IOWA CITY, IOWA – #15 FDU (30-4, 18-0) prepares to dance for the second season in a row, as they face #2 Iowa (26-6, 15-3) on Saturday, March 21.
 

THE BASICS

• WHEN: Saturday, March 21, 4 p.m. ET
• WHERE: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa)
• WATCH: ESPN
• STATS: NCAA.com

KNIGHT TALES

• FDU enters the NCAA tournament for the second-consecutive season, after winning the 2026 NEC Tournament.
• Ava Renninger led the Knights during their conference title run, averaging 17.7 PPG across the tournament en route to being named the 2026 NEC Tournament MVP.
• FDU became the first team in NEC history to complete back-to-back perfect seasons, after going undefeated against NEC competition for the second year in a row.
• The Knights finished the season as one of three teams to go undefeated in conference play, joining UConn and UCLA.
• Head coach Stephanie Gaitley will make her 11th career appearance in the NCAA tournament as a head coach.

SCOUTING THE HAWKEYES

• Iowa enters the field as a #2 seed following a 26-6 season.
• The matchup will be the second all-time between FDU and Iowa. The Knights fell to Iowa in head coach Stephanie Gaitley's first game as FDU head coach in 2023.
• The Hawkeyes fell to UCLA in the Big Ten title game in their last appearance.
• Ava Heiden leads the Hawkeyes with 17.4 PPG, while shooting 64.7% from the floor.
• Iowa enters the tournament with one of the top offenses in the nation. The Hawkeyes rank third nationally in assists per game, and sixth in the nation in field goal percentage.
• Jan Jensen leads the Hawkeyes in her second year at the helm of the program.

WHAT'S AT STAKE

The winner of the matchup will face the winner of #7 Georgia vs. #10 Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. That game will be held on Monday, March 23.