No. 18 Illinois Fall 13-21 in Last Dual to No. 3 Iowa State

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No. 18 Illinois Fall 13-21 in Last Dual to No. 3 Iowa State

All rankings according to InterMat
AMES, Iowa – The No. 18 Illinois wrestling squad finished out their regular season on Sunday, Feb. 12 in a hard fought 13-21 loss to No. 3 Iowa State. Redshirt junior No. 19 Zac Braunagel (197 lbs.) pulled off a big upset against No. 5 (No. 3 by FloWrestling) Yonger Bastida by a 4-3 decision.

Redshirt sophomore No. 10 Lucas Byrd (133 lbs.) started the scoring off for the Illini. He major decisioned No. 21 Zach Redding and accumulated 4:14 of riding time to improve to 23-3. This gave the Illini a 4-3 lead, their only one of the afternoon.

Sixth year senior No. 13 Mike Carr (157 lbs.) improved to 4-0 with his 10-8 decision win over No. 27 Jason Kraisser. This pulled the Illini within two, 7-9. Redshirt sophomore No. 11 Edmond Ruth (174 lbs.) picked up a win over No. 25 Julien Broderson, decision 3-2, to improve to 24-3. This made the team score 10-13.

UP NEXT
The Illini wrestling squad is off for three weeks to prepare for the Big Ten Championships on Sat.-Sun. March 4-5 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
FULL RESULTS
Weight   Matchup   Score
125:   Caleb Fuessley dec. Maximo Renteria, 6-4
ILL 0 | ISU 3
133:   #10 Lucas Byrd major dec. #21 Zach Redding
ILL 4 I ISU 3
141:   Casey Swiderski dec. #17 Danny Pucino, 10-7
ILL 4 I ISU 6
149:   #19 Paniro Johnson dec. Jake Harrier, 12-6
ILL 4 I ISU 9
157:   #13 Mike Carr dec. Jason Kraisser, 10-8
ILL 7 I ISU 9
165:   #2 David Carr major dec. Anthony Federico, 16-2
ILL 7 I ISU 13
174:   #11 Edmond Ruth dec. #25 Julien Broderson, 3-2
ILL 10 I ISU 13
184:   #4 Marcus Coleman tech. fall #23 Dylan Connell, 20-4 (5:42)
ILL 10 I ISU 18
197:   #11 Zac Braunagel dec. #5 Yonger Bastida, 4-3
ILL 13 I ISU 18
HWT:   #9 Sam Schuyler dec. Matt Wroblewski, 5-3
ILL 13 I ISU 21

Nick Tomanelli
Athletics Communication Coordinator
University of Illinois Athletics