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…
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…
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Release courtsey of UNI Athletics TULSA, Oklahoma — UNI wrestling will send six Panthers to the NCAA tournament and crowned one Big 12 champion tonight. Drew Foster avenged a dual loss by knocking off top-seeded No. 11 Sam Colbray of Iowa State in a 4-1 decision to become the first Panther to earn two Big 12 titles since…
Release courtesy of UNI Athletics Brackets can be found at the bottom of the page Session III: Noon-2 p.m. CT | Consolations semifinals (20 matches – 4 mats) / third- and fifth-place matches (20 matches – 4 mats) / true place matches if necessary Session IV: 7 p.m. CT | Finals (10 matches – 1…
Follow Nic on Twitter @Nic_Ryder Who: #19 UNI, #22 Iowa State What: The Big 12 Conference Tournament Where: Bok Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma When: Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, 2019, full schedule below Watch: FloWrestling ($) Brackets: Link Once again (and until 2024) the Big 12 Conference will host it’s annual wrestling tournament at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It will be…
Like last season the Big 12 does things a little differently and puts out a bracket for their pre-seeds. Because of that they basically end up seeding all 12 wrestlers at a given weight. These are subject to change on Friday during the seeding meeting. The last four at each weight are drawn in, so…
286 of the 330 NCAA tournament slots will be filled by the number of qualifiers allowed by the NCAA per conference. The Big 10 Conference leads the way with 78 automatic bids. Each wrestler was measured on the following: Division I winning percentage at the weight class; ratings percentage index (RPI); and coaches’ ranking. In…
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One of the state of Iowa’s top wrestlers in the class of 2020 has verbally committed as Cael Happel announced on social media he would be jumping on board the Panther Train. The Lisbon prep recently captured his third straight state title in Des Moines, making him eligible to become a four-time state champion next…
The #17 UNI Panthers closed out their second season of Big 12 wrestling with a second place finish, after closing out their dual with #12 Iowa State 22-13 in Cedar Falls. The win was UNI’s third in a row over the Cyclones and their second in as many years in Cedar Falls, and closed out…
Who: #12 Iowa State 10-2 (6-1 Big 12) vs #17 Northern Iowa 6-5 (6-1 Big 12) When: Thursday, February 21st at 7pm Where: Cedar Falls, IA | West Gym Watch: Flowrestling ($) Live Scoring/Stats: Trackwrestling (Dual Team Rankings from The Open Mat 2/20/19) When the Cyclones travel to West Gym they’ll not only be wrestling an in-state rival, but also…
Open Division – 125 Guaranteed Places 1st Place – Michael DeAugustino of Chicago Regional Training Cent 2nd Place – Corey Cabanban of Iowa State University – Unatt 3rd Place – Gage Datlovsky of SIUE 4th Place – Zach Shupp of Central Michigan unattached 5th Place – Jakob Allison of Iowa State University – Unatt 6th…
The Panthers won their final away dual of the season, keeping Utah Valley winless in Big 12 duals on the year in a 29-12 victory in Orem, Utah. Although UNI won six of the ten matches, two of them by pinfall, #9 Bryce Steiert and #6 Taylor Lujan both feel to Utah Valley ranked wrestlers.…
Who: #17 UNI (5-5, 5-1) vs Utah Valley (9-11, 0-5) Where: Lockhart Arena | Orem, Utah When: 8 PM Friday, Saturday 9, 2019 Watch: WAC Digital Network Stats: TrackWrestling The University of Northern Iowa wraps up the away portion of their dual wrestling season this Saturday at Utah Valley in Orem, Utah. The Wolverines come limping…
Release Courtesy of UNI Athletics CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling’s Taylor Lujan earned his second Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honor by knocking off two-time All-American No. 5 Joe Smith of Oklahoma State. Lujan trailed the match early but tied it up 3-3 with a second-period escape to prevent riding time. Smith took a second lead in…
UNI went to Stillwater, Oklahoma, for a dual with the Oklahoma State Cowboys Friday night. The Panthers fell 24-9 to the Cowboys, their first conference dual loss on the year. UNI was only able to secure three wins, as Josh Alber, Bryce Steiert, and Taylor Lujan all notched wins, but the rest of the squad…
