The Iowa Hawkeyes will be on the road at Big Ten rival Michigan at 7:30 PM CST on Friday, February 2. The dual meet will be televised by BTN.
How close is this dual meet on paper according to rankings? Iowa and Michigan are both favored in five matches each with a lot of close matches expected.
In the Probable Lineups Iowa has one wrestler listed at each weight except for Hwt. where both Brad Hill and Ben Kueter are listed. Cullan Schriever is listed at 133 and Caleb Rathjen at 149.
Michigan has two wrestlers listed at 165 and 197.
The biggest match of the night will be #8 Patrick Kennedy vs. #3 Shane Griffith at 174.
The second biggest match would be 197 with the potential for bonus points out of Zach Glazier.
Should Iowa win 174 and get at least two bonus points at 197 they will have a real good chance of winning this dual meet.
This dual will draw a strong crowd across the country and I am expecting fireworks in an entertaining dual meet.
What a great way to start the weekend of wrestling.
You can listen to the Iowa-Michigan dual meet on iheart.com, YouTube, and AM 800 KXIC where Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will call the action.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
2 IOWA HAWKEYES (10-0) 2023-24 Overall
Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record
125 3/5/4/4 Drake Ayala So. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 17-2
133 19/18/–/– Cullan Schriever Jr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 8-1
141 1/1/1/1 Real Woods R-Sr. Albuquerque, New Mexico/Montini Catholic (Ill.) 12-0
149 15/11/14/14 Caleb Rathjen So. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny 12-3
157 3/2/2/3 Jared Franek Grad. Harwood, North Dakota/West Fargo 18-1
165 6/6/6/7 Michael Caliendo So. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 18-1
174 8/8/6/5 Patrick Kennedy Jr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 10-2
184 Aiden Riggins R-Fr. Janesville, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock 10-10
197 10/11/12/7 Zach Glazier Sr. Albert Lea, Minnesota/Albert Lea 18-0
285 –/28/–/– Bradley Hill R-Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf 15-4
-or- – Ben Kueter Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 2-0
^ WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN
No. 12 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES (5-3) 2023-24 Overall
Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record
125 10/12/15/14 Michael DeAugustino Gr. Palm Coast, Florida/Flager Palm Coast 8-2
133 4/4/4/4 Dylan Ragusin R-Jr. Elk Grove Village, Illinois/Montini Catholic 19-0
141 15/19/19/18 Sergio Lemley Fr. Chesterton, Indiana/Mount Carmel (Ill.) 12-4
149 5/6//6/7 Austin Gomez Gr. Carol Stream, Illinois/Glenbard North 4-0
157 13/12/14/17 Will Lewan Gr. Chicago, Illinois/Montini Catholic 7-4
165 9/10/8/10 Cameron Amine R-Sr. Brighton, Michigan/Detroit Catholic Central 8-4
-or- Beau Mantanona Fr. Bermuda Dunes, California/Palm Desert 15-5
174 3/3/3/3 Shane Griffith Gr. Westwood, New Jersey/Bergen Catholic 10-2
184 16/19/16/14 Jaden Bullock R-Jr. Chesapeake, Virginia/Oscar Smith 13-7
197 Bobby Striggow Gr. Orono, Minnesota/Orono 5-6
-or- Rylan Rogers R-Fr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho/Coeur d’Alene 4-4
285 7/6/6/6 Lucas Davison Gr. Chesterton, Indiana/Chesterton
^ WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
