Nebraska-Omaha, the two-time defending NCAA Division II national champions and current top-ranked team in the division, remained unbeaten at 6-0 in dual meets. Augsburg, the defending NCAA Division III national champions and current No. 2-ranked team nationally in its division, is now 7-2 overall.
The visiting Mavericks built a 15-0 lead after the first five weight classes, and claimed two wins from top-ranked wrestlers in the second half of the dual meet to clinch the match.
Top-ranked heavyweight Les Sigman (Sr., Sturgis, S.D./Sturgis Brown HS) scored a first-period pin in the final match to cap the evening for the Mavericks. Sigman, the three-time defending Division II national titlist, improved to 14-0 on the season, extending his individual winning streak to 63 straight matches. J.D. Naig (Jr., Emmetsburg, Iowa), ranked No. 1 at 174 pounds, scored a 4-1 victory in his match for the Mavericks.
There were three meetings of ranked wrestlers, with the Mavericks winning two of them. No. 2-ranked Patrick Allibone (Jr., Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan HS) gave Augsburg's Jeremy Anderson (So., Thief River Falls, Minn.) his first loss of the season, as the UNO wrestler scored a 4-2 victory. Anderson is now 30-1 on the season.
Shane Unger (So., Madison, Neb.), ranked No. 6 at 149 for UNO, scored a 7-3 victory over Augsburg's Jared Evans (Jr., Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area HS), ranked No. 3, claiming a takedown and three-point near-fall in the final minute of the third period to rally for the win.
Augsburg's top-ranked Ryan Valek (Sr., Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West) won his 24th straight match and improved to 31-2 on the season with an 11-3, major-decision win over UNO's Ross Taplin (Fr., Abilene, Kan.), ranked No. 4.
Augsburg's Robbie Gotreau (So., Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS), ranked No. 5 at 174, moved up a weight class to 184 and claimed a 3-1, overtime win over UNO's Nate Oviatt (Jr., Sturgis, S.D./Sturgis Brown HS).
Augsburg returns to varsity action on Wednesday (2/1) with a dual meet at Wartburg (Iowa), the top-ranked team in Division III. UNO has a dual meet at Central Oklahoma next Friday (2/3) at 7 p.m.
College Wrestling -- Nebraska-Omaha (6-0, No. 1 in D-II) 24, Augsburg (7-2, No. 2 in D-III) 10
January 27, 2006 -- Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
Action begins at 125 pounds.
Time of match: 1:51.
Attendance: 350.
Officals: Byron Olson, Mike Roff.
125 -- No. 2 Cody Garcia (UNO, 31-3) dec. Seth Flodeen (AUG, 22-12) 9-5 (UNO 3-0).
133 -- No. 5 Dan Hilario (UNO, 16-6) dec. Jafari Vanier (AUG, 10-2) 4-1 (UNO 6-0).
141 -- No. 4 Mitch Waite (UNO, 13-6) dec. Josh Hansen (AUG, 25-5) 11-9 (UNO 9-0).
149 -- No. 6 Shane Unger (UNO, 12-6) dec. No. 3 Jared Evans (AUG, 26-7) 7-3 (UNO 12-0).
157 -- No. 2 Patrick Allibone (UNO, 22-6) dec. No. 5 Jeremy Anderson (AUG, 30-1) 4-2 (UNO 15-0).
165 -- No. 1 Ryan Valek (AUG, 31-2) maj. dec. No. 4 Ross Taplin (UNO, 30-10) 11-3 (UNO 15-4).
174 -- No. 1 J.D. Naig (UNO, 24-4) dec. Kirk Rall (AUG, 20-11) 4-1 (UNO 18-4).
184 -- No. 5 (at 174) Robbie Gotreau (AUG, 28-5) dec. Nate Oviatt (UNO, 14-13) 3-1 (SV-OT) (UNO 18-7).
197 -- No. 8 Wally O'Connor (AUG, 19-13) dec. Nick Edmonds (UNO, 7-15) 7-4 (UNO 18-10).
HWT -- No. 1 Les Sigman (UNO, 14-0) pinned Dylan Soberg (AUG, 11-12) 2:45 (UNO 24-10).
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