Hellerball Check-In: Where Iowa Baseball Stands With Regular Season Winding Down
The season is nearing a close and the Hawkeyes are still fighting.
Iowa head coach Rick Heller leaves the mound during game 2 of Iowa vs. Oregon State baseball at Principal Park on May 10, 2025, in Des Moines. | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Football season is over and football season is six months away.
So while the rest of the Iowa sports calendar settles into spring break mode, our attention naturally turns to the diamond. Rick Heller’s Hawkeyes are 28-18 overall, 12-12 in the Big Ten , and right at the inflection point where the next two weekends decide whether 2026 ends in a regional or a “wait ’til next year” Memorial Day. Let’s run the checklist.
Solid, Not Spectacular, With a Loaded Schedule Down the Stretch The 28-18 mark is the kind of regular-season line that screams “good but not great” — exactly where a Heller-era Iowa team usually lives, with the opportunity to stamp itself into something more in May. Iowa is on a mini-roll: swept Indiana at home (12-2, 9-2, 7-4) the weekend of April 24-26, then took two of three from Illinois to start May. The Hawkeyes are, however, on a one-game skid after dropping the Sunday finale to Illinois 6-2 on Senior Day at Duane Banks Field.
Feelin' Icyyyy 🥶 pic. twitter. com/XApUoLWVNA — Iowa Baseball (@UIBaseball) May 2, 2026 The remaining schedule does not get easier .
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