Senior/junior Nick Roy (Wall, N./J./Wall HS) kicked off the dual meet at 174 pounds, earning a dominant 20-7 victory over Zach Craiglow to set an early tone for the Wolverines. Roy converted on nine takedowns, including five in the first period, and accumulated 3:57 in riding time to earn his third major decision of the season.
Sophomore/freshman Casey White (Commerce, Mich./Walled Lake Central HS) took advantage of a flurry late in the 197-pound match to score the deciding takedown en route to a 3-1 win over James Aston. With each wrestler earning his escape point, the score was locked at 1-1 with approximately 45 seconds remaining in the contest when White moved around behind out of a scramble situation on the edge to take the final advantage. The Wolverine rode out Aston for the rest of the match to eliminate the Buckeye wrestler's riding-time advantage.
Fifth-year senior captain Greg Wagner (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider HS) cruised to a 4-1 win over the Buckeyes' Kirk Nail at heavyweight, scoring the only points he would need with a takedown midway through the opening period. Nail had an early single leg, but Wagner fought it off and reshot, converting a double-leg attempt near the edge of the mat. The Buckeye earned his escape late in the period but would not score again as Wagner picked up an escape of his own and added 2:22 in riding time to improve to 21-0 on the season.
Freshman Michael Watts (Riverton, Utah/Riverton HS) came out on top of a high-scoring 18-9 affair against OSU's Anner Arroyo to earn his second straight win at 125 pounds. Watts took immediate control in the match and never trailed, using a gator roll just seconds into the bout to put Arroyo to his back for two-and-two. The remainder of the match was marked by several flurries on the mat with Watts earning two more takedowns, a pair of reversals and four back points. The Wolverine added 2:53 in riding time to give the Wolverines an 11-point advantage entering the halftime break.
Senior/junior Mark Moos (Lorain, Ohio/St. Edward HS) used riding-time advantage to break a deadlocked score at the end of regulation and claim a 5-4 decision against 20th-ranked Reece Humphrey. Moos took the initial lead off a single-leg takedown early in the opening period, but Humphrey was able to neutralize the score midway through the second with a takedown on the edge of the mat. Humphrey earned his escape early in the third frame to knot the score at 4-4, but with neither wrestler scoring through the remainder of the period, Moos' 1:59 in riding time proved the deciding factor.
The Wolverines won a pair of tight matches at 141 and 149 pounds as junior/sophomores Josh Churella (Northville, Mich./Novi HS) and Eric Tannenbaum (Naperville, Ill/North HS) pulled off a two-point decisions to extend recent winning streaks. Churella used a single-leg takedown midway through the first period to score the only points he would need in a 3-1 decision against T.J. Enright, his 10th consecutive victory.
Tannenbaum earned a 6-4 sudden-victory decision in the day's marquee match against 11th-ranked J Jaggers. The Wolverine, ranked sixth, gave up the initial takedown but rallied from the early deficit with a single leg of his own midway through the first period. Each wrestler earned his escape point to even the score at four apiece at the end of seven minutes. Tannenbaum, who had been in deep on a single leg at the final buzzer, immediately shot in on a low single on the whistle, and after a short scramble earned his points for his fifth straight win.
At 157 pounds, junior/sophomore Jeff Marsh (Dexter, Mich./Dexter HS) earned his third dual win in as many appearances behind a 10-1 major decision against the Buckeyes' Steve Wolery. Marsh scored three takedowns and a pair of back points en route to the victory while allowing just an escape early in the second. His final takedown, a single leg at the closing buzzer, sealed up the extra bonus point for the Wolverines.
The Wolverines will wrap up the regular season at home next weekend with a pair of tough Big Ten duals against Minnesota and Indiana. On Friday (Feb. 17), U-M will square off against the top-ranked Gopher squad in a 7 p.m. contest before returning on Sunday (Feb. 19) for its regular-season finale against Indiana at 2 p.m. Both duals will be held at Cliff Keen Arena.
#3 Michigan 27, Ohio State 6
174 -- #7 Nick Roy (U-M) major dec. Zach Craiglow. 20-1 U-M, 4-0
184 -- Alex Picazo (OSU) dec. #18 Tyrel Todd, 7-6 U-M, 4-3
197 -- Casey White (U-M) dec. James Aston, 3-1 U-M, 7-3
Hwt -- #3 Greg Wagner (U-M) dec. Kirk Nail, 4-1 U-M, 10-3
125 -- Michael Watts (U-M) major dec. Anner Arroyo, 18-9 U-M, 14-3
133 -- #12 Mark Moos (U-M) dec. #20 Reece Humphrey, 5-4 U-M, 17-3
141 -- #4 Josh Churella (U-M) dec. T.J. Enright, 3-1 U-M, 20-3
149 -- #6 Eric Tannenbaum (U-M) dec. #11 J Jaggers, 6-4 SV U-M, 23-3
157 -- Jeff Marsh (U-M) major dec. Steve Wolery, 10-1 U-M, 27-3
165 -- Nathaniel Auguston (OSU) dec. Rob Sulaver, 7-6 U-M, 27-6
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