There was a time Friday night after his quarterfinal match against Minnesota’s Michael Kroells where there was a question as to whether Kyle Snyder would even be able to continue wrestling. The Buckeye junior sustained a rib injury that left him in obvious pain. Head coach Tom Ryan came to Snyder and told him that if he wanted to default out of the tournament to protect himself for the upcoming US World Team Trials that he would understand. Snyder was having none of it, though. He decided to wrestle and nearly tech-falled his semifinal opponent.
The win earned Snyder a finals matchup with Wisconsin’s Connor Medberry.