Big Ten Championships Day One Recap - Indiana Athletics

5. March 2011

Evanston, Ill. - Three Hoosiers stamped their tickets NCAA Championship on Saturday when the IU wrestling team started the competition after the season in the Big Ten Championships 2011 in Evanston, Illinois Kurt Kinser, Paul Young and Matt Powless each earned automatic bids to nationals remain finite in the race for third place in the conference tournament.

Full results

Team Competition

At £ 157, Paul Young advanced to the semifinals of the main field before entering the No. 1-seeded David Taylor of Penn State. Young, upset fifth-seeded, fourth-seeded Purdue Colton Salazar reach the semi-finals. Not only revenge for the loss of the regular season Salazar boy, he did in style with a 13-5 major decision on the tinker. The native of Bloomington, Indiana, is now two wins out of third place, facing the No. 7 seed Sean McMurray (Michigan State) to her Sunday.

Kinser and Powless took a different path, before coming on the wrong side of upsets early fights back through the wrestlebacks secure their place in the NCAAs.

Kinser of a boiler and arranged pinning Patacsil Sat at 4:32 mark of his match wrestleback first. The now four NCAA qualifying time in the fall followed by strengthening of the State of Michigan Dan Osterman (20th nationally), 4-2.

Powless raised his hand twice more. His first "W" came # 11 Anthony Biondo, his third victory on the time of Wolverine this season. Powless also be hidden from Joe Barczak Illinois, 3-0, before a night. His first bout Sunday he opposes Minnesota Sonny Yohn.

Richey Mitchell also scored a victory on Saturday and the fight for seventh place. Indiana Purdue dominance occurred at 141 pounds at the time of Richey Jake Fleckenstein (4:56).

Forty-eight NCAA wild card berth remains, and after the conference championships announced. Indiana Heavy Ricky Alcala should get one of those wild cards, ninth nationally entering the weekend. The two defeats in the Big Ten championships from overtime.

The fight is set at 2 EST clock will start on Sunday. The final will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network by 4 clock.