Michigan Finishes Big Ten Dual Slate

Photo: Carie Dernlan

The Wolverines finished their Big Ten dual schedule 8-1 after a pair of road wins on the east coast over Maryland and Rutgers. Outside of Myles Amine missing in action, which is not thought to be serious, signs can’t be thought of without much more optimism as March looms.

Bormet watched over a couple big wins for his guys individually as well. Micic defeated Suriano in a much anticipated affair that locks up the #1 seed at the Big Ten tournament for him. Also, Parris topped returning All-American Hemida. Perhaps more importantly than those wins, Jelani Embree is back, healthy, slick, and physical in his pair of weekend victories.

Michigan only gave up more than ten dual points in two of their nine Big Ten duals, and the lineup looks set heading to the postseason after hosting Clarion this weekend. At least eight of their representatives will receive seeds in the top eight at the Big Ten Championships with work needed at 149 & 197 to make sure for qualifications. While Penn State has been a runaway train this season, a 2nd place finish in Pittsburgh seems within reach. There is a lot of work to do with several unpredictable weight classes where Wolverines will be a factor. However, as a fan you should be twitching with excitement.

125 -- Jack Medley (U-M) dec. Brandon Cray, 7-1 [U-M, 3-0]
133 -- #1 Stevan Micic (U-M) pinned Orion Anderson, 1:32 [U-M, 9-0]
141 -- #6 Kanen Storr (U-M) dec. Danny Bertoni, 7-2 [U-M, 12-0]
149 -- Malik Amine (U-M) dec. Alfred Bannister, 11-9 [U-M, 15-0]
157 -- #5 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) major dec. Ryan Diehl, 13-4 [U-M, 19-0]
165 -- #7 Logan Massa (U-M) tech. fall Phillip Spadafora, 18-2 (7:00) [U-M, 24-0]
174 -- Josh Ugalde (UMD) major dec. Reece Hughes, 12-2 [U-M, 24-4]
184 -- #20 Jelani Embree (U-M) dec. Kyle Jasenski, 7-1 [U-M, 27-4]
197 -- Jackson Striggow (U-M) major dec. Niko Cappello, 13-3 [U-M, 31-4]
Hwt -- #7 Mason Parris (U-M) dec. #8 Youssif Hemida, 6-2 [U-M, 34-4]

125 -- #13 Drew Mattin (U-M) major dec. Shane Metzler, 9-0 [U-M, 4-0]
133 -- #1 Stevan Micic (U-M) dec. #4 Nick Suriano, 3-2 [U-M, 7-0]
141 -- #6 Kanen Storr (U-M) dec. Peter Lipari, 6-1 TB [U-M, 10-0]
149 -- #1 Anthony Ashnault (RU) major dec. Malik Amine, 16-4 [U-M, 10-4]
157 -- #5 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) dec. #14 John Van Brill, 7-2 [U-M, 13-4]
165 -- #7 Logan Massa (U-M) won by forfeit [U-M, 19-4]
174 -- Joe Grello (RU) dec. Reece Hughes, 4-1 [U-M, 19-7]
184 -- #20 Jelani Embree (U-M) dec. Anthony Olivieri, 7-2 [U-M, 22-7]
197 -- Jackson Striggow (U-M) dec. Matt Correnti, 6-4 [U-M, 25-7]
Hwt -- #7 Mason Parris (U-M) dec. Christian Colucci, 4-3 [U-M, 28-7]