Michigan surged to an early and sizable advantage, claiming each of the opening six matches, to build up a 22-0 lead, before the Spartans earned three straight decisions to get on the board.
Sophomore heavyweight Adam Coon put an exclamation on the Wolverine victory, using a second-period leg turk to pin Chris Nash at the 6:04 mark. Coon, ranked eighth in the latest InterMat poll, was up 11 points at the time of the fall, scoring four takedowns and two back before hitting another single leg midway through the second, finishing with a split-leg turk and quickly horsed Nash to his back for his second straight pin. Coon improved to 5-0 in dual competition.
The Wolverines didn't allow an offensive point in their opening bouts as junior/sophomore Conor Youtsey and junior Rossi Bruno earned back-to-back decisions at 125 and 133 pounds, respectively. After missing on several front headlock opportunities and drawing a late staling call against Mitch Rogaliner, Youtsey capitalized on third-period scramble to score the winning takedown and seal a 3-2 decision.
Bruno, ranked eighth nationally, shut out the Spartans' Hermilo Esquivel, 4-0, in the subsequent match. He scrambled out of a deep first-period single-leg attack and immediately shot in and converted one of his own before riding out the frame to secure more than a minute of time advantage. He rode out the entirety of the third, ending the match with 3:03 time advantage.
Sophomore/freshman George Fisher held on to win a wild one, 10-8, over Javier Gasca at 141 pounds after building up an early advantage with two takedowns in the first period. Fisher added off a counter attack, spinning behind on an MSU shot before Gasca, who is ranked 11th nationally at 133 pounds, cut the gap with a reversal and takedown in the third -- both out a scramble scenarios. It was Fisher's first collegiate dual win.
Freshman Alec Pantaleo, ranked 13th nationally, cruised to an 11-3 major decision over Nick Trimble at 149 pounds. He scored three takedowns -- one in each period -- and added three near-fall points on a second-period whip over. He secured the bonus point late in the third, spinning around a Trimble half shot, and rode out the match to accumulate 1:39 in time advantage.
Sophomore Brian Murphy, ranked 19th nationally, used a big second period to defeat Roger Wildmo, 6-0, at 157 pounds. After a scoreless first period, Murphy converted on an explosive double leg midway through the second, adding two back points with an arm bar at the buzzer. The Wolverine wrestler rode out the third period to accumulate 3:26 in riding-time advantage.
Junior/sophomore Taylor Massa, ranked 10th at 165 pounds, also earned bonus when the Spartans' Ryan Watts defaulted in the waning seconds of the second period (4:58). After having a high-crotch takedown waived off on review in the first period, Massa had just finished on a head-in-the-hole to extend his lead to 3-0 when the default occurred.
The Spartans narrowed the final score with three straight decisions at the upperweights -- by just a combined four points. The most noteworthy -- and most controversial -- MSU win came at 184 pounds, where 13th-ranked sophomore Domenic Abounader fell to John Rizqallah, 4-3, after a late third-period escape. Rizqallah scored a takedown on a last-second flurry in the first period, and while Abounader appeared to have a reversal at the buzzer, a review of the sequence proved inconclusive. He did score a quick reversal in the second and rode for the bulk of the third, building 1:40 in time advantage, before Rizqallah escaped to earn a one-point advantage. Abounader struggled to keep the Spartan in the circle but didn't get a second stall call.
The Wolverines will open the home portion of their 2014-15 schedule next Sunday (Jan. 18), hosting rival Ohio State at 2 p.m. at Cliff Keen Arena.
Results:
125 -- Conor Youtsey (U-M) dec. Mitch Rogaliner, 3-2 U-M, 3-0
133 -- #8 Rossi Bruno (U-M) dec. Hermilo Esquivel, 4-0 U-M, 6-0
141 -- George Fisher (U-M) dec. Javier Gasca, 10-8 U-M, 9-0
149 -- #13 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) major dec. Nick Trimble, 11-3 U-M, 13-0
157 -- #19 Brian Murphy (U-M) dec. Roger Wildmo, 6-0 U-M, 16-0
165 -- #10 Taylor Massa (U-M) injury def. Ryan Watts, 4:58 U-M, 22-0
174 -- Nick Proctor (MSU) dec. Connor Brancheau, 5-3 U-M, 22-3
184 -- John Rizqallah (MSU) dec. #13 Domenic Abounader, 4-3 U-M, 22-6
197 -- Nick McDiarmid (Minn) dec. Chris Heald, 3-2 U-M, 22-9
Hwt -- #8 Adam Coon (U-M) pinned Chris Nash, 6:04 U-M, 28-9
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