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Hawkeye wrestling wins 1,000th dual

KENT, Ohio — The University of Iowa wrestling team opened the season with a sweep of California State University-Bakersfield and Kent State on Friday night.

The Hawkeyes won nine of 10 bouts in the opener to top CSU-Bakersfield, 36-3. That win against the Roadrunners was the 1,000th dual win in program history, making Iowa one of four schools in NCAA history to reach the 1,000-win plateau.

Spencer Lee, ranked No. 1 at 125, scored an 18-0 technical fall over Alex Hernandez-Fegueroa against CSUB, while No. 11 at 133 Austin DeSanto also earned a technical fall. Alex Marinelli, No. 4 at 165, Kaleb Young, No. 15 at 157, and Cash Wilcke, No. 12 at 184, all earned major decisions against the Roadrunners.

The Hawkeyes then swept Kent State 10-0 for their 1,001st win, stringing together four pins from 145-165 and adding another technical fall from Lee at 125.

“Those thousand wins go way back to E.G. Schroeder, the first coach, and come all the way through Mike DeAnna, who was here tonight, to Dan Gable, and here we are,” Hawkeye head coach Tom Brands said. “The most important thing is getting win No. 1,002. That’s coming up next against Princeton [next] Friday night.”

At Kent, Ohio

Iowa 36, CSU Bakersfield 3

125–Spencer Lee (IA) tech. fall Alex Hernandez-Fegueroa, 18-0; 133–Austin DeSanto (IA) tech. fall Sean Nickell, 22-6; 141–Max Murin (IA) major dec. Carlos Herrera, 18-4; 149–Russell Rohlfing (CSUB) dec. Pat Lugo, 10-9; 157–Kaleb Young (IA) major dec. Wyatt Gerl, 13-4; 165–Alex Marinelli (IA) major dec. Jacob Thalin, 14-4; 174–Myles Wilson (IA) major dec. Bryan Battisto, 12-4; 184–Cash Wilcke (IA) major dec. Dominic Ducharme, 12-4; 197–Mitch Bowman (IA) dec. Mark Penyacsek, 6-2; 285–Aaron Costello (IA) dec. Jacob Sieder, 6-1.

Iowa 45, Kent St. 0

125–Spencer Lee (IA) tech. fall Jake Ferri, 18-0; 133–Austin DeSanto (IA) dec. Raphael Rodriguez, 8-7; 141–Max Murin (IA) pinned Cory Simpson, 4:29; 149–Pat Lugo (IA) pinned Kody Komara, 2:17; 157–Kaleb Young (IA) pinned Richard Jackson, 4:04; 165–Alex Marinelli (IA) pinned Isaac Bast, 2:16; 174–Myles Wilson (IA) dec. Dylan Barreiro, 12-9; 184–Cash Wilcke (IA) major dec. Andrew McNalley, 18-7; 197–Connor Corbin (IA) dec. Shane Mast, 8-3; 285–Aaron Costello (IA) dec. Billy Bolia, 4-1.

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