NEBRASKA WRESTLING Weekly Notes: Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 2006-07 Schedule Date Meet/Match Time/Score This Week in Husker Wrestling Nov. 11 Cowboy Open ! NTS Nov. 18 Kaufman-Brand Open @ NTS Conference Championships: Nov. 24 at Virginia Tech W, 34-9 No. 23/19 Nebraska (10-7-1) at 2007 Big 12 Championships Nov. 25 at Maryland W, 27-12 Hearnes Center•Columbia, Mo.•Saturday, March 3 Dec. 1-2 Las Vegas Invitational # 4th Last Year: Third Place, 52 pts, 9 NCAA qualifiers, one champion (Padden-197) Dec. 9 South Dakota State W, 32-9 TV: Tape-Delayed on FSN (channel 37 in Lincoln), Sunday, March 11, 12:30 p.m. Dec. 9 Northern Colorado W, 34-9 Dec. 16 Wyoming $ W, 34-10 Huskers Compete for Conference Title Dec. 16 Nebraska-Kearney $ W, 30-18 The 19th-ranked Nebraska wrestling team will aim for the program’s seventh conference championship Jan. 5 Oregon State L, 15-21 at the 2007 Big 12 Championships at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo. Thirty-eight wrestlers will Jan. 13-14 National Duals % qualify for the NCAA Championships, including the top-three finishers in each weight class and eight Jan. 13 vs. Hofstra L, 6-32 wild-card selections. Jan. 13 vs. Michigan W, 23-13 Last year, 197-pound Big 12 champion B.J. Padden led the way as nine Husker wrestlers earned bids Jan. 13 vs. Iowa L, 5-30 to nationals from the Big 12 Championships. Along with Padden, 174-pound wrestler Jacob Klein reached Jan. 20 Iowa State L, 12-25 the finals, while Paul Donahoe (125), Patrick Aleksanyan (133), Dominick Moyer (141), Robert Sanders Jan. 28 at Missouri L, 11-31 (149) and Jon May (HWT) all earned third-place finishes. Marc Harwood (174) and Vince Jones (184) Feb. 1 Oklahoma State L, 13-21 finished fourth in their respective weight classes, but were awarded wild-card bids. Feb. 9 at Oklahoma W, 21-15 Nebraska’s nine qualifiers for the 2006 NCAA Championships were the most for NU since nine qualified Feb. 11 Minnesota L, 6-32 in 1996. Under seventh-year head coach Mark Manning, Nebraska has qualified at least six wrestlers Feb. 16 at Lehigh W, 27-15 every year for nationals. In the last three years, the Huskers have sent at least seven every year to Feb. 17 at Drexel W, 25-13 the NCAAs. Feb. 17 at Penn T, 17-17 March 3 Big 12 Championships ^ 11 a.m. March 15-17 NCAA Championships & TBA Last Time Out: Nebraska 25, Drexel 13; Nebraska 17, Penn 17, Feb. 17, 2007, Philadelphia All times central; All home duals in bold and The 19th-ranked Nebraska wrestling team defeated Drexel, 25-13, before finishing its regular held at the NU Coliseum; !-Laramie, Wyo.; season with a 17-17 tie against No. 20 Penn. The Huskers completed the regular season with a 10-7-1 @-Sapp Fieldhouse, Omaha, Neb.; #-Primm, record, marking the fifth straight season and the 17th in the last 18 years in which the Huskers have won Nev.; $-Nebraska Duals, Lincoln, Neb.; %- at least 10 duals. Cliff Keen/NWCA National Duals, Cedar In the first dual, Nebraska won the last three matches to earn the dual win over the Dragons. With Falls, Iowa; ^-Columbia, Mo.; &-Auburn the Huskers trailing 13-12 through seven matches, Dominick Moyer earned a major decision win over Hills, Mich. Dave Gilio at 141 pounds, 12-4. Moyer outlasted Gilio, scoring four takedowns in the third period to build from a 3-0 lead in the first two periods. Jordan Burroughs then defeated Mark Cartella at 149 pounds, 5-1. After a scoreless first period, Burroughs scored an escape and a takedown to take a 3-0 lead through two periods. The win gave Nebraska a 19-13 lead through nine matches. In the final match of the dual, Chris Oliver slammed the door on any hopes of a Drexel comeback bid with his pin of Ryan Hluschak at 157 pounds with 29 seconds remaining in the match. In the lone match Media Information in the dual featuring a pair of ranked wrestlers, Hluschak took a 4-1 lead after the first period and an Wrestling Contact: Nate Rohr 8-4 lead through the second. But after Hluschak scored an escape early in the third period, Oliver took E-mail: [email protected] him down with under one minute to go in the match, then pinned him moments later to clinch the dual Phone: (402) 472-0694 or (402) 520-0088 victory for NU. Fax: (402) 472-2005 Nebraska won three of the first five matches against Drexel to take a 12-9 lead through six matches. After a setback at 165 pounds, Marc Harwood, Levi Wofford and Craig Brester earned three consecutive NEBRASKA HUSKERS PROBABLE STARTERS Wt. Name Rank W-L Dual Pins TF MD Worth Noting 125 Paul Donahoe, So. 5/12/12 29-4 15-3 11/0 2 6 Big 12 Wrestler of the Week, Feb. 19, 2007 133 Mike Rowe, Fr. NR/NR/NR 12-5 4-3 2/2 0 2 Seventh-place finish, 2006 Las Vegas Invitational 141 Dominick Moyer, Sr. 9/6/7 25-6 13-3 2/0 1 8 7-5 and won four of last five vs. ranked opponents 149 Jordan Burroughs, Fr. NR/NR/NR 13-10 4-4 2/0 2 3 3-0, wins by MD and TF in last three matches of the year 157 Chris Oliver, So. 10/14/10 18-6 9-5 7/0 0 3 5-0, wins over three ranked opponents in last five matches 165 Stephen Dwyer, Fr. NR/NR/NR 16-10 7-9 2/2 1 5 Eight of last 11 opponents were ranked 174 Marc Harwood, Sr. NR/NR/NR 12-11 9-9 4/1 1 1 Wrestled at three weight classes during career at NU 184 Levi Wofford, Fr. NR/NR/NR 13-15 7-10 2/0 1 1 Won 12 of first 17 matches this season 197 Craig Brester, Fr. 13/10/11 16-4 14-2 2/1 3 5 Won 14 of his last 16 matches, 2 falls, 2 TF, 4 MD HWT Cameron Browne, Fr. NR/NR/NR 12-9 1-5 3/0 1 1 Defeated OU’s Farmer by fall on Feb. 9 Head Coach-Mark Manning, 95-39-2, 7th year at NU; 120-63-4, 10th year overall as head coach Head Assistant Coach: Mike Greenfield Assistant Coach: Tony Ersland Club Coach: Les Sigman Administrative Assistant: Jacob Klein Strength and Conditioning: Jason Mester Volunteer Asst. Coach: Sammie Henson Rankings given Amateur Wrestling News/WIN Magazine/Intermat; Amateur Wrestling News rankings as of Feb. 19, 2007; WIN Magazine rankings as of Feb. 26, 2007; Intermat Rankings as of Feb. 20, 2007 March 3, 2007 #19 Nebraska at 2007 Big 12 Championships NEBRASKA Saturday-#19 NU at Big 12 Championships, Session One, 11 a.m., Hearnes Center, Columbia, Mo. Saturday-#19 NU at Big 12 Championships, Session Two, 4 p.m., Hearnes Center, Columbia, Mo. WRESTLING Saturday-#19 NU at Big 12 Championships, Final Matches, 7 p.m., Hearnes Center, Columbia, Mo. wins for the Huskers to give NU a 9-6 lead. Harwood defeated Nick Kozar in the second tiebreaker #2 Iowa State (13-3) period, 4-3, at 174 pounds. The match was tied 1-1 through regulation and 2-2 through the first Starting Lineup round of tiebreaker periods. After a second scoreless sudden-victory period, both Harwood and Kozar 125-Nick Fanthorpe escaped in the tiebreaker period, but Harwood held a five-second advantage in riding time after the second tiebreaker period to earn the extra point and the victory. 133-Nick Gallick Wofford broke a personal eight-match losing streak with a 4-1 win over Brian Stouffer at 184 141-Mitch Mueller pounds. Wofford started the second period down and earned an escape and a takedown to build a 3-0 149-Cyler Sanderson lead early in the period. At 197 pounds, Brester edged Jon Oplinger, 4-2. Brester also took a 3-0 lead 157-Trent Paulson in the second period. After a setback at heavyweight, Paul Donahoe defeated Steve Mytych, 13-6. Donahoe led the 165-Travis Paulson match throughout, taking a 4-1 lead in the first period and a 9-5 lead after two periods. 174-Grant Turner A loss at 133 pounds gave Drexel a 13-12 lead before the Huskers won the last three matches to 184-Jake Varner earn the dual win. 197-Kurt Backes No. 20 Penn took an early 10-0 lead on Nebraska after winning the first three matches before Brester stopped the Quaker winning streak with his 14-5 major decision win over Jack Sullivan at 197 HWT-David Zabriskie pounds. The win was Brester’s third of the weekend and his 14th in his last 16 matches heading into the Big 12 Championships. A loss at heavyweight would build Penn’s lead to 13-4 halfway through the dual. Ranked Wrestlers Donahoe earned his third win of the weekend with an 8-2 win over Matt Eveleth at 125 pounds. Wrestler AWN WIN NWCA He has won six of his last seven matches since losing back-to-back matches in mid-January. At 133 125-Nick Fanthorpe 7 5 6 pounds, top-ranked Matt Valenti earned a major decision win to give Penn a 17-7 lead with three 133-Nick Gallick NR 14 20 matches remaining. Again, Nebraska got three consecutive wins to end the dual, starting with Moyer at 141 pounds.