{"id":355,"date":"2005-01-09T08:45:16","date_gmt":"2005-01-09T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/?p=355"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"brands-return-to-iowa-turns-sour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w355\/brands-return-to-iowa-turns-sour\/","title":{"rendered":"Brands’ Return To Iowa Turns Sour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawkeye wrestlers blank Hokies and ex-school great and assistant coach Brands.<\/a><\/p>\n

By DAN McCOOL
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
January 8, 2005<\/p>\n

Iowa City, Ia. – The Iowa-Virginia Tech wrestling meet Friday night was hyped as the return of former Iowa NCAA champion and assistant coach Tom Brands.<\/p>\n

In reality, the ninth-ranked Hawkeyes’ 38-0 victory might have been a coming-out showcase for Iowa freshman 125-pounder Charlie Falck.<\/p>\n

Iowa won as many matches by forfeit – two – as Virginia Tech’s squad had takedowns in posting its first shutout since a 54-0 blanking of Southwest State of Minnesota last season. Freshmen Alex Tsirtsis at 141 and Mark Perry at 165 scored major decisions to lead the Hawkeyes, who are 3-1 and leave today for two duals in California on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Brands, who received a warm round of applause from the announced crowd of 5,220 when introduced in his first trip back to Carver-Hawkeye Arena, said he found a lot of areas where the Hokies (8-3) need to work.<\/p>\n

“The only difference between someone being the best at something and being a run-of-the-mill person is that in a certain area of his life, a guy works extremely hard, he’s a fanatic, “Brands said. “Our guys may think they’re fanatics, but they got a long way to go.”<\/p>\n

Brands said a quick review of what he saw from a fight standpoint did not rank well.<\/p>\n

“We’d get a zero out of 10, “Brands said.<\/p>\n

Brands the competitor was always about a cause – attacking and never going backwards, an insatiable thirst for points. The Hokies did not show much of that.<\/p>\n

“I’ll take my medicine, “Brands said. “That’s the head coach’s fault. I’ll take it 100 percent.”<\/p>\n

Falck, a true freshman from Strawberry Point by way of Apple Valley High School in suburban Minneapolis, scored four takedowns and had 1 minute 45 seconds of riding time to post a 9-5 victory over Justin Staylor.<\/p>\n

Falck (8-5) evened his dual-meet record at 1-1.<\/p>\n

“I just came out more aggressively, “Falck said. “I attacked more I guess, took shots and gave myself more opportunities.”<\/p>\n

Seventh-ranked Joe Johnston at 157 needed a five-point headlock in the final 11 seconds to beat Reed Carpenter, 14-9, and second-ranked Paul Bradley at 184 broke a 5-5 tie on a takedown with 4 seconds left for a 7-5 victory over Steve Borja.<\/p>\n

MEET SUMMARY
Hwt-Matt Fields (I) beat Mike Faust, 1-1, 3-1 (3 OT).
125-Charlie Falck (I) beat Justin Staylor, 9-5.
133-Mario Galanakis (I) beat David Hoffman, 8-4.
141-Alex Tsirtsis (I) beat Donny Ooton, 11-2.
149-Ty Eustice (I) beat Tyde Prater, 12-5
157-Joe Johnston (I) beat Reed Carpenter, 14-9.
165-Mark Perry (I) beat Chris Stith, 13-2.
174-Luke Lofthouse (I) won by forfeit.
184-Paul Bradley (I) beat Steve Borja, 7-5.
197-Dane Pape (I) won by forfeit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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