Facing its hated rival Michigan at home in Value City Arena before the largest crowd of the season, in a nationally-televised dual no less, Ohio State needed its top-ranked leaders to hold serve, and its first-year starters to have a strong showing against a team loaded with talent and hungry to remain undefeated. It didn’t quite work out that way. Ohio State won just four out of 10 matches, and senior leaders Joey McKenna, Micah Jordan and Myles Martin couldn’t score enough bonus points to make up for the matches their teammates lost. To some extent, Ohio State has built itself more as a tournament team than a dual-meet team, but losing this meet will sting a little. Last season, the Buckeyes only lost to Penn State, and everyone loses to Penn State; the year prior, they dropped three duals, but Kyle Snyder didn’t wrestle versus Iowa or at Cornell. What…
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