Junior/sophomore Stevan Micic, fifth-year senior Domenic Abounader and graduate student Adam Coon all posted two bonus wins on the day as the Wolverines pushed their dual win streak to four and opened the Big Ten Conference season with back-to-back victories.
Michigan claimed six bouts against the Boilermakers, earning bonus wins in each of the last three matches after Purdue took a four-point lead late. Abounader, ranked fifth in the latest InterMat poll, put U-M ahead for good with an 18-0 technical fall -- his first of two on the day -- over Max Lyon. Abounader scored 16 total back points on a leg turk, a pair of halves and a bow and arrow and ended the bout at the 3:27 mark.
Graduate student Kevin Beazley earned his third straight first-period pin against John Morales in the 197-pound match. Beazley, ranked 10th nationally, scored on a pair of quick takedowns before cradling Morales up for the pin at the 1:23 mark. He owns six pins this season. Second-ranked Coon scored three takedowns -- one in each period -- and earned a pair of stall points and 2:33 in riding-time advantage to beat No. 14 Shawn Strenck, 11-0.
Micic, ranked seventh at 133 pounds, cruised to a 14-4 major decision over Ben Thornton for the Wolverines' lone win in the first three bouts. Micic finished on six takedowns, including three in the third period, and rode for 2:50.
Senior/juniors Malik Amine and Alec Pantaleo earned back-to-back decisions to give Michigan the lead at the halftime intermission. Amine scored on a low single in the first period, reversal in the second and rode for 1:14 to beat Austin Nash at 149 pounds. Pantaleo, ranked fifth at 157 pounds, earned a 5-2 win against Griffin Parriott behind takedowns in the first and third periods.
The Wolverines also claimed seven bouts against Princeton, including each of the first three to build an early lead that they would not relinquish.
Freshman Drew Mattin, ranked ninth at 125 pounds, opened the dual with an 8-1 decision against Matteo DeVincenzo, scoring three takedowns -- one in each period -- and riding for 3:54 riding-time advantage.
Micic cruised to a 16-0 technical fall against Mark Schleifer behind a takedown, a reversal and 12 back points. His second-period tilt -- his third of the match -- ended it early at the 3:40 mark. Junior/sophomore Sal Profaci followed with a 5-3 decision against Pat D'Arcy at 141 pounds. Profaci rallied from an initial deficit, taking his first lead with a takedown in the waning seconds of the first period before riding for nearly all of the third to accumulate 1:53 in time advantage and ice the match.
Pantaleo earned his second decision win of the day at 157 pounds, making a first-period takedown hold up in a 4-3 win against Mike D'Angelo. Pantaleo added a reversal in the third period and just missed on several other attacks. Junior/sophomore Myles Amine, ranked sixth at 174 pounds, rallied to earn an 11-4 decision against Matthew Gancayco, scoring on reversals in the first and second periods before breaking it open with two takedowns and a two-point near fall in the third.
Abounader and Coon added two more bonus wins at the upperweights to close out the dual meet. Abounader rolled to a 16-1 technical fall -- outscoring his opposition, 34-1, on the day -- against Kevin Parker, scoring two takedowns, a reversal and 10 back points to end the match at the 5:00 mark. Coon used a hip toss to pin Michael Markulec at 1:00. He improved to 15-0 on the season with seven pins.
The Wolverines (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) will return home Friday (Jan. 12), hosting defending NCAA champion Penn State at 9 p.m. at the Crisler Center. Tickets are available through the U-M Ticket Office. The dual will also be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.
No. 8 Michigan 25, No. 23 Purdue 14
125 -- No. 18 Luke Welch (PU) dec. No. 10 Drew Mattin, 11-7 [PU, 3-0]
133 -- No. 7 Stevan Micic (U-M) major dec. Ben Thornton, 14-4 [U-M, 4-3]
141 -- Nate Limmex (PU) dec. Sal Profaci, 4-3 [PU, 6-4]
149 -- Malik Amine (U-M) dec. Austin Nash, 5-0 [U-M, 7-6]
157 -- No. 5 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) dec. Griffin Parriott, 5-2 [U-M, 10-6]
165 -- Jacob Morrissey (Purdue) tech. fall Reece Hughes, 18-2 [PU, 11-10]
174 -- No. 15 Dylan Lydy (PU) dec. No. 6 Myles Amine, 6-4 [PU, 14-10]
184 -- No. 5 Domenic Abounader (U-M) tech. fall Max Lyon, 18-0 (3:27) [U-M, 15-14]
197 -- No. 13 Kevin Beazley (U-M) pinned Jon Morales, 1:23 [U-M, 21-14]
Hwt -- No. 2 Adam Coon (U-M) major dec. No. 14 Shawn Streck, 11-0 (6:59) [U-M, 25-14]
No. 8 Michigan 28, Princeton 10
125 -- No. 10 Drew Mattin (U-M) dec. Matteo DeVincenzo, 8-1 [U-M, 3-0]
133 -- No. 7 Stevan Micic (U-M) tech. fall Mark Schleifer, 16-0 (3:40) [U-M, 8-0]
141 -- Sal Profaci (U-M) dec. Pat D'Arcy, 5-3 [U-M, 11-0]
149 -- No. 7 Matthew Kolodzik (PU) dec. Malik Amine, 8-3 [U-M, 11-3]
157 -- No. 5 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) dec. Mike D'Angelo, 4-3 [U-M, 14-3]
165 -- Jonathan Schleifer (PU) major dec. Reece Hughes, 15-7 [U-M, 14-7]
174 -- No. 6 Myles Amine (U-M) dec. Matthew Gancayo, 11-4 [U-M, 17-7]
184 -- No. 5 Domenic Abounader (U-M) tech. fall Kevin Parker, 16-1 (5:00) [U-M, 22-7]
197 -- No. 19 Patrick Brucki (PU) dec. Jackson Striggow, 8-6 [U-M, 22-10]
Hwt -- No. 2 Adam Coon (U-M) pinned Michael Markulec, 1:00 [U-M, 28-10]
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