A lottery-style drawing determined the final five entrants for the National Duals Invitational set for Nov 15-16 at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. University of Iowa and UNI are part of the 16-team field. Iowa women well represented in U.S. Open semifinals. More transactions for state schools.
The highly-anticipated match between NCAA champions Carter Starocci and Parker Keckeisen finished in Starocci’s favor in sudden victory-1. Iowa, Iowa State and UNI had Grand View Open champions. David Taylor wins his first two duals at Oklahoma State and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson returning in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Iowa has six wrestlers seeded third or better and the competition for postseason spots has been settled. The Hawkeyes will look to try to improve last year’s runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships March 9-10 at Maryland.
The Big Ten Conference announced the pre-seeds Monday for conference tournament this weekend at University of Maryland in College Park, Md. The Hawkeyes have six seeded third or better.
Top-ranked Penn State won eight matches, including five with bonus points, dominating No. 3 Iowa, 29-6, Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Penn State Coach Cael Sanderson earned his 200th career dual win with the Nittany Lions.
At a time that was put up or shut up, Iowa’s Caleb Rathjen made some noise, going 5-0 and winning the 149-pound title at the second annual Soldier Salute Saturday at Xtream Arena.
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