Former Hoosier wrestler inducted into Hall of Fame
Powell was diagnosed with polymyositis in 2009.
Powell was diagnosed with polymyositis in 2009.
Walsh is now 4th all time in wins and 1st in pins.
IU will try to get their first conference win.
IU falls to 0-3 in conference competition
The IU wrestling team will travel to take on No. 4 Penn State.
Senior continues to win honors
IU wrestling put four wrestlers on the podium at Saturday’s Harold Nichols Open in Ames, Iowa.
The 2014-15 IU wrestling schedule was released Tuesday.
IU wrestling lost 18-16 to Michigan State on Saturday during IU’s final regular season Big Ten match of the season before next month’s Big Ten Championship.
Only in his redshirt junior season, wrestler Taylor Walsh has already surpassed four-time All-American and national champion Angel Escobedo for the second most pins in school history. His 44 pins are three shy of the school record.
Everything went as expected for the IU wrestling team in a 52-0 defeat of Division-III Manchester this weekend.
In addition to its victory against Manhattan this weekend, the IU wrestling team has been making a splash on the recruiting trail as this year’s signing class was ranked No. 9 by Wrestling Insider News magazine.
Junior Taylor Walsh, 157 pounds and No. 5 in the nation, has 17 pins, which puts him two away from tying the single-season school record.
Former Hoosier standout Matt Powless has been named the new assistant coach of the IU wrestling team.
Junior Luke Sheridan stands behind the coaches, waiting for his match to begin.He has a poised, fixated look out at the mat as if there is nothing on his mind besides the next 10 minutes of wrestling.
During a weekend of success for the IU wrestling team in which the Hoosiers posted a 4-1 record, it was the loss that stuck with the coaches and wrestlers the most, they said.
IU, West Virginia, Northern Colorado, Drexel, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Virginia Military Institute will participate in a round robin competition Saturday and Sunday.
The IU wrestling team could face up to 54 ranked wrestlers from 12 schools at the high-profile Keystone Classic tournament Sunday.
On Sunday, IU defeated Duke 22-15 before going on to beat Cleveland State 25-10 in the tri-meet. Duke defeated Cleveland State 19-16 in their matchup.
The first dual meets of this wrestling season are Sunday in Bloomington at the University Gym against Duke and Cleveland State.