Kutler, Jakobsen, Wood score bonus wins as No. 16 Lehigh falls at No. 4 Iowa

Saturday, December 8

Iowa City, Iowa

8:30 PM

Lehigh University

Iowa

Match Notes

12/8/2018 11:27:00 PM | Men's Wrestling

IOWA CITY, Iowa – No. 16 Lehigh won three of the final four bouts, scoring bonus points in all three wins, but No. 4 Iowa rode a fast start to a 28-14 win over the Mountain Hawks Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa won the first six bouts, claiming bonus points in five of those wins, to race to a 25-0 lead before a major decision by junior Jordan Kutler at 174.

Sophomores Jake Jakobsen and Jordan Wood closed out the dual with a pin and major decision, respectively at the final two weights but it wasn't enough to keep Lehigh from dropping to 0-4 on the dual season. Iowa improves to 6-0.

"The lightweights came to fight, they just got overwhelmed a bit as the matches went on," Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro said. "We didn't wrestle our matches at all. We got beat in hand-fighting. We got beat on bottom. Things that we know we have to work on with a young crew. They're working really hard. They're going to be okay. We need more time to get there but they're willing to do the work. That's the most important part.

Kutler finally broke a string of 16 straight bout losses for the Mountain Hawks by racking up five takedowns, an escape and 3:41 of riding time advantage to post a 12-3 major decision over Jeremiah Moody.

Junior Andrew Price got the nod at 184 and nearly pulled off the upset over 14th-ranked Cash Wilcke. Price opened the scoring with an escape and a takedown on the edge in the second period to lead 3-1 after two. A Wilcke takedown in the third and subsequent Price escape sent the match to sudden victory tied 4-4. Wilcke scored the winning takedown with 17 seconds left in the overtime period to win 6-4.

With Iowa up big, the Hawkeyes opted not to wrestle their top 10-ranked men at 197 and heavyweight. Jakobsen took advantage, scoring an early takedown against Steven Holloway at 197 and immediately putting in a half nelson, securing the fall at the 1:01 mark to bring Lehigh within 28-10.

In the final bout of the dual, Wood posted a 13-3 major decision over Aaron Costello for Lehigh's third bonus win of the night.

"It was just good to see guys in matches, battling," Santoro said of the late results. "Kutler was workmanlike and did a great job. I thought Andrew was going to pull that off. He was right there. Jake getting a pin and Wood doing what he does. It was good to get some wins, but we'd rather win six of 10 as opposed to three of 10."

Defending national champion and top ranked Spencer Lee opened the dual with a 15-0, first-period technical fall over freshman Luke Resnick at 125 and the Hawkeyes followed with three consecutive major decisions to go up 17-0. Austin DeSanto won 19-8 over sophomore Brandon Paetzell at 133, Max Murin topped freshman Dan Moran, who was making his Lehigh dual debut, at 141, 14-3 and Pat Lugo won 12-3 over freshman Jimmy Hoffman at 149.

A tight 4-1 decision by eighth-ranked Kaleb Young over freshman Josh Humphreys at 157 put Iowa up 20-0 at intermission. A first period takedown and third period ride out were the difference in Young's favor.

Fourth-ranked Alex Marinelli kicked off the second half of the dual with a 20-5 technical fall over sophomore Trey Cornish at 165 before Lehigh claimed three of the final four bouts.

The Mountain Hawks will now break for final exams and will return to action at the South Beach Duals, Dec. 29-30 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Lehigh is slated to face Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia over the two-day dual event.

"We hope to get three or four guys back after Christmas, which should help us," Santoro said. "We'll go from there. We've been exposed against a couple top teams. We have a lot of things to work on over the next three weeks but its things that are very do-able."

The 2018-19 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.

No. 4 Iowa 28, No. 16 Lehigh 14
125 – Spencer Lee (Iowa) tech fall Luke Resnick (Lehigh) 15-0, 2:30
133 – Austin DeSanto (Iowa) major dec. Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) 19-8
141 – Max Murin (Iowa) major dec. Dan Moran (Lehigh) 14-3
149 – Pat Lugo (Iowa) major dec. Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) 12-3
157 – Kaleb Young (Iowa) dec. Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 4-1
165 – Alex Marinelli (Iowa) tech fall Trey Cornish (Lehigh) 20-5, 6:28
174 – Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) major dec. Jeremiah Moody (Iowa) 12-3
184 – Cash Wilcke (Iowa) dec. Andrew Price (Lehigh) 6-4, sv
197 – Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) Fall Steven Holloway (Iowa) 1:01
285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) major dec. Aaron Costello (Iowa) 13-3
Attendance – 7,434

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