Ethan McLaughlin Iowa 149-pound Ryder Block returns Ohio State No.10 149-pound Ethan Stiles to the mat during the championship session of the 2025 National Duals Invitational at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Stiles defeated Block 3-2. The Buckeyes defeated the Hawkeyes 27-12. The No. 3-ranked Iowa men’s wrestling team made it all the way to the final round of the National Dual Invitational on Sunday evening, dropping the final dual to No. 4 Ohio State, 27-12. It took five bouts until 165-pounder Michael Caliendo recorded the squad’s first takedown on the Buckeyes. Yes, you read that right. Iowa wrestling went five whole matches without a single takedown. While the latter half of the lineup picked up some late momentum, by that time, the damage from Ohio State had already been done. At that point, the Buckeyes were up 21-0 over Iowa when Caliendo picked up the team’s first win in a 4-1 sudden victory. On the bright side, the Hawkeyes gained $150,000 in prize money for the program; fans across the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, aired their frustration. Iowa wrestling will pick up action on Nov. 21 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena for a 7:30 p.m. dual against Pittsburgh. Why even go out there if you are just gonna run away the whole match?