KANSAS CITY, Mo. — We are back at the T-Mobile Center for day two of the NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Four Hawkeyes, including Drake Ayala, Real Woods, Michael Caliendo, and Jared Franek are still in the running for national titles and will compete in the quarterfinals on Friday starting at 11 a.m. Quarterfinal winners are guaranteed to finish in the top six and secure All-American status. Iowa has crowned at least one All-American in 52 straight tournaments. Woods, Caliendo, and Franek are past All-Americans, with this being Ayala’s second trip to the NCAA Championships.
Iowa’s five other qualifiers are still alive in the consolation bracket and can finish as high as third.
Session III will be televised live on ESPNU.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Team standings heading into quarterfinals
1: Penn State, 34.5 (eight in the quarterfinals)
T-2: Iowa State, 24.5 (five in the quarterfinals)
T-2: Iowa, 24.5 (four in the quarterfinals)
T-3: Michigan, 22 (five in the quarterfinals)
T-3: North Carolina State, 22 (five in the quarterfinals)
QUARTERFINALS MATCHUPS
125 POUNDS: No. 3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) over No. 6 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) via sudden victory
The pair matched up in the regular season, and Ayala prevailed, 8-1, in sudden victory.
Period 1: Blood time for Spratley about a minute in. And again about 30 seconds later. No score.
Period 2: Spratley starts down and escapes in 13 seconds, leading 1-0.
Period 3: Ayala starts down and escapes in three seconds to tie it at one. The pair scrambles but it ends in a deadlock, they go back to the center of the mat. We’re headed to sudden victory.
Overtime: Ayala takes down Spratley in 1:03. He’s headed to the semifinals and has clinched All-American status.
141 POUNDS: No. 6 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) over No. 3 Real Woods (Iowa) via decision
Period 1: Scoreless.
Period 2: McNeil starts down. The top position is where Woods has given his tournament opponents lots of problems so far. McNeil escapes in 35 seconds and leads, 1-0.
Period 3: Woods starts down and escapes to tie it up. McNeils scores a takedown with three seconds left to advance to the semifinals. Woods will wrestle tonight and can still place as high as third.
157 POUNDS: No. 2 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) over No. 10 Jared Franek (Iowa) via decision
Period 1: Scoreless.
Period 2: Franek starts down and escapes in seven seconds.
Period 3: Teemer starts down and takes the lead with a two-point reversal. Franek ties it with an escape. Franek nearly has a takedown but action is stopped because of a potentially dangerous position. Teemer scores a takedown with 30 seconds left and rides Franek out the remainder of the match to advance to the semis. Franek moves to the consolation bracket and will wrestle tonight.
165 POUNDS: No. 6 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) over No. 3 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) via decision
Period 1: Caliendo on the board with a takedown. Ramirez escapes in 15 seconds. Blood time for Caliendo with 53 seconds left. The Hawkeye leads, 3-1.
Period 2: Caliendo starts down. Caliendo with a two-point reversal and a technical violation point for locked hands. He leads, 6-1. Ramirez escapes. Caliendo tacks on another takedown to go up by seven. Ramirez escapes. Caliendo up, 9-3.
Period 3: Ramirez starts down and escapes in about 15 seconds. Caliendo holds on to win, 9-4, earning All-American status and advancing to the semis.
CONSOLATION ROUND 3 MATCHUPS
133 POUNDS: No. 15 Brody Teske (Iowa) over No. 25 Braden Basile (ARMY) via sudden victory
Period 1: Scoreless.
Period 2: Teske starts down and escapes. Basile with a takedown to take the lead, but after review it’s taken off. Teske up, 1-0.
Period 3: Basile starts down and escapes in about 45 seconds to tie it. We’re headed t0 sudden victory.
OT: Teske in on a couple of shots but can’t finish. We go to the tiebreakers.
TB1: Teske gets a two-point reversal and 12 seconds of riding time. Basile chooses neutral, and Teske fends him off to win, 3-1. He will wrestle again tonight.
174 POUNDS: No. 12 12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) vs. No. 19 Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) via decision
Kennedy wins, 5-3, to keep his chances of a podium finish and All-American status alive.
CONSOLATION ROUND 2 MATCHUPS
133 POUNDS: No. 15 Brody Teske (Iowa) over No. 17 Braxton Brown (Maryland) via major decision
Period 1: Brown scores a takedown. Teske escapes after 50 seconds and then takes a 4-3 lead with a takedown, riding Brown for the rest of the period.
Period 2: Brown starts down. Teske rides him the entire period and earns a four-point near fall to go up, 8-3.
Period 3: Teske starts down and immediately escapes. Brown takedown to cut his deficit to three… 43 seconds left. Teske escapes and stays aggressive until the final buzzer, scoring a takedown in the final 10 seconds to win, 14-6, with riding time. He will wrestle once more this morning against Army’s Braden Basile.
149 POUNDS: No. 14 Dylan D’Emillio (Ohio State) over No. 13 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) via decision
Period 1: Scoreless.
Period 2: D’Emillio takes a 4-0 lead after an escape and takedown. Rathjen escapes.
Period 3: Rathjen starts down and escapes in 44 seconds to cut his deficit to two. D’Emillio with another takedown in the final seconds to win, 7-1. Rathjen’s season is over.
174 POUNDS: No. 12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) over No. 11 Austin Murphy (Campbell) via decision.
Kennedy wins, 5-3, and will wrestle again this morning.
197 POUNDS: No. 9 Stephen Little (Little Rock) over No. 7 Zach Glazier (Iowa) via sudden victory
Period 1: Scoreless.
Period 2: Little starts down and escapes in three seconds.
Period 3: Glazier starts down and ties it at one with an escape. We’re headed to sudden victory.
Glazier loses in overtime. His season is over.
285 POUNDS: No. 26 Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) over No. 25 Bradley Hill (Iowa) via major decision
Period 1: Catka on the board with a takedown. Hill escapes and trails, 3-1.
Period 2: Hill starts down and escapes. Catka extends his lead with a takedown.
Period 3: Catka escapes and scores another takedown. He wins, 11-2. with nearly three minutes of riding time.
Hill’s season is over.
