After year four of the Jennie Baranczyk era, the Drake women’s basketball team has established itself as a Valley contender.
This season’s 23-10 record — the best under Baranczyk — marked the Bulldogs…
Drake, UNI seeding in WNIT raises questions
The end of the 2015-2016 Drake Women’s Basketball season had a familiar result: a loss to the Northern Iowa Panthers. But this particular defeat to the fellow Missouri Valley Conference team wasn’t in…
Bulldogs blowout Braves on Senior Day, Donahue receives heartfelt farewell
Going into the final week of the regular season with the Missouri Valley Conference tournament less than 20 days away, the Drake women’s basketball team has righted the ship.
The Bulldogs capped their…
Women’s basketball: Wendell’s big game helps Drake rebound from two-game skid
Junior Lizzy Wendell scored 27 points in 24 minutes to lead Drake to a 91-61 victory over the Loyola Ramblers Friday night at the Knapp Center, ending a two-game losing streak.…
Women’s basketball: UNI takes advantage of Drake’s slow start, Bulldogs now 2nd in MVC
Friday night in Cedar Falls, the Drake women’s basketball team had a chance to rebound from an unexpected loss to Indiana State on Sunday and reclaim first place in the Missouri Valley. But the Bulldo…
UNI takes advantage of Drake’s slow start, drops Bulldogs to second place in MVC
Drake was doomed by a sluggish start and couldn’t recover in the second half before falling to the first-place UNI Panthers, 85-74. It marked the first time this season the Bulldogs have dropped two c…
Subpar shooting leads to third MVC loss
Everything was clicking for the Drake Bulldogs. Going into Sunday they had won five straight games by an average 22.6 points and occupied the top spot in the Missouri Valley. But that all screeched to…
Women’s basketball: Drake in first place after burying Bears
The Knapp Center crowd watched the Bulldogs take over in the second quarter on their way to a 95-72 victory and the lone spot on top of the MVC standings.…
Bulldogs outclass Shockers, set up showdown with Bears
On Friday the talent discrepancy was on full display. The Bulldogs solved WSU’s defense easily, took advantage of Shocker turnovers and hit the open shot on their way to a leisurely 81-59 victory. It …
Bulldogs in good shape halfway through conference season
With nine conference games played and nine to go, the Bulldogs are tied for first in the MVC standings with Northern Iowa and Missouri State. Each team has a 7-2 conference record with Drake boasting …
Close loss to UNI knocks Bulldogs out of first place
The two teams entered Sunday tied for first in The Valley. UNI (11-7, 6-1) now occupies the top spot alone while the Bulldogs (12-6, 5-2), who saw their five-game winning streak snapped, will have to …
Women’s basketball: Drake tied atop MVC standings after dominating Illinois State
With a big second half, Drake bested Indiana State on Friday, 80-55. Sunday night the Bulldogs hosted Illinois State and outclassed the 3-13 Redbirds, 76-41. It was how a contender is supposed to play…
Drake women use huge second half to beat Indiana State
After struggling to get anything going offensively in the first half, the Drake women’s basketball team buried the Indiana State Sycamores in the final two quarters to with its fourth game in a row, 8…
Women’s basketball: Bulldogs back on track
After dropping five of their previous six, the Bulldogs have won three straight and sit at the No. 2 spot in the Missouri Valley Conference standings with a 10-5 (3-1) record, half a game behind Loyol…
No scholarships, no problem
Drake is a charter member of the Pioneer Football League, a college-football anomaly if there ever was one. The PFL is a football-only, non-scholarship conference that began play in 1993.…