Indiana University Athletics
#IUWR Preview: at #4/4 Penn State
1/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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Indiana at #4/4 Penn State
University Park, Pa. | Lorenzo Wrestling Complex
Live Results: trackwrestling.com
Match Notes: Indiana | Penn State
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Hoosiers and Midlands Champion Taylor Walsh (165 lbs) will travel to University Park, Pennsylvania this Friday (Jan. 9) to take on Penn State and continue Big Ten competition. The match will begin at 7 pm ET in the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex. You can follow along with the action on Twitter @IUWrestling1 and trackwrestling.com. Rankings are InterMat/WIN Magazine.
Projected Lineups |
INDIANA
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Year |
Record |
PENN STATE
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Year |
Record |
125 |
- |
- |
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#8/11 Jordan Conaway |
Jr. |
13-2 |
133 |
Jr. |
2-8 |
#10/11 Jimmy Gulibon |
So. |
12-2 |
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141 |
r-Fr. |
8-10 |
Kade Moss -or- Michael Waters |
Fr. -- Jr. |
14-7 -- 10-7 |
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149 |
r-So. |
6-8 |
#17/12 Zack Beltz -or- Luke Frey |
So -- Jr. |
8-4 -- 11-3 |
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157 |
r-Jr. |
3-6 |
#8/9 Dylan Alton -or- Cody Law |
Sr. -- Fr. |
5-2 -- 12-6 |
|
165 |
#4/5 Taylor Walsh |
r-Sr. |
22-2 |
Garett Hammond |
Fr. |
16-4 |
174 |
#19/15 Nate Jackson |
r-So. |
17-6 |
#4/4 Matt Brown |
Sr. |
12-2 |
184 |
So. |
9-9 |
#16/NR Matt McCutcheon |
Fr. |
16-6 |
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197 |
Sr. |
17-8 |
#4/5 Morgan McIntosh |
Jr. |
14-1 |
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285 |
r-Jr. |
6-6 |
#6/7 Jimmy Lawson -or- Jon Gingrich |
Sr. -- Sr. |
7-0 -- 11-1 |
PENN STATE SERIES
Saturday marks the 14th time the Hoosiers and Nittany Lions (13th as B1G foes) will face each other in a dual meet. Penn State leads the all-time series 12-0-1. The first meeting occured in 1970-- Penn State won 23-13. The only time IU has not lost to Penn State in a dual match was in 2009 when the two schools tied, 17-17. Penn State has eight wrestlers ranked in the top-20 (InterMat), six of whom are in the top-10.
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. 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 116 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.
SOPHOMORE SENSATION
Nate Jackson is having an outstanding (redshirt) sophomore season -- he is now 17-6 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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