Three highly ranked Gopher wrestlers - No. 2 Chris Dardanes (133), No. 3 Nick Dardanes (141) and No. 1 Scott Schiller (197) - all returned to the lineup for the conference opener and each reminded fans why they are considered some of the nation's best at their respective weight classes. Chris Dardanes handled No. 16 Javier Gasca 10-4 in the night's lone matchup between ranked opponents. After watching his brother return to action with a victory, Nick stepped onto the mat in the next match and pinned Garth Yenter at the last second, literally, as 0:01 showed on the first period clock when the fall was called. Later in the dual, Schiller scored a fall of his own, pinning Nick McDiarmid at 4:36. In each of his three victories this season, Schiller has pinned his opponent.
The Dardanes matches immediately followed the Gophers only loss on the night, a hard-fought 7-5 decision that went against Jordan Bremer at 125. Leading by six after the pin at 141, the Maroon and Gold never looked back. Seth Lange made his season dual debut next at 149 and won a convincing 7-2 decision. No. 1 Dylan Ness earned a major decision, 9-1, at 157. No. 15 Nick Wanzek trailed 3-2 after the second period of the next match, but scored three points in the third period and added a bonus point for riding time to win an exciting 5-3 decision and keep his career dual record perfect at 4-0. No. 1 Logan Storley stretched his streak of scoring bonus points in ever match he's wrestled this season to eight by defeating Nick Proctor by tech fall, 16-0, at 5:26. At 184, No. 14 Brett Pfarr needed two brief blood time stoppages but took his match 6-2. No. 20 Michael Kroells wrapped up the dual with a 7-2 win at 285.
After competing four times in seven days, the Gophers will have a few days off to prepare for their next dual, a top 10 matchup against No. 9 Oklahoma State next Saturday at the Sports Pavilion. The match will be streamed on BTN Plus and updates from throughout the meet will be provided on the Gopher Wrestling Twitter feed.
Results:
125: Mitch Rogaliner (MSU) dec. Jordan Bremer (Minn), 7-5 / Minnesota 0 - Michigan State 3
133: No. 2 Chris Dardanes (Minn) dec. No. 16 Javier Gasca (MSU), 10-4 / Minnesota 3 - Michigan State 3
141: No. 3 Nick Dardanes (Minn) fall (2:59) Garth Yenter (MSU) / Minnesota 9 - Michigan State 3
149: Seth Lange (Minn) dec. Nick Trimble (MSU), 7-2 / Minnesota 12 - Michigan State 3
157: No. 1 Dylan Ness (Minn) maj. dec. Roger Wildmo (MSU), 9-1 / Minnesota 16 - Michigan State 3
165: No. 15 Nick Wanzek (Minn) dec. Ryan Watts (MSU), 5-3 / Minnesota 19 - Michigan State 3
174: No. 1 Logan Storley (Minn) tech. fall (5:26) Nick Proctor (MSU), 16-0 / Minnesota 24 - Michigan State 3
184: No. 14 Brett Pfarr (Minn) dec. John Rizqallah (MSU), 6-2 / Minnesota 27 - Michigan State 3
197: No. 1 Scott Schiller (Minn) fall (4:36) Nick McDiarmid (MSU) / Minnesota 30 - Michigan State 3
HWT: No. 20 Michael Kroells (Minn) dec. Luke Jones (MSU), 7-2 / Minnesota 36 - Michigan State 3
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