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ROUGHED UP
COUNTRY STRONG
The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | January 25, 2016
n The Wolverines couldn’t
handle Nebraska. Page 4B
Mean
Streak
Michigan 33, Indiana 6
Michigan earns two
more victories to
run dual-meet win
streak to six
By JORDAN HERBSTMAN
For the Daily
It is not often you use the term
“frustrating” to describe a win, but
that is how Michigan coach Joe
McFarland felt after a victory over
Central Michigan.
Still, the Michigan wrestling
team kept rolling this weekend, as
it took down an in-state rival in the
19th-ranked Chippewas (2-1 MAC,
5-3 overall) and a conference foe
No. 21 Indiana (3-2 Big Ten, 6-2
overall). Though the Wolverines
were victorious both Friday and
Sunday, the two meets could not
have been more different.
Friday, Michigan (4-0, 9-1)
jumped out to an early 9-3 lead, only
to find itself trailing 12-9 with only
three matches left. The Wolverines
suffered two tough losses, as junior
Brian Murphy gave up a takedown
in the last 45 seconds of his match
before redshirt freshman Davonte
Mahomes lost in a similar fashion.
Down three points, Michigan
turned
to
junior
Domenic
Abounader
to
regain
the
momentum. Abounader, ranked
13th in his weight class, dominated
his opponent and won by technical
fall, helping the Wolverines regain
the lead, 14-13.
“I was really just focusing on
pushing the pace and finding a
style of wrestling,” Abounader
said. “A hard-nosed style where I
was pushing the pace, being tough
on top and getting to my boots.
(That) ended up giving me eight
points, so that was a difference
maker in the match.”
Abounader
gave
the
team
the momentum it needed, and
Michigan secured the match,
Michigan 22, Central Michigan 12
See WRESTLING, Page 2B
Photos by RYAN MCLOUGHLIN/Daily