Nathan Tomasello Repeats as Big Ten Wrestling Champion, Topping Penn State's Nico Megaludis in Overtime

By 11W Staff on March 6, 2016 at 4:33 pm
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Nathan Tomasello's hardware collection keeps growing.

Sunday, the Ohio State redshirt sophomore repeated as Big Ten wrestling champion in the 125-pound weight class with 3–1 over No. 3 seed Nico Megaludis of Penn State.

Tomasello, the tournament's top seed, fought back from a one-point deficit to tie the affair before countering a Megaludis takedown attempt in overtime for the winning two.

Tomasello was dominant on his way to the final, knocking off Ben Thornton of Purdue, 20-2, No. 8 Sean McCabe of Rutgers in the quarterfinals, 20-5, and No. 4 Tim Lambert of Nebraska, 10-5, in the semifinals.

With the win, Tomasello improves to 25–0 on the season. Next up: a chance to repeat as NCAA champion.

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