Team wins 2 of 4 during long weekend

The IU wrestling team started the weekend on a bad note by dropping their Big Ten opener. The Hoosiers responded to the setback by winning their next two matches of the weekend before falling again on Sunday.\nFriday night, the Hoosiers welcomed No. 18 Wisconsin to Bloomington. The Badgers gave the Hoosiers (6-5, 0-1) all they could handle in a 33-6 victory. Wisconsin (9-5, 1-0) won all but two matches on the night. \n"Wisconsin wrestled well," IU coach Duane Goldman said. "They were the aggressor. When you wrestle like they did, good things will happen."\nThe lone victories for the Hoosiers were notched by freshman Pat DeGain and junior Greg Schaefer.\n"Tonight is a hard night to swallow," Schaefer said, following the Wisconsin match. "We have to figure out the problem."\nThe question on some of the players' minds would be how they would respond to the setback.\n"It's crunch time," DeGain said. "That's the way I feel. I don't know about everyone else. Today was a big day for us. We have to rebound. We've got two days. We have to pick it up."\nThe Hoosiers did just that when they traveled to Indianapolis to take on Carson-Newman and the University of Indianapolis. \nIU wrestled Carson-Newman in the first Saturday match. The Hoosiers dominated the match and came out with a 44-0 win.\nIn the second match on Saturday, IU defeated Indianapolis 32-12. Sophomore Steve Amy recorded a pin. Schaefer, DeGain, sophomore Coyte Cooper, freshman Rocky Mantella, and senior Viktor Sveda each picked up their second victories of the day.\n"Obviously we didn't wrestle teams of Wisconsin's caliber, but we came out with more intensity," Goldman said. "I think the guys were embarrassed after last night, and they came out and got things going today. We just have to make take the same confidence and intensity level into matches like Penn State."\nWith his second victory, Sveda became the all-time leader in wins at IU with 135.\n"I came here looking for two big wins and I was able to come away with it today," Sveda said. "Of course it is a great honor to get the record, but I am not happy with (it) until I get a national championship."\nThe Hoosiers finished out their weekend with another Big Ten match against Penn State. The Nittany Lions (4-6, 1-0) defeated IU (8-6, 0-2) 26-9. Sveda improved his season record to 20-2. DeGain (13-5) and Schaefer (19-2) also recorded wins.\n"We had some good individual performances today and the score doesn't really tell the whole story," Goldman said. "Viktor (Sveda) did a good job rebounding after his loss to Wisconsin and (Pat) DeGain keeps getting better in every match. \n"We are still trying to mature at some weights, but we had a much better effort than we did against Wisconsin. We are just trying to get better each time out because we have some guys that can really make some impact late in the season."\nThe Hoosiers return to action at home this Friday against a tough Ohio State team. IU will follow up with another home contest on Sunday against Michigan State.\nSveda will be in action tonight as he competes at the National Wrestling Coaches Association's All-Star Classic. The Classic features the top two wrestlers in each weight class. Sveda will face No. 2 Andy Hrovat of Michigan.