Huskers Show Potential at Wrestle-Offs

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“Tonight was a good indication of our conditioning and how our guys prepare mentally for matches,” Manning said.  “We have the potential to be pretty good, but we have to develop it and keep getting better.”

 

One of the highlights of the night was a hard-fought 7-4 victory by true freshman Mike Rowe over Patrick Aleksanyan at 133 pounds.

 

“You won’t see a better match than that,” Manning said.  “Both guys did a great job.”

 

Another highlight was Dominick Moyer.  The junior 141-pound wrestler from Oskaloosa, Iowa, was the only Husker to go 3-0 during the evening.  Moyer pinned Brad Zurek in the second period of the first match of the night before pinning Brady LaMar 1:58 into their match.  Moyer closed the night with a 3-2 overtime win over Gregg Romano. 

 

Moyer was one of three wrestlers to go at least 2-0 during the night.  Redshirt freshmen Paul Donahoe and Chris Oliver starred at 125 pounds and 157 pounds, respectively, while true freshman Vince Jones earned a pair of victories at 184 pounds. 

 

Senior All-Americans Jacob Klein and B.J. Padden won their only matches of the night.

 

The Huskers begin dual competition on Nov. 18 with a 7 p.m. dual against BoiseState at the NU Coliseum.

 

Results

141-Dominick Moyer by fall over Brad Zurek, 4:05

141-Gregg Romano by major decision over Andrew Wiens, 9-0

184-Matt Farrell by fall over Casey Roberts, 3:50

125-Paul Donahoe by fall over Austin Baier, 2:40

149-Ryan Davis by decision over Robert Sanders, 15-10

157-Chris Oliver by fall over Rob Plambeck, 0:48

165-James Pummel by decision over David Ingalls, 3-2

174-Brandon Browne by decision over Craig Brester, 3-2

197-B.J. Padden by major decision over Levi Wofford, 13-4

141-Moyer by fall over Brady LaMar, 1:58

157-Oliver by fall over Chad Johnson, 1:19

184-Vince Jones by fall over Casey Roberts, 1:45

125-Donahoe by technical fall over Baier, 22-6 (6:14)

141-Wiens by decision over LaMar, 8-4

HWT-Jon May by decision over Stefan Tighe, 10-3

165-Marc Harwood by decision over Ingalls, 5-3

174-Jacob Klein by major decision over Brester, 16-4

133-Mike Rowe by decision over Patrick Aleksanyan, 7-4

141-LaMar by decision over Zurek, 5-4

157-Johnson by decision over Plambeck, 5-2

184-Jones by decision over Farrell, 5-2

141-Moyer by decision over Romano, 3-2 (TB)

149-Sanders by decision over Davis, 11-6