Hawkeyes Roll Past Terrapins, 34-9

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – The second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team defeated No. 25 Maryland, 34-9, on Sunday afternoon at the Xfinity Center Pavillion.

 

The Hawkeyes won eight of 10 matches including five via bonus points. Iowa outscored Maryland 98-37 in match points.

 

“You never know what is going to happen after a bad performance,” said head coach Tom Brands. “You do credit them, because you don’t know. We had two wins the other night, today we had eight wins, but we want 10 wins. Neither is what you want. You want 10 weight classes, 10 wins.”

Joey Cruz got the Hawkeyes started with bonus points at 125 winning a 20-6 major decision over Tyler Garvin.

 

Maryland then took the lead at 133 with No. 11 Braxton Brown pinning Kale Petersen in 5:57.

 

Iowa would retake the lead winning a decision at 141 with Cullan Schriever using a big third period ride to defeat Dario Lemus, 6-5, before Kyle Parco bonus points at 149 defeating Michael Piuzzuto via technical fall, 17-1.

 

The Terrapins got a win at 157 to head into the break as sixth ranked Ethen Miller defeated Miguel Estrada, 4-2.

 

Iowa ran the table out of the break starting with a pair of technical falls. Michael Caliendo defeated Alex Uryniak, 26-10, at 165 and Patrick Kennedy won, 22-6 over Branson John at 174.

 

Gabe Arnold picked up a ranked win at 184 defeating 11^th ranked Jaxon Smith, 2-1 in tiebreakers.

 

Stephen Buchanan got a quick fall in 2:50 over Chase Mielnik at 197, and Ben Kueter got a ranked win over No. 12 Seth Nevills winning 5-4 at heavyweight to close out the dual.

 

125 – #26 Joey Cruz (I) major dec. Tyler Garvin (M), 20-6

133 – #11 Braxton Brown (M) pinned Kale Petersen (I), 5:57

141 – Cullan Schriever (I) dec. Dario Lemus (M), 6-5

149 – #2 Kyle Parco (I) tech. fall Michael Pizzuto (M), 17-1

157 – #6 Ethen Miller (M) dec. Miguel Estrada (I), 4-2

165 – #2 Michael Caliendo (I) tech. fall Alex Uryniak (M), 26-10

174 – #6 Patrick Kennedy (I) tech fall. Branson John (M), 22-6

184 – #5 Gabe Arnold (I) dec. #11 Jaxon Smith (M), 2-1 TB1

197 – #1 Stephen Buchanan (I) pinned Chase Mielnik (M), 2:50

285 – #11 Ben Kueter (I) dec. #12 Seth Nevills (M), 5-4

 

Attendance: 2,000

Officials: Jimmy Chen, Nick Grosso