Something real special about wrestling is the ability to have multiple wins in one night. Iowa did just that in front of over 1,000 fans at the Arm Bar at the Armory event in downtown Albany. The Hawkeyes came and conquered Sacred Heart and Buffalo in the dual meets to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Iowa won 16 of the 20 matches in the two duals and it secured bonus points in 12 matches.
Heavyweight Tony Cassioppi added two more pinfalls to his total tonight, taking down Sacred Heart’s Marc Berisha and Buffalo’s Greg Hodulick. Cassioppi, the fourth ranked heavyweight in collegiate wrestling, will be accompanied by the second ranked 197-pounder Jacob Warner next Tuesday for the NWCA All-Star Classic. Warner earned a 26-8 technical fall against Buffalo’s Sam Mitchell in his lone performance of the night.
In his stead against Sacred Heart was Zach Glazier. In the junior’s first appearance of the season, Glazier earned an 18-3 technical fall victory. He was one of six Hawkeyes to win via techs, including 184 pounder Abe Assad who took down 32nd ranked Giuseppe Hoose.
It wasn’t really a surprising set of victories for the second ranked Hawkeyes. They didn’t underestimate their opponents though, and everyone did what they pretty much had to do.
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— Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling (@Hawks_Wrestling) November 19, 2022
Iowa has their first real major challenge of the season next Saturday, when they will host #20 ranked Penn. A number of Quaker wrestlers are nationally ranked including: Doug Zapf (149), MichaelĀ Colaiocco (133), and Anthony Artalona (157).
The match between nationally-ranked foes will take place at Carver-Hawkeye Arena at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Nov. 26.
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