Ohio State Wrestling: Buckeyes End 46 Seasons of Futility Against Hawkeyes - ScarletBuckeye

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-21-2012, 10:00 AM

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No. 7 Ohio State Downs No. 2 Iowa, 21-9
Buckeyes win five consecutive matches en route to first win over Iowa since 1966

Ohio State won five consecutive matches from 133-165 pounds en route to a 21-9 win over No. 2 Iowa Friday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio- Behind seven wins, the No. 7 Ohio State wrestling team downed No. 2 Iowa, 21-9, Friday night in front of 5,684 fans in St. John Arena. The Buckeyes (9-2; 3-2 Big Ten) handed the Hawkeyes their first conference loss of the season.

"It's great," Tom Ryan, head coach, said. "These guys put so much time into what they do. They have six o'clock mornings, they have eight hours of sleep and studying. They have so many things going on in their lives, this was great. It was about time we beat them."

The last Buckeye victory against the Hawkeyes came Feb. 12, 1966, 46 seasons ago.

ChiefNiko · 01-21-2012, 11:51 AM

This is probably one of the most momentous victories at Ohio State for the rest of the year. Iowa had been riding a long Big Ten Dual meet victory streak. Even when Penn State was dominating everyone and later went on to win the NCAA title last year, they lost again Iowa. We beat Iowa.

SuperBuckFan08 · 01-21-2012, 05:14 PM

Good to see other OSU Athletics doing work!

louts8wings · 01-21-2012, 05:15 PM

this is a very big deal! iowa is always good!