Rutgers @ Michigan

Michigan defeated Rutgers 23-10 in Ann Arbor, Michigan on January 21, 2024, picking up a 13-point dual meet win in Big Ten competition. The match was shaped by a pair of bonus-point majors for the Wolverines and a retaliatory major for the Scarlet Knights that narrowed the gap but arrived too late to change the outcome.

Will Lewan at 157 delivered one of those big finishes, taking an emphatic 10-2 major decision over Al DeSantis to earn four team points. Jaden Bullock followed with another major at 184, defeating Brian Soldano 13-3 and adding four more bonus points that materially lifted Michigan’s team total. Those two majors combined for eight bonus points and were the difference-maker in a meet that otherwise featured tightly contested decisions.

Rutgers answered in the upper weights when John Poznanski notched a major decision over Rylan Rogers at 197, 11-3, securing four team points and preventing the margin from ballooning further. Even with that result, Michigan’s earlier bonus scoring proved decisive, and Rutgers could not overcome the deficit created by Lewan’s and Bullock’s wins.

In the end, Michigan’s ability to convert two matches into major decisions provided the cushion needed to close out a 23-10 victory in Ann Arbor. The three highlighted bouts accounted for the most consequential swing in the dual, leaving Michigan with the edge in bonus scoring and the win on the road.