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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] MARCH 6-7, 2021 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 36 BIG TEN TITLES • 84 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 203 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 345 ALL-AMERICA HONORS SCHEDULE & RESULTS ON THE MAT TEAM RANKINGS (5-0, 5-0) JANUARY NWCA Preseason DATE OPPONENT TV/TIME (CT)/RESULT Division I Coaches Poll 15 #6 Nebraska W, 31-6 (2/23/21) 22 at #15 Minnesota W, 35-4 Rank Team (First) Record 31 #9 Illinois W, 36-6 1 IOWA (14) 5-0 #2 Michigan PPD 2 Penn State 5-0 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 Virginia Tech 9-0 MARCH 6ͳ7 FEBRUARY 4 Michigan 5-1 UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA 7 at #18 Purdue W, 31-18 5 Missouri 10-0 BRYCE JORDAN CENTER vs. #11 Ohio State W, 33-14 6 Oklahoma State 10-0 12 at Penn State PPD 7 NC State 6-1 19 Northwestern PPD SCHEDULE OF 8 Nebraska 7-1 9 ( e) Minnesota 7-2 21 at #25 Wisconsin CANCELLED EVENTS (ET) 9 ( e) Arizona State 6-0 SATURDAY, MARCH 6 11 Illinois 5-3 MARCH 10 a.m. Session I 12 Ohio State 5-4 6-7 at Big Ten Championships BTN 7 p.m. Session II 13 Iowa State 9-3 University Park, Pennsylvania 14 North Carolina 5-2 18-20 at NCAA Championships SUNDAY, MARCH 7 15 Northern Iowa 4-4 16 Pi sburgh 3-4 St. Louis, Missouri 12 p.m. Session III 17 Navy 5-1 4 p.m. Championship Finals 18 Purdue 3-5 All Ɵ mes local to site (ET) and subject to change 19 Oklahoma 5-5 20 Virginia 3-3 WRESTLING 21 Central Michigan 5-2 COVERAGE 22 Campbell 8-1 23 Michigan State 2-5 SATURDAY, MARCH 6 24 Rider 4-1 • Session I: BTN/FOX Sports app 25 Wyoming 3-3 • Session II: BTN/FOX Sports app Dropped Out: Wisconsin. SUNDAY, MARCH 7 • Session III: BTN Plus/BTN Plus mobile app • Session IV Finals: BTN/FOX Sports app INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS AUDIO COVERAGE The Big Ten Championships are broadcast on As of Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 AM 800 KXIC and streamed online at iHeart. Intermat/Track/WIN com and on the iHeart Radio mobile app. Ste- Spencer Lee (125) 1/1/1 ven Grace and Mark Ironside will call the ac on. Aus n DeSanto (133) 5/3/3 Jaydin Eierman (141) 1/1/1 SOCIAL MEDIA Max Murin (149) 6/5/6 Live Hawkeye wrestling updates are available at Kaleb Young (157) 5/5/5 @Hawks_Wrestling; Alex Marinelli (165) 1/1/1 Michael Kemerer (174) 1/1/1 Nelson Brands (184) 16/15/11 Jacob Warner (197) 3/2/2 Tony Cassioppi (285) 3/3/3 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] MARCH 6-7, 2021 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 36 BIG TEN TITLES • 84 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 203 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 345 ALL-AMERICA HONORS 2021 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS LINEUP 2020 BIG TEN #1 IOWA HAWKEYES (5-0, 5-0 BIG TEN) 2020-21 Overall CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEW Wt. Pre-Seed Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 Spencer Lee Sr. Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional 4-0 Piscataway, New Jersey - RAC 133 Aus n DeSanto Sr. Exeter, Pennsylvania/Exeter (Drexel) 5-0 March 7-8, 2020 141 Max Murin Jr. Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria 5-0 Place Team Score 149 Jaydin Eierman Sr. Columbia, Mo./Columbia (Missouri) 4-1 1. IOWA 157.5 157 Kaleb Young Sr. Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney 3-0 2. Nebraska 132 165 Alex Marinelli Sr. Miamisburg, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 2-0 3. Ohio State 112 174 Michael Kemerer Sr. Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional 4-0 4. Penn State 107 184 Nelson Brands So. Iowa City, Iowa/West 3-2 5. Purdue 83 197 Jacob Warner Jr. Tolono, Illinois/Washington Community 4-1 6. Northwestern 70.5 285 Tony Cassioppi So. Roscoe, Illinois/Hononegah 4-1 7. Michigan 73 8. Minnesota 63.5 Head Coach: Tom Brands 9. Wisconsin 62.5 Associate Head Coach: Terry Brands 10. Michigan State 57 Assistant Coaches: Ryan Morningstar, Bobby Telford 11. Illinois 49 12. Rutgers 25.5 ON THE MAT WRESTLER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP 13. Indiana 14.5 The University of Iowa wrestling team competes Since 1989, the year the Big Ten record book fi rst 14. Maryland 0 at the 2021 Big Ten Championships on Saturday recognizes the award, nine diff erent Hawkeyes have and Sunday at the Bryce Jordan Center in Univer- been named Wrestler of the Big Ten Championships. Individual Champions sity Park, Pennsylvania. The two-day event begins Alex Marinelli won the award in 2019 a er winning Wt. Name, School Saturday at 9 a.m. (CT). Session II starts Saturday the 165-pound bracket. He shared the award with 125 Spencer Lee, IOWA at 6 p.m. Session III begins Sunday at 11 a.m., fol- Penn State’s Jason Nolf. Head coach Tom Brands won 133 Sebas an Rivera, Northwestern lowed by the fi nals at 3 p.m. Sessions I, II and IV will the award in 1989 following his 126-pound confer- 141 Luke Pletcher, Ohio State be televised by BTN. Session III is streamed at BTN ence tle. Associate head coach Terry Brands won 149 Pat Lugo, IOWA Plus. Times are subject to change. the honor following his 126-pound Big Ten tle in 157 Ryan Deakin, Northwestern 1992. Brent Metcalf is the only Big Ten athlete to win BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS the award twice (2008, 2009). 165 Alex Marinelli, IOWA Brackets and team standings will be available 174 Mark Hall, Penn State throughout the tournament at bigten.org and BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 184 Aaron Brooks, Penn State hawkeyesports.com. The Hawkeyes’ 115 Big Ten champions have won a 197 Kollin Moore, Ohio State total of 203 conference tles. There have been seven 285 Gable Steveson, Minnesota AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS four- me, 18 three- me, and 31 two- me winners. The Big Ten Championships is one of seven NCAA The Hawkeyes have won 36 team tles, twice as Iowa’s Placewinners qualifying tournaments across the country. T h e many as the next closest school (Illinois, 17). Iowa Wt. Name Place NCAA has awarded the conference 76 of the 266 won 25 consecu ve conference championships from 125 Spencer Lee 1st automa c qualifying bids for the na onal champi- 1974-1998. 133 Aus n DeSanto 4th onships in St. Louis on March 18-20. 141 Max Murin 5th The Big Ten was allo ed more bids than any Iowa’s most recent Big Ten Champion by weight: 149 Pat Lugo 1st other conference. The league will have fi ve auto- 125: Spencer Lee, 2020 157 Kaleb Young dnp ma c qualifi ers at 197, six automa c qualifi ers at 133: Cory Clark, 2016 165 Alex Marinelli 1st 149 and 285, and seven at 125, 133, 141, 157, 165, 141: Cliff Moore, 2004 174 and 184. 149: Pat Lugo, 2020 174 Michael Kemerer 2nd A er all of the qualifying events have conclud- 157: Derek St. John, 2012 184 Abe Assad 4th ed, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Commi ee will 165: Alex Marinelli, 2020 197 Jacob Warner 3rd meet in-person to select the remaining 64 at-large 174: Jay Borschel, 2010 285 Tony Cassioppi 3rd qualifi ers. All weight classes will consist of 33 wres- 184: Sammy Brooks, 2017 tlers. 197: none since weight was introduced in 1999. Big Ten Awards Wrestlers that meet two or more of the at-large HWT: Blake Rasing, 2011 Coach of the Year considera on standards will be eligible for at-large Tom Brands, IOWA selec on Minimum standards include: .700 over- Freshman of the Year all winning percentage; .700 Division I winning Aaron Brooks, Penn State percentage at the weight class; Top 33 Coaches Wrestler of the Year Ranking (Taken a er the qualifying tournament); Spencer Lee, IOWA One win against a wrestler who qualifi ed via a pre- Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet allocated spot or AQ; Qualifying event placement Sebas an Rivera, Northwestern one below pre-allocated spots; Seeded in top 16 during 2020 selec ons; Finished in top 8 during 2019 Championships. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] MARCH 6-7, 2021 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 36 BIG TEN TITLES • 84 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 203 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 345 ALL-AMERICA HONORS 2020ͳ21 DUAL MEET RESULTS #1 IOWA 31, #6 Nebraska 6 #1 IOWA 33, #11 Ohio State 14 125: #1 Spencer Lee (I) pinned #11 Liam Cronin (N), 1:21 125: #1 Spencer Lee (IA) pinned Brady Koontz (OSU), 1:32 133: #5 Aus n DeSanto (I) tech. fall Alex Thomsen (N), 21-6 133: #4 Aus n DeSanto (IA) tech. fall Dylan Koontz (OSU), 19-4 141: #1 Jaydin Eierman (I) dec. #7 Chad Red Jr. (N), 8-4 141: #1 Jaydin Eierman (IA) pinned Anthony Echemendia, 5:23 149: #8 Max Murin (I) dec. #20 Brock Hardy (N), 6-2 149: #2 Sammy Sasso (OSU) pinned #5 Max Murin (IA), 6:53 157: #6 Kaleb Young (I) major dec. Caleb Licking (N), 7-5 157: #26 Elijah Cleary (OSU) dec. Bretli Reyna (IA), 4-3 165: #2 Alex Marinelli (I) dec. #18 Peyton Robb (N), 9-3 165: #6 Ethan Smith (OSU) tech. fall, Zach Axmear (IA), 18-3 174: #4 Mikey Labriola (N) dec.