Hawkeyes open the season 3-0 at Iowa City Duals

The Iowa Hawkeyes hosted their annual Iowa City Duals event in Iowa City Friday, and there it little surprise that they went 3-0 winning 29 of the 30 matches in the process. Iowa posted a 55-0 win over NAIA foe Baker, a 49-3 over Iowa Central, and 55-0 over Cornell College. The Hawkeyes were able to pick up a team total of 19 falls in their 30 matches.

Among the stand out Iowa performances was heavyweight Bobby Telford, who only wrestled 4:42 today picking up three falls on the mat. Iowa also got multi-pin performances from Thomas Gilman (125), Cory Clark (133), Josh Dziewa (141), Mike Kelly (157), Nick Moore (165), Mike Evans (174) and Sammy Brooks (184).

Iowa will now set their focus on the Joe Parisi Lindenwood tournament in Missouri this tomorrow to hopefully help settle the 149 situation between Brody Grothus, Brandon Sorensen, and Edwin Cooper. It may be a stretch to hope it is completely resolved by next weekend when Iowa State comes to town for the Cy-Hawk series matchup.

Iowa Central went 1-2 on the day, picking up a win over Cornell College 30-14. Easily taking stand out performance for Iowa Central was 197 Patrick Downey who went 3-0 on the day, picking up a pair of technical falls and an 11-6 decision over Hawkeye Kris Klapprodt. I think it is safe to say that Downey may be moving up in the next set if NJCAA rankings with his performance today.

Cornell was 0-3 on the day, but they still had a few stand out performances on the mat. at 149 Trevor Engle finished his day 2-1 as he picked up a pair of decisions. Brent Hamm (174) also picked up a technical fall in one of his matches and Eric Tucker (285) recorded a fall against Iowa Central.

#1 IOWA 55, Baker 0
125 – #4 Thomas Gilman (IA) pinned Alex Fortuna (Baker), 2:05; 6-0
133 – #4 Cory Clark (IA) pinned Bryce Shoemaker (Baker), 4:11, 12-0
141 – #14 Josh Dziewa (IA) technical fall Juan Rivera (Baker), 17-1; 17-0
149 – Topher Carton (IA) technical fall Tyler Dickman (Baker), 23-7; 22-0
157 – Michael Kelly (IA) pinned Nick Haugen (Baker), 1:32; 28-0
165 – #6 Nick Moore (IA) pinned Connor Middleton, 4:24 (Baker), 34-0
174 – #4 Mike Evans (IA) pinned Josh Thomas (Baker), 1:45, 40-0
184 – #10 Sammy Brooks (IA) won by injury default Bryant Guillen (Baker), 46-0
197 – Kris Klapprodt (IA) dec. Billy Leone (Baker), 9-4; 49-0
285 – #3 Bobby Telford (IA) pinned Beau Bennett (Baker), 1:52, 55-0

#1 IOWA 49, Iowa Central 3
125 – #4 Thomas Gilman (IA) technical fall Alex Delacruz (Iowa Central), 26-10; 5-0
133 – #4 Cory Clark (IA) pinned Tyler Miler (Iowa Central), 2:07; 11-0
141 – #14 Josh Dziewa (IA) pinned Cory Collins (Iowa Central), 4:34; 17-0
149 – Topher Carton (IA) technical fall Teddie Harvey (Iowa Central), 22-6; 22-0
157 – Michael Kelly (IA) dec. Richie Lewis (Iowa Central), 8-5; 25-0
165 – #6 Nick Moore (IA) pinned Stephon Gray (Iowa Central), 2:45; 31-0
174 – #4 Mike Evans (IA) pinned Jake Meehan (Iowa Central), 1:52; 37-0
184 – #10 Sammy Brooks (IA) pinned Armani Robinson (Iowa Central), 2:06; 43-0
197 – Patrick Downey (Iowa Central) dec. Kris Klapprodt (IA), 11-6; 43-3
285 – #3 Bobby Telford (IA) pinned Richard Gonzalez (Iowa Central), 0:48, 49-3

#1 IOWA 55, Cornell College 0
125 – #4 Thomas Gilman (IA) pinned Scott Smith (Cornell), 1:45; 6-0
133 – #4 Cory Clark technical fall (IA) Phillip Opelt (Cornell), 16-1; 11-0
141 – #14 Josh Dziewa (IA) pinned Nathan Shank (Cornell), 1:09; 17-0
149 – Topher Carton (IA) dec. Trevor Engle (Cornell), 11-5; 20-0
157 – Michael Kelly (IA) pinned Aaron Engle (Cornell), 2:28; 26-0
165 – #6 Nick Moore (IA) pinned Michael Maksimovic (Cornell), 0:55; 32-0
174 – #4 Mike Evans (IA) technical fall Brent Hamm (Cornell), 19-3; 37-0
184 – #10 Sammy Brooks (IA) pinned James Garrett (Cornell), 3:33; 43-0
197 – Kris Klapprodt (IA) pinned Jim Kirby (Cornell), 1:58; 49-0
285 – #3 Bobby Telford (IA) pinned Eric Tucker (Cornell), 1:22; 55-0

Cornell College 14, Iowa Central 30
125 – Alex Delacruz (ICCC) major dec. Scott Smith (Cornell), 17-3; 4-0
133 – Phillip Opelt (Cornell) major dec. Caleb Studebaker (ICCC), 11-0; 4-4
141 – Clay Walker (ICCC) dec. Jared Brathor (Cornell), 8-6; 7-4
149 – Trevor Engle (Cornell) dec. Jason Alfau (ICCC), 12-6; 7-7
157 – Teddie Harvey (ICCC) major dec. Aaron Engle (Cornell) 12-3; 11-8
165 – Richie Lewis (ICCC) major dec. Michael Maksimovic (Cornell) 12-3; 15-8
174 – Jake Meehan (ICCC) pinned Brent Hamm (Cornell), 4:33; 21-8
184 – Armani Robinson (ICCC) major dec. James Garrett (Cornell) 14-6; 25-8
197 – Patrick Downey (ICCC) tech. fall Jim Kirby (Cornell) 2:19, 18-2; 30-8
285 – Eric Tucker (Cornell) pinned Richard Gonzalez (ICCC), 3:36; 30-14

Cornell College 11, Baker 30
125 – Alex Fortuna (Baker) tech. fall Vikash Hypio (Cornell) 19-2; 0-5
133 – Bryce Shomaker (Baker) major dec. Phillip Opelt (Cornell) 9-1; 0-9
141 – Nathan Shank (Cornell) dec. Juan Rivera (Baker) 9-7; 3-9
149 – Trevor Engle (Cornell) dec. Tyler Dickman (Baker) 10-4; 6-9
157 – Nick Haugen (Baker) pinned Aaron Engle (Cornell), 2:41; 6-15
165 – Connor Middleton (Baker) dec. Danny Klema (Cornell) 8-2; 6-18
174 – Brent Hamm (Cornell) tech. fall Joel Thomas (Baker) 6:27, 16-0; 11-18
184 – Josh Ortiz (Baker) dec. James Garrett (Cornell) 3-2; 11-21
197 – Billy Leone (Baker) pinned Jim Kirby (Cornell), 1:31; 11-27
285 – Beau Bennett (Baker) dec. Eric Tucker (Cornell) 3-2; 11-30

Baker 33, Iowa Central 15
125 – Alex Delacruz (ICCC) major dec. Alex Fortuna (Baker) 11-2; 4-0
133 – Bryce Shomaker (Baker) pinned Tyler Miler (ICCC), 2:00; 4-6
141 – Clay Walker (ICCC) major dec. Juan Rivera (Baker) 11-1; 8-6
149 – Jason Alfau (ICCC) major dec. Tyler Dickman (Baker) 8-0; 12-6
157 – Nick Haugen (Baker) dec. Teddie Harvey (ICCC) 10-3; 12-9
165 – Richie Lewis (ICCC) major dec. Connor Middleton (Baker) 14-5; 16-9
174 – Jake Meehan (ICCC) pinned Trevor Sutton (Baker), 5:13; 22-9
184 – Armani Robinson (ICCC) pinned Josh Ortiz (Baker), 2:50; 28-9
197 – Patrick Downey (ICCC) tech. fall Billy Leone (Baker), 3:48; 33-9
285 – Beau Bennett (Baker) pinned Richard Gonzalez (ICCC), 2:32; 33-15