Michigan closed out the dual with big points at the upperweights as junior Domenic Abounader earned a fall at 184 pounds and graduate student Max Huntley and junior Adam Coon registered back-to-back technical falls at 197 pounds and heavyweight. The Wolverines earned four total tech falls in the contest.
Abounader, ranked 12th nationally and named a Wolverine team captain earlier this week, stuck the Spartans' Wesley Maskill late in the second period, at 4:42, off a leg turk -- just moments after earning four near-fall points on another turk in the period. He was up 10-0 at the time, scoring on a first-period single leg and two reversals in the second. It was his third pin of the season.
Huntley, ranked seventh nationally at 197 pounds, scored on 10 takedowns -- a variety of singles, doubles and go-behind -- en route to his 16-1 tech fall against Jacob Cooper. He converted on four leg attacks in the third period, ending the bout with a single leg at the 6:27 mark.
Coon, ranked third nationally, also settled for a 17-1 tech fall in the heavyweight bout after twice having MSU's Dimitrus Renfroe on his back. He posted four takedowns and eight near-fall points, ending the bout on a double-leg takedowns at 5:20. Coon, who sat out last week's Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, improved to 5-0 on the season.
The Wolverines didn't fare as well as the lowerweights, with MSU claiming two of the opening three bouts, but earned big bonus points senior Rossi Bruno's 16-1 technical fall against Patrick Blommel at 133 pounds. Bruno, ranked 12th nationally at 133 pounds, hit two early double-leg takedowns before repeatedly tilting Blommel for 10 back points before the end of the first period. He added a single-leg takedown early in the second to end the match at the 3:26 mark.
Sophomore Alec Pantaleo, ranked 12th at 149 pounds, also earned a technical fall -- his second of the season -- with a 19-4 victory over Mark Bozzo. Pantaleo scored on two takedowns and a four-point suck back in the first before adding two more takedowns each in the second and third frames. He rode out the match on the last one, earning 2:18 in time advantage to secure the extra point for the tech fall.
Junior Brian Murphy, ranked fifth nationally at 157 pounds, was victorious in his return to the lineup from injury, using a big third period to claim a 14-2 major decision against Joe Johnson. After fending off a high single in the air for several seconds early in the third, Murphy instead scored on the position himself before adding another double leg and four-point leg turn in the waning moments of the bout. He also points a takedown and two-point tilt in the opening frame. It was just his second match of the season.
Sophomore Garrett Sutton earned a six-point injury default at 165 pounds when the Spartans' Travis Curley could not continue after the second period. Sutton led 9-0 at the time after posting two takedowns apiece in the first and second periods. Curley appeared to hit his head in the second frame and after a break for a concussion test, the MSU coaches ended the match at 5:00.
Sophomore/freshman Davonte Mahomes rounded out the Wolverines' winners with an 11-4 decision over Shane Shadaia at 174 pounds. Mahomes, ranked 20th, scored on three takedowns in the first period, added another in the third and was looking for more but ran out of time. He earned a late stall point and secured 1:36 in riding-time advantage.
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The Wolverines will take a break for final exams and the holiday season before returning to action at the annual Southern Scuffle, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 1-2, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Results:
125 -- Mitch Rogaliner (MSU) dec. #16 Conor Youtsey, 8-5 MSU, 3-0
133 -- #12 Rossi Bruno (U-M) tech. fall Patrick Blommel, 16-1 (3:26) U-M, 5-3
141 -- Javier Gasca (MSU) dec. George Fisher, 5-3 MSU, 6-5
149 -- #12 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) tech. fall Mark Bozzo, 19-4 (7:00) U-M, 10-6
157 -- #5 Brian Murphy (U-M) major dec. Joe Johnson, 14-2 U-M, 14-6
165 -- Garrett Sutton (U-M) injury def. Travis Curley, 5:00 U-M, 20-6
174 -- #20 Davonte Mahomes (U-M) dec. Shane Shadaia, 11-4 U-M, 23-6
184 -- #10 Domenic Abounader (U-M) pinned Wesley Maskill, 4:42 U-M, 29-6
197 -- #7 Max Huntley(U-M) tech. fall Jacob Cooper, 22-7 (6:27) U-M, 34-6
Hwt -- #3 Adam Coon (U-M) tech. fall Dimitrus Renfroe, 17-1 (5:20) U-M, 39-6
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