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Hoosiers Handed First Defeat of Season by #7 Ohio State
12/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Dec. 18, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Indiana University wrestling team (6-1) suffered its first defeat of the season on Sunday, dropping the conference opener at #7 Ohio State (7-0) by the final score of 31-9. Matt Powless and Taylor Walsh were each winners in their bouts.
COMPLETE RESULTS
133 lbs - #3 Logan Stieber (OSU) pinned Joe Duca (IU), 1:26
141 lbs - #6 Hunter Stieber (OSU) dec. Matt Ortega (IU), 6-1
149 lbs - Taylor Walsh (IU) pinned Alex Gordon (OSU), 6:17
157 lbs - #19 Josh Demas (OSU) dec. Ryan Konz (IU), 6-3
165 lbs - Derek Garcia (OSU) maj. dec Anthony Fretwell (IU), 11-0
174 lbs - Ohio State wins by forfeit
184 lbs - #15 C.J. Magrum (OSU) dec. Luke Sheridan (IU), 5-3
197 lbs - #5 Matt Powless (IU) dec. Andrew Campolattano (OSU), 7-6
285 lbs - #16 Peter Capone (OSU) dec. Jowan Gill (IU), 7-0
125 lbs - #15 Johnni Dijulius (OSU) dec. Zach Zimmer (IU), 10-3
Facing a 9-0 deficit on the team scoreboard as he took the mat for the 149-pound showdown, Walsh earned six team points with a third-period pin of Alex Gordon. Walsh carried a 7-0 advantage heading into the final frame before turning Gordon over to his back and recording the fall. It is Walsh's team-leading eighth pin of the season.
Ohio State would then take the next four bouts, but not before true freshman Luke Sheridan gave #15 C.J. Magrum a scare at 184 pounds. Sheridan, making his attached Hoosier debut, battled Magrum in a tight 5-3 decision.
Indiana got back on the board in the following match, thanks to fifth-ranked Matt Powless and his 7-6 decision over Andrew Campolattano. The two 197-pounders exchanged takedowns and subsequent escapes in the opening period for a 3-3 deadlock entering period number two.
Powless began the second stanza on bottom and escaped in less than 10 seconds to take a 4-3 lead. Campolattano struck next, however, recording a takedown to go ahead. The pendulum continued to swing as Powless posted a reversal with five seconds left in the period to surge past Campolattano, 6-5.
An impressive ride of 1:43 in the third period by Powless would prove to be the difference as Campolattano escaped to even the score at 6-6, but a 1:17 riding time advantage for Powless handed him the bout-clinching bonus point, 7-6.
The Hoosiers return to tournament format for their next competition. Indiana will start the new year in Chattanooga, Tenn., wrestling in the Southern Scuffle on Jan. 1-2.
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