UNI had a pretty good opening round Thursday at the PPG Paints Arena as the Panthers stand ninth. UNI went 5-1 and got major decisions from Taylor Lujan at 174 and Drew Foster at 184, while Bryce Steiert registered a pin at 165.
The Panthers have nine points and are tied with Virginia Tech for ninth. Penn State leads with 21 points, while Iowa went 9-for-9 and stands four with 14 points.
UNI's day started off rough as Jay Schwarm dropped his opening match at 125, but the Panther Train got rolling soon after as fourth-seeded Josh Alber scored early, and kept building his lead en route to a 10-3 win over Corey Shie of Army at 141.