University of Minnesota Athletics
WRESTLERS DOWN NO. 4 NEBRASKA 22-9
2/14/1999 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Minnesota began the afternoon with a 16-2 major decision victory for senior Tim Hartung over Scott Munson at 197 pounds. Hartung is now 29-0 on the season. At heavyweight, junior Brock Lesnar, ranked No. 2 in the nation, decisioned J.R. Phenis 7-5. Freshman Leroy Vega lost a close 7-5 decision to No. 6-ranked Paul Gomez at 125 pounds.
Senior Bart Golyer won a tough match over Todd Beckerman with a 3-1 decision at 133 pounds. Freshman Chad Erikson, ranked 11th in the nation, also lost a close 5-3 decision to Jose DeAnda. Senior Troy Marr put the Golden Gophers back on track with a 6-2 decision over 13th-ranked Joe Henson at 149 pounds. Senior Chad Kraft, ranked No. 1 in the nation, defeated Bryan Snyder 4-2 at 157 pounds.
Sixth-ranked Josh Holiday decisioned Zach Dominquez 12-7 at 165 pounds to add three more points for Minnesota. Freshman Matt Kraft won a very close 6-5 decision over Charles McTorry at 174 pounds.
In the final match of the afternoon, No. 1-ranked Brandon Eggum and No. 8-ranked Brad Vering wrestled to a 1-1 tie. After two overtime sessions, Verging earned the win and three points to make the final score 22-9.
Minnesota is now 16-2 overall and still undefeated in the Big Ten at 7-0. The Golden Gophers will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., Friday to face the Purdue Boilermakers at 7 p.m. and then will wrestle Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., Sunday at 7 p.m.
Agate: No. 2 Minnesota 22, No. 4 Nebraska 9 Devaney Center Arena -- Lincoln, Neb. 197 -- No. 1 Tim Hartung (MINN) maj. dec. No. 10 Scott Munson (NEB) 16-2 HWT -- No. 2 Brock Lesnar (MINN) dec. No. 8 J. R. Phenis (NEB) 7-5 125 -- No. 6 Paul Gomez (NEB) dec. No. 11 Leroy Vega (MINN) 7-5 133 -- Bart Golyer (MINN) dec. No. 15 Todd Beckerman (NEB) 3-1 141 -- No. 13 Jose DeAnda (NEB) dec. No. 11 Chad Erikson (MINN) 5-3 149 -- No. 14 Troy Marr (MINN) dec. No. 13 Joe Henson (NEB) 6-2 157 -- No. 1 Chad Kraft (MINN) dec. No. 7 Bryan Snyder (NEB) 4-2 165 -- No. 6 Josh Holiday (MINN) dec. Zach Dominquez (NEB) 12-7 174 -- Matt Kraft (MINN) dec. Charles McTorry (NEB) 6-5 184 -- No. 8 Brad Vering (NEB) dec. No. 1 Brandon Eggum (MINN) 1-1 (2TB)
