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Wolverines to Host No. 1 Iowa in Home Finale at Crisler
2/5/2020 5:29:00 PM | Wrestling
» No. 22 Michigan will host No. 1 Iowa in its home finale at 8 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 8) at Crisler Center.
» U-M is 5-1 in Big Ten duals this season and has defeated three ranked opponents over its last four appearances.
» Mason Parris (Hwt) remains unbeaten with a 22-0 record on the season; he has earned bonus points in 14 of his 22 wins.
THIS WEEK
Saturday, Feb. 8 -- vs. Iowa (Crisler Center), 8 p.m.
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The No. 22-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team (6-3, 5-1 Big Ten) will wrap up the home portion of its 2019-20 schedule against No. 1 Iowa (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) this Saturday (Feb. 8). The dual is slated for an 8 p.m. start at Crisler Center and will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network.
Michigan's Projected Starting Lineup
| Wgt. | Name | Year/Elig. | Hometown (High School) |
| 125 | Jack Medley | Jr./So. | Chesterfield, Mich. (Anchor Bay) |
| 133 | Joey Silva | So./Fr. | Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Prep) |
| or | Austin Assad | 5th/Sr. | Northfield, Ohio (Brecksville) |
| 141 | Cole Mattin | Fr./Fr. | Delta, Ohio (Delta) |
| or | Ben Freeman | Jr./So. | Walled Lake, Mich. (Central) |
| 149 | Kanen Storr | Sr./Jr. | Leslie, Mich. (Leslie) |
| or | Ben Lamantia | Gr./Sr. | Commack, N.Y. (St. Anthony's) |
| 157 | Will Lewan | So./Fr. | Chicago, Ill. (Montini Catholic) |
| 165 | Tyler Meisinger | Sr./Jr. | San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente) |
| or | Reece Hughes | Jr./Jr. | Brighton, Mich. (Hartland) |
| 174 | Max Maylor | So./Fr. | Highland, Wis. (Highland) |
| 184 | Jelani Embree | Jr./So. | Eastpointe, Mich. (Warren Lincoln) |
| or | Bobby Striggow | So./Fr. | Orono, Minn. (Orono) |
| 197 | Jackson Striggow | 5th/Sr. | Orono, Minn. (Orono) |
| Hwt | Mason Parris | So./So. | Lawrenceburg, Ind. (Lawrenceburg) |
Wolverine Bites
• The Wolverines are 5-1 in Big Ten dual-meet competition and own ranked wins over No. 11 Minnesota (22-15, Jan. 19), No. 15 Northwestern (20-17, Jan. 24) and No. 23 Rutgers (21-16, Feb. 1). Michigan has posted a 20-4 record in Big Ten duals over the last three seasons, including an 8-1 mark last year. U-M has finished third in the regular-season standings in each of the last two seasons.
• Sophomore heavyweight Mason Parris owns a perfect 22-0 record this season and has earned bonus points in 14 matches -- 64 percent of his appearances. He opened the Big Ten dual season with three consecutive falls and added another against Rutgers last Saturday (Feb. 1); he boasts eight total pins on the season. Parris led the Wolverines last season with 32 wins and 13 falls.
• Though Parris missed out on his matchup with Minnesota's No. 1 Gable Steveson on Jan. 19, he owns eight wins over nationally-ranked opponents this season. Parris defeated Arizona State's sixth-ranked Tanner Hall, 6-3, in the finals at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7) with two takedowns and 1:03 riding-time advantage. He also owns three wins over Central Michigan's now-fourth-ranked Matt Stencel, including 9-2 and 4-0 decisions in the finals at the MSU Open (Nov. 2) and Black Knight Invite (Nov. 17), and a 14-3 major decision over Pittsburgh's No. 8 Demetrius Thomas at the MSU Open.
• Junior/sophomore Jack Medley owns four wins over ranked opponents at 125 pounds this season, including in two of his last three matches. He used a third-period ride to edge Rutgers' No. 16 Nicolas Aguilar last Saturday and, a week earlier, clinched Michigan's dual win at Northwestern with a 3-2 decision over No. 6 Michael DeAugustino in the final match. Medley previously lost to DeAugustino, 12-5, in the quarterfinals at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7). He also has season wins over North Carolina's No. 19 Joey Melendez, 10-2, in the dual opener and North Carolina State's 15th Jakob Camacho, 6-5, at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Medley also boasts a pair of wins against three-time NCAA qualifier Christian Moody of Oklahoma, including a 9-4 decision at the CKLV.
• Senior/junior Kanen Storr has earned bonus wins in each of his last three appearances, including a 17-1 technical fall against Rutgers. Storr, who is 12-2 and ranked as high as No. 8 nationally, came out of his Olympic redshirt at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30), where he took seventh place with Big Ten wins over Purdue's Nate Limmex (8-1) and Wisconsin's Cole Martin (6-3). Storr is up a weight class this season; he was an NCAA qualifier last year at 141 pounds.
• Sophomore/freshman Joey Silva is 3-0 on the season at 133 pounds after making his season and varsity debut against Michigan State (Jan. 10), when he used three takedowns and 2:19 riding-time advantage to earn a 7-2 decision over Garrett Pepple, who was ranked as high as No. 25 by FloWrestling. Silva also clinched the Wolverines' dual win over No. 11 Minnesota with an 11-3 major decision over Brent Jones in the final bout. He posted a 7-1 record in his redshirt season last year, earning a tournament win at the Cleveland State Open in his first collegiate competition. The MSU dual was his first action in a little more than a year.
• In addition to Silva, Cole Mattin and Will Lewan, five other Wolverines have made their collegiate dual-meet debuts this season -- senior/junior Ben Freeman (141 pounds), sophomore/freshman Nick Freeman (149), senior/junior Tyler Meisinger (165), sophomore/freshman Max Maylor (174) and sophomore/freshman Bobby Striggow (184).
• Three Wolverines currently are taking Olympic redshirts for the 2019-20 season -- fifth-year seniors Myles Amine and Logan Massa and graduate student Stevan Micic. Micic and Amine have already qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after placing fifth at 57kg/125 pounds and 86kg/189 pounds, respectively, at the UWW World Championships in September. Massa qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials with his first-place finish at the Senior Nationals in December. None of the three are enrolled in classes this semester and will retain the year of NCAA eligibility through the athletics activity waiver.
U-M Individual Rankings
| Wt. | Wrestler | InterMat | Flo | TW | TOM | AWN |
| 125 | Jack Medley | 19 | 22 | 16 | 23 | NR |
| 133 | Joey Silva | NR | NR | NR | 17 | NR |
| 141 | Cole Mattin | NR | NR | 29 | 30 | NR |
| 149 | Kanen Storr | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 157 | Will Lewan | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 |
| 184 | Jelani Embree | 20 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 14 |
| Hwt | Mason Parris | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Scouting the Opposition
Iowa: The Hawkeyes enter the weekend with a 10-0 record and are 7-0 in Big Ten dual action after defeating Penn State (19-17, Jan. 31) and Michigan State (32-3, Feb. 2) last weekend. All 10 Iowa starters are ranked top 10 nationally at their respective weights, including No. 1 Spencer Lee (125 pounds), No. 2 Pat Lugo (149), No. 2 Alex Marinelli (165) and No. 1 Michael Kemerer (174). Michigan trails, 32-26-1, in the all-time series against Iowa dating back to 1924. The Wolverines snapped an Iowa nine-match series win streak in the most recent meeting between the programs, winning the final four bouts to edge the Hawkeyes, 19-17, in 2018 in Iowa City.
Last Time Out
The Wolverines earned a 21-16 win over No. 23 Rutgers to contribute the first half of a U-M doubleheader sweep with men's basketball at the Big Ten Super Saturday event at Madison Square Garden last Saturday (Feb. 1). Michigan claimed four of the opening five bouts before sophomore heavyweight Mason Parris used a first-period pin in the final bout to put an exclamation point on the dual win. Freshman Cole Mattin and senior/junior Kanen Storr also earned bonus points at 141 and 149 pounds, respectively, and junior/sophomore Jack Medley edged No. 16 Nicolas Aguilar, 2-1, at 125 pounds. [ Full Recap ]
Up Next
Friday, Feb. 14 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), 8 p.m. CST
Sunday, Feb. 16 -- at Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.), 3 p.m. CST
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