Indiana @ Central Michigan

Indiana edged Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant on November 15, 2024, with the dual officially recorded as a 16-16 score but Indiana awarded the victory. The dual came down to bonus-point wrestling in the middle weights, where two major decisions separated the teams and ultimately decided the outcome at Central Michigan University.

The decisive moments were both majors. At 165 pounds, Indiana’s Tyler Lillard scored a 14-3 major decision over Chandler Amaker, picking up four team points and giving Indiana a crucial bonus swing. That result stood out for its margin and the five- or six-point burst it provided in an otherwise tightly contested meet.

Central Michigan answered back at 174 pounds when Alex Cramer turned in a 12-3 major decision against Indiana’s Roman Rogotzke, also worth four team points. Cramer’s bonus erased Indiana’s cushion and created the deadlock on the scoreboard, illustrating how a pair of bonus victories in adjacent weight classes produced the meet’s defining sequence.

With both schools trading majors and team points, the dual was decided by the tiebreaking procedures despite the 16-16 raw score. Outside of those two bouts, there were no other listed bonus-point finishes, so the majors at 165 and 174 were the most important results on the night.