The Iowa Hawkeyes will be on the road for a dual meet at Bellarmine on Friday. The action will start at 6 PM CST in Knight Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
A quick glance at the Probable Lineups shows that Patrick Kennedy is listed with Nelson Brands at 174. Kennedy represented Team USA at 79kg at the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania two weeks ago. Brands started at 174 for the first two dual meets of the season.
Bellarmine does not have a ranked wrestler. Last weekend Bellarmine competed at the Clarion Open with Grant O’Dell as the highest place winner with third at 174. O’Dell is a redshirt sophomore from North Liberty, Iowa and competed for Iowa City West High School.
True freshman David Mayora from Montini Catholic High School (Northlake, IL) is 6-0 on the season for Bellarmine. He won the Patriot Open last weekend in the Freshman/Sophomore division. Mayora is listed to face Ryder Block at 141.
Iowa has both Joey Cruz and Kale Petersen listed at 125. Cruz lost in the season opener at Oregon State and Petersen received a bye against Stanford last weekend. I am looking forward to seeing Petersen on the mat for the Hawks.
Bellarmine, a private college in Louisville, Kentucky, won NWCA Nationals the last two years. Bellarmine competed at NWCA Nationals as part of transitioning to Division I.
Bellarmine is now a Division I member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They will be eligible to compete at the SoCon Tournament to qualify for the 2025 NCAA National Wrestling Championships.
Former Iowa Hawkeye Ned Shuck has been the head coach of Bellarmine since July 2021. Shuck, originally from Mapleton, Minnesota, graduated with a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Iowa in 2005.
As a member of the Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling program Shuck was a four-year letter winner and three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. In 2005 Shuck was awarded the J. Donald McPike Award for the highest GPA of any graduating Iowa Wrestling senior.
#2 Iowa vs. Bellarmine in Louisville, Kentucky
Friday, November 15 at 6 PM CST
The dual meet will be live streamed on ESPNt.
Steven Grace and Chad Beatty call the action on AM 800 KXIC and audio streamed online at HawkeySports.com via YouTube.
Probable Lineups
125 Joey Cruz So. Fresno, California/Bullard 0-1 -or—/31/32/– Kale Petersen R-Fr. Rockwell, Iowa/Greene County 1-0 vs. Jack Parker R-Jr. Spring Lake, Michigan/Spring Lake 5-2
133 9/9/7/6 Drake Ayala Jr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 1-1 vs. Trayce Eckman R-So. Morganfield, Kentucky/Union County 3-2
141 –/32/–/– Ryder Block R-Fr Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock 1-1 vs. David Mayora Fr. Northlake, Illinois/Montini Catholic 6-0
149 4/4/4/3 Kyle Parco Sr. Danville, California/De La Salle 2-0 vs. Zac Cowan R-Jr. Richmond, Kentucky/Madison Central 4-1
157 1/1/1/1 Jacori Teemer Grad. Long Beach, New York/Long Beach 1-0 vs. Gray Ortis R-So. Mountain Brook, Alabama/Mountain Brook 3-2 or Jeb Prechtel R-Fr. Jasper, Indiana/Jasper 3-2
165 2/2/2/2 Michael Caliendo Jr. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 2-0 vs. Cole Nance Sr. Lawrenceburg, Kentucky/Anderson County 5-1
174 7/10/8/9 Nelson Brands Grad. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West 1-1 or Patrick Kennedy Sr Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota vs. Grant O’Dell R-So. North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa City West 3-1
184 7/8/6/8 Gabe Arnold R-Fr. Albany, Georgia/Iowa City 2-0 vs. Devan Hendricks R-Sr. Jamestown, Ohio/Greenview 1-2 or Sam Schroeder R-Jr. Huntingburg, Indiana/Southridge 1-2
197 1/2/1/1 Stephen Buchanan Grad. Loyal, Wisconsin/Loyal 2-0 vs. Andrew Liber R-Fr. Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis De Sales 4-2
285 16/12/12/16 Ben Kueter R-Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 2-0 vs. Daulton Mayer Sr. Mentor, Kentucky/Walton-Verona 3-2
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
