No. 1 Penn State Wrestling vs. No. 2 Iowa: Preview, key matches, and prediction

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Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young gets ready before wrestling at 133 pounds during a NCAA Big Ten Conference wrestling dual against Iowa, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.220127 Penn St Iowa Wr 031 Jpg /

Prediction

125 – No. 1 Spencer Lee (IOWA) tech. fall over Gary Steen (PSU) – IOWA 5 PSU 0
133 – No. 1 Roman Bravo-Young (PSU) major dec. over No. 17 Brody Teske – IOWA 5 PSU 4
141 – No. 2 Real Woods (IOWA) dec. over No. 4 Beau Bartlett – IOWA 8 PSU 4
149 – No. 7 Max Murin (IOWA) dec. over No. 13 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) – IOWA 11 PSU 4
157 – No. 9 Levi Haines (PSU) dec. over No. 15 Cobe Siebrecht (IOWA) – IOWA 11 PSU 7
165 – No. 5 Alex Facundo (PSU) dec. over No. 13 Patrick Kennedy (IOWA) – IOWA 11 PSU 10
174 – No. 1 Carter Starocci (PSU) major dec. over No. 16 Nelson Brands (IOWA) – IOWA 11 PSU 14
184 – No. 1 Aaron Brooks (PSU) major dec. over No. 12 Abe Assad (IOWA) – IOWA 11 PSU 18
197 – No. 7 Jacob Warner (IOWA) dec. over No. 4 Max Dean (PSU) – IOWA 14 PSU 18
285 – No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) dec. over No. 3 Tony Cassioppi (IOWA) – IOWA 14 PSU 21

No. 2 Iowa 14 No. 1 Penn State 21

So there you have it!

And don’t ask me why, but I have a feeling Warner will somehow slip past Dean and I have a feeling Haines will run up to the wrestling mat for the second straight Friday.

In any case, this dual meet is going to electric, it’s going to be loud, and it’s going to incredible to watch!

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