No. 23 Indiana Travels to Chattanooga for Regular Season Finale

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No. 23 Indiana Travels to Chattanooga for Regular Season Finale

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February 15, 2023
   
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No. 23 Indiana Travels to Chattanooga for Regular Season Finale
 
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Only one regular season weekend remains for Indiana Wrestling. The Hoosiers will close out the dual schedule with a match at Chattanooga on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Maclellan Gym.
 
PROJECTED LINEUPS
 
Chattanooga (8-10, 5-2)
125: Logan Ashton (3-15)
133: No. 21 Brayden Palmer (16-5)
141: Franco Valdes (3-8) OR Dayne Dalrymple (7-10)
149: Noah Castillo (7-4)
157: Lincoln Heck (11-9)
165: Weston Wichman (3-3) OR Jackson Hurst (4-10)
174: No. 10 Rocky Jordan (15-1)
184: No. 31 Matthew Waddell (12-6)
197: Jake Boyd (9-8) OR Thomas Sell (5-8)
285: Logan Andrew (8-12) OR Logan Webster (3-6)
 
No. 23 Indiana (7-5, 3-5)
125: Jacob Moran (20-12)
133: No. 24 Henry Porter (18-7)
141: Cayden Rooks (11-9)
149: No. 30 Graham Rooks (24-6)
157: No. 20 Derek Gilcher (21-10)
165: Nick South (8-6) OR Robert Major (7-7)
174: No. 11 DJ Washington (20-4)
184: Clayton Fielden (9-12)
197: Nick Willham (15-7) OR Drayton Harris (6-13)
285: No. 22 Jacob Bullock (17-4)
 
CHATTANOOGA PREVIEW:
-Indiana will compete in their final match of the dual season on the road when the Hoosiers take on Chattanooga on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. in Maclellan Gym.
 
-The Mocs currently stand at 8-10 with a 5-2 conference mark in dual action this season.
 
-This will be Chattanooga's fifth time facing a Big Ten opponent, as well. The Mocs have competed against Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois and Iowa already this season.
 
-Chattanooga's conference dual victories include VMI, Davidson, Presbyterian, The Citadel and Gardner-Webb.
 
-The team's final conference matchup will be a home dual vs. Bellarmine on Friday, Feb. 17. 
 
-Last season, Chattanooga finished in third place at the Southern Conference Championships and had four NCAA qualifiers.
 
-The Mocs returned two of those qualifiers in Brayden Palmer (133) and Matthew Waddell (184). Both guys are currently ranked with Palmer being No. 21 and Waddell at No. 33 with 16-5 and 12-6 records, respectively. 
 
-In addition to Palmer and Waddell, Ohio State transfer, Rocky Jordan, has emerged for the Mocs with a 15-1 record this year. He is currently ranked No. 10 at 174 lbs.
 
LAST TIME OUT:
-Indiana returns to action from an 0-2 weekend after two very close duals. The Hoosiers lost at No. 24 Michigan State, 20-16, and at No. 12 Michigan, 23-18.
 
-Indiana and Michigan State split five matches a piece with Indiana taking four victories at Michigan.
 
-No. 29-ranked Redshirt senior Graham Rooks (149) and No. 11-ranked redshirt junior DJ Washington (174) were both 2-0 in the Great Lakes State. 
 
-Rooks won by major decision, 13-4, over Michigan State's Peyton Omania, and handled Michigan's Fidel Mayora in a 4-1 decision.
 
-Washington didn't allow his opponents many opportunities to get to their offense in his two matches. He left Michigan State's Ceasar Garza scoreless in a 4-0 victory and pinned Michigan's No. 28-ranked Max Maylor in the first period (2:55).
 
-Freshman and No. 24 Henry Porter (133) picked up a big win at Michigan State, defeating No. 17-ranked Rayvon Foley in a 10-5 decision.
 
-Nick South (165) also won by fall over Michigan's Alex Wesselman (2:55) for his second win by pin against conference opponents this season.
 
STRONG STANDING:
-In the most recent NCAA Coaches Rankings from Feb. 9, five Hoosiers made the list.
 
-Porter, G. Rooks, Derek Gilcher, Washington and Jacob Bullock all were named. Each wrestler has at least 17 wins on the season.
 
THE HOMESTRETCH:
-The regular season is starting to come to a close. Indiana has just one weekend left in the regular season with the Chattanooga dual as the last competition on the docket.
 
-From there, the team will have a week off prior to the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor on March 4 and 5.
 
-Roughly two weeks after that, a select number of Hoosiers will compete in the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, Okla. from March 16-18.
 
SETTING NEW STANDARDS:
-Indiana Wrestling has returned to its winning ways this season.
 
-Following a 3-8 record and 14th place at the Big Ten Championships in 2021-22, the Hoosiers have bounced back in a major way.
 
-Indiana is ranked in all three major polls. Prior to this season, Indiana had not been ranked since Feb. 2016.
 
-Head coach Angel Escobedo has led the team to seven wins thus far, including three Big Ten wins, both are the most in a season in his tenure at Indiana. 
 
-The team had not reached seven wins since 2016-17 and three Big Ten wins since 2015-16.
 
-The Hoosiers have three wins over ranked opponents to this point, as well.
 
VETERAN PRESENCE:
-Throughout Indiana's starting lineup, there is a steady dose of veteran leadership.
 
-Every weight class features an upperclassman starter except for 133 lbs., where freshman Henry Porter starts.
 
-Eight of the ten starters were regular starters in the Indiana lineup a season ago.
 
-Redshirt senior Graham Rooks is the only wrestler who has competed for Angel Escobedo all five seasons that he has been head coach.
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