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Coach Dave Dilanni constantly preaches to his team that they have to have the belief and confidence that they are one of the top teams in the country. On Thursday night, belief became a reality. The 18th-ranked Iowa Soccer team knocked off perennial Big Ten power Penn State. As the final horn sounded, the Hawkeyes bench spilled onto the pitch in celebration of their 2-1 victory over the 15th-ranked Nittany Lions. “It’s a common misconception that we’re the underdog. We hate that term. We are not the underdog,” says forward Maya Hansen. “We’re here to play and we are in these situations for a r…

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