Green Clinches Fourth All-America Honor

St. Louis, Mo. – Senior James Green (157) won a 12-4 major decision over 12th-seeded Mitchell Minotti of Lehigh during Session III of the NCAA Championships on Friday to advance to the semifinals.

With the win, Green became the second wrestler in Husker history to earn All-America honors on four occasions. He joins Bryan Snyder, who wrestled for NU from 1999 to 2002. Green won each of his first three matches of the tournament in bonus-point fashion and will battle top-seeded Isaiah Martinez of Illinois tonight.

No. 1 seed Robert Kokesh (174) suffered his first loss of the season as he fell to eighth-seeded Tyler Wilps of Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals, 3-2. Kokesh will wrestle for his third All-America honor in the consolation bracket during Session IV tonight.

No. 9 seed Anthony Abidin (141) lost to top-seeded Logan Stieber of Ohio State in the quarterfinals by a 16-1 technical fall. Abidin will also battle for a spot on the podium during tonight’s session. Additional Huskers remaining in contention in the wrestlebacks include Aaron Studebaker (197), TJ Dudley (184) and Eric Montoya (133).

Studebaker, the 15th seed at 197 pounds, pinned both of his opponents in Session III and will face No. 5 seed Scott Schiller of Minnesota tonight. Dudley, the No. 16 seed at 184 pounds, won a pair of major decisions and will grapple against 14th-seeded Matt McCutcheon of Penn State. Montoya knocked off No. 5 seed Zane Richards of Illinois and fourth-seeded Johnni DiJulius of Ohio State in Session III.

Collin Jensen (HWT), Tim Lambert (125) and Austin Wilson (165) also competed on Friday, but were each eliminated.

As a team, Nebraska is in sixth place with 36.5 points. Ohio State leads the team race with 64.5 points, while Iowa (47.5) and Missouri (45) round out the top three.

Session IV starts tonight at 7 p.m. (CT). The championship semifinals will be televised on ESPN and all matches will be streamed on ESPN3.

NCAA Championships
March 19-21, 2015
Scottrade Center
St. Louis, Mo.

125 pounds
First Round: #2 Nahshon Garrett (CORN) by dec. over Tim Lambert (NEB), 10-6
Consolation First Round: Tim Lambert (NEB) by major dec. over #15 Chasen Tolbert (UV), 9-1
Consolation Second Round: Conor Youtsey (MICH) by dec. over Tim Lambert (NEB), 10-7

133 pounds
First Round: #6 Earl Hall (ISU) by dec. over Eric Montoya (NEB), 7-4
Consolation First Round: Eric Montoya (NEB) by dec. over Zach Synon (MIZZ), 4-0
Consolation Second Round: Eric Montoya (NEB) by major dec. over #5 Zane Richards (ILL), 10-1
Consolation Third Round: Eric Montoya (NEB) by dec. over #4 Johnni DiJulius (OHST), 7-4

141 pounds
First Round: #9 Anthony Abidin (NEB) by major dec. over Nick Lawrence (PUR), 8-0
Second Round: #9 Anthony Abidin (NEB) by dec. over #8 Geo Martinez (BSU), 6-4
Quarterfinals: #1 Logan Stieber (OHST) by tech. fall over #9 Anthony Abidin (NEB), 16-1

157 pounds
First Round: #4 James Green (NEB) by major dec. over Markus Scheidel (COL), 13-4
Second Round: #4 James Green (NEB) by tech. fall over Noel Blanco (DREX), 20-5
Quarterfinals: #4 James Green (NEB) by major dec. over #12 Mitchell Minotti (LEH), 12-4

165 pounds
First Round: Austin Wilson (NEB) by dec. over #2 Michael Moreno (ISU), 7-5
Second Round: #15 Ethan Ramos (UNC) by dec. over Austin Wilson (NEB), 6-3
Consolation Second Round: #16 Harrison Hightower (OHIO) by sudden victory-1 over Austin Wilson (NEB), 5-3

174 pounds
First Round: #1 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by major dec. over Taylor Massa (MICH), 9-0
Second Round: #1 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by major dec. over Chad Welch (PUR), 11-0
Quarterfinals: #8 Tyler Wilps (PITT) by dec. over #1 Robert Kokesh (NEB), 3-2

184 pounds
First Round: #16 TJ Dudley (NEB) by major dec. over Ophir Bernstein (BRO), 9-0
Second Round: #1 Gabe Dean (CORN) by dec. over #16 TJ Dudley (NEB), 9-8
Consolation Second Round: #16 TJ Dudley (NEB) by major dec. over Brett Harner (PRIN), 9-0
Consolation Third Round: #16 TJ Dudley (NEB) by major dec. over #10 Lorenzo Thomas (PENN), 17-5

197 pounds
First Round: #15 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) by dec. over Jake Smith (WVU), 3-1
Second Round: #2 Morgan McIntosh (PSU) by major dec. over #15 Aaron Studebaker (NEB), 14-5
Consolation Second Round: #15 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) by pin over Scottie Boykin (CHAT), 3:40
Consolation Third Round: #15 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) by pin over #9 Jace Bennett (CORN), 6:12

Heavyweight
First Round: #6 Adam Coon (MICH) by pin over Collin Jensen (NEB), 4:29
Consolation First Round: Collin Jensen (NEB) by dec. over Nathan Butler (STAN), 5-3
Consolation Second Round: Collin Jensen (NEB) by dec. over #12 Denzel Dejournette (APST), 3-1
Consolation Third Round: #3 Bobby Telford (IOWA) by dec. over Collin Jensen (NEB), 9-2