He got pinned in his last regular season match. He lost to Sebastian Rivera at Midlands. He entered the Big Ten Championships ranked as a No. 2 seed instead of the coveted No. 1.
But Spencer Lee showed...
MINNEAPOLIS – Iowa wrestling went 2-2 in the Big Ten Championships semifinals and will send Spencer Lee and Alex Marinelli to the championship match.
In the wrestleback bracket, Iowa has five Hawkeyes...
At-large bids to the NCAA Wrestling Championships won't get announced until March 12, but Iowa has already officially sent seven wrestlers to Pittsburgh.
The NCAA allocated 78 automatic bids to the...
Minneapolis – Iowa looked nearly unbeatable during Session 1 of the 2019 Big Ten Championships, sending all but one wrestler into the quarterfinals.
That didn’t last long.
Six Hawkeyes dropped...
Minneapolis – As the Big Ten Championships began, Iowa had four wrestlers – Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, Alex Marinelli, and Jacob Warner – with byes in the first round.
In the quarterfinals,...
Iowa wrestling found success in the first round of the Big Ten Championships on Saturday, but Round 2 was a different story.
The Hawkeyes had nine of their 10 grapplers competing in the quarterfinals,...
Pat Lugo came out ready to go in the first period of his first matchup against Nebraska’s Jordan Shearer at the 2019 Big Ten Championships.
About one minute in, Lugo scored a takedown and would go...
Half of Iowa’s wrestlers competing at the Big Ten Championships will be there for the very first time, including Max Murin, Jacob Warner, Kaleb Young, Austin DeSanto, and Pat Lugo.
However, DeSanto...
After Oklahoma State’s Nick Piccininni pinned Iowa’s No. 2 Spencer Lee in the final seconds of the second period in their matchup on Feb. 24, wrestling social media lit up.
Fans were shocked by Piccininni’s...
