Tom Brands After Quarterfinals

Kevin Dresser after Quarterfinals

Doug Schwab After Quarterfinals

Pennsylvania Duo Lee and Young Reach Semifinals for Hawkeyes

After a strong start to the tournament the Hawkeyes were tripped up in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA championships. Iowa began the tournament with 15 straight wins to being the tournament, and closed day one with a 16-2 record overall. They sent seven wrestlers to the quarterfinals, and had two additional wrestlers in the…

Drew Foster – Two-Time All-American, National Semifinalist

Drew Foster did not fade in his third match with Virginia Tech’s Zach Zavatsky in the NCAA Quarterfinals Friday morning. The Panther used smart attacks and then put on a punishing ride in first and third periods to earn his second All-American status of his career. “I think Foster’s wrestling incredible. Just solid, controlling everything,”…

NCAA Championships – Session III – Match-ups and Results

125 – #3 Spencer Lee (So) Iowa – 2nd Place B1G 1st Round vs #30 Bryce West (Northern Illinois) – winner by TF 18-0 2nd Round vs #14 Sean Fausz (North Carolina State) – winner by MD 10-1 Quarters vs #6 Sean Russell (Minnesota) – winner by Fall 5:59 Semis vs #2 Nick Piccininni…

Cyclones Send Two to Quarters – All Nine Still Alive After Day One

Iowa State will be sending all nine of their wrestlers through to day two of the NCAA tournament, with two of those wrestlers going a perfect 2-0 and reaching their bracket’s quarterfinals. Both Jarrett Degen (149) and Sammy Colbray (184) are now within one win of All-American status. Degen’s day started off with a big…

Drew Foster on making the quarterfinals

UNI puts three in quarterfinals, all six still alive

After day one of the NCAA wrestling championships, the Northern Iowa Panthers have three men in the quarterfinals and have all six qualifiers in the tournament. Bryce Steiert, Taylor Lujan, and Drew Foster all made the The Panthers were in the top ten for most of the afternoon and ended the day with 15.5 points,…

Tom Brands Recaps Iowa Hawkeyes Performance on Day One

Colbray Discusses Mentality Change at Iowa State

Doug Schwab on Day 1 of 2019 NCAA Wrestling Tournament

Iowa Advances Seven to Tomorrow’s Quarterfinal Round

After a perfect opening round the pressure was on the Hawkeyes to keep their strong momentum going as they attempted to send nine wrestlers to the quarterfinals. Reflecting back now the team came within inches of doing just that, but while the Hawkeyes managed to catch a few breaks in tonight’s second round, a couple…

NCAA Championships – 2nd Session Match-ups and Results

125 – #3 Spencer Lee (So) Iowa – 2nd Place B1G 1st Round vs #30 Bryce West (Northern Illinois) – winner by TF 18-0 2nd Round vs #14 Sean Fausz (North Carolina State) – winner by MD 10-1 Quarters vs #6 Sean Russell (Minnesota) #19 Alex Mackall (So) Iowa State – 3rd Place Big…

Panthers go five for six, sit in ninth after first session

Northern Iowa nearly had a perfect morning as they went 5-1 in their six matches in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Josh Alber, Max Thomsen, Bryce Steiert, Taylor Lujan, and Drew Foster will all wrestle in the second round later tonight. Jay Schwarm was the only Panther to fall to the backside of…

Hawkeyes Open NCAA Championships with a Perfect Round

Iowa opened with a strong round in Session I of the NCAA championships held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Hawkeyes advanced all of their nine wrestlers on the championship side of the bracket, including a pair of key upsets. Also of equal importance was Iowa’s bonus scoring, which has near the top of the pack in…

UNI Panthers 2019 NCAA Preview

The NCAA championships are set to get underway this Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (just threw that in there since Ross added it to his Iowa and Iowa State previews, everybody knows that Ross!). UNI is coming off a third place finish at the Big 12 Championships this season, crowning one champion in Drew Foster, one…

2019 NCAA Division I HUB

IAwrestle.com has you covered for all your 2019 NCAA Championships in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Refer to this post for updates throughout the week. TWITTER | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE FOLLOW OUR CONTRIBUTORS Tony Hager Kirk Crittenden Ross Bartachek Lars Underbakke Cam Kramer Nic Ryder SCHEDULE: Start Time (CT) Session How to Watch Thur, Mar 21…

Kevin Dresser is NWCA D1 Coach of the Year

Press Realease from Iowa State Athletics AMES, Iowa – The rebuild of Iowa State wrestling is on, and head coach Kevin Dresser is the man leading the charge. He has been named the 2019 NWCA Division I National Coach of the Year, presented by Defense Soap. It is the second time that Dresser has received these…

Iowa State Cyclones 2019 NCAA Preview

The NCAA championships are set to get underway this Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It seems strange to thing that a year ago this Iowa State team sent just one qualifier to the NCAA tournament, and here we are in Kevin Dresser’s second full season as head coach and the program has qualified nine. The Cyclones…