Indiana University Athletics
Saturday, February 7
Madison, Wis.
2:00 PM
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– No. 22 Indiana will wrestle in its final Big Ten road dual on Saturday (Feb. 7) at 2 p.m. at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison.
Indiana will look to bounce back from its loss at No. 10 Illinois last Friday (Jan. 30). The Hoosiers enter the match with the Badgers with a 7-4 overall record and a 2-3 mark in the Big Ten. Wisconsin is 11-3 with a 3-3 stamp in Big Ten duals.
ILLINOIS REWIND:
-Indiana's match at No. 10 Illinois had a lopsided final score of 27-7, but the match featured plenty of tight bouts.
-Illinois took eight of 10 matches in the dual.
-There were five matches that were decided by three points or less. Illinois owning the 5-0 edge in those close bouts proved to be the difference.
-Indiana's Henry Porter (141) and Gabe Sollars (197) won the team's two matches. Porter beat Kole Brower by major decision, 13-3. Sollars defeated Dylan Connell by decision, 6-0.
-It was the first match on campus between the two teams since 2022. In 2024, the two teams met as part of the Big Ten's inaugural Big Ten Takedown event in Indianapolis.
WISCONSIN PREVIEW:
-Wisconsin has put together a highly successful 11-3 season in 2025-26 to bounce back after a 5-12 in 2024-25.
-The Badgers own wins over Army, Utah Valley, Arizona State, among others. Their only losses have been to Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State.
-They only have three duals left on their schedule including the match against Indiana, hosting Michigan the week following and then close with a road dual Northern Iowa.
-Of Wisconsin's probable starters for Saturday's dual, there are seven ranked wrestlers.
-There are four Badgers ranked in the top 15: No. 15 Nicolar Rivera (125), No. 8 Zan Fugitt (133), No. 12 Joe Zargo (149) and No. 9 Braxton Amos (285).
-No. 25 Cody Goebel (165), Rivera and Fugitt all qualified for the 2025 NCAA Championships.
-Fugitt wrestled his way to the semifinals at 133 lbs. a year ago before losing by decision to Iowa's Drake Ayala. He finished in fourth place on the podium.
-Rivera reached the Blood Round before losing by decision to Penn State's Luke Lilledahl.
LINEUP CONTINUITY:
-Indiana's routine dual lineup consists of seven Hoosiers who made multiple starts at that weight class in 2024-25.
-Jacob Moran (125), Henry Porter (141), Tyler Lillard (165), Derek Gilcher (174) and Gabe Sollars (197) each are in at least their third season as a starter.
-Moran and Gilcher are the longest tenured wrestlers on the team and have been with the program since the 2020-21 season.
IN THE HOME STRETCH:
-Indiana's dual at Wisconsin will be the team's final road match of the season.
-The Hoosiers will finish the dual schedule with back-to-back home weekends with a match against Nebraska on Sunday, Feb. 15 and rival Purdue on Friday, Feb. 20.
-The last regular season competition on the Indiana schedule is the Last Chance Open hosted by George Mason on Sunday, Feb. 22.
-The postseason is just over a month out as the Big Ten Championships will be held at Penn State from March 7-8. The NCAA Championships will be in Cleveland from March 19-21.
Indiana will look to bounce back from its loss at No. 10 Illinois last Friday (Jan. 30). The Hoosiers enter the match with the Badgers with a 7-4 overall record and a 2-3 mark in the Big Ten. Wisconsin is 11-3 with a 3-3 stamp in Big Ten duals.
ILLINOIS REWIND:
-Indiana's match at No. 10 Illinois had a lopsided final score of 27-7, but the match featured plenty of tight bouts.
-Illinois took eight of 10 matches in the dual.
-There were five matches that were decided by three points or less. Illinois owning the 5-0 edge in those close bouts proved to be the difference.
-Indiana's Henry Porter (141) and Gabe Sollars (197) won the team's two matches. Porter beat Kole Brower by major decision, 13-3. Sollars defeated Dylan Connell by decision, 6-0.
-It was the first match on campus between the two teams since 2022. In 2024, the two teams met as part of the Big Ten's inaugural Big Ten Takedown event in Indianapolis.
WISCONSIN PREVIEW:
-Wisconsin has put together a highly successful 11-3 season in 2025-26 to bounce back after a 5-12 in 2024-25.
-The Badgers own wins over Army, Utah Valley, Arizona State, among others. Their only losses have been to Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State.
-They only have three duals left on their schedule including the match against Indiana, hosting Michigan the week following and then close with a road dual Northern Iowa.
-Of Wisconsin's probable starters for Saturday's dual, there are seven ranked wrestlers.
-There are four Badgers ranked in the top 15: No. 15 Nicolar Rivera (125), No. 8 Zan Fugitt (133), No. 12 Joe Zargo (149) and No. 9 Braxton Amos (285).
-No. 25 Cody Goebel (165), Rivera and Fugitt all qualified for the 2025 NCAA Championships.
-Fugitt wrestled his way to the semifinals at 133 lbs. a year ago before losing by decision to Iowa's Drake Ayala. He finished in fourth place on the podium.
-Rivera reached the Blood Round before losing by decision to Penn State's Luke Lilledahl.
LINEUP CONTINUITY:
-Indiana's routine dual lineup consists of seven Hoosiers who made multiple starts at that weight class in 2024-25.
-Jacob Moran (125), Henry Porter (141), Tyler Lillard (165), Derek Gilcher (174) and Gabe Sollars (197) each are in at least their third season as a starter.
-Moran and Gilcher are the longest tenured wrestlers on the team and have been with the program since the 2020-21 season.
IN THE HOME STRETCH:
-Indiana's dual at Wisconsin will be the team's final road match of the season.
-The Hoosiers will finish the dual schedule with back-to-back home weekends with a match against Nebraska on Sunday, Feb. 15 and rival Purdue on Friday, Feb. 20.
-The last regular season competition on the Indiana schedule is the Last Chance Open hosted by George Mason on Sunday, Feb. 22.
-The postseason is just over a month out as the Big Ten Championships will be held at Penn State from March 7-8. The NCAA Championships will be in Cleveland from March 19-21.
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