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Wrestling upsets No. 4 Nebraska with VIDEO UPDATES

If you're a top ten or so team, is it really an upset? After getting hit hard by No. 2 Iowa, Rutgers bounces back.

By rvc73
Roy DeBoer - used with permission

Tied 13-13 after ten bouts.

It came down to criteria.

Did you know that total bout points was one of them?

Billy Smith tied it, but it was Gravina's 3-2 victory at 184 over the No. 4 wrestler in the country that turned things around for the Knights.

The Knights had an upset as well from Anthony Perrotti at 165.

125: No. 10/14/8 Tim Lambert (NEB) dec. over No. 18/18/14 Sean McCabe (RU), 9-4; Nebraska leads, 3-0

133: No. 9/8/7 Eric Montoya (NEB) dec. over No. 17/NR/15 Anthony Giraldo (RU), 2-0; Nebraska leads, 6-0

141: No. 3/4/3 Anthony Ashnault (RU) major dec. over No. 17/12/18 Anthony Abidin (NEB), 11-2; Nebraska leads, 6-4

149: No. 7/7/7 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) major dec. over Tyson Dippery (RU), 12-3; Nebraska leads, 10-4

157: No. 17/NR/NR Richie Lewis (RU) dec. over No. 10/9/9 Tyler Berger (NEB), 10-3; Nebraska leads, 10-7

165: No. 12/9/5 Anthony Perrotti (RU) dec. over No. 4/4/3 Austin Wilson (NEB), 9-4; Match tied, 10-10

174: No. 12/13/10 Micah Barnes (NEB) dec. over Phillip Bakuckas (RU), 9-3; Nebraska leads, 13-10

184 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over No. 4/3/2 T.J. Dudley (NEB), 3-2; Match tied, 13-13

197: No. 16/11/15 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) dec. over Hayden Hrymack (RU), 3-1 (TB-1); Nebraska leads, 16-13

285: No. 6/9/10 Billy Smith (RU) dec. over No. 13/20/20 Collin Jensen (NEB), 8-2; Match tied, 16-16

Rutgers wins by criteria 3.15.3 (Total match points scored only from decisions, major decisions and

technical falls), 51-48

Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open Mat

On the Banks will have more, but for now enjoy the win.  The Knights move to 10-2, 1-1 in the B1g while the Huskers are 7-1, 1-1 in conference.