Indiana Drops Home Dual to Rutgers

Friday, January 10

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

#16 Rutgers

1/10/2025 10:04:00 PM | Wrestling

Results (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– No. 24 Indiana fell in a hard-fought match to No. 16 Rutgers, 28-6, on Friday night at Wilkinson Hall.

The Hoosiers were in a close dual early with it being 7-3 after three matches, but Rutgers won six of the last seven bouts to pull away.

Indiana's season record falls to 4-2 and 0-2 in the Big Ten with the loss.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana's Ryan Garvick (157) was up on No. 31 Connor Harer, 2-1, after scoring on a two-point nearfall in the second period. Harer scored on a late takedown to take the bout by decision, 4-2.
• No. 16 Tyler Lillard (165) got Indiana on the board with a 7-2 win by decision. He used two takedowns to get the win over No. 26 Anthony White.
• Indiana heavyweight and No. 23 Jacob Bullock fell in a heartbreaker to No. 8 Yaraslau Slavikouski, losing narrowly in the tiebreakers.
• Henry Porter (141) finished the dual off with a win for Indiana, defeating Max Hermes by decision, 11-4.

NOTABLES
• Lillard's win over White was his fourth ranked victory of the season and his second over White.
• Porter's win improved his season record to 10-5.
• Matt Hart made his first career dual appearance.
• There were four rematches of common opponents in the dual that were occurred int the Midlands Championships.

MATCH RESULTS

149: No. 24 Andrew Clark (RU) def. Matt Hart (IU)                      |MD, 12-1 |             Score: RU up 4-0

157: No. 31 Conner Harer (RU) def. Ryan Garvick (IU)                 |Dec. 4-2 |               Score: RU up 7-0

165: No. 16 Tyler Lillard (IU) def. No. 26 Anthony White (RU)      |Dec. 7-2 |               Score: RU up 7-3

174: No. 23 Jackson Turley (RU) def. Derek Gilcher (IU)                  |Fall (0:50) |            Score: RU up 13-3

184: No. 27 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RU) def. No. 32 DJ Washington (IU) |Dec. 3-2 | Score: RU up 16-3

197: No. 18 John Poznanski (RU) def. No. 23 Gabe Sollars (IU)     |Dec. 4-2 |               Score: RU up 19-3

285: No. 8 Yaraslau Slavikouski (RU) def. No. 23 Jacob Bullock (IU) |TB-2, 2-2 |       Score: RU up 22-3

125: No. 16 Dean Peterson (RU) def. No. 21 Jacob Moran (IU)        |Dec. 6-2 |           Score: RU up 25-3

133: No. 17 Dyan Shawver (RU) def. No. 28 Angelo Rini (IU)        |Dec. 6-5 |               Score: RU up 28-3

141: Henry Porter (IU) def. Max Hermes (RU)                             |Dec. 11-4 |                Score: RU up 28-6

FINAL TEAM SCORE: NO. 16 RUTGERS 28, No. 24 INDIANA 6

UP NEXT
• Indiana will be back in action next week when it faces rival Purdue on Friday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in Mackey Arena.