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J.R. OgdenBy: J.R. Ogden Jan. 15, 2021 10:49 pm Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 10:59 pm
Iowa wrestling opens season in dominating fashion against Nebraska

The numbers don't lie.

In this matchup between the No. 1 and No. 6 ranked college wrestling teams in the country, the difference was slightly more than five.

Top-ranked Iowa won eight of the 10 bouts, scored 26 takedowns — to Nebraska's five — and 90 match points en route to a 31-6 rout of the Cornhuskers on Friday night at a mostly empty Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

It was a dominant opening to this shortened 2021 season, but Iowa Coach Tom Brands said it could have been better.

'They responded well to the long, long lay off,' he said. 'But we can get better ... we've got to keep getting better.'

The defending Big Ten champion Hawkeyes won the first six bouts, getting a pin from two-time national champion Spencer Lee at 125 pounds and a 21-6 technical fall from Austin DeSanto at 133. Lee needed just 1 minute and 21 seconds to finish Liam Cronin and DeSanto scored eight takedowns and four nearfall points, finishing Edwin Thomsen in 4:57.

Jaydin Eierman, a three-time All-American at Missouri, made his Hawkeye debut at 141 and scored a pair of takedowns in an 8-4 win over seventh-ranked Chad Red.

'It was just amazing to get out there and do what I had to do,' Eierman said of his first match in an Iowa singlet. 'I could have been more dominant ... it's just going to get better from here.'

IOWA 31, NEBRASKA 6

(Takedowns in parentheses)

125 pounds — Spencer Lee (I) pinned Liam Cronin, 1:21 (1,0); 133 — Austin DeSanto (I) tech. all over Edwin Thomsen, 21-6, 4:57 (8,0); 141 — Jaydin Eierman (I) dec. Chad Red, 8-4 (2,1); 149 — Max Murin (I) dec. Brock Hardy, 6-2 (2,0); 157 — Kaleb Young (I) dec. Caleb Licking, 17-5 (4,0); 165 — Alex Marinelli (I) dec. Peyton Red, 9-3 (3,0); 174 — Mikey Labriola (N) dec. Patrick Kennedy, 7-4 (3,0); 184 — Nelson Brands (I) dec. Taylor Venz, 13-5 (5,0); 197 — Eric Schultz (N) dec. Jacob Warner, 3-2; Hwt. — Tony Cassioppi (I) dec. Christian Lance, 4-0 (1,0)

Takedowns — Iowa 26, Nebraska 5; Escapes — Iowa 12, Nebraska 25; Reversals — Iowa 3, Nebraska 0; Nearfall points — Iowa 14, Nebraska 0; Penalty points awarded — Iowa 1, Nebraska 0; Riding time points — Iowa 5, Nebraska 0; Total match points — Iowa 90, Nebraska 35

Comments: (319) 398-8416; jr.ogden@thegazette.com

Iowa's Kaleb Young takes Nebraska's Caleb Licking to the mat in their 157-pound bout Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Young won, 17-5. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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