Northern Iowa wrestling finishes regular season with 27-11 win over Wisconsin

Northern Iowa wrestling rolled to a dominant victory over Wisconsin on Sunday, winning 27-11 over the Badgers in the Panthers’ final regular-season dual of the season.

The contest was tied at 11 after six bouts, with 133-pounder Julian Farber, 141-pounder Cael Happel and 157-pounder Ryder Downey each picking up wins, including a 22-6 technical fall for Happel over Felix Lettini. From 174 pounds on, the Panthers dominated.

Sophomore Jared Simma (No. 29 at 174 pounds) not only had an upset win over Max Maylor (No. 12), he did so in dominant fashion with a 16-6 major decision. 184-pounder Parker Keckeisen (No. 1) rolled as well to a 11-3 major decision over Shane Liegel (No. 17). He is now 23-0 heading into the postseason as the favorite to win a title in his class.

From there, the Panthers also got two major decisions from Wyatt Voelker (12-2 over Josh Otto) and Tyrell Gordon (8-0) to cap off the victory.

Here are full match-by-match results from UNI’s win over Wisconsin:

• 125: Eric Barnett (WIS) over Trever Anderson (UNI) (Dec 6-1)
• 133: Julian Farber (UNI) over Nicolar Rivera (WIS) (Dec 9-4)
• 141: Cael Happel (UNI) over Felix Lettini (WIS) (TF 22-6 2:36)
• 149: Joseph Zargo (WIS) over Adam Allard (UNI) (Dec 3-1)
• 157: Ryder Downey (UNI) over Luke Mechler (WIS) (Dec 5-3)
• 165: Dean Hamiti (WIS) over Jack Thomsen (UNI) (TF 18-2 6:35)
• 174: Jared Simma (UNI) over Max Maylor (WIS) (MD 16-6)
• 184: Parker Keckeisen (UNI) over Shane Liegel (WIS) (MD 11-3)
• 197: Wyatt Voelker (UNI) over Josh Otto (WIS) (MD 12-2)
• 285: Tyrell Gordon (UNI) over Gannon Rosenfeld (WIS) (MD 8-0)

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.