Before Thursday night’s dual meet with the University of Northern Iowa, the Badger faithful took to their feet to honor seven senior wrestlers — Michael Cullen, Seth Gross, Tristan Moran, Cole Martin, Johnny Sebastian and the late Eli Stickley.
Eric Barnett opened the dual against a ranked opponent in UNI’s No. 10 Jay Schwarm. The match started competitive, as it was 2–2 until Barnett got pinned at the 2:19 mark.
No. 1 Gross looked to close out his UW Fieldhouse career in undefeated fashion, and he did just that. Gross lit up the scoreboard against No. 17 Jack Skudlarczyk, as he recorded a 16–0 tech-fall in his final dual meet.