Washington, Rooks Punch Tickets to NCAA Championships

Saturday, March 6

State College, Pa.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championships

Washington, Rooks Punch Tickets to NCAA Championships

3/6/2021 11:47:00 PM | Wrestling

Updated Brackets

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Donnell Washington and Graham Rooks assured themselves a spot in the NCAA Championships on day one of the Big Ten Championships on Saturday.

Notes
• Graham Rooks advanced to the consolation semifinal with a 3-2 decision over No. 4 seed Yahya Thomas of Northwestern.
• Donnell Washington got a takedown five seconds into the third period to go up two and won by decision 10-7 over Drew Hughes of Michigan State to lock up his NCAA bid.
• Washington improved to 8-3 on the season.
• The Hoosiers advanced three wrestlers to the quarterfinals in the morning session of the Big Ten Championships.
• Kyle Luigs started things as he took down No. 5 seed Jack Medley of Michigan by a 5-0 decision in his first match of the day.
• Cayden Rooks followed Luigs with an upset win over No. 6 seed Marcos Polanco of Minnesota in a 5-4 decision. Polanco came into the Big Ten Championships ranked No. 21 at 141.
• Donnell Washington improved to 7-2 on the season with a win by fall over Emil Soehnlen of Purdue in 1:54. For Washington it was his third pin of the season
• In his second collegiate match, freshman Santos Cantu lost a narrow 5-4 decision against No 3 seed Layne Malczewski of Michigan State in the first round at 184.
• Rudy Streck won by fall against No. 12 seed Dorian Keys of Purdue.

Big Ten Championships Results (Numbers are seeds for tournament)

125
No. 5 Rayvon Foley (MSU) def. No. 12 Jacob Moran (IU) 11-1 major decision
No. 4 Patrick Mckee (MINN) def. No. 12 Jacob Moran (IU) fall 1:08
No. 13 Dylan Shawver (RUT) def. No. 12 Jacob Moran (IU) 11-7 decision

133
No. 12 Kyle Luigs (IU) def. No. 5 Jack Medley (MICH) 6-0 decision
Quarterfinal: No. 4 Chris Cannon (NU) def. No. 12 Kyle Luigs (IU) 19-6 major decision
No. 11 Jordan Hamdan (MSU) def. No. 12 Kyle Luigs (IU) 9-3 decision
No. 13 Jackson Cockrell (UMD) def. No. 12 Kyle Luigs (IU) 19-10 major decision

141
No. 11 Cayden Rooks (IU) def. No. 6 Marcos Polanco (MINN) 5-4 decision
Quarterfinals: No. 3 Sebastian Rivera (RUT) def. No. 11 Cayden Rooks (IU) 6-1 decision
No. 13 Colin Valdiviez (NU) def. No. 11 Cayden Rooks (IU) 13-2 major decision
No. 11 Cayden Rooks (IU) def. No. 12 Matt Santos (MSU) 6-1 decision

149
No. 7 Ridge Lovett (NEB) def. No. 10 Graham Rooks (IU) 6-1 decision
No. 10 Graham Rooks (IU) def. No. 9 Peyton Omania (MSU) 5-3 decision
No. 10 Graham Rooks (IU) def. No. 4 Yahya Thomas (NU) 3-2 decision

157
No. 4 Kendall Coleman (PUR) def. No. 13 Luke Baughman (IU) 12-3 major decision
No. 12 Johnny Mologousis (ILL) def. Luke Baughman (IU) 17-2 technical fall
No. 13 Luke Baughman (IU) def. No. 12 Johnny Mologousis (ILL) 3-2 decision

165
No. 7 Peyton Robb (NEB) def. No. 10 Nick South (IU) 10-4 decision
No. 9 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR) def. No. 10 Nick South (IU) 6-3 decision
No. 10 Nick South (IU) def. No. 14 Josh Otto (WIS) 2-1 decision

174
No. 5 Donnell Washington (IU) def. No. 12 Emil Soehnlen (PUR) fall 1:54
Quarterfinal: No. 4 Logan Massa (MICH) def. No. 5 Donnell Washington (IU) 9-3 decision
No. 5 Donnell Washington (IU) def. No. 11 DJ Shannon (ILL) 2-1 decision
No. 5 Donnell Washington (IU) def. No. 10 Drew Hughes (MSU) 10-7 decision

184
No. 3 Layne Malczewski (MSU) def. No. 14 Santos Cantu (IU) 5-4 decision
No. 11 Kyle Cochran (UMD) def. No. 14 Santos Cantu (IU) 6-1 decision
No. 11 Kyle Cochran (UMD) def. No. 14 Santos Cantu (IU) 10-1 major decision

197
No. 4 Cameron Caffey (MSU) def. No. 13 Nick Willham (IU) 7-1 decision
No. 12 Jaron Smith (UMD) def. No. 13 Nick Willham (IU) 4-0 decision

285
No. 4 Luke Luffman (ILL) No. 13 Rudy Streck (IU) fall 5:28
No. 13 Rudy Streck (IU) def. No. 12 Dorian Keys (PUR) fall 4:11
No. 6 Trent Hillger (WIS) def. No. 13 Rudy Streck (IU) 11-2 major decision

Up Next
Up next Washington and Rooks will wrestle tomorrow on day two of the Big Ten Championships. They will have a match to advance to the third-place match in their respective weight classes. If they fall in that match they will wrestle for fifth-place.

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