Iowa-Minnesota preview with Probable Lineups

We have another Big Ten border rivalry when the #2 Iowa Hawkeyes travel to take on #5 Minnesota at 8 PM Friday, February 14. The meet will be televised on BTN. You can always count on an intense dual meet when these two teams clash. The first to stand out on the...

Iowa in the new InterMat Rankings

InterMat released updated rankings this morning. Iowa remained #2 in the Tournament Rankings and #3 in the Dual Rankings. For Dual Rankings it is Penn State-Oklahoma State-Iowa-Northern Iowa. The Tournament Rankings remained the same with Penn State-Iowa-Oklahoma...

A busy and great week of Iowa Wrestling

It is common to have a busy weekend this time of year for Iowa Wrestling. However, all of last week was huge for Iowa Wrestling. Let’s take a look before we head into another big week. Monday, Feb 3 I released a blog with remaining matchups. I get a lot of positive...

Recruits in action: Feb 7-8 RESULTS

We had a big weekend for our incoming results. Bo Bassett was 3-0 at PIAA AA Duals in Altoona. Wrestling up a weight at 152 Bo had two pins and a major decision. In the finals Bo defeated Max Stein(Faith Christian) 17-9. Stein is ranked #2 in Pennsylvania and #12 in...

Iowa remains #1 in NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll

The Iowa Hawkeyes remained ranked #1 in the new NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll. Iowa is #1 with 124 points followed by North Central at 90 and McKendree with 74. Iowa still has six wrestlers ranked #1 in the country: Rianne Murphy(103), Brianna Gonzalez(117), Macey...

Blades wins gold at Zagreb Open

Kennedy Blades of the University of Iowa won gold at 68kg at the Zagreb Open Ranking Event in Zagreb, Croatia. In the first round Blades pinned Kendra Dacher (France) in just :35 followed by another fall in the second round over Adela Hanzlickova (Czech Republic) in...