MADISON, Wis. – Sophomore Johnny Jimenez ripped through the 125-pound bracket at the Michigan State Open on Sunday.

Jimenez started the day with a 3-2 decision over Aaron Assad of Missouri. He then took a 4-3 decision from Purdue's Ben Thornton in the quarterfinals. Jimenez handed Central Michigan's Carter Ballinger a 12-10 loss by decision to qualify for the semifinals. Jimenez was pinned by Bucknell's Paul Petrov in 5:44 to finish in second place, the highest placing of any Badger in the MSU Open.

Junior Rylan Lubeck took fourth place in the 149-pound weight class after winning two decisions and one major decision. Lubeck defeated Northern Illinois' Austin Culton in the first round with a 6-3 decision before trumping Ohio's Zach Wilson with a 7-0 decision to put him in the quarterfinals. Lubeck faced Ohio State's Blake Riley-Hawkins in the quarterfinals and came out fighting. Lubeck finished off Riley-Hawkins, who had a 5-6 record for the Hawkeyes last season, with a 9-1 major decision.

In the semifinals, Lubeck fell to Central Michigan's Justin Oliver by an 11-4 decision before succumbing to Indiana's Luke Blanton in the third-place match by a 7-1 decision.

Junior TJ Ruschell (157 pounds) started on a good run through the tournament, overcoming his first two opponents. After receiving a bye in the first round, Ruschell had a huge 25-4 win by major decision over Hassan Ajami. Ruschell carried that momentum into his next match with Cam Tessari (Lindsey Wilson), who he beat with a 5-3 decision. Ruschell ended in fourth place after losing by a 3-2 decision in the semifinal and a 3-2 decision in the third-place match.

Freshman Ryan Christensen came in fourth place after defeating Ohio State's Sean Prather with a 3-0 decision and Purdue's Tanner Lynde with a 6-4 decision. He eventually fell to Central Michigan's Austin Severn in sudden victory -1, 3-1 to force him into the third-place match where he dropped a 10-1 major decision to Jordan Ellingwood.

Wisconsin's true freshmen had a huge showing in the freshman/sophomore bracket of the tournament.

The most impressive showing was by Hunter Ritter, who snagged the first-place crown at 184 pounds. Ritter went 4-0 with one major decision, two decisions and a medical forfeit.

Cole Martin also had an impressive run, concluding the day with two falls and two decisions to take third place at 141 pounds.

Wisconsin finished with the fifth most pins in the tournament at 10 in 30:23.

Martin and Jared Scharenbrock each had two pins apiece while five other Badgers collected one fall in their tournament run.