This Week in Peacock Wrestling… The No. 6 Peacock wrestling program is home for the final dual in their current three-match home stand against Northern Sun Conference foes. Upper Iowa has won their last two duals at home with victories over Minnesota State University Moorhead, 30-6, and No. 16 Minnesota State University, Mankato, 18-12. Three Peacock seniors will be recognized prior to the dual for their time at Upper Iowa; the trio includes Nick Georgean, Logan Hopp and Josh Walker.

Live Options... Tonight's dual will have live results and can be seen online via a webcast option or through the Stretch Internet app on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple or Android TV. In eastern Iowa, you can watch the dual on KCRG TV 9.3.
 
Peacocks in the Rankings… The Peacocks are ranked No. 6 in the nation along with the Bearcats of McKendree University. Logan Hopp, who is ranked second nationally at heavyweight, is 8-1 this season with four bonus-point wins including a fall, two tech falls and a major under his belt through eight matches. Josh Walker is ranked sixth at 133 pounds nationally and is 24-6 this season and is riding a six-match win streak. The redshirt senior has 16 bonus-point victories including 8 wins by fall, 5 by technical fall and 3 major decisions. Maleek Williams is carrying a 20-6 record this season with 10 bonus-point victories thanks to 8 falls and a pair of majors. Jordan Gundrum makes his first appearance in the rankings at No. 8 with an 18-6 record and 14 bonus-point wins. The junior 174-pounder has notched 10 falls and 4 major decisions. Brock Benitz rose in the rankings at 157 pounds; the redshirt-freshman is now ranked seventh in the country. The Mosinee, Wis. product is 21-4 this season with a team-high 13 falls and a major.
 
NSIC Wrestler of the Week… True freshman Dalton Hahn is the NSIC Wrestler of the Week after posting a 6-0 win over Minnesota Stat e's Corey Abernathy, who is ranked No. 6 in the nation. The award is the fifth for the Peacock wrestling program this season. Brock Benitz, Damian Penichet, Maleek Williams and Logan Hopp earned the first four honors this season. Heading into the 184-pound match last Friday night, the No. 16 Mavericks led the No. 6 Peacocks 12-9. Hahn scored an early takedown and used a throw to grab four nearfall points. The freshman from Loganville, Wis. nearly got the win by fall, but Abernathy got out of trouble. Neither wrestler scored in the second or third periods as Hahn's victory pulled the Peacocks even with their guests. Hahn is now 20-11 with 7 bonus-point wins including a fall, a tech fall and five majors.
 
Scouting the Mustangs… Southwest Minnesota State (6-4) took advantage of three Dakota Wesleyan forfeits and strung together four consecutive pins as a team on the way to a dominant 54-0 win over DWU on Wednesday night at home. The win was the first time SMSU had shutout an opponent since a 40-0 win over Minot State back in 2013-14. SMSU went 1-1 last week, rebounding from a Thursday night loss at Augustana with its first conference win of the season in a 37-6 win over Northern State on Friday night. The Mustangs had three pins in their win over Northern State and dropped bouts in just two weight classes.
 
UIU Probable Lineup…
 

Weight	Wrestler	Year	W	L	F	TF	MD	Hometown	Prev. School
125	Maleek Williams	R-Jr.	20	6	8	0	2	Miami, Fla.	South Dade HS
133	Josh Walker	R-Sr.	24	6	8	5	3	Tulsa, Okla.	U. of Central Oklahoma
141	Hunter Slifka	R-So.	10	12	2	0	4	Cresco, Iowa	Crestwood HS
	Aaron Baker	R-Fr.	8	7	4	0	3	Chillicothe, Mo.	Chillicothe HS
149	Damian Penichet	R-Jr.	19	8	9	2	2	Miami, Fla.	Columbus HS
157	Brock Benitz	R-Fr.	21	4	13	0	1	Mosinee, Wis.	Lincoln HS
165	Tucker Black	Jr.	21	14	2	2	5	Batavia, Iowa	North Iowa Area CC
	Cody Nelson	R-Jr.	11	11	7	0	1	Greene, Iowa	North Butler HS
174	Jordan Gundrum	Jr.	18	6	10	0	4	West Bend, Wis.	Ellsworth CC
184	Dalton Hahn	Fr.	20	11	1	1	5	Loganville, Wis.	Reedsburg HS
197	Nick Baumler	So.	25	7	2	1	7	West Union, Iowa	North Fayette Valley HS
HWT	Logan Hopp	R-Sr.	8	1	1	2	1	New Hampton, Iowa	New Hampton HS
	Triston Westerlund	R-So.	21	10	7	2	0	Albert Lea, Minn.	Albert Lea HS
	2017-18 UIU Totals		337	207	118	19	55

 
SMSU Probable Lineup…
 

Weight	Wrestler	Year	W	L	F	TF	MD	Hometown	Prev. School
125	Taylor Curtis	Sr.	11	7	1	1	2	Underwood, Iowa	Underwood HS
133	Brock Buysee	So.	9	8	2	0	0	Minneota, Minn.	Minneota HS
141	Nick Santos	So.	1	4	0	0	0	Lowell, Mass.	Iowa Central CC
	Trent Butcher	Sr.	5	8	2	2	0	Chaska, Minn.	Chaska HS
149	Justin Haneke	Jr.	15	7	8	0	1	Beresford, S.D.	Beresford HS
157	Cortez Arredondo	Jr.	14	6	3	0	1	W. St. Paul, Minn.	Simley HS
165	Kegen Fingalsen	Jr.	9	11	2	0	2	Manly, Iowa	Central Springs HS
174	Griffin Osing	Jr.	4	9	3	0	0	Blakesburg, Iowa	Albia HS
184	Cole Hennen	R-So.	9	7	3	0	1	Ghent, Minn.	Minneota HS
197	Jack Ryan	R-So.	8	7	3	0	0	Inver Grove Heights, Minn.	Simley HS
285	Andrew Petersen	So.	15	7	3	0	1	Moville, Iowa	Woodbury Central HS

 
Next Up… The No. 6 Peacocks will travel to Aberdeen, S.D. on Friday, Feb. 2 to face the Wolves of Northern State University at 7 p.m.