Northern Iowa/ ISU
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Ryder loses in overtime giving up a reversal with a few seconds left after an injury when the score was 1 to 1. I had never heard of Fox but Ryder has no offense and loses again. He was a silver medalist in 20 and unders Worlds. Our lack of development at 184 and 197 is concerning. These are Taylor's weights. Merrill won 2 to 0 against a guy who isn't very good. Strong ride but no takedowns again.
Doucet gets a pin at the end of the match, he tried to cradle but didn't get his hands locked but still pinned his opponent. He got an escape and a couple of stalling points. In the 3rd period he got a nice duck under and around before letting his opponent go and then the pin. We won 34 to 3. A wipe out but Ryder seems lost. I wonder how he beats Thompson. Merrill can All American but he will not beat the top guys without a takedown. Also with how he is wrestling he can lose to most anyone like his match with Iowa at national duals where he was ahead late in the 3rd period but gave up a takedown. Also Ryder's shoulder is a concern.
I think we know when Hell week was held. We were pretty lethargic in most matches and a step slow. The ref could have stall called every uni wrestler as most were in reverse during the matches and they really twisted knees to get out of takedown danger. I thought tonight was Swiderski’s best match this year and I don’t know how Jax and Vega got out of good takedown attempts and turned them into points.
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Dang I thought all our dudes were locked in and solid. What a treat. Everybody wrestled hard all match. UNI always brings aggression, kind of amazed their guys aren’t ranked higher overall. Some really great athleticism and competitiveness all around tonight.
Shoulders don't come out of the socket twice in a match without a serious issue. Would shock me if he wrestles Sunday. Maybe we see Robb or Thompson neither have wrestled this year