Indiana University Athletics
#IUWR Preview: at SIUE & vs. Gardner-Webb
2/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Hoosiers will travel to Edwardsville, Illinois this Sunday, February 15. Indiana will wrestle the Runnin' Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb first at 1:30 pm (ET). Following that match at 3 pm (ET), Indiana will wrestle the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars. Indiana won the December 13 match against SIUE in Bloomington, 28-12.You can follow along with the action on Twitter @IUWrestling1. All rankings are InterMat/WIN Magazine.
Probable Lineups |
INDIANA
HOOSIERS |
Year |
Record |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
133 |
Jr. |
2-14 |
|
141 |
r-Fr. |
8-16 |
|
149 |
r-So. |
7-13 |
|
157 |
r-Fr. |
13-13 |
|
165 |
#6/6 Taylor Walsh |
r-Sr. |
26-4 |
174 |
#15/14 Nate Jackson |
r-So. |
21-8 |
184 |
r-So. |
10-9 |
|
197 |
Sr. |
17-13 |
|
285 |
r-Jr. |
7-11 |
Probable Lineups |
SIU-EDWARDSVILLE
COUGARS |
Year |
Record |
125 |
Nathan Day |
Fr. |
3-3 |
133 |
John Petrov -or- Dakota Leach |
r-Sr. So. |
0-2 4-3 |
141 |
Angelo Silvestro -or- Trevor Feagans |
r-Fr. Fr. |
15-11 4-4 |
149 |
Karsten Van Velsor |
Fr. |
13-17 |
157 |
Sam Zimmerman -or- Clayton Bass |
Fr. - |
6-16 8-15 |
165 |
Connor McMahon |
So. |
12-10 |
174 |
Jake Residori |
So. |
24-10 |
184 |
Derek Nagel |
r-So. |
16-12 |
197 |
Jake Tindle -or- Cole Rogers |
So. r-So. |
14-15 5-11 |
285 |
Chris Johnson |
r-So. |
17-14 |
Probable Lineups |
GARDNER-WEBB
RUNNIN' BULLDOGS |
Year |
Record |
125 |
Cortez Starkes |
Jr. |
12-15 |
133 |
Tyler Zeigler |
Jr. |
16-14 |
141 |
Ryan Hull |
So. |
3-13 |
149 |
Ryan Mosley |
r-So. |
23-8 |
157 |
Kyle Ash -or- Tyler Marinelli |
r-Fr. Fr. |
9-7 1-6 |
165 |
Austin Trott |
r-So. |
22-6 |
174 |
Brett Stein |
So. |
9-7 |
184 |
Hunter Gamble -or- Gray Jones |
Jr. Jr. |
2-1 6-13 |
197 |
Boyce Cornwell |
r-So. |
8-9 |
285 |
Justin Kozera |
r-So. |
12-15 |
SIU-EDWARDSVILLE SERIES
The Hoosiers have met with SIUE 31 times since 1974. IU leads the series 24-7, winning the last 21 times. Indiana won 28-12 on December 13, 2014 in Bloomington, Ind., earlier this season.
GARDNER-WEBB SERIES
Indiana has never lost to Gardner-Webb, leading the all-time series 9-0. The last time the two teams faced each other was in Bloomington in December 2012. The Hoosiers won 29-7.
NATIONALLY-RANKED HOOSIERS
Two Hoosiers are ranked amongst the country's elite this week (InterMat/WIN Magazine):
#6/6 Taylor Walsh (165 lbs)
#15/14 Nate Jackson (174 lbs)
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).
PIN KING
Redshirt senior Taylor Walsh is continuting his impressive pinning ways. After leading the country last season and setting an Indiana single-season school record with 26 pins, Walsh has 18 pins this season. With 18 pins, Walsh is in a tie for third most in a Hoosier season and is tied with Ross Larson (Oklahoma State) as the Division I 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) for most in a Hoosier season.
After a win against Roger Wildmo of Michigan State, Walsh now has 121 career wins. The 165-pounder is currently in seventh place on the all-time Indiana wins list. He needs five more to break into the top-five. Current Indiana Assistant Coach Matt Powless is fifth (124).
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 the Big Ten. He has an average pin time of 1:19, which is the second best average in Division I for any wrestler with nine or more pins. It is the best in the Big Ten for wrestlers with seven or more pins.
SOUND SOPHOMORE
Nate Jackson is having an outstanding (redshirt) sophomore season -- he has earned podium spots in three tournaments. The 174-pounder was champion at the Keystone Classic (Penn.), runner-up at the Harold Nichols Open (Iowa State) and finished in eighth at the Midlands Championships (Northswestern).
In 14 out of 22 of Jackson's victories, he has won by at least five points (eight major decisions, one technical fall), outscoring opponents 169-61 in such matches.
In the national rankings, he is ranked as high as No. 14 (WIN Magazine) for the 174-pound weight class. He is also ranked No. 15 for InterMat.
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.
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
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