Wrestling falls at No. 1 Iowa

Gomez's 29-match winning streak snapped in the loss.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, 1/31/10 - The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team blanked its sixth opponent of the 2009-10 season Sunday night, beating Michigan State, 37-0, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. The Spartans, after defeating Michigan on Friday night, are now 7-4-1 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten. Iowa improved 18-0 and 4-0 in the conference.

Top-ranked Franklin Gomez suffered his first loss since last season for MSU, ending his 29-match winning streak, when he fell to the Hawkeye's sixth-ranked Daniel Dennis in overtime at 133 pounds. The two went into overtime tied at two where Dennis was able to get an escape for a 3-2 win.

In another hard fought battle, Spartan Anthony Jones Jr. (157 pounds) fell 1-0 to Iowa's Aaron Janssen. Janssen got an escape seven seconds into the third period and hung on for the win.

Spartan redshirt sophomore David Cheza, who entered Sunday's dual with a seven-bout winning streak and ranked 13th in the nation, fell to No. 1-ranked Brent Metcalf at 149 pounds.

MSU will get back into action on Friday, Feb. 5 for a 7:30 p.m. dual at Central Michigan.

#1 Iowa 37, Michigan State 0
125 - No.4 Matt McDonough (I) pinned Brennan Lyon (MSU), 2:52
133 - No. 6 Daniel Dennis (I) dec. No. 1 Franklin Gomez (MSU), 3-2 TB-1
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Dan Osterman (MSU), 6-0
149 - No. 1 Brent Metcalf (I) pinned No. 13 David Cheza (MSU), 3:37
157 - Aaron Janssen (I) dec. Anthony Jones (MSU), 1-0
165 - No. 5 Ryan Morningstar (I) dec. Kyle Bounds (MSU), 3-0
174 - No. 2 Jay Borschel (I) maj. dec. Ian Hinton (MSU), 8-0
184 - No. 7 Phillip Keddy (I) dec. Nick Palmieri (MSU), 8-1
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) dec. Tyler Dickenson, 10-7 (MSU)
Hwt. - No. 9 Dan Erekson (I) dec. Alan O'Donnell (MSU), 8-2