WHAT: 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament
WHEN:
Saturday, March 4
Session I: 9 AM CT
Session II: 4:30 PM CT (wrestlebacks) | 6:30 PM CT (semifinals)
Sunday, March 5
Session III: 12 PM CT
Session IV (Championship Finals): 3:30 PM CT
WHERE: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
TV: BTN (Sessions I, II, Championship Finals)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Steven Grace and Mark Ironside) | AM 800 KXIC or YouTube
MOBILE: www.foxsports.com/mobile (free w/ cable sub) or BTN+ ($)
ONLINE: www.foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @Hawks_Wrestling | @IowaonBTN
The 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament is set to take place this weekend. Iowa, ranked #2 in the country, will be trying to win its first Big Ten championship since 2021. Iowa has a wrestler ranked in the Top 8 at each weight at the tournament, including four wrestlers ranked in the top four at their respective weights.
125: #1 Spencer Lee (RS SR, 13-0)
133: #8 Brody Teske (RS JR, 6-2)
141: #1 Real Woods (SR, 13-0)
149: #4 Max Murin (RS SR, 15-3)
157: #5 Cobe Siebrecht (RS JR, 10-4)
165: #3 Patrick Kennedy (RS SO, 16-2)
174: #7 Nelson Brands (RS SR, 6-4)
184: #5 Abe Assad (JR, 15-2)
197: #5 Jacob Warner (RS SR, 12-4)
285: #3 Tony Cassioppi (SR, 17-2)
Full brackets for each weight are available here.
133 - #8 Brody Teske (RS JR, 6-2) vs. #9 RayVon Foley (MSU) (RS SR, 12-8)
141 - BYE
149 - #4 Max Murin (RS SR, 15-3) vs. #13 Payton Omania (MSU) (RS JR, 12-11)
157 - #5 Cobe Siebrecht (RS JR, 10-4) vs. #12 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) (SO, 10-6)
165 - #3 Patrick Kennedy (RS SO, 16-2) vs. #14 John Best (MD) (SO, 10-14)
174 - #7 Nelson Brands (RS SR, 6-4) vs. #10 Jackson Turley (RU) (RS SO, 8-10)
184 - #5 Abe Assad (JR, 15-2) vs. #12 Ben Vanadia (PUR) (RS SR, 11-14)
197 - #5 Jacob Warner (RS SR, 12-4) vs. #12 Andrew Davison (NU) (RS SR, 17-11)
285 - #3 Tony Cassioppi (SR, 17-2) vs. #14 Austin Emerson (NEB) (RS FR, 8-3)
The top two seeds at each weight have a bye; for Iowa, that means Lee and Woods will not compete until the quarterfinals.
Murin wrestled Omania at last year's Big Ten Tournament; Max won 12-0. Assad wrestled Vanadia at the Iowa-Purdue dual earlier this season; Abe pinned him in 4:15. Warner wrestled Davison at the Iowa-Northwestern dual last year and won 11-2.
Teske, Kennedy, Brands, and Cassioppi have not previously wrestled their opponents.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/preview-2023-big-ten-wrestling-tournament
WHEN:
Saturday, March 4
Session I: 9 AM CT
Session II: 4:30 PM CT (wrestlebacks) | 6:30 PM CT (semifinals)
Sunday, March 5
Session III: 12 PM CT
Session IV (Championship Finals): 3:30 PM CT
WHERE: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
TV: BTN (Sessions I, II, Championship Finals)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Steven Grace and Mark Ironside) | AM 800 KXIC or YouTube
MOBILE: www.foxsports.com/mobile (free w/ cable sub) or BTN+ ($)
ONLINE: www.foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @Hawks_Wrestling | @IowaonBTN
The 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament is set to take place this weekend. Iowa, ranked #2 in the country, will be trying to win its first Big Ten championship since 2021. Iowa has a wrestler ranked in the Top 8 at each weight at the tournament, including four wrestlers ranked in the top four at their respective weights.
125: #1 Spencer Lee (RS SR, 13-0)
133: #8 Brody Teske (RS JR, 6-2)
141: #1 Real Woods (SR, 13-0)
149: #4 Max Murin (RS SR, 15-3)
157: #5 Cobe Siebrecht (RS JR, 10-4)
165: #3 Patrick Kennedy (RS SO, 16-2)
174: #7 Nelson Brands (RS SR, 6-4)
184: #5 Abe Assad (JR, 15-2)
197: #5 Jacob Warner (RS SR, 12-4)
285: #3 Tony Cassioppi (SR, 17-2)
Full brackets for each weight are available here.
FIRST ROUND MATCHES
125 - BYE133 - #8 Brody Teske (RS JR, 6-2) vs. #9 RayVon Foley (MSU) (RS SR, 12-8)
141 - BYE
149 - #4 Max Murin (RS SR, 15-3) vs. #13 Payton Omania (MSU) (RS JR, 12-11)
157 - #5 Cobe Siebrecht (RS JR, 10-4) vs. #12 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) (SO, 10-6)
165 - #3 Patrick Kennedy (RS SO, 16-2) vs. #14 John Best (MD) (SO, 10-14)
174 - #7 Nelson Brands (RS SR, 6-4) vs. #10 Jackson Turley (RU) (RS SO, 8-10)
184 - #5 Abe Assad (JR, 15-2) vs. #12 Ben Vanadia (PUR) (RS SR, 11-14)
197 - #5 Jacob Warner (RS SR, 12-4) vs. #12 Andrew Davison (NU) (RS SR, 17-11)
285 - #3 Tony Cassioppi (SR, 17-2) vs. #14 Austin Emerson (NEB) (RS FR, 8-3)
The top two seeds at each weight have a bye; for Iowa, that means Lee and Woods will not compete until the quarterfinals.
Murin wrestled Omania at last year's Big Ten Tournament; Max won 12-0. Assad wrestled Vanadia at the Iowa-Purdue dual earlier this season; Abe pinned him in 4:15. Warner wrestled Davison at the Iowa-Northwestern dual last year and won 11-2.
Teske, Kennedy, Brands, and Cassioppi have not previously wrestled their opponents.
MORE HERE: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/preview-2023-big-ten-wrestling-tournament
