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Nebraska Wrestling - Weekly Notes (Nov. 9, 2011) NEBRASKA 2011-12 WRESTLING 2011-12 Schedule Huskers Head to First Big Ten Championships Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 10 at Bucknell W, 28-9 2012 Big Ten Wrestling Championships Nov. 12 vs. #24 Kent State% W, 19-17 • • Nov. 12 vs. North Carolina% W, 20-16 Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, Ind. March 3-4, 2012 Nov. 12 vs. Navy% W, 27-6 Saturday, March 3 Dec. 2-3 Las Vegas Invitational 4th, 106 pts. Session I - 9 a.m. (BTN.com - subscription required) Dec. 10 #14 Wyoming W, 19-15 Session II - 4 p.m. (BTN.com - subscription required) Dec. 17 at South Dakota State W, 37-3 Sunday, March 4 Dec. 18 at North Dakota State W, 31-6 Session III - Noon (BTN.com - subscription required) Dec. 29 vs. Boise State# W, 34-3 Session IV - 2 p.m. (Big Ten Network) Dec. 29 at Arizona State# W, 42-0 Big Ten Tournament Central: www.purduesports.com Jan. 6 #6 Ohio State* W, 18-16 Jan. 13 #2 Iowa* L, 9-24 Updates: www.twitter.com/HuskerWrestling Jan. 20 at Indiana* W, 23-17 *All times Central Jan. 22 Purdue* W, 24-9 Jan. 27 at Michigan State* W, 27-8 The No. 8 Nebraska wrestling team will embark on its first run through the Big Ten Conference Wrestling Jan. 29 at Wisconsin* W, 36-0 Championships this weekend, beginning on Saturday, March 3 and concluding on Sunday, March 4. The Huskers, Feb. 3 #2 Penn State* L, 6-31 Feb. 5 at #4 Minnesota* L, 7-26 who finished the dual season with a 15-4 overall record and a 5-4 record against Big Ten foes, will be in search of Feb. 12 vs. #6 Ohio State^ L, 18-21 their eighth conference championship in school history and first since 2009 when they captured the Big 12 title in Feb. 19 Northern Iowa W, 26-16 Lincoln, Neb. March 3 Big Ten Championships@ 9 a.m./4 p.m. March 4 Big Ten Championships@ Noon/2 p.m. This year’s championships are being hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., and are being held March 15-17 NCAA Championships$ All Day in historic Mackey Arena (14,123). The first session of action will begin at 9 a.m. (CT) on Saturday, while Session II will kick off at 4 p.m. (CT) and will feature the semifinal matches. Session III, which will include the consolation Times are Central: Home matches in Bold *-Big and seventh-place matches, will start at Noon (CT) on Sunday. The tournaments last session will kick off at 2 p.m. Ten Conference match; %-Wrestle for a Cure Duals, (CT) and will feature the finals, along with third- and fifth-place matches. Harrisburg, Pa.; #-ASU Duals, Tempe, Ariz.; ^- National Duals, Stillwater, Okla. @-West Lafayette, Ind.; $-St. For the first time ever, all four sessions of the tournament will be covered live on either the Big Ten Network’s Louis, Mo. digital network or on television. The first three sessions will be covered on BTN.com (subscription required), with whip around coverage of the first session and select matches being shown for Sessions II and III. On Sunday, Media Information Session IV will be covered live on the Big Ten Network with analysts Tim Johnson, Jim Gibbons and Shane Sparks Wrestling Contact: Scott Pulverenti breaking down the action. Email: [email protected] The Huskers earned nine preliminary seeds for the tournament, which were released on Monday, Feb. 27. Three Office Phone: (402) 472-6263 Cell Phone: (402) 850-3584 Huskers were placed as the No. 3 preliminary seed at their respective weight classes, including James Green Fax: (402) 472-2005 (157), Robert Kokesh (165) and Josh Ihnen (184). Senior Tucker Lane (Hwt) was awarded the No. 4 seed, while Jake Sueflohn (141) was placed at No. 5. Tyler Koehn earned the No. 7 seed at 174 pounds, which seeded all 12 wrestlers because the NCAA allotted nine or more qualifiers to that weight class for the 2012 NCAA Championships. HUSKERS.COM The Big Ten also seeded 12 wrestlers at 149 pounds, where Skylar Galloway is the No. 11 seed. Ridge Kiley is the No. 7 seed at 133 pounds. Follow Nebraska Wrestling Online at: All of the Huskers are wrestling for a chance to advance to the 2012 NCAA Championships, which will take www.twitter.com/HuskerWrestling place March 15-17 in St. Louis, Mo., at the Scottrade Center. The Big Ten Conference was awarded a record 74 www.facebook.com/NebraskaWrestling automatic qualifying spots for the tournament. Nebraska Wrestling Probable Starters Wt. Name Rank W-L Dual Big Ten Pins TF MD Worth Noting 125 Shawn Nagel NR/NR/NR 6-19 4-15 1-8 1 1 1 Started every dual at 125 pounds for Nebraska 133 Ridge Kiley 18/16/NR 15-11 11-8 4-5 0 0 3 Looking to earn his second straight bid to the NCAA Championships 141 Jake Sueflohn 9/8/9 20-7 13-4 5-3 2 2 6 One of four freshman in the starting lineup with 20 or more wins 149 Skylar Galloway NR/NR/NR 24-8 1-2 0-2 1 0 5 Broke into the Husker lineup for the Purdue dual and has only wretled in three varsity matches 157 James Green 8/6/8 27-5 14-4 8-1 1 1 10 No. 10 in school history on the single-season wins list for a freshman 165 Robert Kokesh 7/6/7 25-4 17-2 7-2 7 2 10 Won 19 of his 25 matches in bonus-point fashion 174 Tyler Koehn 17/20/NR 19-8 13-5 5-4 1 0 2 Finished his year with two straight wins, including an upset of No. 7 Nick Heflin (Ohio State) 184 Josh Ihnen 7/8/7 21-4 16-3 7-2 1 1 7 Upset No. 6 Ryan Loder (UNI) in his last dual 197 James Nakashima NR/NR/NR 17-7 13-4 4-3 0 1 5 Has wrestled in six overtime matches this season Hwt. Tucker Lane 7/8/7 22-5 15-4 6-3 2 1 3 Won his 100th-career match in NU’s last regular season dual Head Coach: Mark Manning, 164-65-3, 11 years; 187-89-5, 14 years Assistant Coaches: Tony Ersland (sixth season), Bryan Snyder (second season) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jason Powell Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brandon Browne; Administrative Assistant: Craig Brester Rankings: InterMat (Feb. 28)/WIN Magazine (Feb. 27)/Amateur Wrestling News (Feb. 28) TOUGH. TOGETHER. 2011-12 Nebraska Wrestling Quick Facts Last Time Out: Huskers Finish Regular Season with Victory Over Northern Iowa General Information Senior heavyweight Tucker Lane won his 100th career match as the Nebraska wrestling team finished its Location .......................................................Lincoln, Neb. regular-season dual schedule with a 26-16 victory over the Northern Iowa Panthers on Sunday, Feb. 19, at the NU Enrollment .............................................................24,610 Coliseum. Population ............................................................258,379 Lane became only the 20th wrestler in school history to hit the century mark in wins after defeating Blayne Beale Founded ...................................................................1869 (UNI) by decision, 6-1. The Redvale, Colo., native jumped out to 4-0 lead with a takedown and a 2-point nearfall Nickname ...................................Cornhuskers or Huskers Colors .................................................Scarlet and Cream with just over one minute left in the first period, and tacked on an escape and the riding-time point to capture the Conference ...........................................................Big Ten victory. Lane now owns a 22-5 overall record and finishes the year with a 15-4 dual mark Chancellor ......................................Harvey Perlman, J.D. Redshirt freshman Skylar Galloway (149) got the Huskers on the board in the first match by taking down Ryan Institutional Rep ............................Josephine Pututo, J.D. Jauch (UNI), 6-3. After falling behind 1-0 and having the riding time advantage against him, Galloway erupted in Athletic Director .......................................... Tom Osborne the third period with three takedowns to pull away. The win was Galloway’s first on the varsity level and 24th overall this season. Team Information Nebraska blew the lead open with a pair of back-to-back bonus-point victories from No. 7 Robert Kokesh (165) Home Facility ...............................................NU Coliseum and No. 17 Tyler Koehn (174). Kokesh won his second match of the season by technical fall, defeating Riley Banach Capacity ...................................................................4,030 Head Coach ...............................................Mark Manning (UNI), 20-3, while Koehn pinned Onni Prestidge (UNI) in 2:36 to give the Huskers a 14-3 advantage. Office Phone ............................................ (402) 472-6470 Junior Josh Ihnen notched a win over a top-10 opponent at 184 pounds to extend the Huskers lead. No. 8 Ihnen Alma Mater, Year ......................Nebraska-Omaha (1985) defeated No. 6 Ryan Loder (UNI), 4-2, for his 21st victory over the season. After a scoreless first period, Ihnen School Record (Yrs) ......................... 164-65-3 (11 Years) scored a reversal with 1:02 remaining in the second to pull ahead 2-0. In the third, Loder earned an escape to cut Career Record (Yrs) .........................187-89-5 (14 Years) the lead in half, but Ihnen recorded a takedown with 34 seconds left to seal the victory. Asst. Coaches .............................................Tony Ersland No. 6 James Green (157) dropped only his fifth match of the season against the Panthers, falling to No. 20 David ....................................................................Bryan Snyder Bonin (UNI) by decision, 4-3, in the duals second match. Strength and Conditioning Coach .......................Jason Powell With a 26-11 lead and three bouts remaining, the Huskers couldn’t pull out another victory to end the dual.