#12 Michigan Wrestling smashes #6 Wisconsin

Submitted by MichFan1997 on
174 -- Justin Zeerip (U-M) dec. #12 Ben Jordan, 2-1 U-M, 3-0
184 -- #3 Travis Rutt (UW) dec. Hunter Collins, 6-3 Tie, 3-3
197 -- #2 Trevor Brandvold (UW) dec. #10 Anthony Biondo, 4-1 UW, 6-3
Hwt -- #10 Ben Apland (U-M) dec. #11 Eric Bugenhagen, 5-2 Tie, 6-6
125 -- Sean Boyle (U-M) dec. Tom Kelliher, 3-1 U-M, 9-6
133 -- #3 Tyler Graff (UW) dec. Zac Stevens, 8-5 Tie, 9-9
141 -- #1 Kellen Russell (U-M) major dec. Shane McQuade, 10-2 U-M, 13-9
149 -- Eric Grajales (U-M) major dec. Shawn Perry, 11-3 U-M, 17-9
157 - #20 Brandon Zeerip (U-M) pinned Kalvin York, 4:40 U-M, 23-9
165 --#19 Dan Yates (U-M) dec. Ben Cox, 6-0 U-M, 26-9

Michigan is now 10-2 on the year at 5-0 in the B10. Three more tough as hell matches with Penn State, Iowa, and Minnesota followed by a should be win over MSU. Looking good boys!

MichFan1997

February 5th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^

The only senior in the starting 10 is 197 pound Anthony Biondo. This team is very good and very young with some pretty good kids redshirting. Also, the #3 rated in-state recruit in the junior class is Jordan Thomas of Greenville (2x finalst, 1x champ in his first two years) who is already committed. The in-state junior class is...LOADED...so hopefully we land some good kids there. Future is bright for the grapplers, ladies and gents.

PM

February 5th, 2011 at 10:24 AM ^

The assistant coach no my HS wrestling team was an iowa grad (wrestler, obviously)  Tough and intense doesn't begin to define him... add crazy as well.  As a mediocre (slightly above .500) HS wrestler back in the early 80's I have a lot of respect for what they go through. What an intense sport.

tricks574

February 5th, 2011 at 11:39 AM ^

And for most teams. Iowa beat psu already, but psu matches up better with michigan and most top teams than iowa. Cornell should win the national title this year though, they have more potential champs than anyone, and are built to dominate a tournament set up like NCAAs.