COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Tonight, 10 Big Ten champions will be crowned.
Iowa’s 197-pounder Zach Glazier was the lone Hawkeye to advance to the finals. He will face Penn State’s top-seeded Aaron Brooks, who has won three straight national titles at 184 pounds. Brooks is one of seven Big Ten finalists for the Nittany Lions.
Four Iowa men’s wrestlers — Drake Ayala, Real Woods, Jared Franek, and Michael Caliendo — won in the consolation semifinals Sunday afternoon to advance to the third-place match.
Brody Teske suffered a brutal loss in the consolation semis. Down 5-2 late to Nebraska’s Jacob Van Dee, Teske scored an escape, takedown, and near fall points to take an 8-6 lead. But after review, refs took off the near fall points, so the match headed to sudden victory. After a scramble, refs gave Teske a takedown near the edge of the mat to win in overtime. But after about a three-minute review, they overturned the call and gave the takedown to Van Dee. Teske, the 14th seed, will battle for fifth place tonight.
Caleb Rathjen lost his consolation semifinal match, 8-1, to drop down to the fifth-place bout. Patrick Kennedy will also wrestle for fifth, as he lost a hard-fought match to Ohio State’s No. 5 Rocco Welsh in overtime at 174 pounds. Heavyweight Bradley Hill lost 5-1 in the consolation semis to fall to the fifth-place match.
As for 184-pounder Aiden Riggins, his season is likely over. He was pinned in the ninth-place finals match. The top eight place-finishers at 184 pounds from the Big Ten Tournament automatically qualify for nationals. Riggins’ only hope is receiving one of the 47 at-large bids, which will be announced on March 12.
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Iowa finishes fourth in the team race with 110.5 points
CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT
197-POUNDS: No. 1 Aaron Brooks (PSU) over No. 3 Zach Glazier (IOWA) via technical fall
Period 1: Brooks with a takedown in the first minute. Glazier escapes in 11 seconds. Another takedown for Brooks, now up, 6-1. Brooks is fully in control, riding Glazier for the remainder of the period.
Period 2: Glazier is simply outmatched in this one. Brooks leads, 10-1.
Period 3: Brooks tacks on another takedown, Glazier escapes. Another takedown makes it 16-2 Brooks. Glazier escapes. Another takedown ends the match. Brooks wins, 19-3, for his fourth Big Ten title.
THIRD-PLACE MATCHES
125 POUNDS: No. 2 Drake Ayala (IOWA) over No. 1 Matt Ramos (PUR) via decision
Period 1: Ayala had ahold of Ramos’s leg for about 30 seconds, finishing with a takedown right before the buzzer sounded.
Period 2: Ramos starts down and escapes. 3-1 Ayala. Purdue coaches want near-fall points, so they throw the challenge brick. The call stands, no near-fall points. Ayala leads, 3-1, heading into the final two minutes.
Period 3: Ayala starts down and escapes quickly. Ayala called for stalling. The Hawkeye holds on to win, 4-1, and places third.
141 POUNDS: No. 3 Real Woods (IOWA) over No. 5 Sergio Lemley (MICH) via decision
Period 1: Takedown and four near-fall points for Woods.
Period 2: Lemley escapes and scores two takedowns. Woods escapes both times to go up, 10-7.
Period 3: Woods wins, 11-8. with 1:51 of riding time. Woods places third.
157 POUNDS: No. 5 Peyton Robb (NEB) over No. 4 Jared Franek (IOWA) via medical forfeit
Franek medically forfeits. He places fourth.
165 POUNDS: No. 3 Michael Caliendo (IOWA) over No. 6 Cameron Amine (MICH) via sudden victory
Period 1: Amine scores a takedown. Caliendo escapes and then takes the lead with a takedown. Amine knots the match with an escape.
Period 2: Caliendo starts down and escapes, leading 5-4.
Period 3: Amine starts down and escapes to tie it. Blood time for Amine. Tied 5-5 with 22 seconds left. We’re headed to sudden victory. Caliendo beat Anime in sudden victory in the semifinals yesterday. Caliendo scores a takedown, but it’s under review. The call is confirmed. Caliendo finishes third.
FIFTH-PLACE MATCHES
133 POUNDS: No. 14 Brody Teske (IOWA) over No. 7 Braxton Brown (MD) via decision
Period 1: No score.
Period 2: Teske starts down and escapes in 10 seconds to go up, 1-0.
Period 3: Brown starts down, escaping in 17 seconds to tie the match. A three-point takedown in the final 10 seconds clinches the 4-1 win for Teske…as of now. Refs taking a look. The call is confirmed. Teske places fifth.
149 POUNDS: No. 3 Caleb Rathjen (IOWA) over No. 5 Dylan D’Emilio (OSU) via decision
Period 1: Rathjen is on the board first with a takedown. D’Emilio two-point reversal, Rathjen escapes. Rathjen up, 4-2.
Period 2: D’Emilio starts down and escapes to cut his deficit to one. Rathjen takedown, D’Emilio escapes.
Period 3: Rathjen starts down and escapes. He tacks on another takedown and is up, 11-5. Rathjen wins to earn fifth place.
174 POUNDS: No. 3 Patrick Kennedy (IOWA) over No. 9 Andrew Sparks (MINN) via sudden victory
Period 1: No score.
Period 2: Sparks escapes for the only points of the period.
Period 3: Kennedy ties it with an escape. We’re headed to sudden victory. With 38 seconds left, Kennedy scores a takedown to place fifth.
HEAVYWEIGHT: No. 7 Bradley Hill (IOWA) over No. 10 Nash Hutmacher (NEB) via decision
Hill earns. a takedown in the final five seconds to win, 4-1, and place fifth.
