The Hawks are on the road with a dual meet at Minnesota on Friday, February 3 at 8 PM CST. You can always count on an entertaining meet with this border battle. Also a loud fan base.
Iowa is #2 in both the tournament and dual meet rankings by InterMat. Minnesota is #23 in tournament and #11 in dual meet.
Minnesota is 11-2 on the season including a win over Oklahoma State. They have dropped a dual to Northwestern and Nebraska. Minnesota has won four straight over Michigan State, Indiana, #19 Purdue, and #29 Illinois. Last Saturday in a 24-9 win over Illinois the Gophers won seven of ten bouts when they were only favored in four matches.
The best matchup for rankings is at 125 with #1 Spencer Lee and #6 Patrick McKee. I hope we see Brody Teske at 133 from here on out. Minnesota has #14 Aaron Nagao and Jake Gilva. #2 Real Woods will have #15 Jake Bergeland at 141.
At 149 we will have #6 Max Murin against #15 Michael Blockhus. #15 Cobe Siebrecht will have either #17 Brayton Lee or Sebas Swiggum. Lee was ranked as high as #4 earlier in the season and did not wrestle Saturday against Illinois.
#7 Patrick Kennedy will return to his home state to challenge #28 Andrew Sparks at 165. At 174 #16 Nelson Brands will have #11 Bailee O’Reilly who just defeated #10 Ed Ruth of Illinois, 6-4. At this time Iowa does not have a wrestler listed at 184.
#7 Jacob Warner will face #28 Michial Foy at 197. And at Hwt #3 Tony Cassioppi will face #32 Garrett Joles.
Minnesota has been wrestling well and I look for an entertaining dual meet.
#2 Iowa at #23 Minnesota
Friday, February 3
8 PM CST
Live on BTN
Mark Ironside and Steven Grace on 800 AM KXIC, iheartradio.com and hawkeyesports.com
125
1/1/1 Spencer Lee RS Sr. Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional 11-0
5/6/6 Patrick McKee RS Sr. St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville 10-2
133
–/17/– Brody Teske Jr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge (Penn State/UNI) 4-1 -or- Cullan Schriever So. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 7-6
17/15/14 Aaron Nagao RS Fr. La Habra, Calif./Esperanza 14-3 -or- Jake Gliva RS Sr. Inner Grove Heights, Minn./Simley 10-6
141
2/2/2 Real Woods Sr. Albuquerque, N.M/Montini Catholic (Ill.) (Stanford) 10-0
11/15/14 Jake Bergeland Gr. Hugo, Minn./Centennial 12-6
149
10/6/7 Max Murin RS Sr. Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria 14-3
15/15/14 Michael Blockhus RS Sr. Cresco, Iowa/New Hampton (Northern Iowa) 13-3
157
17/15/11 Cobe Siebrecht Jr. Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon 8-3
14/17/16 Brayton Lee RS Sr. Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg 4-6 -or- Sebas Swiggum RS Jr. Apple Valley, Minn./Apple Valley 4-4
165
9/7/7 Patrick Kennedy So. Kasson-Mantorville, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville 13-2
–/28/– Andrew Sparks Jr. Costa Mesa, Calif./Calvary Chapel 13-7 -or Cael Carlson RS Jr. Willmar, Minn./Willmar 10-5
174
16/16/15 Nelson Brands Sr. Iowa City, Iowa/West 4-4
14/11/12 Bailee O’Reilly Gr. Goodhue, Minn./Goodhue 13-3 -or- Jared Krattiger RS Sr. Waterford, Wis./Waterford 8-1
184
Iowa – TBA
8/10/11 Isaiah Salazar Jr. Greeley, Colo./Windsor 14-1
197
7/7/9 Jacob Warner Sr. Tolono, Ill./Washington 11-3
19/28/– Michial Foy Gr. Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee (Harper College) 12-7
285
3/3/3 Tony Cassioppi Sr. Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah 16-1
–/32/– Garrett Joles RS Sr. Boyceville, Wis./Boyceville 11-10
*(WIN/InterMat/AWN rankings)
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
