IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team opened its Big Ten season with a 36-9 win against Maryland on Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes scored bonus points in each of their seven wins against the Terps, including a pair of falls by Cory Clark (133) and Sammy Brooks (197).
Iowa has now won 18 straight Big Ten openers.
The second-ranked Hawkeyes (5-0, 1-0) also earned wins over Grand Canyon (44-0), Iowa Central (54-0), and Cornell College (58-0) on Friday. Individually, the Hawkeyes went undefeated in 30 bouts to improve to 25-0 all-time in the Iowa City Duals.