Penn State & Iowa's 'Other' Duals This Weekend
Penn State & Iowa's 'Other' Duals This Weekend
We all know about the mega showdown between #2 Penn State and #1 Iowa Friday night, but did you know they each wrestle a second time this weekend?
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While everyone knows about #1 Iowa and #2 Penn State's showdown Friday night inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, did you know that both teams will be back on the mat less than 48 hours later?
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The top-ranked Hawkeyes will take their show on the road to East Lansing where they will square off with Michigan State. The Nittany Lions must get back to State College as quickly as possible as Alex Clemsen and the Maryland Terrapins will be waiting on them for a Sunday afternoon battle in Rec Hall.
#1 Iowa (8-0) vs Michigan State (6-6)
Date: Feb. 2 | Time: 1 PM ET | Where: East Lansing, MI
Broadcast Info: WATCH LIVE HERE
The biggest matchup of this dual Sunday afternoon will come at 184 where true freshman Abe Assad will look to pick up another ranked win over Cam Caffey, who has been great as of late winning four straight matches and knocking off All-American Taylor Venz, Owen Webster, and Zac Braunagel.
Watch Caffey take out All-American Venz:
All-American Michael Kemerer will finish up the weekend with a second ranked opponent when he takes on Layne Malczewski. The redshirt freshman Spartan has had a nice season picking up 18 wins to this point, but the two-time All-American will be the toughest test of his young career.
The third and final ranked matchup of the night will go down at 157 where All-American Kaleb Young will square off against Jake Tucker. Tucker is coming off a big-time win against Peyton Robb and has already matched his career season win total before February.
Projected Lineups
125: #1 Spencer Lee (Iowa) vs Logan Griffin (Michigan State)
133: #2 Austin DeSanto (Iowa) vs Garrett Pepple (Michigan State)
141: #3 Max Murin (Iowa) vs Matt Santos (Michigan State)
149: #3 Pat Lugo (Iowa) vs Alex Hrisopoulos (Michigan State)
157: #4 Kaleb Young (Iowa) vs #23 Jake Tucker (Michigan State)
165: #2 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) vs Drew Hughes (Michigan State)
174: #3 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) vs #23 Layne Malczewski (Michigan State)
184: #8 Abe Assad (Iowa) vs #14 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State)
197: #4 Jacob Warner (Iowa) vs Nick May (Michigan State)
285: #3 Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa) vs Christian Rebottaro (Michigan State)
Maryland (2-11) vs Penn State (7-1)
Date: Feb. 2 | Time: 2 PM ET | Where: State College, PA
Broadcast Info: WATCH LIVE HERE
While there is only one ranked matchup in this dual, it will be interesting to see how Penn State handles traveling nearly 800 miles back to State College and then having to make weight for the second time in less than 48 hours. The Terrapins will also be in action Friday night as they will be in Columbus taking on Ohio State.
Mark Hall and Philip Spadafora will meet for the second time this year. Hall picked up a fall in their first meeting earlier this season at the Black Knight Invite. It will be interesting to see how Hall responds from his first loss of the season to Michael Kemerer.
Watch Hall and Spadafora from back in November.
If Brady Berge is not back in the lineup for Penn State, Jahi Jones will give Bo Pipher all he wants, and King Sandoval has upset potential just ask Micky Phillippi who had to dig out of an early 6-0 hole last month and Jordan Decatur who fell victim to Sandoval Friday night.
Watch Sandoval stun Jordan Decatur.
Projected Lineups
125: Brandon Cray (Maryland) vs Brandon Meredith (Penn State)
133: King Sandoval (Maryland) vs #4 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State)
141: Hunter Baxter (Maryland) vs #2 Nick Lee (Penn State)
149: Michael Doetsch (Maryland) vs Jarod Verkleeren (Penn State)
157: Jahi Jones (Maryland) vs Bo Pipher (Penn State)
165: Kyle Cochran (Maryland) vs #1 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State)
174: #24 Philip Spadafora (Maryland) vs #1 Mark Hall (Penn State)
184: Kyle Jasenski (Maryland) vs #10 Aaron Brooks (Penn State)
197: Jaron Smith (Maryland) vs #15 Shakur Rasheed (Penn State)
285: Parker Robinson (Maryland) vs #16 Seth Nevills (Penn State)