Indiana University Athletics
Sunday, November 15
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
2:00 PM
Indiana University
at
Central Michigan
11/14/2026 2:30:00 PM | Wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– No. 25 Indiana will compete in its third dual match of the season on Sunday afternoon when it takes on Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Indiana enters the weekend with a 1-1 showing after a win over Lock Haven and a loss to No. 12 Lehigh, last weekend.
Central Michigan is also 1-1 after a win over Cal State Bakersfield and a loss to American.
OPENING WEEKEND:
-Indiana wrestled in a number of competitions in the opening weekend as they had Hoosiers competing in the Michigan State Open, two duals (Lock Haven, No. 12 Lehigh) as part of Journeyman's WrangleMania and the Journeymen Collegiate Classic Tournament.
-Indiana won its first dual, 24-14, over Lock Haven before suffering a 36-8 loss to No. 12 Lehigh.
-In those two duals, both No. 20 Tyler Lillard (165) and No. 10 Kai Owen went 2-0 in the matchups.
-Lillard came away with two tech fall wins, including one over No. 28 Nick Stampoulos (Lock Haven).
-Owen had a major decision in the win over Lock Haven while taking a resume win in a 4-0 decision victory against No. 15 Logan Royzynski (Lehigh).
-In the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, Caleb Marzolino (285) went 4-0 in the 285 lbs. Pink Bracket to start his season off with an undefeated record.
NATIONAL PRAISE & NEW FLAVOR:
-Indiana has seven wrestlers who are slotted in the national rankings.
-The seven include No. 19 Jackson Blum (133), No. 16 Tom Crook (149), No. 10 Kai Owen (157), No. 20 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 27 Sam Goin (184), No. 19 Gabe Sollars (197) and No. 17 Connor Barket.
-Blum is in his first year in the Indiana lineup and is ranked for the first time in his career.
-Lillard, Goin and Sollars are back in the lineup and ranked once again after being national qualifiers a year ago.
-Crook, Owen and Barket are all new to Indiana this season as they transferred to Bloomington after four years at their previous institutions. Crook comes from Virginia Tech, Owen from Columbia and Barket from Duke.
-Crook and Owen both hail from Tampa, Fla. but are now teammates for the first time.
-Owen is Indiana's third Columbia transfer in the last four years.
-Barket becoming a Hoosier marks a return to his home state as he originally hails from West Lafayette, Ind.
-As a team, Indiana is ranked No. 25 in InterMat's and the NWCA's dual rankings.
CMU REWIND:
-Indiana and Central Michigan will face off for a fourth-straight season in Sunday's matchup.
-Indiana has won all three of the recent matchups with the location fo the dual alternating between Bloomington and Mount Pleasant each year.
-The 2024 battle was the closest, with Indiana winning 17-16 by tiebreaker critera in Mount Pleasant.
-Last year's matchup was a 33-7 Hoosier victory that was wrestled in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
-Indiana leads the all-time series, 15-3.
Indiana enters the weekend with a 1-1 showing after a win over Lock Haven and a loss to No. 12 Lehigh, last weekend.
Central Michigan is also 1-1 after a win over Cal State Bakersfield and a loss to American.
OPENING WEEKEND:
-Indiana wrestled in a number of competitions in the opening weekend as they had Hoosiers competing in the Michigan State Open, two duals (Lock Haven, No. 12 Lehigh) as part of Journeyman's WrangleMania and the Journeymen Collegiate Classic Tournament.
-Indiana won its first dual, 24-14, over Lock Haven before suffering a 36-8 loss to No. 12 Lehigh.
-In those two duals, both No. 20 Tyler Lillard (165) and No. 10 Kai Owen went 2-0 in the matchups.
-Lillard came away with two tech fall wins, including one over No. 28 Nick Stampoulos (Lock Haven).
-Owen had a major decision in the win over Lock Haven while taking a resume win in a 4-0 decision victory against No. 15 Logan Royzynski (Lehigh).
-In the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, Caleb Marzolino (285) went 4-0 in the 285 lbs. Pink Bracket to start his season off with an undefeated record.
NATIONAL PRAISE & NEW FLAVOR:
-Indiana has seven wrestlers who are slotted in the national rankings.
-The seven include No. 19 Jackson Blum (133), No. 16 Tom Crook (149), No. 10 Kai Owen (157), No. 20 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 27 Sam Goin (184), No. 19 Gabe Sollars (197) and No. 17 Connor Barket.
-Blum is in his first year in the Indiana lineup and is ranked for the first time in his career.
-Lillard, Goin and Sollars are back in the lineup and ranked once again after being national qualifiers a year ago.
-Crook, Owen and Barket are all new to Indiana this season as they transferred to Bloomington after four years at their previous institutions. Crook comes from Virginia Tech, Owen from Columbia and Barket from Duke.
-Crook and Owen both hail from Tampa, Fla. but are now teammates for the first time.
-Owen is Indiana's third Columbia transfer in the last four years.
-Barket becoming a Hoosier marks a return to his home state as he originally hails from West Lafayette, Ind.
-As a team, Indiana is ranked No. 25 in InterMat's and the NWCA's dual rankings.
CMU REWIND:
-Indiana and Central Michigan will face off for a fourth-straight season in Sunday's matchup.
-Indiana has won all three of the recent matchups with the location fo the dual alternating between Bloomington and Mount Pleasant each year.
-The 2024 battle was the closest, with Indiana winning 17-16 by tiebreaker critera in Mount Pleasant.
-Last year's matchup was a 33-7 Hoosier victory that was wrestled in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
-Indiana leads the all-time series, 15-3.
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