UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] JANUARY 31, 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 NWCA Preseason JANUARY #1 IOWA VS. #9 ILLINOIS Division I Coaches Poll SUNDAY, JAN. 31 | 11 A.M. CT DATE OPPONENT TV/TIME (CT)/RESULT (1/26/21) 15 #6 Nebraska W, 31-6 22 at #15 Minnesota W, 35-4 Rank Team (First) Points 31 #9 Illinois BTN/11 a.m. 1 IOWA (14) 2-0 #2 Michigan PPD 2 Michigan 3-0 3 NC State 4-0 FEBRUARY IOWA CITY, IOWA 4 Penn State 0-0 5 Oklahoma State 5-0 7 vs. Ohio State BTN/1 p.m. CARVERHAWKEYE ARENA 15,077 6 Missouri 9-0 at Purdue TBA 7 Nebraska 3-1 12 at Penn State BTN/8 p.m. BACK POINTS 8 Virginia Tech 5-0 19 Northwestern ESPNU/4 p.m. 9 Illinois 4-0 21 at Wisconsin BTN/8 p.m. 10 Arizona State 2-0 • Iowa has won 15 straight overall and 20 con- 11 Ohio State 2-1 secu ve Big Ten duals. 12 Pi sburgh 3-1 MARCH • Tom Brands is 9-0 all- me against Illinois. 13 Iowa State 4-1 6-7 at Big Ten Championships BTN • Iowa leads the all- me series 52-26-1 and 14 North Carolina 2-0 University Park, Pennsylvania has won the last nine mee ngs. 15 Minnesota 2-2 • Spencer Lee is 24-0 all- me in Big Ten duals 18-20 at NCAA Championships 16 Northern Iowa 3-1 and has won 25 straight overall. St. Louis, Missouri 17 Northern Colorado 3-0 • The 10 ranked wrestlers in Iowa’s probable 18 Wisconsin 1-2 lineup have a combined career record of 19 Purdue 1-2 144-18 in Big Ten duals. 20 Rutgers 0-2 • Iowa All-Americans and Illinois na ves Abe 21 Stanford 1-0 Assad (184), Jacob Warner (197) and Tony 22 Oklahoma 2-3 Cassioppi (285) combined to win seven Illi- 23 Michigan State 1-1 nois high school state championships (Assad 24 Navy 2-1 2, Warner 3, Cassioppi 2). MULTI-MEDIA 25 Binghamton 3-0 TELEVISION • BTN Shane Sparks, play-by-play Jim Gibbons, analyst INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS MOBILE APPS/ONLINE As of Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 • FoxSports.com (authen cate with TV pro- vider) Intermat/Track/WIN • Fox Sports APP Spencer Lee (125) 1/1/1 Aus n DeSanto (133) 5/5/4 AUDIO Jaydin Eierman (141) 1/1/1 • iHeart.com // AM 800 KXIC Max Murin (149) 8/5/7 Kaleb Young (157) 5/6/8 Alex Marinelli (165) 2/2/2 LIVE RESULTS Michael Kemerer (174) 1/1/1 • hawkeyesports.com (trackwrestling.com) Tolono, Illinois, naƟ ve Jacob Warner was a three-Ɵ me Nelson Brands (184) 6/6/7 state champion at Washington High School. Warner, a Jacob Warner (197) 4/3/3 two-Ɵ me All-American at 197, is 2-0 all-Ɵ me against the Illini, including a 6-1 decision against MaƩ Wroblewski at Tony Cassioppi (285) 3/3/3 the 2018 Midlands. twitter.com/Hawks_Wrestling facebook.com/iowahawkeyewrestling instagram.com/iowahawkeyewrestling UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] JANUARY 31, 2021 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 36 BIG TEN TITLES • 84 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 203 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 345 ALL-AMERICA HONORS PROBABLE LINEUPS #1 IOWA HAWKEYES (2-0, 2-0 BIG TEN) 2020-21 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 1/1/1 Spencer Lee Sr.. Murrysville, Pennsylvania/Franklin Regional 2-0 -OR- Aaron Cashman So. Spring Park, Minnesota/Shakopee 0-0 133 5/4/4 Aus n DeSanto Sr. Exeter, Pennsylvania/Exeter (Drexel) 2-0 141 1/1/1 Jaydin Eierman Sr. Columbia, Missouri/Columbia (Missouri) 2-0 -OR- Carter Happel Sr. Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon 0-2 149 8/5/7 Max Murin Jr. Ebensburg, Pennsylvania/Central Cambria 2-0 -OR- Bretli Reyna Fr. Homestead, Florida/South Dade 0-1 157 5/6/8 Kaleb Young Sr. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania/Punxsutawney 2-0 165 2/2/2 Alex Marinelli Sr. Miamisburg, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 2-0 174 1/1/1 Michael Kemerer Sr. Murrysville, Pennsylvania/Franklin Regional 1-0 -OR- Patrick Kennedy Fr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 1-1 184 6/6/7 Nelson Brands So. Iowa City, Iowa/West 2-0 197 4/3/3 Jacob Warner Jr. Tolono, Illinois/Washington Community 1-1 -OR- Connor Corbin Jr. Des Moines, Iowa/West Des Moines Valley 0-1 285 3/3/3 Tony Cassioppi So. Roscoe, Illinois/Honoegah 1-1 Head Coach: Tom Brands Associate Head Coach: Terry Brands Assistant Coaches: Ryan Morningstar, Bobby Telford #9 ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI (4-0, 4-0 BIG TEN) 2020-21 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 15/13/13 Jus n Cardani So. Champaign, Illinois/Centennial 2-2 133 --/23/-- Lucas Byrd So. Cincinna , Ohio/La Salle 4-0 141 12/13/11 Dylan Duncan Sr. Winfi eld, Illinois/Mon nia Catholic 2-0 149 9/8/9 Michael Carr Sr. South Faye e, Pennsylvania/South Faye e 3-1 157 Johnny Mologousis Jr. Lagrange, Illinois/Lyons 1-3 165 Luke Odom Fr. Edwardsville, Illinois/Edwardsville 0-1 174 --/26/-- D.J. Shannon So. Madison, Illinois/Chris an Brothers 2-2 -OR- Trey Sizemore So. Cincinna e, Ohio/La Salle 184 13/11/10 Zach Braunagel So. Belleville, Illinois/Althoff Catholic 2-2 197 --/24/-- Ma Wroblewski Jr. Mt. Prospect, Illinois/Prospect 3-1 285 6/5/11 Luke Luff man So. Urbana, Illinois/Urbana 4-0 Head Coach: Jim Heff ernan Assistant Coaches: Jeremy Hunter, Mike Poeta ^Intermat/TrackWrestling/WIN *redshirt twitter.com/Hawks_Wrestling facebook.com/iowahawkeyewrestling instagram.com/iowahawkeyewrestling UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] JANUARY 31, 2021 23 NATIONAL TITLES • 36 BIG TEN TITLES • 84 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 203 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL TITLES • 345 ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON THE MAT TOP HEAVY QUICK FACTS The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling Iowa has 10 wrestlers ranked in the top eight of team hosts No. 10 Illinois on Sunday at 11 the na onal polls, more than any other school. School Informa on a.m. (CT) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes have three wrestlers ranked Name: University of Iowa at the top of their respec ve weight class. Spen- Loca on: Iowa City, Iowa FOLLOW THE HAWKEYES cer Lee (125), Jaydin Eierman (141) and Michael Enrollment: 30,448 Sunday’s dual is televised live on BTN and Kemerer (174) are all ranked No. 1. No other President: Bruce Harreld available at FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports school has more than one wrestler ranked No. Director of Athle cs: Gary Barta mobile app. 1 or be er. Colors: Black & Gold (PMS 116) Iowa will make seven appearances on BTN Nickname: Hawkeyes this season, including duals against Nebraska, QUICK WORK Mascot: Herky the Hawk Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State Top-ranked Spencer Lee has outscored his op- Conference: Big Ten and Wisconsin, and the Big Ten Champion- ponents 2-0 in three minutes and 14 seconds Facility (Capacity): ships at Penn State on March 6-7. Starts mes of mat me. Lee opened the season with a fall Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,077) and the BTN Plus schedule have not yet been in one minute, 21 seconds, and ended his last released. match with a fall in one minute, 53 seconds. He Team Informa on led 6-0 in his fi rst match and 14-0 in his second Head Coach (Alma Mater, Yr.): THE SERIES — ILLINOIS match before securing the pins. Tom Brands (Iowa, 1992) Iowa leads the all- me series 52-26-1 and has Since the start of the 2019-20 season, Lee School Record (Yrs.): 233-22-1 (15th year) won the last nine mee ngs. The Hawkeyes has outscored his 20 opponents 254-18. Overall Record (Yrs.): 250-43-1 (17th year) won the last mee ng, 31-8, on Jan. 25, 2019, Assoc. Head Coach (Alma Mater, Year): in Champaign. TOP 10 MATCHUP -- 149 POUNDS Terry Brands (Iowa, 1992) Iowa is 23-9-1 at home in the all- me se- Fi h-ranked Max Murin faces No. 8 Michael Asst Coach (Alma Mater, Year): ries. Illinois has not won in Iowa City since Carr. It is the fourth matchup between the two, Ryan Morningstar (Iowa, 2009) Feb. 10, 2006 (24-13). That was the Illini’s last but the fi rst at 149 pounds. Asst Coach (Alma Mater, Year): win in the series. Murin holds a 2-1 advantage in three previ- Bobby Telford (Iowa, 2015) Iowa head coach Tom Brands is 9-0 all- ous mee ngs, all at 141. He defeated Carr, 3-1, me against Illinois. as a true freshman at the 2016 Midlands and Athle cs Communica ons won the most recent mee ng, 3-1, at the 2019 Wrestling Contact: Chris Brewer WINNING STREAK Big Ten Championships. Carr’s lone win was a Offi ce Phone: 319-335-9411 Iowa has won 15 straight overall and 20 6-3 decision at Illinois in a 2019 dual. Cell Phone: 319-325-3483 consecu ve Big Ten duals. Iowa has won 17 Murin is 2-0 this year with two ranked wins.