Click to view photo slideshow (36 photos) ——— OMAHA, Neb. — Two Iowa seniors shared the spotlight with an up-and-coming freshman Saturday night. Brent Metcalf, Jay Borschel, and Matt McDonough each won an individual NCAA title to help the Hawkeyes to their third-straight national championship and 23rd overall. As a team, Iowa amassed 134.5 points [...]
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Morningstar places seventh on torn MCL, PCL
By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu OMAHA, Neb. — Even without two crucial knee ligaments, Ryan Morningstar is a Division-I All-American. The 165-pound senior proved that much Saturday afternoon inside the Qwest Center, finishing to his No. 7 seed without the use of his medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments in his right leg at the NCAA [...]
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Metcalf, Palmer set for rematch
By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu OMAHA, Neb. — Lance Palmer is used to it by now. Even before he could score a takedown inside the Qwest Center, the Ohio State senior had to fend off outside shots regarding his media-fueled rivalry with Brent Metcalf. He did so again Friday night moments after clinching a spot in [...]
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With five in semis, Iowa in lead
By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu OMAHA, Neb. — Tom Brands wants to let his wrestlers do their talking on the mat Friday night. So far, they’ve been doing a lot of that. Five Hawkeyes moved on to the championship semifinals — two more than second-place Cornell and third-place Iowa State, which boast three apiece. Iowa is [...]
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Iowa atop team standings after Day One
Click to view photo slideshow (26 photos) ——— By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu OMAHA, Neb. — With eight grapplers still in contention for an individual title, Iowa remains ahead in the team race with 34.5 points after the first day of competition at the NCAA championships. Poised to capture their third straight national title, the Hawkeyes [...]
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Morningstar wins in SV on injured knee
By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu OMAHA, Neb. — Prior to Thursday morning, Ryan Morningstar didn’t know what to expect from his banged-up knee. Neither did anybody else inside the Qwest Center. During a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Iowa head coach Tom Brands added to the mystery, ducking and dodging Morningstar’s injury status as though he were [...]
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Marion, Kerr, Morningstar earn NCAA berth
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Iowa won all three of its NCAA championship tie-in matches Sunday Morning. Sophomore Montell Marion (141), junior Jake Kerr (157), and senior Ryan Morningstar (165) will all vie for third place at the Big Ten championships later today. Both Marion and Kerr needed to win their first consolation bouts, while Morningstar [...]
Six grapplers in Big Ten finals
Click to view photo slideshow (22 photos) ——— ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Iowa’s 34th Big Ten championship is still in the works after the second session inside Crisler Arena. Despite the Hawkeyes possessing 32.5-point lead with six wrestlers in the hunt for an individual title, Minnesota, sitting in second place with 104.5 team points, remains [...]
Kerr: ‘I need to stop worrying’
By Ryan Young ryan-c-young@uiowa.edu ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jake Kerr’s first match of the Big Ten championships might as well have been a two-on-one tag-team bout inside Crisler Arena. During his postseason debút against fifth-seed Sean Nemec of Ohio State Saturday morning, he spent most of the seven minutes wrestling with his mind. “I worry about how [...]
Wrestlers top No. 4 Ohio State on Senior Night
The road to an undefeated regular season goes through Madison, Wis. No. 1 Iowa crushed No. 4 Ohio State, 32-3, on Senior Night in front of an announced crowd of 9,149 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday. The Hawkeyes also extended their dual meet winning streak to 60 and remained undefeated at 22-0 overall (7-0 in [...]
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