The Iowa Hawkeyes will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma to take on Oklahoma State on Sunday. The meet will be televised on FSI at 2 PM.
In the new InterMat Rankings Iowa is ranked #3 in both Tournament and Dual Meet rankings. Oklahoma State is #4 in Tournament and #2 in Dual Meet rankings.
You can bet that Gallagher-Iba Arena will be packed and provide a great setting for a big dual meet between the two most successful programs in the history of college wrestling.
The results of these matches will come into play for seeds at Big Tens and Nationals.
This will be a typical Iowa-Oklahoma State dual meet that will be fun to watch.
I look for the dual meet to begin at 125. Getting started right is always important. #4 Drake Ayala will face #12 Troy Spratley.
The deciding match of the dual meet may be at 149. Iowa has both #8 Caleb Rathjen and Victor Voinovich listed to face either #18 Jordan Williams or Sammy Alvarez. The winner at 149 is going to have a big advantage winning this dual meet.
The biggest matchup for rankings is at 165. #7 Michael Caliendo vs. #3 Izzak Olejnik will be the match of the day.
Iowa has Aiden Riggins and Gabe Arnold both listed at 184 to face #2 Dustin Plott.
Another pivotal match is at 197 with #11 Zach Glazier vs. #16 Luke Surber. Glazier has been clutch all season putting dual meets away in pressure situations. He may have that opportunity once again on Sunday.
Iowa has both #29 Brad Hill and Ben Kueter listed at Hwt to face #11 Konner Doucet.
This will be an intense and exciting dual meet every step of the way.
I did have Iowa as a favorite with Rathjen competing. Without knowing if Rathjen is going I have this as a toss up with the Hawks finding a way to win way in a close dual meet.
You can listen to the Iowa-Oklahoma State dual meet on iheart.com, YouTube, and AM 800 KXIC where Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will call the action.
This will be the final dual meet of the season before the Tournament season begins.
Sat and Sun March 9-10 – at Big Ten Championships (College Park, Maryland)
Thurs-Sat March 21-23 – at NCAA Championships (Kansas City, MO)
#3 IOWA HAWKEYES (11-2, 6-2) 2023-24 Overall
Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record
125 2/4/3/3 Drake Ayala So. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 18-3
133 17/20/23/20 Cullan Schriever Jr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 8-3
-or- Brody Teske Sr. Duncombe, Iowa/Fort Dodge 11-3
141 2/2/2/3 Real Woods R-Sr. Albuquerque, New Mexico/Montini Catholic (Ill.) 13-2
149 12/8/11/8 Caleb Rathjen So. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny 14-3
-or- Victor Voinovich III So. Brecksville, Ohio/Brecksville 11-5
157 6/5/5/6 Jared Franek Grad. Harwood, North Dakota/West Fargo 19-3
165 7/7/7/8 Michael Caliendo So. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 19-3
174 7/7/5/5 Patrick Kennedy Jr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 11-4
184 Aiden Riggins R-Fr. Janesville, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock 11-11
-or- Gabe Arnold Fr. Albany, Georgia/Iowa City 8-0
197 10/11/12/8 Zach Glazier Sr. Albert Lea, Minnesota/Albert Lea 20-1
285 –/29/–/– Bradley Hill R-Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf 16-5
-or- Ben Kueter Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 2-1
^ WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN
#4 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS (14-0, 8-0) 2023-24 Overall
Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record
125 5/12/8/12 Troy Spratley R-Fr. Eufala, Oklahoma/Plano West 18-4
133 2/3/3/2 Daton Fix R-Sr. Sand Springs, Oklahoma/Charles Page 12-0
141 6/8/9/8 Tagen Jamison R-Fr. Durant, Oklahoma/Plano West 14-5
149 20/18/11/19 Jordan Williams R-Fr. Tulsa, Oklahoma/Owasso 10-6
-or- Sammy Alvarez Sr. Garfield, New Jersey/Saint Joseph Regional 3-4
157 10/10/10/11 Teague Travis R-So. Stillwater, Oklahoma/Stillwater 17-3
165 4/3/3/4 Izzak Olejnik R-Sr. Bakersfield, California/Bakersfield 19-3
174 –/21/24/17 Brayden Thompson Fr. Frankfort, Illinois/Lockport Township 9-7
184 2/2/2/2 Dustin Plott Sr. Tuttle, Oklahoma/Tuttle 21-2
197 11/16/16/16 Luke Surber Sr. Tuttle, Oklahoma/Tuttle 8-3
285 12/11/11/12 Konner Doucet R-Jr. Comanche, Oklahoma/Comanche 13-6
^ WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
