Wrestling loses to OSU

One of the tougher road trips facing the IU wrestling team this season will come to an end tonight in Ann Arbor, Mich. when the Hoosiers face the No. 10 Michigan Wolverines at 7 p.m. at Michigan's Cliff Keen Arena.\nUpsetting the Wolverines will not be an easy task. Last Friday Michigan came from behind to score a mild 19-13 upset of No. 7 Illinois by sending eight wrestlers ranked in the top 20 against the Illini. \nThe Wolverines are also very well rested. Michigan has not wrestled since the Illinois meet one week ago. Meanwhile, the Hoosiers are coming off a meet against the Ohio State Buckeyes Thursday night.\nOSU knocked off the Hoosiers Thursday night 34-12. IU jumped out to an early 9-0 lead but was not able to hang on. The Hoosiers fall to 15-5, 0-2 in the Big Ten. The loss was IU's seventh straight to the Buckeyes.\nSenior Greg Schaefer started off the night with a pin against Rob Rosenfeld. Junior Coyte Cooper followed that up with a decision to give IU the early lead.\nSenior Ty Matthews fought off injuries to win his match 10-7 to round out the scoring for IU. No. 5 sophomore Pat DeGain lost a close bout to No. 7 Anton Talamantes in overtime. The loss ended DeGain's 18 match win streak.\nMatthews and freshman Joe Dubuque have nagging knee injuries that might hamper their performance. Dubuque returned from his knee injury last week in a loss to Penn State. But, Matthews's status remains in doubt.\n"Ty's an extremely tough kid," coach Duane Goldman said before his team left for Ohio State. "If he can tough it out, he will, but it's up to the trainers." \nWith or without Matthews, Cooper said the Hoosiers will have to turn in their best performances to defeat the Wolverines.\n"We just need to stay consistent and forget who we're wrestling and just go out and wrestle," Cooper said.\nOne week ago, the Hoosiers suffered a blowout 37-4 loss to Penn State and have tried to draw any positives from it that they could.\n"It was a good bonding moment for us," DeGain said. "It kind of brought us together. We learned from it so now we can move on."\nThe team will return home to face rival Purdue next Friday, Feb. 7 in University Gym.