Indiana University Athletics
LIVE BLOG: Indiana vs. #9/9 Illinois
1/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Hoosiers and Midlands Most Outstanding Wrestler Taylor Walsh (165 lbs) will face the Fighting Illini of Illinois for only the second home event of the season. Competion begins at 1pm at University Gymnasium. The lone match-up of ranked wresters will be #19/15 Nate Jackson against #6/6 Zac Brunson in the 174 pound weight class. You can follow along with the action on Twitter @IUWrestling1 and trackwrestling.com. All rankings are InterMat/WIN Magazine.
Prior to the match on Sunday, the Hoosier wrestlers and coaching staff will be putting on a free clinic for middle school wrestlers. For more information go to Free Middle School Clinic. Registration begins at 10:30 am.
Projected Lineups |
INDIANA
|
Year |
Record |
ILLINOIS
|
Year |
Record
|
125 |
- |
- |
- |
#1/1 Jesse Delgado -or- Dominic Olivieri |
Sr. -- r-Jr. |
2-0 -- 7-7 |
133 |
Jr. |
2-9 |
#6/3 Zane Richards |
r-So. |
16-1 |
|
141 |
r-Fr. |
8-11 |
#19/16 Steven Rodrigues -or- Logan Arlis |
r-Jr. -- r-Sr. |
8-4 -- 8-6 |
|
149 |
r-So. |
6-9 |
Kyle Langenderfer |
r-Jr. |
12-6 |
|
157 |
r-Jr. |
3-7 |
#7/4 Isaiah Martinez |
r-Fr. |
17-0 |
|
165 |
#4/5 Taylor Walsh |
r-Sr. |
23-2 |
#8/8 Jackson Morse |
r-Sr. |
18-1 |
174 |
#19/15 Nate Jackson |
r-So. |
17-7 |
#6/6 Zac Brunson |
r-So. |
17-1 |
184 |
So. |
9-10 |
#20/14 Nikko Reyes |
r-So. |
16-5 |
|
197 |
Sr. |
17-9 |
Jeff Koepke |
r-Jr. |
13-6 |
|
285 |
r-Jr. |
6-7 |
Chistopher Lopez -or- Brooks Black |
r-Jr. -- r-Fr. |
11-4 -- 10-7 |
ILLINOIS SERIES
Sunday marks the 82nd time the Hoosiers and Fighting Illini will face each other in a dual meet. Illinois has a slight lead in the series with a 42-38-1 record. The first meeting dates back to 1923, a match that Indiana won 16-9 in Bloomington. Illinois has won the previous three duals and 13 of the last 14 dating back to 1998 (did not compete in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 or 2013-14). For the 2014-15 season, Illinois has seven wrestlers ranked in the top-20 -- five of which are in the top-10. At the 125-pound weight class, Jesse Delgado is ranked No. 1 in both the InterMat and WIN polls.
NATIONALLY-RANKED HOOSIERS
Two Hoosiers are ranked amongst the country's elite this week (InterMat/WIN Magazine):
#4/5 Taylor Walsh (165 lbs)
#19/15 Nate Jackson (174 lbs)
PIN KING
Redshirt senior Taylor Walsh is continuting his impressive pinning ways. After leading the country last season and settng an Indiana single-season school record with 26 pins, Walsh is already well on his way with 18 pins this season. With 18 pins on the year, Walsh is in a tie for third most in a Hoosier season and the NCAA leader for the 2014-15 season. He is tied with Kurt Kinser - 18 (2008) and only trails Rod Chamberlin - 19 (1981) and himself - 26 (2014).
After picking up five wins at the Midlands Championships, Walsh now has 117 career wins. This moved the 165-pounder into eighth place on the all-time Indiana wins list. He needs nine more to break into the top-five.
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. Currently he has 65 pins in his career.
SHER SOME LOVE, TAYLOR
Luke Sheridan has joined teammate Taylor Walsh in the top-ten all-time pins list. Sheridan is currently in a tie for tenth with 31 career pins.
The senior has 10 pins thus far in the 2014-15 season. He only needs four more to jump into the top-ten single-season pins list. His 10 pins are tied for fourth in Division I for the 2014-15 season. He has an average pin time of 1:19, which is the best average for any wrestler with seven or more pins.
SOPHOMORE SENSATION
Nate Jackson is having an outstanding (redshirt) sophomore season -- he is now 17-7 on the year after an 8th place finish at the Midlands Championships.
In three dual bouts (3-0), he has outscored his opponents 32-14, a plus-18 differential. In nearly half of Jackson's victories (7-of-17), he has won by major decision, outscoring opponents 100-38 in such matches.
In the national rankings, he is ranked as high as No. 15 (WIN Magazine) for the 174-pound weight class. He is also ranked No. 19 for both InterMat and The Open Mat.
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).
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
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