STILLWATER — After Konner Doucet got his hand raised Friday night, he yelled into the rowdy Gallagher-Iba Arena crowd “I’m back!”
And he looked better than ever.
Outside of a pin to start the Michigan State Open last season, Doucet averaged 3.5 points scored in his other four matches. Well, in his return to the starting lineup against Stanford, Doucet beat Jackson Mankowski via a 19-4 technical fall, just the third tech fall of the sixth-year senior’s career.
“I feel way different,” Doucet said. “I know I’ve always had it, but just the preparation I put in.