No. 22 Indiana Takes Four Bouts in Loss to No. 4 Ohio State

Sunday, February 9

Bloomington, Ind.

2:00 PM

Indiana University

#4 Ohio State

No. 22 Indiana Takes Four Bouts in Loss to No. 4 Ohio State

2/9/2025 5:53:00 PM | Wrestling

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– No. 22 Indiana battled with No. 4 Ohio State in a close, back-and-forth dual before the Buckeyes pulled away late with two bonus-point victories to finish the match on Sunday afternoon at Wilkinson Hall.

Ohio State ultimately won the dual, 27-13. Indiana trailed just 16-13 through eight matches in but Ohio State picked up a tech fall and pin to end the match.

With the loss, Indiana's record drops to 7-4 and 3-4 in the Big Ten.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana opened the match with a come-from-behind win for No. 21 Gabe Sollars. Sollars (197) was taken down in the opening seconds by No. 18 Seth Shumate, escaped and then used a takedown and four-point nearfall to propel him to a 10-6 decision.
• Ohio State would pick up a 4-2 decision at heavyweight with No. 9 Nick Feldman defeating No. 18 Jacob Bullock to tie the score at 3-3.
• After that, Indiana racked up two consecutive wins to go up 9-3. No. 18 Jacob Moran (125) used a late third period takedown to top No. 16 Brendan McCrone in a 3-2 decision.
• No. 31 Angelo Rini (133) was tied at 3-3 with No. 10 Nic Bouzakis with 30 seconds left in the third period. Rini found his way behind Bouzakis and wrapped him to the ground for a takedown and a 6-3 decision.
• Ohio State would pick up a tech fall at 141 to make it a 9-8 Indiana edge going into intermission.
• No. 18 Tyler Lillard (165) would use four takedowns to defeat Brock Herman in a major decision, 15-2, to pull Indiana in striking distance, only trailing 16-13.
• The Buckeyes would pick off the last two bouts to pull away with a tech fall and pin.

NOTABLES
• Indiana won four of the ten bouts in the dual.
• Three of Indiana's four wins were ranked victories.
• Rini's win over No. 10 Bouzakis was his third ranked win of the season and first top-10 win.
• Lillard's win was his fourth by major decision this year.
• Brothers Roman and Ryder Rogotzke each competed in the dual.

MATCH RESULTS

197: No. 21 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 18 Seth Shumate (OSU)     |Dec. 10-6 |         Score: IU up 3-0

285: No. 9 Nick Feldman (OSU) def. No. 18 Jacob Bullock (IU)      |Dec. 4-2 |           Score: Tied 3-3

125: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 16 Brendan McCrone (OSU) |Dec. 3-2 |    Score: IU up 6-3

133: No. 31 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 10 Nic Bouzakis (OSU)               |Dec. 6-3 |      Score: IU up 9-3

141: No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. Lucas Peters (IU)                 |TF, 19-3 (3:42) | Score: IU up 9-8

149: No. 8 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) def. Joey Buttler (IU)                 |Dec. 5-3 |            Score: OSU up 11-9

157: Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. Ryan Garvick (IU)                     |TF, 18-3 (6:00)     Score: OSU up 16-9

165: No. 18 Tyler Lillard (IU) def. Brock Herman (OSU)                |MD, 15-2 |          Score: OSU up 16-13

174: No. 5 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. Roman Rogotzke (IU)       |TF, 19-4 (2:50) |   Score: OSU up 21-13

184: No. 19 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) def. No. 26 DJ Washington (IU)   |Fall (0:50) |     Score: OSU up 27-13

UP NEXT
• Indiana will return to the mat next Sunday (Feb. 16) when the team wrestles against Nebraska at 1:30 p.m. in the Devaney Center.