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Wrestling: ‘Cats struggle against top-10 Minnesota Tight matches and upsets help Gophers take down NU. Share this story Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images Northwestern traveled to Minneapolis last Sunday in what may have been its last regular-season dual of the year. Coming off of a solid ranked win against Wisconsin a week prior, the ‘Cats looked to carry that momentum into a tough match against the Golden Gophers but managed to pick up only two wins in a 29-10 loss. With its February 19 dual against top-ranked Iowa having been postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test, NU was given an...

College wrestling: Penn State tops Michigan and other headlines from last weekend Oklahoma State's Daton Fix reads heartfelt letter from his parents Share Fireworks. That’s the only word to describe the college wrestling matches from this past weekend. The Penn State Nittany Lions returned to the mat and looked as close to championship form as this team has looked all season, Michigan pulled out a narrow, rivalry win against the Buckeyes and Navy topped Army 20-13 in another historic dual. Add the fact that one top-ranked wrestler was taken down by a conference opponent, another top-ranked...

Heavyweight Gable Steveson continued his dominance, earning a pin in 34 seconds.

Minnesota overpowers Illinois 2/5/2021 MINNEAPOLIS -- The No. 10 Gopher wrestling team (5-2) won five of the last six matches to defeat No. 13 Illinois (4-2), 25-13, on Friday night at Maturi Pavilion. Fifth-year senior Owen Webster upset No. 7 Zac Braunagel at 184 pounds, while top-ranked heavyweight Gable Steveson pinned sixth-ranked Luke Luffman in just 34 seconds to close out the dual. Sophomore Patrick McKee gave the Gophers an early 3-0 lead with a 4-2 decision against No. 13 Justin Cardani at 125 pounds. Ranked seventh in the nation, McKee trailed most of the match, but...

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images As a note, all rankings are courtesy of Intermat, who do a good job and don’t charge me money to view them. Team rankings are dual rankings, not tournament. Atinat: This week of wrestling is pretty fun. On paper, it’s better than last week. Next week should be better, with two duals on BTN Friday night. But the Big Ten is missing a real opportunity (or maybe they’re doing this and haven’t told me, idk). Michigan’s covid pause has caused four duals to be postponed, including against Penn State and Iowa. Penn State and Iowa wrestle next Friday. The ...