The night started out at 125 lbs. and Zach Sanders would come out strong in the opening match and only need two full periods, as he defeated Joe Roth by a 24-9 technical fall. It was Sanders third win of the season by a count of a technical fall.
Next up for Minnesota was David Thorn, who pulled out the win over the Chippeawas Christian Cullinan by a 5-4 decision. Nick Dardanes would follow Thorn and won an 8-5 decision over Scott Mattingly.
Dylan Ness took the mat next for the Gophers, who came into the third match of the night up 11-0. Ness would have total control of CMU's Joey Kielbasa and picked up his fifth win of the season with a 8-1 decision.
Alec Ortiz would come into the Gopher lineup at 157 lbs., and picked up a huge 7-1 dec. The sophomore from Grand Ronde, Ore., would put Minnesota on top 17-0, heading into intermission.
The Chippewas would break into the Gophers six match win streak and pick up back-to-back wins at 174 lbs. and 184 lbs. In the 184 lbs. match between No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus and No. 9 Ben Bennett, both wrestlers went down to the wire with Bennett picking up the 2-1 decision, after picking up the extra point from riding time.
Sonny Yohn would pick up the Gophers final points on the evening after winning by a 21-7 major decision over Chad Friend.
Minnesota will next travel to face rival Oklahoma State on Sunday. The Cowboys are ranked No. 2 in the nation. Minnesota has lost to Oklahoma State the last two times they have faced. Action is set to get underway in Stillwater at 1 p.m.
Results:
125: No. 2 Zach Sanders won by tech fall over No. 19 Joe Roth; 5:00 24-9; MINN: 5 CMU: 0
133: No. 6 David Thorn won by dec. over Christian Cullinan; 5-4; MINN: 8 CMU: 0
141: No. 13 Nick Dardanes won by dec. over Scott Mattingly; 8-5; MINN: 11 CMU: 0
149: No. 13 Dylan Ness won by dec. over Joey Kielbasa; 8-1; MINN: 14 CMU: 0
157: Alec Ortiz won by dec. over Jared Porter; 5-2; MINN: 17 CMU: 0
165: No. 8 Cody Yohn won by dec. over Mike Ottinger; 2-1 -MINN: 20 CMU: 0
174: Anthony Bill won by dec. over Steven Avalos: 10-4; MINN: 20 CMU: 3
184: No.9 Ben Bennett won by dec. over No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus; 2-1; MINN: 20 CMU: 6
197: No. 3 Sonny Yohn won by major dec. over Chad Friend; 21-7; MINN: 24 CMU: 6
HWT: No. 9 Peter Sturgeon won by dec. over No. 2 Tony Nelson; 6-4; MINN:24 CMU: 9
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