Indiana wrestling’s 2021-22 schedule includes five ranked matchups against Big Ten teams
The Indiana wrestling program’s schedule was officially released Wednesday and includes non-conference opponents for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
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The Indiana wrestling program’s schedule was officially released Wednesday and includes non-conference opponents for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
InterMat Wrestling released its 2021-22 NCAA Division I rankings Sept. 3. InterMat ranked the top 33 wrestlers for all 10 weight classes, with four Indiana wrestlers making the rankings.
IU wrestling’s 2020 freshman class dealt with a season like no other this year. Head coach Angel Escobedo said this class missed out on a lot because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the team showed resilience and heart in the face of it.
IU wrestling redshirt freshman DJ Washington won the UWW Junior Nationals tournament in the 79 kg. weight class this weekend. Eleven Hoosiers total competed in the tournament, and sophomore heavyweight Jacob Bullock was an All-American with a seventh-place finish.
IU wrestling sent three athletes to the NCAA Wrestling Championships this week. Sophomores DJ Washington and Cayden Rooks and redshirt sophomore Graham Rooks all won matches for IU before being eliminated from the tournament Friday morning in the second consolation round.
IU wrestling took part in the Big Ten Wrestling Championships this weekend in University Park, Pennsylvania. As a team, the Hoosiers finished 13th out of 14 teams, but two IU wrestlers — Graham Rooks and DJ Washington — made it far enough in the tournament to secure spots in the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 18-20.
IU’s wrestling team will compete in the Big Ten Wrestling Championships Saturday and Sunday. The Hoosiers — whose two Big Ten dual wins this season were their most since the 2016-17 season — are led by No. 9 sophomore DJ Washington, who is the No. 5 seed in the tournament in the 174-pound weight class. The tournament will be broadcasted on Big Ten Network starting at 10 a.m Saturday.
IU wrestling lost its regular season finale to the Purdue Boilermakers 38-3 Monday night in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Boilermakers had a 35 point margin of victory — the largest of all time in the in-state rivalry — and secured its 11th straight win against the Hoosiers.
Its matchup with in-state rival Purdue is one the IU wrestling team has had circled on its calendar all season, head coach Angel Escobedo said. In their regular season finale, the Hoosiers will take on the Boilermakers at 8 p.m. Monday in West Lafayette, Indiana. The dual will be broadcasted on the Big Ten Network.
IU wrestling took down Maryland 27-13 on its senior day Sunday in Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers scored their most points in a dual meet since their 32-0 victory on senior day against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Feb. 24, 2019.
Coming off two losses against ranked opponents last weekend at home, IU wrestling will look to bounce back against the winless Maryland Terrapins on Sunday in Bloomington and improve on its 1-5 record. This is IU’s last home meet of the season and it will start at 11 a.m.
IU wrestling wasn’t able to capitalize on its home-mat advantage and momentum from last weekend’s win Saturday, losing both of its duals to No. 23 Michigan State and No. 7 Nebraska by scores of 28-10 and 47-0, respectively. IU is now 1-5 in duals this season.
Coming off its first win of the season against Northwestern, IU wrestling is returning home Saturday for its first duals in Wilkinson Hall since its opener against Illinois Jan. 10. IU will take on No. 23 Michigan State at noon and No. 7 Nebraska at 2 p.m.
IU sophomore DJ Washington was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week Tuesday after going 2-0 last weekend, defeating No. 5 redshirt freshman Carter Starocci from Penn State and pinning redshirt freshman Troy Fisher from Northwestern with 18 seconds left in the match.
IU wrestling picked up its first win of the season against Northwestern on Saturday in Evanston, Illinois. After losing to No. 3 Penn State earlier in the day, IU took down Northwestern 18-16 and improved to 1-3 on the season.
IU wrestling will be back on the mat for the first time in two weeks Saturday in Evanston, Illinois, against No. 3 Penn State and Northwestern. The Hoosiers will take on the Nittany Lions at noon before hosting the Wildcats at 2 p.m.
IU wrestling dropped its second dual meet of the season Sunday against No. 3 Michigan with a final score of 32-6, falling to 0-2 on the season. Fans watching at home on BTN Plus enjoyed a technical difficulties screen for most of the meet, with one of the longest uninterrupted portions of the stream coming as staff cleaned the mats during intermission.
After dropping its home opener against Illinois on Jan. 10, IU wrestling will look to take down No. 3 Michigan at noon Sunday in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
IU wrestling’s young roster brought a lot of excitement heading into its shortened season, but that excitement didn’t translate into success in its season opener Sunday against Illinois.
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