Iowa is still really, really good and 4 more college wrestling lessons learned
Hawkeye heroes claim 23 wrestling team titles
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The consistent storyline thus far in the 2021 wrestling season is the dominance of the Iowa Hawkeyes. This team further separated itself from the rest of the Big Ten conference over the weekend with a dominating 36-6 win over No. 9 Illinois.
Questions, however, still remain around how much of a threat Penn State will be to an Iowa title and how many All-Americans Iowa can put on the podium.
N.C. State, Oklahoma State and Nebraska also will attempt to put themselves in position to battle for a team trophy in March.
Penn State University Sports Information 1/30/2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0, 1-0 B1G), ranked No. 3 in the latest InterMat Tournament Power Index, posted a 24-15 win over Indiana (0-3, 0-3 B1G) in the 2020-21 season opener for head coach Cael Sanderson s squad. The dual was the first of a tri-meet hosted by Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
The dual began at 125 where Indiana s Jacob Moran received a forfeit victory. Penn State had no 125-pounders cleared to compete this weekend. Junior Roman Bravo-Young (Tucson, Ariz.), ranked No. 3 at 133, got Penn State on the board with an 11-8 win over Kyle Luigs, cutting the Hoosier lead to 6-3. Senior Nick Lee (Evansville, Ind.), ranked No. 2 at 141, dominated Cayden Rooks en route to a 16-1 technical fall at the end off the second period (5:00). Lee s win put Penn State up 8-6.
No. 3 Penn State wrestling (1-0) took part in its first match of the year against Indiana (0-3) Saturday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Penn State dominated most of the matches, but let Indiana stick around with a forfeit and a huge upset from the Hoosiers’ DJ Washington. The dual ended up coming down to the last match of the afternoon at heavyweight, and the Nittany Lions escaped with a 24-15 victory.
How It Happened
The dual started off at 133 lbs. after Penn State forfeited at 125. No. 3 Roman Bravo-Young faced off against Kyle Luigs from Indiana. Bravo-Young won by decision 11-8 in a match that was closer than he may of wanted. He scored some nice takedowns but didn’t get off to his normal pace we’re accustomed to seeing. Bravo-Young’s win pulled Penn State within 6-3 after the forfeit.