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Iowa’s Lee is ready to go to mat for title he wanted in ’20

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January 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee is looking to take care of unfinished business this season. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament last March cost Lee an opportunity to win a third straight national championship. He went 18-0 and led the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten title.

FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins by technical fall against Iowa State’s Alex Mackall at 125 pounds during the Cy-Hawk dual wrestling match at Hilton Coliseum, in Ames, Iowa. Lee and Oregon women’s basketball star Sabrina Ionescu shared the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, as the country’s top amateur athlete. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

He was winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler and a co-winner of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete. Iowa is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason. Five of the top seven teams in the rankings are from the Big Ten.