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University of Northern Iowa Athletics Communications Upper NW UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, Iowa • 50614-0314 • www.UNIPanthers.com Michelle Van Dorn (319) 273-5455 or (319) 290-5301 - [email protected] 2018-19 SCHEDULE (7-5 / 7-1 Big 12) #14 UNI PANTHER FACTS Nov. 3 at Harold Nichols Open 5 champions Nov. 10 Grand View Open 4 titles / 10 medalists • Josh Alber (141 pounds) is on a 15-match win streak and is the 20th Panther to Nov. 17 at University of Pittsburgh L 21-19 Nov. 18 at West Virginia * W 27-19 have at least 100 career victories. Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at Las Vegas Invite 4th team / 5 medalists Dec. 1 at Jim Koch Open 8 medalists • Jay Schwarm (125 pounds) has 30 career falls, with 22 of those pins coming in the Dec. 8 UNI Open 1 champ / 9 medalists Dec. 16 #8 Cornell L 21-14 first period. He is tied for eighth among all Panthers for most career falls. Dec.29-30 at Midlands Championships 2nd team / 2 champs Jan. 11 at South Dakota State * W 30-10 Jan. 12 at #11 Nebraska L 22-12 • UNI tied for 24th at the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The Jan. 17 at #5 Missouri L 29-12 Panthers qualified six wrestlers. Jan. 20 Air Force * W 29-9 Jan. 25 Northern Colorado* W 38-6 Jan. 27 RV Oklahoma * W 28-9 • Three All-Americans returned. Junior Jacob Holschlag of La Porte City, Iowa, was Feb. 1 at #2 Oklahoma State * L 24-9 fifth at 197 pounds last year. Junior Max Thomsen of La Porte City, Iowa, returns Feb. 9 at Utah Valley * W 29-12 Feb. 16 Last Chance 4 medalists after taking fifth at 149 pounds in 2017. Senior Drew Foster of Burlington, Iowa, Feb. 21 Iowa State * W 22-13 was seventh at 184 pounds in 2017. March 9-10 at Big 12 Championships Tulsa, Oklahoma March 21-23 at NCAA Championships Pittsburgh, Penn. • UNI returns seven qualifiers with Bryce Steiert coming off a redshirt season and Home matches in BOLD *Conference duals gained an eighth former NCAA qualifier in Oklahoma State transfer Keegan Moore. QUICK FACTS THE UNIVERSITY • Under head coach Doug Schwab, UNI has earned nine All-America titles, with Location Cedar Falls, Iowa Dylan Peters earning two of them. Founded 1876 Enrollment 11,212 Nickname Panthers • Under Schwab, UNI has earned 41 qualifying spots at the NCAA tournament. Colors Purple and Old Gold Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big 12 • Taylor Lujan is the only Panther to have won a MAC title and a Big 12 Conference President Mark Nook title. He was the first Panther to earn Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honors in UNI’s Athletics Director David Harris Senior Woman Administrator Christina Roybal inaugural season in the conference last year. He was the first Panther to pick up Sport Administrator Justin Schemmel the honor again this year and earned the award twice. COACHING STAFF Head Coach Doug Schwab - ninth season • UNI had three finalists in the 2018 Big 12 Conference Championships in Max Assistant Coach Randy Pugh - 18th season Thomsen at 149 pounds (finished second), Taylor Lujan (174 pounds) and Drew Assistant Coach Lee Roper - fourth season Volunteer Coach Brett Robbins - fifth season Foster (184 pounds). Lujan and Foster both won. Strength and Conditioning Cruse Aarhus - third season Facility West Gym • Josh Alber (141 pounds) is undefeated in Big 12 duals this year and has just one 2018 NCAA finish T 24th Big 12 dual loss since UNI joined the league last year. 2018 NCAA qualifiers graduated/returning 0 / 7 (1 AA) Returning NCAA qualifiers (last year AA or qualify): • Taylor Lujan (174 pounds) suffered his first Big 12 dual loss this year. He is 12-1 in Jay Schwarm -125 (2018) Josh Alber - 141 (2018) career Big 12 duals since UNI joined the league last year. Max Thomsen - 5th, 149 (AA 2017) Bryce Steiert - 165 (2017) Taylor Lujan - 174 (2018) Drew Foster - 7th, 184 (AA 2017) Keegan Moore - 184 (2018) Jacob Holschlag - 5th, 197 (2018) 2018 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS UNI ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Athletics Communications contact Michelle Van Dorn UNI FINISHES TEAM SCORES Email [email protected] 1. #5 Oklahoma State – 137 Office Phone / Cell Phone (319) 273-5455 / (319) 290-5301 125 – #19 Jay Schwarm (4-2) 4th * Office Fax (319) 273-3602 133 – Jack Wagner (0-2) DNP 2. #15 UNI – 96.5 Website UNIPanthers.com 141 – #9 Josh Alber (3-1) 3rd * 3. #12 South Dakota State – 94 4. #14 Wyoming – 82.5 Facebook University-of-Northern-Iowa-Wrestling 149 – #7 Max Thomsen (2-1) 2nd * UNIAthletics 5. North Dakota State – 57 157 – Logan Ryan (3-2) 5th Pinterest UNIAthletics 6. Oklahoma – 52 Instagram UNIAthletics 165 – Isaiah Patton (2-3) DNP 7. Iowa State – 51 Snapchat UNIAthletics 174 – #7 Taylor Lujan (3-0) 1st * 8. Utah Valley – 50.5 YouTube UNI Athletics 184 – #11 Drew Foster (3-0) 1st * 9. West Virginia – 50 Twitter @UNI_wrestling / @UNIAthletics 197 – #15 Jacob Holschlag (2-2) 4th * 10. Northern Colorado – 30.5 @schwabwrestling / @MichelleVanDorn 285 – Carter Isley (3-3) 6th 11. Fresno State – 26.5 * automatic NCAA qualifiers 12. Air Force – 22.5 UNI TAKEDOWNS IN DUALS DATE OPPONENT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 11/17/17 Pittsburgh Schwarm 1 Schipper 0 Alber 1 D Holschlag 0 Schoenfelder 1 Steiert 1 Lujan 1 Foster 3 Shedenhelm 0 Isley 0 11/19/17 West Virginia Schwarm 1 Schipper 0 Alber 2 D Holschlag 0 Schoenfelder 0 Steiert 1 Lujan 1 Foster 1 Shedenhelm 1 Isley 3 12/18/17 #8 Cornell Schwarm 0 Skudlarczyk 0 Alber 0 Thomsen 6 Schoefelder 1 Steiert 1 Lujan 4 Foster 2 Gordon 1 Shedenhelm 0 1/11/18 South Dakota State Schwarm 1 Skudklarczyk 1 Alber 9 Thomsen 0 Schoenfelder 4 Steiert 3 Lujan 4 Foster 1 Gordon 0 Shedendhelm 1 1/12/18 #11 Nebraska Schwarm 1 Skudlarczyk 3 Alber 2 Thomsen 4 Schoenfelder 0 Steiert 0 Lujan 3 Foster 2 Gordon 1 Shedenhelm 0 1/13/18 #5 Missouri Schwarm Skudlarczyk Alber 1 Thomsen 1 Schoenfedler Steiert 1 Lujan 0 Foster 0 Gordon 0 Shedenhelm 1 1/20/18 Air Force Schwarm 1 Skudlarczyk Alber 1 Thomsen 3 Schoenfelder 1 Steiert 2 Lujan 4 Foster 6 Gordon 2 Shedenhelm 2 1/25/18 Northern Colorado Schwarm 1 Skudlarczyk 3 Alber 3 Thomsen 3 Moore 2 Steiert 1 Lujan 7 Yant 1 Gordon 1 Isley 1 1/27/18 RV Oklahoma Schwarm 2 Skudlarczyk 1 Alber 2 Thomsen 3 Moore 1 Steiert 1 Lujan 1 Foster 5 Gordon 0 Isley 3 2/1/19 #2 Oklahoma State Schwarm 0 Skudlarczyk 1 Alber 1 Thomsen 2 Moore 0 Steiert 1 Lujan 1 Foster 1 Gordon 1 Isley 0 2/9/19 Utah Valley Schwarm 1 Skudlarczyk 0 Alber 0 Thomsen 2 Moore 2 Steiert 1 Lujan 1 Foster 3 Gordon 1 Isley 2 2/21/19 #11 Iowa State Schwarm 1 Skudlarczyk 0 Alber 1 Thomsen 2 Moore 0 Steiert 3 Lujan 3 Foster 1 Gordon 0 Isley 1 10 9 23 26 12 16 30 26 8 14 UNI SCORING IN DUALS DATE OPPONENT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 11/17/17 Pittsburgh Schwarm (6) Schipper Alber (3) D Holschlag Schoenfelder Steiert (3) Lujan (4) Foster (3) Shedenhelm Isley 11/19/17 West Virginia Schwarm (6) Schipper Alber (3) D Holschlag Schoenfelder Steiert (3) Lujan (6) Foster (5) Shedenhelm Isley (4) 12/18/17 #8 Cornell Schwarm Skudlarczyk Alber Thomsen (4) Schoenfelder Steiert (3) Lujan (4) Foster Gordon (3) Shedenhelm 1/11/19 South Dakota State Schwarm (6) Skudlarczyk (3) Alber (5) Thomsen Schoenfelder Steiert (5) Lujan (5) Foster (3) Gordon Shedenhelm (3) 1/12/19 #11 Nebraska Schwarm Skudlarczyk (3) Alber (3) Thomsen (3) Schoenfelder Steirt Lujan (3) Foster Gordon Shedenhelm 1/17/19 #5 Missouri Schwarm Skudlarczyk Alber (3) Thomsen Schoenfedler Steiert (3) Lujan Foster (6) Gordon Shedenhelm 1/20/19 Air Force Schwarm (4) Skudlarczyk Alber (3) Thomsen (5) Schoenfelder Steiert (5) Lujan (5) Foster (4) Gordon (3) Shedenhelm 1/25/19 Northern Colorado Schwarm (6) Skudlarczyk (5) Alber (3) Thomsen (5) Moore (3) Steiert (6) Lujan (5) Yant Gordon Isley (6) 1/27/19 RV Oklahoma Schwarm (6) Skudlarczyk Alber (3) Thomsen (4) Moore Steiert (5) Lujan (3) Foster (4) Gordon Isley (3) 2/1/19 #2 Oklahoma State Schwarm Skudlarczyk Alber (3) Thomsen Moore Steiert (3) Lujan (3) Foster Gordon Isley 2/9/19 Utah Valley Schwarm (6) Skudlarczyk Alber (6) Thomsen (5) Moore (3) Steiert Lujan Foster (3) Gordon Isley (6) 2/21/19 #11 Iowa State Schwarm (3) Skudlarczyk Alber (3) Thomsen (3) Moore Steiert (5) Lujan (6) Foster Gordon Isley (3) 43 11 38 29 6 41 44 28 6 25 DATE BIG 12 WOW / WT TEAM PANTHER RECRUITS’ FINISH AT 2018 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Nov. 12 Dom Demas / 141 Oklahoma 120 | Kyle Gollhofer – 1st / 5A Georgia (Acworth - Woodland HS) Nov. 19 Cole Verner / 125 Wyoming First four-time state champion in Georgia from his high school. Nov. 26 Branson Ashworth / 165 Wyoming Dec. 3 Demetrius / 165 Utah Valley 138 | Kaleb Olejniczak – 3rd / 2A Iowa (Perry - Perry HS) Dec. 10 Dom Demas / 141 Oklahoma Four-time state qualifier at four different weights. Dec. 17 Taylor Lujan / 174 UNI Dec. 26 Sam Turner / 141 Wyoming 152 | Lance Runyon – 1st / 3A Iowa (Pleasant Hill - SE Polk HS) Dec. 31 Drew Foster / 184 UNI Four-time medalist ranked No. 9 in the nation by FloWrestling. Jan. 7 Kaden Gfeller / 149 Oklahoma State Jan.