Illinois Wrestling: 3 Illini grapplers advance to Midlands finals

Illinois' Zane Richards (133), Isaiah Martinez (157) and Zac Brunson (174) will wrestle in the 52nd annual Midlands Championships at 7 p.m and will be televised on Big Ten Network. The Fighting Illini went 3 for 6 during the semifinal round.

COMPLETE DAY 1 RESULTS LINK

ILLINOIS SEMIFINAL RESULTS

133: Zane Richards def. A.J. Schoop-Edinboro, 1-0

141: Devin Carter-VTech def. Steven Rodrigues, 14-6

157: Isaiah Martinez def. Mike Kelly-Iowa, 16-5

165: Taylor Walsh-Indiana def. Jackson Morse, fall :47

174: Zac Brunson def. Johnny Sebastian-Northwestern-unattached, 8-0

197: Tim McCall-Wisconsin def. Jeff Koepke, 5-3

FINALS MATCHUPS

125: Thomas Gillman-Iowa v. Joey Dance-VTech

133: Zane Richards v. Cory Clark-Iowa

141: Mitchell Port-Edinboro v. Devin Carter-VTech

141: Jason Tsirtsis-Northwestern v. Dave Habat-Edinboro

157: Isaiah Martinez v. Cody Pack-SDSU

165: Taylor Walsh-Indiana v. Pierce Harger-Northwestern

174: Mike Evans-Iowa v. Zac Brunson

184: Lorenzo Thomas-Penn v. Jack Dechow-ODU

197: Nathan Burak-Iowa v. Tim McCall-Wisconsin

285: Mike McMullan-Northwestern v. Bobby Telford-Iowa

TEAM SCORES AFTER QUARTERFINALS

1. Iowa-110.5

2. Illinois-89

3. Northwestern-62

4. Edinboro-57

5. Virginia Tech-54

6. Old Dominion-43.5

7. Wisconsin-42

8. North Dakota State-34

9. South Dakota State-31

10. Rider-28

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