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42 season with tempered expectations. ey lost 14 seniors from the 2019 season when Iowa was 15- 5-1. en there was the coronavirus pandemic. And no nonconference matches were played, that would have allowed a young and thin roster to gain experience. e recipe for the late-season surge was keeping a nucleus healthy enough to play 85-90 minutes per outing, defending with purpose and timely goal-scoring. "is group is pretty process-driven and that is who I am as a coach," DiIanni said. "Buy in, input- output. If you don't have the results early on, it can be hard to stay bought in." But these Hawkeyes bought in with passion and their postseason marvel made history. "It shows that belief in yourself and hard work takes you a long way," Wheaton said. "I hope people can look at it and create hope for themselves and create upsets as big as ours someday." "It would have been easy if we said, 'You know what? We have only won two games, let's call it a season,'" Rydberg said. "It came from within. We didn't want to be the team that only won two games." at two-win team vanished quickly into the rearview for one that advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season. It was a struggle. It took an entire team effort. But it was oh, so rewarding. Ingles scored three goals with an assist and was named the Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Freshman Macy Enneking, who made 24 saves and had three shutouts, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Ingles, Enneking, Rydberg and junior Samantha Tawharu were named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team.