Iowa campus planners got some work t' do

No, but she wants to, so that, you know, they do.

"(For us) it's a whole issue with money and location. Our push is to have a volleyball competitive facility as well as a practice facility."

That's Iowa's Cindy Fredrick on HawkCentral.com, bemoaning the state of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Now, we assume she means she'd like to have a practice facility in addition to C-H Arena. The Hawkeyes did beat perennial hotshot program Northern Iowa, but finished 13-19 overall and 2-18 in the Big Ten. That's hardly deserving of two new buildings for the program, but, hey, knock yourself out.

"She wants to build a new facility with a seating capacity of about 5,000 that could be used specifically for volleyball and wrestling and perhaps gymnastics," the article goes on to say. Hm. So she wants a "competitive facility" of "about 5,000" in addition to a practice facility?

"Fredrick said her rebuilding job is being hindered by the fact Iowa doesn't have its own volleyball facility."

That's a big issue with many volleyball programs. Volleyball-only facilities are big selling points in the marquee conferences such as the Big Ten, Pac-10, Big 12, SEC, and Carver-Hawkeye Arena is not an ideal volleyball venue. So what does the athletic deparment say?

A.D. Gary Barta acknowledges the problems with C-H Arena, but he seems only prepared "to meet Fredrick halfway" and build a practice facility for...wait for it...men's and women's basketball. SHOCKER.

"We don't have a new (volleyball) arena in our long-range plans," Barta said. "Carver-Hawkeye is difficult to get set up for a great environment where the fans are close and gives us that home-court advantage."

Will that be enough to quell the Great Fredrick Aspirations?