Iowa Wrestling defeats #8 Iowa State for the 19th straight season
You have to go all the way back to 2004 for the last time that Iowa State men’s wrestling defeated Iowa in a dual. Iowa head coach Tom Brands was in his first of two years as head coach at Virginia Tech, while Iowa State head coach Kevin Dresser was coaching at Christiansburg High School in Virginia. Today at Hilton Coliseum, the Cyclones felt like, on paper, they had a shot at ending their 18 year losing streak to the Hawkeyes. In the end, Iowa was able to extend their win streak to 19 straight with an 18-14 victory.
The dual started off on the right foot for the Hawkeyes, as #17 Drake Ayala took down #8 Kysen Terukina in the opening match at 125 lbs. Unfortunately for Iowa, there were not a lot of fireworks for them over the first half of the night. Iowa State returned the ‘upset’ favor at 133, as #19 Evan Frost defeated #8 Brody Teske in the second match of the night.
From there to the intermission, the Hawkeyes had to hang on. #1 Real Woods needed a sudden victory takedown over #19 Anthony Echemendia to escape at 141, while #2 Jared Franek nearly lost to #18 Cody Chittum at 157, but a review determined the final takedown by Chittum came with the clock at 0:00. The Cyclones got a win from #14 Casey Swiderski over #9 Victor Voinovich III at 149, but Iowa took a 9-6 lead into intermission.
Iowa State took the lead 10-9 right out of the intermission at 165, as #2 David Carr picked up the first extra points win of the day with a major decision over #5 Michael Caliendo. With four matches remaining, the Hawkeyes were on the ropes, but the chess match from Tom Brands worked out.
#14 Patrick Kennedy wrestled for the first time of the season, jumped out to a 12-4 lead and held on late to earn a win over #21 MJ Gaitan at 174. Then came the chess move of the day. Iowa opted to bump unranked Gabe Arnold up to 184 to face #6 Will Feldkamp. Coming off of an upset win over #11 Travis Wittlake of Oregon State last week at 174, Arnold stepped up and took down Feldkamp via decision to put the Hawkeyes in front 12-10.
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“They go all in for me, I’m going all in for them,” said Arnold about the coaches decision to move him up a weight class to 184 pounds. “I’m built for these big moments when the lights are on, hell, I’m built for the moments when the lights aren’t even on.”
After the big upset at 184, #22 Zach Glazier came out and nailed down the dual victory with a win over #24 Julien Broderson at 197. With the dual wrapped up, #7 Yonger Bastida earned a major decision victory for Iowa State at 285 over Bradley Hill.
IOWA 18 IOWA STATE 14
125 – #17 Drake Ayala (UI) decision over #8 Kysen Terukina (ISU), 7-2
133 – #19 Evan Frost (ISU) decision over #8 Brody Teske (UI), 8-1
141 – #1 Real Woods (UI) decision over #19 Anthony Echemendia, 4-1
149 – #14 Casey Swiderski (ISU) decision over #9 Victor Voinovich III (UI), 6-3
157 – #2 Jared Franek (UI) decision over #18 Cody Chittum, 4-2
165 – #2 David Carr (ISU) major decision over #5 Michael Caliendo (UI), 16-4
174 – #14 Patrick Kennedy (UI) decision over #21 MJ Gaitan (ISU), 14-13
184 – Gabe Arnold (UI) decision over #6 Will Feldkamp (ISU), 3-2
197 – #22 Zach Glazier (UI) decision over #24 Julien Broderson (ISU), 7-3
285 – #7 Yonger Bastida (ISU) major decision over Bradley Hill (UI), 17-6
Up Next, the Hawkeyes will travel out to the east coast for a matchup against Penn. The dual is set for Friday, December 1st in Philadelphia and will be streamed on ESPN+.
