Wrestling fans across the country and around the world will take notice on Friday, January 31 at 6 PM CST. #2 Iowa will be on the road to take on #1 Penn State.
This meet has it all. Live on TV. Huge crowd of over 15,000 fans. Three matches of undefeated wrestlers at 157, 165 and 197. Several wrestlers listed at two weights for the Hawks. Everything is lined up for a great dual meet.
Every single match will be intense as you would expect from a #1 vs. #2 typical Iowa-Penn State dual meet.
Of the ten matches the most anticipated will be at 184. Penn State has four-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci. Iowa has both redshirt freshman #5 Gabe Arnold and true freshman Angelo Ferrari.
Who will take the mat for Iowa at 184? As a fan I want to see Ferrari. I have wanted to see this match since I saw Ferrari in the Iowa room in practice last October. I want to see where he is at right now.
I do not care about clickbait quotes being thrown around. I want to see the Starocci-Ferrari match and this is the one opportunity. This match eventually could break the record for most individual NCAA titles won by two opponents in a match. Leave absolutely no doubt that I definitely want Ferrari to redshirt this season.
The only thing I do know for certain is Tom Brands could care less what people think and he will make the call. 184 does give us fans something extra to look forward to in this meet.
Iowa has the slightly higher ranked wrestlers at 133, 149,157, and 197. Penn State has a big edge in rankings at 125 and 141.
Iowa Wrestling is my entertainment. I plan on being entertained.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
#2 Iowa vs. #1 Penn State
6 PM CST
Friday, January 31
Bryce Jordan Center
State College, Pennsylvania
Live on BTN
Steven Grace and Mark Ironside call the action on AM 800 KXIC and audio streamed online at HawkeySports.com via YouTube.
Probable Lineups
125 –/26/23 Joey Cruz So. Fresno, California/Bullard 11-6 vs. 8/7/9 Luke Liledahl Fr. St. Charles, Missouri/Wyoming Seminary 10-1
133 1/3/2 Drake Ayala Jr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 11-1 vs. 9/7/7 Braeden Davis So. Belleville, Michigan/Dundee 7-2
141 –/–/18 Ryder Block R-Fr. Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock 2-4 -or- Jace Rhodes So. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 5-2 -or- Cullan Schriever Sr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 3-5 vs. 3/3/3 Beau Bartlett Sr.+ Tempe, Arizona/Wyoming Seminary 12-0
149 3/2/4 Kyle Parco Sr. Danville, California/De La Salle 13-0 vs. 4/4/3 Shayne Van Ness So. Somerville, New Jersey/Blair 11-1
157 3/1/1 Jacori Teemer Grad. Long Beach, New York/Long Beach 3-1 -or- Miguel Estrada Fr. Bakersfield, California/Frontier 13-0/1-2* vs. 1/3/3 Tyler Kasak So. Doylestown, Pennsylvania/Bethlehem Catholic 11-0
165 2/2/2 Michael Caliendo Jr. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 13-0 vs. 1/1/1 Mitchell Mesenbrink So. Hartland, Wisconsin/Arrowhead 13-0
174 6/6/6 Patrick Kennedy Sr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 8-1 vs. 2/2/2 Levi Haines Jr. Arendtsville, Pennsylvania/Biglerville 11-1
184 9/5/5 Gabe Arnold R-Fr. Albany, Georgia/Iowa City 11-1 -or- Angelo Ferrari Fr. Melissa, Texas/Melissa 10-0 vs. 1/1/1 Carter Starocci Grad. Erie, Pennsylvania/Cathedral Prep 12-0
197 1/1/1 Stephen Buchanan Grad. Loyal, Wisconsin/Loyal 13-0 vs. 4/4/4 Josh Barr R-Fr. Davison, Michigan/Davison 10-0
285 13/11/10 Ben Kueter R-Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 10-2 vs. 2/2/2 Greg Kerkvliet Sr.+ Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota/Simley 10-0
* Unattached
^WIN/Intermat/Flo
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
