PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Seth Gross placed third at 133 pounds to post the best finish for the University of Wisconsin on Sunday at the Big Ten Conference wrestling tournament.
Gross, a senior ranked No. 1 in the country and the defending NCAA champion, posted a 6-3 decision against Iowa's Austin DeSanto to lead the Badgers to a ninth-place finish with 62.5 points.
Iowa won its 36th Big Ten championship and first since 2015 with 157.5 points behind titles from Spencer Lee (125 pounds), Pat Lugo (149) and Alex Marinelli (165). Nebraska finished second (132) and Ohio State was third (112).