If you were unable to make it out to tonight's match, you can re-live all the action with the archived Web stream and the Wrestling Blog. A PDF of the scoresheet can also be found below.
In the first semifinal match, freshman Eric Vanevenhoven took on junior Greg Burke. Burke jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first period and held on to win the match 9-3.
In the second seminal match, redshirt freshman Brad Nardick faced off against freshman Kalvin York. Going into the third period, Nardick led 4-3, but a takedown by York with 20 seconds left gave him the edge, winning the match 6-5 and earning a spot in the finals at 157 lbs, which was the final event of the evening.
After the semifinal bouts, senior Drew Hammen battled freshman Danny Arnel at 125 lbs. Hammen scored the first points of the match, scoring a takedown with 1:32 left on the clock in the first period. Hammen continued to build upon his lead by scoring a reversal and added riding time in the third period, resulting in a 5-0 victory and early 3-0 lead for the white team.
No. 10 redshirt freshman Tyler Graff took on sophomore Tom Kelliher in a high scoring 133 lbs. match. Graff jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first period and scored seven more second period points before ending the match with a tech fall. Graff had four takedowns, a reversal and eight nearfall points giving the red team a 5-3 lead.
Redshirt freshmen Cole Schmitt and Trey Bertram then met at 141 lbs. Schmitt scored a takedown in the first period with 1:55 left on the clock and never looked back, winning the match 5-2 and extending the red team's lead to 8-3.
No. 2 senior Kyle Ruschell battled it out with freshman Shawn Perry at 149 lbs. Ruschell compiled two takedowns in the match and scored two nearfall points. Ruschell won the match by major decision 8-0, narrowing the red team's lead to 8-7.
The 165 lbs. match featured No. 3 Andrew Howe and fellow sophomore Ben Jordan. Howe jumped out to an 8-3 lead at the end of the second period and held on the win the match by major decision 13-4,putting the white team back in the lead 11-8.
Freshman Brendan Ard took on redshirt freshman Jimmy Duffy in an overtime match at 174 lbs. At the end of regulation, the score was tied 1-1, both scoring off of escapes. No points were scored in sudden victory, but an escape and a caution point awarded to Ard resulted in a 3-2 victory for the freshman and an overall tie at 11-11.
At 184 lbs., freshman Derrick Borlie took on sophomore Travis Rutt. Rutt got out to a 3-1 lead before taking an injury timeout. No decision was called in the match but white was awarded the points to take the 17-11 lead.
The heavyweight match featured junior Eric Bugenhagen, who is moving up to heavyweight this year after starting at 184 lbs. last year, and freshman Cole Tobin. Bugenhagen led 5-2 at the end of the second period, scoring a takedown in both the first and second period. He then held onto the lead, winning the match 6-3 and put the white team within three points at 17-14.
In the final bout of the night, Burke took on York at 157 lbs. Burke registered two first period takedowns to take the 4-2 lead. York managed two escapes in the second to pull within two points at 6-4, but Burke added three more points with an escape and takedown to win 9-4 and cement the red team's victory, 20-14.
The Badgers can next be seen when they host the season-opening meet against Old Dominion on Friday, Nov. 13 at the UW Field House.
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