For the second time this season (and this month) Brandon Sorensen has been named the Big Ten wrestler of the week. The Hawkeye freshman recorded a 3-2 TB-2 win over defending NCAA champion Jason Tsirtsis to earn the award.
Previously, Sorensen won the honor for defeating then #5 ranked Hunter Stieber. Since that win, Sorensen has now gone on to upset returning NCAA runner-up Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State and last Friday he snapped a 40 match winning streak for Tsirtsis.
The win has propeled Sorensen to #2 in Intermat’s rankings and #1 in Flowrestling rankings. Sorensen was the last Hawkeye to win the award, with Bobby Telford also earning the award back on December 31st.
[…] season joining fellow senior Bobby Telford (Dec. 31 and Feb 10), and Brandon Sorensen (Jan. 13 and Jan. 27). Up next for Mike Evans and the Hawkeyes will be the Big Ten conference championships in Columbus, […]
[…] For the second time this season, #2 ranked Bobby Telford has been named the Big Ten conference wrestler of the week. This is the fourth week that a Hawkeye has earned the honor this season, with Brandon Sorensen earning the honor twice in January (second time). […]
[…] Sorensen defeated NCAA champion Jason Tsirtsis 3-2 in the final TBs – which earned him Big Ten Wrestler of the week honors. That big win was followed by Nick Moore getting revenge over #6 Pierce Harger at 165, after […]