2017-18 Big Ten Olympic Sports thread

[ELA]

Wonder if any players on Yale or Duke lacrosse had ever had to win something on merit before in their lives?

[Brutus Buckeye]

At the D3 level, the Ohio Wesleyan men and the Denison women both made it to the elite 8. 

Apparently this was Denison's best team in school history. Kind of amazing, considering they have always been a powerhouse program. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Track dude wins individual NC. 

[FearlessF]

split end or flanker?

[FearlessF]

Lincoln, Neb. – Jordan Burroughs (74 kg/163 pounds) and James Green (70 kg/154 pounds) each went 2-0 during Final X on Saturday at the Devaney Center to advance to the UWW Freestyle World Championships.

Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time World champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), made his eighth consecutive World Team for the United States. The two-time NCAA champion at Nebraska swept his best-of-three series against two-time NCAA champion Isaiah Martinez, who won the 2018 U.S. Open.

In the opening match at 74 kg, Burroughs won by a 4-1 margin, scoring all four points via step out.

In the second bout between the two, Martinez took a 1-0 lead on a step out, but Burroughs took down Martinez and then added two laces to build a 6-1 lead after the first period. Burroughs added one point on a step out to start the second period. He added two takedowns en route to an 11-1 victory.

Green, a two-time World medalist, made his fourth U.S. World Team. He took home silver at the 2017 World Championships after earning a bronze medal in 2015. A four-time All-American at Nebraska, Green went 2-0 in the best-of-three series against Jason Chamberlain, the 2018 U.S. Open champion.

In the first match at 70 kg, Green won by a 2-0 margin, scoring one point for passivity in the first period and added another point for passivity in the second period.

In the second match between Green and Chamberlain, Green forced a step out in the opening period to take a 1-0 lead. He made the lead 2-0 after a shot clock violation before Chamberlain forced a step out.

The 2018 Freestyle World Championships are set for Oct. 20-28 in Budapest, Hungary. The other weight classes for the United States will be contested on June 16 in State College, Pennsylvania, and June 23 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

2018 Final X Lincoln Results (Best-of-Three Series) 
70 kg/154 pounds 
Match 1: James Green dec. Jason Chamberlain, 2-0 
Match 2: James Green dec. Jason Chamberlain, 2-1

74 kg/163 pounds 
Match 1: Jordan Burroughs dec. Isaiah Martinez, 4-1 
Match 2: Jordan Burroughs tech fall Isaiah Martinez, 11-1