Iowa racks up 33 bonus points en-route to four victories at the Iowa City Duals.
By: Jordan Hansen
The Hawkeye wrestling team competed in four-straight dual meets on Nov. 20 at the Iowa City Duals and won each of them.
That shouldn’t come as a surprise — of the four teams Iowa faced, one was a transitory NCAA program, one was a Juco school and one was Division 3 — but winning those duals by a combined 192-9 is not something to ignore.
Iowa also got its first Big Ten win of the season — a 36-9 win over Maryland — and the Hawkeyes are now 5-0 in dual meets during this young season.
“There are two reasons you [have this kind of an event],” Iowa head coach Tom Brands said. “For the guys who are veterans, they get their feet a little wet, you get a bunch of matches in, and that’s good. The other reason you do it is to see where your young guys are. You can learn a lot about them.”
Twelve different wrestlers saw action during the dual, including four redshirt freshman — Logan Ryan (141), Skyler St. John (157), Burke Paddock (165), and Sam Stoll (285). They went a combined 7-2, with Stoll also picking up a forfeit win.
There is, of course, plenty still to do for Iowa as heads into a stretch in which they wrestle Iowa State, South Dakota State, and Rutgers. None of those teams look, on paper, as if they should give the Hawkeyes much trouble, but one of the team’s takeaways from today’s meet was to avoid overlooking anyone.
“I think a big thing from today is that no matter who we’re going out there to wrestle, we have to be ready,” Nathan Burak said. “When you’re a high-ranked team, no matter if they’re a small school or big school, they have nothing to lose wrestling you, and they want to take something away from you.”
Despite Burak’s words, however, Iowa managed to put up 33 bonus-point victories, and things never were close in the majority of the team’s matches. However, the Hawkeyes did drop the 141, 157, and 165 matches against Maryland — their only losses of the day — which has to be a tad worrisome.
All three of the matches they lost were close — and it’s still incredibly early — but there are a few question marks.
“I think we came out a little slow,” Sammy Brooks said. “But guys are going to hold on to us, try to make things look close because they know they’re not, maybe, as good of wrestlers as what we are. We needed to realize that sooner, so I think this was good for that.”
Match results (Iowa in bold)
Iowa 36, Maryland 9
125 — No. 2 Thomas Gilman tech. fall Jhared Simmons, 24-7 in 5:48 (5-0 Iowa)
133 — No. 2 Cory Clark pinned Tyler Goodwin in 4:06 (11-0 Iowa)
141 — Alfred Bannister dec. Logan Ryan, 8-5 (11-3 Iowa)
149 — No. 3 Brandon Sorensen maj. dec. Wade Hodges, 12-2 (15-3 Iowa)
157 — No. 18 Lou Mascola dec. Edwin Cooper, Jr., 8-6 (15-6 Iowa)
165 — Brendan Burnham dec. Burke Paddock, 9-5 (15-9 Iowa)
174 — No. 6 Alex Meyer maj. dec. Derrick Evanovich, 11-2 (19-9 Iowa)
184 — No. 11 Sammy Brooks pinned Mark Colabucci in 2:16 (25-9 Iowa)
197 — No. 4 Nathan Burak tech. fall Garrett Wesneski, 21-5 (30-9 Iowa)
HWT — Sam Stoll by forfeit (36-9 Iowa)
Iowa 44, Grand Canyon University 0
125 — No. 2 Thomas Gilman pinned Trayton Libolt in 3:51 (6-0 Iowa)
133 — No. 2 Cory Clark maj. dec. Jauquin Olivas, 10-1 (10-0 Iowa)
141 — Jake Kadel dec. Uzo Owuama, 6-3 (13-0 Iowa)
149 — No. 3 Brandon Sorensen maj. dec. Blake Monty, 14-4 (17-0 Iowa)
157 — Edwin Cooper Jr. maj. dec. Zack Velasquez, 10-2 (21-0 Iowa)
165 — Patrick Rhoads tech. fall Casey Larson, 20-5 in 6:20 (25-0 Iowa)
174 — No. 6 Alex Meyer dec. Kenny Moore, 7-2 (28-0 Iowa)
184 — No. 11 Sammy Brooks tech. fall Austin Trujuillo, 17-2 in 3:14 (34-0 Iowa)
197 — No. 4 Nathan Burak maj. dec. Austin Gaun, 15-7 (38-0 Iowa)
HWT — Sam Stoll pinned Sean Medley in 1:36 (44-0 Iowa)
Iowa 54, Iowa Central Community College, 0
125 — No. 2 Thomas Gilman pinned Mitch Brinkman in 1:45 (6-0 Iowa)
133 — No. 2 Cory Clark pinned Terrell Pampkin in 2:32 (12-0 Iowa)
141 — Logan Ryan pinned Cole Wheeler in 4:52 (18-0 Iowa)
149 — No. 3 Brandon Sorensen maj. dec. Ryne Cokeley, 25-9 (23-0 Iowa)
157 — Skyler St. John maj. dec. Stephon Gray, 20-10 (27-0 Iowa)
165 — Burke Paddock tech. fall Grant Sherman, 17-1 (32-0 Iowa)
174 — No. 6 Alex Meyer maj. dec. Armani Robinson, 10-2 (36-0 Iowa)
184 — No. 11 Sammy Brooks won by forfeit (42-0 Iowa)
197 — No. 4 Nathan Burak pinned Kendrick Jones in 2:14 (48-0 Iowa)
HWT — Sam Stoll pinned Quelton Toliver in 1:50 (54-0 Iowa)
Iowa 58, Cornell College 0
125 — No. 2 Thomas Gilman pinned Scott Smith in 1:32 (6-0 Iowa)
133 — No. 2 Cory Clark pinned Philip Opelt in 3:47 (12-0 Iowa)
141 — Logan Ryan maj. dec. Josh Martin, 20-7 (16-0 Iowa)
149 — No. 3 Brandon Sorensen pinned Nathan Shank in 4:14 (22-0 Iowa)
157 — Edwin Cooper Jr. pinned Aaron Engle in 2:40 (28-0 Iowa)
165 — Patrick Rhoads pinned Michael Maksimovic in 4:55 (34-0 Iowa)
174 — No. 6 Alex Meyer pinned Brian Cristion in 4:02 (40-0 Iowa)
184 — No. 11 Sammy Brooks pinned James Garrett in 2:31 (46-0 Iowa)
197 — No. 4 Nathan Burak pinned Ben Bergen in 0:57 (52-0 Iowa)
HWT — Sam Stoll pinned Eric Tucker in 2:27 (58-0 Iowa)