Burroughs (NU), who is the 2nd-ranked wrestler at 165-pounds in the country, won his first two matches by technical fall over Luke Miller (Ohio Northern) and Robert Nash (Michigan State) to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Burroughs improved his season record to 16-0 by defeating No. 15 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly), 20-8. Burroughs will wrestle Chris Spangler (Iowa St.) in the semifinals.
Ihnen (NU) reached the semifinals after collecting three straight decisions to open the tournament at 184-pounds. Ihnen defeated over Kadeem Samuels (Lehigh) and Joe Barczack (Illinois) in the first two rounds, before taking down over Dan Rinaldi (Rutgers) in a tight 3-2 decision. 10th-ranked Ihnen will take on 4th-rated Grant Gambrall (Iowa) in the semifinals.
Mike Koehnlein (NU) and Andy Johnson (NU) were the other Huskers who were able to reach the quarterfinals before being knocked to the wrestleback bracket. Koehnlein was most impressive after defeating his first two opponents by major decision in the 141-pound bracket, including an upset of No. 20 Kaleb Friedley (Northwestern). In the quarterfinals, the senior fell No. 4 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) in a tough 3-1 decision.
Johnson's run to the quarterfinals also included an upset of a nationally-ranked opponent after he defeated No. 20 Brent Haynes (Missouri) , 6-3, in the second round, but wasn't able to pull the upset off in the quarterfinals falling to No. 13 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh), 6-2, in the 197-pound bracket.
Along with Koehnlein and Johnson, Nebraska will have Ridge Kiley (NU) and James Nakashima (NU) competing in the wrestleback bracket during session III on Thursday.
Session III of the Midlands Championships will begin at Noon on Thursday, Dec. 30. Championship, third and fifth-place matches will start at 7:15 p.m. Championship matches will be aired on the Big Ten Network on tape delay on Jan. 8, at 3 p.m. Full results and next round's opponents are listed below.
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