The Badgers charged into Illinois' Huff Hall winning the first three matches with decisions from Tom Clum (133 lbs.), Ed Gutnik (141 lbs.) and Tyler Turner (149 lbs.).
Turner dominated his match and despite scoring three takedowns in the final minute, he ran out of time to get the final two points to secure a major decision and settled for the 10-4 win.
"We came out really aggressively today and attacked well," said assistant coach Cory Wallman. "Our guys are getting to where they need to be and are peaking at the right time of year, just before Big Tens."
With nine points in Wisconsin's favor, the featured match-up at 157 lbs. was cued up with the top-ranked Alex Tirapelle of Illinois facing Wisconsin's No. 5 Craig Henning. Both wrestlers came into the match undefeated in Big Ten action.
After two scoreless periods, Tirapelle managed an escape early in the third. He was able to evade Henning the rest of the match and notched a 2-0 with 1:17 of riding time.
Illinois took four more matches at 165 lbs., 184 lbs., 197 lbs. and 125 lbs.
The Badgers had a chance to pull away when heavyweight Lee Kraemer got his opponent Matt Weight on his back. Weight fought off a pin, but Kraemer earned a three-point nearfall and the 7-5 decision victory.
In the final match of the day, Wisconsin's Collin Cudd faced eighth-ranked Kyle Ott. Cudd kept the score close scoring three escapes in the 5-3 loss. The three points only got Illinois close enough to tie, the first of the season, for either team.
The Badgers now look to the postseason and the 2006 Big Ten Championships, March 3-5 in Bloomington, Ind. Seeding for the tournament will take place in the next week. Stay tuned to uwbadgers.com for the latest news and updates.
#6 Illinois 15, #23 Wisconsin 15
Feb. 19, 2006
Huff Hall
(ILL-UW)
133: #6 Tom Clum (WIS) dec. #19 Gabe Flores (ILL), 1-6 (0-3)
141: Ed Gutnik (WIS) dec. Joel Karr (ILL), 6-2 (0-6)
149: #11 Tyler Turner dec. Troy Tirapelle (ILL), 10-4 (0-9)
157: #1 Alex Tirapelle (ILL) dec. #5 Craig Henning (WIS), 2-0 (3-9)
165: #7 Mike Poeta (ILL) dec. #17 Jake Donar (WIS), 7-1 (6-9)
174: #14 Kelly Flaherty (WIS) dec. Roger Smith-Bergsrud (ILL), 0-1 (6-12)
184: #5 Pete Friedl (ILL) dec. Matt Maciag (WIS), 9-2 (9-12)
197: #8 Tyrone Byrd (ILL) dec. Dallas Herbst (WIS), 1-0 (12-12)
HWT: Lee Kraemer (WIS) dec Matt Weight (ILL), 7-5 (12-15)
125: #8 Kyle Ott (ILL) dec. Collin Cudd (WIS), 5-3 (15-15)
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