Friday, January 10
Bloomington, Ind.
7:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
#16 Rutgers
No. 24 Indiana to Host No. 16 Rutgers on Friday
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– No. 24 Indiana is back in action for its first dual since Dec. 6 on Friday when it hosts No. 16 Rutgers at 7 p.m. in Wilkinson Hall.
BACK TO BIG TEN:
-Indiana enters the dual with a 4-1 record and 0-1 conference mark after losing to No. 11 Illinois in December.
-Rutgers is 8-2 and this will be their first Big Ten match.
-The Hoosiers and Scarlet Knights have split the last two meetings with Rutgers winning 30-11 in Piscataway, N.J. last year and Indiana taking the dual, 24-16, in Bloomington in 2023.
-Rutgers boasts 10 ranked wrestlers to Indiana's six.
-There were a couple of potential preview matches at the dual with Indiana and Rutgers having four sets of wrestlers face each other.
-Indiana's Tyler Lillard (165), Gabe Sollars (197) and Jacob Bullock (285) defeated Anthony White, John Poznanski and Yaraslau Slavikouski at Midlands, respectively.
-Rutgers' Dean Peterson (125) defeated Jacob Moran in the semifinals at Midlands, as well.
MIDLANDS SUCCESS:
-Indiana had its best performance at Midlands in program history on Dec. 29-30.
-The Hoosiers earned fourth place with 95.5 team points, finishing just behind Stanford, Rutgers and Penn.
-The Hoosiers set two program records with six placers and three finalists. Tyler Lillard (165) won the 165 lbs. title and was the program's first Midlands Champion since Taylor Walsh in 2014.
-Gabe Sollars (197) and Jacob Bullock (285) each took second place.
-Jacob Moran (125) got 4th, DJ Washington (184) got 7th and Nick Pavlechko (285) took 8th place.
ON THE RISE:
-Indiana has seen a gradual progression in the national rankings throughout the season as the team has picked up some key wins.
-After beginning the season unranked, Indiana broke into the top-30 nationally on InterMat's Dual Rankings and most recently got slated at No. 24 in the NWCA's Coaches Poll.
-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 six ranked wrestlers and have had as many as eight at once this season.
-Indiana started the season 4-0 in duals until the loss to Illinois to put the team at 4-1. The 4-0 record marks the third consecutive year where the team got off to a 3-0 or better start.
ILLINOIS OPENER:
-Indiana fell short in its first Big Ten dual of the season when it lost 34-3 to No. 11 Illinois on Dec. 6 in Indianapolis as part of the inaugural Big Ten Takedown.
-No. 22 Jacob Moran (125) defeated Illinois' Calean Riley by decision, 5-2, to open the match and put Indiana up 3-0.
-Despite the lopsided score, most of the bouts were very close. Seven of then ten matches were decided by three points or less.
BACK TO BIG TEN:
-Indiana enters the dual with a 4-1 record and 0-1 conference mark after losing to No. 11 Illinois in December.
-Rutgers is 8-2 and this will be their first Big Ten match.
-The Hoosiers and Scarlet Knights have split the last two meetings with Rutgers winning 30-11 in Piscataway, N.J. last year and Indiana taking the dual, 24-16, in Bloomington in 2023.
-Rutgers boasts 10 ranked wrestlers to Indiana's six.
-There were a couple of potential preview matches at the dual with Indiana and Rutgers having four sets of wrestlers face each other.
-Indiana's Tyler Lillard (165), Gabe Sollars (197) and Jacob Bullock (285) defeated Anthony White, John Poznanski and Yaraslau Slavikouski at Midlands, respectively.
-Rutgers' Dean Peterson (125) defeated Jacob Moran in the semifinals at Midlands, as well.
MIDLANDS SUCCESS:
-Indiana had its best performance at Midlands in program history on Dec. 29-30.
-The Hoosiers earned fourth place with 95.5 team points, finishing just behind Stanford, Rutgers and Penn.
-The Hoosiers set two program records with six placers and three finalists. Tyler Lillard (165) won the 165 lbs. title and was the program's first Midlands Champion since Taylor Walsh in 2014.
-Gabe Sollars (197) and Jacob Bullock (285) each took second place.
-Jacob Moran (125) got 4th, DJ Washington (184) got 7th and Nick Pavlechko (285) took 8th place.
ON THE RISE:
-Indiana has seen a gradual progression in the national rankings throughout the season as the team has picked up some key wins.
-After beginning the season unranked, Indiana broke into the top-30 nationally on InterMat's Dual Rankings and most recently got slated at No. 24 in the NWCA's Coaches Poll.
-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 six ranked wrestlers and have had as many as eight at once this season.
-Indiana started the season 4-0 in duals until the loss to Illinois to put the team at 4-1. The 4-0 record marks the third consecutive year where the team got off to a 3-0 or better start.
ILLINOIS OPENER:
-Indiana fell short in its first Big Ten dual of the season when it lost 34-3 to No. 11 Illinois on Dec. 6 in Indianapolis as part of the inaugural Big Ten Takedown.
-No. 22 Jacob Moran (125) defeated Illinois' Calean Riley by decision, 5-2, to open the match and put Indiana up 3-0.
-Despite the lopsided score, most of the bouts were very close. Seven of then ten matches were decided by three points or less.
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