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COLLEGE WRESTLING: No. 1 Penn State pushes past Hawks

AP PHOTO BY ABBY DREY/CENTRE DAILY TIMES - Penn State's Levi Haines, top, wrestles Iowa's Cobe Siebrecht at 157 pounds in a college wrestling dual Friday in University Park, Pa.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won four matches and led 14-9 through six matches, but top-ranked Penn State claimed the final four bouts to post a 23-14 dual victory on Friday night in front of 15,998 fans at the Bryce Jordan Center.

The Hawkeyes won three matches before intermission and pushed their lead to 14-9 with a win at 165 pounds coming out of the break, but the Nittany Lions closed out the dual with four consecutive wins to hand Iowa (12-1, 5-1) its first loss of the season, snapping the Hawkeyes’ 15-match dual win streak.

“We have to take our medicine in this loss,” said head coach Tom Brands. “We took our medicine too much in some positions during that match and you can never take that medicine when that match is going and the clock is ticking. That happened too much, and we have to get better.”

Top-ranked Spencer Lee rolled to a first-period technical fall at 125 to start the dual, but Penn State took its first lead at 133 when No. 1 Roman Bravo-Young pinned Brody Teske in 6:49.

No. 2 Real Woods followed with a 4-1 win over No. 8 Beau Bartlett at 141. The Hawkeyes pushed their lead to 11-6 with a 4-1 win from No. 11 Max Murin over No. 12 Shayne Van Ness at 149.

Penn State won four of the next six matches, however, putting away the win with No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet’s 4-1 victory over No. 3 Tony Cassioppi at heavyweight.

No. 4 ISU dumps Oklahoma

AMES — No. 4 Iowa State (11-2, 4-0) increased its Big 12 dual win streak to 15 matches in a 25-12 triumph against Oklahoma (7-4, 1-2) Friday night in Hilton Coliseum.

The Cyclones won six of 10 bouts with three bonus-point victories, including two by fall. Cyclone seniors went 3-0 on Senior Night with wins by Marcus Coleman (184), Joel Devine (197) and Sam Schuyler (285).

David Carr (165) earned a major decision, Coleman pinned his opponent, and Zach Redding (133) also earned a pinfall.

No. 1 Penn St. 23, No. 2 Iowa 14

125–Spencer Lee (UI) tech. falled Marco Vespa, 18-2; 133–Roman Bravo-Young (PSU) pinned Brody Teske, 6:49; 141–Real Woods (UI) dec. Beau Bartlett, 4-1; 149–Max Murin (UI) dec. Shayne Van Ness, 4-1; 157–Levi Haines (PSU) dec. Cobe Siebrecht, 3-2; 165–Patrick Kennedy (UI) dec. Alex Facundo, 2-1 (TB2); 174–Carter Starocci (PSU) dec. Nelson Brands, 2-1; 184–Aaron Brooks (PSU) tech. fall Drake Rhodes, 22-7; 197–Max Dean (PSU) dec. Jacob Warner, 2-0; 285–Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) dec. Tony Cassioppi, 4-1.

No. 4 Iowa St. 25, Oklahoma 12

157–Jason Kraisser (ISU) dec. Jared Hill, 7-5 SV1; 165–David Carr (ISU) major dec. Gerrit Nijenhuis, 19-6; 174–Tate Picklo (OU) dec. Julien Broderson, 3-2; 184–Marcus Coleman (ISU) pinned Keegan Moore, 5:50; 197–Joel Devine (ISU) dec. Carson Berryhill, 9-3; 285–Sam Schuyler (ISU) dec. Josh Heindselman, 2-0; 125–Joey Prata (OU) dec. Conor Knopick, 2-0; 133–Zach Redding (ISU) pinned Wyatt Henson, 4:11; 141–Mosha Schwartz (OU) dec. Casey Swiderski, 3-2; 149–John Wiley (OU) dec. Paniro Johnson, 6-4.

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