This is one thing I love about this blog. The Michigan sports that get little press don't get ignored here. Keep the updates coming, I'm interested.

highly touted red shirt freshman Eric Grajales lost his debut match 10-8. Michigan still leads 4-3 with 8 weights to go.

Senior Aaron Hynes wins 5-3 to extend the Michigan lead to 7-3.

Are you there? If not where are you getting the updates from?

a highly thought of recruit from Hesperia, Mich., debuts with a 7-0 win at 165 pounds. It's 10-3 Michigan. Now his high school teammate Justin Zeerip is up at 174

Thanks for the updates.

our 15th ranked junior, Justin Zeerip, was defeated 3-1. It appears it is intermission time with Michigan leading 10-6.

Hunter Collins dropped a 5-3 decision. Despite what that link says, it is currently 10-9 Michigan, not 10-6. Now we have a big matchup here at 197. Pitt has the 12th ranked wrestler, but Michigan has the 5th ranked.

at 197, 5th ranked Anthony Biondo falls 3-0 to the 12th ranked opponent from Pitt. Michigan now trails 12-10, and with 3 matches left, Pitt has 2 ranked kids left. That was the match Michigan needed right there. It will probably take a big upset to win now.

our guy, Ben Apland, very nearly pulled off the upset i mentioned in the last post. However, he fell to a ranked opponent from Pitt by an 8-7 count. Michigan is down 15-10 now and must win both of the final two bouts.

Sean Boyle knocks off the #14 125 pounder from Pitt to pull Michigan within 15-13 with one match left. It's up to Zac Stevens out of Monroe for Michigan at 133.

Zac Stevens wins 16-5 to deliver Michigan a 17-15 victory to start the season off 1-0.

If there are any name changes in the official results, I will edit this thread to reflect that.

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Upset W in wrestling.

At least the Saturday night win in hockey

Big ten championship in M Soccer.

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Michigan_wrestl Pitt hangs on to win a close one at Hwt, before Sean Boyle secures a 8-5 upset vs. #14 Anthony Zanetta at 125. Pitt up 15-13 with one to go.

Nice to see the Michigan winning.

I was there and here are my two cents...

141 - Kellen is looking good. I was ready to watch him go against Tyler Nauman (#4 in the country) but that didn't happen.  Not sure why but this was a big  break for Umich (Kellen could still have won but I doubt by major). 

149 - Super RS freshman Eric Grajalas makes his debut. Thoughts going into the season were Eric would go 133... Wow, I don't know why we ever thought that.  The pull from his reported walk around weight (160) to 149 seems hard enough on him. He gassed.

157 - Hynes is a "goer". He probably won't "out skill" a single guy all year but he'll make everybody he goes against work really hard for 7 minutes. I really enjoy watching Aaron wrestle and hope he makes a nice run his senior year.

165 - Yates... I know what Iowa wanted him so bad. The kid is good.  He is looks like Steve Luke with a little more offense.  He'll AA at least twice while in AA.

174 - Zeerip...zzzzzzz.  I don't know if Justin just doesn't trust his shots but he is so defensive. Good kid, great student so I wish him the best this year but I'd really like to see him perform a little better on the mat.

184 - Hunter Collins is gonna be good.  The kid form Pitt was/is the real deal and Hunter didn't back down at all.

197 - Biondo didn't get a  reversal call in the second (which you'll see in my next recap is why i'm ticked) and it really cost him the match.  He loves to wrestle from the top position and never got there.  He'll be fine and should AA this year.

285 - Screw job! Apland wrestled his butt off and for some reason Pitt got awared a reversal late in the match which was at best questionable and THE SAME THING BIONDO PULLED OFF 5 minutes earlier! Trost is going to get a lot out of Ben.

125 - Sean looked awesome. Controled the whole match, was super active and put a nice win in the books.  Looks bigger than last year so we could see a break out year from him.

133 - redshirt...what stinkin redshirt!  Stevens (who was going to redshirt while Grajalas took the 133 spot this year) but an ass kicking on the Pitt guy.   Zac scored from his feet, on counters and on the mat.  Zac attack all year baby!

Good win and I expect Eric will get his weight under control and be just fine.  Going to be a fun year for a team filled with a  lot of young guys.

Count me in for at least one meet this winter.

Go Blue!

...MGoBlue.com recap.

The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team won early and late to edge No. 14 Pittsburgh, 17-15, in its dual-meet debut on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 14) in front of 716 fans at Cliff Keen Arena. The Wolverines claimed five individual bouts, including the final two of the afternoon, and earned a pair of major decisions.

With the Wolverines trailing by two points entering the final bout at 133 pounds, junior Zac Stevens (Monroe, Mich./Monroe HS) picked up a dominant 16-5 major decision over Shelton Mack to wrap up his team's late rally. Stevens built a significant advantage in the first, converting on a double leg and subsequent snap down before using a leg turk to add three late back points. He scored on three additional takedowns, including one at the final buzzer, and accumulated 3:04 in riding-time advantage.

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The Wolverines will hit the road next Friday (Nov. 19) to continue non-conference dual competition against Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa. The dual is slated for a 7 p.m. start at Grace Hall.

Nice quotes at the end of the story from Coach McFarland, Zac Stevens, Sean Boyle and Dan Yates.