Redshirt freshman Angel Escobedo continued his dominant season, pinning all three of his opponents in an average time of 3:58. Escobedo, ranked seventh in the most recent poll by RevWrestling.com, began his day with a pin of SIUE's Tommy Hill in 3:21, and Andrae Hernandez and Scott Kelly followed with pins of their own to vault the Hoosiers to an early 18-0 lead in the meet that they would not relinquish. The lone blemish for IU was a 7-5 loss by Ryan Pribble in his dual-meet debut.
The Hoosiers followed by upending Harper by a count of 49-6, as four Hoosiers pinned their opponents and two others won by forfeit. Walpole posted his fifth pin of the season at 141, topping David Fear in 6:16. True freshman Nathan Everhart (197) registered his first career pin as well in the match, as Harper totaled just 11 points in the 10 matches. Seven of those came from Jesse Linczmaier, who pinned true freshman Nick Avery at the 4:01 mark to give Harper its only dual points of the day.
Against Eastern Michigan, the Hoosiers were poised to post a shutout heading into the heavyweight bout, but a late two-point takedown in the third period gave Charlie Walker a 6-4 victory. Escobedo recorded the match's only pin, but Brandon Becker registered a 17-1 technical fall in the second period and Marc Bennett and Andrae Hernandez each recorded major decisions. Fifth-ranked Matt Coughlin posted his second win over 15th-ranked Jermain Thompson of the year, taking a 7-6, come-from-behind decision with four points in the third period.
The Hoosiers will return to action on Friday, Dec. 29, for the 44th installment of the Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern. For more information on Midlands, go to www.NUsports.com.
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