INSIDE WRESTLING
BY RYAN EVANS
@Badger_Wrestle
SCHEDULE (5-2, 2-0)
Last Week
Dec. 7 Michigan State
Dec. 9 at #9 Nebraska
W, 19-12
W, 19-17
Coming Up
Dec. 29 Midlands Championships
Dec. 30 Midlands Championships
huskers was Wisconsin���s first over
a top-10 ranked opponent since the
2010-11 season, when the Badgers
beat then-No. 5 Minnesota, 19-17, at
the 2011 NWCA National Duals on
Jan. 9, 2011. Since then, Wisconsin
had lost seven straight duals to top10 ranked opponents.
For a team that went without a conference win last season, the Badgers���
undefeated start to Big Ten season
this year is cause for optimism and
shows that head coach Barry Davis
and his staff have the program heading back in the right direction.
Badgers��� Big Ten start a
cause for optimism
Wisconsin���s progress shows with pair of wins
T
he Wisconsin wrestling
team opened the Big
Ten Conference season last
weekend by snapping a pair
of long losing streaks.
Coming into this season,
the last time the Badgers won
a Big Ten dual was two seasons ago, when they knocked
off Michigan State on the
road in February 2011.
58 �� VARSITY
D EC E M B E R 13, 2012
After not winning a Big
Ten meet for nearly two
years, Wisconsin pulled off
two last weekend, beating
the Spartans, 19-12, on Dec.
7, at the UW Field House before going on the road and
upsetting then-ninth-ranked
Nebraska, 19-17, last Sunday
in Lincoln.
The win over the Corn-
Badgers re-emerge in top-25
�� Following its 2-0 start to conference action, Wisconsin checks in
at No. 23 in the NWCA/USA Today
Division I Coaches Poll, the highest ranking for the Badgers since
the 2010-11 season.
Medbery climbs the rankings
�� After a 2-0 weekend that included an upset over Michigan State���s
then-N0. 10 heavyweight, Mike
McClure, UW���s Connor Medbery
climbed four spots to No. 10 in
InterMat Wrestling���s Collegiate
Rankings. Tyler Graff held steady
at No. 9 at 141 lbs., after a 2-0
weekend.
