On the day, Northwestern won four titles and placed seven total wrestlers.
Fox went a perfect 5-0 at 285 lbs. to win his first career tournament championship. He topped Alan O'Donnell of Michigan State in the first round, 4-2 and followed that up by taking down Omar Maktabi of Michigan, 6-2. After defeating opponents from Lindenwood and Eastern Michigan to advance to the finals, he defeated Ed Prendergast from Navy by an 8-6 decision. In the championship match, Fox scored 4 points in a thirty second Overtime ride out situation by reversing his finals opponent and then securing a takedown as time ran out. He was the No. 2 seed at 285 lbs., but did not face top-seeded Kirk Nail of Ohio State due to a medical condition.
At 141 lbs., Lang, a ranked No. 1 in the nation, not only posted a 5-0 record, but did not have a point scored on him in his five matches. Lang defeated Deone Williams of Brockport University and Cody Burdett of Utah State by major decision, 12-0 and 10-0 respectively. He cruised past Eastern Michigan's Zach Donofrio 9-0 and advanced to the final by topping Ohio State's Reece Humphrey by a 1-0 decision. He pinned Navy's Brad Canterbury 1:36 into the match to take the title.
Top-ranked Herbert, wrestling at 184 lbs., pinned all of his opponents up to his final match against Ty Todd of Michigan. In the qurterfinals, he pinned Michigan's Ryan Selley at the 1:50 mark. In the finals, Herbert defeated Todd by a convincing 6-3 decision.
Tamillow, wrestling unattached, won the championship at 197 lbs., notching two falls. The No. 2 seed topped opponents from Lindenwood and Cleveland State in the first two rounds and defeated Michigan's Casey White 7-2 to advance to the final where he downed top-seeded Nate Moore from Purdue by a 3-1 decision. Moore entered the tournament No. 9 in the nation at 197 lbs. while Tamillow stands at No. 14.
A big story of the open was Wildcat freshman Brandon Precin (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) at 125 lbs. who knocked off fourth-ranked and top-seeded Mark Moos of Michigan to start the tournament. Moos is a three-time NCAA qualifier at 133 lbs and is back at 125 after moving up in weight. The unseeded Precin won five matches and took 6th place at 125 lbs. He had another big win against Michigan's Michael Watts by a 10-2 major decision. He placed sixth.
At 133 lbs., unseeded sophomore James Kohlberg (Rolling Meadows, Ill./Rolling Meadows) finished in fourth place. He defeated Findlay's second-seeded Andy Uhl, a Division II national champion, by an 8-4 decision in his second match. By knocked off a No. 2 seed, Kohlberg was the second unseeded Wildcat to upset a high-seeded opponent. Precin defeated a No. 1 seed earlier in the day.
At 165 lbs., Jim Friend (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville), seeing his first action in two years, placed sixth with a 5-2 record. He defeated Purdue's Juston Fraga in his sixth match, 10-8, but fell in the fifth place match.
The Wildcats return to action when they host the NU Duals Sunday, Nov. 12, at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
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