It was a big week for Iowa Sports as several teams were in action. Here is what happened during the last few days of Iowa Sports
NCAA announces seeding and brackets for National Wrestling Championships
After a disappointing finish at the Big Ten Wrestling Tournament, the Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling team awaited their fate for the NCAA Championships. The committee announced the seedings and bracket for the Championships on Wednesday, March 12.
The Hawkeyes will have five top-ten seeds entering the Championships. Here are the matchups for the Hawkeyes as they look forward to the tournament:
The paths are set.
— Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling (@Hawks_Wrestling) March 13, 2025
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125: No. 29 Joey Cruz versus No. 4 Vincent Robinson (NC State)
133: No. 2 Drake Ayala versus No. 31 Kade Moore (Missouri)
149: No. 5 Kyle Parco versus No. 28 Dylan Gilcher (Michigan)
157: No. 18 Jacori Teemer versus No. 15 Johnny Lovett (CMU)
165: No. 3 Michael Caliendo versus No. 30 Aiden Riggins (Iowa State)
174: No. 11 Patrick Kennedy versus No. 22 Nick Incontrera (Penn)
184: No. 11 Gabe Arnold versus No. 22 Donnell Washington (Indiana)
197: No. 2 Stephen Buchanan versus No. 31 Remy Cotton (Michigan St.)
285 (HWT): No. 5 Ben Kueter versus No. 28 Daniel Herrera (Iowa State)
The tournament will take place from March 20-22 in Philadelphia. The morning rounds will air on ESPNU and the night rounds will be on ESPN or ESPN2. All rounds will be streaming on ESPN +
Kylie Welker receives recognition for her performance
USA Wrestling has named Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Wrestling wrestler Kylie Welker as the wrestler of the week.
Are we surprised? 🤩 @kylie_welker has been named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week!
— Iowa Women's Wrestling (@IowaW_Wrestling) March 13, 2025
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Welker is coming off a perfect 27-0 season in which she did surrender a single point. She capped her perfect season with a dominating 10-0 win in the championship match of the National Women's Collegiate Wrestling Championships this past weekend.
Welker was one of three Iowa champions that helped lead Iowa to their second straight National Title.
Iowa Softball sweeps St. Thomas in their home-opening series
Wednesday Sweep 🧹 #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/shhPTDbKYn
— Iowa Softball (@iowasoftball) March 13, 2025
Iowa Softball welcomed St. Thomas to Bob Pearl Field for a double-header in their home season opener on March 12.
The Tommies jumped on the Hawkeyes early in game one as they scored a run in the first inning. It took Iowa until the third inning to pick up a hit, and it was an infield single by Devin Simon. Simon would tie the game one shortly after.
Iowa would grab another run in the fourth and an insurance run in the fifth as they took game one 3-1.
Pitcher Jalen Adams pitched her ninth complete game for the Hawkeyes and picked up the win. She moves to 12-2 on the season after the win.
Game two was a nail-biter until the end. No runs were scored, and extra innings were needed to decide the game. Iowa won on a walk-off hit by Avery Jackson in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Hawkeyes took the contest 1-0 and won game two and the series.
Pitcher Talia Tretton picked up her fourth win and fourth shutout of the season after the victory in game two versus St. Thomas.
The Hawkeyes travel to Bloomington, Indiana, on Saturday, March 15, to take on the Hoosiers at 5:00 p.m. Central Time to kick off Big Ten play.