5 Upsets Headline Wild Rutgers vs Ohio State Wrestling Dual!
5 Upsets Headline Wild Rutgers vs Ohio State Wrestling Dual!
Ohio State wrestling battled Rutgers in a dual with 5 upsets between the two teams. It was one of the wildest dual meets of the weekend.
Upsets ruled the day in Piscataway when Ohio State wrestling traveled east to Rutgers for Sunday's Big Ten dual. Each team pulled off multiple improbable victories for a total of five on-paper upsets between them in tOSU's 22-12 victory over the Scarlet Knights.
The dual started at 157 lbs and went to script for the first four matches as higher ranked Wilcox, Hepner, and Welsh of Ohio state and Soldano of Rutgers all notched victories, but chaos ensued from there.
At 197 lbs, Buckeye freshman Luke Geog took out Rutgers All-American #12 John Poznanski. The victory was Geog's first over an NCAA All-American in his college career.
Highlights from Geog's victory over Poznanski
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— Ohio State Wrestling (@wrestlingbucks) February 4, 2024
#13 Nick Feldman and #21 Brendan "Middle School" McCrone kept the upset train rolling for Ohio State as Feldman used a third period takedown to beat Harvard transfer #7 Yaraslau Slavikouski 4-2 and McCrone topped #16 Dean Peterson 7-1.
Feldman's match-winning takedown against Slavikouski
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— Ohio State Wrestling (@wrestlingbucks) February 4, 2024
Rutgers responded with two upsets in the final three bouts of the dual. At 133 lbs, #14 Dylan Shawver won a 5-4 decision against #10 Nic Bouzakis who just beat Penn State All-American Aaron Nagao on Friday night in State College.
Action from Shawver's victory over Bouzakis
A B1G top-15 win for @RUWrestling’s Dylan Shawver! 💪
— Big Ten Wrestling (@B1GWrestling) February 4, 2024
No. 13 at 133 secures the 5-4 decision against No. 12 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State. pic.twitter.com/tyVbmPSeO7
At 149 lbs, Rutgers closed the dual with perhaps the biggest upset of the day when unranked 11-6 redshirt sophomore Michael Cetta knocked off #7 All-American Dylan D'Emilio. The Scarlet Knight redshirt sophomore earned two takedowns in the first and finished the period with a 6-2 lead. D'Emilio battled back and sent the bout to overtime tied at 9. Cetta secured a sudden victory takedown to secure the upset and conclude one of the wildest duals of the weekend.
Highlights from Cetta's upset over D'Emilio
Another B1G upset for @RUWrestling! 😳
— Big Ten Wrestling (@B1GWrestling) February 4, 2024
Michael Cetta takes down No. 9 at 149 Dylan D’Emilio in sudden victory. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LDdVyQcdCu