DeSanto and Black medal at Haparnada Cup

Austin DeSanto won bronze and Otto Black silver at the Haparanda Cup in Haparanda, Sweden. Both competed at 63kg/138 lbs. DeSanto dropped his first round match followed by winning two matches by tech fall for the bronze medal. Black made the finals with a decision and...

Iowa remains #1 in NCAA Women’s Rankings

The NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) updated the NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll. Iowa remained #1 in the tournament rankings.  There was a change right after Iowa at #1 who went down one point to 120. North Central went from #3 to #2 and King went from #3 to...

Iowa Wrestling update

We have a rare break in the action as Iowa Wrestling fans. The Men’s and Women’s team have the Thanksgiving weekend off. In year’s past Iowa would start the dual meet season the day after Thanksgiving. Now the season starts earlier than ever. The Hawks started...

Iowa in the new InterMat Rankings – Nov 26

InterMat released new rankings this morning. The Hawks remained #2 in both the tournament and dual rankings. In the Tournament Rankings Minnesota has replaced Oklahoma State at fourth place. Both Minnesota and Oklahoma State are listed at 55 points but InterMat has...

A look at 157 for Iowa

The great news from Saturday night is Iowa defeated Iowa State 21-15 for the 20th straight time in the rivalry. The bad news was #1 ranked Jacori Teemer at 157 had an injury default at 3:32 in the second period. I can only speculate that it looked like a pulled...