University of Minnesota Athletics
NO. 1 MINNESOTA WRESTLERS DEFEAT NO. 19 NEBRASKA 27-12
1/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The meet started at heavyweight with fifth-ranked Garrett Lowney posting a 10-3 decision on Pat Miron. Lowney ended his match with 3:32 of advantage time. At 125 pounds, No. 2 Leroy Vega downed No. 7 Jason Powell, 10-4 to move the team score to 6-0. Nebraska struck back at 133 pounds as Joey Malia pinned Minnesota's Eric Anderson in 1:43 to tie the team score at six.
Minnesota rebounded at 141 pounds as second-ranked Chad Erikson dropped Dusty Spaulding 12-7. The two grapplers fought to a 4-4 tie after one period, but Erikson pulled away with three takedowns and 2:47 of advantage time to improve to 11-1 on the year. At 149 pounds, No. 3 Jared Lawrence notched his seventh pin of the season, rolling Scott Burnett in 3:34. Lawrence led 11-1 at the time of the fall.
The 157-pound match was a battle between the nation's top contenders for the NCAA title. Snyder prevailed 5-4 via tiebreaker, tallying an escape in two seconds in the tiebreak period. Snyder jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first stanza, but Becker escaped to move the score to 2-1. Snyder then escaped to start the second period before a Becker takedown and another Snyder escape. The second period ended with Snyder leading 4-3. Becker tallied the needed escape 10 seconds into the third stanza and the wrestlers went to sudden victory overtime where neither scored. Becker falls to 17-2 overall and 6-1 in dual meets.
At 165 pounds, NU's Tony Denke won 6-5 in sudden victory overtime by way of a Mitch Marr stall warning. Marr was filling in for the injured John Hardy and Nate Baker. Minnesota responded in a big way at 174 pounds as No. 6 Jacob Volkmann made quick work of Jason High, pinning the Husker in 1:48. Volkmann led 5-0 at the time of the fall. Sixth- ranked 184-pounder Damion Hahn improved to 15-6 on the year, downing No. 13 Travis Pascoe 3-1 in sudden victory overtime. Hahn tallied a takedown 32 seconds into the extra session to prevail. Third-ranked Owen Elzen closed out the meet at 197 pounds in workmanlike fashion, beating No. 6 Jason Ruiz, 6-1, to move to 17-2 on the year.
The Golden Gophers (7-0) head to Columbus, Ohio to defend their title at the National Duals on Jan. 19-20.
No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 19 Nebraska Friday, January 11, 2002 ? 7:30 p.m. Sports Pavilion ? Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 2,816 Wt Matchup HWT No. 5 Garrett Lowney (MINN) dec. Pat Miron (NU), 10-3 125 No. 2 Leroy Vega (MINN) dec. No. 7 Jason Powell (NU), 10-4 133 Joey Malia (NU) pinned Eric Anderson (MINN), 1:43 141 No. 2 Chad Erikson (MINN) dec. Dusty Spaulding (NU), 12-7 149 No. 3 Jared Lawrence (MINN) pinned Scott Burnett (NU), 3:34 157 No. 1 Bryan Snyder (NU) dec. No. 3 Luke Becker (MINN), 5-4 TB 165 Tony Denke (NU) dec. Mitch Marr (MINN), 6-5 SVO 174 No. 6 Jacob Volkmann (MINN) pinned Jason High (NU), 1:48 184 No. 6 Damion Hahn (MINN) dec. No. 13 Travis Pascoe (NU), 3-1 SVO 197 No. 3 Owen Elzen (MINN) dec. No. 6 Jason Ruiz (NU), 6-1 FINAL SCORE MINNESOTA 27 NEBRASKA 12 Play-by-Play HWT No. 5 Garrett Lowney (MINN) vs. Pat Miron (NU) 1st Period: Lowney takedown 1:10 (2-0); Miron stall warining 2:48; Advantage time Lowney 1:49 2nd Period: Miron starts down; Miron escape 0:29 (2-1); Lowney takedown 1:09 (4-1); Advantage time Lowney 3:09 3rd Period: Lowney starts down; Lowney escape 0:05 (5-1); Lowney takedown 0:26 (7-1); Miron escape 0:40 (7-2); Lowney takedown 1:13 (9- 2); Miron escape 1:28 (9-3); Advantage time Lowney 3:32 (10-3) Final: Lowney dec. Miron, 10-3 MINNESOTA 3 NEBRASKA 0 125 No. 2 Leroy Vega (MINN) vs. No. 7 Jason Powell (NU) 1st Period: Vega takedown 0:11 (2-0); Powell escape 1:43 (2-1); Vega takedown 2:09 (4-1); Advantage time Vega 2:22 2nd Period: Vega starts down; Vega escape 0:29 (5-1); Powell stall warning 0:42; Vega stall warning 1:50; Advantage time Vega 1:54 3rd Period: Powell starts down; Powell escape 0:04 (5-2); Vega takedown 0:21 (7-2); Powell escape 0:31 (7-3); Vega takedown 0:43 (9-3); Powell escape 0:45 (9-4); Advantage time Vega 2:13 (10-4) Final: Vega dec. Powell, 10-4 MINNESOTA 6 NEBRASKA 0 133 Eric Anderson (MINN) vs. Joey Malia (NU) 1st Period: Malia takedown 0:12 (2-0); Anderson escape 0:48 (2-1); Malia takedown 1:02 (4-1); Malia pin 1:43 Final: Malia pinned Anderson, 1:43 MINNESOTA 6 NEBRASKA 6 141 No. 2 Chad Erikson (MINN) vs. Dusty Spaulding (NU) 1st Period: Spaulding takedown 0:09 (2-0); Erikson reversal 0:30 (2-2); Spaulding escape 1:49 (3-2); Erikson takedown 2:05 (3-4); Erikson technical violation 3:00 (4-4); Advantage time Erikson 1:50 2nd Period: Erikson starts down; Erikson escape 0:29 (4-5); Erikson takedown 0:48 (4-7); Spaulding escape 1:10 (5-7); Advantage time Erikson 1:41 3rd Period: Spaulding starts down; Spaulding escape 0:59 (6-7); Erikson takedown 1:01 (6-9); Spaulding escape 1:10 (7-9); Erikson takedown 3:00 (7-10); Advantage time Erikson 2:47 (12-7) Final: Erikson dec. Spaulding, 12-7 MINNESOTA 9 NEBRASKA 6 149 No. 3 Jared Lawrence (MINN) vs. Scott Burnett (NU) 1st Period: Lawrence takedown 1:03 (2-0); Lawrence 2 pt near fall 1:17 (4-0); Burnett escape 2:14 (4-1); Lawrence takedown 2:27 (6-1); Lawrence 2 pt near fall 3:00 (8-1); Advantage time Lawrence 1:44 2nd Period: Lawrence starts down; Lawrence escape 0:02 (9-1); Lawrence takedown 0:22 (11-1); Lawrence pin 0:34 Final: Lawrence pinned Burnett, 3:34 MINNESOTA 15 NEBRASKA 6 157 No. 3 Luke Becker (MINN) vs. No. 1 Bryan Snyder (NU) 1st Period: Snyder takedown 0:40 (2-0); Becker escape 0:55 (2-1); Becker stall warning 2:48; Advantage time Snyder 0:15 2nd Period: Snyder starts down; Snyder escape 0:09 (3-1); Becker takedown 1:39 (3-3); Snyder escape 1:50 (4-3); Advantage time Becker 0:05 3rd Period: Becker starts down; Becker escape 0:10 (4-4); Advantage time Snyder 0:07 Overtime: No scoring Tiebreaker: Snyder starts down; Snyder escape 0:02 (5-4) Final: Snyder dec. Becker, 5-4 TB MINNESOTA 15 NEBRASKA 9 165 Mitch Marr (MINN) vs. Tony Denke (NU) 1st Period: Marr takedown 0:59 (2-0); Denke escape 1:10 (2-1); Denke takedown 2:37 (2-3); Advantage time Denke 0:13 2nd Period: Marr starts down; Marr escape 0:24 (3-3); Marr stall warning 1:01; Advantage time Denke 0:33 3rd Period: Denke starts down; Denke escape 0:01 (3-4); Marr takedown 0:39 (5-4); Denke escape 0:45 (5-5); Advantage time Denke 0:32 Overtime: Marr stall warning 0:08 (5-6) Final: Denke dec. Marr, 6-5 SVO MINNESOTA 15 NEBRASKA 12 174 No. 6 Jacob Volkmann (MINN) vs. Jason High (NU) 1st Period: Volkmann takedown 0:20 (2-0); Volkmann stall warning 0:50; Volkmann 3 pt near fall 1:30 (5-0); Volkmann pin 1:48 Final: Volkmann pinned High, 1:48 MINNESOTA 21 NEBRASKA 12 184 No. 6 Damion Hahn (MINN) vs. No. 13 Travis Pascoe (NU) 1st Period: No scoring 2nd Period: Hahn starts down; Hahn escape 0:05 (1-0); Pascoe stall warning 1:58; Advantage time Pascoe 0:05 3rd Period: Pascoe starts down; Pascoe escape 0:10 (1-1); Hahn stall warning 1:20; Advantage time Hahn 0:05 Overtime: Hahn takedown 0:32 (3-1) Final: Hahn dec. Pascoe, 3-1 SVO MINNESOTA 24 NEBRASKA 12 197 No. 3 Owen Elzen (MINN) vs. No. 6 Justin Ruiz (NU) 1st Period: Elzen takedown 1:22 (2-0); Advantage time Elzen 1:17 2nd Period: Ruiz starts down; No scoring; Advantage time Elzen 3:17 3rd Period: Elzen starts down; Elzen escape 0:02 (3-0); Elzen stall warning 0:50; Elzen takedown 1:30 (5-0); Ruiz escape 1:59 (5-1); Advantage time Elzen 3:45 (6-1) Final: Elzen dec. Ruiz, 6-1 MINNESOTA 27 NEBRASKA 12 FINAL SCORE: MINNESOTA 27 NEBRASKA 12
