The teams traded nothing but major decisions through the opening five bouts with Michigan claiming wins at 125, 133 and 149 pounds to build a 12-8 lead at the intermission break.
Senior/junior Conor Youtsey, ranked 20th in the latest InterMat poll at 125 pounds, set the early tone, cruising to an 11-3 major decision against Luke Schroeder at the opening weight. He scored on two first-period takedowns -- early and late in the frame -- and added three more, including two in the third period. He rode out the bout after his last score late, accumulating 3:34 in time advantage.
Senior Rossi Bruno, one of five Wolverine seniors honored before the dual, followed with a similarly decisive win against Luke Welch at 133 pounds, using a big third period to earn a 10-1 major decision. After a scoreless first period, Bruno, ranked 18th nationally, surged ahead with an escape and takedown in the second before combining a single-leg takedown with a four-point cradle midway through the third. He added a point for 1:53 riding-time advantage.
After a Purdue win at 141 pounds, sixth-ranked sophomore Alec Pantaleo secured another Wolverine major decision with a 12-2 rout over Jeremy Golding at 149 pounds. Pantaleo scored on four takedowns, including three in the third period, added an escape and a couple stall points and accumulated 2:44 in riding-time advantage.
The Wolverines claimed each of the final four bouts but nearly started the streak earlier at 165 pounds, where sophomore Garrett Sutton lost a 7-6 heartbreaker on a last-second reversal by seventh-ranked Chad Welch. Senior/junior Aaron Calderon was victorious in his Keen Arena debut, winning 8-3 against Kirk Johnson at 174 pounds to get the Wolverines back on track. Calderon, who has bumped up two weights from 157, scored on three takedowns -- one in each period -- and rode for 1:13.
The Wolverines' upperweight gauntlet of junior Domenic Abounader, graduate student Max Huntley and junior Adam Coon all secured bonus points to close out the dual win. Abounader, ranked second nationally at 184 pounds, settled for an 11-2 major decision against Tanner Lynde, struggling to turn the Boilermaker and instead using four takedowns and 4:23 riding-time advantage -- largely from a third-period rideout -- to control from start to finish.
Huntley, ranked sixth, cruised to a 16-1 technical against Drake Stein at 197 pounds after building a sizable early lead on a quick single-leg takedown and eight back points. He added two more single legs, including one to end the bout at the 5:20 mark.
Coon, ranked fourth, was leading 2-1 early in his heavyweight bout against Tyrel Kral when the two wrestlers knocked their heads together and Kral could not continue, giving Coon the win by injury default at 2:18. Coon improved to 15-0 on the season. The Wolverines' other two upperweight captains are a perfect 14-0 in duals.
Results:
125 -- #20 Conor Youtsey (U-M) major dec. Luke Schroeder, 11-3 4 0
133 -- #18 Rossi Bruno (U-M) major dec. Luke Welch, 10-1 8 0
141 -- Danny Sabatello (PU) major dec. Zac Hall, 10-1 8 4
149 -- #6 Alec Pantaleo (U-M) major dec. Jeremy Golding, 12-2 12 4
157 -- Doug Welch (PU) major dec. Jordan Amine, 9-0 12 8
165 -- #7 Chad Welch (PU) dec. Garrett Sutton, 7-6 12 11
174 -- Aaron Calderon (U-M) dec. Kirk Johnson, 8-3 15 11
184 -- #2 Domenic Abounader (U-M) major dec. Tanner Lynde, 11-2 19 11
197 -- #6 Max Huntley (U-M) tech. fall Drake Stein, 16-1 (5:20) 24 11
Hwt -- #4 Adam Coon (U-M) injury def. Tyler Kral, 2:18 30 11
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