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No. 25 Illinois Wrestling Drops Dual to No. 18 Pittsburgh

Recap

All rankings according to InterMat
PITTSBURGH – The No. 25 Illinois wrestling squad were defeated in their first road dual of the season by No. 18 Pittsburgh on Sunday, Dec. 3 by a score of 22-9. Redshirt junior No. 4 Edmond Ruth moved to 5-0 on the season with his ranked win over No. 20 Luca Augustine (PITT), 11-5.

Today's dual began at 157 pounds and junior Joe Roberts moved to a perfect 4-0 dual record on the season with his 6-3 decision win over Jared Keslar (PITT). Roberts gave the Illini an early 3-0 lead before Ruth would extend it to 6-3 two matches later, their final lead of the night.

Redshirt sophomore No. 27 Danny Pucino earned a himself a ranked win at 141 pounds in overtime. A last second stall call against Pucino in the third period granted No. 13 Cole Matthews (PITT) the point he needed to get into overtime, 3-3. Pucino did not waste many movements at the start of overtime and secured the takedown early for the upset sudden victory, 6-3.

UP NEXT

The No. 25 Illinois grappling crew is back in action on Thursday, Dec. 21 in St. Louis, Mo. for Braggin' Rights against No. 4 Missouri.

FULL RESULTS

Weight Matchup Score
157: Joe Roberts (ILL) dec. Jared Keslar (PITT), 6-3 ILL 3 I PITT 0
165: #9 Holden Heller (PITT) dec. Chris Moore (ILL), 11-10 ILL 3 I PITT 3
174: #4 Edmond Ruth (ILL) dec. #20 Luca Augustine (PITT), 11-5 ILL 6 I PITT 3
184: #15 Reece Heller (PITT) major dec. Caden Ernd (ILL), 11-3 ILL 6 I PITT 7
197: #19 Mac Stout (PITT) dec. Isiah Pettigrew (ILL), 7-4 ILL 6 I PITT 10
285: #11 Dayton Pitzer (PITT) dec. #8 Luke Luffman (ILL), 10-3 ILL 6 I PITT 13
125: Colton Camacho (PITT) dec. Justin Cardani (ILL), 4-0 ILL 6 I PITT 16
133: #17 Vinnie Santaniello (PITT) dec. #24 Tony Madrigal (ILL), 5-4 ILL 6 I PITT 19
141: #27 Danny Pucino (ILL) dec. #13 Cole Matthews (PITT), SV-1 6-3 ILL 9 I PITT 19
149: #23 Finn Solomon (PITT) dec. Jake Harrier (ILL), 12-11 ILL 9 I PITT 22
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Players Mentioned

Justin Cardani

Justin Cardani

125
Redshirt Senior
Caden Ernd

Caden Ernd

165/174
Junior
Jake Harrier

Jake Harrier

149
Redshirt Sophomore
Luke Luffman

Luke Luffman

285
Redshirt Junior
Tony Madrigal

Tony Madrigal

133
Graduate Student
Chris Moore

Chris Moore

165
Freshman
Isiah Pettigrew

Isiah Pettigrew

197
Junior
Danny Pucino

Danny Pucino

141
Redshirt Sophomore
Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts

157
Junior
Edmond Ruth

Edmond Ruth

174
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Justin Cardani

Justin Cardani

Redshirt Senior
125
Caden Ernd

Caden Ernd

Junior
165/174
Jake Harrier

Jake Harrier

Redshirt Sophomore
149
Luke Luffman

Luke Luffman

Redshirt Junior
285
Tony Madrigal

Tony Madrigal

Graduate Student
133
Chris Moore

Chris Moore

Freshman
165
Isiah Pettigrew

Isiah Pettigrew

Junior
197
Danny Pucino

Danny Pucino

Redshirt Sophomore
141
Joe Roberts

Joe Roberts

Junior
157
Edmond Ruth

Edmond Ruth

Redshirt Junior
174