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Iowa Wrestlers in Fourth, Penn State Leads the Field, After End of Session One: Team Scores, Championship Brackets

The Hawkeyes trail Penn State, Oklahoma State and Minnesota.


The results so far. Bracket and team score info from the NCAA attached in PDF form to this article. Wrestling resumes at 6:40 p.m. Watch Live: 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des Moines

From NCAA.com

The four team favorites, led by reigning champion Penn State, lead the pack after the first session of the 83rd NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships inside Wells Fargo Arena. The Nittany Lions were not perfect, winning just seven of 11 bouts, but the usual bonus-point frenzy gave head coach Cael Sanderson’s squad a 1.5-point lead against Oklahoma State, which won seven of 10 to open the tournament. Minnesota won eight of 10 and sits in third, with Iowa in fourth.

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Every coach knows the three-day NCAA championships are a marathon, not a sprint. Missouri, a program still knocking on the door, had a strong first session, pulling of a pair of upsets. Drake Houdeshelt beat Penn State’s Andrew Alton at 149 pounds and Kyle Bradley knocked off fourth-seeded James Green of Nebraska at 157.

How the Cyclones and Hawkeyes did, from the Des Moines Register

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UPDATES: Penn State with slim lead after round 1

Iowa won seven of its nine opening-round bouts picked up a fall from second-seeded 133-pounder Tony Ramos to finish the session in fourth place with 10 points.

One of the two losses for the Hawkeyes came at 165, where Iowa State’s Michael Moreno avenged an early-season loss and beat No. 10 Nick Moore 5-3.

The Cyclones went 6-3 in the opening session, advancing four wrestlers to the second round, including Tanner Weatherman, who knocked off Michigan’s No. 10 seed Dan Yates 6-4 at 174.

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