Iowa will host Oklahoma State at 3:30 PM this Sunday, February 19 for the final dual meet of the year. This is a dual meet as a fan you look forward to every year.
Iowa-Oklahoma State, Senior Day, Alumni Day, last dual meet of the season, live coverage on BTN and the radio, sold out standing room only crowd at legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena, this will be a good day.
There is not a match of two highly ranked wrestlers in this meet which seems hard to believe. Abe Assad listed at 184 in the Probable Lineups along with Drake Rhodes is what really stood out to me. Assad last competed against Minnesota on February 3. Assad or Rhodes will face #10 Travis Wittlake.
The only other weight with more than one Hawkeye listed in the Probable Lineups is 133. #16 Brody Teske or Cullan Schriever will face #2 Daton Fix.
My top match of the meet is at 157 with #13 Cobe Siebrecht vs. #9 Kaden Gfeller. Siebrecht looks better and better as the season plays out going up against a gauntlet of higher ranked opponents.
#14 Nelson Brands vs. #11 Dustin Plott should be a good match at 174.
At 197 #12 Jacob Warner will face #17 Luke Surber. Surber defeated at the time #1 and undefeated Rocky Elam of Missouri 5-4 in a February 5th dual meet.
Oklahoma State enters the dual with a 14-2 record with losses to Minnesota on December 4 (18-12) and Iowa State on Jan 29 (18-11). Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma last night (Thursday), 25-6 by winning eight of ten bouts.
The Cowboys won the Southern Scuffle and defeated Michigan (24-15) and Missouri (17-16).
Sunday will be Senior Day and Alumni Day. This will be the last time Iowa Wrestling fans will see Spencer Lee, Max Murin, and Jacob Warner compete in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the Iowa Hawkeyes. This group of seniors will be missed.
I look forward to Alumni Day every year to see the legends of the past. What an amazing tradition of winning for Iowa Wrestling.
The Hawkeye Wrestling Club will have a Pre-Match Social at Joe’s Place starting at 12:30 PM Sunday before the big Iowa-Oklahoma State meet. Joe’s Place is located at 115 Iowa Ave in downtown Iowa City.
I have been informed that there will not be a H.A.W.K. party on Sunday following the meet.
There will be a Black Out for fans at the dual meet Sunday.
BTN will have live coverage of the Iowa-Oklahoma State dual meet. Mark Ironside and Steven Grace will be on 800 AM KXIC, iheartradio.com and hawkeyesports.com.
I believe Sunday will be an extra special great day to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
#2 Iowa vs. #17 Oklahoma State in legendary sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Sunday, February 19
3:30 PM CST
Live on BTN
Mark Ironside and Steven Grace on 800 AM KXIC, iheartradio.com and hawkeyesports.com
*****(WIN/InterMat/AWN)
125
1/1/1 Spencer Lee RS Sr. Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional 13-0
–/28/– Reece Witcraft RS Jr. Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow 15-8
133
14/16/18 Brody Teske Jr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge (Penn State/UNI) 6-1 -or Cullan Schriever So. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 7-6
2/2/2 Daton Fix RS Sr. Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page 21-0
141
2/2/2 Real Woods Sr. Albuquerque, N.M/Montini Catholic (Ill.) (Stanford) 12-0
13/15/16 Carter Young So. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater 13-9
149
10/6/7 Max Murin RS Sr. Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria 16-3
18/20/20 Victor Voinovich RS Fr. Brecksville, Ohio/Brecksville 14-7
157
10/13/11 Cobe Siebrecht Jr. Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon 10-3
11/9/13 Kaden Gfeller RS Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall 17-5
165
9/7/7 Patrick Kennedy So. Kasson-Mantorville, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville 15-2
–/23/– Wyatt Sheets RS Sr. Stilwell, Okla./Stilwell 12-11
174
16/14/14 Nelson Brands Sr. Iowa City, Iowa/West 5-4
7/11/8 Dustin Plott Jr. Tuttle, Okla./Tuttle 18-3
184
11/12/10 Abe Assad Jr. Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North 14-2 -or- Drake Rhodes Fr. Billings, Mont./Billings West 1-4
10/10/13 Travis Wittlake RS Sr. Coos Bay, Ore./Marshfield 16-3
197
11/12/12 Jacob Warner Sr. Tolono, Ill./Washington 12-4
19/17/18 Luke Surber Jr. Tuttle, Okla./Tuttle 17-6
285
3/3/3 Tony Cassioppi Sr. Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah 16-2
–/22/– Konner Doucet RS Sr. Comanche, Okla./Comanche 15-7
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
