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BADGERS BEGIN POST SEASON AT 2009 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS X No. 16 Wisconsin (9-8-0 overall, 3-5-0 Big DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Ten) kicks off the post season at the 2009 Big Nov. 15 ACC/Big Ten Clash Ten Championships in University Park, Pa. #21 Virginia W, 25-15 Wisconsin sends 10 grapplers, six of which are North Carolina W, 27-8 competing in their first Big Ten championship. N.C. State W, 20-15 X The Big Ten Network will broadcast the finals NOV. 21 #2 IOWA STATE# L, 27-7 of the 2009 Big Ten Championships LIVE begin- ning at 1 p.m. (CT). UWBadgers.com will also be NOV. 30 OREGON STATE W, 24-13 at the championships providing live updates on Dec. 5-6 Cliff Keen Invite T13/64.5 pts the Wisconsin wrestlers with the Wrestling Blog. Dec. 13 #24 Northern Iowa@ W, 36-9 X Wisconsin took sixth at last year’s Big Dec. 29-30 Midlands Championships 4th/98.5 pts Ten championships with 85.5 team points and Jan. 10-11 National Duals qualified eight grapplers for the 2008 NCAA Jan. 10 #16 Boise State L, 24-12 Championships. Four of those qualifiers will #19 Indiana W, 19-15 compete this weekend including Zach Tanelli #11 Minnesota L, 22-15 (141 lbs.), Kyle Ruschell (149 lbs.), Dallas Senior Dallas Herbst has placed third at the Jan. 23 #1 Iowa* L, 24-12 Herbst (197 lbs.) and Kyle Massey (heavy- last two Big Ten Championships at 197 lbs. weight). Herbst finished the highest of any UW Jan. 25 #19 Northwestern* L, 21-19 Herbst is the highest ranked Big Ten wrestler wrestler at last year’s Big Ten’s, placing third. Jan. 30 Michigan State* L, 25-17 at 197 lbs. and brings a No. 3 ranking into Tanelli took fifth at 133 lbs. last year while Feb. 1 #16 Penn State* W, 28-13 the tournament. He finished the regular Ruschell placed sixth at 141 lbs. but forefited two season 20-2 overall and 8-0 against Big Ten FEB. 8 #9 ILLINOIS* L, 24-16 matches due to an injury. Massey placed fourth competition. FEB. 13 #11 MINNESOTA* W, 19-15 at the 2008 Big Tens after going 2-2. FEB. 15 #25 PURDUE* W, 19-15 X Competition begins Saturday, March 7 at 10 a.m. (CT). A second session takes place FEB. 22 #6 STATE* (BTN) L, 24-18 at 5 p.m. and then the third and final session begins at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 8. Mar. 7-8 Big Ten Championships All Day X Wisconsin looks for its first individual Big Ten champion since Tom Clum captured the Mar. 19-21 NCAA Championships All Day 133 lbs. title in 2006. The Badgers placed seventh in 2006 and followed that up in 2007 with their highest finish under head coach , placing second in 2007. Wisconsin All times Central. Home matches in BOLD CAPS and has 41 Big Ten Champions in the history of the program but has never won the Big Ten wrestled at the UW Field House, with the exception of the team title. Nov. 21 dual at the Kohl Center. Rankings reflect InterMat/ X Davis has coached six Big Ten Champions (Keith Davison, Matt Hanutke, Eric Jetton, NWCA poll at the time of the match. Donny Pritzlaff, Kevin Wilmont and Tom Clum). * match # Match held at the Kohl Center @ Match held at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells UW Probable Starters

Weight Name Year Hometown Overall vs. B10 Field 2008 Place 125 Drew Hammen Junior Random Lake, Wis. 4-18 0-11 --- 133 Tom Kelliher Freshman Burnsville, Minn. 0-12 0-7 --- 141 #1 Zach Tanelli Senior Millburn, N.J. 23-3 10-0 5th (133) 149 #5 Kyle Ruschell Junior Crittenden, Ky. 23-5 7-4 6th (141) 157 Ben Jordan Freshman St. Paris, Ohio 7-14 1-6 --- 165 #2 Andrew Howe Freshman Cedar Lake, Ind. 22-4 11-0 --- 174: Travis Rutt Freshman New Prague, Minn. 9-13 3-8 --- 184: Eric Bugenhagen Sophomore Franklin, Wis. 7-15 2-9 --- 197: #3 Dallas Herbst Senior Winneconne, Wis. 20-2 8-0 3rd Hwt.: #18 Kyle Massey Senior Champlin, Minn. 21-7 8-3 4th

*All rankings are from latest USA Today/InterMat/NWCA poll

Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 X Seven of the 10 individual Big Ten champions from 2008 return to the 2009 champion- Wrestling Rankings ships. Iowa won the 2008 Big Ten Championships with 127.0 points while Minnesota fin- ished runner-up with 112.5 points. USA TODAY/InterMat/NWCA Poll - Feb. 24 X Wisconsin is ranked fifth in InterMat’s Tournament Strength Rankings that came out Feb. 25. Rank Team 1 Iowa* 2 Cornell LAST TIME OUT 3 Iowa State* X Wisconsin closed out its 2008-09 dual campaign with a 24-18 loss at home against 4 Nebraska No. 6 Ohio State. The Badgers won four bouts, including an upset at 165 lbs. The Badgers 5 Missouri 6 Ohio State* also said goodbye to nine seniors in the UW Field House finale, including starters Zach 7 Lehigh Tanelli, Dallas Herbst and Kyle Massey. 8 Illinois* X True freshman Andrew Howe registered an upset at 165 lbs. by knocking off then- 9 Boise State* No. 2 Colt Sponseller, 3-2. Howe, who was ranked No. 8 at the time, has fared well against 10 Central Michigan wrestlers ranked No. 2 in the country and is now 3-1 against those ranked No. 2. His wins 11 Oklahoma State came against Moza Fay from Northern Iowa, Ryan Morningstar from Iowa and Sponseller. 12 Minnesota* Howe also lost to Fay at Midlands. 13 Oklahoma 14 Edinboro X With the win, Howe ended his freshman regular season with a perfect 13-0 dual mark 15 Virginia Tech (including 8-0 in Big Ten duals) and 22-4 overall. Howe also rides an 11-match winning 16 Wisconsin streak into Big Tens, his last loss coming against Fay on Dec. 30, 2008. 17 Old Dominion X Seniors Dallas Herbst and Kyle Massey ended their final regular season on high 18 Michigan notes with wins against the Buckeyes. It was fitting that Herbst won his final bout at 19 Northwestern* home in the form of a pin. Herbst, who set the UW record for career pins this season, 20 Kent State tallied his 55th career pin by sticking Jason Cook in 2:02. Herbst also has a 10-match 21 Indiana* winning streak coming into Big Tens, his last loss coming against Boise State’s Brent 22 Northern Iowa* 23 Hofstra Chriswell on Jan. 10. 24 Penn X Massey also went out with a win by defeating OSU’s Corey Morrison, 8-1. It was 25 Purdue* Massey’s second win over Morrison this season after pinning him at the Cliff Keen Invite. RV: American, Penn State* X Junior Kyle Ruschell picked up his sixth pin of the season, and second in as many matches, by sticking OSU’s Owen Schaefer in the final bout of the afternoon. Ruschell has W.I.N. Magazine Poll - Feb. 23 a six-match winning streak heading into Big Tens. As a freshman, Ruschell placed second Rank Team at Big Tens at 141 lbs. 1 Iowa* X Senior Zach Tanelli did not wrestle against Ohio State but he rides a 16-match 2 Cornell winning streak into Big Tens. He finished his senior year with a 23-3 overall, 15-1 dual 3 Iowa State* record. He has not lost since Dec. 13, 2008 when he was pinned by Northern Iowa’s Trent 4 Nebraska Washington. That marked the end of a three-match losing streak for Tanelli. He also 5 Ohio State* brings the No. 1 ranking into Big Tens, a spot he has held for the last five weeks. 6 Missouri 7 Lehigh 8 Boise State* 9 Illinois* 10 Central Michigan 11 Oklahoma State 12 Michigan 13 Oklahoma 14 Wisconsin 15 Minnesota* 16 Edinboro 17 Old Dominion 18 Kent State 19 Indiana* 20 Virginia Tech 21 Northwestern* 22 Hofstra 23 Penn 24 Northern Iowa* UW Individual Ranked Wrestlers 25 Penn State* Weight Name NWCA AWN W.I.N. RevWrestling WCPR RPI *indicates UW dual opponent 141 Zach Tanelli 1 1 1 1 1 2 149 Kyle Ruschell 5 5 5 5 5 3 165 Andrew Howe 2 5 3 8 4 1 174 Travis Rutt ------33 -- 197 Dallas Herbst 3 3 2 2 2 4 Hwt Kyle Massey 18 8 8 9 8 9

NWCA=USA Today/InterMat/NWCA poll; AWN=Amateur Wrestling News; W.I.N.=W.I.N. Magazine; WCPR=Final NCAA Wrestling Coaches Panel Rankings (Feb. 26); RPI as of Feb. 26 2008-09 SEASON NOTES JUST ONE AWAY HEAD COACH BARRY DAVIS X Senior heavyweight Kyle Massey is just Barry Davis enters his HERBST BREAKS RECORD one pin away from ranking on UW’s career 15th season at the falls list. Massey sits at 26 career falls and X Senior Dallas Herbst tied and then helm of the Wisconsin needs one more to move into a four-way tie broke the UW’s career falls record in wrestling program. His for ninth. Badgers finished the Wisconsin’s first competition of the season. 2007-08 dual season Herbst pinned Brent Jones from Virginia in with a 14-4-1 overall 1:08 to record his 47th career pin and then HOWE HE RANKS mark and 5-3 in the stuck Daniel Llamas from North Carolina X True freshman Andrew Howe entered Big Ten. Davis also in just 48 seconds to break Lee Kemp’s the rankings for the first time on Dec. 9 and recorded his 150th 30-year-old pin record. Herbst sits at 55 was slated at No. 15 for 165 lbs. Howe is career win with an career pins. 18-15 victory over the only true freshman ranked in the 165 Oklahoma on Feb. lbs. weight class and he currently sits at 21, 2008. He became just the second UW coach to 100 AND COUNTING No. 2. Howe is the highest ranked freshman do so, joining George Martin who coached for 32 X Herbst reached another milestone on in the country; true or redshirt. years and finished 182-163-12. Last season also Feb. 8 when he became just the fourth marked the seventh time Davis’s teams have won 10 or more duals and the fourth time within the last wrestler under head coach Barry Davis to HOWE DOES HE DO IT? reach 100 career wins. Herbst defeated five seasons. X After missing the first three duals of Illinois’ Patrick Bond 4-3 for win No. 100. Davis was installed as the 15th head coach the season due to a knee injury, Howe is Herbst has 103 career wins heading into in Wisconsin history on March 4, 1994, after serv- out to a 22-4 record with all four losses Big Tens. The other 100+ winners under ing as the program’s interim head coach for the coming at the hands of top-five opponents. Davis include: 1993–94 season. In his 14 seasons leading the He finished 13-0 in dual action, the only Badgers, Davis has firmly instilled his values of Donny Pritzlaff 135 wins (1998-01) starter with an unblemished dual mark. He commitment, intensity, loyalty and energy on the Eric Jetton 115 wins (1994-98) also finished Big Ten dual season 8-0. Howe UW program. Craig Henning 105 wins (2004-08) is 9-4 against ranked opponents this year. During his tenure, Davis has coached six individuals to 10 Big Ten titles, including the latest, Howe’s four losses were against: Tom Clum, who claimed the 133-pound champion- UPSETS GALORE #1 Mack Lewness (Cornell), D 6-2 ship at the 2006 tournament. This after Clum won X A few Badger wrestlers have upset the 2004 title at 125-pounds. Davis also coached wrestlers ranked ahead of them. Senior #4 Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska), MD 11-2 Donny Pritzlaff (165 pounds, 1999, 2000, ’01), Zach Tanelli has the most upsets accord- #5 Jon Reader (Iowa State), D 7-5 Keith Davison (190 pounds, 1994), Matt Hanutke ing to the rankings so far this season after #2 Moza Fay (Northern Iowa), D 9-3 (118 pounds, 1994), Eric Jetton (126 pounds, 1997, defeating then-No. 2 Nick Gallick (ISU), ’98) and Kevin Wilmot (167 pounds, 1997) to con- then-No. 2 Corey Jantzen (Harvard) and ference championships. MARATHON MATCH then-No. 1 Alex Tsirtsis (Iowa) twice. Dallas X Andrew Howe’s match against Iowa’s Additionally, 17 of Davis’ wrestlers have Herbst handed No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU) his Ryan Morningstar lasted 11 minutes after earned All-America honors while two have claimed first loss of the season at Midlands and NCAA titles. Pritzlaff won back-to-back national two sudden victories and four tiebreaker Andrew Howe also handled No. 2 Moza Fay championships in 2000 and 2001 and Jeff Walter periods. Both wrestlers registered an escape (UNI) in the quarterfinals at Midlands. Howe won the 1996 heavyweight title. Fifty-eight wrestlers during regulation and after a scoreless sud- then went on to knock off Iowa’s No. 3 Ryan have qualified for the NCAA championships under den victory they both escaped in the first Morningstar after two overtimes. Howe Davis’ direction, including current Badgers Zach two tiebreaker periods. Another scoreless won on seven seconds of riding time. Howe Tanelli, Kyle Ruschell, Trevor Brandvold, Dallas sudden victory sent the match into yet Herbst and Kyle Massey. wasn’t finished though as he defeated then- another tiebreaker. Morningstar escaped No. 2 Colt Sponseller in UW’s dual finale with 21 seconds showing but Howe escaped against Ohio State. Davis’s Coaching Record faster, with 27 seconds showing, and Year School W-L-T Big Ten NCAA TWICE IS NICE emerged the 4-3 winner with seven seconds 1994* Wisconsin 7-6-1 — — of riding time. 1995 Wisconsin 8-4-1 7th T18th X One win over Alex Tsirtsis from Iowa 1996 Wisconsin 10-5-0 8th T15th wasn’t enough for Zach Tanelli. Tanelli 1997 Wisconsin 7-11-1 7th T16th knocked off Tsirtsis, the then-undefeated PERFECTION 1998 Wisconsin 8-9-0 5th 19th and top-ranked wrestler at 141 lbs., 10-3 at X Andrew Howe, Dallas Herbst and Zach 1999 Wisconsin 4-12-1 6th 25th Midlands. Less than a month later, Tanelli Tanelli stormed through the Big Ten com- 2000 Wisconsin 11-5-1 T9th T9th did it again and handed Tsirtsis his second petition, all finishing with unblemished 2001 Wisconsin 10-10-1 6th T10th loss of the season in a 5-0 Tanelli decision. records against the Big Ten field. Howe 2002 Wisconsin 11-10-0 9th 25th Tanelli scored eight nearfall points com- finished the season 11-0 overall against 2003 Wisconsin 9-7-0 9th 23rd bined against Tsirtsis in the two matches Big Ten foes, defeating Minnesota’s Scott 2004 Wisconsin 17-6-0 7th 29th this season (five at Midlands, three at the Glasser twice before Big Ten season and 2005 Wisconsin 11-3-2 5th 15th dual). Indiana’s Paul Young once at the NWCA 2006 Wisconsin 9-5-1 7th 21st National Duals. Herbst went 8-0 against the 2007 Wisconsin 19-3-0 2nd 13th Big Ten field while Tanelli finished 10-0. 2008 Wisconsin 14-4-1 6th 17th PIN TO WIN 2009 Wisconsin 9-8-0 X The Badgers have pinned 22 opponents TOUGH SCHEDULE Career: 14 Seasons 164-108-10 this year. Herbst leads the team with nine X Thirteen of Wisconsin’s 17 dual oppo- * indicates Davis’s year as interim head coach pins this season while Kyle Ruschell has six pins and Zach Tanelli has three. nents were ranked by InterMat at the time of the match. TANELLI BOUNCES BACK fighting for third place but fell 2-1, 6-0 to 2008 Badger Leaders Yogeshwar Dutt of India before re-matching X Zach Tanelli was on a three-match los- against Akhmedov in the fifth place match ing streak heading into Midlands. All three Collegiate Wins where Graff emerged the 2-0, 2-0 victor. losses were against unranked opponents 1. Zach Tanelli (141) 23 Kyle Ruschell (149) 23 but Tanelli bounced back by winning six NEW FACES 3. Andrew Howe (165) 22 in-a-row for the 141 lbs. championship. He 4. Kyle Massey (Hwt.) 21 is currently on an 16-match winning streak, X Four true freshmen have made their 5. Dallas Herbst (197) 20 the longest of any UW wrestler so far this way into the UW starting lineup this sea- year. son. Tom Kelliher is the new starter at 133 Dual Wins lbs., Ben Jordan is in at 157 lbs., Howe 1. Zach Tanelli (141) 15 competes at 165 lbs. and Travis Rutt wres- Dallas Herbst (197) 15 HE’S NO. 1 tles at 174 lbs. 3. Kyle Ruschell (149) 14 X As of Jan. 27, Zach Tanelli ranked No. 4. Kyle Massey (Hwt) 13 1 in five wrestling publications for 141 lbs. WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK Andrew Howe (165) 13 USA Today/InterMat/NWCA, RevWrestling. com, Amateur Wrestling News, W.I.N. X Dallas Herbst and Zach Tanelli were Dual Points Scored Magazine and TheWrestlingReport.com all both awarded with Big Ten Wrestler of the 1. Dallas Herbst (197) 72 tabed Tanelli in the top spot after knocking Week honors. Herbst received his fourth 2. Zach Tanelli (141) 55 off Tsirtsis for the second time. Prior to the career accolade after setting the new school Kyle Ruschell (149) 55 Iowa dual, Tanelli ranked No. 5 by InterMat pin record (11/18/08). Tanelli won his third 4. Kyle Massey (Hwt) 44 and No. 3 by AWN. career honor after winning his Midlands 5. Andrew Howe (165) 40 title (12/31/08).

Longest Active Collegiate Winning Streak BRANDVOLD MOVING ON UP 1. Zach Tanelli (141) 16 matches X Junior Trevor Brandvold was the UW’s NCAA COACHES RANKINGS 2. Andrew Howe (165) 11 matches starter at 184 lbs. the last two seasons but X Six UW grapplers are ranked in the 3. Dallas Herbst (197) 10 matches he is redshirting this season and wrestling final NCAA wrestling coaches’ panel rank- in open tournaments at 197 lbs. Brandvold ings. This is one of three measuring tools Longest Streaks This Season upset two top-15 opponents while wrestling that will help determine NCAA qualifiers 1. Zach Tanelli (141) 16 matches unattached at Midlands. He finished sixth this season. After ranking No. 2 in the first 12/29/08-present at Midlands and won four-straight matchs poll, Zach Tanelli moved up to No. 1 for 2. Andrew Howe (165) 11 matches 141 lbs. and remains there in the final poll. 1/10-present before exiting the tournament during the Kyle Ruschell is No. 5 for 149 lbs., Dallas 3. Dallas Herbst (197) 10 matches semifinals. Herbst is No. 2 at 197 lbs., Andrew Howe 1/10-present moved up to No. 4 for 165 lbs. and has the 3. Dallas Herbst (197) 7 matches 11/21/08-1/10/09 HERBST’S SUCCESSOR? No. 1 RPI at 165 lbs. Kyle Massey is No. 8 Kyle Massey (Hwt) 7 matches X Cole Schmitt has made waves while for heavyweight and Travis Rutt dropped 12/5-12/29/08 wrestling unattached at 149 lbs. The true from No. 30 to No. 33 for 174 lbs. The panel Zach Tanelli (141) 7 matches freshmen, who is redshirting the season, has ranks the top 33 wrestlers in each weight 11/15-12/5 20 wins and 11 of those wins were by pin. class as there are 33 spots for each class at NCAAs. Falls 1. Dallas Herbst (197) 9 GRAFF GOING STRONG 2. Kyle Ruschell (149) 6 X Tyler Graff is another wrestler making KIND OF MAJOR 3. Zach Tanelli (141) 3 a name for himself in open tournaments. X Dallas Herbst doesn’t lose often and if 4. Kyle Massey (Hwt) 2 He finished first at the UNI, Stevens Point he does, it’s usually not by a large margin. and Opens and has compiled On Jan. 10, Herbst lost in a major decision Fastest Fall a 18-2 record in open tournaments. His for the first time in his Badger career. Boise 1. Dallas Herbst (197) 0:48 two losses were against ranked opponents State’s Brent Chriswell majored Herbst, 2. Zach Tanelli (141) 1:05 (Minnesota’s Jayson Ness and Iowa State’s 13-5. Before that loss, Herbst went 67-con- 3. Dallas Herbst (197) 1:08 Nick Fanthorpe). He ended the open tourna- secutive matches without losing by a major 4. Eric Bugenhagen (184) 1:19 ment season on a 10-match winning streak. decision. 5. Kyle Ruschell (149) 1:54

Technical Falls GRAFF TAKES ON THE WORLD CLIFF KEEN INVITE 1. Zach Tanelli (141) 4 X Graff is making the most of his redshirt X Wisconsin tied for 13th at this year’s year and competed unattached at the pres- Cliff Keen Invite with 64.5 points. Three UW Major Decisions tigious Dave Schultz Memorial International wrestlers placed including Kyle Massey fin- 1. Kyle Ruschell (149) 6 held in Colorado Springs. Graff is only a ishing third at heavyweight, Kyle Ruschell 2. Zach Tanelli (141) 4 freshman and placed fifth in the freestyle placying fourth at 149 lbs. and Andrew Kyle Massey (Hwt) 4 Howe placing in his first collegiate invita- 4. Andrew Howe (165) 2 60 kg/132 lbs. division. Graff won his 5. Dallas Herbst (197) 1 opening bout with a tech fall over Antony tional with a fifth place finish at 165 lbs. Ben Jordan (157) 1 Sharples from the Silverfox Wrestling Club but was pinned in the next round by Artur Akhmedov from Russia. Graff then knocked MIDLANDS off Kei Matsumoto from Japan in a 0-1, 2-0, X Wisconsin improved on its invitational 5-0 decision and advanced due to an injury finish at Cliff Keen by finishing fourth at default by his opponent. Graff was still Midlands with 98.5 points, its highest finish since placing second in 1987. The Badgers had three finalists, including two champi- Derrick Borlie (Winchester, Va.) and John the Kohl Center. The Badgers had a total of ons. Zach Tanelli won six-straight bouts Prezzia (Clinton, Pa.). Ard, who is projected 6,594 fans in attendance this season, aver- for the 141 lbs. title and Champion of the to wrestle at 174 lbs. or 184 lbs., is ranked aging 1,099 fans per dual. Champions Award. Dallas Herbst captured No. 83 by InterMat while Borlie, either 184 the 197 lbs. title and Kyle Ruschell finished lbs. or 197 lbs., comes in at No. 91. York runner-up at 149 lbs. Andrew Howe fin- is projected at 157 lbs. while Prezzia could HE’S AN ALL-STAR ished fourth for 165 lbs. compete at either 125 lbs. or 133 lbs. X Senior heavyweight Kyle Massey became the first UW heavyweight to com- pete in the NWCA All-Star Classic. He was NWCA NATIONAL DUALS DUAL-ING IT OUT the 18th Badger wrestler selected to com- X Wisconsin competed at the NWCA/Cliff X Wisconsin finished with a 9-8-0 overall pete in the annual event. Massey, who was Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa record and 3-5-0 mark during the Big Ten ranked No. 3 in the country at the time, this year for the first time in a number of dual season this year. The Badgers have matched up against No. 1 Jared Rosholt years. The Badgers received a No. 7 seed tallied at least nine dual wins in the last 10 from Oklahoma State. Rosholt emerged the but did not place after going 1-2. Wisconsin seasons. The last time Wisconsin finished 8-4 winner. Massey was the second UW knocked off Indiana but fell to Minnesota at or below .500 for the dual season was in wrestler in as many years to compete in the and Boise State. 2001 when the team went 10-10-1. classic as Craig Henning wrestled at 157 lbs. during the 2007 event. DAVIS INKS FOUR FOR 2009-10 DRAWING A CROWD X Head coach Barry Davis’s 15th recruit- X Wisconsin hosted six duals in Madison ing class includes Kalvin York (Belleville, this year; five at the UW Field House and Wis.), Brendan Ard (Watchung Hills, N.J.), for the first time ever, hosted a match at

UW Year-by-Year Big Ten Championships Finish Pronunciation Guide Year Place Points/# of champs Year Place Points/# of champs Eric Bugenhagen BOO-gen-HAG-en 1914 2nd 13 points/1 1972 9th 14 points/0 Kyle Massey MASS-ee 1928 4th No points listed/0 1973 3rd 59.5 points/2 1935 T8th 1 point/0 1974 4th 66 points/1 Zach Tanelli ta-NELL-ee 1938 T4th 5 points/1 1975 2nd 85.5 points/2 Kyle Ruschell Rush-ell 1939 T7th 1 point/0 1976 3rd 54 points/2 Andrew Howe How 1940 7th 2 points/0 1977 3rd 61.25/1 Bart Chelesvig CHELLZ-vig 1941 7th 7 points/1 1978 2nd 94 points/3 1942 T6th 6 points/1 1979 2nd 90.5 points/1 1943 9th 3 points/0 1980 2nd 80.75 points/3 2008-09 Wisconsin Quick Facts 1944 4th 7 points/1 1981 3rd 42.75 points/0 Location: Madison, Wis. (223,889) 1945 9th 4 points/0 1982 3rd 44.25 points/1 Enrollment: 42,041 1946 10th 1 point/0 1983 6th 60 points/0 Nickname: Badgers 1947 7th 5 points/0 1984 4th 93.25 points/0 Colors: Cardinal and White 1948 7th 7 points/1 1985 2nd 105.25/1 Conference: Big Ten Chancellor: Carolyn (Biddy) Martin 1949 8th 5 points/0 1986 2nd 95 points/1 Director of Athletics: Barry Alvarez 1950 T6th 7 points/1 1987 2nd 121.5 points/1 Athletics Web site: UWBadgers.com 1951 T6th 8 points/1 1988 4th 87 points/2 Home Arena: UW Field House (10,300) 1952 T5th 14 points/1 1989 7th 53 points/1 1953 10th 0 points/0 1990 7th 47 points/0 Wrestling Staff 1954 5th 10 points/1 1991 4th 78.75 points//1 Head Coach: Barry Davis (Iowa, ‘85), 1955 4th 33 points/1 1992 2nd 104 points/1 15th season Career/School Record: 164-108-10/Same 1956 7th 26 points/1 1993 6th 71.25 points/1 Assistants: Bart Chelesvig (Iowa, ‘92), Donny 1957 8th 14 points/0 1994 -- --/2 Pritzlaff (Wisconsin, ‘02) 1958 9th 4 points/0 1995 7th 50 points/0 Volunteer Assistant: Cory Wallman (Wisconsin, 1959 6th 18 points/1 1996 8th 55 points/0 ‘99) 1960 10th 0 points/1 1997 7th 55 points/2 Undergraduate Assistant: Craig Henning 1961 9th 11 points/0 1998 5th 65.5 points/1 Staff Support : Tyler Turner (Wisconsin, ‘08), 1962 4th 31 points/1 1999 6th 59.5 points/1 Wrestling Program 1963 5th 23 points/0 2000 9th 48 points/1 2007-08 Overall Record: 14-4-1 1964 T5th 28 points/1 2001 6th 75 points/1 Big Ten Record: 5-3-0 1965 T9th 0 points/0 2002 9th 50 points/0 2008 Big Ten Championships: 6th/85.5 pts. 1966 4th 41 points/1 2003 9th 71.5 points/0 2008 NCAA Championships: 17th/31.0 pts. 1967 6th 21 points/0 2004 7th 85 points/1 Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/11 Starters returning/lost: 6/4 1968 6th 26 points/1 2005 T5th 89 points/0 NCAA qualifiers returning/lost: 5/5 1969 6th 19 points/0 2006 7th 76.5 points/1 All-Americans returning/lost: 2/1 1970 7th 16 points/0 2007 2nd 100.5 points/0 UW All-Time Record: 670-354-36 1971 5th 25 points/0 2008 6th 85.5 points/0 2008 Big Ten Championships UW Big Ten Champions 1975 Laurent Soucie 190 Ed Vatch 177 Wisconsin-6th/85.5 points 1914 Art Knott 135 1976 Lee Kemp 158 1915 Ward Freeman 175 Gary Sommer Hwt Collin Cudd 125 lbs. Fifth Place 1917 W.J. Babcock 135 1977 Lee Kemp 158 #8 Collin Cudd Fall Akif Eren (PUR), 6:47 1922 Ed Templin 145 1978 Lee Kemp 158 #1 Jayson Ness (MIN) maj dec. #8 Collin Cudd, 10-2 Andy Rein 142 #8 Collin Cudd dec. #4 Brandon Precin (NU), 4-3 1923 Ed Templin 145 1924 Ed Templin 145 Ron Jeidy 190 #2 Charlie Falck (IOWA) dec. #8 Collin Cudd, 7-2 1979 Mitch Hull 190 #8 Collin Cudd dec. #7 Nikko Triggas (OSU), 10-4 Bob Holmes 135 1925 Lisle Zodtner 155 1980 Andy Rein 150 Mitch Hull 190 Zach Tanelli 133 lbs. Fifth Place 1926 Lisle Zodtner 155 #4 Zach Tanelli Fall Sean Schmaltz (PUR), 2:42 1927 Louis Smitz 115 Dave Evans 167 #5 Mack Reiter (MIN) Fall #4 Zach Tanelli, 5:35 1929 Ferdinand Hammer 155 1982 Mark Schmitz 150 #4 Zach Tanelli Fall #8 Tim Haas (PSU), 2:48 1938 Larry Lederman 145 1985 Jim Jordan 134 #2 Joey Slaton (IOWA) dec. #4 Zach Tanelli, 7-3 1941 John Roberts 165 1986 Jim Jordan 134 #4 Zach Tanelli dec. #6 Andrae Hernandez (IND), 8-5 1942 John Roberts 175 1987 Paul McShane 158 1944 Ed Dzirbik 136 1988 Dave Lee 167 Kyle Ruschell 141 lbs. Sixth Place Jeff Jordan 150 Jeff Wimberley (MSU) Fall No. 2 Kyle Ruschell, 5:11 1948 Clarence Self 165 1950 Don Ryan 157 1989 Dave Lee 167 No. 2 Kyle Ruschell Fall #8 Ryan Prater (IL), 4:10 1991 Matt Demaray 150 #2 Kyle Ruschell Inj Def. #5 Garrett Scott (PSU) 1951 Don Ryan 157 1992 Matt Demaray 150 #7 Keith Sulzer (NU) F:M For. #2 Kyle Ruschell 1952 Don Ryan 157 #4 Dan LeClere (IOWA) F:M For. #2 Kyle Ruschell 1954 Bob Konovsky Hwt 1993 Dan Spilde 142 1955 Bob Konovsky Hwt 1994 Keith Davison 190 Kendall Vogel 149 lbs. DNP 1956 Bob Konovsky Hwt Matt Hanutke 118 #6 Jake Patacsil (PUR) tech fall Kendall Vogel, 19-4 1959 Jim Innis 147 1997 Eric Jetton 126 #5 (OSU) dec. Kendall Vogel, 8-2 1960 Fred Rittschof 115 Kevin Wilmot 167 1998 Eric Jetton 126 Craig Henning 157 lbs. DNP 1962 Roger Pillath Hwt 1964 Roger Pillath Hwt 1999 Donny Pritzlaff 165 #4 C.P. Schlatter (MIN) dec. #5 Craig Henning, 4-2 2000 Donny Pritzlaff 165 Nicholas Bertucci (PUR) dec. #5 Craig Henning, 6-3 (TB) 1966 Elmer Beale 157 1968 Mike Gluck 145 2001 Donny Pritzlaff 165 2004 Tom Clum 125 Jake Donar 165 lbs. Seventh Place 1973 Rick Lawinger 150 2006 Tom Clum 133 #2 Eric Tannenbaum (MICH) dec. Jake Donar, 5-1 Ed Vatch 167 Jake Donar dec. #8 Rex Kendle (MSU), 4-0 1974 Rick Lawinger 142 Luke Manuel (PUR) dec. Jake Donar, 5-3 Jake Donar Fall #3 Tyler Safratowich (MIN), 6:14

Dan Clum 174 lbs. Seventh Place 2008 Big Ten Championships John Murphy (MSU) dec. #8 Dan Clum, 4-2 #8 Dan Clum dec. #7 Nicholas Corpe (PUR), 6-3 1. Iowa 127.0 Trevor Perry (IND) dec. #8 Dan Clum, 2-0 2. Minnesota 112.5 #8 Dan Clum dec. John Murphy (MSU), 5-3 2009 Big Ten Standings 3. Michigan 97.5 4. Illinois 94.0 Trevor Brandvold 184 lbs. Fourth Place Team Big Ten Overall 5. Ohio State 92.5 #4 Roger Kish (MIN) dec. Trevor Brandvold, 4-2 (SV) 6. Wisconsin 85.5 Trevor Brandvold dec. #6 Marc Bennett (IND), 7-2 1. Iowa 8-0-0 1.000 24-0-0 1.000 2. OSU 7-1-0 .875 16-2-0 .889 7. Penn State 84.5 Trevor Brandvold dec. Nick Palmieri (MSU), 5-2 8. Indiana 80.0 Trevor Brandvold F:M For. #4 Roger Kish (MIN) 3. Illinois 6-2-1 .750 13-2-0 .867 Northwestern 80.0 #3 Philip Keddy (IOWA) dec. Trevor Brandvold, 6-3 4. Michigan 5-2-0 .688 10-8-1 .533 10. Purdue 51.5 5. Minnesota 5-4-0 .556 15-8-0 .652 11. Michigan State 34.0 Dallas Herbst 197 lbs. Third Place 6. Wisconsin 3-5-0 .375 9-8-0 .529 #4 Dallas Herbst maj. dec. #5 Joe Williams (MSU), 10-1 7. Indiana 2-5-0 .313 15-7-1 .674 #1 Mike Tamillow (NU) dec. #4 Dallas Herbst, 4-1 2008 Big Ten Champions #4 Dallas Herbst dec. Joe Fagiano (IND), 8-2 N’western 2-5-1 .313 9-8-1 .528 #4 Dallas Herbst dec. #3 Patrick Bond (IL), 5-1 9. Penn State 1-6-2 .222 8-12-2 .409 125: Angel Escobedo, Indiana* 10. MSU 1-7-0 .125 6-10-0 .375 133: Franklin Gomez, MSU* Kyle Massey Hwt Fourth Place 11. Purdue 1-6-1 .188 12-7-1 .625 141: Kellen Russell, Michigan* #3 Kyle Massey dec. #6 Christopher Kasten (PUR), 7-1 149: , Iowa* #2 Dustin Fox (NU) maj. dec. #3 Kyle Massey, 12-4 157: Michael Poeta, Illinois* #3 Kyle Massey dec. #5 John Wise (IL), 3-0 165: Eric Tannenbaum, Michigan #4 Matt Fields (IOWA) dec. #3 Kyle Massey, 3-1 TB 174: Steve Luke, Michigan* 184: Mike Pucillo, Ohio State* 197: Phil Davis, Penn State Hwt: Dustin Fox, Northwestern

* Indicates returnee 2008-09 Meet-by-Meet Starting Lineup

Opponent 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 Hwt Team Record #21 Virginia Hammen Senescu Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Stoppelmoor Felling Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 1-0 North Carolina Hammen Senescu Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Stoppelmoor Felling Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 2-0 NC State Hammen Senescu Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Stoppelmoor Felling Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 3-0 #2 Iowa State Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Stoppelmoor Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 3-1 Oregon State Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 4-1 #24 Northern Iowa Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 5-1 #16 Boise State Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 5-2 #19 Indiana Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Felling Herbst Massey 6-2 #11 Minnesota Hammen Reeve Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 6-3 #1 Iowa Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 6-4 #19 Northwestern Hammen Reeve Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 6-5 Michigan State Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Burke Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 6-6 #16 Penn State Hammen Senescu Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 7-6 #9 Illinois Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 7-7 #11 Minnesota Hammen Senescu Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 8-7 #25 Purdue Hammen Kelliher Tanelli Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 9-7 #6 Ohio State Hammen Kelliher Senescu Ruschell Jordan Howe Rutt Bugenhagen Herbst Massey 9-8

*Bold denotes a match victory

Dual Starts 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 Total Current Streak Dallas Herbst 15 22 19 17 73 73 Kyle Massey 4 18 17 17 56 28 Zach Tanelli 3 22 18 16 59 0 Kyle Ruschell -- 22 18 16 56 5 Drew Hammen -- 1 4 17 22 17 Eric Bugenhagen -- -- 3 16 19 9 Ben Jordan ------17 17 17 Mike Felling 5 9 0 4 18 0 Travis Rutt ------14 14 14 Erik Senescu -- 0 1 6 7 1 Tom Kelliher ------10 10 2 Gabe Stoppelmoor -- -- 0 4 4 0 Andrew Howe ------13 13 13 Kyle Reeve 1 -- 0 2 3 0 Trevor Brandvold -- 13 14 0 27 0

UW Honors/Awards Unattached Wrestlers Dan Rivers, 157 lbs. Second place Dan Gable Open Zach Tanelli, 141 lbs. Tyler Graff, 133 lbs. First place, Midlands First place UNI Open Jim Duffy, 157 lbs. Midlands Champion of the Champions Award First place Stevens Point Open Third place Dan Gable Open Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, 12/31/08 First place Dan Gable Open Second place Cyclone Open Ben Jordan, 157 lbs. Kyle Ruschell, 149 lbs. Third place Kaufman-Brand Open Second place Pointer Open Fourth place, Cliff Keen Invite Second place, Midlands Cole Schmitt, 149 lbs. Travis Rutt, 174 lbs. First place Jim Foxx Open Second place Pointer Open Andrew Howe, 165 lbs. First place Stevens Point Open Fifth place, Cliff Keen Invite First place Dan Gable Open Mike Felling, 174 lbs. Fourth place, Midlands Second place Cyclone Open First place Jim Foxx Open

Dallas Herbst, 197 lbs. Trey Bertram, 149 lbs. Trevor Brandvold, 197 lbs. First place, Midlands Fourth place Dan Gable Open First place UNI Open Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, 11/18/08 First place Stevens Point Open Greg Burke, 149 lbs. Second place Cyclone Open Kyle Massey, Hwt. Fifth place Dan Gable Open Third place Kaufman-Brand Open Third place, Cliff Keen Invite Sixth place, Midlands 2008-09 Wrestling Individual Season Statistics

Overall Dual Big Ten Dual Dual Pts. SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Wt. Wrestler Record Record Record Scored W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L Fall 125 Drew Hammen 4-18 3-14 0-8 12 0-0 0-0 0-5 0-0 0-2 --- 133 Erik Senescu 0-5 0-5 0-2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 --- Tom Kelliner 0-12 0-10 0-5 0 0-0 0-0 0-5 0-1 0-4 --- Kyle Reeve 0-2 0-2 0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 --- 141 Zach Tanelli 23-3 15-1 7-0 55 0-0 1-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 1:05 Erik Senescu 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- 149 Kyle Ruschell 23-5 14-2 5-1 55 0-0 0-0 6-1 0-0 6-1 1:54 Greg Burke 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 --- 157 Ben Jordan 7-14 5-12 2-6 16 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-0 5:36 165 Gabe Stoppelmoor 1-3 1-3 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 --- Andrew Howe 22-4 13-0 8-0 40 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 --- 174 Mike Felling 2-4 1-2 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- Travis Rutt 9-13 5-9 1-7 15 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 --- 184 Eric Bugenhagen 7-15 5-11 2-6 18 1-1 0-0 0-5 0-1 1-1 1:19 Mike Felling 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- 197 Dallas Herbst 20-2 15-2 8-0 72 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 9-0 0:48 Hwt Kyle Massey 21-7 13-4 6-2 44 1-3 0-0 4-0 0-0 2-0 4:15

TEAM TOTALS 139-110 90-80 40-40 333 3-5 3-0 17-22 4-3 22-16 0:48 UW Wrestlers competing unattached - As of 1-19-09

Overall SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Wt. Wrestler Record W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L Fall 133 Tyler Graff 18-2 0-0 0-0 4-0 3-0 3-0 1:47 Erik Senescu 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 --- Tom Kelliher 3-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 --- 141 Trey Bertram 9-8 0-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-4 1:48 149 Cole Schmitt 20-7 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 11-2 1:24 Greg Burke 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 1:18 Trey Bertram 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 --- 157 Ben Jordan 4-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2:45 Dan Rivers 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 --- Gabe Stoppelmoor 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 2:33 Kendall Vogel 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 --- Brad Nardick 9-10 0-0 0-0 4-3 0-1 1-1 1:57 Jim Duffy 7-6 0-0 0-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 4:39 174 Travis Rutt 8-3 0-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 --- Mike Felling 3-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 --- Gage Szablewski 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 --- 197 Trevor Brandvold 18-5 0-0 0-0 2-2 4-0 6-0 2:12 2008-09 DUAL TEAM POINTS SCORED/SCORED AGAINST BY WEIGHT

Date Opponent 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT Final Nov. 15 #21 Virginia 6-0 0-6 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-3 0-3 0-3 6-0 4-0 W, 25-15 North Carolina 3-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-5 3-0 3-0 6-0 3-0 W, 27-8 North Carolina State 0-3 0-3 5-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 0-3 3-0 6-0 3-0 W, 20-15 Nov. 21 #2 IOWA STATE 0-3 0-4 3-0 4-0 0-3 0-5 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 L, 7-27 Nov. 30 OREGON STATE 0-3 0-4 5-0 4-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 0-3 6-0 3-0 W, 24-13 Dec. 13 #24 Northern Iowa 3-0 0-3 0-6 6-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 W, 36-9 Jan. 10 #16 Boise State 0-3 0-6 3-0 3-0 0-4 3-0 0-3 0-4 0-4 3-0 L, 12-24 Jan. 10 #19 Indiana 0-3 0-6 4-0 3-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 W, 19-16 Jan. 10 #11 Minnesota 0-6 0-6 3-0 3-0 0-4 3-0 3-0 0-3 3-0 0-3 L, 15-22 Jan. 23 #1 Iowa 0-3 0-5 3-0 0-6 3-0 3-0 0-3 0-4 3-0 0-3 L, 12-24 Jan. 25 #19 Northwestern 0-4 0-3 3-0 3-0 0-3 4-0 0-6 0-5 6-0 3-0 L, 19-21 Jan. 30 Michigan State 0-3 0-4 5-0 0-6 0-3 3-0 0-6 0-3 6-0 3-0 L, 17-25 Feb. 1 #16 Penn State 0-4 0-6 5-0 4-0 4-0 3-0 0-3 3-0 6-0 3-0 W, 28-13 Feb. 8 #9 ILLINOIS 0-4 0-6 4-0 3-0 0-4 3-0 0-4 0-6 3-0 3-0 L, 16-24 Feb. 13 #11 MINNESOTA 0-3 0-6 3-0 4-0 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 0-3 W, 19-15 Feb. 15 #25 PURDUE 0-3 0-3 3-0 6-0 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-3 3-0 4-0 W, 19-15 Feb. 22 #6 OHIO STATE 0-6 0-4 0-4 6-0 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-4 6-0 3-0 L, 18-24

TEAM TOTALS 12-51 0-78 55-10 55-15 16-36 43-13 18-40 15-44 72-7 44-12 333-310 2008-09 DUAL RESULTS

#12 Wisconsin 25, #21 Virginia, 15 #12 Wisconsin 24, Oregon State 13 ACC/Big Ten Clash Madison, Wis./UW Field House Nov. 15, 2008 Nov. 30, 2008 125: Drew Hammen (UW) wins via forefit NA UW 6-0 125: Jake Gonzoles (OSU) dec. Drew Hammen (W) 6-5 OSU 3-0 133: Matt Bonson (V) pins Erik Senescu (UW) 5:37 Tied 6-6 133: Kelly Kubec (OSU) maj dec Tom Kelliher (W) 12-1 OSU 7-0 141: #13 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. Nick Nelson (V) 4-1 UW 9-6 141: No. 13 Zach Tanelli (W) tech. fall Ryan Harold (OSU) 17-0 OSU 7-5 149: #7 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Kellen Balum (V) 4-2 UW 12-6 149: No. 7 Kyle Ruschell (W) maj dec. Heinrich Barnes (OSU)14-2 UW 9-7 157: Ben Jordan (W) dec. Jedd Moore (V) 8-2 UW 15-6 157: Jon Brasccetta (OSU) dec. Ben Jordan (W) 2-0 OSU 10-9 165: Mike Sewell (V) dec. Gabe Stoppelmoor (W) 12-5 UW 15-9 165: Andrew Howe (W) dec. Keegan Davis (OSU) 9-3 UW 12-10 174: #15 Chris Henrich (V) dec. Mike Felling (W) 7-0 UW 15-12 174: Travis Rutt (W) dec. Dan Brasccetta (OSU) 8-2 UW 15-10 184: #9 Rocco Caponi (V) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W) 3-0 Tied 15-15 184: No. 9 Kyle Bressler (OSU) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W) 6-1 UW 15-13 197: #5 Dallas Herbst (W) pin Brent Jones (V) 1:08 UW 21-15 197: No. 5 Dallas Herbst (W) pin Chad Hanke (OSU) 4:23 UW 21-13 Hwt: #3 Kyle Massey (W) maj. dec. Jack Danilkowicz 10-1 UW 25-15 Hwt.: No. 3 Kyle Massey (W) dec. Clayton Jack (OSU) 9-3 UW 24-13

#12 Wisconsin 27, North Carolina 8 #11 Wisconsin 26, #24 Northern Iowa 9 ACC/Big Ten Clash Wisconsin Dells, Wis./Chula Vista Resort Nov. 15,2008 Dec. 13, 2008 125: Drew Hammen (W) dec. Nick Shields (NC) 6-2 UW 3-0 125: Drew Hammen (W) dec. Caleb Flores (UNI) 3-2 UW 3-0 133: Jeremy Shaw (NC) dec. Erik Senescu (W) 10-5 Tied 3-3 133: Josh Baldridge (UNI) dec. Tom Kelliher (W) 5-1 Tied 3-3 141: #13 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. Vincent Ramirez (NC) 9-5 UW 6-3 141: Trent Washington (UNI) pin #14 Zach Tanelli (W) 5:38 UNI 3-9 149: #7 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Nick Stabile (NC) 6-5 UW 9-3 149: #7 Kyle Ruschell (W) pin Jamall Lawrence (UNI) 6:52 Tied 9-9 157: Ben Jordan (W) dec. Thomas Ferguson (NC) 4-0 UW 12-3 157: Ben Jordan (W) dec. Trevor Kittleso (UNI) 3-0 UW 12-9 165: Keegan Mueller (NC) tech. fall Gabe Stopplemoor (W)15-0 UW 12-8 165: #15 Andrew Howe (UW) dec. Tyson Reiner (UNI) 3-2 UW 15-9 174: Mike Felling (W) dec. Kevin Owen (NC) 3-2 UW 15-8 174: Travis Rutt (UW) dec. Jarion Beets (UNI) 5-4 UW 18-9 184: Eric Bugenhagen (W) dec. Robert McCarthy (NC) 3-2 UW 18-8 184: Eric Bugenhagen (UW) win via forfeit UW 24-9 197: #5 Dallas Herbst (W) pins Daniel Llamas (NC) 0:48 UW 24-8 197: #5 Dallas Herbst (UW) pin #15 Andrew Anderson 4:47 UW 30-9 Hwt: #3 Kyle Massey (W) dec. #13 Justin Dobies (NC) 3-2 UW 27-8 Hwt.: #5 Kyle Massey (UW) pin Christian Brantley (UNI) 4:15 UW 36-9

#12 Wisconsin 20, North Carolina State 15 #16 Boise State 24, #9 Wisconsin 12 ACC/Big Ten Clash National Duals/Cedar Falls, Iowa/UNI Dome Nov. 15, 2008 Jan. 10, 2009 125: (NCS) dec. Drew Hammen (W) 3-1 NCSU 3-0 125: #18 Brian Owen (BSU) dec. Drew Hammen (W) 6-0 BSU 3-0 133: Darius Little (NCS) dec. Erik Senescu (W) 9-4 NCSU 6-0 133: #2 Andrew Hoshstrasser (BSU) pinTom Kelliher (W) 4:33 BSU 9-0 141: #13 Zach Tanelli (W) tech. fall Ryan Tice (NCS) 16-1 NCSU 6-5 141: #5 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. Cory Fish (BSU) 5-3 BSU 9-3 149: #4 Darrion Caldwell (NCS) dec. #7 Kyle Ruschell (W) 8-4 NCSU 9-5 149: #6 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Jason Chamberlian (BSU) 3-1 BSU 9-6 157: Kody Hamrah (NCS) dec. Ben Jordan (W) 6-3 NCSU 12-5 157: #6 Adam Hall (BSU) maj. dec. Ben Jordan (W) 14-5 BSU 13-6 165: Gabe Stopplemoor (W) dec. Quinton Godley (NCS) 11-4 NCSU 12-8 165: #14 Andrew Howe (WI) dec. Tyler Sherfey (BSU) 7-6 BSU 13-9 174: Jake Burge (NCS) dec. Mike Felling (W) 7-3 NCSU 15-8 174: Nate Lee (BSU) dec. Travis Rutt (WI) 6-3 BSU 16-9 184: Eric Bugenhagen (W) dec. Hank Penree (NCS) 6-2 NCSU 15-11 184: #4 Kirk Smith (BSU) maj. dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W) 14-4 BSU 20-9 197: #5 Dallas Herbst (W) wins via forfeit NA UW 17-15 197: Brent Chriswell (BSU) maj. dec. #2 Dallas Herbst (W) 13-5 BSU 24-9 Hwt: #3 Kyle Massey (W) dec. Bobby Isola (NCS) 7-0 UW 20-15 285: #6 Kyle Massey (W) dec. Sam Zylstra (BSU) 4-0 BSU 24-12

#2 Iowa State 27, #12 Wisconsin 7 #9 Wisconsin 19, #19 Indiana 15 Madison, Wis./Kohl Center National Duals/Cedar Falls, Iowa/UNI Dome Nov. 21, 2008 Jan. 10, 2009 125: #11 Tyler Clark (ISU) dec. Drew Hammen (W) 7-1 ISU 0-3 125: #1 Angel Esconbedo (IND) dec. Drew Hammen (W) 3-1 IND 3-0 133: #5 Nick Fanthrope (ISU) maj dec. Tom Kelliher(W) 15-7 ISU 0-7 133: Matt Ortega (IND) pin Tom Kelliher (W) 3:34 IND 9-0 141: #13 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. #2 Nick Gallick (OT2) (ISU) 7-4 ISU 7-3 141: #5 Zach Tanelli (W) maj. dec.#18 Andrae Hernandez (IND)13-4 IND 9-4 149: #7 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Dalton Jenson (ISU) 11-3 Tied 7-7 149: #6 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Nick Walpole (IND) 6-3 IND 9-7 157: #7 Cyler Sanderson (ISU) dec. Ben Jordan (W) 6-1 ISU 10-7 157: Matt Coughlin (IND) dec. Ben Jordan (W) 3-2 IND 12-7 165: #3 Jon Reader (ISU) tech fall Gabe Stoppelmoor (W) 16-1 ISU 15-7 165: #14 Andrew Howe (W) dec. Paul Young (IND) 8-6 IND 12-10 174: #9 Duke Burk (ISU) dec. Travis Rutt (W) 8-4 ISU 18-7 174: Travis Rutt (W) dec. #12 Trevor Perry (IND) 8-5 UW 13-12 184: Jerome Ward (ISU) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W) 4-2 ISU 21-7 184: Eric Cameron (IND) dec. Mike Felling (W) 6-1 IND 15-13 197: #1 Jake Varner (ISU) dec. #5 Dallas Herbst (W) 4-0 ISU 24-7 197: #2 Dallas Herbst (W) dec. Justin Kuhn (IND) 5-0 UW 16-15 Hwt.: #2 David Zabriskie (ISU) dec. #3 Kyle Massey (W) (SV)5-3 ISU 27-7 285: #6 Kyle Massey (W) dec. Nate Everhart (IND) 5-0 UW 19-15 #11 Minnesota 22, #9 Wisconsin 15 184: Eric Bugenhagen WIS dec. Jack Decker PSU 4-2 (sv) UW 13-19 197: #3 Dallas Herbst WIS pinned J.R. Brown PSU, WBF 1:06 UW 13-25 National Duals/Cedar Falls, Iowa/UNI Dome HWT: #9 Kyle Massey WIS dec. Stefan Tighe PSU 3-1 (sv) UW 13-28 Jan. 10, 2009 125: #8 Zach Sanders (MN) pin Drew Hammen (W) 4:15 MN 6-0 #17 Wisconsin 16, #9 Illinois 24 133: #4 Jayson Ness (MN) pin Kyle Reeve (W) 3:53 MN 12-0 UW Field House/Madison, Wis. 141: #5 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. #8 Mike Thorn (MN) 3-2 MN 12-3 149: #6 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Joe Grygelko (MN) 3-0 MN 12-6 Feb. 8, 2009 157: Tyler Safratowich (MN) maj. dec. Ben Jordan (W) 12-4 MN 16-6 125: B.J. Futrell (UI) maj. dec. (17-4) Drew Hammen (UW) 0 4 ILL 165: #14Andrew Howe (W) dec. #18 Scott Glasser (MN) 6-3 MN 16-9 133: No. 3 Jimmy Kennedy (UI) pin (6:19) Tom Kelliher (UW) 0 10 ILL 174: Travis Rutt (W) dec. Kaleb Young (MN) 9-2 MN 16-12 141: No. 1 Zach Tanelli (UW) maj. dec. (12-2) Ryan Prater (UI) 4 10 ILL 184: Sonny Yohn (MN) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W) 3-2 MN 19-12 149: No. 5 Kyle Ruschell (UW) dec. (4-1) Eric Terrazas (UI) 7 10 ILL 197: #2 Dallas Herbst (W) dec. Chris McPhail (MN) 6-1 MN 19-15 157: No. 2 Mike Poeta (UI) maj. dec. (14-3) Ben Jordan (UW) 7 14 ILL 285: Ben Berhow (MN) dec. #6 Kyle Massey (W) 5-4 SV1 MN 22-15 165: No. 8 Andrew Howe (UW) dec. (2-1) No. 15 Roger Smith-Ber. 10 14 ILL 174: John Dergo (UI) maj. dec. (11-3) Travis Rutt (UW) 10 18 ILL #1 Iowa 24, #15 Wisconsin 12 184: No. 12 Jordan Blanton (UI) pin (4:49) Eric Bugenhagen 10 24 ILL 197: No. 3 Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. (4-3) Patrick Bond (UI) 13 24 ILL Iowa City, Iowa/Carver-Hawkeye Arena 285: No. 9 Kyle Massey (UW) dec. (4-0) No. 10 John Wise (UI) 16 24 ILL Jan. 23, 2009 125: #5 Charlie Falck (I) dec. Drew Hammen (W) 10-3 IA 3-0 #18 Wisconsin 19, #11 Minnesota 15 133: #5 Daniel Dennis (I) tech. fall Tom Kelliher (W) 19-4,4:24 IA 8-0 UW Field House/Madison, Wis. 141: #5 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. #1 Alex Tsirtsis (I) 5-0 IA 8-3 149: #1 Brent Metcalf (I) pin #5 Kyle Ruschell (W) 2:12 IA 14-3 Feb. 13, 2009 157: Ben Jordan (W) dec. Matt Ballweg (I) 8-4 IA 14-6 125:No. 8 Zach Sanders (M) dec. Drew Hammen (UW) 10-4 0 3 MIN 165: #13 Andrew Howe (W) dec. #2 Ryan Morningstar (I) 4-3 TB2 IA 14-9 133: No. 5 Jayson Ness (M) pin Erik Senescu (UW) 1:51 0 9 MIN 174: #4 Jay Borschel (I) dec. Travis Rutt (W) 7-3 IA 17-9 141: No. 1 Zach Tanelli (UW) dec. No. 8 Mike Thorn (M) 7-5 3 9 MIN 184: #3 Phil Keddy (I) maj. dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W) 17-4 IA 21-9 149: No. 5 Kyle Ruschell (UW) maj. dec. Joe Grygelko (M) 12-4 7 9 MIN 197: #3 Dallas Herbst (W) dec. #19 Chad Beatty (I) 2-1 IA 21-12 157: Tyler Safratowich (M) dec. Ben Jordan (UW) 7-5 7 12 MIN Hwt: #11 Dan Erekson (I) dec. #7 Kyle Massey (W) 3-2 IA 24-12 165: No. 8 Andrew Howe (UW) dec. Scott Glasser (M) 4-1 10 12 MIN 174: Travis Rutt (UW) OT dec. Kaleb Young (M) 3-1 13 12 UW #19 Northwestern 21, #15 Wisconsin 19 184: Eric Bugenhagen (UW) dec. Sonny Yohn (M) 3-2 16 12 UW 197: No. 3 Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. Gordon Bierschenk (M) 5-2 19 12 UW Evanston, Ill./Welsh-Ryan Arena 285: Ben Berhow (M) dec. No. 8 Kyle Massey (UW) 3-2 19 15 UW Jan. 25, 2009 125: #3 Brandon Precin (N) maj. dec. Drew Hammen (W) 12-0 NW 4-0 #18 Wisconsin 19, #25 Purdue 15 133: Eric Metzler (N) dec. Kyle Reeve (W) 12-6 NW 7-0 UW Field House/Madison, Wis. 141: #5 Zach Tanelli (W) dec. #16 Keith Sulzer (N) 3-0 NW 7-3 149: #5 Kyle Ruschell (W) dec. Andrew Nadhir (N) 8-4 NW 7-6 Feb. 15, 2009 157: #17 Jason Welch (N) dec. Ben Jordan (W) 6-0 NW 10-6 125:Matt Fields (P) dec. Drew Hammen (UW) 7-4 0 3 PUR 165: #13 Andrew Howe (W) maj. dec. Dominic Marella (N)16-5 Tied 10-10 133: Carson Beebe (P) dec. Tom Kelliher (UW) 4-2 0 6 PUR 174: Robert Kellogg (N) pin Travis Rutt (W) 6:19 NW 16-10 141: No. 1 Zach Tanelli (UW) dec. Juan Archuleta (P) 8-4 3 6 PUR 184: #1 (N) tech fall Eric Bugenhagen (W) 22-7(6:34)NW 21-10 149: No. 5 Kyle Ruschell (UW) pin No. 8 Jake Patacsil (P) 1:54 9 6 UW 197: #3 Dallas Herbst (W) pin John Schoen (N) 4:42 NW 21-16 157: Nick Bertucci (P) dec. Ben Jordan (UW) 6-0 9 9 TIE Hwt: #7 Kyle Massey (W) dec. Ben Kuhar (N) 5-1 NW 21-19 165: No. 8 Andrew Howe (UW) dec. No. 16 Luke Manuel (P) 9-3 12 9 UW 174: Nick Corpe (P) dec. Travis Rutt (UW) 5-1 12 12 TIE Michigan State 25, #17 Wisconsin 17 184: No. 14 A.J. Kissel (P) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (UW) 1-0 12 15 PUR 197: No. 3 Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. No. 13 Logan Brown (P) 2-0 15 15 TIE East Lansing, Mich./Jenison Field House 285: No. 8 Kyle Massey (UW) maj. dec. Chris Kasten (P) 10-2 19 15 UW Jan. 30, 2009 157: Anthony Jones Jr. (MSU) dec. Ben Jordan (UW) 7-3 MSU 3-0 #16 Wisconsin 18, #6 Ohio State 24 165: #10 Andrew Howe (UW) dec. Rex Kendle (MSU) 6-4 Tied, 3-3 UW Field House/Madison, Wis. 174: Ian Hinton (MSU) pins Travis Rutt (UW) (sv) 7:47 MSU 9-3 184: Nick Palmieri (MSU) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (UW) 6-2 MSU 12-3 Feb. 22, 2009 197: #3 Dallas Herbst (UW) pins Tyler Dickenson (MSU) 2:12 MSU 12-9 157: No. 17 Jason Johnstone (OSU) dec. Ben Jordan (UW), 6-2 0 3 OSU 285: #9 Kyle Massey (UW) dec. Alan O’Donnell (MSU) 5-2 Tied, 12-12 165: No. 8 Andrew Howe (UW) dec. No. 2 Colt Sponseller (OSU) 3-2 3 3 125: Eric Olanowski (MSU) dec. Drew Hammen (UW) 7-0 MSU 15-12 174: Dave Rella (OSU) dec. Travis Rutt (UW) 5-3 3 6 OSU 133: #6 Franklin Gomez (MSU) MD Tom Kelliher (UW) 11-3 MSU 19-12 184: No. 2 Mike Pucilo (OSU) MD Eric Bugenhagen (UW) 14-4, 3 10 OSU 141: #1 Zach Tanelli (UW) tech. fall Collin Dozier (MSU) 21-5 MSU 19-17 197: No. 3 Dallas Herbst (UW) pin Jason Cook (OSU) 2:02 9 10 OSU 149: David Cheza (MSU) pins Greg Burke (UW) 6:22 MSU 25-17 285: No. 18 Kyle Massey (UW) dec. Corey Morrison (OSU) 8-1 12 10 UW 125: Nikko Triggas (OSU) pin Drew Hammen (UW) 2:22 12 16 OSU #17 Wisconsin 28, #16 Penn State 13 133: No. 3 Reece Humphrey (OSU) MD Tom Kelliher (UW) 13-3 12 20 OSU 141: No. 13 J Jaggers (OSU) maj. dec. Erik Senescu (UW) 13-3 12 24 OSU University Park, Pa./Recreation Hall 149: No. 5 Kyle Ruschell (UW) pin Owen Schaefer (OSU) 4:29 18 24 OSU Feb. 1, 2009 125: #17 Brad Pataky PSU maj. dec. Drew Hammen WIS, 12-4 PSU 4-0 133: #11 Jake Strayer PSU pinned Eric Senescu WIS, WBF 2:59 PSU 10-0 141: #1 Zach Tanelli WIS tech. fall Frank Molinaro PSU 22-7 (6:24) 10-5 149: #5 Kyle Ruschell WIS maj. dec. Colby Pisani PSU 13-0 PSU 10-9 157: Ben Jordan WIS maj. dec. Shane Everett PSU 13-4 UW 10-13 165: #10 Andre Howe WIS dec. #8 (157) Dan Vallimont PSU 3-2 UW 10-16 174: #16 Quentin Wright PSU dec. Travis Rutt WIS 4-2 UW 13-16 DREW HAMMEN • Junior • Random Lake, Wis./Random Lake 125 Rankings: NR - InterMat NR - W.I.N. NR - AWN NR - WCPR N/A - RPI

Notable: • Competed in four duals during the 2007-08 season and wrestled at the Body Bar Invite. • First year as UW starter at 125 lbs. • Played football and soccer in high school. • Started every dual for the Badgers at 125 lbs. this year.

• Looking for first win since Dec. 13, 2008 when Hammen defeated Northern Iowa’s Caleb Flores, 3-2.

• Went 2-1 at the ACC/Big Ten Clash to open the Hammen against the season. Big Ten field • Served as backup to four-time NCAA qualifier Collin Opponent Season/Career Record Cudd before gaining the starting spot this year. • B.J. Futrell, Illinois 0-1/0-1 • Futrell MD Hammen, 17-4 (2/8/09) • Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. Majoring in accounting in UW’s prestigious School of • Angel Escobedo, Indiana 0-1/0-1 Business. • Escobedo D Hammen, 3-1 (1/10/09)

• Charlie Falck, Iowa 0-1/0-1 • Falck D Hammen, 10-3 (1/23/09) Hammen’s bout-by-bout • Michael Watts, Michigan 0-0/0-0 Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Eric Olanowksi, Michigan State 0-1/0-1 11/15/08 (Virginia) W Forfeit 1-0 1-0 • Olanowski D Hammen, 7-0 (1/30/09) 11/15/08 Nick Shields (UNC) W D 6-2 2-0 2-0 11/15/08 Taylor Cummings (NC State) L D 3-1 2-1 2-1 • Zach Sanders, Minnesota 0-2/0-2 11/21/08 #11 Tyler Clark (Iowa State) L D 7-1 2-2 2-2 • Sanders D Hammen, 10-4 (2/13/09) 11/30/08 Jake Gonzales (Oregon State) L D 6-5 2-3 2-3 • Sanders pin Hammen, 4:15 (1/11/09) 12/5/08 Travis Coffey (Army) W D 2-0 2-3 3-3 12/5/08 #19 Ben Kjar (Utah State) L M 12-1 2-3 3-4 • Brandon Precin, Northwestern 0-1/0-1 12/5/08 Curtis Schurkamp (SF State) L D 6-0 2-3 3-5 • Precin MD Hammen, 12-0 (1/25/09) 12/13/08 Caleb Flores (Northern Iowa) W D 3-2 3-3 4-5 12/29/08 #4 Brandon Precin (N’western) L M 10-0 3-3 4-6 • Nikko Triggas, Ohio State 0-1/0-2 12/29/08 Filiberto Colon (Rider) L D 4-0 3-3 4-7 • Triggas pin Hammen, 2:22 (2/22/09) 1/10/09 # 18 Brian Owen (Boise State) L D 6-0 3-4 4-8 • Triggas MD Hammen, 16-0 (12/10/07) 1/10/09 #1 Angel Escobedo (Indiana) L D 3-1 3-5 4-9 1/11/09 # 8 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) L F 4:15 3-6 4-10 • Brad Pataky, Penn State 0-1/0-1 1/23/09 # 5 Charlie Falck (Iowa) L D 10-3 3-7 0-1 4-11 • Pataky MD Hammen, 12-4 (2/1/09) 1/25/09 # 3 Brandon Precin (N’western) L M 12-0 3-8 0-2 4-12 1/30/09 Eric Olanowski (Michigan State) L D 7-0 3-9 0-3 4-13 • Akif Eren, Purdue 0-0/0-0 2/1/09 #17 Brad Pataky (Penn State) L M 12-4 3-10 0-4 4-14 2/8/09 B.J. Futrell (Illinois) L M 17-4 4-10 0-5 4-15 2/13/09 #8 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) L D 10-4 4-11 0-6 4-16 Totals: 0-10/0-11 2/15/09 Matt Fields (Purdue) L D 7-4 4-12 0-7 4-17 2/22/09 Nikko Triggas (Ohio State) L F 2:22 4-13 0-8 4-18

Hammen’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2006-07 6-6 0-1 0-1 0 1 DNC --- 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 --- 2007-08 4-7 1-3 0-1 3 4 DNC --- 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 --- 2008-09 4-18 3-14 0-8 12 17 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 --- Career 14-31 4-18 0-10 15 22 ------0-0 0-0 1 1 0 --- TOM KELLIHER • Freshman • Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley 133 Rankings: NR - InterMat NR - W.I.N. NR - AWN NR - WCPR N/A - RPI

Notable:

• One of four true freshmen in the starting lineup for Wisconsin this year.

• Has yet to win a match. Registered three wins while wrestling unattached at the Harold-Nichols Cyclone Open in November.

• Has wrestled the most matches for the UW at 133 lbs. this year. Wisconsin did not win a match all Kelliher against the Big Ten field dual season at 133 lbs. • Four-time Minnesota state runner-up. Opponent Season/Career Record • Jimmy Kennedy, Illinois 0-1/0-1 • Kennedy pin Kelliher, 6:19 (2/8/09) • Finished 178-16 overall at Apple Valley High School. • Kennedy pin Kelliner, 2:04 (12/5/08) Named team MVP as a senior and most dedicated as a junior. • Matt Ortega, Indiana 0-1/0-1 • Ortega pin Kelliher, 3:34 (1/10/09)

• Daniel Dennis, Iowa 0-1/0-1 • Dennis TF Kelliher, 4:24 (1/23/09)

• Zac Stevens, Michigan 0-0/0-0 Kelliher’s bout-by-bout • Franklin Gomez, Michigan State 0-1/0-1 • Gomez MD Kelliher, 11-3 (1/30/09) Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall #11/15/08 George Ivanov (UNO-Unat) L D 4-2 • Jayson Ness, Minnesota 0-0/0-0 #11/15/08 Steve Moreno (Ells.) W D 5-3 #11/15/08 Matt Ashton (UN- Unat) W M 11-2 • Eric Metzler, Northwestern 0-0/0-0 #11/15/08 Keith Kink (Ells.) W M 12-3 #11/15/08 Laramie Shaffer (ISU-Unat) L D 3-1 • Reece Humphrey,Ohio State 0-1/0-1 11/21/08 #5 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU)3 L M 15-7 0-1 0-1 • Humphrey MD Kelliher, 13-3 (2/22/09) 11/30/08 Kelly Kubec (Oregon State) L M 12-1 0-2 0-2 12/5/08 #3 Jimmy Kennedy (Illinois) L F 2:04 0-2 0-3 • Jake Strayer, Penn State 0-0/0-0 12/5/08 Cory Dunn (Sacred Heart) L M 10-2 0-2 0-4 12/13/08 Josh Baldridge (UNI) L D 5-1 0-3 0-5 • Carson Beebe, Purdue 0-1/0-1 1/10/09 #2 Andrew Hoshstrass. (Boise) L F 4:33 0-4 0-6 • Beebe D Kelliher, 4-2 (2/15/09) 1/10/09 Matt Ortega (Indiana) L F 3:34 0-5 0-7 1/23/09 #5 Daniel Dennis (Iowa) L TF 4:24 0-6 0-1 0-8 1/30/09 #6 Franklin Gomez (MSU) L M 11-3 0-7 0-2 0-9 2/8/09 #3 Jimmy Kennedy (Illinois) L F 6:19 0-8 0-3 0-10 Totals: 0-7/0-7 2/15/09 Carson Beebe (Purdue) L D 4-2 0-9 0-4 0-11 2/22/09 #3 Reece Humphrey (OSU) L M 13-3 0-10 0-5 0-12

# indicates Harold Nichols Cyclone Open

Kelliher’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2008-09 0-12 0-10 0-5 0 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 --- Career 0-12 0-10 0-5 0 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 --- ZACH TANELLI • Senior • Millburn, N.J./Millburn 141 Rankings: #1 - InterMat #1 - W.I.N. #1 - AWN #1 - WCPR #2 - RPI

Notable: • Two-time NCAA qualifier at 133 lbs. Placed fifth at 2008 Big Tens at 133 lbs. and eighth in 2007. • Moved up to 141 lbs. after wrestling 133 lbs. his Earned a wildcard bid to NCAA’s in 2007 after entire Badger career. placing eighth.

• Entered the season ranked No. 13 for 141 lbs. Took • Tied with Kyle Ruschell for most wins (23). One of over the No. 1 ranking by InterMat on Jan. 27 and three wrestlers to go undefeated (10-0) against the has been there ever since. Tanelli earned the No. 1 Big Ten field. ranking after defeating then-No. 1 Alex Tsirtsis from Iowa for the second time. • Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week on Dec. 31, 2008. Won three WOW awards throughout his • Rides a 16-match winning streak into Big Tens. Badger career. Tanelli against the Big Ten field Before the streak, Tanelli had lost three-straight. • Led the Badgers with four tech falls this year. Opponent Season/Career Record • Did not place at the Cliff Keen Invite but came back He was also the only Badger to win a match by • Ryan Prater, Illinois 1-0/1-0 technical fall so far this year. • Tanelli MD Prater, 12-2 (2/8/09) to take first at the 2008 Midlands Championships and won the Champion of the Champions Award. • Started 16 of Wisconsin’s 17 duals at 141 lbs. • Andrae Hernandez, Indiana 1-0/4-0 Was seeded No. 8 at 141 lbs. for Midlands and Missed the dual finale against Ohio State. • Tanelli MD Hernandez, 13-4 (1/10/09) knocked off the No. 1 (Corey Jantzen) and No. 2 • Tanelli D Hernandez, 8-5* (3/8/08) (Alex Tsirtsis) seeds en route to his title. • Tanelli D Hernandez, 5-2* (1/25/08) • Will graduate in May with a degree in sociology. • Tanelli pin Hernandez, 6:30* (2/18/07) • Pulled an early-season upset, defeating then-No. 2 Hopes to coach wrestling someday. Nick Gallick of Iowa State on Nov. 21. Tanelli won •Alex Tsirtsis, Iowa 2-0/2-0 7-4 in the tiebreaker. • Tanelli D Tsirtsis, 5-0 (1/23/09) • Tanelli D Tsirtsis, 10-3 (12/30/08) Tanelli’s bout-by-bout

• Kellen Russell, Michigan 0-0/0-0 Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Overall Big Ten Dual 11/15/08 13 Nick Nelson (Virginia) W D 4-1 1-0 1-0 • Colin Dozier, Michigan State 1-0/1-0 11/15/08 13 Vincent Ramirez (UNC) W D 9-5 2-0 2-0 • Tanelli TF Dozier, 21-5 (1/30/09) 11/15/08 13 Ryan Tice (North Carolina State) W TF 16-1 3-0 3-0 11/21/08 13 #2 Nick Gallick (Iowa State) W D 7-4 (tb) 4-0 4-0 • Mike Thorn, Minnesota 2-0/2-0 11/30/08 13 Ryan Harold (Oregon State) W TF 17-0 5-0 5-0 • Tanelli D Thorn, 7-5 (2/13/09) 12/5/08 8 Grant Overcashier (Brown) W F 1:46 5-0 6-0 • Tanelli D Thorn, 3-2 (1/11/09) 12/5/08 8 Eli Hutchison (Boise State) W M 14-4 5-0 7-0 12/5/08 8 Tyler Nauman (Pittsburgh) L D 11-7 5-0 7-1 • Keith Sulzer, Northwestern 1-0/1-0 12/6/08 8 Chris Diaz (Virginia Tech) L D 8-3 5-0 7-2 • Tanelli D Sulzer, 3-0 (1/25/09) 12/13/08 14 Trent Washington (UNI) L F 5:38 5-1 7-3 12/29/08 15 Vince Tucker (Olivet) W F 4:47 5-1 8-3 • J Jaggers, Ohio State 0-0/0-0 12/29/08 15 Kazuhiro Fujinawa (UN Kearney) W F 1:05 5-1 9-3 12/29/08 15 Fred Rodgers (Rider) W M 9-0 5-1 10-3 • Ryan Molinaro, Penn State 1-0/1-0 12/29/08 15 #2 Corey Jantzen (Harvard) W D 3-1 5-1 11-3 • Tanelli TF Molinaro, 22-7 (2/1/09) 12/30/08 15 Dalton Jensen (Iowa State) W D 9-1 5-1 12-3 12/30/08 15 #1 Alex Tsirtsis (Iowa) W D 10-3 5-1 13-3 • Juan Archuleta, Purdue 1-0/1-0 1/10/09 5 Cory Fish (Boise State) W D 5-3 6-1 14-3 • Tanelli D Archuleta, 8-4 (2/15/09) 1/10/09 5 #18 Andrae Hernandez (Indiana) W M 13-4 7-1 15-3 1/11/09 5 #8 Mike Thorn (Minnesota) W D 3-2 8-1 16-3 * - Wrestled at 133 lbs. 1/23/09 5 #1 Alex Tsirtsis (Iowa) W D 5-0 9-1 1-0 17-3 1/25/09 5 #16 Keith Sulzer (Northwestern) W D 3-0 10-1 2-0 18-3 1/30/09 1 Colin Dozier (Michigan State) W TF 21-5 11-1 3-0 19-3 Totals: 10-0/13-0 2/1/09 1 Frank Molinaro (Penn State) W TF 22-7 12-1 4-0 20-3 2/8/09 1 Ryan Prater (Illinois) W M 12-2 13-1 5-0 21-3 2/13/09 1 #8 Mike Thorn (Minnesota) W D 7-5 14-1 6-0 22-3 2/15/09 1 Juan Archuleta (Purdue) W D 8-4 15-1 7-0 23-3

Tanelli’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2004-05 Redshirt Season 2005-06* 8-3 2-1 0-1 9 3 DNC –– 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 --- 2006-07* 21-10 19-3 5-3 80 22 8th DNP 1-0 1-1 3 3 5 1:37 2007-08* 28-12 13-5 5-3 51 18 5th DNP 1-0 0-0 4 3 4 2:08 2008-09 23-3 15-1 7-0 55 16 0-0 1-0 4 4 3 1:05 Career 80-28 49-10 17-7 195 59 5th DNP 2-0 2-1 15 11 12 1:05 * - Indicates wrestled at 133 lbs. KYLE RUSCHELL • Junior • Crittenden, Ky./Ryle 149 Rankings: #5 - InterMat #5 - W.I.N. #5 - AWN #5 - WCPR #3 - RPI

Notable: • Went 7-4 overall against the Big Ten fi eld this year. Tied with Zach Tanelli for the most overall wins on • Moved up to 149 lbs. after wrestling the last two the team with 23. years at 141 lbs. Two-time NCAA qualifier at 141 • Leads the team with six major decisions. lbs. after finishing second at the 2007 Big Tens and sixth at the 2008 Big Tens. • Is 5-5 against ranked opponents this year. • Two-time team captain. Shares the honor this year • Only UW wrestler on this year’s roster from the with Dallas Herbst. state of Kentucky.

• Rides a six-match winning streak into Big Tens, • Majoring in agricultural business management. Also his last loss coming in a dual against Iowa’s Brent competed in cross country during high school. Ruschell against the Metcalf. All of Ruschell’s five losses were at the Big Ten field hands of a top-10 opponent.

Opponent Season/Career Record • Finished second at Midlands, his lone loss coming • Eric Terrazas, Illinois 1-0/1-0 against Metcalf in the finals. Also placed fourth at • Ruschell D Terrzas, 4-1 (2/8/09) the Cliff Keen Invite. • Nick Walpole, Indiana 1-0/1-0 • Has the second most pins on the team with six. Has • Ruschell D Walpole, 6-3 (1/10/09) pinned his last two opponents, including his fastest fall this year in 1:54 against then-No. 8 Jake Patacsil • Brent Metcalf, Iowa 0-2/0-2 from Purdue. • Metcalf pin Ruschell, 2:12 (1/23/09) • Metcalf MD Ruschell, 14-5 (12/30/09)

• Mark Beaudry, Michigan 0-0/0-0 Ruschell’s bout-by-bout Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • David Cheza, Michigan State 0-0/0-0 11/15/08 7 Kevin Balum (Virginia) W D 4-2 1-0 1-0 11/15/08 7 Nick Stabile (North Carolina) W D 6-5 2-0 2-0 • Joe Grygelko, Minnesota 2-0/2-0 11/15/08 7 #4 Darrion Caldwell (NC State) L D 8-4 2-1 2-1 • Ruschell MD Grygelko, 12-4 (2/13/09) 11/21/08 7 Dalton Jensen (Iowa State) W D 11-3 3-1 3-1 • Ruschell D Grygelko, 3-0 (1/11/09) 11/30/08 7 Heinrich Barnes (Oregon State) W M 14-2 4-1 4-1 12/5/08 6 Roddney Dollar (W. Wyoming) W M 11-1 4-1 5-1 • Andrew Nahir, Northwestern 1-0/1-0 12/5/08 6 Jose Serrato (Dickinson State) W M 14-3 4-1 6-1 • Ruschell D Nahir, 8-4 (1/25/09) 12/5/08 6 Mark Powell (Pittsburgh) W D 4-3 4-1 7-1 12/5/08 6 #17 Jason Chamberlain (Boise) W D 8-2 4-1 8-1 • Lance Palmer, Ohio State 0-1/0-1 12/5/08 6 #4 Lance Palmer (Ohio State) L D 3-0 4-1 8-2 • Palmer D Ruschell, 3-0 (12/5/08) 12/5/08 6 #13 Trevor Chinn (Lehigh) W D 6-1 4-1 9-2 12/5/08 6 #8 Jake Patacsil (Purdue) L D 9-7 4-1 9-3 • , Penn State 0-0/0-0 12/13/08 7 Jamall Lawrence (UNI) W F 6:52 5-1 10-3 12/29/08 7 Tim Hammer (Michigan State) W F 3:41 5-1 11-3 • Jake Patacsil, Purdue 2-1/2-1 12/29/08 7 Michael Long (VMI) W F 2:11 5-1 12-3 • Ruschell pin Patacsil, 1:54 (2/15/09) 12/29/08 7 #16 Kyle Borshoff (American) W D 4-3 5-1 13-3 • Ruschell pin Patacsil, 6:11 (12/30/08) 12/30/08 7 #6 Jake Patacsil (Purdue) W F 6:11 5-1 14-3 • Patacsil D Ruschell, 9-7 (12/5/08) 12/30/08 7 #1 Brent Metcalf (Iowa) L M 14-5 5-1 14-4 1/10/09 6 Jason Chamberlain (Boise) W D 3-1 6-1 15-4 Totals: 7-4/7-4 1/10/09 6 Nick Walpole (Indiana) W D 6-3 7-1 16-4 1/11/09 6 Joe Grygelko (Minnesota) W D 3-0 8-1 17-4 1/23/09 5 #1 Brent Metcalf (Iowa) L Pin 2:12 8-2 0-1 17-5 1/25/09 5 Andrew Nahir (Northwestern) W D 8-4 9-2 1-1 18-5 2/1/09 5 Colby Pisani (Penn State) W M 13-0 10-2 2-1 19-5 2/8/09 5 Eric Terrazas (Illinois) W 4-1 11-2 3-1 20-5 2/13/09 5 Joe Grygelko (Minnesota) W M 12-4 12-2 4-1 21-5 2/15/09 5 #8 Jake Patacsil (Purdue) W F 1:54 13-2 5-1 22-5 2/22/09 5 Owen Schaefer (Ohio State) W F 4:29 14-2 6-1 23-5

Ruschell’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2005-06 Redshirt Season 2006-07* 30-9 17-5 6-2 63 22 2nd DNP 1-0 1-0 5 1 2 2:28 2007-08* 26-7 16-2 5-2 62 18 5th DNP 0-2 0-0 2 0 8 0:30 2008-09 23-5 14-2 5-1 55 16 0-0 0-0 6 0 6 1:54 Career 79-21 47-9 16-5 180 56 2nd DNP 1-2 1-0 13 1 16 0:30 * - Indicates wrestled at 141 lbs. BEN JORDAN • Freshman • Urbana, Ohio./St. Paris Graham 157 Rankings: NR - InterMat NR - W.I.N. NR - AWN NR - WCPR N/A - RPI

Notable: • Started all 17 duals for the Badgers at 157 lbs. Replaced two-time All-American Craig Henning • One of four true freshmen making their debut at Big as the 157 lbs. starter (Henning was a senior last Tens for the Badgers. year).

• Finished the regular season 7-14 overall (11-15 • Placed second at the Pointer Open in November. including open tournaments), including a 1-6 mark against the Big Ten Championships field.

• Recorded his first career Big Ten win with an 8-4 decision over Iowa’s Matt Ballweg.

Jordan against the Big Ten field • Son of former UW two-time NCAA champion Jim Jordan, who is now a U.S. Congressman in Ohio. Opponent Season/Career Record •Mike Poeta, Illinois 0-1/0-1 His uncle Jeff also wrestled at Wisconsin from • Poeta MD Jordan, 14-3 (2/8/09) 1983-86.

• Kurt Kinser, Indiana 0-0/0-0 • Three-time Ohio state champion. Finished runner-up his junior year. Finished his high school career with • Matt Ballweg, Iowa 1-0/1-0 a 162-18 overall record. • Jordan D Ballweg, 8-4 (1/23/09)

• Aaron Hynes, Michigan 0-0/0-0

• Anthony Jones Jr., Michigan State 0-1/0-1 • Jones Jr. D Jordan, 7-3 (1/30/09) Jordan’s bout-by-bout

• Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota 0-2/0-2 Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Safratowich D Jordan, 7-5 (2/13/09) *11/8/08 Mason True (Northern Illinois) W D 6-0 • Safratowich MD Jordan, 12-4 (1/11/09) *11/8/08 Alex Riniker (Cornell (IA) W F 6:42 *11/8/08 Dustin Balsley (Luther) W F 2:45 • Jason Welch, Northwestern 0-1/0-1 *11/8/08 Ryan Moyer (Lindenwood) W D 9-7 • Welch D Jordan, 6-0 (1/25/09) *11/8/08 Bryan Deutsch (Northern Illinois) L D 7-4 11/15/08 Jedd Moore (Virginia) W D 8-2 1-0 1-0 • Jason Johnstone, Ohio State 0-1/0-1 11/15/08 Thomas Ferguson (North Carolina) W D 4-0 2-0 2-0 • Johnstone D Jordan, 6-2 (2/22/09) 11/15/08 Kody Hamrah (North Carolina State) L D 6-3 2-1 2-1 11/21/08 #7 Cyler Sanderson (Iowa State) L D 6-1 2-2 2-2 • Tim Darling, Penn State 0-0/0-0 11/30/08 Jon Brasccetta (Oregon State) L D 2-0 2-3 2-3 12/5/08 Mark Hobson (Montana State) W F 5:36 2-3 3-3 • Colton Salazar, Purdue 0-0/0-0 12/5/08 #6 Jordan Leen (Cornell) L D 7-0 2-3 3-4 12/5/08 Rudy Chelednik (Army) W D 3-0 2-3 4-4 12/5/08 #17 Matt Dragon (Penn) L D 9-8 2-3 4-5 12/13/08 Trevor Kittleson (Northern Iowa) W D 3-0 3-3 5-5 Totals: 1-6/1-6 1/10/09 Adam Hall (Boise State) L M 14-5 3-4 5-6 1/10/09 Matt Coughlin (Indiana) L D 3-2 3-5 5-7 1/11/09 Tyler Safratowich (Minnesota) L M 12-4 3-6 5-8 1/23/09 Matt Ballweg (Iowa) W D 8-4 4-6 1-0 6-8 1/25/09 #17 Jason Welch (Northwestern) L D 6-0 4-7 1-1 6-9 1/30/09 Anthony Jones Jr (MSU) L D 7-3 4-8 1-2 6-10 2/1/09 Shane Everett (Penn State) W M 13-4 5-8 2-2 7-10 2/8/09 #2 Mike Poeta (Illinois) L M 14-3 5-9 2-3 7-11 2/13/09 Tyler Safratowich (Minnesota) L D 7-5 5-10 2-4 7-12 2/15/09 Nick Bertucci (Purdue) L D 6-0 5-11 2-5 7-13 2/22/09 #17Jason Johnstone (OSU) L D 6-2 5-12 2-6 7-14

* indicates Stevens Point Open

Jordan’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2008-09 7-14 5-12 2-6 16 17 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 5:36 Career 7-14 5-12 2-6 16 17 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 5:36 ANDREW HOWE • Freshman • Cedar Lake, Ind./Hanover Central 165 Rankings: #2 - InterMat #3 - W.I.N. #5 - AWN #4 - WCPR #1 - RPI

Notable: • Missed the first three duals of the season due to an injury but came back for the Oregon State dual. • Rides an 11-match winning streak into Big Tens. Went on to finish fifth at the Cliff Keen Invite and Has a 22-4 record in his true freshman season. His fourth at Midlands. four losses were at the hands of top-5 opponents. • Howe’s match against Morningstar took two • The only Badger starter to go a perfect 13-0 in sudden victory periods and four tiebreaker periods duals. Also one of three Badgers to go undefeated before Howe emerged the 4-3 winner based on seven seconds of riding time. against the Big Ten field. Howe went 11-0 against Big Ten opponents, including upsets of then-No. • Has the second-most wins on the team with 22. 2 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) and then-No. 2 Colt Registered just two major decisions and only lost Sponseller (Ohio State). Howe against the Big Ten field one match by a major decision. • Entered the rankings on Dec. 9 at No. 15 for 165 Opponent Season/Career Record • Three-time Indiana state champion. Finished • Roger Smith-Bergsrud, Illinois 1-0/1-0 lbs. Has since moved all the way up to No. 2 runner-up his freshman year. Compiled a 192-1 • Howe D Smith-Bergsrud, 2-1 (2/8/09) according to InterMat. record at Hanover Central High School

• Paul Young, Indiana 1-0/1-0 • First time competing at Big Tens. • Howe D Young, 8-6 (1/10/09) • Has a 9-4 record against ranked opponents; • Ryan Morningstar, Iowa 1-0/1-0 including three wins over wrestlers ranked No. 2 at • Howe D Morningstar, 4-3 (1/23/09) 165 lbs.

• Justin Zeerip, Michigan 0-0/0-0

• Rex Kendle, Michigan State 1-0/1-0 Howe’s bout-by-bout • Howe D Kendle, 7-3 (1/30/09) Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Scott Glasser, Minnesota 3-0/3-0 11/30/08 Keegan Davis (Oregon State) W D 9-3 1-0 1-0 • Howe D Glasser, 4-1 (2/13/09) 12/5/08 Stephen Crozier (Air Force) W D 8-3 1-0 2-0 • Howe D Glasser, 6-3 (1/11/09) 12/5/08 #16 Mike Galante (Lehigh) W TB D 2-1 1-0 3-0 • Howe Def. Glasser (12/5/08) 12/5/08 #1 Mack Lewnes (Cornell) L D 6-2 1-0 3-1 12/5/08 Ethan Headlee (Pittsburgh) W D 4-3 1-0 4-1 • Dominic Marella, Northwestern 1-0/1-0 12/5/08 Scott Glasser (Minnesota) W Def. 1-0 5-1 • Howe MD Marella, 16-5 (1/25/09) 12/5/08 #4 Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska) L M 11-2 1-0 5-2 12/6/08 #14 Andy Rendos (Bucknell) W Med. For. 1-0 6-2 • Colt Sponseller, Ohio State 1-0/1-0 12/13/08 15 Tyson Reiner (Northern Iowa) W D 3-2 2-0 7-2 • Howe D Sponseller, 3-2 (2/22/09) 12/29/08 15 Jason Lapham (Rider) W D 6-1 2-0 8-2 12/29/08 15 Justin Brandel (E. Michigan) W M 12-4 2-0 9-2 • Dan Vallimont, Penn State 1-0/1-0 12/29/08 15 #2 Moza Fay (Northern Iowa) W D 14-8 2-0 10-2 • Howe D Vallimont, 3-2 (2/1/09) 12/30/08 15 #5 Jon Reader (Iowa State) L D 7-5 2-0 10-3 12/30/08 15 Jake Kerr (Iowa-Unattached) W D 7-3 2-0 11-3 • Luke Manuel, Purdue 1-0/1-0 12/30/08 15 #2 Moza Fay (Northern Iowa) L D 9-3 2-0 11-4 • Howe D Manuel 9-3 (2/15/09) 1/10/09 14 Tyler Sherfey (Boise State) W D 7-6 3-0 12-4 1/10/09 14 Paul Young (Indiana) W D 8-6 4-0 13-4 1/11/09 14 #18 Scott Glasser (Minnesota) W D 6-3 5-0 14-4 Totals: 11-0/11-0 1/23/09 13 #2 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) W TB2 4-3 6-0 1-0 15-4 1/25/09 13 Dominic Marella (Northwestern) W M 16-5 7-0 2-0 16-4 1/30/09 10 Rex Kendle (Michigan State) W D 7-3 8-0 3-0 17-4 2/1/09 10 #8 (157)Dan Vallimont (PSU) W D 3-2 9-0 4-0 18-4 2/8/09 8 #15 Roger Smith-Bergs. (Ill.) W D 2-1 10-0 5-0 19-4 2/13/09 8 Scott Glasser (Minnesota) W D 4-1 11-0 6-0 20-4 2/15/09 8 #16 Luke Manuel (Purdue) W D 9-3 12-0 7-0 21-4 2/22/09 8 #2 Colt Sponseller (OSU) W D 3-2 13-0 8-0 22-4

Howe’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2008-09 22-4 13-0 8-0 40 13 0-0 2-0 2 0 0 --- Career 22-4 13-0 8-0 40 13 0-0 2-0 2 0 0 --- TRAVIS RUTT • Freshman • New Prague, Minn./New Prague 174 Rankings: NR - InterMat NR - W.I.N. NR - AWN #33 - WCPR N/A - RPI

Notable: • Picked up two wins for Wisconsin at National Duals, defeating Indiana’s then-No. 12 Trevor Perry and • One of four true freshmen making their debut at Big Minnesota’s Kaleb Young. Tens for the Badgers. • Went 3-8 against the Big Ten fi eld. • Ranks No. 30 in the second Wrestling Coaches’ Panel Rankings and has the No. 32 RPI. Dropped • Wrestled Iowa’s Jay Borschel to two close matches; losing 9-6 at Midlands and 7-3 in a dual. from a No. 25 ranking in the first poll. • Two-time Minnesota state champion. First • Finished his freshman season with a 17-16 place at 2008 Junior Greco-Roman National overall record. (Record includes his results while Championships and fourth in the freestyle Rutt against the Big Ten field competing unattached in open tournaments). competition. Won Minnesota State Tournament Outstanding Wrestler Award in 2008. • Won four-straight spanning from Nov. 30-Dec. 5, Opponent Season/Career Record • John Dergo, Illinois 0-1/0-1 2008. That stretch included three wins at the Cliff • Pre-match routine is to wear his lucky hoodie. • Dergo MD Rutt, 11-3 (2/8/09) Keen Invite.

• Trevor Perry, Indiana 1-0/1-0 Rutt’s bout-by-bout • Rutt D Perry, 8-5 (1/10/09) Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Jay Borschel, Iowa 0-2/0-2 *11/8/08 Kyle Kehrli (Cornell (IA) W D 10-9 • Borschel D Rutt, 7-3 (1/23/09) *11/8/08 Ethan Hackbarth (Rochester (MN) W D 4-0 • Borschel D Rutt, 9-6 (12/29/08) *11/8/08 Grant Jenkins (Wartburg) W D 10-4 *11/8/08 Frank Savegnago (Elmhurst) W M 10-0 • Steve Luke, Michigan 0-0/0-0 *11/8/08 Matt Cauley (Lindenwood) L D 10-3 #11/15/08 Grant Jenkins (WC) W D 8-2 • Ian Hinton, Michigan State 0-1/0-1 #11/15/08 Matt Cauley (LU) L D 3-2 • Hinton pin Rutt, 7:47 (sv) (1/30/09) #11/15/08 Samuel Bonsu (ICCC) W M 12-2 #11/15/08 Cole Schafer (Unat) W M 8-0 • Kaleb Young, Minnesota 2-0/2-0 #11/15/08 Tim Matheson (MSU-Mankato) W D 2-1 • Rutt D Young, 3-1 (sv) (2/13/09) #11/15/08 Todd Becker (Iowa State) L D 5-4 • Rutt D Young, 9-2 (1/11/09) 11/21/08 #9 Duke Burke (Iowa State) L D 8-4 0-1 0-1 11/30/08 Dan Braccetta (Oregon State) W D 8-2 1-1 1-1 • Robert Kellogg, Northwestern 0-1/0-1 12/5/08 Austin Ovellete (Montana State) W D 8-1 1-1 2-1 • Kellogg pin Rutt, 6:19 (1/25/09) 12/5/08 Andrew Coles (Penn) W D 8-4 1-1 3-1 12/5/08 Shane Riccio (Bucknell) W D 5-3 1-1 4-1 • Dave Rella, Ohio State 0-1/0-1 12/5/08 #11 Kurt Brenner (West Virginia) L D 5-2 1-1 4-2 • Rella D Rutt, 5-3 (2/22/09) 12/5/08 Shane Onufer (Wyoming) L D 7-3 1-1 4-3 12/13/08 Jarion Beets (Northern Iowa) W D 5-4 2-1 5-3 • Quentin Wright, Penn State 0-1/0-1 12/29/08 Scott Giffi n (Penn) W D 7-0 2-1 6-3 • Wright D Rutt, 4-2 (2/1/09) 12/29/08 #2 Jay Borschel (Iowa) L D 9-6 2-1 6-4 12/29/08 Dave Sullivan (Pittsburgh) L D 4-2 2-1 6-5 • Nick Corpe, Purdue 0-1/0-1 1/10/09 Nate Lee (Boise State) L D 6-3 2-2 6-6 • Corpe D Rutt, 5-1 (2/15/09) 1/10/09 #12 Trevor Perry (Indiana) W D 8-5 3-2 7-6 1/11/09 Kaleb Young (Minnesota) W D 9-2 4-2 8-6 1/23/09 #4 Jay Borschel (Iowa) L D 7-3 4-3 0-1 8-7 1/25/09 Robert Kellogg (Northwestern) L Pin 6:19 4-4 0-2 8-8 Totals: 3-8/3-8 1/30/09 Ian Hinton (Michigan State) L Pin 7:47 (sv) 4-5 0-3 8-9 2/1/09 #16 Quentin Wright (Penn State) L D 4-2 4-6 0-4 8-10 2/8/09 John Dergo (Illinois) L M 11-3 4-7 0-5 8-11 2/13/09 Kaleb Young (Minnesota) W D 3-1 (sv) 5-7 1-5 9-11 2/15/09 Nick Corpe (Purdue) L D 5-1 5-8 1-6 9-12 2/22/09 Dave Rella (Ohio State) L 5-3 5-9 1-7 9-13

* indicates Stevens Point Open # indicates Harold Nichols Cyclone Open

Rutt’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2008-09 9-13 5-9 1-7 15 14 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 --- Career 9-13 5-9 1-7 15 14 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 --- ERIC BUGENHAGEN • Sophomore • Franklin, Wis./Franklin 184 Rankings: NR - InterMat NR - W.I.N. NR - AWN NR - WCPR N/A - RPI

Notable: • Took over the 184 lbs. starting spot for two-time NCAA qualifi er Trevor Brandvold who is redshirting • Making his first appearnce at Big Tens. First year this season and moving up to 197 lbs. for the as the Badger starter at 184 lbs. Started 16 of 2009-10 season. Wisconsin’s 17 duals at 184 lbs. • Wisconsin state champion his senior year of high school. Brother Scott wrestled at • Went 2-1 to open the season at the ACC/Big Ten School of Engineering. Clash.

• Helped UW upset then-No. 11 Minnesota during the dual season with his 3-2 win over Sonny Yohn. The win avenged an earlier 3-2 loss to Yohn at National Bugenhagen against the Duals. Big Ten field • 0-9 against ranked opponents this season. Opponent Season/Career Record • Jordan Blanton, Illinois 0-2/0-2 • Wrestled a tough match against Purdue’s No. 14 A.J. • Blanton pin Bugenhagen, 4:49 (2/8/09) Kissel on Feb. 15. Kissel won the match on a third • Blanton MD Bugenhagen, 9-1 (12/29/08) period escape. Also wrestled Oregon State’s then-No. • Blanton MD Bugenhagen, 12-5 (12/5/08) 9 Kyle Bressler to a sudden victory. Tied 1-1 heading into the SV, Bressler scored a takedown and then • Eric Cameron, Indiana 0-0/0-0 registered three backpoints for the 6-1 win. • Phil Keddy, Iowa 0-1/0-2 • Keddy MD Bugenhagen, 17-4 (1/23/09) • Keddy pin Bugenhagen, 3:00 (2/3/08) Bugenhagen’s bout-by-bout • Anthony Biondo, Michigan 0-0/0-0 Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Nick Palmieri, Michigan State 0-1/0-1 11/15/08 #9 Rocco Caponi (Virginia) L D 3-0 0-1 0-1 • Palmieri D Bugenhagen, 6-2 (1/30/09) 11/15/08 Robert McCarthy (North Carolina) W D 3-2 1-1 1-1 11/15/08 Hank Penree (North Carolina State) W D 6-2 2-1 2-1 • Sonny Yohn, Minnesota 1-1/1-1 11/21/08 Jerome Ward (Iowa State) L D 4-2 2-2 2-2 • Bugenhagen D Yohn, 3-2 (2/13/09) 11/30/08 #9 Kyle Bressler (Oregon State) L D 6-1 (sv) 2-3 2-3 • Yohn D Bugenhagen, 3-2 (1/11/09) 12/5/08 Thomas Showlin (Penn) W D 6-3 2-3 3-3 12/5/08 Jordan Blanton (Ilinois) L M 13-5 2-3 3-4 • Jake Herbert, Northwestern 0-1/0-1 12/5/08 Jake Meredith (Arizona State) L D 5-2 2-3 3-5 • Herbert TF Bugenhagen, 6:34 (1/25/09) 12/13/08 (Northern Iowa) W Forefi t 3-3 4-5 12/29/08 Steve Catalano (Triton) W F 1:19 3-3 5-5 • Mike Pucillo, Ohio State 0-1/0-1 12/29/08 #16 Jordan Blanton (Illinois) L M 9-1 3-3 5-6 • Pucillo MD Bugenhagen, 14-4 (2/22/09) 12/29/08 Brad Diechkhaus (Northern Illinois) L D 6-1 3-3 5-7 1/10/09 #4 Kirk Smith (Boise State) L M 14-4 3-4 5-8 • Jack Decker, Penn State 1-0/1-0 1/11/09 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) L D 3-2 3-5 5-9 • Bugenhagen D Decker, 4-2 (2/1/09) 1/23/09 #3 Phil Keddy (Iowa) L M 17-4 3-6 0-1 5-10 1/25/09 #1 Jake Herbert (Northwestern) L TF 6:34 3-7 0-2 5-11 • A.J. Kissel, Purdue 0-1/0-1 1/30/09 Nick Palmieri (Michigan State) L D 6-2 3-8 0-3 5-12 • Kissel D Bugenhagen, 1-0 (2/15/09) 2/1/09 Jack Decker (Penn State) W D 4-2 (sv) 4-8 1-3 6-12 2/8/09 #12 Jordan Blanton (Illinois) L F 4:49 4-9 1-4 6-13 2/13/09 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) W D 3-2 5-9 2-4 7-13 Totals: 2-9/2-10 2/15/09 #14 A.J. Kissel (Purdue) L D 1-0 5-10 2-5 7-14 2/22/09 #2 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) L M 14-4 5-11 2-6 7-15

Bugenhagen’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2006-07 Redshirt Season 2007-08 6-4 1-2 0-1 3 3 DNC -- 1-0 0-0 0 0 1 1:58 2008-09 7-15 5-11 2-6 18 16 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1:19 Career 13-19 6-13 2-7 21 19 ------2-1 0-0 0 0 2 1:19 DALLAS HERBST • Senior • Winneconne, Wis./Winneconne 197 Rankings: #3 - InterMat #2 - W.I.N. #3 - AWN #2 - WCPR #4 - RPI

Notable: lost by a major decision. Chriswell has since moved up to a No. 5 ranking. • Returning All-American at 197 lbs. Placed sixth at 2008 NCAA’s. • Reached 100 career wins as a Badger on Feb. 8 with a 4-3 decision against Patrick Bond of Illinois. He is only the fourth Badger to achieve that mark • Three-time NCAA qualifier. Placed third the last two under Wisconsin head coach Barry Davis. years at Big Tens and seventh at the 2006 Big Tens. • Did not compete at the Cliff Keen Invite but took • Herbst broke Wisconsin’s 30-year-old career pin fi rst at Midlands and handed Iowa State’s Jake record Nov. 15th at the ACC/Big Ten Clash. He Varner his fi rst and only loss of the season so far. surpassed Lee Kemp’s previous record of 47, and Herbst won 2-1, avenging Varner’s 4-0 win during now owns the current record with 55 pins. Herbst against the Big Ten field the dual season. • Team co-captain with junior Kyle Ruschell. Third Opponent Season/Career Record • Went a perfect 8-0 against the Big Ten field. Herbst year serving as team captain. •Patrick Bond, Illinois 1-0/3-2 and Andrew Howe were the only two Badgers to go • Herbst D Bond, 4-3 (2/8/09) undefeated against Big Ten competition. • Started the 2008-09 season ranked fi fth in the 197 • Herbst D Bond, 5-1 (3/8/08) lbs. weight class, and remained in the top six all • Bond D Herbst, 3-2 (2/8/08) • Leads the team with nine pins. Tied Lee Kemp for season. Currently ranks No. 3 by InterMat. • Herbst D Bond, 4-3 (3/4/07) most pins in a season with 18 during the 2006-07 • Bond D Herbst, 7-3 (2/11/07) campaign. Ranks third on UW’s single season list • Compiled a 6-1 record against ranked opponents.

Boise State’s Brent Chriswell was not ranked at with 16 pins in 2007-08. •Matt Powless, Indiana 0-0/0-0 the time of the Broncos’ dual against Wisconsin. Chriswell registered a 13-5 major decision over • Started every dual for Wisconsin the past four •Chad Beatty, Iowa 1-0/2-0 Herbst, marking the fi rst time in four years Herbst years at 197 lbs. (73-consecutive starts). • Herbst D Beatty, 2-1 (1/23/09) • Herbst pin Beatty, 0:41 (2/3/08)

• Tyrel Todd, Michigan 0-0/0-0 Herbst’s bout-by-bout

• Tyler Dickenson, Michigan State 1-0/1-0 Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Herbst pin Dickenson, 2:12 (1/30/09) 11/15/08 5 Brent Jones (Virginia) W Pin 1:08 1-0 1-0 • Herbst pin Dickenson, 5:47 (12/29/08) 11/15/08 5 Daniel Llamas (North Carolina) W Pin 0:48 2-0 2-0 11/15/08 5 (North Carolina State) W Forfeit 3-0 3-0 • Gordon Bierschenk, Minnesota 1-0/1-0 11/21/08 5 #1 Jake Varner (Iowa State) L D 4-0 3-1 3-1 • Herbst D Bierschenk, 5-2 (2/13/09) 11/30/08 5 Chad Hanke (Oregon State) W Pin 4:23 4-1 4-1 12/13/08 5 #15 Andrew Anderson (UNI) W Pin 4:47 5-1 5-1 • John Schoen, Northwestern 1-0/1-0 12/29/08 5 Tyler Dickenson (MSU-Unatt) W Pin 5:47 5-1 6-1 • Herbst pin Schoen, 4:42 (1/25/09) 12/29/08 5 Lamar Brown (Rutgers-Unatt) W D 6-0 5-1 7-1 12/29/08 5 #10 Logan Brown (Purdue) W M 10-2 5-1 8-1 • Cody Gardner, Ohio State 0-0/0-0 12/30/08 5 #4 Max Askren (Missouri) W D 13-8 5-1 9-1 12/30/08 5 #1Jake Varner (Iowa State) W D 2-1 5-1 10-1 • Clay Steadman, Penn State 0-0/0-0 1/10/09 2 Brent Chriswell (Boise State) L M 13-5 5-2 10-2 1/10/09 2 Justin Kuhn (Indiana) W D 5-0 6-2 11-2 • Logan Brown, Purdue 2-0/2-0 1/11/09 2 Chris McPhail (Minnesota) W D 6-1 7-2 12-2 • Herbst D Brown, 2-0 (2/15/09) 1/23/09 3 #19 Chad Beatty (Iowa) W D 2-1 8-2 1-0 13-2 • Herbst MD Brown, 10-2 (12/29/08) 1/25/09 3 John Schoen (Northwestern) W Pin 4:42 9-2 2-0 14-2 1/30/09 3 Tyler Dickenson (MSU) W Pin 2:12 10-2 3-0 15-2 2/1/09 3 J.R. Brown (Penn State) W Pin 1:06 11-2 4-0 16-2 2/8/09 3 Patrick Bond (Illinois) W D 4-3 12-2 5-0 17-2 Totals: 8-0/11-2 2/13/09 3 Gordon Bierschenk (Minnesota) W D 5-2 13-2 6-0 18-2 2/15/09 3 #13 Logan Brown (Purdue) W D 2-0 14-2 7-0 19-2 2/22/09 3 Jason Cook (Ohio State) W Pin 2:02 15-2 8-0 20-2

Herbst’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2004-05 Redshirt Season 2005-06 21-12 9-6 2-6 42 15 7th DNP 0-1 0-1 0 0 12 0:38 2006-07 31-8 19-3 5-3 97 22 3rd DNP 0-0 0-0 1 0 18 0:32 2007-08 31-7 16-3 6-2 76 19 3rd 6th 0-0 1-0 4 1 16 0:25 2008-09 20-2 15-2 8-0 72 17 0-0 0-0 1 0 9 0:48 Career 103-29 59-14 25-11 287 73 3rd 6th 0-1 1-1 6 1 55 0:25 KYLE MASSEY • Senior • Champlin, Minn./Centennial HWT Rankings: #18 - InterMat #8 - W.I.N. #8 - AWN #8 - WCPR #9 - RPI

Notable: • Began the season ranked No. 3 but has dropped to No. 18 after an up and down season. • Returning All-American (eighth at 2008 NCAA’s). Became just the fifth UW heavyweight to earn All- • Has won back-to-back matches heading into Big Tens. His three Big Ten losses are against America honors. Minnesota’s Ben Berhow (twice) and Iowa’s Dan Erekson. • Two-time NCAA qualifier. Placed third at 2008 Big Tens and fifth in 2007.

• Went on a seven-match winning streak from Dec. 5-Dec. 29. Placed third at the Cliff Keen Invite and Massey against the Big Ten field did not place at Midlands.

Opponent Season/Career Record • First UW heavyweight to compete in the NWCA All- • John Wise, Illinois 1-0/5-0 • Massey D Wise, 4-0 (2/8/09) Star Classic. Lost in an 8-4 decision to Oklahoma • Massey D Wise, 3-0 (3/8/08) State’s Jared Rosholt. • Massey MD Wise, 9-0 (2/8/08) • Massey D Wise, 9-2 (11/30/07) • Went 4-3 against opponents ranked at match time. • Massey pin Wise, 2:42 (2/11/07) Record does not include loss to Rosholt. • Nate Everhart, Indiana 1-0/2-0 • Massey D Everhart, 5-0 (1/10/09) • Massey pin Everhart, 5:33 (1/25/08) • Dan Erekson, Iowa 0-1/0-1 Massey’s bout-by-bout • Erekson D Massey, 3-2 (1/23/09) Date Rank Opponent (School) W/L Result Dual Big Ten Overall • Eddie Phillips, Michigan 0-0/0-0 11/15/08 3 Jack Danilkowicz (Virginia) W D 10-1 1-0 1-0 11/15/08 3 #13 Justin Dobies (North Carolina) W D 3-2 2-0 2-0 • Alan O’Donnell, Michigan State 1-0/3-0 • Massey D O’Donnell, 5-2 (1/30/09) 11/15/08 3 Bobby Isola (North Carolina State) W D 7-0 3-0 3-0 • Massey MD O’Donnell, 14-2 (2/1/08) 11/21/08 3 #2 David Zabriskie (Iowa State) L D 5-3 3-1 3-1 • Massey pin O’Donnell, 1:41 (3/3/07) ^11/24/08 3 #1 Jared Rosholt (Oklahoma State) L D 8-4** 11/30/08 3 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) W D 9-3 4-1 4-1 • Ben Berhow, Minnesota 0-2/1-2 12/5/08 3 Joe Sheffi eld (UNC Greensboro) W M 11-2 4-1 5-1 • Berhow D Massey, 3-2 (2/13/09) • Berhow D Massey, 5-4 (1/11/09) 12/5/08 3 David Marone (Virginia Tech) W D 6-1 4-1 6-1 • Massey D Berhow, 6-2 (2/17/08) 12/5/08 3 Mitch Monteiro (Cal State Bakersfi eld) L D 6-2 4-1 6-2 12/5/08 3 Chris Kasten (Purdue) W D 5-1 4-1 7-2 • Ben Kuhar, Northwestern 1-0/1-0 12/5/08 3 #15 Dustin Rogers (West Virginia) W D 8-3 4-1 8-2 • Massey D Kuhar, 5-1 (1/25/09) 12/5/08 3 #12 Corey Morrison (Ohio State) W F 6:24 4-1 9-2 • Corey Morrison, Ohio State 2-0/3-0 12/5/08 3 Tucker Lane (Nebraska) W D 3-2 4-1 10-2 • Massey D Morrison, 8-1 (2/22/09) 12/13/08 5 Christian Brantley (Northern Iowa) W F 4:15 5-1 11-2 • Massey pin Morrison, 6:24 (12/5/08) 12/29/08 4 Cory Anderson (Lincoln College) W M 10-0 5-1 12-2 • Massey D Morrison, 3-1 (3/3/07) 12/29/08 4 Mike Tamillow (WWC) W D 3-0 5-1 13-2 12/29/08 4 #16 Rashard Goff (Cleveland State) L D 3-1, SV1 5-1 13-3 • Stefan Tighe, Penn State 1-0/1-0 • Massey D Tighe, 3-1 (2/1/09) 12/30/08 4 Christian Brantley (Northern Iowa) L D 5-2 5-1 13-4 1/10/09 6 Sam Zylstra (Boise State) W D 4-0 6-1 14-4 • Chris Kasten, Purdue 2-0/3-0 1/10/09 6 Nate Everhart (Indiana) W D 5-0 7-1 15-4 • Massey MD Kasten, 10-2 (2/15/09) 1/11/09 6 Ben Berhow (Minnesota) L D 5-4 7-2 15-5 • Massey D Kasten, 5-1 (12/5/08) 1/23/09 7 #11 Dan Erekson (Iowa) L D 3-2 7-3 0-1 15-6 • Massey D Kasten, 7-1 (3/8/08) 1/25/09 7 Ben Kuhar (Northwestern) W D 5-1 8-3 1-1 16-6 1/30/09 9 Alan O’Donnell (Michigan State) W D 5-2 9-3 2-1 17-6 Totals: 8-3/18-3 2/1/09 9 Stefan Tighe (Penn State) W D 3-1 (sv) 10-3 3-1 18-6 2/8/09 9 #10 John Wise (Illinois) W D 4-0 11-3 4-1 19-6 2/13/09 8 Ben Berhow (Minnesota) L D 3-2 11-4 4-2 19-7 2/15/09 8 Chris Kasten (Purdue) W MD 10-2 12-4 5-2 20-7 2/22/09 18 Corey Morrison (Ohio State) W D 8-1 13-4 6-2 21-7 **Match vs. Rosholt was an exhibition at the NWCA All-Star Classic

Massey’s Career Records

Overall Dual Big 10 Dual Dual Big 10 NCAA SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Year Record Record Record Pts. Starts Place Place Fall 2004-05 Redshirt Season 2005-06 11-2 3-1 1-1 18 4 -- -- 0-0 0-0 1 0 9 1:06 2006-07 18-10 12-6 4-3 52 18 5th DNP 0-0 0-0 1 0 8 1:41 2007-08 30-10 15-2 7-1 64 17 3rd 8th 0-0 0-0 5 0 7 0:40 2008-09 21-7 13-4 6-2 44 17 1-3 0-0 4 0 2 4:15 Career 80-29 43-13 18-7 178 56 3rd 8th 1-3 0-0 11 0 26 0:40