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OPINION

Opinion Columnist

Drew Hill raises the possibility of the U.S. entering a banking crisis.

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CAMPUS LIFE

The UNI Museum honors women of the past with Women Crush Wednesday.

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UNI receives $2.5 million federal grant for mental health access

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

After extensive research and collaboration with numerous Iowa Area Education Agencies (AEAs), UNI has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train 15 new school psychologists for various schools across Iowa in the next five years.

Nicole Skaar, an associate professor and School Psychology Program coordinator, is hopeful the grant will relieve current school psychologists of an overloaded schedule. Currently the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) recommends the ratio of school psychologists to students should be about one psychologist to 500 students. In Iowa, the current ratio of school psychologists to students is about one to 1,800 or 1,900. In places like Great

With this federal grant, UNI hopes to help address the shortage of school psychologists in Iowa schools. The recommended ratio of school psychologists to students is one to 500, while Iowa’s current ratio is about one to 1,800 or 1,900, some regions having a much higher disparity.

Prairie Education Agency, an AEA UNI is collaborating with on this grant, the ratio is one to 4,379 students.

“There is a real need for school psychologists in Iowa

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

MALLORY SCHMITZ News Editor “The first women who were able to attend college are the ones that created sororities,” she said. “[Sororities] were initially places where women could be safe, and women could get together and talk about things that they wanted to talk about in a place that was not a man’s space.”

UNI student Cassie Williams has always known that she wanted to be part of a sorority. However, starting with those first days of recruitment her freshman year, she stumbled across a community at UNI with stronger bonds, deeper roots and vast opportunities beyond what she initially expected.

“Running home on bid day was probably the first time at college that I felt like I knew where I’m fitting in. I know who my people are,” Williams said. “I think that has just provided me with the best sense of belonging.”

That desire for belonging is exactly what brought sororities to college campuses in the first place. Ana Muell is the current president of UNI’s Panhellenic Council, a six-member student board that oversees sorority life as a whole on campus.

UNI’s first sorority, Sigma Phi, was formed in 1896. It merged with another local sorority in 1918 before becoming nationally affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega in 1968.

While Alpha Chi Omega is one of five national sorori-

just to get to that optimal place where we can actually do the things we need to do,” Skaar said. “What often happens is that school psychologists have to do a lot of the legally

required work, and we are not doing a lot of the great stuff that would be very beneficial to students.”

SPORTS

Women’s basketball ends an exciting season with second round WNIT loss.

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Conectando ex-alumnos con estudiantes (CATS por sus siglas en inglés) alienta a todos los estudiantes a participar en el anuario digital de UNI—el desafío de tradiciones. Las tradiciones tienen que estar entregadas el viernes, 21 de abril 2023. La ceremonia de guardianes de tradición será el martes, 25 de abril a las 5:30 p.m. en el Great Reading Room–Seerly 116

El desafío de tradiciones lista 63 tradiciones para completar dentro y fuera del campus. ¡También tienes la opción de crear 10 de tus propias tradiciones!

ties that are no longer active at UNI, women today can participate in any of the six existing sororities on campus. They include five National Panhellenic Conference sororities and one cultural sorority, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority.

In creating a space for belonging, early sorority leaders also created a space for growth. Williams has progressed from being just a sorority member to being co-vice president of recruitment in UNI’s Panhellenic Council.

“I had never been a leader in high school or before college, so sorority life was the first time I even considered stepping into a leadership position, and it was because my sorority sisters and other people in the community told me ‘you should run for co-VP of recruitment, I think you’d do a really good job.’ And that was the first time I really felt

empowered to do something like that,” Williams said.

Laura Harms, the other co-vice president of recruitment, has had a similar experience through Greek life.

“If I would’ve gone back, I would’ve never expected to ever get as much out of it as I did,” Harms said.

“I have been given endless, endless, endless leadership opportunities, and they continue to arise, and I have grown tremendously as a leader since joining sorority life here on campus,” she said.

UNI’s Panhellenic Council works behind the scenes to coordinate sorority life as a whole. Cassie Williams, second from left, Laura Harms, third from right and Ana Muell, second from right, shared how sorority life has empowered them as young women pursuing an education.

I would’ve never expected to ever get as much out of it as I did.

LAURA HARMS Co-Vice President of Recruitment

SORORITY LIFE

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While all three women interviewed spoke of their rich and positive experiences in Greek life at UNI, it hasn’t been without its struggles. Muell first joined her sorority during the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of which are still being felt by many student organizations on campus, fraternities and sororities included.

According to UNI Fraternity & Sorority Life

academic reports, in fall 2019 before the pandemic, 309 women were active in sororities on campus, equating to 6.22% of female students on campus.

In comparison, according to Muell, as of Jan. 31, 2023, UNI’s sororities had approximately 147 active members, which amounts to about 3% of the female full time undergraduate student population.

In addition, last semester saw the permanent departure of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity from UNI’s campus due to a

lack of new members, showing the significant effects low recruitment can have on Greek organizations.

As a response to lower participation due to the effects of the pandemic and decreasing enrollment at UNI, Muell says that her and the Panhellenic Council are taking steps to increase engagement.

“Right now we’re working on changing a couple things, especially internally, because we’ve started to realize that as much as recruitment is a problem, retention is also a problem for us,” she said.

In addressing retention, Muell said that the current council has been working to host more all-sorority events to help bring the community together. In addition, individual chapters have been working on addressing their own internal problems.

“It’s a long-term thing. It really is, but I think that there are steps that we can take to try and start that change and turn our community into more of a community again, postcovid,” she said.

compared to other universities is part of what makes the experience so special.

“I think sometimes looking from the outside in, you see all of these different chapters, but truly the community is so close-knit, and we are all constantly supporting each other,” Harms said. “I consider everyone in the community to be my friend one way or the other. Even if we haven’t talked one-on-one, there’s some type of connection there.”

Williams added, “There’s a lot of stereotypes surrounding Greek life, and I get where a lot of them come from, especially from bigger universities and southern universities especially. At UNI, rather than having 200 people in one sorority where there’s no way that you can get to know everybody, we have 30 or so members in each chapter, so you can get really close to everybody.”

Despite how much sorority life has changed since 1896, the leaders of today want to keep the vision of their founders alive.

would be like if we hadn’t had those spaces to be safe when we were first attending college, and I’m so grateful that they were able to do that and able to create this amazing thing that I get to be a part of now.”

Harms took a similar stance saying, “I appreciate everything that the sorority life community has done and everything it continues to do because each day we are challenging ourselves and our ideas, and I think that is such a huge part of women’s history, is continuing to challenge your ideas and not just staying comfortable. I think sorority life is the perfect stepping stone onto just that.”

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To respond to low recruitment and retention, UNI sororities are still working to restore the sense of community and level of involvement present before the COVID-19 pandemic

DESAFÍO DE TRADICIONES

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“El desafío de tradiciones ayuda a sacar el máximo provecho de tu tiempo aquí en UNI y te da una manera de recordarlo para siempre. Es una lista de lo que ‘debes hacer’ sobre actividades en campus que estás motivado en participar, muchas de las cuales ya harás durante tus años en la universidad. ¡Solamente necesitas documentarlo con fotos!” dijo la vicepresidenta de tradiciones Kelsi Kruise.

El desafío de tradiciones es una parte considerable de involucramiento en el campus de UNI. Estudiantes de UNI crean memorias y conectan con otras panteras de todo el mundo. Estas tradiciones y actividades conectarán a los estudiantes con los exalumnos por experiencias compartidas y continuará la historia de UNI.

“El desafío de tradiciones fue creado en 2009 para

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reemplazar el anuario. Se volvió en ‘crear tu propio anuario’ de tu experiencia pantera y sirve como una guía para recibir la máxima de tu experiencia en UNI”, dijo Kruise.

“Hay algunas maneras para tener acceso al desafío de tradiciones, primero, puedes ir a la página web de alumni.uni.edu/ traditions. Desplace hasta que llegas a la sección que se llama “How do I Participate?” Allí, encontrarás la lista de todas las tradiciones que puedes completar y la presentación que puedes usar para pegar todos tus fotos. En la presentación, todas las tradiciones están seccionadas por ellas mismas, entonces puedes desplazarte hasta que encuentras cual estás buscando y meter tu foto”, dijo Kruise.

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However, sororities with smaller member populations aren’t always a bad thing. For Harms and Williams, UNI’s small sorority community

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Cuando los estudiantes entregan sus presentaciones sobre el desafío de tradiciones, serán invitados a una ceremonia donde les darán el título de “Guardián Oficial de las Tradiciones”. Si los estudiantes completan 25 tradiciones, recibirán un pin de solapa y si completan 45 tradiciones, ¡recibirán un medallón para llevar puesto durante la graduación!

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“I sometimes think back to our founders and all the things that they probably had to go through, and I am so grateful that they did that,” Muell said. “I can’t even imagine what life

“Cuando participes en las tradiciones, estarás ayudando a mantener la vida de nuestras tradiciones para la próxima generación de panteras. Continuar este legado te permitirá mantener un título especial, ‘Guardián

“We’ve continued to not stay comfortable and continue to grow and push ourselves and take advantage of those opportunities that sometimes are even harder to take on because they may be so big,” she said. “But when you push yourself, you get into these amazing positions. Me pushing myself to interview for a Panhel position was scary, but it has been the most rewarding opportunity, and I’m becoming the person that I am today because of it.”

Oficial de las Tradiciones.’ Esto es importante porque enseña que tu experiencia en UNI era significativa y quieres permitir a las generaciones del futuro la misma experiencia”, dijo Kruise.

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Banking going bust

had much larger accounts, so that’s why they did not immediately get their money. Credit Suisse has a history of bad management and scandals, according to an article by Myriam Balezou in The Washington Post. These incidents may be isolated. There are some concerning signs, though. Your money is likely guaranteed if it is in an FDIC insured bank. However, the worldwide connected nature of today’s financial system can cause one bank’s collapse to send shockwaves throughout the world’s economy. Fear has caused some markets to drop as investors pull their money. Inflation was an indirect cause of the collapses. The Federal Reserve’s response to the inflation has been to raise interest rates. Many banks invest in bonds. The rising interest rates make bond values go down, making them less profitable. Part of what caused the Silicon Valley Bank collapse was wealthy depositors rushing to withdraw money, which forced the bank to try to sell those bonds. This caused them to lose money, leading the bank to default.

One important way to be sure this does not become a banking crisis is to avoid panicking and withdrawing your money from banks for fear of collapse. Most banks will be fine through this,

unless there is a widespread “run on the banks.” Even if a local or regional bank did fail, FDIC insurance would likely cover your account. Banks do not hold the money for every customer’s account at one time. They loan out the money to other customers. The Federal Reserve controls a reserve ratio, or how much the banks must hold for withdrawals. This is why banks give interest for CDs and savings accounts. These are really loans to the bank, who loan the money to other people and companies. If too many people came to withdraw their money at one time, the bank might not have enough reserves. If they could not borrow the money from the Federal Reserve or other banks, they could default. This is why a run on the banks could be dangerous. Runs on the banks caused bank defaults in the Great Depression and 2008 Recession.

Even though the majority of Americans may not be directly affected by the volatility in the bank markets, besides potential

increased difficulty getting loans, there are some negative effects from some of the multi-million-dollar maneuverings. After 2008, the idea of certain banks and businesses being “too big to fail” became popular. What this means is that those companies are so large and interconnected in the worldwide financial sector that collapsing could devastate the world economy. To deal with this problem, a system of bailouts, emergency loans and tighter regulations was put in place. This, however, has its own issues.

When the government decides to rescue companies that it deems too big or important to fail, it runs counter to the way capitalism should work. Under a truly capitalistic system, the market and the people determine what companies stay in business. If large companies fail, though the economy may suffer for a time, it will eventually adjust and recover.

However, when the government and massive banks bail out those companies, it hurts the small businesses and local banks who were not going under. It leads to even larger companies and banks as they merge. Local businesses rarely receive the same benefits, giving those larger companies that almost failed an advantage. While keeping an eye on the banking markets can be useful, be careful about reading too much into them. Enough people panicking and withdrawing their money could cause a run and hurt banks even more. Continuing to support small businesses and local banks is also important. The big corporations and banks will likely continue to bail each other out with help from governments, which could continue to play havoc with our capitalistic system. Hopefully common sense and the free market will prevail.

Is the U.S. heading into a banking crisis?

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Woman crush Wednesday at the UNI Museum

AUBREY SCHAFBUCH Staff Writer

The UNI Museum at ROD Library has taken to social media for Women’s History Month, bringing back nostalgic Woman Crush Wednesday posts. Their goal is to honor the women that have made a difference in the collections and research at the museum and campus history.

Each post contains a snippet of their stories accompanied by artifacts in the museum that are attributed to each person. It provides the unique experience of connecting powerful artifacts to a face. Not to mention, they tell the incredible stories of women we are directly tied to.

Most fascinating of the whole social media series is the information about the W.A.V.E.S. (Women’s Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). These women were the first non-nurses to serve in the United States Navy. The division unofficially started during World War 1, where many women joined to pressure the passing of the 19th Amendment.

Although the W.A.V.E.S. division was created for women to take over clerical positions to clear more men to go out to sea, during World War 2 over 30% of W.A.V.E.S. became naval aviation training pilots, air traffic controllers, and parachute testers. The museum’s post says, “In fact, World

War 2 led to the Navy’s first female doctor, lawyer, bacteriologist, and computer specialist.”

UNI’s campus served as one of the training grounds for three years, starting in 1942 during World War 2. Because thousands of women stayed just up Bartlett Hall, the museum has uniforms and plenty of pictures about their time here.

Another woman featured in the social media series was Maria Martinez, a Native American woman from San Ildefonso, N.M., who specialized in pottery. She was com-

missioned to replicate prehistoric pottery styles that were found in a nearby ancient pueblo site in San Ildefonso. For the museum’s collections, her pottery represents southwestern Native culture.

The post goes into detail saying, “The pots themselves were made with clay from the San Ildefonso reservation, a mix of dried clay and volcanic ash. The variants in metal composites at different pueblos allowed for Maria’s work to have great differences in feel and color.”

Martinez and her husband Julian created and perfected

the art of mixing matte and glossy finishes on pottery. Their work became famous and recognized worldwide, mimicked by many. The museum is proud to have pots made by her, signed by “Maria & Julian.”

As Martinez represents southwestern Native culture, modern day Natasha Smoke Santiago’s work represents northeastern culture. She is a Haudenosaunee artist that works with anything from paint, cloth and beadwork to clay. Smoke Santiago’s work is rooted in storytelling, with each piece telling a story that

connects back to the Native American culture and experience. The museum says, “She is one of the few artists today that work to bring back and elevate Haudenosaunee pottery.”

One of the pots that is housed at the UNI Museum has a profound story. Named “Rising out of the Ashes,” the pot is built around a broken piece of old pot. Smoke Santiago says that it tells the story of how native tribes can and have rebuilt their history from little bits of their past.

Among the other women featured in Woman Crush Wednesday is Dorothy Jean Ray, an actual alumna from UNI who became a noted ethnographer of Inupiaq and Yupik people. Born and raised in Cedar Falls, she moved to Alaska after graduation and began working with Native people to create educational texts. She wrote eight books and over 90 papers on their ethno-history and art. Ray’s post says, “Her artifact donations make up a large part of our Inuit collection and her work has proved to be invaluable to our knowledge and research on these cultures and artifacts.

The month is coming to a close and what comes for the final Women Crush Wednesday post is still a mystery. Among the possibilities of women to feature is Eliza Hamilton, who the museum has a letter addressed to.

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According to the Iowa Department of Education, onw in five children ages 13-18 have or will have a serious mental illness, and approximately 50% of students age 14 and older with a mental illness

drop out of high school. Skaar hopes by providing the state with more school psychologists, these students can get the support they need.

“We are in a kind of a crisis when it comes to student mental health,” Skaar said. “School psychologists are really needed to help with

those intensive needs in the area of behavioral and mental health in schools.”

The grant will support prospective school psychologists to reduce tuition rates, buy books, or fund travel costs among other things. To qualify for the program, candidates must be a K-12 educator or

have a related field with a master’s degree. By the end of the program, students will earn an educational specialists degree.

Although applying for the grant was intensive, Skaar commends everyone who helped assist with the process.

“Applying for a federal grant

is a whirlwind of hard work and teaming across all of us who have worked on these grants before,” Skaar said.

“We are very thankful for all of the team members who worked on this project and made it happen.”

During World War 1, the W.A.V.E.S. division was unofficially created. These women held other positions such as training pilots, air traffic controllers and parachute testers.

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Approximately 50% of students ages 14 and older drop out of school due to mental health. The mental health grant aims to help train and fund for prospective psycologists to be in K-12 schools.

Panthers bow out to Cornhuskers

CADEN SHEA Sports Writer

The UNI women’s basketball season ended in devastating fashion as the Panthers were defeated by the Nebraska Cornhuskers 77-57 in the second round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). The team gave it their all against an impressive Cornhuskers team. Nebraska used their size to their advantage to overcome the Panthers. The Panthers also lacked the ability to handle the ball as the Huskers picked up 16 points off turnovers.

The game began as evenly as possible as both teams went back-and-forth getting points on the scoreboard. The Panthers got things started as they scored nine points in a two minute span. Both teams attempted to get the upper hand on each other as the Huskers would claw their way back into contention, giving the Panthers only a 17-16 advantage going into the second quarter.

The Huskers took control of the court to kick off the second quarter. The Huskers defense would keep the Panthers scoreless for

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three minutes until Maya McDermott made a layup to halt their run. It would not be enough, however, as the Huskers went on a big run giving them a double-digit lead over UNI. Rachael Heittola hit a clutch, last second three to bring the Panthers within nine points of their opponents. The Huskers led 38-29 as the two teams headed to their respective locker rooms.

The Huskers once again took control as the second half commenced. The Huskers defense would attempt to keep the Panthers down for the bulk of the matchup. The Panthers ignited a spark halfway through the third quarter, highlighted by a fivepoint run. This once again pushed the Panthers within single-digits of Nebraska. The Huskers responded with an offensive barrage of their own, outscoring the Panthers by six points in the last half of the quarter. The Panthers trailed 61-45 as the final quarter took off.

The Panthers attempted to close the gap in order to make it to the Super Sixteen.

McDermott helped her team get back into contention with several shots made in the beginning of the fourth

quarter. The two teams traded baskets for the remainder of the game. As the Panthers attempted to close the gap, they realized it was too late as the Huskers continued the pressure in all aspects of the game. The Panthers ended up falling to Nebraska, 77-57, knocking them out of the tournament and subsequently ending their season.

McDermott led the Panthers in points for the game with 19. She also aided her team on the defensive side of the ball, forcing two steals. Emerson Green had 11 points with nine of those points being from beyond the arc. Grace Boffeli finished with 11 points and nine rebounds. Heittola finished the game with nine points, adding one block to go with it.

One of the main reasons that the Panthers couldn’t quite capitalize on the game was the fact that they could not get shots to fall. The Panthers only shot 38.6% from the field and 31% from three. The Huskers beat UNI in almost every statistical category. The Panthers had 13 turnovers while Nebraska only had seven. The Panthers just could not get anything going as the game progressed and the

Huskers stayed on top of them.

As has become the expectation under Coach Tanya Warren, the Panthers once again ended their season in the postseason, finishing in the WNIT for the fifth straight year, not including the 2019-20 season, when all postseason tournaments were cancelled. The Panthers graduate two

seniors, Kam Finley and Cynthia Wolf, both starters that prepped locally in Cedar Falls. However, barring transfers, everyone else should be back, allowing the Panthers to return a bulk of their contributors from this season. UNI will surely expect to compete atop the Missouri Valley Conference once again next season.

Golfers compete at MSU Intercollegiate

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI men’s golf team traveled to Ozark, Mo., to

compete in the Missouri State Intercollegiate on Monday, March 20, and Tuesday, March 21. The event was played at

the Millwood Golf and Racquet Club. UNI wound up finishing seventh out of 15 teams, led by a top-10 finish from Griffin Parker.

Parker led UNI with an even par score of 71 in round one. After finishing with a 73, or +2, in round two, Parker again finished with an even par in round three to finish with a total score of 215, or +2, which tied him for 10 in the final standings.

Connor Van Weelden struggled a bit in round one with a score of 79, or +8. However, he finished as UNI’s best golfer in rounds two and three, shooting an even par score of 71 in round two, and 70, or -1, in round three. This gave him a total score of 220, or +7, which tied him for 26th.

JD Pollard joined Parker in shooting an even par in round one.

However, he couldn’t keep up the momentum, and scored a 74, or +3, in round two, as well as a 78, or +7, in round three. This gave him a final score of 223, or +10, which tied him for 36th in the final standings.

Tommy Doyle finished just behind Pollard in the final standings. After scoring a 79, or +8, in round one, Doyle bounced back with a 72, or +1, in round two and a 73, or +2, in round three. His final score of 224, or +11, one stroke behind Pollard, placed him in a tie for 41st in the standings.

Finally, Thomas Storbeck started with a 79, or +8, in round one. He followed it up with a 73, or +2, in round two. However, a rough showing in round three, shooting a 90, or +19, dropped him in the standings. He ended with a final score of

242, or +29, which placed him in a tie for 75th place.

Overall, UNI finished with a score of 881, or +29. This placed them in seventh place in a field of 15 teams. They finished just one stroke behind Central Arkansas for sixth place. The team that won was Oral Roberts, who finished with an overall score of 854, or +2. They were led by Brandon Hoff, who was the top individual golfer with a score of 208, or -5.

The Panther men’s golf team next travels to Silvis, Ill., for the WIU Invite on Monday, April 3, through Tuesday, April 4. They then travel to Elkhorn, Neb., for the Stampede at the Creek event from Monday, April 10, through Tuesday, April 11. This is their final regular season event before the MVC Championships.

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Maya McDermott (0) played well in UNI’s final game, finishing with a teamhigh 19 points.

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Griffin Parker was UNI’s top performer at the Missouri State Intercollegiate, shooting two over par with a 73.

UNI ends year in the postseason again

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

The UNI women’s basketball team’s exciting season has come to a close following a second round loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the WNIT, 77-57. However, this will not be a season to forget with a number of miraculous shots and milestone victories.

The Panther’s 23-win season was highlighted with two close wins against in-state rival Drake. On Jan. 11, UNI found themselves trailing by nine points late in the game but a fourth quarter comeback left them in a position to win. The Bulldogs took the lead with four sec -

onds remaining which was just enough time for Maya McDermott to hit a buzzer-beating game-winner to cap off a 19-point night for her and a 70-69 victory.

Exactly three weeks later, this time in Cedar Falls, the Panthers were again in a close game with the Bulldogs after holding a huge lead early. Once again, McDermott found the bottom of the net with a final shot to give UNI the season sweep of Drake with a 49-47 win.

Head Coach Tanya Warren finished her 16th season with the Panthers and hit a new career milestone. The two-time Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Coach of the Year became the first UNI women’s coach to reach

300 wins with an 83-60 victory over Valparaiso in mid-February. She now boasts a career record of 306-211.

The UNI offense was impressive all season finishing second in the MVC in scoring with 74.6 points per game. They scored over 80 points 13 times throughout the season including hitting 90 points three times.

A big help to the Panthers scoring was the combination of forward Grace Boffeli and McDermott at point guard. Boffeli put together an excellent season averaging over 16 points, sixth in the MVC, and nine rebounds which was first in the conference. This was good enough to earn her first team All-Conference

honors.

McDermott made a huge leap from her freshman year, nearly tripling her points and assists per game as the Panthers starting point guard, finishing ninth in the MVC in both statistics. This led to her winning the MVC Most Improved Player award and a selection on the AllConference second team.

Freshman Ryley Goebel was selected to the MVC All-Freshman team after a successful first season with the Panthers. Goebel led UNI in both steals and blocks and ranked in the top seven for both stats among all Missouri Valley players.

UNI finished with a 23-10 overall record with a 16-4 record in conference. The Panthers finished third in the MVC standings behind Illinois State and Belmont. In the postseason, UNI defeated UIC in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament before losing to the eventual runner-up Belmont in the semifinals.

The Panthers were one of four MVC teams to earn an invitation to the WNIT where they beat Colorado State 88-76 in the first round, before losing to Nebraska in the second round, bringing their season to an end.

UNI will look to build off this season and improve next year as they return three of their starters and 10 of 12 players all together. Only two seniors are leaving the team, guard Kam Finley and center Cynthia Wolf.

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Finley was a full-time starter during her final two years with the Panthers, averaging 10 points per game during those seasons. Wolf started every game for the Panthers this year up until an injury late in the season that put her out of action.

The Panthers will start back up in November looking for another successful season with their eyes on a conference title and more.

2022-23 UNI women’s basketball statistical leaders

Points: Grace Boffeli (531, 16.1 ppg)

Rebounds: Grace Boffeli (303, 9.2 rpg)

Assists: Maya McDermott (116, 3.5 apg)

Steals: Ryley Goebel (43, 1.3 spg)

Blocks: Ryley Goebel (41, 1.3 bpg)

FG%: Grace Boffeli (55.3%, 189-of-342)

3PT%: Rachael Heittola (44.4%, 16-of-36)

FT%: Maya McDermott (90.9%, 90-of-99)

3-Pointers: Maya McDermott (60)

Minutes: Grace Boffeli (912, 27.6 mpg)

Panther tennis falls to the UIC Flames

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

On Sunday, March 19, the UNI women’s tennis team played host to UIC at the Black Hawk Tennis Center in Waterloo. It was not the best day for the Panthers, as they fell to UIC, 6-1.

There were three doubles matches, and UIC took the victory in two of them, while UNI won in the other. The UNI duo of Darta Dalecka and Lorena Cardoso dropped a close 6-4 match against UIC’s Agnes Gustafsson and Natali Nikolopoulou.

Thaissa Moreira and Issa Sullivan lost 6-2 to CoraLynn von Dungern and

Paula Rodriguez Gregoris. The Panthers picked up their first win when Andrijana Brkic and Kim Zizek defeated Tamara Malazonia and Zara Ryan by a score of 6-2.

In singles action, the Flames showed their dominance, winning all but one of the matches. UNI’s Dalecka, Cardoso and Kanyanut Sudsaard were all defeated in straight sets. The other three Panthers singles took the matches to three sets.

Moreira dropped the first set against UIC’s Rodriguez Gregoris 6-0, but bounced back with a 6-4 victory in the second set. Ultimately, she would drop the third set 10-8. UNI’s Zizek went

through the same story. She dropped the first set to von Durgen 6-1, bounced back 6-2 in the second, and was defeated 6-3 in the third set. Brkic, who was also a part of the only double that was victorious for the Panthers, was also the only singles victor. She defeated Malazonia 6-2 in the first set, and then lost the second set 7-6. She bounced back for the third and final set however, and picked up the 12-10 victory.

The Panthers record moves to 4-9-1 on the season, and they will get back to work on Saturday, March 25, when they travel to Peoria, Ill. to face off with Bradley.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Andrijana Brkic picked up a pair of victories against UIC, winning both her singles and doubles matches.

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The UNI women’s basketball team concluded another successful season this past weekend, falling to Nebraska in the WNIT, 77-57.

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