IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Bellarmine University wrestling team took the mat Friday night with national power Iowa, falling 44-0 to the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Facing a veritable Murderers Row of ranked wrestlers, Bellarmine (1-1) avoided falls in all but two matches. It was the first dual of the season for Iowa (1-0).

Bellarmine had two matches decided by decision. Senior Trayce Eckman fell 8-1 to No. 7 Nasir Bailey at 141, while sophomore Isaac Johns was defeated 10-4 by Kael Voinovich at 157.

Iowa is the alma mater of Bellarmine head coach Ned Shuck, who wrestled for the Hawkeyes from 2000-05 and was a four-time letter winner.

Bellarmine will head to Northern Illinois for a 1 p.m. (ET) dual Sunday.

No. 4 Iowa 44, Bellarmine 0
125: No. 18 Leo DeLuca (IA) def. Joe Calvin (BU) (TF 15-0)
133: Kale Petersen (IA) def. Shay Korhorn (BU) (MD 14-2)
141: No. 7 Nasir Bailey (IA) def. Trayce Eckman (BU) (DEC 8-1)
149: No. 6 Ryder Block (IA) def. AJ Rallo (BU) (MD 19-5)
157: Kael Voinovich (IA) def. Isaac Johns (BU) (DEC 10-4)
165: No. 8 Carter Schubert (IA) def. Noah Hall (BU) (TF 19-4)
174: No. 5 Gabe Arnold (IA) def. Jack Ring (BU) (MD 16-4)
184: No. 3 Angelo Ferrari (IA) def. Gavin Ricketts (BU) (FALL, 5:38)
197: No. 29 Harvey Ludington (IA) def. Andrew Liber (BU) (MD 14-2)
285: No. 2 Ben Kueter (IA) def. Justin Hoffer (BU) (FALL, 0:32)

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