The Iowa wrestling team took no mercy on their first three opponents.
Nothing changed in the Hawkeyes’ fourth match.
Iowa recorded their third consecutive shutout in the Iowa City Duals, beating North Carolina Pembroke, 47-0, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125), and seniors Daniel Dennis (133), Ryan Morningstar (165), and Phillip Keddy (184) all recorded technical fall.
Seniors Brent Metcalf (149) and Jay Borschel (174), along with sophomore Jordan Johnson (heavyweight), all recorded pins.
McDonough, who had two technical falls and a pin in his first three matches, won by major decision, 13-3, against N.C. Pembroke junior Russell Weakley.
Dennis came away with the same result, recording a technical fall in 6:27 against T.D. Thurston.
In the 141-pound match, senior Dan LeClere didn’t allow a point to freshman Donovan Sweet, winning by major decision, 12-0.
Metcalf then continued to tyrannize his opponents, posting his fourth pin of the day and the Hawkeyes’ first of the match, downing Brandon Bradley in 3:46.
Junior 157-pounder Jake Kerr posted two pins in his last two matches but couldn’t get anything going against Braves junior Rashaad Saunders, settling for a 2-0 decision.
Borschel matched Metcalf with his fourth pin of the day, sticking J.J. Davis to the mat in 2:44.
At 184, Keddy nearly scored a pin with 40 seconds left in the third period, but settled for the fourth Hawkeye technical fall of the dual late in the third period.
Senior Chad Beatty wrestled a close match until the third period, when he scored two takedowns in a row before winning a 11-4 decision.
Johnson finished out the match in style, pinning Erik Stancil in 2:47.
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— by J.T. Bugos
