2017- 18 INDIANA HOOSIERS INDIANA WRESTLING IU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS • NICK REITH • MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANT E-MAIL - [email protected] • OFFICE - (812) 855-9399 • IUHOOSIERS.COM @IndianaWR WEEK 9 • INDIANA at the 55th KEN3 KRAFT MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS f t i #IUWR 2017-18 INDIANA WRESTLING SCHEDULE 6-3 (0-2 Big Ten) Date Opponent Time/Result Indiana Hoosiers 11/5 Clarion Open 3rd/34 teams (6-3, 0-2) University Rec Center • Clarion, Pa. 11/16 at Bloomsburg W, 19-18 55th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Friday-Saturday, December 29-30 • Live on BTN Plus/FloWrestling 11/18 Navy Classic 4th/17 teams Sears Centre Arena • Hoffman Estates, Ill. Annapolis, Md. 11/26 IU Duals Bloomington, IN Eastern Michigan W, 25-12 Binghamton L, 6-29 SETTING THE SCENE Indianapolis W, 34-8 Indiana’s wrestling team will close the calendar year in one of the nation’s pre- 12/2 Hoosier Duals Bloomington, IN mier regular season tournaments, the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The SIU-Edwardsville W, 33-6 Cleveland State W, 40-6 55th installment of the annual event, hosted by Northwestern University, sets up Northern Illinois W, 37-7 to be one for the ages as 38 teams convene at its new temporary home, the Sears 12/10 #2/2 Ohio State * L, 9-26 Centre Arena. The Hoosiers have seen two wrestlers achieve podium finishes in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 12/17 at #1/1 Penn State * L, 3-44 each of the last two seasons, including returning fifth-place finisher Devin Skatz- 12/29-30 Ken Kraft Midlands Championships All Day ka (174), but this year’s field is one of the best in recent memory. Indiana will Sears Centre • Hoffman Estates, IL bring 15 grapplers in their travel party with first-time appearances from recent transfer Breyden Bailey (149) and IU volunteer assistant coach Brandon Wright 1/5 Michigan * 7 p.m. (149). Follow all the action on the mat via BTN2Go.com and FloWrestling.com. 1/19 Michigan State * 6 p.m. 1/26 at Wisconsin * 8 p.m. 1/28 at Nebraska * 3 p.m. 2/2 Illinois * 7 p.m. MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHPS INFO 2/4 Purdue * 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29 2014 Midlands 10:30 a.m. ET - Session I (10 mats) champ Taylor 2/11 Northwestern * (Senior Day) 1 p.m. 7:30 p.m. ET - Opening Ceremony Walsh (165) was named the 3/3-4 Big Ten Championships All Day 8:00 p.m. ET- Session II (10 mats) Most Outstand- ing Wrestler. Breslin Events Center • East Lansing, MI Saturday, Dec. 30 3/15-17 NCAA Championships All Day 1:00 p.m. ET - Session III (4 mats) Current coach Angel Quicken Loans Arena • Cleveland, OH Semifinals, consolation, 7th-place Escobedo 8:00 p.m. ET - Session IV(3 mats) (125) won two All times Eastern, schedule subject to change 1st, 3rd, 5th-place matches Midlands titles Home matches in bold * Big Ten Conference dual meet 10:30 p.m. ET - Awards Ceremony (2006, 2007). - 2017 18 INDIANA WRESTLING 1 2017- 18 INDIANA HOOSIERS THE TEAM Elijah Oliver Liam Cronin Garrett Pepple Jr. 125 So. 125 r-So. 133 Washington, Ill. Orange, Calif. Kendalville, Ind. 2017-18: 14-6 2017-18: 1-2 2017-18: 9-9 ‘16, ‘17 NCAA Qualifier Michael De La Peña Cole Weaver Breyden Bailey Fr. 133 r-Jr. 141 Fr. 149 Merrillville, Ind. Hudson, Mich. Fishers, Ind. 2017-18: 7-2 2017-18: 14-4 2017-18: 8-1 Transferred at semester from Northern Illinois Davey Tunon Brandon Wright Jake Danishek r-Fr. 149 Hoosier RTC 149 r-Jr. 157 Clarksville, Ohio Indianapolis, Ind. Lebanon, Ohio 2017-18: 9-9 Team USA No. 3 at 2017-18: 6-2 61 kg/134 lbs. ‘17 NCAA Qualifier Bryce Martin Devin Skatzka Gabe Koontz r-Jr. 165 r-So. 174 r-So. 174 Bakersfield, Calif. Richmond, Mich. Ellettsville, Ind. 2017-18: 12-5 2017-18: 12-3 2017-18: 5-6 ‘17 NCAA Qualifier Norman Conley Spencer Irick Fletcher Miller r-So. 184 r-Fr. 184 r-Jr. 285 St. Louis, Mo. Fishers, Ind. Kokomo, Ind. 2017-18: 10-9 2017-18: 2-6 2017-18: 9-4 - 2 2017 18 INDIANA WRESTLING 2017- 18 INDIANA HOOSIERS INDIANA WRESTLING 2017-18 ROSTER Name Year Weight Hometown/Previous School Breyden Bailey Fr. 149 Fishers, Ind./Cathedral (Northern Illinois) Norman “Buddy” Conley r-So. 184 St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade College Prep. Liam Cronin So. 125 Orange, Calif./Servite Jake Danishek r-Jr. 157 Lebanon, Ohio/Dayton Christian Michael De La Peña Fr. 133 Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville David Devine Fr. 141 Dyer, Ind./Mount Carmel (Ill.) Evan Eldred r-Fr. 133 Westfield, Ind./Westfield Jackson Gallagher r-Fr. 149 Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf J.D. Greathouse Fr. 149 Mason, Mich./Mason Logan Herrera Fr. 165 Santa Maria, Calif./St. Joseph Jake Hinz r-So. 184 Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North Dillon Hoey Fr. 157 Chicago, Ill./Mount Carmel Austin Holmes r-Fr. 157 Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern Seth Horty Fr. 133 Evansville, Ind./Evansville Memorial Zach Horwitz r-So. 285 Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson Spencer Irick r-Fr. 184 Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern Brandon James r-So. 141 Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian (Old Dominion) Jake Kleimola r-Fr. 197 Schererville, Ind. / Lake Central Gabe Koontz r-So. 174 Ellettsville, Ind./Edgewood Kyle Luigs Fr. 133 Evansville, Ind./Mater Dei Mike Maguire Fr. 197 West Chester, Pa./Unionville Bryce Martin r-Jr. 165 Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield Tyler Matthews Fr. 184 Declo, Idaho/Declo Fletcher Miller r-Jr. 285 Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo Elijah Oliver Jr. 125 Washington, Ill./Washington Community Garrett Pepple r-So. 133 Kendalville, Ind./East Noble A.J. Raya Fr. 141 Yucaipa, Calif./Yucaipa Blake Rypel r-Fr. 197 Fishers, Ind./Cathedral Devin Skatzka r-So. 174 Richmond, Mich./Richmond Davey Tunon r-Fr. 149 Clarksville, Ohio/Clinton-Massie Cole Weaver r-Jr. 141 Hudson, Mich./Hudson Head Coach - Duane Goldman (26th Season, 28th at Indiana) Associate Head Coach - Angel Escobedo (First Season, Sixth at Indiana) Assistant Coach - Travis Pascoe (Third Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach - Brandon Wright (First Season) - 3 2017 18 INDIANA WRESTLING 2017- 18 INDIANA HOOSIERS INDIANA WRESTLING 2017-18 SEASON RESULTS & STATISTICS 6-3 Overall • 0-2 Big Ten Overall Dual B1G Dual Dual Wt. Name Record Record Record Pt. Diff. MD TF Pins 125 Elijah Oliver, Jr. 14-6 7-2 2-0 +20 7 2 1 133 Evan Eldred, r-Fr. - - - - - - - 133 Garrett Pepple, r-So. 9-9 4-5 0-2 +4 - 1 4 141 Brandon James, r-So. 2-2 - - - - - 2 141 Cole Weaver, r-Jr. 14-4 7-2 0-2 +27 - - 5 149 Davey Tunon, r-Fr. 9-9 4-5 0-2 -8 - - 3 157 Jake Danishek, r-Jr. 6-2 6-2 0-2 +18 1 - 3 157 Austin Holmes, r-Fr. 4-5 0-1 - -6 - 1 2 165 Bryce Martin, r-Jr. 12-5 6-2 0-1 +17 3 1 - 174 Gabe Koontz, r-So. 5-6 1-2 - -6 2 1 - 174 Devin Skatzka, r-So. 12-3 5-1 1-1 +19 - 2 6 184 Norman Conley, r-So. 10-9 4-5 0-2 -7 2 - 1 184 Spencer Irick, r-Fr. 2-6 0-2 0-2 -8 - - - 197 Jake Hinz, r-So. 7-8 2-4 - -7 - 1 1 197 Jake Kleimola, r-Fr. 0-3 0-1 - -3 - - - 197 Blake Rypel, r-Fr. - - - - - - - 285 Zach Horwitz, r-So. 1-7 0-3 - -15 - - - 285 Fletcher Miller, r-Jr. 9-4 4-2 1-1 +9 1 - 4 Unattached 125 Liam Cronin, So. 1-2 - - - - - - 125 Seth Horty, Fr. 1-3 - - - - - - 133 Michael De La Peña, Fr. 7-2 - - - - - - 133 Kyle Luigs, Fr. 1-4 - - - - - - 141 David Devine, Fr. - - - - - - - 157 J.D. Greathouse, Fr. 1-4 - - - 1 - - 157 Dillon Hoey, Fr. 8-5 - - - - 1 3 165 Logan Herrera, Fr. 0-2 - - - - - - 184 Tyler Matthews, Fr. - - - - - - - 197 Mike Maguire, Fr. 1-4 - - - - - - ^ 2018 NCAA Championships Qualifier - 2017 18 INDIANA WRESTLING 4 2017- 18 INDIANA HOOSIERS LAST TIME: ENTERING THE LION’S DEN 141 lbs. bracket that will feature a first-time UP NEXT: WELCOMING WOLVERINES The Hoosiers wrestled their final dual meet Midlands Champion, regardless of result. Indiana returns after the semester break with of 2017 two weekends ago, facing No. 1 Penn a their third Big Ten dual meet and a third State at Rec Hall. Indiana fell on the team Devin Skatzka (174) held his No. 18 ranking consecutive meet versus a top-10 foe when score, 44-3, as the top-ranked Nittany Lions (Open Mat) and earned a No. 20 spot from they host No. 9 Michigan on Friday, January 5 at earned seven wins with bonus points. Amateur Wrestling News. Skatzka faces a University Gymnasium. The 7:00 p.m. ET meet bracket that includes five additional Big Ten will be Indiana’s first against the Wolverines Hoosier junior Elijah Oliver started the meet contenders and No. 1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona since the 2015-16 season and their first at home with a decision win, his sixth consecutive State). in the series since 2014-15. The clash doubles as victory and first career win against Penn the ninth return visit to Bloomington for former State. Oliver is 2-0 in conference dual meets BACK IN ACTION Indiana head coach Joe McFarland (1989-92). this year. An exciting subplot to Indiana’s Midlands weekend is the debut of two newcomers in the BACK POINTS... MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS OVERVIEW Hoosiers’ wrestling room. Volunteer assistant • Devin Skatzka’s six pins have occurred in The 34 teams entering this year’s Midlands coach Brandon Wright (149) continues a 15:14 aggregate time.