Northwestern
Iowa
Wrestling Team Falls to No. 3 Iowa, 45-3
1/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Jan. 14, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern wrestling team dropped its Big Ten opener to No. 3 Iowa Sunday afternoon by a score of 45-3. Northwestern falls to 3-6 overall and 0-1 in the Big Ten, while Iowa improves to 9-1, 1-0.
Northwestern's Will Marcantel and Iowa's Ryan Fulsaas started the match off at 197 lbs., with Fulsaas winning 3-0. Wildcat heavyweight Josh Saul evened the score at 3-3 in the next match, defeating Josh Liddle 10-5.
Iowa would go on to outscore NU 42-0 in the next eight weight classes, cruising to their ninth win.
197 - Ryan Fulsaas (Iowa) dec. Will Marcantel (NU), 3-0
Hwt. - #17 Josh Saul (NU) dec. Josh Liddle (Iowa), 10-5
125 - Luke Eustice (Iowa) Tech. Fall Rob Potashnick (NU), 21-5
133 - CLiff Moore (Iowa) winner by forfeit
141 - #2 Eric Juergens (Iowa) FALL Josh Ballard (NU), 5:43
149 - #6 Mike Zadick (Iowa) FALL Ryan Cumbee (NU), 1:53
157 - #1 T.J. Williams (Iowa) MD Jason Erwinski (NU), 24-10
165 - #8 Ben Shirk (Iowa) FALL J.P. Boulus (NU), 2:10
174 - Tyler Nixt (Iowa) DEC. Andrew Curran (NU), 11-5
184 - #6 Jessman Smith (Iowa) FALL Brendan Curran (NU), 4:17
FINAL SCORE
Northwestern - 3
Iowa - 45
UPDATED RECORDS
Northwestern (3-6, 0-1 Big Ten)
Iowa (9-1, 1-0 Big Ten)
NEXT NORTHWESTERN MATCH
Fri., Jan. 19 * @ Illinois - Champaign, Ill. * 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26 * Wisconsin - Welsh-Ryan Arena * 7 p.m.
