Badgers pick up 10th win of season at Indiana
January 24, 2014 | Wrestling
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Jan. 24, 2014
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-- No. 19 Wisconsin’s road trip got off on the right foot Friday night with a 23-12 win over Indiana in University Gymnasium in Bloomington, Ind.
Wisconsin (10-4 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) posted seven wins, six by decision and one by technical fall, on its way to its 10th win of the season.
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The dual got underway at 149 lbs., where Rylan Lubeck started UW off with a 4-2 sudden victory decision over Eric Roach.
The 157-pound match featured a matchup of ranked wrestlers as Wisconsin’s No. 7 Isaac Jordan took the mat against Indiana’s No. 5 Taylor Walsh. Jordan posted his first career win over a top-five opponent with a 2-1 decision over Walsh.
Frank Cousins suffered the Badgers’ first defeat of the night, falling 8-6 at 165 lbs., to Ryan LeBlanc.
Scott Liegel, Jackson Hein and Timmy McCall rattled off three-straight Badger wins to give UW a 15-3 lead after six matches. Liegel defeated Mat Irick, 6-2, at 174 lbs., Hein posted a 3-2 win over No. 17 Luke Sheridan at 184 lbs., and McCall earned a 4-2 decision over Garret Goldman at 197 lbs.
No. 10 Connor Medbery suffered his first pin of the season, getting stuck at 1:35 by No. 8 Adam Chalfant at heavyweight.
Indiana (7-6, 0-5) claimed its second-straight victory when Alonzo Shepard defeated Matt Cavallaris, 4-1, at 125 lbs., but Wisconsin was able to finish the night with a pair of wins to earn the victory.
At 133 lbs., No. 6 Tyler Graff tallied his seventh technical fall of the season with a 19-4 win over Chris Caton. At 141 lbs., Jesse Thielke earned his 13th win of the season with a 10-4 decision over Trevor Moody.
Wisconsin continues Big Ten action on the road on Sunday when it visits No. 16 Northwestern for a noon dual meet in Welsh-Arena in Evanston, Ill. The Badgers return home to Madison to host North Dakota State on Sunday, Feb. 2 in a 1 p.m. dual meet at the UW Field House.













