I want to take a look at the remaining competitions as the regular season begins to wrap up.
We are down to just three dual meets to finish out the regular season. The Hawks will travel to Minnesota for an always competitive dual meet on Friday night February 3 at 8 PM. Minnesota is fresh off of a 24-9 win over Illinois where they won seven of ten matches. You can always count on intense and entertaining matches in the border rivalry of Iowa-Minnesota.
29 of the final 30 opponents Iowa will face in these three dual meet matches are ranked in the top 33 in the country. 33 is the number of NCAA Qualifiers per weight class at Nationals. So all but one match is the equivalent of a match at the NCAA National Tournament.
I like where Iowa Wrestling is at right now. I believe the best is yet to come by a large margin for this year’s Iowa Wrestling team that will peak at the NCAA National Tournament. I am confident about Iowa Wrestling for a reason and I should be.
Let’s get ’em in the middle.
*Based on InterMat Rankings of January 24
At #23 Minnesota Friday February 3 – 8 PM CST
#9 Michigan Friday, February 10 – 8 PM CST
#16 Oklahoma State Sunday, February 19 – 3:30 PM CST
At Big Tens (Ann Arbor, MI) Sat/Sun March 4-5
At NCAA National Tournament (Tulsa, OK) Th-Sat March 16-18
125 – #1 Spencer Lee
#7 Patrick McKee, Minnesota
#20 Jack Medley, Michigan
#23 Trevor Mastrogiovanni, Oklahoma State
133 – #17 Brody Teske
#15 Aaron Nagao, Minnesota
#12 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan
#2 Daton Fix, Oklahoma State
141 – #2 Real Woods
#15 Jake Bergeland, Minnesota
#23 Cole Mattin, Michigan
#32 Carter Young, Oklahoma State
149 – #7 Max Murin
#15 Michael Blockus, Minnesota
#21 Chance Lamer, Michigan
#20 Victor Voinovich, Oklahoma State
157 – #15 Cobe Siebrecht
#17 Brayton Lee, Minnesota
#10 Will Lewan, Michigan
#11 Kaden Gfeller, Oklahoma State
165 – #13 Patrick Kennedy
#28 Andrew Sparks, Minnesota
#6 Cameron Amine, Michigan
#26 Wyatt Sheets, Oklahoma State
174 – #16 Nelson Brands
#15 Bailee O’Reilly, Minnesota
#27 Max Maylor, Michigan
#6 Dustin Plott, Oklahoma State
184 – #12 Abe Assad
#10 Isaiah Salazar, Minnesota
#8 Matt Finesilver, Michigan
#11 Travis Wittlake, Oklahoma State
197 – #7 Jacob Warner
#27 Michial Foy, Minnesota
Brendin Yatooma, Michigan
#18 Luke Surber, Oklahoma State
Hwt – #3 Tony Cassioppi
#32 Garrett Joles, Minnesota
#1 Mason Parris, Michigan
#24 Konner Doucet, Oklahoma State
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
