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Kollin Moore, Luke Pletcher Come to Terms with Losing National Championship Opportunity As Their Ohio State Wrestling Careers End

Had the NCAA Wrestling Championships taken place as scheduled, Kollin Moore and Luke Pletcher both have reason to believe they would have finished their Ohio State careers as national champions.

Ranked as the No. 1 seeds in each of their respective weight classes – Pletcher at 141 pounds and Moore at 197 – the two Buckeye seniors were both frontrunners to take the top spot on the podium entering the tournament. Moore hadn’t lost a single match all season, while Pletcher’s only loss of the year came at Penn State against No. 2 seed Nick Lee, who he later defeated in the Big Ten Championships.