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Top-seeded wrestlers unable to bring home individual titles for the Buckeyes, but team performs well in Big Ten Championships

Land-Grant Holy Land | March 9, 2022

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Tom Ryan’s squad finished fourth, and will be sending eight wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Detroit.

Sammy Sasso has become a fixture in Big Ten title matches

The Big Ten wrapped up its conference wrestling tournament on Sunday night, with Michigan eking out a narrow victory over heavily-favored Penn State. The Wolverines edged the Nittany Lions by a score of 143.0-141.5, and Iowa was not too far behind, finishing with a total of 129.5 points. The three schools jockeyed for Big Ten and NCAA supremacy all season long, and now UM will head into the NCAA Championships – being held in their own backyard – with a ton of momentum.

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