Michigan
Nebraska
Wolverines Surge at Upperweights in Road Win at No. 8 Nebraska
2/4/2022 11:59:00 PM | Wrestling
» No. 3 Michigan earned six match wins, including three over top-10 opponents, to beat No. 8 Nebraska 20-13 for its sixth straight road win.
» Will Lewan (157 pounds) used an overtime takedown to edge No. 5 Peyton Robb, while Logan Massa (174) and Myles Amine (184) also earned back-to-back top-10 wins; Massa avenged last season's losses to Mikey Labriola with a 4-1 decision.
» Jack Medley rolled to a 23-8 technical fall at 125 pounds with nine takedowns and two back points.
Site: Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center)
Score: #3 Michigan 20, #8 Nebraska 12
Records: U-M (9-1, 5-1 B1G), NU (5-3, 2-3 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Friday, Feb. 11 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 7 p.m.
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team rallied at the upperweights and sealed it at the lowerweights to earn a 20-13 comeback win against No. 8 Nebraska on Friday night (Feb. 4) at the Cornhuskers' Devaney Center.
U-M earned top-10 wins from senior/junior Will Lewan (157 pounds) and graduate students Logan Massa (174) and Myles Amine (184) to give the Wolverines their first lead entering intermission -- the dual started at 149 pounds -- while senior heavyweight Mason Parris added a ranked win after the break to put Michigan (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten) ahead for good with three bouts remaining.
Lewan, ranked 13th at 157 pounds, used an overtime takedown to edge fifth-ranked Peyton Robb 3-1 and pick up his biggest win of the season to date. Lewan scrambled out of a deep low single shot and again on a second effort on the edge early in the sudden-victory frame -- a no-call upheld after a Nebraska challenge -- then countered a Robb double-leg attempt from distance, snapping and going behind for the winning takedown with 37 seconds left in the extra period.
Massa, ranked sixth, earned a gritty 4-1 decision over fifth-ranked Mikey Labriola at 174 pounds to avenge a pair of losses to the Cornhusker last season. After a scoreless first period, Massa used a big second-period ride to accumulate more than 90 seconds of time advantage then iced the bout with a counter takedown on the edge in the final 10 seconds of the third. It was Massa's second top-10 in six matches; he improved to 6-1 on the season.
Amine, ranked second at 184 pounds, also benefited from a tough ride in an 8-2 decision over ninth-ranked Taylor Venz. Amine, who improved to 11-1 with four ranked wins, scored off a counter scramble in the first and a reversal in the second and rode out periods before icing it with a go-behind and rideout in the third to finish with 2:06 in riding-time advantage.
Nebraska (5-3, 2-3 Big Ten) retook the lead with a decision win at 197 pounds before Parris stole it back with a 4-1 decision over 12th-ranked Christian Lance at heavyweight -- and Michigan did not trail again. Parris, ranked third, pushed the pace early but could not finish on a multiple leg attacks. As with Massa and Amine, he took control with the ride in the third period, securing more than a minute -- he finished with 1:43 -- then icing the match with a go behind late.
Fifth-year senior Jack Medley poured on the points at 125 pounds, rolling to a 23-8 technical fall over Jeremiah Reno to collect some key bonus points -- after Nebraska earned bonus in the first bout of the dual. Medley scored on nine takedowns -- three per period -- and added two back points off a first-period fireman's dump. He ended the bout with a go behind at 6:11.
Sophomore/freshman Dylan Ragusin, ranked eighth at 133 pounds, clinched the dual win for Michigan with a 6-2 decision over Dominick Serrano. Ragusin scored early and late in the bout, limp-arming out for a takedown on the edge in the first period and icing the match with a single leg late in the third before riding it out for 1:02 in time advantage.
Michigan will wrap up its Big Ten dual slate with two meets next weekend. The Wolverines will travel to Bloomington, Ind., for a 7 p.m. dual against Indiana on Friday (Feb. 11) at Wilkinson Hall before hosting in-state rival Michigan State at noon on Sunday (Feb. 13) at Cliff Keen Arena.
No. 3 Michigan 20, No. 8 Nebraska 13
Individual rankings by InterMat
149 -- #8 Ridge Lovett (NU) major dec. Pat Nolan, 11-3 -- NU, 4-0
157 -- #13 Will Lewan (U-M) dec. #5 Peyton Robb, 3-1 SV -- NU, 4-3
165 -- Bubba Wilson (NU) dec. #12 Cameron Amine, 5-3 -- NY, 7-3
174 -- #6 Logan Massa (U-M) dec. #5 Mikey Labriola, 4-1-- NU, 7-6
184 -- #2 Myles Amine (U-M) dec. #9 Taylor Venz, 8-2 -- U-M, 9-7
197 -- #3 Eric Shultz (NU) dec. #10 Patrick Brucki, 8-5 -- NU, 10-9
Hwt -- #3 Mason Parris (U-M) dec. #12 Christian Lance, 4-1 -- U-M, 12-10
125 -- Jack Medley (U-M) tech. fall Jeremiah Reno, 23-8 (6:11) -- U-M, 17-10
133 -- #8 Dylan Ragusin (U-M) dec. Dominick Serrano, 6-2 -- U-M, 20-10
141 -- #8 Chad Red (NU) dec. #11 Stevan Micic, 7-3 -- U-M, 20-13
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