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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] NOVEMBER 29, 2015 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS 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 (5-0, 1-0) #2 IOWA AT #17 IOWA STATE USA Today/NWCA NOVEMBER NOv. 29 -- 2 P.M. (ct) Division I Coaches Poll (11/24/15) DATe OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 14 #1 Oklahoma State#^ W, 18-16 Rank Team (First) Record 20 Maryland W, 36-9 1 Penn State (11) 4-0 Grand Canyon* W, 44-0 2 IOWA 5-0 Iowa Central* W, 54-0 AMES, IOWA 3 Ohio State (1) 2-0 Cornell College* W, 58-0 HILTON COLISEUM (14,356) 4 Oklahoma State 0-1 29 at #17 Iowa State 2 p.m. 5 Nebraska 3-0 DECEMBER WRESTLING COVERAGE 6 Virginia Tech 3-1 7 Cornell 1-0 04 South Dakota State+ 7 p.m. ONLINE AND ON THE AIR 8 Oklahoma 5-0 10 Rutgers+ 5 p.m. Sunday’s dual is broadcast on AM 800 KXIC 9 Missouri 1-0 29-30 at Midlands Championships and audio streamed online at Hawkeye All- 10 Michigan 3-1 JANUARY Access. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside have 11 Lehigh 4-1 08 at Illinois 7 p.m. the call live from Hilton Coliseum. 12 Illinois 5-0 10 at Northwestern+ 2 p.m. The dual will be streamed at cyclones.tv. 13 N.C. State 7-0 15 at Wisconsin^ 2 p.m. 14 Rutgers 7-1 22 Purdue+ 7 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA 15 Wisconsin 1-0 16 North Carolina 3-1 24 at Nebraska+ 2 p.m. For live Hawkeye wrestling updates follow @IowaWRLive; @Hawks_Wrestling; face- 17 Iowa State 2-1 29 Minnesota^ 8 p.m. book.com/iowahawkeyewrestling. 18 Minnesota 3-3 FEBRUARY 19 Virginia 4-2 05 Indiana+ 7 p.m. LIVE RESULTS 20 Ohio 3-0 12 at Montana State Northern 8 p.m. Live results will be available on the wrestling 21 Old Dominion 2-1 21 or 22 National Duals (Iowa City) TBA schedule page at hawkeyesports.com. 22 Central Michigan 2-0 MARCH 23 Oregon State 2-3 5-6 at Big Ten Championships^ All Day 24 West Virginia 4-2 25 Northern Iowa 1-2 (Iowa City, Iowa) BACK POINTS 17-19 at NCAA Championships All Day Dropped Out: None (New York City) • The Hawkeyes have won 11 in a row in the series and own an all-time series record of Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 6, Rider 5, All times are Central and subject to change. 63-16-2. Stanford 5, Utah Valley 2, Chattanooga 1, Ed- inboro 1 • The Hawkeyes are in possession of the Dan #Grapple on the Gridiron (Kinnick Stadium) Gable Traveling Trophy. Since the trophy’s ^BTN inception in 2010, the Hawkeyes have won INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS +BTN Plus every meeting against the Cyclones (5-0). As of Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 * Iowa City Duals • Tom Brands is 10-0 against the Cyclones as Iowa’s head wrestling coach. Intermat/WIN/AWN • At least five Hawkeyes will make their Thomas Gilman (125) 2/2/2 MEDIA AVAILABILITY Cy-Hawk Series debut: Gilman, Clark, Cory Clark (133) 2/2/2 Sorensen, Brooks, and Burak are the only Brandon Sorensen (149) 3/2/2 Wrestlers are available for interviews Tues- Hawkeyes with previous Cy-Hawk Series Alex Meyer (174) 4/6/6 days from 3-3:25 p.m. inside the Dan Gable experience. Sammy Brooks (184) 12/8/10 Wrestling Complex. Coach Brands will ad- • The Hawkeyes have 20 total Iowa natives Nathan Burak (197) 4/4/4 dress the media at 3 p.m. Please submit your on their roster. The Cyclones have 23. student-athlete requests via email to christo- Based on probable lineups, three matches, [email protected] before 2 125, 141, and 149, could pit Iowa native p.m. Monday. Times are subject to change. against Iowa native. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] NOVEMBER 29, 2015 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS 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 (5-0, 1-0 B1G) 2015-16 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 2/2/2 Thomas Gilman Jr. Council Bluffs, Iowa/Skutt Catholic 5-0 133 2/2/2 Cory Clark Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/SE Polk 5-0 141 Logan Ryan *Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf 6-3 B1G STANDINGS 149 3/2/2 Brandon Sorensen So. Cedar Falls, Iowa/Denver 5-0 157 Edwin Cooper, Jr. Sr. Joliet, Illinois/Providence Catholic 3-1 OR Skyler St. John *Fr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Prairie 1-0 165 Patrick Rhoads Sr. Kansas City, Missouri/Staley 2-1 OR Burke Paddock *Fr. Warsaw, New York/Warsaw 6-3 174 4/6/6 Alex Meyer Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/SE Polk 4-1 184 12/8/10 Sammy Brooks Jr. Oak Park, Ill. /Oak Park-River Forest 5-0 197 4/4/4 Nathan Burak Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado 5-0 285 Sam Stoll *Fr. Kasson, Minnesota/Kassono-Matoville 5-0 Head Coach: Tom Brands Associate Head Coach: Terry Brands Assistant Coaches: Ryan Morningstar, Ben Berhow #17 IOWA STATE CYCLONES (2-1, 0-0 BIG 12) 2015-16 Overall Wt. Rank Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 Kyle Larson Jr. West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley 11-2 OR --/20/-- Nathan Boston So. Versailles, Kentucky/Woodford Co. 0-1 133 7/7/5 Earl Hall Sr. Homestead, Florida/Robert Morgan 8-0 141 John Meeks Jr.. Des Moines, Iowa/Roosevelt 5-3 OR --/--/15 Dante Rodriguez So. Kearney, Nebraska/Kearney 6-1 149 15/11/11 Gabe Moreno Jr. Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale 1-0 157 Renaldo Rodriguez *Fr. Cheektowaga, New York/Cheektowaga Central 9-3 OR Logan Breitenbach *Fr. Annapolis, Maryland/Archbishop Spalding 4-3 165 11/11/9 Tanner Weatherman Sr. Huxley, Iowa/Ballard Huxley 6-2 174 13/12/11 Lelund Weatherspoon Jr. Jackson, Michigan/Napoleon 7-1 184 Dane Pestano So. Waimanalo, Hawaii/Kamehameha 8-2 197 Duke Egli So. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 1-0 285 Quean Smith Jr. Detroit, Michigan/Highland Park 9-2 Head Coach: Kevin Jackson Assistant Coaches: Travis Paulson, Trent Paulson, Angel Escobedo ^Intermat/WIN/AWN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] NOVEMBER 29, 2015 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 35 BIG TEN TITLES • 81 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 195 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 313 ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON THE MAT Iowa wrestling owns a 10-1 lead in the The second-ranked University of Iowa Cy-Hawk Series duals. The Cyclones won wrestling team travels to Ames, Iowa, to the first meeting in 2004, and Iowa has face No. 17 Iowa State on Sunday in the won the last 10. (Iowa has won 11 straight annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. The overall, including a meeting at the National dual begins at 2 p.m. (CT) inside Hilton Duals.) Coliseum. B1G STANDINGS Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for IOWA NATIVES Conf. Overall youth (high school age and younger). The Hawkeyes have five native Iowans in 1. IOWA 1-0 5-0 their probable lineup, including each of the Illinois 0-0 5-0 DAN GABLE TRAVELING TROPHY first four weight classes -- Thomas Gilman Nebraska 0-0 4-0 The Iowa-Iowa State wrestling rivalry in- (Council Bluffs), Cory Clark (Pleasant Hill), Penn State 0-0 4-0 troduced the Dan Gable Traveling Trophy Logan Ryan (Bettendorf), and Brandon So- Ohio State 0-0 2-0 in 2010. rensen (Cedar Falls). Iowa’s 174-pounder, Wisconsin 0-0 1-0 In a joint collaboration, the schools Alex Meyer, is also from Pleasant Hill. Rutgers 0-0 6-1 announced the annual dual would be The Cyclones have five native Iowans Purdue 0-0 4-1 wrestled for a trophy representing Iowa in their probable lineup. Three matches -- Michigan 0-0 3-1 State’s former two-time NCAA Champion 125, 141, and 149 -- could pit Iowa native Minnesota 0-0 4-3 and Iowa’s 15-time NCAA championship against Iowa native. Indiana 0-0 0-0 coach. The Hawkeyes have 20 total Iowa na- Northwestern 0-0 0-0 Iowa has won every meeting since the tives on their roster. The Cyclones have 23. Michigan State 0-0 0-3 trophy’s inception (5-0), including a 22-13 Maryland 0-1 1-3 win at home in 2010, a 27-9 win in Ames CY-HAWK EXPERIENCE in 2011, a 32-3 win in Iowa City in 2012, a Cory Clark and Sammy Brooks are both B1G WRESTLER OF THE WEEK 23-9 win in Ames in 2013, and a 28-8 win making their third Cy-Hawk Series appear- in Iowa City last season. ance. Clark is 2-0 all-time, with both wins Date Wrestler (Wt., School) against Earl Hall. Clark defeated Hall, 8-7, at THE SERIES 11/3 Nathan Tomasello (OSU) 125 pounds in Ames in 2013.