Minnesota listed six place-winners in the open event with three grapplers coming posting runner-up finishes, two third place finishers and one fourth place finish. The Gophers totaled 126.5 points at the Southern Scuffle while Cornell and Penn State both led the event with 151.5.
After picking up wins in each of his first four matches of the Scuffle, No. 7 Zach Sanders dropped a 4-2 decision to Old Dominion's Nicholson, ranked fourth nationally, in the 125 lbs. championship match while fellow All-American Gopher Mike Thorn, ranked second in the nation at 133 lbs., lost to the only man in the country ranked higher in Michigan's Kellen Russell. Thorn, who had blown through the competition in his first five matches of the meet, came up on the losing end of a 6-2 decision for his first loss of the season. The Gophers tallied their third runner up finish of the event when No. 7 Cody Yohn dropped a 6-4 decision to No. 4 Justin Kerber of Indiana after Yohn had gone 5-0 to reach the 165 lbs. finals.
Minnesota also found a pair of third-place winners at the Southern Scuffle in Kevin Steinhaus and Tony Nelson. Steinhaus, ranked eighth in the nation, scored a 2-0 decision over No. 15 Luke Rebertus of Navy in the 185 lbs. consolation finals while Nelson, the ninth ranked heavyweight according to Intermat, scored a fall at 6:28 over VMI's Josh Wine in the 285 lbs. consolation finals.
No. 8 Scott Glasser recorded the Gophers final placing of the event at 174 lbs. when the grappler finished fourth after dropping a 13-0 battle to top-ranked Mack Lewnes of Cornell.
Notes: Full results are attached; All-American Sonny Yohn forfeited his opening match due to injury; the Gophers return to action next weekend at National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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