An early deficit was too much for Iowa to overcome for the #4 Hawkeye wrestling team on Friday night. Iowa lost 4 of the first 5 matches-three of those being up

With a key pin from Antrell Taylor to give the Huskers an extra six points, the No. 6 Nebraska wrestling team (9-3,

No. 2 Ohio State (13-0, 2-0) defeated No. 7 Minnesota (7-4, 1-2), 29-9, on Friday evening in Minneapolis to remain undefeated on the season.

The 6th-ranked Nebraska wrestling team elected to wrestle two true freshmen in this Top-10 showdown against #9 Minnesota and still pulled off the 20-12 win to improve to 9-3 on the year. (Nebraska was docked a team point at the end due to AJ Ferrari’s celebration).

No. 4 Iowa men’s wrestling fell, 21-16, to No. 9 Minnesota on Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The loss marks head coach Tom Brands’ first loss to the Gophers since the 2013-14 season.  Two bright spots for Iowa were 133-pounder Drake Ayala’s dominant 21-6 win by technical fall and Michael Caliendo’s 18-5 major decision.

KERKHOVEN — Banners with Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg’s 100-win wrestlers hang in the high-school gymnasium. At the top of one of the banners is 2009 grad Kevin Steinhaus. The three-time state champion and eventual Minnesota Golden Gopher held the school record with 246 career wins.

Nelson is 6-7 this year and just 1-6 in duals. A redshirt freshman, Nelson started the season hot with a 7-0 win over #18 Sonny Sasso of Virginia Tech at the Southeast Open, but he’s lost his last four matches going into this weekend.

University of Iowa remains fourth in the latest poll, coming off a win at No. 6 Nebraska and preparing for No. 9 Minnesota on Friday. Iowa State is third and UNI is 13th.