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EAST LANSING, Mich. – University of Iowa freshman Spencer Lee and junior Sam Stoll advanced to the consolation finals of the 2018 Big Ten Wrestling Championships following bonus-point wins Sunday at the Breslin Center.
Lee, the No. 2 seed at 125, put together three takedowns, four nearfall points, and more than three minutes of riding time to win by 12-0 major decision against No. 4 Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern. Lee will wrestle for third place against Purdue’s sixth-seeded Luke Welch.
Stoll, the No. 4 seed at 285, won by fall in one minute, 48 seconds against Northwestern’s Conan Jennings, the No. 6 seed. Stoll will wrestle Penn State’s Nick Nevills for third place.
Four more Hawkeyes – Vince Turk (141), Alex Marinelli (165), Joey Gunther (174), and Cash Wilcke (197) – will wrestle for fifth place Sunday at 2 p.m.
Mitch Bowman placed eighth at 184. Bowman was unseeded entering the tournament, and dropped the seventh-place 9-4.
The Big Ten Championship finals begin today at 2 p.m. (CT) and are televised on BTN. Iowa’s Brandon Sorensen wrestles for the 149-pound conference title. The third- and fifth-place matches will be contested during the title match of each corresponding weight class. Those matches are streamed online at BTN2Go.
The Hawkeyes are in fourth place entering the final medal round.
CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL RESULTS
125 – #2 Spencer Lee (IA) dec. #4 Sebastian Rivera (NW), 12-0
141 – #2 Nick Lee (PSU) dec. Vince Turk (IA), 8-3
157 – #1 Michael Kemerer (IA) medically forfeited to sixth place
165 – #4 Richie Lewis (RUT) dec. #2 Alex Marinelli (IA), 7-5
174 – #5 Johnny Sebastian (NW) dec. #7 Joey Gunther, 3-2
197 – #4 Kevin Beazley (MICH) dec. #3 Cash Wilcke (IA), 3-1
285 – #4 Sam Stoll (IA) pinned #6 Conan Jennings (NW), 1:46
SEVENTH PLACE RESULTS
184 – #7 Ricky Robertson (WIS) dec. Mitch Bowman (IA), 9-4
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUPS
149 – #2 Brandon Sorensen (IA) vs. #1 Zain Retherford (PSU)
THIRD PLACE MATCHUPS
125 – #2 Spencer Lee (IA) vs. #6 Luke Welch (PUR)
285 – #4 Sam Stoll (IA) vs. #3 Nick Nevills (PSU)
FIFTH PLACE MATCHUPS
141 – Vince Turk (IA) vs. #8 Eli Stickley (WIS)
165 – #2 Alex Marinelli (IA) vs. #7 Logan Massa (MICH)
174 – #7 Joey Gunther (IA) vs. #4 Dylan Lydy (PUR)
197 – #3 Cash Wilcke (IA) vs. #6 Christian Brunner (PUR)
TEAM SCORES
1. Ohio State 145.5
2. Penn State 133
3. Michigan 108
4. IOWA 87
5. Nebraska 71.5
6. Minnesota 66.5
7. Wiscsoni 63
8. Illinois 56.5
9. Purdue 55.5
10. Northwestern 51.5
11. Rutgers 39.5
12. Maryland 27.5
13. Indiana 10
14. Michigan State 9.5
