KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Session IV of the NCAA Championships will begin at 7 p.m. at the T-Mobile Center.
Two Hawkeyes are alive in the championship bracket — Drake Ayala at 125 pounds and Michael Caliendo at 165. Iowa has had at least one NCAA finalist since 1990. Four Hawkeyes are alive in the consolation bracket: Brody Teske at 133, Real Woods at 141, Jared Franek at 157, and Patrick Kennedy at 174. All can finish as high as third.
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Team standings heading into semifinals
1 Penn State, 86.5 (six advanced to semis)
2 Michigan, 50.5 (four advanced to semis)
3 Arizona State, 44.5 (four advanced to semis)
4 Iowa State, 42.0 (two advanced to semis)
5 Iowa, 41.5 (two advanced to semis)
Semifinal matchups
125 Pounds: N0. 3 Drake Ayala (UI) vs No. 10 Eric Barnett (WIS)
Period 1: Takedown for Ayala after a review. He leads 3-0.
Period 2: Barnett starts down and scores an escape to make it 3-1.
Period 3: Neutral start; Ayala shoots a takedown but can’t finish. Stall on Ayala makes it 3-2.
Ayala wins it 3-2 and keeps Iowa’s NCAA finalist streak alive.
165 pounds: No. 6 Michael Caliendo (UI) vs No. 2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)
Period 1: Mesenbrink shoots early, but Caliendo holds him off. Takedown for Caliendo to open the scoring at 3-0. Mesenbrink escapes and makes it 3-1. Takedown for Mesenbrink to take a 4-3 lead, Caliendo quickly escapes to tie it at four.
Period 2: Caliendo starts down and escapes for a 5-4 lead, but Mesenbrink takes him down for a 7-5 lead. Caliendo escapes again for a 7-6 score. Another takedown for Mesenbrink makes it 10-6, and a third escape for Caliendo makes it 10-7 after two.
Period 3: Mesenbrink starts down, Caliendo lets him up to make it 11-7. Mesenbrink scores his fourth takedown to make it 14-7. Caliendo escapes 14-8. A fifth Mesenbrink takedown makes it 17-8. Caliendo escapes for the last time and loses 17-9.
Caliendo moves to the consolation bracket and can place as high as third.
Consolation round 5 matchups
141 Pounds: No. 3 Real Woods (UI) vs No. 26 Vance Vombaur (MINN)
Period 1: Woods takes a 3-0 lead after an early takedown. Woods rides him out for the rest of the period.
Period 2: Vombaur starts down and escapes, making it 3-1.
Period 3: Woods starts down and escapes and quickly follows that up with a takedown for a 7-1 lead. Woods scores a three-point near fall before Vombaur scores an escape to make it 10-2. Woods wins 11-2 with riding time.
157 Pounds: No. 10 Jared Franek (UI) vs No. 3 Meyer Shapiro (COR)
Franek loses, 11-2. He will face Nebraska’s Peyton Robb for seventh place tomorrow.
Consolation Round 4 matchups
133 Pounds: No. 15 Brody Teske (UI) vs No. 4 Dylan Shawver (RUT)
Period 1: Takedown for Teske to take a 3-0 lead.
Period 2: Teske starts down, and Shawver rides him out.
Period 3: Takedown for Shawver ties it up at three. Two point near fall for Shawver, who wins the match 6-3 after a bonus point for riding time.
141 Pounds: No. 3 Real Woods (UI) vs No. 7 Cael Happel (UNI)
Period 1: Woods scores a takedown, but Happel escapes to make it 3-1.
Period 2: Woods starts down and scores an escape for a 4-1 lead.
Period 3; Happel Starts down and scores an escape to make it 4-2. The two share takedown attempts, but neither wrestler can finish. Woods wins 5-2 with a bonus point for riding time.
157 Pounds: No. 10 Jared Franek (UI) vs No. 5 Ryder Downey (UNI)
Period 1: Franek shoots a takedown but can’t finish it. Scoreless after one.
Period 2: Downey starts down and escapes to take a 1-0 lead. Franek scores a takedown and gains a 3-1 advantage. Downey escapes again, making it 3-2.
Period 3: Franek starts down and immediately escapes for a 4-2 advantage. Franek holds off Downey’s takedown attempts and wins 4-2.
174 Pounds: No. 12 Patrick Kennedy (UI) vs No. 1 Mekhi Lewis (VT)
Period 1: An early takedown for Kennedy gives him a 3-0 lead. Lewis escapes and makes it 3-1.
Period 2: Lewis starts down and escapes within 10 seconds, making it 3-2 for Kennedy.
Period 3: Neutral start. Lewis scores a takedown and takes a 5-3 lead. Kennedy scores an escape and closes the gap to one point. Kennedy shoots a takedown late, but Lewis holds him and wins 5-4.