Iowa Men's Wrestling: No. 2 Hawkeyes Set to Open B1G Season

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Iowa Men's Wrestling: No. 2 Hawkeyes Set to Open B1G Season

ON THE MAT
The second-ranked University of Iowa men's wrestling team opens Big Ten Conference action with a double dual weekend.
• The Hawkeyes will host Illinois at 7 p.m. (CT) on Friday inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena for Fan Appreciation Day. The dual is sold out.
• Iowa hits the road for a Sunday matinee, traveling to West Lafayette, Indiana, to face Purdue at 1 p.m. (CT). The dual will be held at Holloway Gymnasium.
 
FOLLOW ALONG LIVE
• Friday's dual will be streamed online via B1G+ — a paid subscription service. Former Hawkeyes Alex Marinelli and Kaleb Young will be on the call.
• Sunday's dual will be televised on BTN with Shane Sparks and Jim Gibbons on the call.
• Iowa wrestling events are broadcast by AM-800 KXIC and streamed on hawkeyesports.com via YouTube. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will call the action for Hawkeye Sports Properties, a property of Learfield.
• Follow Iowa wrestling on social media via Twitter I(@Hawks_Wrestling), Facebook/iowahawkeyewrestling and Instagram (@iowahawkeyewrestling).
• Live results will be available via TrackWrestling with a link available on hawkeyesports.com.

 

BACK POINTS
• The Hawkeyes have won 10 consecutive duals dating back to the 2021-22 season. Iowa has won its last eight Big Ten openers.
• Senior Tony Cassioppi is 11-0 this season with a career-high nine falls — all coming in the first period. The nine falls are the most by a Hawkeye since Alex Marinelli in 2018-19.
• Junior Cobe Siebrecht is 6-0 with five bonus point victories this season.
• Senior Spencer Lee is riding a 43-match winning streak dating back to the 2019 season.

James Allan | Associate Director, Athletic Communications | The University of Iowa
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