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Weekend Recap

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The weekend looked like there wouldn't be any (too) surprising team results, but a lot of very intriguing matchups between individuals. Some of these we didn't get to see, but we did have a few. Injuries and illness are a factor for everyone. Unfortunately, college coaches seem more likely to hold kids out of big matches (especially when the dual score isn't close) that may really affect their seeding in March. This isn't great for the fans, but at least it prevents teams like #3 Ohio State blanking Michigan State in East Lansing. Here are a few of the duals and interesting results from another great wrestling weekend. 

Speaking of which the Ohio State split squad defeated Sparty on Friday night. Their starters were 6-0 and their backups were 0-4. This shows the lack of depth on their roster and a couple injuries in March could seriously hurt their title chances more so than Iowa or Minnesota. 

125: #7 Nathan Tomasello (OSU) technical fall over Mitch Rogaliner (MSU) 25-9 | OSU 5, MSU 0
133: Hermilo Esquivel (MSU) major decision over Mike Manuche (OSU) 12-4 | OSU 5, MSU 4
141: #1 Logan Stieber (OSU) won by fall over Terry Turner (MSU) 3:09 | OSU 11, MSU 4
149: Nick Trimble (MSU) decision over Randy Languis (OSU) 7-5 | OSU 11, MSU 7
157: #6 Josh Demas (OSU) decision over Josh Pennell (MSU) 6-0 | OSU 14, MSU 7
165: #6 Bo Jordan (OSU) major decision over Roger Wildmo (MSU) 18-7 | OSU 18, MSU 7
174: Nick Proctor (MSU) decision over Dominic Prezzia (OSU) 5-1 | OSU 18, MSU 10
184: #12 Kenny Courts (OSU) decision over John Rizqallah (MSU) (SV) 3-1 | OSU 21, MSU 10
197: #5 Kyle Snyder (OSU) major decision over Nick McDiarmid (MSU) 17-6 | OSU 25, MSU 10
285: Chris Nash (MSU) decision Ray Gordon (OSU) 7-4 | OSU 25, MSU 13

Iowa defeated Illinois 25-12 with some fireworks. Zane Richards (Illinois) was able to avenge his Midlands finals loss to Clark 6-5, Isiah Martinez (Illinois) continues to go beast mode with a huge 21-6 tech of Kelly, and 174 backup Alex Meyer (Iowa) got a defensive fall with one second left in the match to upset #6 Brunson. I was a little surprised the struggling Dziewa (Iowa) was able to be Rodriguez. 

125 - #5 Thomas Gilman (IA) major dec. Dominic Olivieri (ILL), 18-6; 4-0
133 - #5 Zane Richards (ILL) dec. #4 Cory Clark (IA), 6-5; 4-3 
141 - #8 Josh Dziewa (IA) dec. #13 Steven Rodriguez (ILL), 3-2; 7-3
149 - #3 Brandon Sorensen (IA) dec. Kyle Langenderfer (ILL), 11-5; 10-3
157 - #5 Isaiah Martinez (ILL) tech. fall #15 Michael Kelly (IA), 21-6; 10-8
165 - #8 Jackson Morse (ILL) major dec. Logan Thomsen (IA), 12-1; 10-12
174 - Alex Meyer (IA) pinned #6 Zac Brunson (ILL), 6:59; 16-12
184 - #8 Sammy Brooks (IA) dec. #20 Nikko Reyes (ILL), 7-1; 19-12
197 - #5 Nathan Burak (IA) dec. Jeff Koepke (ILL), 3-2; 22-12
285 - #1 Bobby Telford (IA) dec. Brooks Black (ILL), 4-0; 25-12

In MACtion, Missouri was able to beat Central Michigan 23-12. The upset here was Zach Horan (CMU) defeating Lavion Mayes to give him his 1st loss of the season. 

125: Brent Fleetwood (C) over Chase Brennan (M) by 4-2 decision
133: Zach Synon (M) over Tyler Keselring (C) by 3-2 decision
141: No. 14 Zach Horan (C) over No. 5 Lavion Mayes (M) by 9-5 (SV1) decision
149: No. 2 Drake Houdashelt (M) over No. 18 Colin Heffernan (C) by 5-1 decision
157: No. 10 Joey Lavallee (M) over Cody LeCount (C) by 2-1 decision
165: Mikey England (M) over Jordan Atienza (C) by 14-3 major decision
174: No. 6 Johnny Eblen (M) over Jordan Ellingwood (C) by 8-2 decision
184: No. 9 Willie Miklus (M) over CJ Brucki (C) by 19-6 major decision
197: Austin Severn (C) over (M) by forfeit
HWT: No. 10 Devin Mellon (M) over Adam Robinson (C) by 4-1 decision

Penn State cruised past Purdue 26-9 as expected, but Doug Welch (Purdue), fresh off beating James Green (Nebraska), upset #7 Dylan Alton 3-1 in overtime. Welch got beat out of the MSU Open and took 7th at the Midlands. 2015 has been a different story for him though with a couple top ten wins. 

125: #8 Jordan Conaway PSU dec. Aaron Assad PUR, 9-4 / 3-0
133: #20 Danny Sabatello PUR dec. #7 Jimmy Gulibon PSU, 6-0 / 3-3
141: Nick Lawrence PUR dec. Kade Moss PSU, 3-2 / 3-6
149: #17 Zack Beitz PSU dec. Brandon Nelsen PUR, 7-5 / 6-6
157: #20 Doug Welch PUR dec. #7 Dylan Alton PSU, 3-1 (sv) / 6-9
165: Garett Hammond PSU dec. Pat Robinson PUR, 16-11 / 9-9
174: #4 Matt Brown PSU pinned Chad Welch PUR, WBF (1:21) / 15-9
184: #16 Matt McCutcheon PSU dec. Patrick Kissel PUR, 3-2 / 18-9
197: #6 Morgan McIntosh PSU tech fall Drake Stein PUR, 21-6 (TF; 7:00) / 23-9
285: #6 Jimmy Lawson PSU dec. Tyler Kral PUR, 9-3 / 26-9

Rutgers defeated Maryland for their first ever Big Ten win. They have a pretty decent team this year. Scott DelVecchio (Rutgers) upset the struggling Geoff Alexander (Maryland) 10-4. For the Terps we see the return of Spencer Myers from his Football season. He started off with a nice 5-3 win over ranked Billy Smith. 

125: Sean McCabe (RU) dec. over Josh Polacek (UMD), 3-1; Rutgers leads, 3-0
133: No. NR/17/NR Scott DelVecchio (RU) dec. over No. 14/10/13 Geoffrey Alexander (UMD), 10-4; Rutgers leads, 6-0
141: No. 7/8/9 Anthony Ashnault (RU) dec. over No. NR/17/NR Shyheim Brown (UMD), 3-1; Rutgers leads, 9-0
149: No. NR/NR/17 Ken Theobold (RU) tech fall over Ben Dorsay (UMD), 15-0; Rutgers leads, 14-0
157: Lou Mascola (UMD) tech fall over Dylan Painton (RU), 16-1; Rutgers leads, 14-5
165: Nick Visicaro (RU) dec. over Tyler Manion (UMD), 4-1; Rutgers leads, 17-5
174: No. 20/15/18 Phil Bakuckas (RU) dec. over Josh Snook (UMD), 4-3; Rutgers leads, 20-5
184: Anthony Pafumi (RU) major dec. over Tony Gardner (UMD), 11-2; Rutgers leads, 24-5
197: Rob Fitzgerald (UMD) dec. over No. NR/18/NR Andrew Campolattano (RU), 6-4; Rutgers leads, 24-8
285: No. 10/11/NR Spencer Myers (UMD) dec. over No. 13/13/14 Billy Smith (RU), 5-3 (SV2); Rutgers wins, 24-11

Ohio State defeated Michigan 25-15 with both teams missing some starters. There were some great matches here though. Struggling Brian Murphy (Michigan) entered the weekend not ranked for the first time in college. He then defeated #6 Demas 5-2. #6 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) rode #10 Taylor Massa all second period and got the escape in the 3rd to win 2-0. #10 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) defeated #12 Kenny Courts 6-2. #5 Kyle Snyder for the 2nd time defeated #8 Max Huntley this time with a 5-2 decision. Huntley had not wrestled since the Southern Scuffle so the silver lining for Michigan fans is to see him back healthy. I really wish we would have seen Hunter Stieber vs Alec Pantaleo, but Stieber was out again this weekend. It's already late January and Hunter is yet to get his season on track. 

125: #7 Nathan Tomasello (OSU) major decision over Conor Youtsey (U-M) 17-6 | OSU 4, U-M 0
133: #8 Johnni DiJulius (OSU) won by technical fall over Zebulon Hilyard (U-M) 17-2 | OSU 9, U-M 0
141: #1 Logan Stieber (OSU) won by fall over George Fisher (U-M) 1:31 | OSU 15, U-M 0
149: #11 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) won by decision over Randy Languis (OSU) 8-2 | OSU 15, U-M 3
157: Brian Murphy (U-M) won by decision over #6 Josh Demas (OSU) 5-2 | OSU 15, U-M 6
165: #6 Bo Jordan (OSU) won by decision over #10 Taylor Massa (U-M) 2-0 | OSU 18, U-M 6
174: #12 Mark Martin (OSU) major decision over Jeff Holm (U-M) 11-2 | OSU 22, U-M 6
184: #10 Dominic Abounader (U-M) won by decision over #12 Kenny Courts (OSU) 6-2 | OSU 22, U-M 9
197: #5 Kyle Snyder (OSU) won by decision over #8 Max Huntley (U-M) 5-2 | OSU 25, U-M 9
285: #8 Adam Coon (U-M) won by fall over Ray Gordon (OSU) 1:22 | OSU 25, U-M 15

After losing to Purdue on Friday (Coach Ersland is awesome), Northwestern defeated Indiana 37-9. The anticipated match of #4 Taylor Walsh vs #7 Pierce Harger for the 3rd time this year was certainly the main event. Walsh had won the first two by pins from lefty headlock. Harger though won this one by tech fall 15-0. That is certainly a shocking result and we hope to have the video soon of this. It's not all that surprising Harger won, but 15-0 is pretty crazy.  Walsh only had two losses on the season before this and that was to #2 Sulzer (Virginia) 4-2 with two very controversial situations and #3 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) 3-1. 

125: Garrison White (NU) Win by Forfeit
133: No. 19 Dominick Malone (NU) Fall Alonzo Shepherd (IND), 1:18
141: Jameson Oster (NU) Fall Sean Brown (IND), 1:49
149: No. 1 Jason Tsirtsis (NU) maj. dec. Trevor Moody (IND), 23-9
157: Luke Blanton (IND) dec. Ben Sullivan (NU), 9-3
165: No. 7 Pierce Harger (NU) Tech Fall No. 4 Taylor Walsh (IND), 15-0
174: Nate Jackson (IND) Win by Forfeit
184: Mitch Sliga (NU) dec. Matt Irick (IND), 4-1
197: No. 10 Alex Polizzi (NU) dec. Luke Sheridan (IND), 8-5
285: No. 4 Mike McMullan (NU) maj. dec. Garret Goldman (IND), 10-2

Minnesota edged Illinois 20-19. We didn't get to see undefeated freshman Isiah Martinez (Illinois) wrestle #1 Dylan Ness since he was out with the flu. #1 Chris Dardanes (Minnesota) was losing to #5 Zane Richards 7-1, but Dardanes stormed back to force overtime and then win 12-10 in an early match of the year candidate. 

165: Jackson Morse (Ill) maj. dec. Nick Wanzek (Minn), 12-1 
174: Logan Storley (Minn) dec. Zac Brunson (Ill), 7-3
184: Brett Pfarr (Minn.) dec. Nikko Reyes (Ill), 6-2
197: Scott Schiller (Minn) maj. dec. Jeff Koepke (Ill), 14-4 
285: Michael Kroells (Minn) maj. dec. Brooks Black (Ill), 9-1 
125: Dominic Olivieri (Ill) maj. dec. Jordan Bremer (Minn), 13-4 
133: Chris Dardanes (Minn) dec. (SV-1) No. 5 Zane Richards (Ill), 12-10
141: Nick Dardanes (Minn) dec. No. 13 Steven Rodrigues (Ill), 9-4 
149: Kyle Langenderfer (Ill) fall (0:51) Seth Lange (Minn) 
157: Isaiah Martinez (Ill) tech fall (3:10) Brad Dolezal (Minn), 19-4