Jesse Mendez captured the Big Ten title at 141 pounds, two other Buckeyes earned top-three finishes and seven total OSU wrestlers qualified for NCAAs at the Big Ten championships.
An underdog against Beau Bartlett, Mendez came in and shot for takedown after takedown, working position after position trying to find an edge over the nation's No. 1 wrestler in his 141-pound weight class.
Mendez is currently No. 3 in the country at 141 pounds and should be a contender for a national championship in the weight class at the NCAA Tournament. In reaching the championship match against Bartlett, Mendez also knocked off the No. 2 wrestler in the weight class nationally, Iowa's Real Woods. Ohio State finished fifth as a team at the Big Ten Tournament, scoring 89 points. Penn State won the conference title, scoring 170.5 points to second-place Michigan's 123.5. Nebraska and Iowa followed in third and fourth.
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