No. 17 Indiana Wrestling Downs No. 16 Rutgers, 24-16

Friday, January 13

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

#16 Rutgers

BLOOMINGTON, IN - January 13, 2023 - Jacob Bullock during the meet between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Indiana Hoosiers at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics

No. 17 Indiana Wrestling Downs No. 16 Rutgers, 24-16

1/13/2023 10:26:00 PM | Wrestling

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Wrestling continued its winning ways on Friday night, defeating No. 16 Rutgers, 24-16, in the dual meet at Wilkinson Hall.

The No. 17-ranked Hoosiers have won two matches in a row and improved to 6-1 on the season and 2-1 in the Big Ten with the win.

This was Indiana's third ranked victory of the season and their first win over Rutgers since Nov. 29, 2008.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana suffered three consecutive defeats in the opening bouts and trailed 10-0 as a result.
• From there, the Hoosiers picked up wins in three straight matches in the 149, 157 and 165 lbs. weight classes to take a 12-10 lead.
• At 157 lbs., Indiana's No. 18-ranked Derek Gilcher was able to secure a chance in Sudden Victory against No. 23 Andrew Clark via his riding time point to make it 3-3 entering overtime. In Sudden Victory, Gilcher earned a takedown and a 5-3 win.
• Redshirt junior Nick South (165) flipped the momentum of the dual after trailing Robert Kanniard the entire time, stunning him with a pin in the third period to put Indiana in front.
• No. 18 DJ Washington (174) dominated his way to a 14-5, major decision victory over Jackson Turley and put IU in front, 16-10.
• After Rutgers tied the match at 16 from a pin at 184, Nick Willham (197) picked up a 2-1 decisive victory by way of his riding time point.
• Jacob Bullock put the exclamation point dual win, winning by tech fall, 15-0, over John O'Donnell.

NOTABLES
• The 6-1 start is the best start to the season in the Angel Escobedo era at Indiana.
• No. 18 Derek Gilcher has won three bouts in a row over ranked opponents. His win over No. 23 Clark was the second time that Gilcher has beaten Clark this season, winning the first time at Midlands in December.
• Washington's win was also a rematch, he previously lost to Turley in the 2021 NCAA Championships.
• With Bullock's win tonight, he improves to 14-2 on the season.

UP NEXT
• Indiana Wrestling will stay in Bloomington for their next match when IU hosts Minnesota on Friday, Jan. 20 for a 6:00 p.m. match at Wilkinson Hall.

FULL RESULTS

125: No. 13 Dean Peterson (RU) def. Jacob Moran (IU)                |Dec. 8-4 |             Score: Rutgers up 3-0

133: No. 14 Joe Heilmann (RU) def. No. 31 Henry Porter (IU)       |Dec. 6-1 |            Score: Rutgers up 6-0

141: No. 29 Joe Olivieri (RU) def. Cayden Rooks (IU)                   | MD, 15-2 |        Score: Rutgers up 10-0

149: No. 33 Graham Rooks (IU) def. Anthony White (RU)             |Dec. 7-1 |        Score: Rutgers up 10-3

157: No. 18 Derek Gilcher (IU) def. No. 23 Andrew Clark (RU)     |SV-1, 5-3 |       Score: Rutgers up 10-6

165: Nick South (IU) def. Robert Kanniard (RU)                           |Fall (5:42) |    Score: IU up 12-10

174: No. 18 DJ Washington (IU) def. Jackson Turley (RU)             |MD, 14-5 |      Score: IU up 16-10

184: No. 14 Brian Soldano (RU) def. Clayton Fielden (IU)             |Fall (2:45) |     Score: Tied 16-16

197: Nick Willham (IU) def. Billy Janzer (RU)                               |Dec. 2-1 |    Score: IU up 19-16

285: No. 17 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. John O'Donnell (RU) |TF, 15-0 (5:22) |      Score: IU up 24-16

EXHIBITION MATCH

184: Drayton Harris (IU) def. Michael Toranzo (RUT)                   | Dec. 2-1 |