The night started at 157 lbs. and pinned Wisconsin's No. 2 Craig Henning against Indiana's No. 9 Brandon Becker. These two grapplers are familiar foes and have faced each other five times throughout their careers, with all five meetings ending with a Becker win. On Friday, the first two periods were scoreless and Becker got on the board in the third period with an escape to take a 1-0 advantage. Henning stuck in it until the end but could not score and Becker captured a 2-0 win with riding time to give Indiana the quick 3-0 lead. The loss snapped Henning's 10-match winning streak and was just his second loss this season.
Indiana then pushed ahead to a 6-0 lead with a win at 165 lbs. Wisconsin senior Jake Donar matched up against No. 9 Matt Coughlin and came back from a 3-0 deficit to knot the score at three in the third period. Coughlin broke the match open though with a takedown and a nearfall to put the score at 7-4. Donar would score one more point with an escape but Coughlin closed the bout with a takedown to win, 9-4.
Senior Dan Clum moved into the Wisconsin lineup Friday and got the Badgers on the board with a win at 174 lbs. Clum, who usually wrestles at 165 lbs., matched up against Indiana's Trevor Perry and scored five points in the first period to go up 5-0. In the second, Perry came back with two takedowns to pull within two at 6-4. That was the closest the bout would get as Clum scored five more points to capture the 11-4 win.
Wisconsin sophomore Trevor Brandvold, ranked No. 13, then met Marc Bennett at 184 lbs and fell in a 9-3 decision. With Indiana up, 9-3 the match moved onto 197 lbs. and junior Dallas Herbst helped the Badgers pull within one with a tech fall victory over Joe Fagiano. Herbst, ranked No. 4 in the country, allowed Bennett to score just four points in the 21-4 win.
The Badgers then took their first lead of the night with a big win at heavyweight. No. 14 Wisconsin junior Kyle Massey had a 4-1 lead over Indiana's Nathan Everhart heading into the third period but scored six points for the Badgers with a pin at 5:33 to put the score at 14-9.
Indiana then put the score at 14-12 with a win at 125 lbs. Badger senior Collin Cudd, ranked No. 18, faced 2007 NCAA runner-up Angel Escobedo, ranked No. 2, and fell in a 9-2 decision.
Wisconsin expanded on its lead with an upset win at 133 lbs. No. 12 junior Zach Tanelli faced Indiana's returning All-American, No. 10 Andrae Hernandez and after a scoreless first period, the Badger grappler tallied three points in the second period. Tanelli allowed just two escape points in the bout and won, 5-2 to give Wisconsin the 17-12 advantage.
The Badgers then secured their first Big Ten victory of the season with a win at 141 lbs. No. 8 Kyle Ruschell met Scott Kelly in the bout and scored just two points in the second period but that was all he needed to capture the 2-0 victory.
Freshman Kendall Vogel closed out the night, facing Indiana's Kurt Kinser at 149 lbs. and fell in a 5-0 decision.
After 13 matches away from home, the Badgers finally return to the UW Field House for Big Ten action next weekend. Wisconsin begins the weekend with a 7 p.m. match against Michigan State Friday, Feb. 1 and then host Iowa, the top ranked team in the country, at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 3.
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