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Penn State wins 2024 Big Ten wrestling championships

March 6, 2024
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285 pounds: No. 4 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) shuts out No. 7 Bradley Hill (Iowa), 5-0

Slavikouski chooses down to start the second period and takes the 1-0 lead after an escape. Takedown Slavikouski! He leads 4-0 over the Hawkeye! With the riding time point, Slavikouski takes the win 5-0. 

285 pounds: No. 3 Lucas Davison (Michigan) pins No. 10 Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska) 

Hutmacher has been improving every match, but this battle against Davison will be tough. Takedown Davison in short time! He’ll hold a 3-0 lead heading into the second period.  Davison has Hutmacher on his back, and he’s looking for the fall! Pin for Davison! 

197 pounds: No. 2 Jaxon Smith (Maryland) majors No. 5 Garrett Joles (Minnesota), 11-2

Takedown Smith! He’s looking for the opportunity to join teammate Ethen Miller in the consolation finals tonight. Joles escapes, but Smith leads 3-1. Takedown Jaxon! He leads 7-1 with 30 seconds to go in the second period. Good offense from the Terp this afternoon. One minute to go. Maryland wants a takedown. Challenge. Maryland picks up the takedown, and Smith leads 10-2 with 30 seconds remaining. Smith takes the win by major, 11-2. 

197 pounds: No. 2 Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) pushes past No. 4 Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State), 15-9

Pinto is off to a hot start with a 3-1 in the first period following a takedown and an escape from Ryder Rogotzke. Another takedown and back points from Pinto gives him a 10-1 lead with 11 second to go in the first period. Pinto chooses down to start the second period, and Rogotzke works to run down Pinto’s riding time. The Buckeye is tough on top. An escape and a takedown from Pinto combined with an escape from Rogotzke make the score 14-4 in favor of Pinto. Less than one minute to go in the third period, and Pinto leads 14-5. Points for Rogotzke! The Buckeye battled, but it wasn’t enough, as Pinto takes the match 15-9.

184 pounds: No. 4 Silas Allred (Nebraska) wins by injury default over No. 6 Luke Geog (Ohio State)

Scoreless first period. Allred chooses down to start the second period. Allred escapes to take the 1-0 lead, giving up just five seconds of riding time in the process. Takedown Allred! The 2023 Big Ten champ is fighting for a chance to wrestle for bronze this yera, and he leads 4-0 after four minutes. Geog is injured in the process and is being treated by his trainers on the mat. Geog injury defaults out. 

184 pounds: No. 5 Jaden Bullock (Michigan) majors No. 8 Brian Soldano (Rutgers), 12-4

Bullock surges ahead to a 3-0 lead with a first period takedown, and then adds three more points to his total to lead 6-0. Soldano with a takedown. He’s pulled within two points of his Wolverine foe. Reversal Bullock! He leads 8-4 as the second period ticks down. Bullock finishes this one with a 12-4 major decision over the Scarlet Knight. 

174 pounds: No. 6 Jackson Turley (Rutgers) tops No. 9 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota), 10-9 

Turley is on the board first with a takedown. Sparks escapes, but not before giving up 1:00 of riding time in the process. Turley chooses down to start the second period, and Sparks works to erase that riding time one second at a time. Turley escapes, he leads 4-1 with 39 seconds of riding time. Scramble time! Takedown Sparks! This one is tied at the end of the second period. Challenge. Turley is awarded three after the challenge. The Scarlet Knight leads 7-3. Sparks chooses down to begin the third and picks up a reversal. Minnesota challenges, wanting near fall points. Sparks picks up near fall after the challenge, and he leads 8-7. Takedown Turley. The Scarlet Knight leads 10-8 with 19 seconds left! Turley gets the win 10-9!

174 pounds: No. 5 Rocco Welsh takes down No. 3 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa), 4-1 (SV)

Kennedy escapes quickly to start the second period and put the first point on the board of the match. Welsh will choose down to start the third period trailing by just one. The Buckeye escapes, and this one is all tied up. Sudden victory! Welsh with a shot, but Kennedy holds him off. Takedown Welsh! The Buckeye advances.

165 pounds: No. 3 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) dominates No. 11 Chris Moore (Illinois), 18-5

Takedown Caliendo! He leads 3-0 with nearly two minutes to go in the second period. Moore escapes before Caliendo can get riding time up over a minute, and he now trails the Hawkeye 3-1. This has been the Mikey Caliendo show, as he leads 10-2 with 33 seconds left in the second period. Moore chooses down to start the third period and escapes, but he still trails 11-3. Takedown Caliendo! The Hawkeye extends his lead to 14-4 following another Moore escape. Takedown Caliendo, escape Moore. What a performance from Caliendo. He takes the win 18-5. 

165 pounds: Cam Amine (Michigan) escapes No. 5 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska), 2-1

Taylor chooses down to start the second period and escapes to earn the first point of the match. Amine escapes to start the third period, and this one is tied 1-1 with less than a minute to go. Sudden victory! Time for rideouts! Taylor chooses down to begin the first tie-breaker. Amine rides out Turley and chooses down for his tie-breaker. Amine escapes in 12 seconds. He’s moving on! 

157 pounds: No. 4 Jared Franek (Iowa) holds off No. 8 Joey Blaze (Purdue), 5-2

Franek picks up a takedown with two minutes of action in the first period, and he leads 3-1 after an escape from Blaze. Franek chooses down to start the third period, and he leads 3-2 with 1:21 of riding time. Franek escapes, and he’s up 4-2 with riding time, but a takedown from Blaze could tie it. Franek takes the win 5-2 with riding time. 

157 pounds: No. 5 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) rides out No. 3 Brayton Lee (Indiana), 2-1

It’s a battle between All-Americans on Mat 1! Scoreless first period, and Robb is on the board first with his second period escape. Lee picked up just five seconds of riding time. Lee chooses bottom to start the third period, and he escapes. Robb picks up the 2-1 win on riding time. 

149 pounds: No. 6 Ethen Miller (Maryland) outlasts Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State), 4-3

Miller on the board first! The Terp is wrestling fearlessly and with momentum. He’s already punched his ticket to Kansas City — now he’s just looking for seeding improvements. Miller chooses down to start the second period, and he escapes. He leads 4-1. An escape from D’Emilio to start the third cuts Miller’s lead to two points. Challenge. Miller takes the win 4-3! He’s wrestling for bronze tonight! 

141 pounds: No. 3 Real Woods (Iowa) beats No. 4 Brock Hardy (Nebraska), 8-4

Woods with an early reversal, and he’s up 2-0 with 1:30 of riding time as time ticks down in the second period. Reversal and near fall points for Hardy put him ahead 4-2 heading into the third period. Challenge. After the challenge, Woods is given a point for an escape, and he trails 4-3 heading into the third period. Woods chooses down to start the third period and escapes. This one is tied 4-4 with Woods holding  1:48 of riding time. Takedown Woods! He wins this one 8-4 over his competitive rival. 

149 pounds: No. 4 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) beats No. 3 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa), 8-1

Takedown Kasak! He surges to an early lead over the Hawkeye who beat him earlier this year. That takedown served as the lone points of the period. Rathjen chooses down to start the second period. He’s out and on the board! Kasak takes the win 8-1.

141 pounds: No. 5 Sergio Lemley (Michigan) holds off No. 7 Mitch Moore (Rutgers), 11-6 

Lemley surges ahead 4-3 in the first period against a tough and funky Moore. They’ll end the period tied 4-4. Lemley escapes to start the second period. With one minute to go in the third period, Lemley holds the 8-4 lead over Moore with riding time ticking up. Good effort from Moore, as he keeps himself in the match with a last-second score, but it’s Lemley with the win 11-6.

133 pounds: No. 4 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) survives No. 14 Brody Teske (Iowa), 9-6 (SV)

No points through the first period. Teske elects to go down to start the second period. Van Dee pushes riding time up over a minute, and he nearly had Teske in trouble there, but the Hawkeyes gets off his back and to his feet to score the first escape point of the match. Van Dee chooses down to start thet hird, and he picks up a reversal. Teske escapes, and we’re all tied up 2-2. Van Dee has 1:09 of riding time. Challenge.  Takedown Van Dee! The Husker pulls ahead in short time. Ecsape Teske. It’s 5-3 Van Dee with 15 seconds remaining. Teske has Van Dee on his back. He picks up the three takedown. Brody Teske is moving on to the bronze-medal match! Nebraska challenge. After review, the score settles to 6-6, pushing the match to sudden victory. Van Dee is in good position, but he has to finish. Teske scambles AGAIN, and he finishes on top. The Hawkeye is a consolation semifinal champion. Challenge. Call reversed. Van Dee is moving on! 

133 pounds: No. 5 Aaron Nagao (Penn State) takes down No. 7 Braxton Brown (Maryland), 9-5

We’re scrambling early off a shot from Braxton Brown, as the Terp looks for early points against All-American and 2023 Big Ten finalist Nagao. Nothing. Nagao works out the hold. Nagao picks up a takedown in the second period to take the 3-0 lead. Escape Brown. Takedown Nagao. With 75 seconds to go in the second period, the Nittany Lions lead 7-1 with 1:20 of riding time. Escape Brown. Thirty seconds to go in the second period. Both athletes are neutral to start the third period. Takedown Brown, escape Nagao. The Nittany Lion leads 8-5 with thirty seconds to go. Nagao does have riding time, so Brown needs a takedown and more. Nagao takes the win 9-5. 

125 pounds: No. 1 Matt Ramos (Purdue) pins No. 7 Michael DeAugustino 

These are two fun All-Americans to watch, and the winner earns the opportunity compete for bronze against Iowa’s Drake Ayala. DeAugustino chooses down to start the second period. Ramos holds own DeAugustino for 44 seconds, but DeAugustino gets out, and he now leads 1-0. Ramos chooses down to start the third and escapes, so this match is tied 1-1. Sudden victory! Takedown Ramos, and he’s looking for the fall, and he gets it. Matt Ramos with a killer pin in the final seconds of sudden victory. 

125 pounds: No. 2 Drake Ayala (Iowa) takes down No. 9 Dean Peterson, 4-1

We’re scoreless through the first minute here on Mat 3 as these two hammers battle for the opportunity to advance to the consolation finals. Peterson earns an escape to start the second period, and he takes the lead 1-0. Takedown Ayala! He leads 3-1 heading into the third period. Ayala chooses down to start the third period, and he’s out immediately. The Hawkeye now holds a 4-1 lead over Peterson, the Rutgers lightweight who upset No. 1 Matt Ramos earlier this weekend. Thirty seconds to go. Drake Ayala holds on, and he’s moving on to the third place match! 

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