is to give and receive compliments, especially for women who often feel judged for their experiences and traits.”

She continued, “The goal of the compliment wall is to provide others with a little bit of inspiration to help get them through the

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Students looking for a self-esteem boost can look to the CME’s compliment wall located upstairs in Maucker Union.

day as well as provide a chance to do random acts of kindness for others. I know that some days I need

a little bit of something to get through the day, and a compliment always helps.”

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UNI student honored for community impact SARA QUALLEY

Staff Writer

For Jerell Bates, a junior at UNI studying psychology, his acceptance as a Newman Civic Fellow is an honor.

The Newman Civic Fellowship supports students who show drive to impact their communities for the better. The yearlong program centers around professional development opportunities to prepare students to make policy or social changes in the future.

On their website, the Newman Civic Fellowship shares that they select “community-committed students who are changemakers and public problem-solvers.”

Bates feels he represents these qualities.

“I would like to make a career out of public problem-solving,” he said.

Chiquita Loveless, Coordinator for UNI’s Military and Veteran Student Services, nominated Bates to become part of the fellowship. That nomination moved up to President Mark Nook, who selected him.

Bates is looking forward to the networking opportunities the fellowship will provide.

He said meeting other students will give him the chance to learn how they were nominated and help him learn their perspectives.

“The leadership opportunities that will come from it, and then the experience that I will get from it as well, I will plan to use in the future as I

progress through my career,” Bates said.

Bates’ mentor in the Newman Civic Fellowship is Yakira Sanders, who used to work at UNI as a success coach and director of diversity. Bates met Sanders while she was a pathfinder with the UNI Jump Start program.

The program’s page shares, “Jump Start is an extended orientation program designed to facilitate the successful transition of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds as well as students who have participated in AVID and TRIO programs (such as Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search).”

Sanders became Bates’ mentor during his freshman year through the Multicultural Mentoring Program for Student Success, which is run through the Center for Multicultural Education. Bates feels she’s played a large role in preparing him to become a part of the Newman Civic Fellowship.

“When I first got to UNI, I was probably the most introverted person you’ve ever met,” Bates said. “(Sanders) opened me up to a lot of opportunities, a lot of different student organizations.

Just doing that got me out of my shell, which led to me wanting to be more of a leader once I met more people and got exposed to those different organizations and opportunities.”

The Newman Civic Fellowship focuses on public

problem solving. One particular issue of great importance to Bates is mental health.

As a psychology major, he has seen through research and classes how people struggle with mental health issues, which has inspired him to want to be a mental health advocate. UNI programs like Mental Health Ally Training and QPR Suicide Prevention Training have also helped Bates gather skills that he feels will be useful in his future career.

Bates said that a lack of funding, resources and access to insurance all contribute to the current mental health crisis. He wants to help find solutions to these problems and end the stigma surrounding mental health by making resources more widely available and educating people that it’s okay to reach out for help if they need it.

Making a change on a smaller, personal scale is equally significant to him.

Bates expresses to the people in his life that he’s a friend, ally and resource to use if they’re struggling mentally.

“Mental health is very important,” Bates said. “It’s just as important as your physical health. I believe you should treat it that way.”

Along with mental health, Bates is passionate about the on-campus organizations he’s part of. He’s the president of Ethnic Student Promoters, a student organization that works with admissions to recruit students from multicultural, diverse backgrounds.

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UNI student Jerell Bates has been commended by the Newman Civic Fellowship for his leadership and impact on his community.

He’s also a member of the Black Student Union, where he volunteers for the organization’s events as much as he can during Black History Month. One notable event he helped with was presenting the life of a Black individual’s life throughout America’s history, including slavery, the Jim Crow era and modern times.

Being a member of the Black Student Union has provided Bates with the valuable

opportunity to teach others.

“I feel like education can help solve a lot of the problems that we have,” he said.

For students hoping to join the Newman Civic Fellowship in the future, Bates encourages them to pursue their passions. He feels this is what helped him become a part of the organization.

“If you have a passion, follow it,” Bates said. “If you have the opportunity to make a difference, do it.”

Panther PORTRAIT: maucker movie with cab

Movie” series of events with a screening of “Mean Girls” on UNI’s C a m p u s Thursday, March 18. The Activities Board con- event was held in the tinued their “Maucker Muacker Union ballroom ANTHONY WITHEROW

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Students were treated with popcorn and snacks as they attended CAB’s “Mean Girls” screening.

with limited seating due to COVID-19.

CAB will continue “Maucker Movies” with a screening of “Scoob!” on Thursday, April 1.

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Panthers fall short to Missouri State, 13-6 NICHOLAS SCHINDLER Sports Writer

This past Saturday, UNI played host to the Missouri State Bears in a Missouri Valley Football Conference matchup. Missouri State was 3-3 on the season and the Panthers were 2-2 heading into the game. The Panthers had just come off of a one point loss to Southern Illinois last week and were hoping to bounce back against the Bears.

Twenty-four hours before the game kicked off, the Panthers were hit with a problem: their starting quarterback Will Mcelvein was out because of COVID-19 protocols, meaning redshirt-freshman Justin Fomby had less than a day to prepare for his first career collegiate start.

The Panthers lost the coin toss and Missouri State

deferred, so UNI got the football to begin the game. After little action in the first few possessions, the Bears drove down the field later in the first quarter and scored on a three-yard pass from quarterback Matt Struck to Carson Buddemeyer to take a lead of 7-0 with four minutes left to play in the first half. Both teams were strong defensively, when finally Missouri State kicker Jose Pizano nailed a 31-yard field goal to put the Bears up 10-0.The Panthers did answer with a field goal from 27-yards out on an 11 play, 65 yard drive to close out the half, which narrowed the lead for the Bears to 10-3 at the break.

The second half began and it was again much of the same: a low scoring affair with little to no offensive movement. However, the Panthers were able to put together a six

play, 25-yard drive that took three minutes capped off by kicker Matthew Cook hitting a 43-yard field goal to bring the score closer to 10-6. The Panthers needed a stop to get the ball back in order to score again and complete the comeback. Unfortunately, Missouri State defense stood pat and held UNI scoreless for the rest of the game. Missouri State did add a field goal from 33 yards out on a clock-draining 12 play, 55-yard drive that took six minutes and only left 4:30 left to play. They took a lead of 13-6, which ended up being the final score of the game.

The defense for the Purple and Gold played well, forcing 12 tackles for loss on the day and only allowed 236 yards of offense, and only 14 first downs. The Missouri State’s defense played really well also, and the Panthers were

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Playing shorthanded without their starting quarterback, the Panthers fell to Missouri State 13-6 last Saturday in the UNI-Dome.

unable to adjust to their new quarterback on such a short notice.

The Panthers have three games left in the season.

They will play Western Illinois next Saturday and

then travel to Vermillion, S.D. to play South Dakota on April 2. Their final home game of the regular season will be against North Dakota State on April 10.

SOFTBALL

UNI goes 1-2 in against Mo. State in MVC opener COLIN HORNING Sports Editor

The UNI softball team began their conference slate of games this past weekend during a three-game series in Springfield, Mo. against the Missouri State Bears. The Panthers were coming into the weekend series with a record of 9-10 so far on the 2020-21 season, while their opponents were 9-8 on the year. The evenly-matched records suggested that the three games would be tight, and that’s exactly how the series played out. Missouri State won the first two games by the score of 2-1 and 4-3, while UNI took the final game 7-6.

UNI struck first in game one of the doubleheader on Saturday off of a third inning solo home run over the left field wall from left fielder Kamryn Shaffer. The Bears answered back in the sixth from a two-run homer by first baseman Madison Hunsaker,

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The UNI women managed to hold the lead throughout the majority of the first quarter, although it was a small lead, never leading by more than two. The Panthers extended their lead to as much as eight in the second quarter, but a late run by the Bluejays

taking the lead of 2-1. The UNI bats remained quiet for the rest of the game as the Bears shut the door, taking the 2-1 victory. The Panthers out-hit their opponents 5-4 in the game; however, they could only muster one run. Pitcher Steffany Dickerson took the victory for the Bears while UNI’s Erica Oler took the loss on the mound.

In game two on Saturday the Panther’s bats came alive, but it would not be enough.

Shaffer again got UNI on the board first, with a solo home run in the second inning.

A costly fielding error by UNI center fielder Madison Parks allowed two Missouri State runners to come across in the fifth inning, but UNI’s offense kept swinging. A solo home run from Daryn Lamprecht in the sixth and another solo homer from Sammey Bunch in the seventh gave the Panthers a 3-2 lead heading into the final frame.

However, UNI’s defense proved to be costly again, as gave UNI just a two-point advantage at the half, 33-31.

The game remained tight throughout the third quarter. The Bluejays managed to get within one point late in the quarter, trailing the Panthers 48-47 heading into the fourth. The teams traded baskets multiple times throughout the final quarter, with the Bluejays getting within one point on several

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After dropping the first two games of their weekend series against Missouri State by one run, UNI took the rubber match 7-6 on Sunday.

Bunch committed a fielding error at shortstop, allowing the tying run to score for the Bears. The game went into extra innings until an RBI single from Missouri State’s Daphne Plummer plated the winning run in the 11th inning, giving the Bears a 4-3 win.

Game three on Sunday was

underway with a fast start on both sides. The Panthers got the scoring started in the top of the first. A two-run single from UNI’s Brooke Snider with the bases loaded brought in two Panthers and gave the visitors a 2-0 lead right out of the gates. The Bears came back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the

occasions. Creighton took the lead with just 10 seconds left when Tatum Rembao knocked down a jump shot. Needing a basket to stay alive, Emerson Green made a layup with just four seconds left to clinch the UNI victory, 64-63.

The leading scorer for the Panthers was Megan Maahs, finishing with 20 points to go along with five rebounds.

Karli Rucker also managed

double figure scoring, finishing with 13 points as well as a team-leading nine rebounds.

Finley had another strong performance off of the bench, scoring nine points while also picking up a team-high six assists.

With the win, the Panthers improve to 16-12 on the season and have advanced to the quarterfinals of the WNIT for the first time in program his-

first, all on separate hits, and they took a 3-2 lead off of UNI pitcher Erica Oler.

The MSU lead held until the fifth when the Panther’s got things going. They plated four runs in the top half of the fifth and swung the lead back in their favor, 6-3. In typical fashion, Missouri State battled back in the bottom of the fifth, capped off by a tworun homer from Alex Boze to tie the score at six apiece.

Left fielder Daryn Lamprecht drove in Emmy Wells in the top of the sixth for UNI to put them back on top 7-6, which proved to be the final score as the Panthers took the rubber match of the three game series. The Panther women move to 10-12 on the year and 1-2 in conference play. They will travel to Terra Haute, Ind. next weekend to play a three game series against Indiana State, with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 27 and the rubber match scheduled for Sunday, March 28.

tory. The Panther women will hit the hardwood for quarterfinal play on Monday, March 22 at 7 p.m. when they take on the Saint Louis Billikens.

Like the first two tournament games, this matchup will also take place at the UW Health Sports Factory. The Billikens are currently 14-4 on the season and are coming off of wins against DePaul and Milwaukee.

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