UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] DECEMBER 10, 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 (7-0, 1-0) #2 IOWA vs. #11 RUTGERS USA Today/NWCA NOVEMBER dec. 10 -- 7 P.M. (Ct) Division I Coaches Poll (12/8/15) DATe OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 14 #1 Oklahoma State#^ W, 18-16 Rank Team (First) Record 20 Maryland W, 36-9 1 Penn State (12) 4-0 Grand Canyon* W, 44-0 2 IOWA 7-0 Iowa Central* W, 54-0 iowa CITY, IOWA 3 Ohio State 3-0 Cornell College* W, 58-0 CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA (15,077) 4 Nebraska 5-0 29 at #17 Iowa State W, 33-6 5 N.C. State 9-0 DECEMBER WRESTLING COVERAGE 6 Virginia Tech 3-1 7 Oklahoma 5-0 04 South Dakota State+ W, 28-15 ONLINE AND ON THE AIR 8 Missouri 2-0 10 #11 Rutgers+ 7 p.m. Thursday’s dual is broadcast on AM 800 KXIC 9 Oklahoma State 2-2 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 Rutgers 9-1 08 at Illinois 7 p.m. the call live from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. 12 Illinois 8-0 10 at Northwestern+ 2 p.m. The dual will be streamed at BTN Plus. 13 Lehigh 6-1 15 at Wisconsin^ 8 p.m. 14 Cornell 1-2 22 Purdue+ 7 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA 15 Wisconsin 1-0 16 North Carolina 4-1 24 at Nebraska+ 2 p.m. For live Hawkeye wrestling updates follow @IowaWRLive; @Hawks_Wrestling; face- 17 Minnesota 4-4 29 Minnesota^ 8 p.m. book.com/iowahawkeyewrestling. 18 Virginia 4-2 FEBRUARY 19 Iowa State 2-2 05 Indiana+ 7 p.m. LIVE RESULTS 20 Central Michigan 4-0 12 at Montana State Northern 8 p.m. Live results will be available on the wrestling 21 Ohio 3-0 21 or 22 National Duals (Iowa City) TBA schedule page at hawkeyesports.com. 22 Old Dominion 2-1 MARCH 23 Oregon State 2-3 5-6 at Big Ten Championships^ All Day 24 Purdue 5-1 25 West Virginia 4-2 (Iowa City, Iowa) BACK POINTS 17-19 at NCAA Championships All Day Dropped out: No. 25 (tie) Northern Iowa, No. (New York City) • Cory Clark is ranked No. 1 at 133 pounds by WIN Magazine. It is the first No. 1 ranking 25 (tie) Princeton All times are Central and subject to change. of his career. Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Michigan 15, Pittsburgh 9, Stanford 6, Chattanooga 4, • Iowa’s four returning All-Americans -- #Grapple on the Gridiron (Kinnick Stadium) Northern Iowa 4, Princeton 3, Edinboro 1 Thomas Gilman (125), Cory Clark (133), ^BTN Brandon Sorensen (149), and Nathan Burak +BTN Plus INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (197) -- are a combined 27-0 with 22 wins * Iowa City Duals by bonus points. As of Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 • Juniors Thomas Gilman and Sammy Brooks have delivered bonus points in each of Intermat/WIN/AWN MEDIA AVAILABILITY their seven matches. Thomas Gilman (125) 2/2/2 • Clark is 25-9 all-time and has won seven Cory Clark (133) 2/2/2 Wrestlers are available for interviews Tues- of his last eight matches against ranked Brandon Sorensen (149) 2/1/1 days from 3-3:25 p.m. inside the Dan Gable opponents. Alex Meyer (174) 3/6/6 Wrestling Complex. Coach Brands will ad- • Only one of the 10 bouts features a po- Sammy Brooks (184) 8/8/9 dress the media at 3 p.m. Please submit your tential rematch from last year’s meeting. Nathan Burak (197) 4/4/4 student-athlete requests via email to christo- Thomas Gilman used 10 takedowns to re- [email protected] before 2 cord a technical fall against Sean McCabe, p.m. Monday. Times are subject to change. 25-10, in 6:33. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] DECEMBER 10, 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 (7-0, 1-0 B1G) 2015-16 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 2/2/3 Thomas Gilman Jr. Council Bluffs, Iowa/Skutt Catholic 7-0 133 2/1/3 Cory Clark Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/SE Polk 7-0 141 Logan Ryan *Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf 6-5 B1G STANDINGS 149 2/1/1 Brandon Sorensen So. Cedar Falls, Iowa/Denver 7-0 157 Edwin Cooper, Jr. Sr. Joliet, Illinois/Providence Catholic 3-3 165 Patrick Rhoads Sr. Kansas City, Missouri/Staley 2-2 -OR- Burke Paddock *Fr. Warsaw, New York/Warsaw 6-4 174 3/6/5 Alex Meyer Jr. Pleasant Hill, Iowa/SE Polk 6-1 184 8/6/5 Sammy Brooks Jr. Oak Park, Ill. /Oak Park-River Forest 7-0 197 4/4/4 Nathan Burak Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado 6-0 285 Sam Stoll *Fr. Kasson, Minnesota/Kasson-Matoville 6-1 Head Coach: Tom Brands Associate Head Coach: Terry Brands Assistant Coaches: Ryan Morningstar, Ben Berhow #11 RUtGERS SCARLEt KNIGHtS (9-1, 0-0 B1G) 2015-16 Overall Wt. Rank Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 125 18/16/19 Sean McCabe Jr. Ronkonkoma, N.Y. 6-3 -OR- Josh Patrick So. Rector, Pa. 3-1 133 17/18/19 Anthony Giraldo *Fr. Guttenberg, N.J. 7-3 141 3/4/6 Anthony Ashnault So. South Plainfield, N.J. 9-0 149 Tyson Dippery So. Harrisburg, Pa. 7-3 157 17/--/-- Richie Lewis Jr. Toms River, N.J. 7-0 -OR- John Van Brill *Fr. Mullica Hill, N.J. 6-4 165 12/5/8 Anthony Perrotti Sr. Roseland, N.J. 8-1 174 Phil Bakuckas Jr. Hammonton, N.J. 5-3 -OR- Anthony Pafumi Jr. Westfield, N.J. 1-1 184 Nicholas Gravina So. Allendale, N.J. 7-2 -OR- Anthony Messner So. Somerset, N.J. 5-4 197 Hayden Hrymack Sr. Point Pleasant, N.J. 7-3 285 6/6/10 Billy Smith Sr. Wantage, N.J. 8-2 Head Coach: Scott Goodale Assistant Coaches: Donny Pritzlaff, John Leonardis ^Intermat/WIN/AWN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS IOWA WRESTLING Chris Brewer 319.335.9411 (O) • 319.325.3483 (C) [email protected] DECEMBER 10, 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 A LITTLE EXTRA The second-ranked University of Iowa wres- Juniors Thomas Gilman and Sammy Brooks tling team hosts No. 11 Rutgers on Thursday have delivered bonus points in each of their at 7 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Mat at Carver- seven matches. Hawkeye Arena. Gilman, ranked No. 2 at 125, has one techni- Admission is $12 for adults and $8 for cal fall, two major decisions, and four pins. His youth (high school age and younger). UI stu- 37 dual points scored rank second on the team B1G STANDINGS dents and children age five and below are ad- to Brooks, who has scored 40 points out of a mitted free. possible 42 in six matches. Conf. Overall Brooks, ranked No. 11 at 184, has yet to wres- 1. IOWA 2-0 7-0 THE SERIES tle a match for seven minutes. He has four pins, 2. Illinois 0-0 8-0 Iowa has won the only two previous meetings two technical falls, and one win by forfeit. 3. Nebraska 0-0 6-0 with Rutgers. The Hawkeyes won, 33-9, in the first meeting in 2009, and 27-9, last season in Penn State 0-0 4-0 CLARK AIMS FOR HAt tRICK New Brunswick, N.J. Sophomore Cory Clark is 7-0 with consecutive Ohio State 0-0 3-0 Rutgers is making its first appearance at wins over ranked opponents. He will go for Wisconsin 0-0 1-0 Carver-Hawkeye Arena. three in a row Thursday against No. 17 Anthony Rutgers 0-0 9-1 Giraldo (7-3). It is the first meeting between the Purdue 0-0 5-1 tHE SCARLEt KNIGHtS two. Michigan 0-0 3-1 Eleventh-ranked Rutgers is 9-1 with four Clark defeated No. 7 Earl Hall of Iowa State, Minnesota 0-0 4-4 straight wins against ranked opponents, in- 9-2, on Nov. 29, and earned a decision against Indiana 0-0 1-0 cluding a 21-13 win over Cornell its last time No. 15 Brance Simms of SDSU on Dec. 4. Northwestern 0-0 1-1 out Nov. 29. Clark is 25-9 all-time and has won seven of his Michigan State 0-0 0-5 Rutgers has five ranked wrestlers, includ- last eight matches against ranked opponents. ing 2015 All-American Anthony Ashnault 14. Maryland 0-1 3-4 (141). BAPtISM BY FIRE Redshirt freshman Logan Ryan is expected to B1G WRESTLER OF THE WEEK AGAINSt RANKEd OPPONENtS face third-ranked Anthony Ashnault on Thurs- Rutgers is the third ranked opponent Iowa day.