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No. 1 Iowa Defeats Spartan Wrestling
12/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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IOWA CITY, Iowa - The Michigan State wrestling team fell to top-ranked Iowa, 37-0, Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes (5-0), who featured seven top-10 wrestlers in their lineup Saturday night, began the dual with a major decision by No. 4 Thomas Gilman over Mitch Rogaliner at 125 pounds, 18-6. Hermilo Esquivel battled fourth-ranked Cory Clark at 133 pounds, but ultimately fell, 5-0.
At 141, Garth Yenter recorded the first takedown against Topher Carton, but Carton scored two reversals in the first two periods and eventually came out with a 6-3 victory.
In the 157-pound match, Roger Wildmo lost a hard-fought decision to Edwin Coooper, 6-5. Wildmo's second period takedown trimmed Cooper's lead to 5-4 with 1:12 remaining; however, Cooper escaped later in the second to make it 6-4. Wildmo managed an escape to start the third, but couldn't overcome the deficit and fell in the one-point decision.
After a scoreless first period, Ryan Watts escaped in the second and took a 1-0 lead over fifth-ranked Nick Moore at 165 pounds. Moore battled back to get a takedown, but Watts remained in the match with a takedown of his own with 1:30 left in the third to tie it at 3. Moore escaped just six seconds later to go back up, 4-3, and tacked on a riding-time point to make the final, 5-3.
The Spartans gave up bonus points at 174 and 184 pounds. At 197, Nick McDiarmid got things started with a takedown in the first period and added another takedown with 40 seconds left in the second, but he quickly allowed a reversal and Meyer tied it at 4 heading into the final period. Although McDiarmid escaped to take a 5-4 lead, Meyer notched a takedown with 45 seconds remaining and held on for the 6-5 win.
No. 3 Bobby Telford closed the dual with a major decision over Luke Jones at heavyweight.
Michigan State (3-4) returns to action for the Northern Iowa Open next Saturday, Dec. 13, in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
No. 1 Iowa 37, Michigan State 0
125: No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) major dec. Mitch Rogaliner (Michigan State), 18-6. Iowa leads, 4-0
133: No. 4 Cory Clark (Iowa) dec. Hermilo Esquivel (Michigan State), 5-0. Iowa leads, 7-0
141: Topher Carton (Iowa) dec. Garth Yenter (Michigan State), 6-3. Iowa leads, 10-0
149: No. 9 Brody Grothus (Iowa) tech fall Kaelan Richards (Michigan State), 16-1. Iowa leads, 15-0
157: Edwin Cooper (Iowa) dec. Roger Wildmo (Michigan State), 6-5. Iowa leads, 18-0
165: No. 5 Nick Moore (Iowa) dec. Ryan Watts (Michigan State), 5-3. Iowa leads, 21-0
174: No. 5 Mike Evans (Iowa) tech fall Kevin Nash (Michigan State), 20-5. Iowa leads, 26-0
184: No. 9 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) major dec. John Rizqallah (Michigan State), 11-3. Iowa leads, 30-0
197: Alex Meyer (Iowa) dec. Nick McDiarmid (Michigan State), 6-5. Iowa leads, 33-0
285: No. 3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) major dec. Luke Jones (Michigan State), 10-2. Iowa wins, 37-0
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