Iowa Loses At Illinois, 25-7 <\/p>\n
Hawkeyes will wrestle at Northwestern Saturday night <\/p>\n
CHAMPAIGN, IL – The University of Iowa wrestling team lost its first Big Ten dual of the season, dropping a 25-7 decision to Illinois Friday night in Champaign, IL. The Fighting Illini (11-1, 2-0 in the Big Ten) won eight matches in the dual and set a new school attendance record of 3,573. The Hawkeyes (6-3, 1-1 in the Big Ten) missed opportunities throughout the dual, losing six of the eight matches by three points or less.<\/p>\n
Winning matches for Iowa were redshirt freshman Mark Perry and true freshman Matt Fields. Perry recorded one of the two major decisions in the dual, defeating Illinois’ Cal Ferry, 12-2, at 165 pounds. Perry improved 15-2 in collegiate competition and 7-1 in dual matches with the win. Fields scored a 6-3 decision over Mike Behnke at heavyweight, improving to 15-4 in collegiate competition and 8-1 in dual matches. <\/p>\n
The Hawkeyes will face Northwestern (8-1, 1-1 in the Big Ten) Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Evanston, IL. The dual will be held in Welsh-Ryan Arena.<\/p>\n
MEET RESULTS
Illinois 25, Iowa 7
149 Anton Dietzen (IL) dec. Ty Eustice (I), 3-2
157 Alex Tirapelle (IL) dec. Joe Johnston (I), 7-5
165 Mark Perry (I) maj. dec. Cal Ferry (IL), 12-2
174 Pete Friedl (IL) dec. Luke Lofthouse (I), 12-5
184 Brian Glynn (IL) dec. Paul Bradley (I), 2-1
197 Tyrone Byrd (IL) dec. Adam Fellers (I), 3-0
Hwt. Matt Fields (I) dec. Mike Behnke (IL), 6-3
125 Kyle Ott (IL) maj. dec. Charlie Falck (I), 14-6
133 Mark Jayne (IL) dec. Mario Galanakis (I), 7-5
141 Cassio Pero (IL) dec. Alex Tsirtsis (I), 4-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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