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Nebraska Wrestling - Weekly Notes (Jan. 24, 2014) NEBRASKA 2013-14 WRESTLING 2013-14 Schedule Date Opponent/Tournament Time/Result Huskers Face Buckeyes, Boilermakers Over Weekend Nov. 3 Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open& NTS Nov. 17 #19 Northwestern* W, 25-16 No. 10 Nebraska (8-1, 2-1 Big Ten) vs. No. 11 Ohio State (7-2, 2-2 Big Ten) Nov. 24 at South Dakota State W, 36-6 St. John Arena (13,276) • Columbus, Ohio • Friday, Jan. 24 • 6 p.m. CT Nov. 30 vs. Utah Valley% W, 36-6 Series History: Nebraska leads, 7-2-0 Nov. 30 vs. #18 Stanford% W, 28-12 Last Meeting: Ohio State won, 21-18, on Feb. 12, 2012, in Stillwater, Okla. Nov. 30 vs. CSU-Bakersfield% W, 42-0 Video Streaming (subscription required): Big Ten Digital Network Dec. 6-7 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational^ 2nd, 130.5 pts. Twitter Feed: @HuskerWrestling (www.twitter.com/HuskerWrestling) Dec. 22 Reno Tournament of Champions# 1st, 159 pts. Scoring: TrackWrestling.com Jan. 3 Wyoming (BTDN) W, 26-12 Jan. 10 Indiana* (BTDN) W, 30-10 Jan. 11 Penn (Huskers.com) W, 30-9 No. 10 Nebraska (8-1, 2-1 Big Ten) vs. No. 21 Purdue (5-4, 0-4 Big Ten) Jan. 18 #3 Iowa* (BTN) L, 9-22 Holloway Gymnasium (2,288) • West Lafayette, Ind. • Sunday, Jan. 26 • Noon CT Jan. 24 at #11 Ohio State* (BTDN) 6 p.m. Series History: Nebraska leads, 6-1-0 Jan. 26 at #21 Purdue* (BTDN) Noon Last Meeting: Nebraska won, 24-9, on Jan. 22, 2012, in Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 1 at Illinois* (BTN) 4 p.m. Video Streaming (subscription required): Big Ten Digital Network Feb. 7 Michigan* (BTDN) 7 p.m. Twitter Feed: @HuskerWrestling (www.twitter.com/HuskerWrestling) Feb. 21 at Wisconsin* (BTDN) 7 p.m. Scoring: TrackWrestling.com March 8-9 Big Ten Championships$ (BTN) 10 a.m. March 20-22 NCAA Championships@ TBA The No. 10 Nebraska wrestling team (8-1, 2-1 Big Ten) looks to rebound following its first loss of the Times listed are Central. All home duals in bold held season when the Huskers visit Ohio State and Purdue this weekend. at the Devaney Center, unless otherwise noted. For The Huskers travel to Columbus, Ohio, on Friday to face the No. 11 Buckeyes at 6 p.m. CT. On Sunday, ticket information call (800) 8-BIG-RED. BTN-Big Ten NU squares off with No. 21 Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., starting at noon. Ohio State enters the Network. BTDN-Big Ten Digital Network. *-Big Ten weekend with a 7-2 record, while the Boilermakers take a 5-4 mark into their matchup with Nebraska. Conference Dual; %-Stanford Duals in Stanford, Calif.; ^-Las Vegas, Nev.; #-Reno, Nev.; &-Brookings, S.D.; Both duals will be streamed on the Big Ten Digital Network and can also be followed on Twitter via $-Madison, Wis.; @Oklahoma City, Okla. the @HuskerWrestling account. Nebraska is making its first road dual start since November and looks to get back to its winning ways Media Information after suffering a loss to then-No. 3 Iowa at home last weekend. Despite the 22-9 setback, however, Wrestling Contact: Connor Stange 157-pounder James Green led a trio of ranked Huskers to victories over the Hawkeyes. Green took Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (402) 472-7873 down then-No. 1 Derek St. John, 9-7, while Robert Kokesh (174) and Jake Sueflohn (149) each notched Cell Phone: (402) 560-3758 victories over ranked opponents. Fax: (402) 472-2005 As a result of Green’s victory, he claimed the top spot in the national rankings and heads into this weekend with a perfect 22-0 record. Follow Nebraska Wrestling Online at: The Huskers faced both Ohio State and Purdue in 2012 during Nebraska’s first year as a member of www.twitter.com/HuskerWrestling www.facebook.com/NebraskaWrestling the Big Ten Conference. NU knocked off Ohio State on Jan. 6, 2012 at home, 18-16, before falling to www.youtube.com/HuskerWrestling the Buckeyes at the National Duals in Stillwater, Okla. Nebraska won by a 24-9 margin over Purdue at www.instagram.com/HuskerWrestling home on Jan. 22. Nebraska Probable Starters Ohio State Probable Starters Purdue Probable Starters Wt. Name Rank W-L Dual Pins TF MD Wt. Name W-L Wt. Name W-L 125 Tim Lambert 9/10/12 16-6 7-2 1 2 4 125 #16 Nick Roberts 20-7 125 Camden Eppert 9-9 133 Shawn Nagel NR/NR/NR 8-4 1-1 2 0 2 133 #5 Johnni DiJulius 17-1 133 #14 Cashé Quiroga 10-3 141 Colton McCrystal NR/NR/NR 12-7 5-3 3 0 0 141 #3 Logan Stieber 13-1 141 Danny Sabatello 16-8 149 Jake Sueflohn 5/3/3 22-3 8-1 3 2 9 149 #18 Ian Paddock 19-7 149 Brandon Nelsen 12-9 157 James Green 1/1/1 22-0 8-0 4 3 5 157 Randy Languis 15-12 157 Kyle Mosier 0-5 165 Austin Wilson NR/NR/NR 15-8 4-5 2 4 1 165 Joe Grandominico 8-14 Dustin Schultz 4-4 174 Robert Kokesh 4/4/4 24-1 9-0 8 3 6 174 #14 Mark Martin 19-8 165 Chad Welch 8-10 184 TJ Dudley 11/13/11 20-4 8-1 7 0 5 184 #8 Kenny Courts 21-3 Pat Robinson 5-6 197 Caleb Kolb 20/NR/NR 5-2 2-2 1 0 1 197 #8 Nick Heflin 12-1 174 Patrick Kissel 10-9 Spencer Johnson NR/NR/NR 22-8 3-2 5 1 5 HWT Nick Tavanello 17-10 184 Tanner Lynde 6-8 HWT Collin Jensen NR/NR/NR 16-8 4-4 5 0 3 197 #15 Braden Atwood 19-6 Head Coach: Tom Ryan HWT Alex White 7-12 Head Coach: Mark Manning, 183-72-3, 14th season at Nebraska; 206-96-5, 17th season overall Associate Head Coach: Lou Rosselli Associate Head Coach: Bryan Snyder (fourth season) Assistant Coach: J Jaggers Head Coach: Scott Hinkel Assistant Coach: Tony Ersland (eighth season) HUSKERS.COM Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ross Thatcher Assistant Coaches: Pete Rogers, Chris Fleeger Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jason Powell (fifth season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tommy Churchard Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Meuleners (first season) Rankings: InterMat (Jan. 21) Rankings: InterMat (Jan. 21) Rankings: InterMat (Jan. 21)/WIN Magazine (Jan. 20)/Amateur Wrestling News (Jan. 21) TOUGH. TOGETHER. 2013-14 Nebraska Wrestling Quick Facts Last Time Out: Huskers Come Up Short Against Iowa, 22-9 General Information Junior 157-pounder James Green upset top-ranked Derek St. John, but Nebraska suffered its first loss of Location ..........................................Lincoln, Neb. the season in a 22-9 setback to Iowa in front of 3,946 fans on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Devaney Center. Green’s victory came in the fifth match of the night after 149-pounder Jake Sueflohn earned the first victory Enrollment ................................................24,445 for Nebraska in the previous bout. Green earned a takedown against St. John in the first period to take an Population ..............................................264,501 early 2-0 lead against the defending national champion. Founded ......................................................1869 In the second period, St. John escaped to cut the lead to 2-1 before another takedown by Green made Nickname ......................Cornhuskers or Huskers the score 4-1. In the third period, Green managed two more takedowns to notch a 9-7 victory over St. John. Colors .................................... Scarlet and Cream Green, a two-time All-American, improved to 22-0 on the season, while St. John suffered his first loss of the 2013-14 campaign after a 20-0 start. Conference .............................................. Big Ten Sueflohn took down No. 13 Brody Grothus by a 5-2 decision in the third match of the night to cut Iowa’s Chancellor ..........................Harvey Perlman, J.D. lead to 10-3. Sueflohn earned two takedowns against the Hawkeye and improved to 22-3 on the season with Institutional Rep .............. Josephine Potuto, J.D. an 8-1 mark in duals. Athletic Director ......................... Shawn Eichorst No. 4 Robert Kokesh (174) earned Nebraska’s third win of the evening with a 7-3 decision over No. 6 Mike Evans. Kokesh, a junior All-American, notched three takedowns in the bout and moved to 24-1 on the season, with a 9-0 dual record. Team Information The Huskers suffered losses in the first three matches of the dual as No. 9 Tim Lambert (125) and Colton Home Facility ...........Bob Devaney Sports Center McCrystal (141) fell by decision and Shawn Nagel (133) lost by major decision. Capacity ......................................................7,907 Lambert battled No. 3 Thomas Gilman to a scoreless first period before Gilman earned a second-period Head Coach .................................Mark Manning escape. Lambert chose down to start the third period and earned an escape, but Gilman earned a point for Office Phone ...............................(402) 472-6470 riding time and managed a 2-1 victory over the Husker redshirt freshman. Nagel fell to No. 3 Tony Ramos, 15-4, and McCrystal dropped a 9-2 decision to No. 13 Josh Dziewa. Alma Mater, Year ......... Nebraska-Omaha (1985) Following Green’s victory at 157 pounds, Nebraska trailed Iowa 10-6 at the halfway point. At 165 pounds, School Record (Yrs) ........ 183-72-3 (14th Season) Austin Wilson fell to No. 4 Nick Moore, 8-2. After Kokesh cut the Iowa’s lead to 13-9, the Hawkeyes won Career Record (Yrs) ........ 206-96-5 (17th Season) narrow matches in each of the final three bouts.