IOWA CITY, Iowa — Penn State won the battle of the top wrestling teams on Friday night.

The Nittany Lions, ranked No. 1 in the nation, grinded out a 19-13 victory over No. 2 Iowa before a raucous crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Penn State (14-0, 6-0 Big Ten) won its 25th dual meet in a row and ended Iowa’s string of 29 straight overall and 22 straight at home.

Max Dean’s comeback win at 197 pounds clinched the win after Carter Starocci had muscled out a tough victory at 174 to help the Lions break at 10-10 tie.

Penn State took a 10-0 lead with Drew Hildebrandt racking up enough points to earn a major decision over Iowa’s Jesse Ybarra at 125 pounds. Top-ranked Roman Bravo-Young then decisioned Iowa’s No. 3 Austin DeSanto, 3-2, at 133, and PSU’s top-ranked Nick Lee earned a 6-4 overtime win over Iowa’s No. 2 Jaydin Eierman.

Iowa then countered with a decision by Central Cambria High School graduate Max Murin at 149 and another decision by Kaleb Young at 157.

Murin didn’t allow Penn State’s Beau Bartlett to gain any momentum in knocking out a 4-1 win.

Iowa’s Alex Marinelli then tied up the match at 10-10 with a 10-2 major decision at 165.

Top-ranked Starocci put Penn State back up 13-10 by outlasting Iowa’s No. 2 Michael Kemerer, 2-1, in a tiebreaker. A takedown by Kemerer at the end of the overtime period was originally counted but then overturned after a review.

Top-ranked 184-pounder Aaron Brooks put the Nittany Lions up 16-10 with an 8-3 decision over Abe Assad.

Dean then clinched the win for the Lions with an 8-3 decision over Iowa’s Jacob Warner at 197. Dean was down 3-0 in the middle of the third period and finished with a flurry.

Iowa’s Tony Cassioppi finished off the match with a 7-2 decision over Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet at 285.

125–Hildebrandt, PS, major dec. Ybarra, 9-0. 133–Bravo-Young, PS, dec. DeSanto, 3-2. 141–Lee dec. Eierman, 6-4, SV. 149–Murin, I, dec. Bartlett, 4-1. 157–Young, I, dec. Barraclough, 2-0.

165–Marinelli, I, major dec. Berge, 10-2. 174–Starocci, PS, dec. Kemerer, 2-1 TB. 184–Brooks, PS, dec. Assad, 8-3. 197–Dean, PS, dec. Warner, 8-3. 285–Cassioppi, I, dec. Kerkvliet, 7-2.

Records: Penn State (14-0, 6-0 Big Ten); Iowa (11-1, 5-1 Big Ten).