Snyder, Tomasello lead way to Big Ten wrestling title

Heavyweight Kyle Snyder and Nathan Tomasello were among four individual champions for Ohio State as the Buckeyes rolled to the Big Ten wrestling championship in East Lansing, Michigan, their third conference crown in four years.

Ohio State rolled up 164½ points — the highest team total in the event since 2002 — to defeat second-place Penn State (148.0) and third-place Michigan (118.0).

Snyder won his third straight Big Ten title by avenging his only collegiate loss in the past three years. He topped Adam Coon of Michigan in sudden victory in period two in the final, despite giving up 59 pounds to Coon (283 to 224).

Tomasello won at 125 pounds to become one of just 16 wrestlers in the 106-year history of the Big Ten meet to become a four-time champion. He avenged his only loss of the season, defeating Spencer Lee of Iowa in the semifinals, and scored a 10-7 decision over Ethan Lizak of Minnesota in the final.

Joey McKenna took the 141-pound title, having not surrendered a point during the tournament. He closed it out with a 13-0 major decision over Michael Carr of Illinois in the final.

Kollin Moore won at 197 pounds to claim his second consecutive Big Ten title, defeating Shakur Rasheed of Penn State 8-4 in the final. Moore has yet to lose a match at the Big Ten meet in his career.

Ohio State finished with seven finals appearances and nine top-three showings. All 10 Buckeyes also earned automatic bids to the NCAA championships, to be held March 15-17 in Cleveland.

The Big Ten title is Ohio State’s fifth, to go with victories in 1923, 1951, 2015 and 2017.

Baseball

Eastern Michigan scored three runs each in the second and fourth innings and cruised to a 6-1 victory over Ohio State in the Cox Diamond Invitational in Pensacola, Florida.

OSU starter Adam Niemeyer gave up all six runs on seven hits and two walks in 3 innings. He struck out four. Luke DeVenney limited the Buckeyes (7-4) to one run on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out five and walked one for the Eagles (3-8).

Ohio State got a run in the sixth when Andrew Fishel lined a single to right to score Conner Pohl.

Men’s lacrosse

Ohio State scored five straight goals to rally from a 6-3 deficit and defeat Detroit Mercy 8-7 in Pontiac, Michigan.

With OSU down 6-3 early in the third quarter, five players each contributed a goal. The Buckeyes (5-1) took their first lead of the game when a goal by John Kelly put them up 7-6 at 11:55 of the fourth quarter. Gale Thorpe tallied what proved to be the winning goal at 3:52. Detroit Mercy (2-4) cut the lead to 8-7 with 3:17 to play, but the OSU defense held from there.

Women’s tennis

No. 11 Ohio State was swept 4-0 at No. 18 Texas.

The Buckeyes (5-3) lost two of the three doubles matches to give the Longhorns the doubles point. Shiori Fukuda, Olivia Sneed and Danielle Wolf then dropped singles matches to clinch the win for Texas (8-4).