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Speed, Quickness & High Energy By Darren Miller D ana Dalrymple opened the scoring for the University of Iowa women's soccer team in the sixth minute of the first match against Eastern Illinois on Aug. 17. And aſter last season's taste in the Big Ten Tournament, Dalrymple wants to be part of another Hawkeye first: a first postseason victory in program history. A year ago, Iowa raced to a 9-0 start and finished 13-4-3, its first winning record in nine seasons. Once in the Big Ten Tournament, the Hawkeyes and Michigan State played 110 minutes of scoreless soccer. The Spartans advanced to the semifinals with a 4-3 edge in penalty kicks. "It was a great atmosphere and a lot of fun to continue playing aſter the regular season," Dalrymple said. "That game was a battle, and it's always an awful way to end a game in penalty kicks. Last season we wanted to make it into the tournament, and we reached our goal. We were proud of our performance, but this season we want to go further in the tournament and make NCAAs." " Six Hawkeyes that started the tournament game against Michigan State return, including Dalrymple and fellow senior Kat Lewis. Other seniors on the UI roster are Allie Adam, Gabrielle Ainsworth, Stefani Campbell and Jade Grimm. "It's a neat group," UI head coach Ron Rainey said. "It's a good group from a standpoint of keeping the team together and keeping it working hard. I'm hopeful that the taste of success they had last year, they will want to do the same thing as a senior class in 2012." In six trips to the league postseason, the Hawkeyes are 0-5-1. This group of seniors won 30 times in its first three seasons, and great things are anticipated this fall. "The first two years we had a couple rough seasons, and we didn't finish how we wanted, "It was a great atmosphere and a lot of fun to continue playing aſter the regular season, " Dalrymple said. "We had a lot of overtime losses, so it was kind of frustrating. Last year's winning season felt good. You work hard for those accomplishments, and the hard work paid off. " Iowa was 9-11 in 2009 and 8-9-3 in 2010 before the breakthrough 13-win season in 2011. As of Oct. 25, the Hawkeyes are 11-5-3 overall. Dalrymple is from Cincinnati, 100 miles from Ohio State University; her father, Dorne, attended Michigan State University, and her stepfather and step-siblings attended Indiana University. "I grew up around the Big Ten, and I wanted to stay in the Big Ten," Dalrymple said about selecting a college. "I wanted to get out of Ohio and I thought Iowa was a good fit for me. " During the past four seasons, the Hawkeyes have won 87 percent of their nonconference games (33-4-1). The competition stiffens in the Big Ten, where last season's victory percentage in the league (4-4-3) was the best since going 5-5 in 2000. Iowa is 2-5-3 in conference action in 2012. 41