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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA WRESTLING ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) JANUARY 15, 2016 [email protected] 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS SCHEDULE & RESULTS ON THE MAT TEAM RANKINGS (10-0, 4-0) #2 IOWA AT WISCONSIN ΈBTNΉ USA Today/NWCA NOVEMBER JAN. 15 ͳͳ 8 P.M. ΈCTΉ Division I Coaches Poll (1/12/16) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 14 #1 Oklahoma State#^ W, 18-16 Rank Team (First) Record 20 Maryland W, 36-9 1 Penn State (12) 8-0 Grand Canyon* W, 44-0 2 IOWA 10-0 Iowa Central* W, 54-0 MADISON, WISCONSIN 3 N.C. State 16-0 Cornell College* W, 58-0 KOHL CENTER Έ17,230Ή 4 Missouri 7-0 29 at #17 Iowa State W, 33-6 5 Oklahoma State 4-2 DECEMBER WRESTLING COVERAGE 6 Rutgers 11-2 7 Nebraska 8-1 04 South Dakota State+ W, 28-15 8 Lehigh 9-1 10 #11 Rutgers+ W, 29-6 ONLINE AND ON THE AIR Friday’s dual is broadcast on AM 800 KXIC and 9 Oklahoma 6-2 29-30 at Midlands Championships 1st place AM 600 WMT, and audio streamed online at 10 Michigan 6-1 JANUARY Hawkeye All-Access. 11 Ohio State 5-2 08 at #11 Illinois W, 26-12 12 Virginia Tech 7-2 10 at Northwestern+ W, 54-0 ON YOUR TV 13 Illinois 9-2 15 at Wisconsin^ 8 p.m. Friday’s dual is televised on BTN. Tim Johnson, 14 Iowa State 7-2 22 Purdue+ 7 p.m. Jim Gibbons, and Shane Sparks have the call 15 North Carolina 9-1 16 Cornell 1-3 24 at Nebraska+ 2 p.m. from the Kohl Center. 17 Virginia 5-2 29 Minnesota^ 8 p.m. 18 Pi sburgh 9-1 FEBRUARY SOCIAL MEDIA For live Hawkeye wrestling updates follow 19 Central Michigan 5-1 05 Indiana+ 7 p.m. @IowaWRLive; @Hawks_Wrestling; facebook. 20 Purdue 5-2 12 at Montana State Northern 8 p.m. com/iowahawkeyewrestling. 21 Ohio 5-2 21 or 22 Na onal Duals (Iowa City) TBA 22 Indiana 4-1 MARCH LIVE RESULTS 23 Oregon State 4-4 5-6 at Big Ten Championships^ All Day Live results will be available on the wrestling 24 West Virginia 5-2 25 Appalachian State 8-2 (Iowa City, Iowa) schedule page at hawkeyesports.com. 17-19 at NCAA Championships All Day BACK POINTS Dropped Out: No. 23 Minnesota, No. 24 Old (New York City) Dominion All Ɵ mes are Central and subject to change. • Nathan Burak is 14-0 for the fi rst me in his Others Receiving Votes: Cha anooga 9, Min- career. He started 13-0 last season. He has eight nesota 6, Wisconsin 6, Eastern Michigan 5, #Grapple on the Gridiron (Kinnick Stadium) wins by bonus points, including four major Kent State 5, Arizona State 2 ^BTN decisions, two technical falls, and two falls. INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS +BTN Plus • Iowa’s four returning All-Americans -- Thomas * Iowa City Duals Gilman (125), Cory Clark (133), Brandon So- As of Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 rensen (149), and Nathan Burak (197) -- are a FOLLOW THE HAWKEYES combined 56-1 with 39 wins by bonus points. Intermat/WIN/AWN • Wisconsin head coach Barry Davis and Iowa Thomas Gilman (125) 2/2/3 head coach Tom Brands rank 1-2 on Iowa’s @hawks_wrestling Cory Clark (133) 2/1/4 all- me wins list. Brandon Sorensen (149) 2/1/1 • Iowa recorded the largest margin of victory Edwin Cooper, Jr. (157) 16/19/-- @iowawrlive against a Big Ten opponent in school history Alex Meyer (174) 10/6/10 its last me out against Northwestern on Jan. Sammy Brooks (184) 8/9 10 (54-0). Nathan Burak (197) 3/5 facebook.com/ • Sophomore Brandon Sorensen (16), junior Sam Stoll (285) 8/10 iowahawkeyewrestling Thomas Gilman (14), and senior Nathan Burak (14) are all riding career best winning streaks. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA WRESTLING ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) JANUARY 15, 2016 [email protected] 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS PROBABLE LINEUPS #2 IOWA HAWKEYES (10-0, 4-0 B1G) 2015-16 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 2/2/3 Thomas Gilman Jr. Council Bluff s, Iowa/Sku Catholic 14-0 133 3/3/4 Cory Clark Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/SE Polk 12-1 141 Topher Carton Jr. Rock Island, Illinois/Davenport Assump on 9-4 149 2/1/1 Brandon Sorensen So. Cedar Falls, Iowa/Denver 16-0 157 16/19/-- Edwin Cooper, Jr. Sr. Joliet, Illinois/Providence Catholic 8-6 165 Burke Paddock *Fr. Warsaw, New York/Warsaw 9-4 -OR- Patrick Rhoads Sr. Kansas City, Missouri/Staley 7-6 174 12/7/10 Alex Meyer Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/SE Polk 14-2 184 8/9/5 Sammy Brooks Jr. Oak Park, Ill. /Oak Park-River Forest 15-1 197 3/5/3 Nathan Burak Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado 14-0 285 8/10/10 Sam Stoll *Fr. Kasson, Minnesota/Kasson-Matoville 14-2 WISCONSIN BADGERS (1-3, 0-2 B1G) 2015-16 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 Johnny Jimenez So. St. Charles, Illinois/Marmion Academy 9-9 133 7/5/16 Ryan Taylor Jr. Faye e County, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 1-1 141 Gabe Grahek So. Milwaukee, Wisconsin/Marque e 3-4 -OR- Luke Rowh *Fr. Has ngs, Minnesota/Has ngs 7-11 149 Andrew Crone So. Delafi eld, Wisconsin/Arrowhead 8-6 157 T.J. Ruschell Jr. Cri enden, Kentucky/Ryle 7-9 165 3/3/3 Isaac Jordan Jr. Urbana, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 14-0 174 --/20/19 Ricky Robertson So. Tinley Park, Illinois/Carl Sandburg 10-6 184 Ryan Christensen *Fr. Woodinville, Washington/Woodinville 12-11 197 Eric Peissig So. Menomonje, Wisconsin/Menomonie 3-9 285 Brock Horwath Sr. S llwater, Minnesota/S llwater Area 11-8 ^Intermat/WIN/AWN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA WRESTLING ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) JANUARY 15, 2016 [email protected] 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON THE MAT Iowa is 4-0 in the Big Ten for the seventh The University of Iowa wrestling team meets me since 2006-07, Tom Brands fi rst season as Wisconsin on Friday at 8 p.m. (CT) at the Kohl head coach. The Hawkeyes have started 5-0 six Center. The dual will air live on BTN. mes, and each me they went on to fi nish with an undefeated conference record while win- IOWA VS. WISCONSIN ning the Big Ten regular season dual tle (2008, Iowa leads the all- me series, 75-8-3, includ- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015). B1G STANDINGS ing a 37-4-2 all- me record in Madison. The Hawkeyes have won or shared seven of The Hawkeyes have won the last fi ve meet- the last eight Big Ten dual championships, and Conf. Overall ings and 36 of the last 37 da ng back to 1975. have won or shared the regular season tle 1. IOWA 4-0 10-0 Wisconsin’s only win during that me was a eight mes since the conference started recog- 2. Penn State 3-0 8-0 21-14 decision inside Carver-Hawkeye Are- nizing a dual meet champion in 1999. Iowa won 3. Michigan 2-0 6-1 na on Jan. 27, 2007. The Hawkeyes haven’t the tle outright in 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, dropped a dual in Madison since 1945 (L, 18- 4. Nebraska 3-1 9-1 2011, 2013, and 2015, and shared the tle in 16). 2003 and 2014. 5. Rutgers 2-1 11-2 The series dates back to 1923, an 8-6 Iowa Ohio State 2-1 5-2 win. The teams had met every year from HAWKEYES HIT CAREER LONGS 7. Indiana 1-1 4-1 1934-2010 before being omi ed from the Junior Thomas Gilman, sophomore Brandon So- 8. Illinois 1-2 9-2 schedule in 2011. rensen, and senior Nathan Burak are all riding 9. Minnesota 1-2 5-6 Wisconsin head coach Barry Davis is a 1985 career best winning streaks. All three wrestlers 10. Maryland 1-3 4-6 graduate of the University of Iowa. He is one are undefeated this season. 11. Purdue 0-1 5-2 of six Big Ten coaches to graduate from Iowa. Sorensen has won 16 straight to open the 12. Wisconsin 0-2 1-3 Davis was a four- me All-American at Iowa season. He is 12-0 all- me in Big Ten duals. Northwestern 0-2 1-3 and won three NCAA championships for the Burak has won 14 straight to open the sea- Hawkeyes (1982, 1983, 1985). His wife, Nan, 14. Michigan State 0-3 0-8 son, and 15 in a row da ng back to his seventh won the 1985 NCAA tle in the 10,000 meters place match at the NCAA Championships. His B1G WRESTLER OF THE WEEK while compe ng for the Hawkeyes. previous career-long win streak was 13, set in the fi rst 13 matches of 2014-15. BRANDS AND DAVIS ARE 1ͳ2 Gilman has won 14 in a row to open the sea- Date Wrestler (Wt., School) Wisconsin head coach Barry Davis and Iowa son.