MADISON, Wis. – No. 15 Wisconsin fell to No. 23 Minnesota Saturday afternoon 19-15 at the UW Field House, splitting duals 5-5 in the narrow loss to close the Big Ten dual season.
Down 6-0 after Minnesota earned a pin at 149 pounds to open the dual,
Garrett Model and
Dean Hamiti got the Badgers on the scoreboard with victories at 157 and 165. Model secured a 12-9 decision win over Drew Roberts through three takedowns and two reversals, earning riding time in the victory. Hamiti earned a 7-3 decision win over Cael Carlson, earning two takedowns against his Gopher opponent and fending off a late attack to seal the win with riding time to tie up the team score, 6-6.
Minnesota retook the team lead with two victories at 174 and 184. With the Badgers now in a 13-6 hole, the Badgers next three wrestlers put points on the board and reclaimed the team lead again at 15-13.
No. 20
Braxton Amos collected a hard-fought 2-1 decision win over No. 23 Michial Foy after a Foy penalty point and an escape. Heavyweight
Trent Hillger fired immediately off the start to score a takedown against Minnesota's Garrett Joles in the bout's opening seconds, then scored a later escape to hand Joles the loss in a 3-2 decision win.
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In a much-anticipated match-up at 125 pounds,
Eric Barnett, ranked seventh in the country took down No. 6 Patrick McKee in a physical 5-4 decision victory. Barnett scored a takedown and a reversal against McKee. Tied up 4-4 after the second period, Barnett rode out McKee in the final period to earn riding time and the upset victory.
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Minnesota rallied in the final two bouts at 133 and 141 pounds to reclaim the team lead, eventually winning 19-15.
The Badgers now turn their attention to their last dual meet of the season vs. Northern Iowa next Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. Wisconsin will celebrate senior night in the Field House and the dual match will be streamed live on B1G+
RESULTS
Feb. 11, 2023 - #15 Wisconsin 15, #23 Minnesota 19 (Madison, Wis.) | WIS-MIN
149: #15 Michael Blockhus (MIN) over
Aidan Medora (WIS) Fall 5:56 | 0-6
157: #18
Garrett Model (WIS) over Drew Roberts (MIN) Dec. 12-9 | 3-6
165: #6
Dean Hamiti (WIS) over Cael Carlson (MIN) Dec. 7-3 | 6-6
174: #10 Bailee O'Reilly (MIN) over
Josh Otto (WIS) Major Dec. 14-4 | 6-10
184: Sam Skillings (MIN) over
Tyler Dow (WIS) Dec. 10-4 | 6-13
197: #20
Braxton Amos (WIS) over #23 Michial Foy (MIN) Dec. 2-1 | 9-13
285: #11
Trent Hillger (WIS) over Garrett Joles (MIN) Dec. 3-2 | 12-13
125: #7
Eric Barnett (WIS) over #6 Patrick Mckee (MIN) Dec. 5-4 | 15-13
133: #14 Aaron Nagao (MIN) over #30
Taylor LaMont (WIS) Dec. 5-1 | 15-16
141: Â #14 Jake Bergeland (MIN) over #28
Joseph Zargo (WIS) Dec. 1-0 | 15-19
Attendance: 2,125
All rankings Intermat for Feb. 7, 2023
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