The Hawkeyes travel North to Minneapolis Minnesota to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Friday February 14th, for a Valentines Day Massacre. The dual has 20 ranked wrestlers and three top 10 ranked matchups. This should be an exciting dual The Gophers bring a 10-1 record into the dual while the Hawkeyes are 11-1 on the season!
Don’t Miss: 125 and 184 will be fantastic bouts. Joey Cruz has been wrestling well lately and he has another top 10 opponent this Friday. At 184 Max McEnelly is having an incredible Freshman year, and he will face another tough freshman in Gabe Arnold.
History: These two teams have have a long and storied history with 20 meetings between the two Big 10 Power houses. The Hawkeyes have emerged victorious in 15 of those 20 encounters, and have won the last 7 in a row.
Keys To Victory: Iowa is favored in 6 of the 10 matches. So they need to win the matches they are favored in. For Minnesota they need bonus points in the matches they are favored in. Upset potential exists at 125, and 157.
125 Joey Cruz #23 VS Cooper Flynn #7
133 Drake Ayala #3 VS Tyler Wells #12
141 Cullan Schivier VS Vance Vombaur #8
149 Kyle Parco #4 VS Drew Roberts #26
157 Jacori Teemer #2 or Miguel Estrada VS Tommy Askey #9
165 Michael Caliendo #2 VS Andrew Sparks #15
174 Patrick Kennedy #6 VS Clayton Whiting #21
184 Gabe Arnold #5 VS Max McEnelly #4
197 Steven Buchanan #1 VS Isaiah Salazar #10
285 Ben Kueter #11 VS Gable Steveson #1
Conclusion: The dual takes place Friday, at 8pm and will be broadcast live on BTN. I see both teams showing up ready for battle and wrestling really hard. I have Iowa taking the dual, after picking up wins at 125, 133, 149, 165, 174, and 197. If Teemer is ready to wrestle, Iowa will win that one as well. I would really like to see Ferrari wrestle at 184. Minnesota wins bouts at 141, 184, and heavyweight. They could also win at 157 if Teemer doesn’t suit up. Final score Iowa wins 23-13.