Rooks Wins Bout, Hoosiers Fall Against No. 5 Minnesota

Sunday, February 2

Bloomington, Ind.

1:00 PM

Indiana University

#5 Minnesota

BLOOMINGTON, IN - JANUARY 31, 2020 - Cayden Rooks of the Indiana Hoosiers during the match between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Indiana Hoosiers at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Rooks Wins Bout, Hoosiers Fall Against No. 5 Minnesota

2/2/2020 3:41:00 PM | Wrestling

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Cayden Rooks won his fourth Big Ten dual match of the season, but the Hoosiers came up short as they fell 38-9 against No. 5 Minnesota on Sunday at Wilkinson Hall.

Notes
• The Hoosiers drop to 1-8 on the season and 1-7 in the Big Ten. Minnesota improves to 9-5 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten.
• Cayden Rooks picked up his 19^th win of the season with a 5-3 decision in the second sudden victory period. Rooks got a takedown with 18 second left in the overtime period to secure the victory.
• Rooks won his fourth Big Ten dual match of the season.
• Liam Cronin did not wrestle as Minnesota did not weight in a wrestler at 125. Cronin has won his last four Big Ten matches.

IU Head Coach Angel Escobedo
"I told my guys, it was not the performance we wanted as a team. Minnesota came in ready to compete and they capitalized on a lot of bonus points. We have to do a better job. I told my coaching staff we need to figure out why we didn't have as much pop tonight. We are going to keep pushing forward and regroup for next week."

Indiana vs. #5 Minnesota Results
157: #22 Ryan Thomas (MINN) SV1 Fernando Silva (IU) SV1 9-7 (IU 0, MINN 3)
165: Bailee O'Reilly (MINN) fall Dillon Hoey (IU) 4:09 (IU 0, MINN 9)
174: #8 Devin Skatzka (MINN) technical fall Diego Lemley (IU) 16-1/2:00 (IU 0, MINN 14)
184: #18 Owen Webster (MINN) fall Jake Hinz (IU) 4:13 (IU 0, MINN 20)
197: Hunter Ritter (MINN) fall Nick Willham (IU) 2:09 (IU 0, MINN 26)
285: #1 Gable Steveson (MINN) fall Rudy Streck (IU) 0:56 (IU 0, MINN 32)
125: Liam Cronin (IU) forfeit MINN (IU 6, MINN 32)
133: Cayden Rooks (IU) SV2 Boo Dryden (MINN) SV2 5-3 (IU 9, MINN 32)
141: Ben Brancale (MINN) dec. Eddie Bolivar (IU) 8-5 (IU 9, MINN 35)
149: Graham Rooks (IU) dec. #4 Brayton Lee (MINN) 5-2 (IU 9, MINN 38)

Final: Indiana 9, Minnesota 38
Attendance: 1,712

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers host Nebraska on Sunday Feb. 9 at