Good morning from Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. The postseason has arrived in the Big Ten. Stay tuned here and we'll keep you up to date with the top developments throughout the day.

Here's today's schedule: 

10 a.m. CT — Session I (First round, quarterfinals, consolations) — Big Ten Network and B1G+

5:30 p.m. CT — Session II (Consolations) — B1G+ 

7:30 p.m. CT — Session II (Semifinals) — Big Ten Network 

NCAA Automatic Qualifiers

125 — 10

133 — 10

141 — 7

149 — 7

157 — 7

165 — 7

174 — 8

184 — 12

197 — 11

285 — 9

Semifinals 

— Nick Suriano is headed back to the Big Ten finals. He cranked Purdue’s Devin Schroder over for a first-period fall at 125. Throw in Stevan Micic’s consolation quarterfinal win that wrapped up simultaneously and the Wolverines have now won 18 straight matches on the day. They’re up to 88 points now. 

— Eric Barnett will take on Nick Suriano in Sunday’s 125-pound title bout. Barnett defeated Northwestern’s Michael DeAugustino 3-0. Barnett scored a takedown in the opening period and rode out DeAugustino for the remainder of the first period and all of the second period. Barnett took down in the third period and DeAugustino rode him out. 

— Penn State has its first finalist. Roman Bravo-Young secured a return trip to the Big Ten finals with a 4-0 win against Michigan’s Dylan Ragusin. RBY scored in the closing seconds of the first period, rode out Ragusin in the second and escaped in the third. 

— A takedown in the closing seconds pushed Iowa’s Austin DeSanto past Lucas Byrd of Illinois 4-3 in the semis at 133. With time winding down in the final minute, Byrd took a shot, DeSanto dragged around behind him, lifted and took him to the mat for the tiebreaking takedown with 15 seconds left. Byrd escaped with 10 to go, but DeSanto dropped in on a leg and ran the clock out. 

— Iowa has moved to the front of the pack. Jaydin Eierman advanced to the finals with a medical forfeit win against Sebastian Rivera of Rutgers in the semis at 141.  

— Penn State’s Nick Lee racked up 12 first-period points on his way to a 16-1 technical fall against Minnesota’s Jake Bergeland. He’ll face Jaydin Eierman in a rematch of last year’s Big Ten title bout. 

— Wisconsin’s Austin Gomez is headed to the Big Ten finals after registering the third-fastest fall in Big Ten tournament history. Gomez tossed Nebraska’s Ridge Lovett with double unders for a 20-second pin to secure his spot in Sunday’s finals at 149.

— Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso is headed back to the conference finals for the third straight year after defeating Iowa’s Max Murin in the other semi at 149. Sasso broke a 1-1 tie in the final minute on a scramble takedown. 

— Will Lewan scored on a low-level attack in overtime to capture a 3-1 overtime win against Penn State’s Brady Berge in the 157-pound semifinals. The Lewan win pushes Michigan back to the top of the team standings with 95 points. Iowa is second with 91.5, followed by Penn State with 88.5. 

— Northwestern’s top-seeded Ryan Deakin will take aim Sunday at his third Big Ten title after defeating Nebraska’s Peyton Robb 5-3 in the semis at 157. Deakin wrestled with the lead for much of the match after scoring a takedown in the opening minute and riding Robb out for the rest of the period. Robb cut into the deficit with a second-period takedown and gave himself scoring opportunities in the third but couldn’t pull even. 

— Michigan’s red-hot opening day continues. Cameron Amine scored on an overtime reattack to beat top-seeded Carson Kharchla 3-1 at 165. Marinelli takes out Dean Hamiti, 3-2 with a late go-behind.

-- Michael Kemerer forfeited to Carter Starocci.  Not a huge surprise considering Kemerer's shoulder appeared to come out in his previous match against Ethan Smith.  An opening TD from Mikey Labriola followed by an escape from Massa has it at 2-1 after 1. Massa darts in on a quick single for a td, immediate escape makes it 4-3 Labriola in the 2nd. A few more attacks from Massa, but Labriola finds the leg to stalemate both times.  Headed to the third and Massa has choice as the Nebraska crowd loudly chants "Mi-key Mi-Key." Quick stand up and it's 4-4  and now a quick single and finish makes it 6-4 Massa in the 3rd. An indescribably awesome exchange yields no points for anyone, Massa was nearly dead to rights and rolled out.  Massa wins 6-5 in the match of the day. Michigan rolls on.

— Penn State has its fourth finalist. Two-time Big Ten champ Aaron Brooks is headed to the finals for the third straight year after a 7-2 win against Nebraska’s Taylor Venz. Brooks struck first on a low-single a little more than a minute in and rode out Venz in the first. He added a reversal in the second, another takedown and a riding-time point. 

— Michigan’s Myles Amine is headed back to the Big Ten finals for the third time after defeating Ohio State’s Kaleb Romero 4-2 in the semis at 184. Amine broke a scoreless tie with a second-period escape and scored a takedown shortly thereafter to grab control. Amine is the fifth Wolverine to reach the finals. 

— Michigan had won semifinal matches at four consecutive weights before Nebraska’s Eric Schultz stopped the run with a 3-2 victory against Patrick Brucki at 197. Schultz hustled for a takedown on the edge late in the second period and shut down Brucki in a battle of Illinois high school products. 

— Penn State’s Max Dean got on the board early with a takedown in the opening minute and rode Cam Caffey out in the first, nearly turning the Michigan State 197-pounder with a tilt on the edge. Caffey hung around, though, and fought off a Dean attack on the edge before scoring a takedown of his own early in the third period to cut the deficit to 3-2. Caffey couldn’t get any closer and Dean added an escape and riding-time point to win 5-2. 

— Minnesota’s Gable Steveson is headed back to the Big Ten finals for the fourth time after a 14-6 major decision against Michigan’s Mason Parris. Steveson scored a pair of takedowns in the first and three more in the third to secure his 12th bonus-point win in 12 matches this season. 

— Iowa’s Tony Cassioppi scored with reversal with four seconds left in the third period and an overtime takedown to beat Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet 6-4 in the other heavyweight semi. Kerkvliet took the lead when he cashed in on a low-level attack with 40 seconds remaining, but Cassioppi initiated a scramble and came out the back for a reversal on the edge to tie it. 

Consolations 

— Iowa’s Drake Ayala notched a 12-3 major decision against Indiana’s Jacob Moran, while Minnesota’s Pat McKee defeated Penn State’s Drew Hildebrandt 6-3 in the consolations at 125. McKee scored takedowns in each of the first two periods to seize control against the #2 seed. The victory sets up a fourth meeting this season between McKee and Ayala. The Minnesota All-American scored narrow wins against Ayala at the UNI Open, Southern Scuffle and in the regular-season dual. 

— Purdue’s Parker Filius bounced Chad Red from the tournament at 141 with a 10-6 overtime decision. Filius rallied back from a 5-1 deficit in the third period and nearly won the match in regulation when he took Red to his back in the closing seconds after scoring a match-tying takedown. It was initially ruled a fall, but the pin was waved off when it was deemed that time had expired. Red fired off a shot in overtime, but Filius scrambled out of it and locked up a cradle for the winning takedown and two-point near-fall. Red will now need an at-large berth into the NCAA Championships. 

— Early-round upset victim Stevan Micic has now won two straight on the backside. The Michigan senior spotted Cayden Rooks an early takedown before coming back to win a 6-5 decision. The victory runs Michigan’s tournament winning streak to 15. 

— Penn State’s Beau Bartlett notched his second fall of the season, stacking up Christian Kanzler of Illinois in the consolations at 149 to momentarily put the Nittany Lions back in front in the team race. 

— Make it 16 straight wins for the Wolverines. Michigan’s Kanen Storr scored a takedown midway through the third period to go ahead against Northwestern’s Yahya Thomas and held on for an 8-7 win at 149. 

— Iowa’s Kaleb Young advanced at 157 with a 10-5 victory against Robert Kanniard of Rutgers. Young will get Michigan State’s Chase Saldate in the next consolation round. 

— Minnesota’s Cael Carlson bounced Penn State’s Creighton Edsall from the tournament with a 3-2 victory at 165. The Nittany Lions are down to eight point-scorers left in the tournament. 

— Iowa is within eight points of first-place Michigan after Abe Assad’s 9-0 major decision against Michigan State’s Layne Malczewski at 184. Assad finished a first-period single leg and took the Spartan to his back for four backs. He added a takedown in the final minute to secure the major. 

— Jacob Warner capped a 4-0 consolation round for Iowa with a 10-1 major decision against Maryland’s Jaron Smith. The Hawkeyes trail first-place Michigan by 3.5 points with Penn State 2.5 points back of the Wolverines.  

— Patrick McKee took Iowa freshman Drake Ayala from his feet to his back midway through the second period to take control of their 125-pound consolation bout. The four-point move proved to be pivotal in the Minnesota All-American’s 5-2 win. McKee advances to the consolation semifinals, while Ayala will wrestle Sunday for seventh place. 

— Mike VanBrill of Rutgers rode out Penn State’s Beau Bartlett in a tiebreaker to win a 2-1 decision in the consolation quarterfinals at 149. 

Quarterfinals 

— An escape in the closing seconds pushed Wisconsin’s Eric Barnett past Iowa’s Drake Ayala 4-3 at 125. Barnett won a scramble midway through the third period for a takedown to break a 1-1 tie before Ayala evened the score on a reversal. Ayala had a chance to score at the end of the first period when he slid around behind Barnett, but he couldn’t finish before time expired. 

— Top-seeded Nick Suriano of Michigan racked up five takedowns on his way to an 18-5 major decision against Dylan Shawver of Rutgers. 

Suriano is dominant in an 18-6 quarterfinal win over Rutgers' Shawver. Five takedowns, two stall points and 4NF at the final buzzer. Into the 125lb semis! pic.twitter.com/MIj4bJZrVI

— Michigan Wrestling (@umichwrestling) March 5, 2022

— Purdue’s Devin Schroder is headed back to the Big Ten semis after a 3-1 win against Ohio State’s Malik Heinselman. Schroder scored a third-period escape to break a scoreless tie before tacking on a takedown. 

— Northwestern’s Michael DeAugustino took out #2 seed Drew Hildebrandt of Penn State with an overtime takedown to win a 5-3 decision. Hildebrandt will catch All-American Patrick McKee of Minnesota in the consolations. 

— Semifinal matchups at 125:

#1 Nick Suriano (Michigan) vs. #5 Devin Schroder (Purdue) 

#3 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) vs. #7 Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) 

— Top-seeded Roman Bravo-Young of Penn State cruised into the semis with an 11-3 major against Matt Ramos of Purdue. Ramos scored the first takedown of the match, but it was all RBY after that. He scored takedowns in the first and second periods and two more in the third. 

— Michigan’s Dylan Ragusin avenged a regular-season loss to Michigan State’s Rayvon Foley, scoring a takedown late in the first period on his way to a 3-1 win. 

— Illinois’ Lucas Byrd notched four takedowns on his way to a 10-2 major against Brock Hudkins of Indiana. 

— Iowa’s Austin DeSanto took control early with two first-period takedowns and downed Northwestern’s Chris Cannon 7-3 in a battle of 133-pound All-Americans. 

— Semifinal matchups at 133:

#1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) vs. #5 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan)

#3 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) vs. #2 Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 

— Dominant tournament debut by returning national champ Nick Lee of Penn State. He raced out to an 8-0 lead in the first period against Joseph Zargo with a takedown and two turns and went on to post a 15-0 win. 

— Minnesota’s Jake Bergeland scored a pair of first-period takedowns and cruises to an 8-3 win against Indiana’s Cayden Rooks. 

— Rutgers senior Sebastian Rivera piled up six takedowns in a 14-5 major decision against Purdue’s Parker Filius. 

— Returning Big Ten champ Jaydin Eierman scored three first-period takedowns on his way to a 10-3 win against Ohio State’s Dylan D’Emilio. 

— Semifinal matchups at 141:

#1 Nick Lee (Penn State) vs. #5 Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) 

#3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) vs. #2 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) 

— Top-seeded Sammy Sasso used a takedown in the opening period and another in the second to move past Indiana’s Graham Rooks 6-3. 

— Iowa’s Max Murin rallied past Northwestern’s Yahya Thomas with a takedown in the closing seconds to win a 6-5 decision. Thomas led most of the match after scoring a takedown in the opening minute. He nearly had another on the edge at the end of the first period. Thomas extended his lead to 5-2 on a takedown with 46 seconds left, but Murin quickly escaped. The Iowa 149-pounder chased Thomas in the closing seconds and picked up a stall point just before firing off a shot and getting to Thomas’ legs for the winning points on the edge with eight seconds to go. 

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— Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling (@Hawks_Wrestling) March 5, 2022

— Nebraska’s Ridge Lovett scored a takedown in the opening minute and made that stand in a 2-0 victory against Mike VanBrill of Rutgers. 

— Wisconsin’s Austin Gomez scored three first-period takedowns and rolled to a 12-4 major decision against Penn State’s Beau Bartlett. 

— Semifinal matchups at 149:

#1 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) vs. #4 Max Murin (Iowa) 

#3 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) vs. #2 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) 

— Returning Big Ten champ Ryan Deakin of Northwestern decked Ohio State’s Bryce Hepner to advance to the semis at 157. 

— Nebraska’s Peyton Robb scrambled for an overtime takedown to defeat Purdue’s Kendall Coleman 6-4. 

— Michigan’s Will Lewan scored a takedown with four seconds remaining to beat Michigan State’s Chase Saldate 3-1. 

— Penn State’s Brady Berge knocked off #2 seed Kaleb Young of Iowa 5-3 in the first head-to-head of the weekend between the two team title favorites. Berge broke a scoreless tie in the second period with an escape and a takedown and then added a takedown in the third period to pad his lead. 

— Semifinal matchups at 157:

#1 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) vs. #4 Peyton Robb (Nebraska)

#3 Will Lewan (Michigan) vs. #10 Brady Berge (Penn State) 

— Top-seeded Carson Kharchla of Ohio State scored a pair of first-period takedowns and cruised to a 7-2 win against Nebraska’s Bubba Wilson at 165. 

— Michigan’s Cam Amine took control with a takedown and two-point near-fall midway through the first period on his way to an 11-1 major decision against Michigan State’s Caleb Fish. 

— Wisconsin freshman Dean Hamiti scored three first-period takedowns and turned Northwestern’s David Ferrante for four backs in the second period on his way to an 18-3 tech. 

— Iowa’s Alex Marinelli notched a pair of first-period takedowns en route to an 8-2 win against Penn State’s Creighton Edsall. 

— Semifinal matchups at 165:

#1 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) vs. #4 Cameron Amine (Michigan) 

#3 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) vs. #2 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) 

— Top-seeded 174-pounder Carter Starocci notched the second fall of the tournament for Penn State, pinning Maryland’s Dominic Solis in the first period. 

— Returning conference champ Michael Kemerer of Iowa brushed off a second-period shoulder injury and downed Ohio State’s Ethan Smith 5-4. Kemerer scored a takedown in the first period to grab an early lead and was in on a shot in the second period when he crumpled in pain. A trainer came out and tended to Kemerer’s braced left shoulder. Smith escaped after the injury stoppage to take a 3-2 lead. But Kemerer escaped to start the third and scored a takedown with 58 seconds remaining to grab the lead. 

— Nebraska’s Mike Labriola advanced to the semis with an injury default win against Minnesota’s Bailee O’Reilly. Labriola was leading 5-0 in the second period when O’Reilly went down in pain with an apparent leg injury. 

— Michigan’s Logan Massa scored a takedown in each period on his way to an 8-3 win against Northwestern’s Troy Fisher. 

— Semifinal matchups at 174:

#1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. #4 Michael Kemerer (Iowa)  

#3 Mike Labriola (Nebraska) vs. #2 Logan Massa (Michigan) 

— Returning Big Ten and NCAA champ Aaron Brooks scored the third fall of the day for Penn State, decking Kyle Cochran of Maryland in 1:41. 

One 📌 after another 😅
AB with a first period fall at the 1:40 mark! #PSUwr pic.twitter.com/ztKjF9oHzd

— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) March 5, 2022

— Nebraska’s Taylor Venz downed Iowa’s Abe Assad 4-2 in an action-packed quarterfinal bout. After a wild upper-body exchange yielded no points in the first period, Venz took the lead in the second with an escape and a takedown. Assad elected to go neutral in the third. He scored a takedown with 12 seconds left to trim the deficit to 3-2 and cut Venz loose and immediately got back in on a shot but couldn’t finish before time expired. 

— Ohio State’s Kaleb Romero racked up four takedowns on his way to a 10-1 major decision against Wisconsin’s Chris Weiler. 

— Michigan’s Myles Amine scored two takedowns in the first period and two more in the third on his way to a 9-3 win against Minnesota’s Isaiah Salazar. 

— Semifinal matchups at 184:

#1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) vs. #4 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) 

#3 Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) vs. #2 Myles Amine (Michigan) 

— A takedown with 30 seconds left in the first period proved to be the difference for Nebraska’s top-seeded Eric Schultz in a 3-1 win against Ohio State’s Gavin Hoffman. 

— Michigan’s Patrick Brucki scored a takedown with 40 seconds left in the first period and made it stand in a 3-1 win against Iowa’s Jacob Warner. The Brucki win vaulted Michigan into the lead in the team race. 

— Michigan State’s Cam Caffey downed Purdue’s Thomas Penola 4-2, seizing the lead on a takedown midway through the opening period. 

— Penn State’s Max Dean defeated Greg Bulsak of Rutgers, using takedowns in each of the first two periods on his way to a 6-2 win. 

— Semifinal matchups at 197:

#1 Eric Schultz (Nebraska) vs. #5 Patrick Brucki (Michigan)

#3 Cam Caffey (Michigan State) vs. #2 Max Dean (Penn State) 

— Returning Big Ten and NCAA champ Gable Steveson of Minnesota piled up 14 first-period points on his way to a 20-5 technical fall against Ohio State’s Tate Orndorff. 

— Northwestern’s Lucas Davison scored the first takedown, but it was all Mason Parris after that. The Michigan heavyweight grabbed the lead on a takedown late in the first period and added on in the second on his way to a 7-2 victory. 

— Penn State’s Greg Kerkvliet scored a first-period takedown and rode out Nebraska’s Christian Lance to seize control on his way to a 7-1 win. 

— Iowa’s Tony Cassioppi scored takedowns in each of the first two periods and wiggled out of a cradle in the third period to post a 9-3 victory against Wisconsin’s Trent Hillger. 

— Semifinal matchups at 285:

#1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) vs. #4 Mason Parris (Michigan) 

#3 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) vs. #2 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)

First Round

— Rutgers freshman Dylan Shawver scored two first-period takedowns and racked up more than four minutes of riding time in the first two periods to knock off All-American Patrick McKee of Minnesota 7-4 at 125. Shawver will get top-seeded Nick Suriano of Michigan in the quarterfinals. 

— Northwestern’s Michael DeAugustino used a takedown with 22 seconds remaining to grab the upper hand in a 3-1 victory against #10 seed Justin Cardani of Illinois. 

— The quarters are set at 125: 

#1 Nick Suriano (Michigan) vs. #9 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 

#5 Devin Schroder (Purdue) vs. #4 Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) 

#3 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) vs. #6 Drake Ayala (Iowa) 

#7 Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) vs. #2 Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) 

— Purdue’s Matt Ramos, the #9 seed, used a first-period takedown and two-point near-fall to take control on his way to a 7-5 win against Rutgers’ eighth-seeded Joey Olivieri at 133. Otherwise, the rest of the first-round bouts at 133 played out as seeded. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 133:

#1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) vs. #9 Matt Ramos (Purdue) 

#4 Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) vs. #5 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan)

#3 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) vs. #6 Brock Hudkins (Indiana) 

#2 Austin DeSanto (Iowa) vs. #7 Chris Cannon (Northwestern) 

— Upset alert at 141. Indiana’s Cayden Rooks knocked off #4 seed Chad Red of Nebraska 9-8 on a stall point in the final seconds. Rooks went ahead 8-6 on a takedown with a little more than a minute left before Red momentarily tied the score on a reversal with 10 seconds to go. Red, though, was hit for stalling after failing to move up from the legs on top. 

— Another upset at 141. Purdue’s Parker Filius took out #6 seed Stevan Micic of Michigan 7-4 in the opening round. Micic scored a pair of first-period takedowns, but Filius controlled things after that with a second-period reversal and rideout and another rideout after a third-period takedown. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 141:

#1 Nick Lee (Penn State) vs. #9 Joseph Zargo (Wisconsin)

#5 Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) vs. #13 Cayden Rooks (Indiana)

#3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) vs. #11 Parker Filius (Purdue) 

#2 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) vs. #7 Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State)

— Penn State’s Beau Bartlett fended off two attacks from Minnesota’s Michael Blockhus in the closing seconds to hang on for a 3-2 win in the opening round at 149. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 149:

#1 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) vs. #9 Graham Rooks (Indiana) 

#4 Max Murin (Iowa) vs. #5 Yahya Thomas (Northwestern)

#3 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) vs. #6 Mike VanBrill (Rutgers) 

#2 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) vs. #7 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 

— The first bonus point of the tournament for Penn State: Brady Berge racked up four takedowns on his way to a 10-2 major decision against #7 seed Garrett Model of Wisconsin in the opening round at 157. Berge will get #2 seed Kaleb Young of Iowa in the quarters. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 157:

#1 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) vs. #9 Bryce Hepner (Ohio State)

#4 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) vs. #5 Kendall Coleman (Purdue)

#3 Will Lewan (Michigan) vs. #6 Chase Saldate (Michigan State) 

#2 Kaleb Young (Iowa) vs. #10 Brady Berge (Penn State) 

— Nebraska’s Bubba Wilson locked up a late cradle for a takedown and two-point near-fall to beat Minnesota’s Cael Carlson 5-1 at 165. 

— Penn State’s Creighton Edsall scored an overtime takedown to beat Purdue’s Hayden Lohrey 3-1 in the opening round at 165.  

— Quarterfinal matchups at 165:

#1 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) vs. #8 Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 

#5 Caleb Fish (Michigan State) vs. #4 Cameron Amine (Michigan) 

#3 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) vs. #11 David Ferrante (Northwestern)

#2 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) vs. #10 Creighton Edsall (Penn State) 

— Michael Kemerer notched the first fall of the tournament for Iowa, cradling Connor O’Neill of Rutgers in the first period. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 174:

#1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. #9 Dominic Solis (Maryland) 

#4 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) vs. #5 Ethan Smith (Ohio State)

#3 Mike Labriola (Nebraska) vs. #6 Bailee O’Reilly (Minnesota) 

#2 Logan Massa (Michigan) vs. #7 Troy Fisher (Northwestern) 

— Maryland’s Kyle Cochran rallied back from a six-point deficit to beat Indiana’s Donnell Washington 9-7 in the opening round at 184. Washington put Cochran on his back midway through the first period to go up 6-0, but Cochran escaped and scored a takedown later in the period and flipped the match in his favor with a four-point near-fall in the third. 

— Iowa’s Abe Assad scored a takedown with a minute left and rode out Illinois’ Zac Braunagel to win a 6-4 decision at 184. 

— Minnesota’s Isaiah Salazar went ahead on a takedown with 50 seconds remaining and tacked on a four-point near-fall to beat All-American John Poznanski of Rutgers 8-3 at 184. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 184:

#1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) vs. #8 Kyle Cochran (Maryland)

#4 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) vs. #5 Abe Assad (Iowa) 

#3 Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) vs. @11 Chris Weiler (Wisconsin)

#2 Myles Amine (Michigan) vs. #10 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 

— Ohio State’s Gavin Hoffman scored two takedowns in the final 25 seconds to force overtime and then another in the extra frame to beat Wisconsin’s Braxton Amos 7-5 at 197. 

— Michigan State’s Cam Caffey avenged an early-season loss, scoring three takedowns and six near-fall points on his way to a 15-3 major decision against Matt Wroblewski of Illinois. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 197:

#1 Eric Schultz (Nebraska) vs. #9 Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State)

#4 Jacob Warner (Iowa) vs. #5 Patrick Brucki (Michigan)

#3 Cam Caffey (Michigan State) vs. #6 Thomas Penola (Purdue)

#2 Max Dean (Penn State) vs. #7 Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) 

— Greg Kerkvliet scored the first fall of the tournament for Penn State, decking Maryland’s Zach Schrader in the first period. 

— Quarterfinal matchups at 285:

#1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) vs. #8 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State)

#4 Mason Parris (Michigan) vs. #5 Lucas Davison (Northwestern)

#3 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) vs. #6 Christian Lance (Nebraska) 

#2 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) vs. #7 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)