The McCallie-Baylor wrestling battle Friday started at 132 pounds, and the visiting Blue Tornado’s Brock Herring opened with a major decision.
It was the Big Blue’s lone lead of the night, though, as the Red Raiders’ Michael Murphy followed at 138 pounds with a technical fall and Baylor rolled to a 41-16 Division II East-Middle win.
It was the Raiders’ 11th straight victory in the longstanding duel and increased their overall series lead to 51-40.
“We had several matches where we’re going to work on new things. The guys’ effort is there and everybody is focusing at the right time,” Baylor coach Ben Nelson said. “We’re really happy with where the team is mentally; now we have things to tweak at a few weight classes so we can compete a little bit better.”
The Red Raiders are pretty much healthy although some who have been out of the lineup for a while — Jack Reynolds at 120 pounds and Caleb Canada at 152 — still are working their way back into shape.