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NEBRASKA WRESTLING Weekly Notes: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2005-06 Schedule Date Meet/Match Time/Score This Week in Husker Wrestling Nov. 18 Boise State W, 27-9 Conference Tournament: Nov. 19 Kaufman-Brand Open! N.T.S. Nov. 26 at Wyoming W, 40-3 No. 4/5 Nebraska (12-5) at 2006 Big 12 Wrestling Championships Dec. 4 at UNI Open N.T.S. Hilton Coliseum•Ames, Iowa•Saturday, March 4•11 a.m. Dec. 9 at Michigan W, 18-16 Last Year: 3rd-place fi nish, seven NCAA Qualifi ers, one champion (Padden-197) Dec. 11 at Minnesota L, 27-11 Television: Tape-Delayed on FSN (channel 37), fi nals shown at 12:30 p.m., March 12 Dec. 17 Nebraska Duals Oregon State W, 33-10 NU Aims for Conference Championship in Ames Cal Poly L, 21-19 The fi fth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team looks to compete for the conference championship and Jan. 2 Bloomsburg* W, 30-12 qualify wrestlers for the 2006 NCAA Championships at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship on Saturday, Jan. 7 Virginia Tech* W, 41-3 March 4 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The top three fi nishers in each weight class, along with six Jan. 14-15 at National Duals@ wrestlers selected for wild-card berths to nationals, will move on the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma Jan. 14 vs. Iowa W, 24-13 City, Okla March 16-18. vs. Michigan W 24-16 At last year’s Big 12 Championship, held in Omaha, Neb., the Huskers fi nished third behind the Jan. 15 vs. Oklahoma State L, 20-14 program’s fi rst individual champion since 2002, 197-pounder B.J. Padden, who defeated Oklahoma vs. Central Michigan W, 21-10 State’s Jake Rosholt in the 197-pound championship match. Jan. 21 American W, 29-21 The fi nals from the 2006 Big 12 Championships will be shown nationwide on a tape-delay basis. Jan. 29 Missouri W, 21-18 The fi nals are slated to be fi rst shown on FSN Midwest in Lincoln on Sunday, March 12 at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Oklahoma State L, 27-15 Check local listings for the date and time in your area. Feb. 10 Oklahoma L, 19-16 Feb. 19 at Iowa State W, 22-21 Last Time Out: #5 Nebraska 22, #7 Iowa State 21 March 4 Big 12 Championships 11 a.m. The fi fth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team picked up wins in fi ve of the fi rst seven matches and (Ames, Iowa) never looked back en route to a 22-21 win over seventh-ranked Iowa State on Feb. 19 at Hilton March 16-18 NCAA Championships 10 a.m. Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The win was the Huskers’ 11th over Iowa State in the last 18 duals between the two schools including three of the last four and was Nebraska’s fi rst win over Iowa State in Ames (Oklahoma City, Okla.) since the Huskers knocked off the then fi fth-ranked Cyclones, 21-17, on Jan. 27, 1996. All times are central. All home duals are Nebraska took an early 6-0 lead after Chris Oliver won by injury default at 157 pounds. After a in bold, and will be at the NU Coliseum, major decision loss at 165 pounds, the Huskers answered with a 2-0 victory by third-ranked Jacob unless *-Bob Devaney Sports Center Track, Klein at 174 pounds. Iowa State’s Kurt Backes would respond with a technical fall victory to even the Lincoln, Neb., !-Sapp Fieldhouse, Omaha, dual. Nebraska took a 13-9 lead in the fi fth match of the dual with an 18-5 major decision victory by Neb., @-UNI Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa fi fth-ranked B.J. Padden over Joe Curran at 197 pounds. Padden scored the fi rst seven points of the match and never looked back en route to his 20th win of the season. Heavyweight Jon May extended the Huskers’ lead to seven with a 4-0 win over Richard Schopf. May took the lead with an escape in the second period, then added a two-point near fall in the third period after Schopf started the period down. May ended the match with a 1:50 advantage in riding time. Media Information Paul Donahoe earned Nebraska’s third straight win with a pin of Ben Hanisch with 20 seconds left in Wrestling Contact: Nate Rohr their 125-pound match. Donahoe, the ninth-ranked 125-pound wrestler, held a 10-3 lead in the match E-mail: [email protected] after a takedown with 54 seconds to go before closing out the match 14 seconds later. Phone: (402) 472-0694 or (402) 520-0088 Three straight wins by Iowa State drew the Cyclones within one of the Huskers, but the advantage NU SID Fax: (402) 472-2005 gained by Nebraska in winning fi ve of the fi rst seven matches proved to be enough for the Huskers’ 12th dual win of the season. NEBRASKA HUSKERS PROBABLE STARTERS Wt. Name Rank W-L Dual Pins TF MD Worth Noting 125 Paul Donahoe, Fr. 9/9/9 22-6 12-5 9/1 1 3 Four wins from cracking into NU top 10 for wins by a freshman 133 Patrick Aleksanyan, Fr. NR/NR/NR 14-13 7-10 2/1 0 3 Six of last nine opponents have been ranked 141 Dominick Moyer, Jr. 17/19/18 16-9 9-7 4/0 0 3 Won fi ve of last seven matches including three by fall 149 Robert Sanders, Fr. NR/NR/NR 12-10 2-5 1/0 0 2 Brand Open Champion, 149 pounds (Jan. 21, Omaha, Neb.) 157 Chris Oliver, Fr. 17/16/NR 16-6 11-5 5/0 1 1 Defeated three of last fi ve ranked opponents 165 Marc Harwood, Jr. 15/15/14 13-6 9-5 1/0 0 3 Five of last six opponents have been ranked 174 Jacob Klein, Sr. 4/4/4 19-3 14-3 3/1 3 2 Won eight of 10 matches, 4-2 vs. ranked foes since Jan. 2 184 Vince Jones, Fr. 11/14/13 24-5 6-3 15/1 0 1 15-match winning streak, Dec. 4 through Jan. 15 197 B.J. Padden, Sr. 5/2/3 20-3 12-2 5/0 1 4 Won of 17 of last 19 matches, four wins by fall, four by MD HWT Jon May, So. 19/17/14 15-13 7-10 4/2 1 0 Faced ranked opponents in 11 of last 14 actual matches Head Coach-Mark Manning, 85-32-1, 6th year at NU; 107-56-3, 9th year overall as head coach Head Assistant Coach: Charles Burton Assistant Coach: Mike Greenfi eld Volunteer Assistant Coach: Bryan Snyder Administrative Assistant: Jason Powell Strength and Conditioning: Jason Mester Club Coach: Travis Shufelt Individual Rankings given Amateur Wrestling News/WIN Magazine/Intermat; Team Ranking given WIN Magazine/Intermat-NWCA; WIN Magazine rankings as of Feb. 20, 2006; Amateur Wrestling News and Intermat/NWCA rankings as of Feb. 21, 2006 March 4, 2006 at 2006 Big 12 Championships NEBRASKA Saturday-#5 Nebraska at Big 12 Championships, 11 a.m., Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa WRESTLING #8/6 Iowa State (11-6) 125-Ben Hanisch (11-18) Last Year: March 5, 2005: Nebraska-3rd 133-Jesse Sundell (15-14) In a night highlighted by Nebraska’s first individual Big 12 Champion since 2002, the fourth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team saw seven wrestlers qualify for the 2005 NCAA Championships, at the 2005 141-Nate Gallick (28-0) Big 12 Championships held at Qwest Center OMAHA in Omaha, Neb. The Huskers finished third with 149-Jason Knipp (16-7) 47.5 team points, behind Oklahoma State and Iowa State. 197-pound junior wrestler B.J. Padden -or-Aron Scott (13-9) defeated top-ranked Jake Rosholt of Oklahoma State, 6-2, to earn the conference crown. 157-Trent Paulson (21-2) After a scoreless first period, Padden earned an escape three seconds into the second period to take an early 1-0 lead. Padden added to his lead with a takedown with 49 seconds to go in the frame. 165-Travis Paulson (25-4) After giving up an escape toward the end of the second period, Padden registered a third-period 174-David Bertolino (15-13) takedown to seal the dual. -or-Grant Turner (6-7) Travis Pascoe earned his fourth career trip to the NCAA Championships with his runner-up finish at 184-Kurt Backes (18-5) 184 pounds. Pascoe defeated Oklahoma’s Justin Dyer, 10-5, in the semifinals before losing by fall to Iowa State’s Kurt Backes in the first period of their match. 197-Joe Curran (10-17) Dominick Moyer clinched his first career bid to the NCAA Championships with his runner-up finish HWT-Richard Schopf (4-13) at 133 pounds. Moyer defeated Tyler McCormick of Missouri by injury default in the semifinals before losing to OSU’s Nathan Morgan by major decision, 14-6, in the finals. Iowa State Ranked Wrestlers Matt Keller earned his second career trip to the NCAA’s with a 6-3 victory over Iowa State’s Grant Wrestler AWN WIN NWCA Nakamura at 125 pounds. The sophomore from McDonald, Tenn., rebounded from a first-round loss 133-Jesse Sundell 18 17 NR by fall against Oklahoma State’s Coleman Scott, beating Missouri’s Tim Kephart, 10-3, and setting up 141-Nate Gallick 1 1 1 Keller’s victory over Nakamura.