Fallout from the Penn State/Iowa Dual Meet

On Friday night, the top-two wrestling teams in the nation squared off and it was top-ranked Penn State that prevailed over second-ranked Iowa in a resounding 30-8 victory. The Nittany Lions took eight of ten matches from their Hawkeye rivals. Penn State won all six matches in which they had the higher ranked wrestler and managed to pull off a pair of upsets at 149 and 157 lbs. 

Now that we’ve had some time to decompress and react to the action on the mat. Here’s the fallout from the most anticipated dual of the season. 

• There still is no clarity on Iowa’s 141 lb situation. Cullan Schriever got the start and did well enough against an unbeaten Beau Bartlett, losing 7-3. Is it enough to say that he should be the starter going forward over Ryder Block? He also got the start against Maryland on Sunday and pulled out a one-point win over Dario Lemus. That’s a positive sign in Schriever’s direction. Before it was Schriever’s turn, Ryder Block went 0-2 in B1G duals and Jace Rhodes was 1-0. 

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