Wrestling: Big Ten flexes its muscle

The NCAA Wrestling Championships have a heavy Big Ten flavor.

Four of the 10 national final matches Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena feature two Big Ten wrestlers, including three rematches from the conference tournament earlier this month.

University of Iowa's Tony Ramos and Derek St. John are involved in half of them.

Ramos and Ohio State's Logan Stieber reached the 133-pound finals as the top-two seeds, resulting in a rematch of the conference championship March 10. Stieber won the match, 3-1, with a takedown in sudden victory. They were two of four All-Americans from the Big Ten.

St. John, also the second seed, and Northwestern's top-seeded senior Jason Welch met for the fifth time in the 157-pound final, although the two did not meet this season. Welch was top-seeded after winning the Big Ten title, while St. John finished third.

The 125-pound final between Penn State's Nico Megaludis and Illinois' Jesse Delgado is a rematch of a Big Ten semifinal. At heavyweight, Minnesota's Tony Nelson and Northwestern's Mike McMullan wrestled for the title. Nelson beat McMullan, 4-1, for the conference crown.

The Big Ten had 29 All-Americans, including 12 overall finalists. The conference had six All-Americans 174.