Notes & Quotes: #7 Illinois 31, #8 Michigan 9
1/8/2012 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Jan. 8, 2012
N O T E S
• With today's loss, Michigan fell to 41-25-1 in the all-time series against Illinois.
• Fifth-year senior Kellen Russell extended his dual-meet winning streak to 35 consecutive matches. Russell has not lost a dual match in three season, dating back to the 2008-09 campaign.
• Russell, sophomore/freshman Max Huntley and senior/junior Ben Apland all improved to 3-0 in Big Ten dual competition. Fifth-year senior Justin Zeerip, who did not compete against Illinois due to injury, is also undefeated in conference action with a 2-0 mark.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Joe McFarland
On the Wolverine effort ... "I was really disappointed with the way we competed. We allowed those guys to take control of these matches early on, and we never got our offense going. We didn't wrestle aggressively. That right now is the biggest thing we need to work on as a team; we are not aggressive enough at times. We need to get out there and overwhelm that other guy with our offense. You need to have a relentless attack that's going to put you in the driver's seat in these matches. Right now, we're not doing that consistently."
U-M Sophomore/Freshman Max Huntley
On the difference between Friday's win at Northwestern and today ... "Against Northwestern, we out-toughed them. All those close matches we won on Friday, we lost all those matches today. We didn't come out there with fire, and we were lackadaisical. So, we need to bounce back strong against Indiana."
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