We are down to just five dual meets before the tournaments begin. Every single match is crucial for rankings at the National Tournament and Big Tens. As fans we are in for some great wrestling for the last two months of the season. The remaining five dual meets will provide matches with highly ranked opponents.
Jacob Warner is currently ranked #4 at 197. Warner will face the #1,2, and 3 ranked wrestlers at his weight along with two ranked up and coming opponents. We will see the top two ranked wrestlers at 174 in the Penn State meet with #2 Michael Kemerer vs. #1 Carter Starocci. #1 Alex Marinelli will face three opponents ranked in the top eight at 165.
I have been making comments on by blog for weeks now that Abe Assad is underranked at 184 at #18. We will soon find out with Assad facing the #1,7,10, and 11 ranked wrestlers in the country. What a great opportunity for Assad.
As with Kemerer and Warner, every one of the five remaining opponents for Tony Cassioppi is ranked. Cassioppi will face the #4,8,11,12, and 30 ranked wrestlers at Hwt.
We are in for a very entertaining finish to the 2022 wrestling season for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Iowa travels to Ohio State Friday for a Big Ten dual meet at 7 PM.
All rankings by InterMat.
Remaining schedule for #2 Iowa:
Friday, January 21 – at #9 Ohio State 7PM
Friday, January 28 – #1 Penn State 8 PM
Saturday, February 5 – #22 Wisconsin 2:30 PM
Saturday, February 12 – at #4 Oklahoma State (Arlington, Texas) 6:30 PM
Sunday, February 20 – at #6 Nebraska 6 PM
Sat/Sun March 5-6 at Big Tens (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Th-Sat, March 17-19 at NCAA National Tournament (Detroit, Michigan)
165 – #1 Alex Marinelli
Ohio State – #7 Carson Kharchla
Penn State – #16 Brady Berge
Wisconsin – #8 Dean Hamiti
Oklahoma State – #5 Travis Wittlake
Nebraska – Unranked
174 – #2 Michael Kemerer
Ohio State – #7 Ethan Smith
Penn State – #1 Carter Starocci
Wisconsin – #22 Andrew McNally
Oklahoma State – #8 Dustin Plott
Nebraska – #5 Mickey Labriola
184 – #18 Abe Assad
Ohio State – #7 Kaleb Romero
Penn State – #1 Aaron Brooks
Wisconsin – Unranked
Oklahoma State – #10 Dakota Geer
Nebraska – #11 Taylor Venz
197 – #4 Jacob Warner
Ohio State – #20 Gavin Hoffman
Penn State – #2 Max Dean
Wisconsin – #22 Braxton Amos
Oklahoma State – #1 AJ Ferrari
Nebraska – #3 Eric Schultz
Hwt – #5 Tony Cassioppi
Ohio State – #12 Tate Orndorff
Penn State – #4 Greg Kerkvliet
Wisconsin – #8 Trent Hillger
Oklahoma State – #30 Luke Suber
Nebraska – #11 Christian Lance
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
