The top-ranked Penn State wrestling team dropped its first dual meet of the year, falling 22-16 at No. 3 Iowa in a sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa won 6 of 10 bouts, including three thrilling one-point decisions in the dual's key match-ups.
While Iowa won six of ten bouts, Penn State owned a 22-13 lead in takedowns. The loss snapped a 20-dual win streak for Penn State.
Penn State trailed 13-0 until Central Mountain graduate Andrew Alton won a 18-8 major decision over Brody Grothus. Brother Dylan Alton lost 4-3 to Iowa's top-ranked Derek St. John.
Other winners for Penn State were David Taylor at 165, Ed Ruth at 184, and Quentin Wright at 197.
Bobby Telford beat Jon Gingrich 9-2 at 285 pounds to clinch the victory for Iowa.
125: #1 Matt McDonough IOWA dec. #2 Nico Megaludis PSU, 2-1 (TB) 0-3; 133: #2 Tony Ramos IOWA pinned Jordan Conaway PSU, WBF (4:23) 0-9; 141: #8 Matt Ballweg IOAW maj. dec. Bryan Pearsall PSU, 12-2 0-13; 149: #8 Andrew Alton PSU maj. dec. Brody Grothus IOWA, 18-8 4-13; 157: #1 Derek St. John IOWA dec. #5 Dylan Alton PSU, 4-3 4-16; 165: #2 David Taylor PSU tech fall #13 Nick Moore IOWA, 18-2 (TF; 6:42) 9-16; 174: #6 Mike Evans IOWA dec. #4 Matt Brown PSU, 4-3 9-19; 184: #1 Ed Ruth PSU maj. dec. Grant Gambrall IOWA, 21-10 13-19; 197: #3 Quentin Wright PSU dec. #19 Nathan Burak IOWA, 8-3 16-19; 285: #6 Bobby Telford IOWA dec. #17 Jon Gingrich PSU, 9-2 16-22
Attendance: 15,077
Records: Penn State 8-1, 5-1 Big Ten; Iowa 16-1, 6-0 Big Ten
Next: Penn State at #8 Illinois, Feb. 3, 2 p.m.
