Though wrestling season has technically been on since November, the real team competition portion of the season begins Friday for the No. 18 Fighting Illini.
Illinois will contest a dual meet in The Ultimate Sport tonight at 6 p.m. CT in East Lansing. It will be the first Big Ten dual meet for the Fighting Illini, who will then ride to Ann Arbor for a much stiffer challenge from No. 5 Michigan tomorrow.
Illinois is 1-1 in dual meets so far this year, defeating Northern Illinois and losing to No. 9 Missouri, 30-8, in the Grapple at the Grove, the outdoor wrestling meet at Grange Grove in the hours before the football team hung 55 points on Minnesota.