No. 23 Indiana Drops Dual at No. 2 Ohio State

Sunday, January 11

Columbus, Ohio

1:00 PM

Indiana University

#2 Ohio State

1/11/2026 3:57:00 PM | Wrestling

Match Results (PDF)

COLUMBUS, Ohio ––– No. 23 Indiana fell in a hard dual in its Big Ten opener at No. 2 Ohio State on Sunday (Jan. 11). Ohio State won 45-0 in the Covelli Center.

With the loss, Indiana is now 5-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Big Ten.

KEY MOMENTS
• Ohio State took control of the dual from the beginning, charting five bonus-point victories in the first five bouts.
• No. 32 Bryce Lowery and No. 2 Brandon Cannon were in a close bout with Lowery getting a takedown to earn a 5-4 lead near the end of the first period before Cannon pulled away for a 19-9 major decision.
• No. 20 Tyler Lillard and E'Than Birden were in a scramble in the closing seconds of the 165 lbs. match with Lillard nearly earning back points before time expired.

NOTABLES
• Of the 10 bouts, there are only two that feature the same wrestlers in the same matchups (141 and 174 lbs.).
• It was Indiana's first dual since Dec. 13 when it hosted and defeated Army. It was also Indiana's first road dual since Dec. 7 when it defeated Little Rock.

MATCH RESULTS
125: No. 3 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. No. 12 Jacob Moran (IU)        |MD, 11-2 |        Score: OSU up 4-0
133: No. 2 Ben Davino (OSU) def. Logan Frazier (IU)                    |TF, 18-3 (4:27) | Score: OSU up 9-0
141: No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. Lucas Peters (IU)                  |TF, 17-2 |              Score: OSU up 14-0
149: No. 4 Ethan Stiles (OSU) def. Joey Buttler (IU)                      |Fall (2:55) |             Score: OSU up 20-0
157: No. 2 Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. No. 32 Bryce Lowery (IU) |MD, 19-9 |             Score: OSU up 24-0
165: E'Than Birden (OSU) def. No. 20 Tyler Lillard (IU)                    |Dec. 2-1 |             Score: OSU up 27-0
174: No. 4 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. No. 30 Derek Gilcher (IU)     |Dec. 11-7 |           Score: OSU up 30-0
184: No. 6 Dylan Fishback (OSU) def. No. 14 Sam Goin (IU)               |Fall (2:23) |         Score: OSU up 36-0
197: No. 13 Luke Geog (OSU) def. No. 14 Gabe Sollars (IU)              |Dec. 7-5 |             Score: OSU up 39-0
285: No. 3 Nick Feldman (OSU) def. Caleb Marzolino (IU)                  |Fall (0:43) |         Score: OSU up 45-0
FINAL TEAM SCORE: No. 2 OHIO STATE 45, No. 23 INDIANA 0

UP NEXT
• Indiana will head back to Bloomington for its next dual as it hosts Maryland on Sunday (Jan. 18) at 1 p.m. in Wilkinson Hall.