The Buckeyes pulled off two upsets in the dual, but it still wasn’t enough to knock off the Hawkeyes. Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan Iowa’s 133-pound No. 3 Austin DeSanto gets his hand raised after wrestling Ohio State’s Dylan Koontz during a wrestling dual between No. 2 Iowa and No. 6 Ohio State at the Covelli Center in Columbus, OH on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes 21-12. DeSanto defeated Kuntz by technical fall 19-4. Chris Werner, Sports ReporterJanuary 22, 2022 The No. 2 Iowa men’s wrestling team escaped Columbus Friday night with a 21-12 victory over the ninth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Both 125-pounder Drake Ayala and 165-pounder Alex Marinelli were upset during the dual. Ayala, who is ranked 10th in the nation at his weight, was defeated by No. 18 Malik Heinselman in sudden victory. Ayala batted back from a 5-3 deficit, earning a late takedown to…
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