Matt Kasten touches down after a clever chip and chase
The Hawkeyes traveled to Ann Arbor this past weekend to challenge the Wolverines, but Michigan outpaced their opponents to claim their second Big Ten win with a 38-10 score.
Michigan came out looking strong and seeking the try zone right away. After stealing away the ball from Iowa shortly after the kickoff, Cooper Smart provided the opportunity for the Maize and Blue, streaking through the defensive line. He offloaded to Sequoyah Burke-Combs who ran the short distance left to draw first blood of the game for Michigan. Joel Conzelmann converted the long kick to make it an early 7-0 lead for Michigan at the 4th minute. Michigan continued to put pressure on the Hawkeyes and were awarded a penalty in the 9th minute and Conzelmann attempted to take points but narrowly missed. The Wolverines went on to play the next 15 minutes in Hawkeye territory, but due to several penalties and turnovers, were unable to score until in the 23rd minute when Conzelmann picked up a dropped Iowa ball and ran 10 meters for the try. He converted the try successfully to put Michigan up 14-0.
Another strong Michigan scrum
The Wolverines continue to keep the pressure on, and they were awarded a penalty in the 30th minute, but Conzelmann’s kick was wide. Penalties of their own plagued Michigan the rest of the half. As the time wound down, yet another Michigan penalty saw Iowa with the ball on the far sideline at the Michigan 5 meter line. Iowa then swung the ball all the way along the line to sneak into the try zone at the opposite line as the half ended. The conversion was no good to make the score at the half 14-5.
Michigan wasn’t happy about their inability to finish off scoring opportunities in the first half and refocused. After a break by Cole Van Harn, John Palladino passed the ball out wide to Stu Starkweather near the 5-meter line who ran around the edge to score by the sideline. Conzelmann could not convert the long kick making the score 19-5 at the 47th minute. Iowa did not give up and drove straight down the field in response and scored a try of their own 3 minutes later. They could not convert however making the score 19-10. In the 54th minute Iowa was given a yellow card for repeated offsides penalties and Conzelmann once again attempted to kick for points but once again just barely missed the uprights. However Matt Kasten would soon get the Wolverines back on the board when he grubbered a loose Iowa ball, chased it down and ran past would-be tacklers to score the winger style try. Conzelmann converted the try. Van Harn got on the board in the 73rd minute with a hard run through defenders and Zach Burns (Fr.) got his first A-side try as time ran out with a goal line dive following a Chris Padmos break. Conzelmann missed the first conversion and made the second bringing the final score to 38-10.
1. Nick Fehrman (Kendall 64’)
2. Evan Rourke (Wagner 75’)
3. Jordan Ulmer (Arnett 64’)
4. Stuart Starkweather
5. Drew Vecchio (Burns 75’)
6. Kenny Andutan
7. Sequoyah Burke-Combs (Duker 75’)
8. Cole Van Harn (Fenno 75’)
9. John Palladino
10. Joel Conzelmann
11. Matt Kasten
12. Riley Hanson
13. Cooper Smart (Noon 40’)
14. Chris Padmos
15. Tohy Rakotovololona (Borowski 74’)
16. Zach Kendall
17. Brennen Arnett
18. Jackson Wagner
19. Zack Burns
20. Chening Duker
21. Jesse Fenno
22. Evan Noon
23. Mark Borowski
Tries: Burke-Combs 4′, Conzelmann 23′, Starkweather 47′, Kasten 57′, Van Harn 73′, Burns 80′
Cons: Conzelmann 4′, 23′, 57′, 80′
The Michigan B-side presented another impressive showing, dominating their opponents in a 51-12 win. Several Wolverines showed their love for the game and their willingness to help by playing for the Hawkeyes side as subs and fill in players.
Jesse Fenno side steps and high fives a defender before scoring for Michigan
Michigan struck first with a quick try as Travis Sawyer bowled over the try line for the score. Evan Noon could not convert the try however. 17 minutes later in the 21st minute after a great deal of back and forth play and hard tackling on each side, Noon slipped through the Iowa defense to score the second try of the game. His conversion was successful making the score 12-0. This was the last score of the half as each team played well but was stopped short near the opposition try line.
The ever elusive Chening Duker
Michigan opened the half firing on all cylinders. In the 46th minute Noon scored his second try of the game and converted it successfully. Michigan scored two more tries in the next seven minutes, one by Evan Noon and one by Ryan McDonough, neither converted. However Michigan had quickly taken hold of the game with a commanding 29-0 lead. Iowa did respond however, driving back down the field for their first score in the 55th minute. The conversion was good making the score 29-7. New player Drew Offerdahl got his first taste of the try zone in the 59th minute with a hard-nosed run over several defenders for the score. Noon converted successfully. Noon got his fourth try in the 73th minute but could not convert it. Jesse Fenno scored 3 minutes later and Nolan Webb scored shortly after him. Noon could not convert either however giving Michigan the 51-7 lead. Iowa scored right as time ran out to show that no matter what they would keep playing. The conversion was unsuccessful however and the game ended with a 51-12 score.
1. Jake Alchek (Nick Azzopardi)
2. Cameron Scott Watson (Jackson Wagner)
3. Darsh Khosla
4. Chris Byer (Zack Burns (Fr.))
5. Jason Anthony
6. Nolan Webb
7. Matt Ko (Chening Duker)
8. Travis Sawyer (Jesse Fenno)
9. Albert Foo (Colin Ward)
10. Evan Noon
11. Uygar Ozdemir (Kevin Cheng)
12. Cody Griffin (Ryan McDonough)
13. Drew Offerdahl
14. Vinodhan Ravichandran (Zack Green)
15. Kevin Linder (Cody Brown)
Tries: Sawyer 4′, Noon 21′, 46′, 49′, 73′, McDonough 53′, Offerdahl 59′, Fenno 76′
Cons: Noon 21′, 46′, 59′
