Big Ten Championships - Finals Play-by-Play report

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John Fuller (TheMat.com)
03/10/2002


Final Team Scores:  1. Minnesota, 174 - 7 finalists  2. Iowa, 129 - 5 finalists  3. Michigan, 121.5 - 3 finalists  4. Ohio State, 115 - 4 finalists  5. Illinois, 91.5 - 1 finalist  6. Penn State, 66.5 - 0 finalists  7. Purdue, 55.5 - 0 finalists   8. Michigan State, 54.5 - 0 finalists  9. Wisconsin, 50 - 0 finalists   10. Indiana, 48 - 0 finalists  11. Northwestern, 13 - 0 finalists    125 - #1 Leroy Vega (Minn) dec. #7 Luke Eustice (Iowa), 6-4  First Period  At :23 Vega hits a single leg, 2-0  At 1:43 Eustice escapes, 2-1  At 2:40 Vega scores on a duckunder at the edge, 4-1  Vega has 1:43 of riding time    Second Period  Eustice begins the period down and escapes in :05, 4-2  Vega has 1:48 of riding time    Third Period  Vega begins the period down and escapes in :02, 5-2  At 6:25 Eustice hits a takedown, 5-4      133 - #1 Ryan Lewis (Minn) dec. #7 Jeff Ratliff (Oh St), 5-2  First Period  No scoring    Second Period  Lewis begins the period down  Lewis escapes at 3:45, 1-0  At 3:17 Ratliff scores on a single leg, 1-2   At 3:49 Lewis reverses Ratliff, 3-2  Lewis is warned for stalling    Third Period  Ratliff begins the period down  At 6:10 Ratliff is called for stalling, 4-2  With riding time, Lewis wins 5-2      141 - #6 Luke Moffitt (Iowa) fall #4 Chad Erickson (Minn), 4:31  First Period  At 1:32 Moffitt hits a single leg into a cradle for 3 nearfall, 5-0  At 2:15 Erickson reverses Moffitt to his back for 2 nearfall, 5-4  Moffit escapes at 2:19, 6-4    Second Period  Moffitt begins the period down  At 4:30 Moffit backarches into Erickson and reverses him to his back. Moffitt gets the quick pin at 4:31    149 - #1 Mike Zadick (Iowa) dec. #2 Jared Lawrence (Minn), 4-3  First Period  No scoring    Second Period  Zadick begins the period down  At 3:14 Zadick escapes, 1-0  At 4:21 Lawrence hits a takedown from single leg at the edge, 1-2  4:57 Zadick escapes, 2-2    Third Period  Lawrence begins the period down and escapes in :04, 2-3  At 6:52 Zadick scores a double leg at the edge. The ref initially ruled them out of bounds, the second ref over ruled and issued the takedown. Zadick wins, 4-3    *NOTE:  This match was protested by Minnesota, but the protest was denied.      157 - #1 Luke Becker (Minn) dec. #2 Ryan Bertin (Mich), 5-3  First Period  No scoring    Second Period  Bertin escapes at 3:54, 1-0  Becker has :54 second of riding time    Third Period  Becker begins the period down  Becker reverses Bertin at 5:14, 1-2  Bertin escapes at 5:47, 2-2  Becker counters a single leg attempt for the takedown, 2-4  At 6:45 Becker is warned for stalling  At 6:48 Bertin escapes, 3-4  With riding time, Becker wins 5-3      165 - #1 Matt Lackey (Illinois) dec. #2 John Clark (Oh St), 6-5  First Period  At :34 Clark counters a single leg attempt for a takedown, 2-0  At :42 Lackey escapes, 2-1    Second Period  Lackey begins the period down and escapes in :04, 2-2  At 4:10 Lackey scores after a single leg scramble at the edge, 2-4  At 4:31 Clark escapes, 3-4    Third Period  Clark begins the period down and escapes in :04, 4-4  At 6:34 Lackey hits a double leg, 4-6  Clark escapes at 6:52, 5-6      174 - #1 Otto Olson (Mich) dec. #2 Tyler Nixt (Iowa), 3-2  First Period  At 2:04 Olson scores a single leg, 2-0  At 2:14 Nixt escapes, 2-1    Second Period  Olson begins the period down and escapes in :07, 3-1    Third Period  Nixt begins the period down and escapes in :07, 3-2  At 6:26 Olson is warned for stalling      184 - #3 Damion Hahn (Minn) dec. #1 Andy Hrovat (Mich), 8-4   First Period  At 1:27 Hahn hits a takedown on the edge, 2-0  At 1:44 Hrovat escapes, 2-1    Second Period  Hrovat begins the period down  Hrovat escapes in :25, 2-2  Hahn scores a takedown at 4:12, 4-2  Hrovat escapes at 4:28, 4-3    Third Period  Hahn begins the period down and escapes in :09, 5-3  At 5:55 Hahn hits a single leg at the edge, 7-3  Hrovat escapes at 6:33, 7-4  With riding time, Hahn wins 8-4      197 - #2 Owen Elzen (Minn) dec. #1 Nick Preston (Oh St), 9-8  First Period  At :18 Elzen hits a cradle for a takedown and 3 nearfall, 5-0  At 1:04 Preston escapes, 5-1    Second Period  Elzen begins the period down and escapes in :06, 6-1  At 3:45 Preston hits a single leg at the edge, 6-3  Elzen escapes at 3:55, 7-3  At 4:52 Preston scores a single leg, 7-5    Third Period  Preston begins the period down and escapes in :07, 7-6  At 5:43 Elzen is warned for stalling  At 5:59 Elzen hits a single leg, 9-6  Preston escapes at 6:15, 9-7  At 5:53 Elzen is called for stalling, 9-8      285 - #2 Tommy Rowlands (Oh St) dec. #1 Steve Mocco (Iowa), 2-1 2OT  First Period  No scoring    Second Period  Mocco begins the period down and escapes in :10, 1-0    Third Period  Rowlands begins the period down and escapes in :08, 1-1    Overtime  At 7:28 Mocco is warned for stalling  No scoring    Double Overtime  Rowlands chooses down  Mocco called for locked hands with :21 left