Jennings Highlights Dual at Ohio State with Seventh Win

WADSWORTH, Ohio – Northwestern heavyweight Conan Jennings highlighted the team’s dual with No. 4 Ohio State by winning his seventh match of the year to cap the day’s events.

Jennings snapped a three-match slide with a 5-0 shut out decision over Josh Fox to improve to 7-4 overall and 5-2 in duals. The redshirt-sophomore has outscored his opponents, 36-14.

Northwestern dropped its opening Big Ten dual, 43-3, to the fourth-ranked Buckeyes.

Johnny Sebastian wrestled down at 165 lbs. for the first time this year after competing at 174 in the first six duals of the year. He lost a narrow 7-6 decision to Cody Burcher, just his second loss of the year.

All told, Ohio State had six wrestlers ranked in the top-10 at their respective weight classes and won eight matches by bonus points.

Complete results can be found below.

125: Jose Rodriguez (OSU) Tech Fall Anthony Rubinetti (NU), 15-0 (3:36) [OSU 5, NU 0]
133: Nathan Tomasello (OSU) Tech Fall Jason Ipsarides (NU), 20-4 (3:03) [OSU 10, NU 0]
141: Luke Pletcher (OSU) maj. dec. Alec McKenna (NU), 18-6 [OSU 14, NU 0]
149: Micah Jordan (OSU) Win by Forfeit [OSU 20, NU 0]
157: Jake Ryan (OSU) Fall Ben Sullivan (NU), 1:12 [OSU 26, NU 0]
165: Cody Burcher (OSU) dec. Johnny Sebastian (NU), 7-6 [OSU 29, NU 0]
174: Bo Jordan (OSU) Fall Braxton Cody (NU), 1:04 [OSU 35, NU 0]
184: Myles Martin (OSU) maj. dec. Mitch Sliga (NU), 14-5 [OSU 39, NU 0]
197: Kollin Moore (OSU) maj. dec. Jacob Berkowitz (NU), 19-9 [OSU 43, NU 0]
285: Conan Jennings (NU) dec. Josh Fox (OSU), 5-0 [OSU 43, NU 3]