Ohio State heavyweight Tate Orndorff celebrates a win Sunday at the Big Ten championships, where the Buckeyes rode Sammy Sasso's title at 149 pounds and Kaleb Romero's runnerup showing at 184 pounds to a fourth-place finish.
Ohio State advanced only two of the five wrestlers that reached the Big Ten semifinals on Saturday night and thus has a lot of work ahead if it's to emerge no lower than fourth place.
An unexpected injury scratch by 125-pounder Malik Heinselman introduces an unwelcome wildcard for Ohio State as it enters the Big Ten wrestling championships.
It had its wild and woolly moments, but another quality start by Isaiah Coupet, a huge hit in the sixth by Tyler Pettorini, and the issues of someone else's bullpen (for a change) helped the Buckeyes to an 8-3 win over Mississippi State.
The Buckeyes head to Texas this week for what will be a very telling three-game series against three of college baseball's bluebloods - Cal Berkeley, Mississippi State, and Oklahoma. So...how do they stand?
