Last week, we released our Redshirt Impact for the 2018-19 class of redshirts across the three Division I schools in the state of Iowa. While doing our report for 2019 we discovered that our first ever Redshirt Impact was four years old – which means we can look back now over the full careers of…
In what was supposed to be a rebuilding season, the Iowa Hawkeyes surprised many across the country (and even in Iowa) with their third place finish in Cleveland, resulting in yet another team trophy under Tom Brands. Preseason forecasts had the Hawkeyes just inside the top ten and even once they decided to pull the…
It was senior day in Iowa City and the Hawkeyes were able to give their senior class a warm send off as they defeated the Wildcats of Northwestern 33-2. The only starting senior in the Hawkeye lineup was 149-pound, and four year starter Brandon Sorensen’s who matchup against Junior World Silver medalist Ryan Deakin in…
The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Minnesota Gophers in front of their home crowd 34-7, winning eight of ten matches against their rival to the north. Unsurprisingly the Gophers opted to draw for a starting weight in lieu of beginning the dual at 125 pounds. The upside was that meant that senior Brandon Sorensen got the…
The 55th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships will take place next weekend, December 29-30th in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. This year’s tournament will be held at Sears Centre Arena as opposed to the Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Iowa Hawkeyes are looking to win the 27th team title at the event, and they enter as four-time defending team champions.…
Follow Ross on Twitter @Rossbchek Who: #10 Iowa 4-0 (0-0) vs #16 Illinois 1-1 (0-0) Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena| Iowa City, Iowa When: Friday, December 1st – 7:00 PM Watch: BTN Plus or Flowrestling (Subscription required for either option) The Iowa Hawkeyes open conference dual action this Friday inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena when they welcome in border rival…
Who: #10 Iowa 3-0 (0-0) Vs. #19 Rider 0-0 (0-0) Date: Friday, November 24, 2017 Time: 7 PM (Central Time) Location: Carver Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa TV/Online: Hawkeye Sports (Subscription Required) The Hawkeyes are looking to build on a solid 3-0 start this past weekend at the Iowa City Duals. The competition will ramp…
FULL SERIES: Hawkeye Lineup 197: Depth Chart 197 Starter Keep Your Eye On FR Jacob Warner – Redshirt Connor Corbin – Redshirt RFR Cade Brownlee Sam Cook SO Cash Wilcke Steven Holloway JR SR Just one year ago the 197-pound weight for the Hawkeyes was an extremely thin weight that featured one true 197…
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa sophomore heavyweight Sam Stoll will miss the remainder of the 2016-17 season with a torn ACL, the UI wrestling program announced Friday. The Kasson, Minnesota, native was 7-2 this season and ranked No. 8 in the country. The third-ranked Hawkeyes (7-1) host second-ranked Penn State (7-0, 3-0) on…
For the first time in several weeks we find ourselves in a week without college wrestling. During this lull in the action we decided to run a team by team recap giving opinions on how each weight has looked through the first month and a half of the season. 125-157 Rewind 165: Still up for…
As we head into the 2016-17 season one thing is abundantly clear for the Hawkeyes, the 2012 #1 overall recruiting class is going to play a huge role if Tom Brands is going to take his team back to the top. This is the same sentiment that was echoed prior to the start of last…
Wrapping up the 2015-16 season is not an easy thing to do if you are an Iowa Hawkeye, as the team finished a disappointing 1-6 on the final day of the NCAA tournament. The bumpy finish to the season included all six of Iowa’s All-Americans losing their final matches, with three of those losses coming…
The University of Iowa took second this past weekend at the 2016 Big Ten Championships, which were hosted in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Penn State led all teams with 150.5 points, including three champions, with Iowa finishing with 127 points, and Ohio State a close third at 126. The Hawkeyes came into Sunday’s finals matches looking to…
It was a beating in Carver with the Iowa Hawkeyes hosting the #23 ranked Minnesota Gophers in what is annually a big rivalry dual. This year is obviously an outlier with the Hawks racking up 34 points against the Gophers, dropping matches at 141 and 197 pounds. Thomas Gilman has been the ultimate sparkplug for…
The Hawkeyes returned to Carver-Hawkeye Arena to face Purdue on Friday putting in a dominating performance by winning nine of 10 matches, including six of those by bonus. With the win Iowa improved to 12-0 in dual competition and 6-0 in the Big Ten conference. The Hawkeyes appear to be firing on all cylinders winning…
Streaming/TV info for this year’s Midlands can be found on BTN through this link. 125: #2 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) – returning runner-up #6 Ronnie Rios (Oregon State) #7 Dylan Peters (UNI) #9 David Terao (American) #10 Tim Lambert (Nebraska) #14 Ryan Milhoff (Oklahoma) #16 Josh Rodriguez (NDSU) – 5th in 2014 Kyle Larson (ISU) Nathan…
285: Sam Stoll (IA) vs #6 Billy Smith 1st: Stoll comes out to Darth Vader’s theme song again. Smith drops for a shot and Stoll backs out into a bear hug, but Smith able to back out otf that. Both guys moving well early. Stoll trying to work some snaps on Smith’s head, now with…
Who: #2 Iowa vs. #12 Rutgers Date: Thursday December 10th, 2015 Time: 7:00 Location: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA Video (Online): BTN Plus (Subscription required) Play-by-Play: IAWrestle.com InterMat Rankings #2 Iowa Hawkeyes 6-0 (1-0) vs #12 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 9-1 (0-0) 125- #2 Thomas Gilman vs #18 Sean McCabe 133- #3 Cory Clark vs #17…