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Iowa baseball takes share of B1G lead to Northwestern beginning Friday

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller says the Hawkeyes have accepted their identity, and it is one of the reasons they take a share of the Big Ten lead to Northwestern for Friday's start of a three-game series. The Hawkeyes are the top hitting and pitching team in the Big Ten and are tied at the top of the league standings with UCLA at 10-2. Heller says the Hawkeye offense has managed to succeed in all types of weather conditions. They lead the Big Ten with a .327 average and are also tied for the lead in home runs with 25. With only two starters back from last year's team, Helller says a key has been how quickly the new players have bought in to their system of hitting. Northwestern enters the series with a 5-4 record in Big Ten play.