Friday, January 24
East Lansing, Mich.
7:00 PM
Indiana University
at
Michigan State
No. 21 Indiana to Travel to Michigan State & No. 18 Michigan
1/23/2025 1:30:00 PM | Wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– No. 21 Indiana will head north to face two Big Ten opponents this weekend as it will compete against Michigan State in East Lansing on Friday and No. 18 Michigan on Sunday.
The Hoosiers enter the weekend fresh off of a 25-11 victory at Purdue and own a 5-2 overall record and 1-2 record in the Big Ten.
GREAT LAKES STATE DOUBLEHEADER:
-A year ago, Indiana defeated Michigan State, 23-18, for its first win over the Spartans since 2015. The Hoosiers are seeking their first dual win over Michigan since 2010.
-Michigan State enters the match with a 3-3 record, owning wins over American, Ohio and Buffalo. Their losses come to CSU Bakersfield, No. 1 Penn State and Maryland.
-The Spartans have a relatively young lineup with a handful of returners.
-Remy Cotton at 197 lbs. has worked his way up to No. 25 in the rankings as a freshman.
-Tristan Lujan is up to 133 lbs. after being an NCAA Qualifier a year ago at 125 lbs.
-Michigan also sports a pretty young lineup after losing Michael DeAugustino, Austin Gomez, Will Lewan, Shane Griffith and Lucas Davison to graduation.
-The Wolverines are 4-2 with a Big Ten win over Northwestern as well as wins over Duke, Virginia and Columbia. The only losses have come to Maryland and No. 8 Minnesota.
-Michigan has eight ranked wrestlers in No. 11 Sergio Lemley (141), No. 22 Dylan Gilcher (149), No. 15 Chase Saldate (157), No. 10 Beau Mantanona (165), No. 29 Joseph Walker (174), No. 20 Jaden Bullock (184), No. 2 Jacob Cardenas (197) and No. 9 Josh Heindselman (285).
-Lemley and Gilcher both have Indiana ties as Lemley's older brother Diego wrestled at Indiana from 2018-2022 and Dylan Gilcher is the younger brother of Indiana's Derek Gilcher.
PURDUE REWIND:
-Indiana put together a dominant demonstration in its 25-11 victory over Purdue last Friday in West Lafayette.
-The Hoosiers took seven of the 10 bouts to mark their third consecutive victory over the Boilermakers in the rivalry series.
-Henry Porter got his first ranked victory of the season with his 6-3 decision win over No. 27 Greyson Clark.
-No. 12 Tyler Lillard (IU) got his fifth ranked victory of the season with his 4-2 win over No. 33 Stoney Buell.
-Derek Gilcher got his first career victory at 174 lbs. when he defeated No. 25 Brody Baumann by decision, 2-1.
-No. 23 Gabe Sollars defeated No. 29 Ben Vanadia by decision, 4-0.
ON THE RISE:
-After beginning the season unranked, Indiana broke into the top-30 nationally on InterMat's Dual Rankings and most recently got slated at No. 21 in the FloWrestling Dual Rankings.
-This is the third consecutive season that Indiana has been ranked in the top 25. In 2022-23 and 2023-24 the team got to be as high as No. 16 among different polls.
-The Hoosiers currently have eight ranked wrestlers, which ties the most they've had ranked at one time this season.
-Seven Indiana wrestlers were ranked in the first NCAA Coaches Rankings that came out on Thursday (Jan. 23).
-Indiana started the season 4-0 in duals until dropping the last two. The 4-0 record marks the third consecutive year where the team got off to a 3-0 or better start.
The Hoosiers enter the weekend fresh off of a 25-11 victory at Purdue and own a 5-2 overall record and 1-2 record in the Big Ten.
GREAT LAKES STATE DOUBLEHEADER:
-A year ago, Indiana defeated Michigan State, 23-18, for its first win over the Spartans since 2015. The Hoosiers are seeking their first dual win over Michigan since 2010.
-Michigan State enters the match with a 3-3 record, owning wins over American, Ohio and Buffalo. Their losses come to CSU Bakersfield, No. 1 Penn State and Maryland.
-The Spartans have a relatively young lineup with a handful of returners.
-Remy Cotton at 197 lbs. has worked his way up to No. 25 in the rankings as a freshman.
-Tristan Lujan is up to 133 lbs. after being an NCAA Qualifier a year ago at 125 lbs.
-Michigan also sports a pretty young lineup after losing Michael DeAugustino, Austin Gomez, Will Lewan, Shane Griffith and Lucas Davison to graduation.
-The Wolverines are 4-2 with a Big Ten win over Northwestern as well as wins over Duke, Virginia and Columbia. The only losses have come to Maryland and No. 8 Minnesota.
-Michigan has eight ranked wrestlers in No. 11 Sergio Lemley (141), No. 22 Dylan Gilcher (149), No. 15 Chase Saldate (157), No. 10 Beau Mantanona (165), No. 29 Joseph Walker (174), No. 20 Jaden Bullock (184), No. 2 Jacob Cardenas (197) and No. 9 Josh Heindselman (285).
-Lemley and Gilcher both have Indiana ties as Lemley's older brother Diego wrestled at Indiana from 2018-2022 and Dylan Gilcher is the younger brother of Indiana's Derek Gilcher.
PURDUE REWIND:
-Indiana put together a dominant demonstration in its 25-11 victory over Purdue last Friday in West Lafayette.
-The Hoosiers took seven of the 10 bouts to mark their third consecutive victory over the Boilermakers in the rivalry series.
-Henry Porter got his first ranked victory of the season with his 6-3 decision win over No. 27 Greyson Clark.
-No. 12 Tyler Lillard (IU) got his fifth ranked victory of the season with his 4-2 win over No. 33 Stoney Buell.
-Derek Gilcher got his first career victory at 174 lbs. when he defeated No. 25 Brody Baumann by decision, 2-1.
-No. 23 Gabe Sollars defeated No. 29 Ben Vanadia by decision, 4-0.
ON THE RISE:
-After beginning the season unranked, Indiana broke into the top-30 nationally on InterMat's Dual Rankings and most recently got slated at No. 21 in the FloWrestling Dual Rankings.
-This is the third consecutive season that Indiana has been ranked in the top 25. In 2022-23 and 2023-24 the team got to be as high as No. 16 among different polls.
-The Hoosiers currently have eight ranked wrestlers, which ties the most they've had ranked at one time this season.
-Seven Indiana wrestlers were ranked in the first NCAA Coaches Rankings that came out on Thursday (Jan. 23).
-Indiana started the season 4-0 in duals until dropping the last two. The 4-0 record marks the third consecutive year where the team got off to a 3-0 or better start.
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