The #2 Iowa Hawkeyes will host #4 Nebraska at 7 PM on Friday night in sold out legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena. I am expecting a loud crowd of Hawkeye fans that will be ready to go.
I look forward to the Iowa-Nebraska meet every year. You can always count on intense wrestling between two programs that do not like each other. A Big Ten border rivalry.
Iowa has only one wrestler listed at 141 with Cullan Schriever and at 157 with Miquel Estrada. Nebraska has two wrestlers listed at 133, 141, and 174.
The biggest match of the night will be at 149 with #4 Kyle Parco vs. #2 Ridge Lovett. I am also looking forward to seeing #5 Gabe Arnold vs. #8 Silas Allred at 184. We can expect it to be close in both matches.
Nebraska is noticeable favorite at 125, 141 and 157 with 149 and 184 being a tossup. With that in mind this could be a close dual meet that will come down to bonus points. Just what you would expect for #2 vs. #4.
This will be an entertaining dual meet from start to finish.
I look for the Hawks to come out strong to a ramped up Friday night crowd.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
#2 Iowa vs. #4 Nebraska
Friday, February 7
7 PM CST
Iowa City, Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
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 11-8 vs. 4/8/6 Caleb Smith Grad. High Point, North Carolina/SW Guilford 14-4
133 1/3/2 Drake Ayala Jr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 13-1 vs. 12/15/16 Jacob Van Dee So. Union City, Pennsylvania/Cathedral Prep 10-6 -or- Omar Ayoub Fr. Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman 8-1
141 Cullan Schriever Sr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 4-6 vs. 4/6/4 Brock Hardy Jr. Brigham City, Utah/Box Elder 16-3 -or- Blake Cushing Jr. Grand Island, Nebraska/Grand Island 10-3
149 3/2/4 Kyle Parco Sr. Danville, California/De La Salle 14-1 vs. 2/2/2 Ridge Lovett Sr. Post Falls, Idaho/Post Falls 14-1
157 Miguel Estrada Fr. Bakersfield, California/Frontier 13-1/1-2* vs. 4/4/4 Antrell Taylor So. Millard, Nebraska/Millard South 16-2
165 2/2/2/2 Michael Caliendo Jr. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 14-1 vs. 11/8/13 Christopher Minto R-Fr. Cape Coral, Florida/Mariner 16-1
174 6/6/6 Patrick Kennedy Sr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 9-2 vs. 11/14/14 Lenny Pinto Jr. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania/Stroudsburg 16-4 -or- Ethan DeLeon R-Fr. North Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan 19-5
184 9/5/5 Gabe Arnold R-Fr. Albany, Georgia/Iowa City 12-1 vs.8/8/7 Silas Allred Jr. Anderson, Indiana/Shenandoah 14-3
197 1/1/1 Stephen Buchanan Grad. Loyal, Wisconsin/Loyal 15-0 vs.–/20/22 Camden McDanel Fr. Circleville, Ohio/Texas Valley 14-8
285 13/11/10 Ben Kueter R-Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 11-3 vs. –/21/21 Harley Andrews So. Tuttle, Oklahoma/Tuttle 10-9
* Unattached
^WIN/InterMat/Flo
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
