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College Wrestling Notebook: Northern Iowa defeats Iowa State, Penn State wins 11th Big Ten regular season title

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by Savannah Asmann, USA Wrestling

The regular season is coming to an end, but the excitement hasn’t slowed for college wrestling fans. Check out a few highlights from the past weekend that you might have missed.

Dual of the week

No. 3 Iowa defeated No. 6 Minnesota, 23-11, on Friday night in Minneapolis. The Hawkeyes won seven matches in the Big Ten battle, including a top 10 matchup at 197, and moved to 12-1 overall this season.

No. 3 Iowa 23, No. 6 Minnesota 11

125 – #26 Joey Cruz (Iowa) dec. #13 Cooper Flynn (Minn.), 7-4 SV1

133 – #3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec. #19 Tyler Wells (Minn.), 9-5

141 – #8 Vance VomBaur (Minn.) dec. Cullan Schriever (Iowa), 14-10

149 – #3 Kyle Parco (Iowa) dec. #29 Drew Roberts (Minn.), 5-0

157 – #3 Jacori Teemer (Iowa) dec. #8 Tommy Askey (Minn.), 4-1

165 – #2 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) tech fall. #11 Andrew Sparks (Minn.), 21-5

174 – #11 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) dec. #22 Clayton Whiting (Minn.), 8-4

184 – #4 Max McEnelly (Minn.) dec. #8 Gabe Arnold (Iowa), 4-1 SV1

197 – #1 Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) dec. #8 Isaiah Salazar (Minn.), 5-1

285 – #1 Gable Steveson (Minn.), #11 Ben Kueter (Iowa), 19-3

Performance of the week

In Northern Iowa’s victory over Iowa State on Sunday afternoon, the focus of the dual shifted to the matchup at 149 pounds, between No. 15 Colin Realbuto of UNI and No. 11 Paniro Johnson of ISU. Realbuto clinched the win with an overtime takedown, 10-7.

Upset of the week

Northern Illinois’ Markel Baker defeated No. 4 Zeth Romney of Cal Poly, 7-6, at 133 pounds. NIU won the dual 25-19 over the No. 22 Mustangs, and this was Baker’s first win over a ranked opponent this season.

Photos of the week

Tony Rotundo captured fantastic photos in NC State’s 27-13 win over Stanford on Friday night. Check them out on his website below.

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