Three Hoosiers - No. 12 Angel Escobedo, No. 7 Matt Coughlin and Josh Buuck - pinned their opponents on the day, while Andrae Hernandez earned a 15-0 technical fall in the victory. Seven of the 10 Hoosiers earned bonus points on the day, as IU won its 13th straight match against EIU.
Escobedo (125 pounds) opened the meet with his team-leading 11th pin of the year, dropping A.J. Ciccarelli in 4:40. It marked the second time in just over two weeks that he has pinned Ciccarelli, as he turned the trick at the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29. Escobedo is tied for 10th on IU's single-season list with the 11 falls. Escobedo's cousin, Hernandez, followed that up with a 15-0 technical fall of Lenny Grodoski to run his season record to 18-8. He leads the squad with five technical falls on the year.
At 141, Nick Walpole topped Casey Carrino 3-1 to move to 16-7 on the season. Coughlin followed Walpole with his fifth pin of the year at 149, falling Tommy Reamer in 1:16. Ryan Pribble (157) won his first dual meet as a Hoosier after that, taking a 7-5 decision over Kile O'Toole. Max Dean (165) followed up a fourth-place finish at Midlands with a 12-0 major decision over Billy Gallo to improve to 22-6 on the year.
At 174 pounds, Kenny Robertson earned EIU's only points of the match, taking a 12-0 major decision over Trevor Perry. Indiana followed with major decisions by No. 12 Marc Bennett (11-2) and true freshman Nathan Everhart at 184 and 197, respectively. Buuck closed the match by pinning Joe Trinka in 3:46 for his fifth pin on the year in his six victories.
Indiana returns to action on Friday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. EST in University Gym, when it hosts arch-rival Purdue for the first meet of the Big Ten season.
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