Illinois Wrestling Roster, Schedule, Eligibility Breakdown

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Season Summaries

Season	Division	Conference	Record	Win %	Dual/Tourney/Plc
2019	Division I	Big Ten	2 - 9	18.18 %	#37 / #52
2018	Division I	Big Ten	7 - 4	63.64 %	#15 / #12 (13th)
2017	Division I	Big Ten	9 - 3	75.00 %	#12 / #14 (11th)
2016	Division I	Big Ten	13 - 5	72.22 %	#17 / #14 (9th)
2015	Division I	Big Ten	13 - 5	72.22 %	#6 / #7 (12th)
2014	Division I	Big Ten	7 - 6	53.85 %	#11 / #16 (13th)

Season	Division Conference	Record Win %	Dual Tourney
2019	Division I Big Ten	2 - 9 18.18 %	#37 #52
2018	Division I Big Ten	7 - 4 63.64 %	#15 #12 (13th)
2017	Division I Big Ten	9 - 3 75.00 %	#12 #14 (11th)
2016	Division I Big Ten	13 - 5 72.22 %	#17 #14 (9th)
2015	Division I Big Ten	13 - 5 72.22 %	#6 #7 (12th)
2014	Division I Big Ten	7 - 6 53.85 %	#11 #16 (13th)

Weight	Name	Class	Record	Action
125	#40 Piotrowski, Travis ST	JR	13 - 8	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹⁰
125	#72 Cardani, Justin RS	FR	15 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
125	#184 Contreras, Josh	RSFR	2 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
125	#186 Durlacher, Dane RS	FR	3 - 3	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
133	#47 Duncan, Dylan ST	SO	11 - 9	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁶
133	#92 Assaf, Abdullah	RSFR	2 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
133	#206 O'Brien, Andy	JR	0 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
141	#11 Carr, Mike ST	SO	11 - 2	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹⁰
141	#243 Rachal, We RS	FR	0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149	#94 Kanzler, Christian ST	JR	2 - 12	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹
149	#127 Jodeh, Mousa	SR	5 - 9	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	²
149	#174 Thurston, Dylan	SO	0 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹
149	#190 Silzer, Jacob	SO	3 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149	#200 Smith, Demarius	RSFR	4 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149	#237 Rachal, Baan RS	FR	2 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149	#274 Ordonez, Eddie RS	FR	5 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149	#281 Punke, Ryder	SO	1 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
157	#42 Barone, Eric ST	JR	16 - 11	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹ ¹⁰
157	#134 Mologousis, Johnny	RSFR	7 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
157	#255 Kerstein, Kenny RS	FR	2 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165	#62 Gunther, Joey ST	JR	16 - 10	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	³ ⁵
165	#84 Braunagel, Danny RS	FR	9 - 3	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165	#130 Gasbarro, Nick	JR	8 - 8	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹
165	#207 Carr, Colin	SR	1 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165	#232 McCarthy, Tim	JR	3 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165	#236 Rich, Garett RS	FR	1 - 2	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174	#78 James, Carver ST	JR	8 - 12	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	²
174	#116 Montalvo, Xavier	JR	0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174	#133 DiBenedetto, Jake	SO	2 - 7	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174	#153 Braunagel, Zach RS	FR	10 - 5	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174	#181 Riojas, David	SO	2 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁴
174	#191 Nepomnyashchiy, Nikita	RSFR	0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174	#191 Shanno, Emille RS	FR	0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174	#225 Stein, Jack	RSFR	1 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
184	#19 Parker, Emery ST	SR	14 - 2	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	² ¹¹
184	#191 Seamus, O'Donnell RS	FR	1 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
197	#86 Lee, Andre ST	SR	15 - 12	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁶
197	#67 Wroblewski, Matt	RSFR	13 - 9	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
197	#76 Burns, Brian RS	JR	8 - 8	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
285	#108 Rachal, Deuce ST	SR	8 - 16	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁷

Weight Class	Name Record	Action
125 JR	#40 Piotrowski, Travis ST 13 - 8	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹⁰
125 FR	#72 Cardani, Justin RS 15 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
125 RSFR	#184 Contreras, Josh 2 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
125 FR	#186 Durlacher, Dane RS 3 - 3	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
133 SO	#47 Duncan, Dylan ST 11 - 9	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁶
133 RSFR	#92 Assaf, Abdullah 2 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
133 JR	#206 O'Brien, Andy 0 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
141 SO	#11 Carr, Mike ST 11 - 2	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹⁰
141 FR	#243 Rachal, We RS 0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149 JR	#94 Kanzler, Christian ST 2 - 12	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹
149 SR	#127 Jodeh, Mousa 5 - 9	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	²
149 SO	#174 Thurston, Dylan 0 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹
149 SO	#190 Silzer, Jacob 3 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149 RSFR	#200 Smith, Demarius 4 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149 FR	#237 Rachal, Baan RS 2 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149 FR	#274 Ordonez, Eddie RS 5 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
149 SO	#281 Punke, Ryder 1 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
157 JR	#42 Barone, Eric ST 16 - 11	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹ ¹⁰
157 RSFR	#134 Mologousis, Johnny 7 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
157 FR	#255 Kerstein, Kenny RS 2 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165 JR	#62 Gunther, Joey ST 16 - 10	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	³ ⁵
165 FR	#84 Braunagel, Danny RS 9 - 3	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165 JR	#130 Gasbarro, Nick 8 - 8	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	¹
165 SR	#207 Carr, Colin 1 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165 JR	#232 McCarthy, Tim 3 - 4	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
165 FR	#236 Rich, Garett RS 1 - 2	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174 JR	#78 James, Carver ST 8 - 12	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	²
174 JR	#116 Montalvo, Xavier 0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174 SO	#133 DiBenedetto, Jake 2 - 7	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174 FR	#153 Braunagel, Zach RS 10 - 5	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174 SO	#181 Riojas, David 2 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁴
174 RSFR	#191 Nepomnyashchiy, Nikita 0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174 FR	#191 Shanno, Emille RS 0 - 0	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
174 RSFR	#225 Stein, Jack 1 - 6	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
184 SR	#19 Parker, Emery ST 14 - 2	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	² ¹¹
184 FR	#191 Seamus, O'Donnell RS 1 - 1	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
197 SR	#86 Lee, Andre ST 15 - 12	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁶
197 RSFR	#67 Wroblewski, Matt 13 - 9	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
197 JR	#76 Burns, Brian RS 8 - 8	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status
285 SR	#108 Rachal, Deuce ST 8 - 16	Add To WrestleTrak Set as starter Toggle injury status	⁷

Date	Type	Name	Opponent/ Participants	Win	Score
2018-11-03 11/03/18	Dual Missouri	Missouri - Illinois Dual	#5 Missouri	L	30 - 8
2018-11-10 11/10/18	Tournament Maryville Open	Maryville Open	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants		(match results)
2018-11-17 11/17/18	Tournament Lindenwood Open	Lindenwood Open	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants		(match results)
2018-11-30 11/30/18	Tournament Cliff Keen Invitational	Cliff Keen Invitational	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants		(match results)
2018-12-07 12/07/18	Dual Northern Illinois	Illinois - Northern Illinois Dual	#43 Northern Illinois	W	24 - 9
2018-12-08 12/08/18	Tournament UNI Open	UNI Open	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants		(match results)
2018-12-29 12/29/18	Tournament Midlands Championships	Midlands Championships	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants		(match results)
2019-01-11 01/11/19	Dual Michigan State	Illinois - Michigan State Dual	#28 Michigan State	W	18 - 15
2019-01-12 01/12/19	Dual Michigan	Illinois - Michigan Dual	#6 Michigan	L	28 - 10
2019-01-18 01/18/19	Dual Minnesota	Minnesota - Illinois Dual	#10 Minnesota	L	26 - 15
2019-01-25 01/25/19	Dual Iowa	Iowa - Illinois Dual	#3 Iowa	L	31 - 8
2019-01-27 01/27/19	Dual Nebraska	Illinois - Nebraska Dual	#11 Nebraska	L	30 - 9
2019-02-01 02/01/19	Dual Ohio State	Ohio State - Illinois Dual	#4 Ohio State	L	23 - 14
2019-02-10 02/10/19	Dual Wisconsin	Illinois - Wisconsin Dual	#22 Wisconsin	L	17 - 16
2019-02-15 02/15/19	Dual Northwestern	Illinois - Northwestern Dual	#36 Northwestern	L	25 - 12
2019-02-17 02/17/19	Dual Penn State	Penn State - Illinois Dual	#1 Penn State	L	39 - 9
2019-03-09 03/09/19	Tournament Big Ten Championships	Big Ten Championships	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants
2019-03-21 03/21/19	Tournament NCAA Championships	NCAA Championships	Team Participants \| Wrestler Participants

Date Type	Name Opponent	Win Score
2018-11-03 11/03/18 Dual	Missouri - Illinois Dual #5 Missouri	L 30 - 8
2018-11-10 11/10/18 Tournament	Maryville Open	(match results)
2018-11-17 11/17/18 Tournament	Lindenwood Open	(match results)
2018-11-30 11/30/18 Tournament	Cliff Keen Invitational	(match results)
2018-12-07 12/07/18 Dual	Illinois - Northern Illinois Dual #43 Northern Illinois	W 24 - 9
2018-12-08 12/08/18 Tournament	UNI Open	(match results)
2018-12-29 12/29/18 Tournament	Midlands Championships	(match results)
2019-01-11 01/11/19 Dual	Illinois - Michigan State Dual #28 Michigan State	W 18 - 15
2019-01-12 01/12/19 Dual	Illinois - Michigan Dual #6 Michigan	L 28 - 10
2019-01-18 01/18/19 Dual	Minnesota - Illinois Dual #10 Minnesota	L 26 - 15
2019-01-25 01/25/19 Dual	Iowa - Illinois Dual #3 Iowa	L 31 - 8
2019-01-27 01/27/19 Dual	Illinois - Nebraska Dual #11 Nebraska	L 30 - 9
2019-02-01 02/01/19 Dual	Ohio State - Illinois Dual #4 Ohio State	L 23 - 14
2019-02-10 02/10/19 Dual	Illinois - Wisconsin Dual #22 Wisconsin	L 17 - 16
2019-02-15 02/15/19 Dual	Illinois - Northwestern Dual #36 Northwestern	L 25 - 12
2019-02-17 02/17/19 Dual	Penn State - Illinois Dual #1 Penn State	L 39 - 9
2019-03-09 03/09/19 Tournament	Big Ten Championships
2019-03-21 03/21/19 Tournament	NCAA Championships

	Recruit	True Freshman	Redshirt Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior
125		#72 Justin Cardani RS #186 Dane Durlacher RS	#184 Josh Contreras		#40 Travis Piotrowski ST
133	Dominic Zaccone		#92 Abdullah Assaf	#47 Dylan Duncan ST	#206 Andy O'Brien
141		#243 We Rachal RS		#11 Mike Carr ST
149		#237 Baan Rachal RS #274 Eddie Ordonez RS	#200 Demarius Smith	#174 Dylan Thurston #190 Jacob Silzer #281 Ryder Punke	#94 Christian Kanzler ST	#127 Mousa Jodeh
157	Phillip Sims	#255 Kenny Kerstein RS	#134 Johnny Mologousis		#42 Eric Barone ST
165	Emille (DJ) Shannon	#84 Danny Braunagel RS #236 Garett Rich RS			#62 Joey Gunther ST #130 Nick Gasbarro #232 Tim McCarthy	#207 Colin Carr
174		#153 Zach Braunagel RS #191 Emille Shanno RS	#191 Nikita Nepomnyashchiy #225 Jack Stein	#133 Jake DiBenedetto #181 David Riojas	#78 Carver James ST #116 Xavier Montalvo
184		#191 O'Donnell Seamus RS				#19 Emery Parker ST
197			#67 Matt Wroblewski		#76 Brian Burns RS	#86 Andre Lee ST
285	Luke Luffman					#108 Deuce Rachal ST

125	Class	Record
#40 Piotrowski, Travis ST	JR	13 - 8
#72 Cardani, Justin RS	FR	15 - 6
#184 Contreras, Josh	RSFR	2 - 4
#186 Durlacher, Dane RS	FR	3 - 3

133	Class	Record
#47 Duncan, Dylan ST	SO	11 - 9
#92 Assaf, Abdullah	RSFR	2 - 6
#206 O'Brien, Andy	JR	0 - 4

141	Class	Record
#11 Carr, Mike ST	SO	11 - 2
#243 Rachal, We RS	FR	0 - 0

149	Class	Record
#94 Kanzler, Christian ST	JR	2 - 12
#127 Jodeh, Mousa	SR	5 - 9
#174 Thurston, Dylan	SO	0 - 1
#190 Silzer, Jacob	SO	3 - 4
#200 Smith, Demarius	RSFR	4 - 4
#237 Rachal, Baan RS	FR	2 - 1
#274 Ordonez, Eddie RS	FR	5 - 4
#281 Punke, Ryder	SO	1 - 4

157	Class	Record
#42 Barone, Eric ST	JR	16 - 11
#134 Mologousis, Johnny	RSFR	7 - 4
#255 Kerstein, Kenny RS	FR	2 - 6

165	Class	Record
#62 Gunther, Joey ST	JR	16 - 10
#84 Braunagel, Danny RS	FR	9 - 3
#130 Gasbarro, Nick	JR	8 - 8
#207 Carr, Colin	SR	1 - 4
#232 McCarthy, Tim	JR	3 - 4
#236 Rich, Garett RS	FR	1 - 2

174	Class	Record
#78 James, Carver ST	JR	8 - 12
#116 Montalvo, Xavier	JR	0 - 0
#133 DiBenedetto, Jake	SO	2 - 7
#153 Braunagel, Zach RS	FR	10 - 5
#181 Riojas, David	SO	2 - 1
#191 Nepomnyashchiy, Nikita	RSFR	0 - 0
#191 Shanno, Emille RS	FR	0 - 0
#225 Stein, Jack	RSFR	1 - 6

184	Class	Record
#19 Parker, Emery ST	SR	14 - 2
#191 Seamus, O'Donnell RS	FR	1 - 1

197	Class	Record
#67 Wroblewski, Matt	RSFR	13 - 9
#76 Burns, Brian RS	JR	8 - 8
#86 Lee, Andre ST	SR	15 - 12

285	Class	Record
#108 Rachal, Deuce ST	SR	8 - 16

Season	Week	Dual	Tourney
2019	15	37 ↓ 3	52 ↓ 12
2019	14	34	40 ↑ 2
2019	13	34 ↓ 2	42 ↓ 6
2019	12	32 ↓ 2	36 ↓ 4
2019	11	30 ↑ 2	32 ↓ 3
2019	10	32	29 ↓ 3
2019	9	32 ↓ 2	26 ↑ 2
2019	8	30 ↑ 1	28
2019	7	31 ↓ 1	28
2019	6	30	28 ↓ 3
2019	5	30 ↑ 2	25 ↓ 1
2019	4	32 ↓ 1	24 ↓ 1
2019	3	31	23 ↑ 7
2019	2	31 ↓ 3	30 ↓ 2
2019	1	28	28
2019	Preseason	28	28
2018	20	15	12
2018	18	14	13 ↓ 1
2018	17	14	12
2018	16	14	12 ↑ 1
2018	15	14 ↑ 4	13
2018	14	18 ↓ 3	13 ↓ 1
2018	13	15 ↑ 9	12 ↑ 2
2018	12	24 ↓ 8	14 ↓ 2
2018	11	16 ↓ 1	12
2018	10	15 ↑ 2	12 ↑ 2
2018	9	17 ↓ 2	14 ↓ 1
2018	8	15	13
2018	7	15	13
2018	6	15	13 ↓ 2
2018	5	15 ↑ 1	11 ↑ 1
2018	4	16	12 ↓ 1
2018	3	16	11 ↑ 1
2018	2	16 ↑ 4	12
2018	1	20 ↑ 1	12 ↑ 1
2018	Preseason	21	13
2017	20	12	14
2017	18	16 ↓ 1	13 ↓ 1
2017	17	15	12
2017	16	15	12
2017	15	15 ↑ 2	12 ↓ 1
2017	14	17 ↓ 1	11 ↓ 1
2017	13	16 ↓ 1	10 ↑ 1
2017	12	15 ↓ 1	11
2017	11	14 ↑ 4	11 ↓ 1
2017	10	18 ↓ 1	10 ↑ 5
2017	9	17 ↓ 4	15 ↓ 1
2017	8	13	14
2017	7	13	14 ↑ 1
2017	6	13 ↓ 1	15 ↓ 1
2017	5	12 ↑ 2	14 ↓ 3
2017	4	14 ↓ 1	11 ↑ 1
2017	3	13 ↑ 2	12 ↓ 4
2017	2	15 ↓ 2	8 ↑ 4
2017	1	13 ↑ 1	12 ↓ 2
2017	Preseason	14	10
2016	21	17	14
2016	19	20	13 ↓ 1
2016	18	20	12
2016	17	20	12
2016	16	20 ↓ 3	12 ↑ 1
2016	15	17 ↑ 2	13 ↓ 3
2016	14	19 ↓ 2	10
2016	13	17 ↓ 1	10
2016	12	16 ↓ 2	10
2016	11	14 ↑ 2	10 ↑ 1
2016	10	16 ↑ 1	11 ↓ 1
2016	9	17	10 ↑ 1
2016	8	17	11 ↑ 2
2016	7	17 ↑ 2	13 ↓ 1
2016	6	19 ↑ 1	12 ↓ 4
2016	5	20	8 ↑ 1
2016	4	20 ↓ 7	9 ↓ 2
2016	3	13 ↓ 1	7 ↑ 1
2016	2	12	8 ↑ 1
2016	1	12 ↑ 7	9 ↑ 5
2016	Preseason	19	14
2015	21	6	7
2015	19	6	7 ↑ 1
2015	18	6	8
2015	17	6	8
2015	16	6 ↑ 2	8 ↓ 1
2015	15	8 ↓ 1	7 ↓ 1
2015	14	7 ↓ 2	6
2015	13	5 ↑ 1	6 ↑ 1
2015	12	6 ↑ 1	7
2015	11	7 ↓ 2	7
2015	10	5 ↑ 3	7 ↑ 3
2015	9	8	10 ↑ 1
2015	8	8	11
2015	7	8 ↑ 3	11 ↓ 1
2015	6	11	10
2015	5	11 ↑ 1	10 ↓ 1
2015	4	12 ↓ 1	9
2015	3	11	9 ↓ 1
2015	2	11 ↓ 2	8
2015	1	9 ↓ 3	8 ↑ 3
2015	Preseason	6	11
2014	21	11	16
2014	19	11	16 ↓ 2
2014	18	11	14
2014	17	11	14
2014	16	11 ↑ 1	14
2014	15	12 ↓ 2	14
2014	14	10 ↑ 3	14 ↑ 1
2014	13	13 ↓ 1	15 ↓ 2
2014	12	12 ↑ 9	13 ↑ 14
2014	11	21 ↓ 6	27 ↓ 8
2014	10	15 ↓ 2	19 ↓ 8
2014	9	13 ↑ 1	11 ↑ 24
2014	8	14	35 ↓ 10
2014	7	14 ↑ 1	25 ↓ 3
2014	6	15	22 ↑ 2
2014	5	15 ↓ 5	24 ↑ 36
2014	4	10 ↑ 21	60 ↓ 13
2014	3	31 ↓ 1	47 ↓ 15
2014	2	30 ↓ 19	32 ↑ 8
2014	1	11 ↓ 10	40 ↓ 39
2014	Preseason	1	1

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