Wisconsin
Gophers wrestling team rolls to Big Ten victory over Wisconsin
The No. 7 Gophers wrestling team won nine of 10 matches to defeat Wisconsin 39-3 on Friday in Madison, Wis.
The victory — the Gophers’ sixth consecutive against the Badgers in Madison — featured the largest margin for the Gophers over the Badgers in Madison, surpassing the Gophers’ 40-6 victory in 2003.
The Gophers have won 12 of the past 13 meetings with the Badgers.
The match opened at 197 pounds, with the Gophers’ Isaiah Salazar winning by a technical fall. Top-ranked heavyweight Gable Steveson followed with a 21-5 technical fall to give the Gophers a 10-0 lead.
The only Gophers with longer winning streaks than Steveson and Hartung are Dustin Schlatter, who won 65 in a row from 2005-07, and Cole Konrad, who holds the school record with 76 straight victories from 2005 to 2007.
Fourth-ranked Max McEnelly closed out the victory for the Gophers with a 22-6 technical victory at 184 pounds. McEnelly remained unbeaten in his Gophers career — 13-0 this season and 28-0 overall.
The Gophers wrestle Northwestern on Sunday in Evanston, Ill.