{"id":233213,"date":"2026-01-11T21:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/233213\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T21:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:27:13","slug":"terps-pick-up-two-ranked-wins-fall-to-no-18-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/233213\/","title":{"rendered":"Terps Pick Up Two Ranked Wins, Fall to No. 18 Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">COLLEGE PARK, Md. \u2013 The Maryland wrestling team (4-3, 0-2 B1G) fell to No. 18 Wisconsin (9-1, 1-1 B1G), 28-13, on Sunday afternoon, suffering its second Big Ten loss of the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Despite the setback, the Terrapins earned two ranked victories at 197 and 149 pounds. No. 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/branson-john\/15056\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15056\" target=\"_blank\">Branson John<\/a> opened the dual with an 8-4 decision over No. 28 Wyatt Ingham at 197. Midyear transfer No. 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/carter-young\/15538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15538\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Young<\/a> continued his strong start in a Maryland singlet, defeating No. 17 Joseph Zargo in a marquee matchup at 149.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">True freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/ryan-kennedy\/15072\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15072\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Kennedy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/sepanta-ahanj-elias\/15069\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15069\" target=\"_blank\">Sepanta Ahanj-Elias<\/a> also recorded their first collegiate dual wins. Kennedy secured a 6-3 decision over Carson Exford at 141, while Ahanj-Elias posted a dominant 13-1 major decision against David Malin at 184.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Maryland returns home this Friday, Jan. 16, to face Purdue at 7 p.m. in College Park.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Full Results:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">197:#15 <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/branson-john\/15056\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15056\" target=\"_blank\">Branson John<\/a> DEC (8-4) #28 Wyatt Ingham (WISC)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">285: #9 Braxton Amos F (13-2)\u00a0(WISC) <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/oscar-williams\/15066\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15066\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">125: #11 Nicolar Rivera (WISC) MD (10-1) <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/presden-sanchez\/15082\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15082\" target=\"_blank\">Presden Sanchez<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">133: #14 Zan Fuggitt (WISC) TF (19-4) <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/abram-cline\/15051\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15051\" target=\"_blank\">Abram Cline<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">141: <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/ryan-kennedy\/15072\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15072\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Kennedy<\/a> DEC (6-3) Carson Exferd (WISC)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">149:#14 <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/carter-young\/15538\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15538\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Young<\/a> DEC (11-6) #17 Joseph Zargo (WISC)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">157: #25 Luke Mechler (WISC) TF (17-2)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/nathan-perry\/15080\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15080\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Perry<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">165: #26 Cody Gobel (WISC) DEC (7-2) <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/aj-rodrigues\/15081\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15081\" target=\"_blank\">AJ Rodrigues<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">174: Luke Condon (WISC) (TF, 18-3) <a href=\"https:\/\/umterps.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/seth-digby\/15070\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15070\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Digby<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">184: Sepanta Ahanj- Elias MD (13-1) David Malin (WISC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; COLLEGE PARK, Md. \u2013 The Maryland wrestling team (4-3, 0-2 B1G) fell to No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-233213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}