Hawkeyes Win Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Dual, 21-15

IOWA CITY, Iowa – For the 20^th straight meeting between the two, the second-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes were victorious over #12 Iowa State, 21-15, in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Dual on Saturday night.

The Hawkeyes won six matches: four by decision, one by major decision and one by technical fall.

“Gutsy performance,” said head coach Tom Brands. “When everything doesn’t quite go that way. It was too quiet upstairs, and Terry was up there breathing fire. We had a bad thing happen at the break. We have got to get ready to go. Then you got Caliendo, Kennedy, Ferrari and Buchanan. Kueter had the guy right where he needed him, he worked hard to get him in that position. That is where you have got to capitalize.”

Iowa State got on the board first as Adrian Meza won a 5-1 decision at 125 pounds over No. 27 Kale Petersen. Iowa evened the score at 133 with an upset win from ninth-ranked Drake Ayala over No. 5 Evan Frost, 11-7.

Iowa State won at 141, as Zach Redding defeated No. 31 Ryder Block, 5-4. Iowa responded again by evening things up with a win at 149 as No. 4 Kyle Parco collected a ranked win over No. 7 Anthony Echemendia, 4-3. Parco trailed three to one going into the third, but two penalty points and an escape earned him the win.

Iowa State led, 12-6, at the break after No. 1 Jacori Teemer injury defaulted against tenth-ranked Paniro Johnson at 157 pounds.

The Hawkeyes won the first four weights coming out of the break to clinch the dual.

Second-ranked Michael Caliendo won at 165 defeating Connor Euton via a 12-7 decision. Caliendo used two third-period takedowns to pull away.

Patrick Kennedy made his season debut for the Hawkeyes notching bonus points for the Hawkeyes at 174 pounds with a tech. fall over Aiden Riggins, 19-4

True freshman Angelo Ferrari made his Carver-Hawkeye Arena debut at 184 with an upset win over No. 15 Evan Bockman, 8-2. No. 2 Stephen Buchanan clinched the dual for the Hawkeyes with a major decision over 20th-ranked Christain Carroll winning 10-0.

“I felt ready,” said Ferrari. “I have the best partners in the country all around me. I am wrestling better guys than this guy every single day. How can I not dominate out there.”

Fourth ranked Younger Bastida won a decision over No. 13 Ben Kueter to close out the dual.

#2 Iowa 21, #12 Iowa State 15
125 – Adrian Meza (ISU) dec. #27 Kale Petersen (IA), 5-1
133 – #9 Drake Ayala (IA) dec. #5 Evan Frost (ISU), 11-7
141 – Zach Redding (ISU) dec. #31 Ryder Block (IA), 5-4
149 – #4 Kyle Parco (IA) dec. #7 Anthony Echemendia (ISU), 4-3
157 – #10 Paniro Johnson (ISU) inj. default #1 Jacori Teemer (IA), 3:32
165 – #2 Michael Caliendo (IA) dec. Connor Euton (ISU), 12-7
174 – Patrick Kennedy (IA) tech. fall Aiden Riggins (ISU), 19-4
184 – Angelo Ferrari (IA) dec. #15 Evan Bockman (ISU), 8-2
197 – #2 Stephen Buchanan (IA) major dec. #20 Christian Carroll, 10-0
285 – #4 Yonger Bastida (ISU) dec. #13 Ben Kueter (IA), 7-2

Attendance: 14,847
Officials: Curt Frost, Derek Lark