WISCONSIN Contact: Betsy Golomski WRESTLING Offi ce: 608-262-2255 / Cell: 608-279-8641 Feb. 9, 2009 E-mail: [email protected] BADGERS TAKE ON #11 MINNESOTA, #25 PURDUE AT UW FIELD HOUSE 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS X No. 18 Wisconsin stays at home this week- DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT end, hosting #8 Minnesota and #25 Purdue Nov. 15 ACC/Big Ten Clash at the UW Field House. Friday’s dual against #21 Virginia W, 25-15 Minnesota begins at 7 p.m. while Sunday’s tilt is North Carolina W, 27-8 scheduled for 1 p.m. Both matches will be Web streamed for N.C. State W, 20-15 FREE on UWBadgers.com and live updates are NOV. 21 #2 IOWA STATE# L, 27-7 available via the Wrestling Blog on UWBadgers. NOV. 30 OREGON STATE W, 24-13 com. Dec. 5-6 Cliff Keen Invite T13/64.5 pts X The winner of Friday’s match contributes Dec. 13 #24 Northern Iowa@ W, 36-9 40 points to the fifth annual Border Battle. Dec. 29-30 Midlands Championships 4th/98.5 pts Minnesota currently leads this year’s Border Jan. 10-11 National Duals Battle, 175-165. Jan. 10 #16 Boise State L, 24-12 X After this weekend, the Badgers have one #19 Indiana W, 19-15 more dual to close out the 2008-09 dual season. #11 Minnesota L, 22-15 Ohio State comes to town Feb. 22 for a noon Senior heavyweight Kyle Massey is a Jan. 23 #1 Iowa* L, 24-12 match that will air live on the Big Ten Network. Minnesota native and will take on fellow Jan. 25 #19 Northwestern* L, 21-19 Minnesota native Ben Berhow Friday when Jan. 30 Michigan State* L, 25-17 SCOUTING MINNESOTA the Gophers come to town. Massey is ranked No. 9 and has a 19-6 record. Feb. 1 #16 Penn State* W, 28-13 X This is the second meeting this season FEB. 8 #9 ILLINOIS* L, 24-16 between Wisconsin and Minnesota as the FEB. 13 #11 MINNESOTA* 7 P.M. two teams met at National Duals in January. FEB. 15 #25 PURDUE* 1 P.M. Minnesota won five bouts, including two pins at 125 and 133 lbs. in the 22-15 Gopher victory. FEB. 22 OHIO STATE* (BTN) NOON Mar. 7-8 Big Ten Championships All Day X Minnesota is 14-5 in dual action, including a 4-1 mark in Big Ten duals, and is Mar. 19-21 NCAA Championships All Day coming off a weekend split. The Gophers lost a close 17-16 bout at home against No. 18 Michigan last Friday but bounced back with the 18-16 edge over No. 16 Northwestern. Before the loss to Michigan, Minnesota had won four-straight duals, including an 18-16 All times Central. Home matches in BOLD CAPS and upset of No. 5 Ohio State. wrestled at the UW Field House, with the exception of the Nov. 21 dual at the Kohl Center. Rankings reflect InterMat/ X Minnesota returns three NCAA qualifiers, including All-Americans Jayson Ness (AA NWCA poll at the time of the match. at 125 but competing at 133 lbs. this year) and Dustin Schlatter. Schlatter is a three-time All-American but is redshirting this season. * Big Ten Conference match # Match held at the Kohl Center @ Match held at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells UW Probable Starters Weight Name Year Hometown Overall Dual 125 Drew Hammen Junior Random Lake, Wis. 4-15 3-11 133 Tom Kelliher Freshman Burnsville, Minn. 0-10 0-8 OR Kyle Reeve Junior Mazomanie, Wis. 0-2 0-2 141 No. 1 Zach Tanelli Senior Millburn, N.J. 21-3 13-1 149 No. 5 Kyle Ruschell Junior Crittenden, Ky. 20-5 11-2 157 Ben Jordan Freshman St. Paris, Ohio 7-11 5-9 165 No. 8 Andrew Howe Freshman Cedar Lake, Ind. 19-4 10-0 174: Travis Rutt Freshman New Prague, Minn. 8-11 4-7 184: Eric Bugenhagen Sophomore Franklin, Wis. 6-13 4-9 197: No. 3 Dallas Herbst Senior Winneconne, Wis. 17-2 12-2 Hwt.: No. 8 Kyle Massey Senior Champlin, Minn. 19-6 11-3 *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 Minnesota has three ranked grapplers including fifth-ranked Ness (133 lbs.), No. 8 HEAD COACH BARRY DAVIS Zach Sanders (125 lbs.) and No. 8 Mike Thorn (141 lbs.). Tyler Safratowich (157 lbs.) and Ben Berhow (heavyweight) dropped out of the rankings this week. Barry Davis enters his 15th season at the X Minnesota finished runner-up to Iowa at last year’s Big Ten Championships and helm of the Wisconsin placed 10th at NCAAs. wrestling program. His Badgers finished the X Minnesota leads the all-time series 54-34-1. The Badgers won last year’s dual in 2007-08 dual season Minneapolis with a come-from-behind 20-17 victory. with a 14-4-1 overall X Matches to watch: mark and 5-3 in the Big Ten. Davis also record- 141 lbs.: #1 Zach Tanelli vs. #8 Mike Thorn - Tanelli won by a close 3-2 decision at ed his 150th career win National Duals. Thorn will be Tanelli’s first ranked wrestler in the last four duals. with an 18-15 victory over Oklahoma on Feb. 21, 2008. He became Heavyweight: #9 Kyle Massey vs. Ben Berhow - It took a sudden victory for Berhow to just the second UW coach to do so, joining George record the 5-4 upset over Massey at National Duals. Massey knocked off Berhow 6-2 Martin who coached for 32 years and finished in Minneapolis last year to give Wisconsin the 20-17 dual victory. Both are Minnesota 182-163-12. Last season also marked the seventh natives. time Davis’s teams have won 10 or more duals and the fourth time within the last five seasons. SCOUTING PURDUE Davis was installed as the 15th head coach in Wisconsin history on March 4, 1994, after serv- X Purdue has come on strong this year and has a 11-4-1 dual mark but is 0-3-1 in Big ing as the program’s interim head coach for the Ten Conference duals. The Boilermakers went 0-2 last weekend, falling 21-12 to Indiana 1993–94 season. In his 14 seasons leading the and 28-10 against Ohio State on the road. Badgers, Davis has firmly instilled his values of X Purdue has seven NCAA qualifiers on its roster, four from last season, two from the commitment, intensity, loyalty and energy on the 2006-07 season and one from the 2004-05 season. UW program. X Purdue entered the InterMat team rankings on Jan. 20 for the first time since the During his tenure, Davis has coached six individuals to 10 Big Ten titles, including the latest, 2003-04 season. The Boilermakers remain at No. 25 in the latest poll. Tom Clum, who claimed the 133-pound champion- X Purdue has four ranked grapplers including No. 7 Jake Patacsil (149 lbs.), No. 13 ship at the 2006 tournament. This after Clum won Logan Brown (197 lbs.), No. 14 A.J. Kissel (184 lbs.) and No. 16 Luke Manuel (165 lbs.). the 2004 title at 125-pounds. Davis also coached Donny Pritzlaff (165 pounds, 1999, 2000, ’01), X Wisconsin did not face Purdue in dual action last season. The Badgers lead the Keith Davison (190 pounds, 1994), Matt Hanutke all-time series 41-11-2. The Badgers are on a five-match winning streak against the (118 pounds, 1994), Eric Jetton (126 pounds, 1997, Boilermakers and have won 11 of the last 13 meetings. ’98) and Kevin Wilmot (167 pounds, 1997) to con- X Matches to watch: ference championships. Additionally, 17 of Davis’ wrestlers have 149 lbs.: #5 Kyle Ruschell vs. #8 Jake Patacsil - These two are 1-1 so far this year with earned All-America honors while two have claimed Patacsil winning 9-7 at the Cliff Keen Invite but Ruschell got even by pinning Patacsil in NCAA titles. Pritzlaff won back-to-back national 6:11 at Midlands en route to his second place finish. championships in 2000 and 2001 and Jeff Walter won the 1996 heavyweight title. Fifty-eight wrestlers have qualified for the NCAA championships under 165 lbs.: #8 Andrew Howe vs. #16 Luke Manuel - This will be the first meeting between Davis’ direction, including current Badgers Zach Howe and Manuel and Howe’s 11th ranked opponent this season. Tanelli, Kyle Ruschell, Trevor Brandvold, Dallas Herbst and Kyle Massey. 197 lbs.: #3 Dallas Herbst vs. #13 Logan Brown - These two met at Midlands and Herbst emerged the winner with a 10-2 major decision. Brown is Herbst’s first ranked opponent since Jan. 23. Davis’s Coaching Record Year School W-L-T Big Ten NCAA 1994* Wisconsin 7-6-1 — — LAST TIME OUT 1995 Wisconsin 8-4-1 7th T18th X Wisconsin won five bouts but Illinois registered bonus points in all five of its wins as 1996 Wisconsin 10-5-0 8th T15th the Badgers fell 24-16 at the UW Field House last Sunday. 1997 Wisconsin 7-11-1 7th T16th 1998 Wisconsin 8-9-0 5th 19th 1999 Wisconsin 4-12-1 6th 25th Potential Match-ups 2000 Wisconsin 11-5-1 T9th T9th 2001 Wisconsin 10-10-1 6th T10th Weight UW #11 Minnesota #25 Purdue 2002 Wisconsin 11-10-0 9th 25th 125 Drew Hammen #8 Zach Sanders Akif Eren 2003 Wisconsin 9-7-0 9th 23rd 133 Tom Kelliher/Kyle Reeve #5 Jayson Ness Carson Beebe 2004 Wisconsin 17-6-0 7th 29th 141 #1 Zach Tanelli #8 Mike Thorn Matt Hemry 2005 Wisconsin 11-3-2 5th 15th 149 #5 Kyle Ruschell Joe Grygelko #8 Jake Patacsil 2006 Wisconsin 9-5-1 7th 21st 157 Ben Jordan Tyler Safratowich Colton Salazar 2007 Wisconsin 19-3-0 2nd 13th 165 #8 Andrew Howe Scott Glasser #16 Luke Manuel 2008 Wisconsin 14-4-1 6th 17th 174 Travis Rutt Kaleb Young Nicholas Corpe 2009 Wisconsin 7-7-0 184 Eric Bugenhagen Sonny Yohn #14 AJ Kissel Career: 14 Seasons 162-109-10 197 #3 Dallas Herbst Gordon Bierschenk #13 Logan Brown * indicates Davis’s year as interim head coach Hwt #8 Kyle Massey Ben Berhow Chris Kasten *All rankings are from latest USA Today/InterMat/NWCA poll X Senior Zach Tanelli won his 14th-straight match, and third-straight with bonus Wrestling Rankings points, with a 12-2 major decision over Illinois’ Ryan Prater.