Indiana University Athletics
Preview: Indiana at Wisconsin
12/10/2014 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - This Thursday, December 11, the Hoosier wrestlers will travel to Madison, Wisconsin to take on Big Ten Conference foes Wisconsin for the first dual match of the 2014-15 season. The Badgers bring a number 19 dual meet ranking (InterMat) and five wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of their weight class to the match-up. Indiana's number three ranked Taylor Walsh will put his 14-1 record up against number seven ranked Isaac Jordan in the 165-pound bout. The match will be streamed live on BTN Plus, which can be accessed through BTN2Go.com.
Projected Lineups |
INDIANA
|
Year |
Record |
WISCONSIN
|
Year |
Record |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
Johnny Jiminez |
Fr. |
4-1 |
133 |
Jr. |
2-4 |
#18/18 Ryan Taylor |
r-So. |
6-2 |
|
141 |
r-Sr. |
2-4 |
Jesse Thielke |
r-So. |
1-1 |
|
149 |
r-So. |
4-6 |
Rylan Lubeck |
r-So. |
3-3 |
|
157 |
r-Fr. |
9-7 |
Jarod Donar |
r-Fr. |
5-5 |
|
165 |
#3/3 Taylor Walsh |
r-Sr. |
14-1 |
#7/8 Isaac Jordan |
r-So. |
11-1 |
174 |
r-Fr. |
5-3 |
Frank Cousins |
r-Sr. |
8-4 |
|
184 |
r-So. |
10-6 |
#20/16 Ricky Robertson |
r-Fr. |
11-3 |
|
197 |
Sr. |
12-5 |
#16/17 Timmy McCall |
r-Sr. |
10-2 |
|
285 |
Fr. |
2-4 |
#5/6 Connor Medbery |
r-Jr. |
12-0 |
WISCONSIN SERIES
IU and Wisconsin have met 55 times in their history, the first match coming in 1950. Wisconsin leads the series 31-24 and has won the past seven straight.
NATIONALLY-RANKED HOOSIERS
Two Hoosiers are ranked amongst the country's elite this week:
#3 Taylor Walsh (165 lbs)
#16/19 Nate Jackson (174 lbs)
PIN KING
Redshirt senior Taylor Walsh is continuting his impressive pinning ways. After leading the country last season with 26 pins, Walsh is already well on his way with 11 pins this season. That brings his career total ro 58, which is the most in IU history.
This season Walsh became Indiana's all-time pin leader. At the end of the 2013-14 season, Walsh was tied with Viktor Sveda (1999-2002) with 47 pins. In his first bout of this season, Walsh captured the record and is only expanding his lead in the record books.
SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
Hoosier wrestling is active in the social media world. Up-to-the-minute news, team notes, live match results and much more can be found by following @IUWrestling1 on Twitter. In addition, `like' the team's official Facebook page by searching "Indiana University Wrestling" and check for news on IUHoosiers.com.
Four-time IU All-American & national champion Angel Escobedo's pursuit for Olympic Gold in Rio (2016) can be tracked on the Twitterverse as well, follow @driven2dominate.
BTN PLUS
The Hoosier wrestlers will appear six times on BTN Plus (formerly Big Ten Digital Network) for the 2014-15 season.
BTN Plus programming includes non-televised games and events available on BTN2Go with a purchase of a BTN Plus subscription. BTN Plus content features live games produced by students at Big Ten universities. A subscription to BTN Plus on BTN2Go does not require a Big Ten Network TV subscription with a TV provider (from BTN website).
You can subscribe for a school pass for $9.95/month ($79.95/year) or for all of BTN Plus content for $14.95/month ($119.95/year) (Note: All options automatically renew).
Click here for more info about Hoosier wrestling on BTN
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
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