It’s tough to say Iowa did itself any favors in the momentum department ahead of Friday’s dual with No. 2 Penn State. Top-ranked Penn State smoked the now-fourth ranked Hawkeyes (Ohio State jumped them in Flo’s latest rankings) Sunday afternoon in Stillwater. It was ugly, it was disappointing, and there weren’t a ton of positives to take away.
Silver linings are hard to come by when you lose 7 of 10 matches to the nation’s top-ranked team, but there’s no time to dwell on it when rival Penn State’s scheduled to roll into Carver in a few days.