Sunday, January 10
Evanston, Ill.
2 p.m.
Northwestern
0
vs
54
Iowa
Northwestern Outdueled by No. 2 Iowa
1/10/2016 4:04:00 PM | Wrestling
Scoresheet
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern hosted the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena, and the visitors came away with a 54-0 win on the heels of five falls.
Iowa also received a forfeit at 141 lbs., and some bad luck for the Wildcats with junior Jason Tsirtsis having to default due to injury at 149 lbs. gave the Hawkeyes another six team points.
"It's a tough one to take positives from," said interim head coach Matt Storniolo. "Regardless of the result, we need a little more fight."
In the most anticipated matchup of the day, No. 3 Jason Tsirtsis took on No. 2 Brandon Sorensen at 149 lbs. in a rematch of the Midlands final. After a typical scoreless first period between the two, Tsirtsis registered an escape to start the second. But in a flurry nearing the end of the period, Tsirtsis went down calling for an injury timeout. He was forced to withdraw from the bout, giving Sorensen a win by injury default.
Immediately following, freshman Anthony Petrone made his collegiate debut at 157 lbs. The engineering major from Orlando, Fla. came up against Iowa's 16th-ranked Edwin Cooper, Jr. Petrone's first taste of Big Ten action started in aggressive fashion, but the experienced Cooper was able to secure a fall.
Chicago's Big Ten Team is back on the mat next Sunday when it hosts No. 1 Penn State inside Welsh-Ryan Arena at 1 p.m.
#2 Iowa 54, Northwestern 0
125: #2 Thomas Gillman (IOWA) Fall Garrison White (NU) (0:54), [NU 0, IOWA 6]
133: #2 Cory Clark (IOWA) Fall Dominick Malone (NU) (6:38), [NU 0, IOWA 12]
141: Topher Carton (IOWA) Win by Forfeit [NU 0, IOWA 18]
149: #2 Brandon Sorensen (IOWA) Inj. Def. #3 Jason Tsirtsis (NU) (4:12) [NU 0, IOWA 18]
157: #16 Edwin Cooper, Jr. (IOWA) Fall Anthony Petrone (NU) (1:22) [NU 0, IOWA 24]
165: Patrick Rhoades (IOWA) dec. Luke Norland (NU) (9-3) [NU 0, IOWA 33]
174: #10 Alex Meyer (IOWA) Tech Fall Mitch Sliga (NU) (16-0, 6:25) [NU 0, IOWA 38]
184: #8 Sammy Brooks (IOWA) Fall Regis Durbin (NU) (4:10) [NU 0, IOWA 44]
197: #3 Nathan Burak (IOWA) maj. dec. Jacob Berkowitz (NU) (13-3) [NU 0, IOWA 48]
285: #8 Sam Stoll (IOWA) Fall Conan Jennings (NU) (3:45) [NU 0, IOWA 54]
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern hosted the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena, and the visitors came away with a 54-0 win on the heels of five falls.
Iowa also received a forfeit at 141 lbs., and some bad luck for the Wildcats with junior Jason Tsirtsis having to default due to injury at 149 lbs. gave the Hawkeyes another six team points.
"It's a tough one to take positives from," said interim head coach Matt Storniolo. "Regardless of the result, we need a little more fight."
In the most anticipated matchup of the day, No. 3 Jason Tsirtsis took on No. 2 Brandon Sorensen at 149 lbs. in a rematch of the Midlands final. After a typical scoreless first period between the two, Tsirtsis registered an escape to start the second. But in a flurry nearing the end of the period, Tsirtsis went down calling for an injury timeout. He was forced to withdraw from the bout, giving Sorensen a win by injury default.
Immediately following, freshman Anthony Petrone made his collegiate debut at 157 lbs. The engineering major from Orlando, Fla. came up against Iowa's 16th-ranked Edwin Cooper, Jr. Petrone's first taste of Big Ten action started in aggressive fashion, but the experienced Cooper was able to secure a fall.
Chicago's Big Ten Team is back on the mat next Sunday when it hosts No. 1 Penn State inside Welsh-Ryan Arena at 1 p.m.
#2 Iowa 54, Northwestern 0
125: #2 Thomas Gillman (IOWA) Fall Garrison White (NU) (0:54), [NU 0, IOWA 6]
133: #2 Cory Clark (IOWA) Fall Dominick Malone (NU) (6:38), [NU 0, IOWA 12]
141: Topher Carton (IOWA) Win by Forfeit [NU 0, IOWA 18]
149: #2 Brandon Sorensen (IOWA) Inj. Def. #3 Jason Tsirtsis (NU) (4:12) [NU 0, IOWA 18]
157: #16 Edwin Cooper, Jr. (IOWA) Fall Anthony Petrone (NU) (1:22) [NU 0, IOWA 24]
165: Patrick Rhoades (IOWA) dec. Luke Norland (NU) (9-3) [NU 0, IOWA 33]
174: #10 Alex Meyer (IOWA) Tech Fall Mitch Sliga (NU) (16-0, 6:25) [NU 0, IOWA 38]
184: #8 Sammy Brooks (IOWA) Fall Regis Durbin (NU) (4:10) [NU 0, IOWA 44]
197: #3 Nathan Burak (IOWA) maj. dec. Jacob Berkowitz (NU) (13-3) [NU 0, IOWA 48]
285: #8 Sam Stoll (IOWA) Fall Conan Jennings (NU) (3:45) [NU 0, IOWA 54]
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