Ohio State's starters went 12-5 overall in the first two rounds of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Minneapolis, placing five into Saturday night's semifinals. The team's heavy hitters recorded five major decisions, two pins and a tech fall in the early action.
Led by No. 1 seed Myles Martin, who raced out to a 25-10 blistering of Purdue's Max Lyon in the 184-pound quarterfinals, the trio of senior captains held serve, as did juniors Kollin Moore and Luke Pletcher.
Pletcher upended 4th-seeded Roman Bravo-Young of Penn State in one of the more exciting matches of the quarters, and what may be his best win of the year so far.