After Buckeye Nathan Costello (125) (Sr., Maple Heights, Ohio/Maple Heights) lost 10-4 to the Quakers' Mike Silengo and Reece Humphrey (133) (Fr., Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) gave up an 11-3 major decision to No. 9 Matt Valenti, T.J. Enright (So., Galloway, Ohio/Westland) scored OSU's first three points, taking a 3-1 decision from Penn's Cesar Grajales at 141. No. 7 J Jaggers (Fr., Northfield, Ohio/St. Peter Chanel) followed with a second-period pin (53 seconds) of 16-th ranked Matt Dragon at 149 to give the Buckeyes a 9-7 lead.
However, Ohio State was unable to overcome Penn the rest of the way. Steve Wolery (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota West) lost to No. 19 Gene Zannetti, 5-0, at 157 and No. 16th-ranked Steve Sommer (Sr., West Carrollton, Ohio/Dayton Carroll) dropped an 11-5 decision to Lior Zamir at 165. Nathaniel Augustson (Sr., Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho) was downed by Matt Herrington, 14-6, at 174 and Alex Picazo (Jr., Columbus, Ohio/Grandview) lost to No. 16 Dustin Wiles, 7-2, at 184. With Corey Morrison (Fr., Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights) falling, 6-4, to Paul Velekei at 197, Penn increased its lead, 23-9, and forfeited the heavyweight match-up. The Buckeyes' six points from the forfeit resulted in the final tally.
Ohio State's 13 points vs. North Carolina was courtesy of wins from R. Humphrey, Jaggers, Sommer and Augustson. R. Humphrey notched his second major decision of the duals after tallying a 13-5 win over Jared Royer and Jaggers won a close 7-5 decision vs. Chris Ramos. Sommer and Augustson scored back-to-back wins with Sommer defeating Garrett Atkinson, 14-8, and Augustson beating Alex Maciag, 7-6.
Costello was up first for the Buckeyes against the Tar Heels and suffered a fall in a 1:13 to Bobby Shaw. Enright lost just his third dual of the year, 4-3, to Vincent Ramirez. Brian Baglio pinned Wolery in 2:06 and Picazo fell to Justin Dobies, 6-2. Morrison was the final wrestler for the Buckeyes and lost to David Dashiell, 14-6. Nail, who was slated to compete at heavyweight, was forced to injury default. Nail went 1-1 on the day after not competing in either of the duals on day two.
Wolery saw his first dual meet action of the season vs. Penn and North Carolina and Nail, along with teammate Jaggers, suffered their first dual losses of the year at the Virginia Duals. Both wrestlers, and teammate R. Humphrey, own the Top 3 Buckeye dual records. Jaggers and Nail are 7-1, while R. Humphrey is 6-2.
Ohio State will open its Big Ten schedule on the road vs. Indiana. The Buckeyes and Hoosiers will match-up at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at the University Gym in Bloomington, Ind.
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