Wrestling Results @ MSU

Submitted by AceUofMer on February 21st, 2011 at 4:50 PM

Closer then most thought, Some low spots and some good. In the end, Michigan was too tough.

Report Card vs MSU:

· Important for Seeding– D-. Boyle did nothing but open the door to dropping out of the top 5 in seeding getting pinned and B. Zeerip fell to an opponent with similar strength in resume. J. Zeerip didn’t wrestle in the dual, but, could have used a win over Jacobs in my mind.

Momentum Gainers – B+. Huge win for Grajales. Osterman turned around and beat a top 10 opponent 2 days later to. Apland work his way to a win over a tough Rizqallah. He should win this, but, it’s a much needed win for him. Collins just didn’t have it.
No Letdowns – A. Stevens rolled very easy. Biondo dominated the whole way and Yates took down an unknown.

#11 Michigan @ Michigan State

MSU was pretty hyped for this dual. They don’t want to let a clearly better Michigan team just walk in and dominate. Although Michigan showed they were just too much, they did let MSU off the hook with a little pride.

Bout by Bout

Dual Started at 149.

Michigan Wrestlers listed first:

149 – Eric Grajales(Fr) vs #20 Dan Osterman(So) Big win for Grajales. Osterman has put together a decent resume on the season and Grajales obliterated it for a major. UM-4 MSU-0
157 - Brandon Zeerip(Fr) vs Sean McMurray(Fr) McMurray exploded in the third to claim the match. Tough loss for Zeerip. UM-4 MSU-3
165 - Dan Yates(Fr) vs Nick Kaczanowski(Fr) Yates may not have scored a ton, but, he had control the whole match, accumulating over 4:00 riding time. UM-7 MSU-3
174 – #20 Justin Zeerip(Jr) vs Curran Jacobs(Jr) Zeerip didn’t go here, instead Aaron Hynes(Sr) bumped up 2 weights and lost in OT to Jacobs. UM-7 MSU6
184 – Hunter Collins(So) vs Ian Hinton(Jr) Hinton wore Collins down, pulling away late for an expected MSU win. MSU took the lead into the break. UM-7 MSU-9
197 - #11 Anthony Biondo(Sr) vs Tyler Dickenson(Jr) Biondo was favored and followed through with a decisive win, jumping Michigan back on top. UM-10 MSU-9
285 - #16 Ben Apland(So) vs Joe Rizqallah(So) orMike McClure(Fr) Rizqallah has pulled off some good matches and overachieved a bit. Apland needed to pick up a win for himself and gutted one out. Takedowns are his strength and that’s what won him this one. UM-13 MSU-9
125 – Sean Boyle(So) vsEric Olanowski(Jr). Just as UM was putting MSU to bed, Olanowski put a charge in the Spartans getting the upset over Boyle by the ole cement job pin. Again, a tough win for Boyle. UM-13 MSU-15
133 -Zac Stevens(Jr) vs Chris Lyon(Fr) Back to back weak spots for MSU to close the dual. Stevens hammered away at this one, putting on a take down clinic for the tech. UM-18 MSU-15
141 - #1 Kellen Russell(Jr) vs Levi Stace(Fr) No chance for MSU with Stace. Russell put him down in :48, securing the dual win. UM-24 MSU-15

Final Team Score Prediction: Michigan-24 MSU-9

Final Dual Score: Michigan-24 MSU-15

Dual season over and off to Big Ten’s. Mixed feelings coming out, but, the focus level is about to get revved up a notch.

Michigan finishes 5^thin the Big Ten dual standings, with their 3 losses coming to the top 3 finishers and beating the forth place Wildcats (who got off not having to face Penn State or Minnesota). A side note, the MSU dual did not count as part of the Big Ten standings for Michigan and was classified an out of conference dual.

Big Ten Standings

	Conference	Overall
	W	L	T	Pct.	W	L	T	Pct.
1. Iowa	8	0	0	1.000	15	0	1	.969
2. Penn State	6	1	1	.813	17	1	1	.921
Minnesota	6	1	1	.813	15	4	1	.775
4. Northwestern	6	2	0	.750	18	2	0	.900
5. Michigan	5	3	0	.625	11	5	0	.688
6. Illinois	3	4	1	.438	6	5	1	.542
7. Purdue	3	5	0	.375	8	8	1	.500
8. Wisconsin	2	5	1	.313	11	6	1	.639
9. Indiana	1	7	0	.125	11	8	0	.579
Michigan State	1	7	0	.125	9	9	0	.500
Ohio State	1	7	0	.125	2	11	0	.154