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From: Joshua Schmidt <jjschmid@umn.edu>
Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:12 PM
Subject: GOPHERS WRESTLING: Minnesota Stomps Hoosiers 38-9 on Sunday Afternoon
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Feb. 2 , 2020

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Minnesota Stomps Hoosiers 38-9 on Sunday Afternoon

● The University of Minnesota wrestling program topped the Indiana Hoosiers 38-9

● The Gophers notched four pins in the first six bouts, capped off by a 56 second pin by Gable Steveson

● Indiana native Brayton Lee finished his first collegiate homecoming 2-0 with a pair of victories over ranked opponents

● The victory marks career win 40 for head coach Brandon Eggum in his four years at the helm

Minnesota Stomps Hoosiers 38-9 on Sunday Afternoon

BLOOMINGTON, In. – The Golden Gophers wrestling team took down the Indiana Hoosiers 38-9 on Sunday afternoon behind four pins in the first six matches.

Bailee O’Reilly, Owen Webster, Hunter Ritter, and Gable Steveson all pinned their opponents to earn the Gophers a combined 24 team points. The four pins are their most this season in a dual.

O’Reilly and Webster pinned their opponents in the second period while Ritter and Steveson took care of business in the first period.

All three of Steveson’s pins this season have come in the first period with each coming quicker and quicker.

Finishing his first road trip back in his home state of Indiana Brayton Lee earned his second decision victory of the weekend. On Friday night against Purdue he also ended the dual for the Gophers with a victory.

Ben Brancale made his first dual appearance for the Gophers since February 16, 2018, a span of 716 days, in his relief appearance for No.5 Mitch McKee. Brancale took advantage of the opportunity and earned the 8-3 decision with three takedowns.

In his second dual appearance against his former school, Devin Skatzka once again came out victorious. Skatzka put on an offensive show with a technical fall in two minutes boosted by two takedowns and four four-point nearfalls.

Last season he defeated Jacob Covaciu by 8-3 decision.

The Maroon and Gold got their hand raised in eight individual bouts, with the exception being the forfeit at 125-pounds and sudden victory loss at 133-pounds.

Quotable

“We’re out here wrestling hard, staying aggressive, and having fun together. We’ve got like a month until Big Tens and NCAA’s and we can’t wait.” – Heavyweight Gable Steveson

Next Up

The Maroon and Gold return home for a February 9 dual against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the penultimate home dual against the defending national champions.

Full Results (Numbers listed are FloWrestling rankings)

157: No.22 Ryan Thomas SV1 (9-7) Fernie Silva (Minnesota leads 3-0)

165: Bailee O’Reilly fall (4:09) Dillon Hoey (Minnesota leads 9-0)

174: No.8 Devin Skatzka tech. fall (16-1) Diego Lemley (Minnesota leads 14-0)

184: No.18 Owen Webster fall (4:13) Jake Hinz (Minnesota leads 26-0)

197: Hunter Ritter fall (2:09) Nick Willham (Minnesota leads 26-0)

285: No.1 Gable Steveson fall (0:56) Rudy Streck (Minnesota leads 32-0)

125: Liam Cronin by forfeit (Minnesota leads 32-6)

133: Cayden Rooks SV2 (5-3) Boo Dryden (Minnesota leads 32-9)

141: Ben Brancale dec. (8-3) over Eddie Bolivar (Minnesota leads 35-9)

149: No.4 Brayton Lee dec. No.20 Graham Rooks (Minnesota wins 38-9)

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From: Rosenthal, Jeremy <jr359@indiana.edu>
Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:41 PM
Subject: Rooks Wins Bout, Hoosiers Fall Against No. 5 Minnesota
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Indiana Wrestling News

February 2, 2020

Contact: Jeremy Rosenthal (jr359@indiana.edu)

 

Rooks Wins Bout, Hoosiers Fall Against No. 5 Minnesota 

 

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  – Cayden Rooks won his fourth Big Ten dual match of the season, but the Hoosiers came up short as they fell 38-9 against No. 5 Minnesota on Sunday at Wilkinson Hall.

 

Notes

  • The Hoosiers drop to 1-8 on the season and 1-7 in the Big Ten. Minnesota improves to 9-5 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten.
  • Cayden Rooks picked up his 19th win of the season with a 5-3 decision in the second sudden victory period. Rooks got a takedown with 18 second left in the overtime period to secure the victory.
  • Rooks won his fourth Big Ten dual match of the season.
  • Liam Cronin did not wrestle as Minnesota did not weight in a wrestler at 125. Cronin has won his last four Big Ten matches.

 

IU Head Coach Angel Escobedo

“I told my guys, it was not the performance we wanted as a team. Minnesota came in ready to compete and they capitalized on a lot of bonus points. We have to do a better job. I told my coaching staff we need to figure out why we didn’t have as much pop tonight. We are going to keep pushing forward and regroup for next week.”

 

Indiana vs. #5 Minnesota Results  

157: #22 Ryan Thomas (MINN) SV1 Fernando Silva (IU) SV1 9-7 (IU 0, MINN 3)

165: Bailee O’Reilly (MINN) fall Dillon Hoey (IU) 4:09 (IU 0, MINN 9)

174: #8 Devin Skatzka (MINN) technical fall Diego Lemley (IU) 16-1/2:00 (IU 0, MINN 14)

184: #18 Owen Webster (MINN) fall Jake Hinz (IU) 4:13 (IU 0, MINN 20)

197: Hunter Ritter (MINN) fall Nick Willham (IU) 2:09 (IU 0, MINN 26)

285: #1 Gable Steveson (MINN) fall Rudy Streck (IU) 0:56 (IU 0, MINN 32)

125: Liam Cronin (IU) forfeit MINN (IU 6, MINN 32)

133: Cayden Rooks (IU) SV2 Boo Dryden (MINN) SV2 5-3 (IU 9, MINN 32)

141: Ben Brancale (MINN) dec. Eddie Bolivar (IU) 8-5 (IU 9, MINN 35)

149: Graham Rooks (IU) dec. #4 Brayton Lee (MINN) 5-2 (IU 9, MINN 38)

 

Final: Indiana 9, Minnesota 38

Attendance: 1,712

 

Up Next

Up next the Hoosiers host Nebraska on Sunday Feb. 9 at

 

 

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From: Brewer, Christopher J <christopher-brewer@hawkeyesports.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 12:21 PM
Subject: Iowa Wrestling — Hawkeyes Roll Past Michigan State, 32-3
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Complete play-by-play attached.

 

University of Iowa Wrestling

Athletics Communications: Chris Brewer

 

Hawkeyes Roll Past Michigan State, 32-3

 

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team defeated Michigan State, 32-3, on Sunday at the Jenison Field House.

 

Iowa improves to 10-0 overall and 7-0 in the conference.

 

The Hawkeyes won nine-of-10 bouts, including three bonus-point victories, and held a 19-3 advantage in takedowns.

 

Iowa started its day with a Groundhog’s Day performance, getting yet another bonus-point win from Spencer Lee. The nation’s top-ranked 125-pounder led 10-0 before earning the fall in two minutes, 21 seconds. Lee is now 12-0 with 12 bonus-point victories, and has outscored his last seven opponents 110-2.

 

The Hawkeyes followed with four straight decisions to build an 18-0 decision at the break. Paul Glynn scored nine points in the third period to erase a 3-0 deficit and win 9-4 at 133. Carter Happel won by 4-1 decision at 141. Pat Lugo scored three takedowns in an 8-3 win at 149, and Kaleb Young used two takedowns and a riding time point to win 6-2 at 157.

 

Jeremiah Moody made his first appearance of the season and earned his first career Big Ten win, a 9-5 decision at 165. Michael Kemerer used three takedowns, one reversal, and four nearfall points to earn a 13-3 major decision at 174.

 

Michigan State got on the board at 184. Abe Assad was the aggressor for most of seven minutes, but the lone takedown of the match belonged to Michigan State and Assad was dealt a 3-2 loss.

 

Jacob Warner responded with a pair of first-period takedowns and a 5-2 win at 197, and Tony Cassioppi improved to 15-0 with his second shutout of the weekend, this one a 9-0 major decision.

 

UP NEXT

Iowa wrestles at Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. (CT). The dual is streamed at BTN Plus and FloWrestling.com.

 

NOTABLES

  • Iowa wrestlers have a combined record of 59-11 in Big Ten duals, and 78-12 in overall duals this season.
  • Spencer Lee (20-0) and Tony Cassioppi (6-0) are undefeated in their careers in Big Ten duals.
  • Spencer Lee improved to 12-0 with 12 bonus-point wins. Before today, he had won his last six matches by technical fall, outscoring his opponents 100-2. He led 10-0 today before recording the fall.
  • Paul Glynn won for the second time in as many dual appearances this season. He has won three straight Big Ten duals and evened his Big Ten career dual record at 5-5.
  • Jeremiah Moody won his first career Big Ten dual in his first appearance of the season.
  • Michael Kemerer improved to 10-0. It is the third time in his career he opened the season with at least 10 straight wins. Kemerer has won 30 straight duals.

 

#1 IOWA 32, Michigan State 3
125 — #1 Spencer Lee (IA) pinned Logan Griffin (MSU), 2:21; 6-0
133 — Paul Glynn (IA) dec. Garrett Pepple (MSU), 9-4; 9-0

141 — Carter Happel (IA) dec. Matt Santos (MSU), 4-1; 12-0

149 — #3 Pat Lugo (IA) dec. Alex Hrisopoulos (MSU), 8-3; 15-0

157 — #5 Kaleb Young (IA) dec. #15 Jake Tucker (MSU), 6-2; 18-0

165 — #2 Alex Marinelli (IA) dec. Austin Hiles (MSU), 9-5; 21-0

174 — #2 Michael Kemerer (IA) major dec. #23 Layne Malczewski (MSU), 13-3; 25-0

184 — #15 Cam Caffey (MSU) dec. #6 Abe Assad (IA), 3-2; 25-3

197 — #7 Jacob Warner (IA) dec. Nick May (MSU), 5-2; 28-3

285 — #3 Tony Cassioppi (IA) major dec. Christian Rebottaro (MSU), 9-0; 32-3

Records: Iowa (10-0, 7-0), Michigan State (6-8, 1-6)

Attendance: 1,567

 

 

 

 

 

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From: Kuhlman, Kyle J. <kuhlman.137@osu.edu>
Date: Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 1:30 PM
Subject: WRE: Ohio State Suffers 19-14 Setback at Nebraska
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February 2, 2020

 

 

 

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Ohio State Suffers 19-14 Setback at Nebraska

The Buckeyes fall to 9-3 overall and 5-2 in B1G duals

 

LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 3 Ohio State University wrestling team (9-3, 5-2 B1G) came out on the wrong end of a 19-14 final score on the road at No. 6 Nebraska (7-3, 2-3 B1G). Four Buckeyes were victorious in their individual bouts, including major decisions from Luke Pletcher and Sammy Sasso.

 

Pletcher’s major was his second over 6th-ranked Chad Red this season, ninth overall and 21st of his career. It represents his 12th win over a top-25 opponent of the season, outscoring the higher-tiered competition by a combined tally of 148-56 (+92 or +7.67 points per bout).

 

Rocky Jordan was the first Buckeye winner of the night, however, as the dual began at 174 pounds. Following a last-second loss for Ohio State there, Jordan quickly placed OSU back in the win column. Jordan and No. 9 Taylor Venz battled to a scoreless first period. Then, Jordan rode the Husker for 1:40 in the second stanza before a reversal gave Venz the 2-0 lead going to the third. Jordan elected for a neutral start and the gamble paid off. He fired off a shot midway through the period and finished it off with 43 seconds left in the bout. From there Jordan latched on, rode out Venz and maintained his riding time advantage for the ultimate decider in a 3-2 decision.

 

Kollin Moore (22-0) took the mat next and delivered a 6-2 triumph over No. 10 Eric Schultz. It represented the pair’s fifth collegiate clash, all ending with Moore as the winner.

 

Nebraska responded by putting together a three-bout winning streak and surging ahead 11-6 after six bouts.

 

Pletcher and Sasso halted the run, recording the aforementioned back-to-back major decisions. Sasso jumped ahead 5-1 before No. 15 Collin Purinton surged back to close the gap at 6-4 midway through the third period. Sasso would catch him in a cradle though, rolling Purinton for a 6-point move which sealed the deal. In a matter of seconds Sasso went from clinging to victory, to bonus points as a 13-4 winner.

 

A Husker win at 157 pounds set the stage for everything coming down to the final scuffle at 165 pounds between No. 13 Ethan Smith and No. 4 Isaiah White. These two scrapped for a full 11 minutes at the Cliff Keen Las Invitational in December when White came out ahead in a second tiebreaker. It looked as if extra time was going to be necessary once again until Smith took a shot with under 10 seconds remaining and White caught him with a cradle for a pin at the 6:58 mark, clinching the team triumph.

 

BOUT RESULTS

No. 6 Nebraska 19, No. 3 Ohio State 14

174 lbs | No. 6 Mikey Labriola (NEB) def. No. 7 Kaleb Romero (OSU) | D, 3-1; Team Score:  3-0

*Nebraska deducted a team point after the 174-pound bout for unsportsmanlike conduct

184 lbs | No. 24 Rocky Jordan (OSU) def. No. 9 Taylor Venz (NEB) | D, 3-2; TS:  2-3

197 lbs | No. 1 Kollin Moore (OSU) def. No. 10 Eric Schultz (NEB) | D, 6-2; TS:  2-6

285 lbs | David Jensen (NEB) def. No. 23 Gary Traub (OSU) | D, 8-3; TS:  5-6

125 lbs | Alex Thomsen (NEB) def. Malik Heinselman (OSU) | D, 5-2; TS:  8-6

133 lbs | No. 14 Ridge Lovett (NEB) def. No. 21 Jordan Decatur (OSU) | D, 6-5; 11-6

141 lbs | No. 1 Luke Pletcher (OSU) def. No. 6 Chad Red (NEB) | MD, 10-1; TS: 11-10

149 lbs | No. 2 Sammy Sasso (OSU) def. No. 15 Collin Purinton (NEB) | MD, 13-4; TS:  11-14

157 lbs | Peyton Robb (NEB) def. Quinn Kinner (OSU) | D, 8-3; TS:  14-14

165 lbs | No. 4 Isaiah White (NEB) def. No. 13 Ethan Smith (OSU) | PIN, 6:58; TS:  20-14

*Nebraska deducted a team point after the 165-pound bout for lack of control over mat area

 

Ohio State opens the Covelli Center doors for the final time of the 2019-20 season next Sunday (Feb. 9) when hosting No. 1 Northwestern for Senior Day.

 

 

 

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KYLE KUHLMAN

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Wrestling & Men’s Volleyball SID | Football & Basketball Statistics Manager

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