I attended the RU wrestling practice today and the workout was brutal and intense. The boys got after it in a very spirited way. Friday night will be an intense effort so I hope we get a very good crowd to attend. We are ranked anywhere from 8 to 10 as a team after our close loss to Minny up there. Hopefully we have Lewis and Haden back so we are at full strength. The boys are psyched up for Friday.
Wisky comes in struggling a bit for them with a 1-4 recrd and 0-3 in the Big Ten. They beat UW-Whitewater 43-0 and lost to Pitt 25-9, PSU 36-7, Nebraska 29-11 and Iowa 31-3. They are led by # 7 Ryan Taylor at 133 and Ike Jordan at 165 who is ranked 3rd in the country and is unbeaten at 15-0. The big matchups are at 133 between our Giraldo and Taylor and a rematch at 165 between our Perrotti and Jordan. Jordan beat AP 2 years ago for the 7/8 place at the NCAAs 2-0 with an escape and time advantage by riding Anthony out the whole period.
Probable Lineups:
125 McCabe vs Johnny Jimenez
133 Giraldo vs Ryan Taylor
141 Ashnault vs Gabe Grahek or Luke Rowh
149 Dippery vs Ryan Lubeck or Andrew Crone
157 Lewis vs TJ Ruschell
165 Perrotti vs Issac Jordan
174 Bakuckas vs Ricky Robertson
184 Gravina vs Ryan Christensen
197 Hrymack vs Eric Peissing
285 Smith vs Brock Horwath
Robertson is a very tough kid and beat Phil last year I believe.
Wisky comes in struggling a bit for them with a 1-4 recrd and 0-3 in the Big Ten. They beat UW-Whitewater 43-0 and lost to Pitt 25-9, PSU 36-7, Nebraska 29-11 and Iowa 31-3. They are led by # 7 Ryan Taylor at 133 and Ike Jordan at 165 who is ranked 3rd in the country and is unbeaten at 15-0. The big matchups are at 133 between our Giraldo and Taylor and a rematch at 165 between our Perrotti and Jordan. Jordan beat AP 2 years ago for the 7/8 place at the NCAAs 2-0 with an escape and time advantage by riding Anthony out the whole period.
Probable Lineups:
125 McCabe vs Johnny Jimenez
133 Giraldo vs Ryan Taylor
141 Ashnault vs Gabe Grahek or Luke Rowh
149 Dippery vs Ryan Lubeck or Andrew Crone
157 Lewis vs TJ Ruschell
165 Perrotti vs Issac Jordan
174 Bakuckas vs Ricky Robertson
184 Gravina vs Ryan Christensen
197 Hrymack vs Eric Peissing
285 Smith vs Brock Horwath
Robertson is a very tough kid and beat Phil last year I believe.