Iowa 2nd at NCAA Wrestling Championships, 5 Advance to Quarters

Five Hawkeyes advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships following second round victories Thursday night inside the Scottrade Center. The team sits in second after the first day of competition.

Thomas Gilman (125), Cory Clark (133), Mike Evans (174), Sammy Brooks (184), and Nathan Burak (197) moved forward on the top side of the bracket and will wrestle for semifinal berths tomorrow morning beginning at 10 a.m. (CT).

“We still have a lot of wrestling to do,” said UI head coach Tom Brands. “There's some good, there's some bad… you're wrestling 20 matches today so there's a lot going through your mind right now. Really what we're doing is getting ready to go tomorrow.”

Iowa has three wrestlers competing in the consolation bracket and sits in second place after two rounds with 21 points. Ohio State leads the team race with 23 points. Oklahoma State is third (19.5), Penn State is fourth (18.5), and Missouri (18) and Nebraska (18) are tied for fifth. The Buckeyes and Nittany Lions (18.5) also have five quarterfinalists.

ROUND OF 16 RESULTS:

• 125 - #6 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) dec. #11 Jordan Conaway (PSU), 3-1 SV1
• 133 - #3 Cory Clark (Iowa) major dec. #14 Rossi Bruno (MICH), 12-4
• 149 - #13 Charles Cobb (PENN) dec. #4 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa), 4-3
• 174 - #3 Mike Evans (Iowa) dec. #4 Andy McCulley (WYO), 4-0
• 184 - #9 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) dec. #8 Domenic Abounader (MICH), 4-2
• 197 - #6 Nathan Burak (Iowa) major dec. Jake Tindle (SIUE), 12-2

CONSOLATION ROUND RESULTS:

• 141 - #5 Josh Dziewa (Iowa) major dec. Mike Pongracz (CHAT), 12-3
• 157 - Alex Elder (ORST) dec. Michael Kelly (Iowa), 11-6
• 165 - Mitchell Polkowske (NCOL) major dec. Nick Moore (Iowa), 12-4
• 285 - #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) pins J.J. Everard (SDSU), 0:39

QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS:

• 125 - #6 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) vs. #3 Joey Dance (VT)
• 133 - #3 Cory Clark (Iowa) vs. #6 Earl Hall (ISU)
• 174 - #3 Mike Evans (Iowa) vs. #6 Logan Storley (MINN)
• 184 - #9 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) vs. #1 Gabe Dean (Cornell)
• 197 - #6 Nathan Burak (Iowa) vs. #3 Kyven Gadson (ISU)

CONSOLATION MATCHUPS:

• 141 - #5 Josh Dziewa (Iowa) vs. #6 Nick Dardanes (MINN)
• 149 - #4 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) vs. Clayton Ream (NDSU)
• 285 - #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) vs. #13 Tyler Deuel (BING)

TEAM SCORES

• 1 Ohio State 23
• 2 IOWA 21
• 3 Oklahoma St. 19.5
• 4 Penn State 18.5
• 5 Missouri & Nebraska 18
• 7 Cornell 17.5
• 8 Illinois 16.5
• 9 Michigan & Va. Tech 15