The Iowa women’s soccer team knocked off Valparaiso, 3-1, Sunday afternoon to remain the Big Ten’s lone undefeated team and run its nonconference winning streak to 15 matches, dating back to last season. Best of all, Iowa (6-0-0) suffered no setback playing just two days after taking down heated rival Iowa State on the road. Melanie Pickert, Cloe Lacasse and Dana Dalrymple scored Iowa’s goals. Watch our interview with Iowa coach Ron Rainey now and see all of our Sunday Olympic sports video in this post.

The Big Ten announced its 2012 women’s soccer preseason coaches’ poll and players to watch list on Tuesday, with defending regular season champion Penn State earning top honors among the 12 conference teams. The Nittany Lions enter the season as the conference favorites after winning their 14th straight Big Ten title in 2011.

CHICAGO – BTN will televise more soccer this season than ever before, with at least 60 matches set to air on BTN, including for the first time each round of the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Soccer Tournaments. Each BTN broadcast is also available on BTN2Go.

The weekend saw several of the conference’s soccer, field hockey and volleyball teams in action. The No. 4 Nebraska volleyball team (17-1, 10-0) made history Saturday night, overcoming No. 1 Illinois in a 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-19, 25-11) victory. With the win, the Huskers advance as the only undefeated team in Big Ten Conference play. Watch Nebraska head coach John Cook talk about the win now. Take a dive inside for an interview with Saturday’s top player Lauren Cook, plus much more from around the conference.

The University of Iowa women’s soccer team battled through regulation and into overtime Thursday night in Lincoln, but the efforts were not enough as the team fell to the Cornhuskers, 1-0. Iowa (11-4-2, 3-4-2) allowed a late goal with 1:04 remaining in the first overtime period. Watch now as Morgan Marlborough talks after she scored the winning goal during sudden death for Nebraska.