UNI got strong starts in both duals from Dylan Peters, Joe Colon and Joey Lazor. Peters not only remained undefeated on the day, but he has won all five matches of the season by pinning his opponent.
“He’s coming out and scoring points in a hurry and putting people away,” said head coach Doug Schwab. “It’s great to have someone to be able to start meets that way.”
Colon continued his streak of earning bonus points with his third tech fall of the year. No. 9 Colon (6-0) has one major decision, three tech falls and two pins already for the year.
“We just have to make sure Joe stays in control of things, but he keeps putting up points,” said Schwab.
Lazor picked up two matches and earned bonus points with a major decision against a Kevin Fanta.
“We just wanted to make sure he was ready to go, so we kept him out last week,” said Schwab. “But he came out with two wins. He nearly had the guy beat with a tech fall, but he was able to put him on his back and get the pin.”
It was a rematch of NDSU’s No. 5 Steven Monk and the Mid-American Wrestler of the Week Cooper Moore of UNI. Moore, a redshirt freshman, moved into the Intermat rankings at No. 15 after beating Monk last weekend at the Finn Grinaker Cobber Open. Moore took Monk, a senior, to three overtimes, but Monk prevailed, 4-2.
Two other Panthers won both of their dual matchups today. All-American Ryan Loder picked up his 100th career win and tacked on another for the day. He remains undefeated in career duals and has yet to give up bonus points in a match. He earned one major decision and won another match by decision.
“It shows he has been consistent for quite a while,” said Schwab. “We’ve been able to rely on him for the last four years. We want to keep moving him up the all-time list.”
Loder is fifth on the all-time list for winning percentage among all Panthers with at least 50 wins who have wrestled at the Division I level for at least two years.
Basil Minto earned a decision over NIU’s Shawn Scott and got a forfeit against Colt Castlebury.
“There are always things to work, and we recognize it,” said. Schwab. “So we look forward to getting those taken care of and packing the West Gym for our first home dual.”
UNI 32, NIU 6
125: #9 Dylan Peters (UNI) pins Braun Maquez (NIU): 0:48
133: #9 Joe Colon (UNI) tech. fall Nick Smith (NIU): 20-5
141: #9 Joey Lazor (UNI) maj. dec. Kevin Fanta (NIU): 16-2
149: Gabe Morse (NIU) dec. Gunnar Wolfensperger (UNI): 8-7
157: Jarrett Jensen (UNI) dec. #18 Andrew Morse (NIU): 2-1
165: #15 Cooper Moore (UNI) maj. dec. Samuel Bennett (NIU): 14-2
174: Cody Caldwell (UNI) dec. Billy Chancey (NIU): 8-2
184: #4 Ryan Loder (UNI) maj. dec. Caleb Busson (NIU): 10-1
197: Basil Minto (UNI) dec. Shawn Scott (NIU): 6-5
284: Jared Torrence (NIU) dec. Blaize Cabell (UNI): 4-2
UNI 29, NDSU 12
125: #9 Dylan Peters (UNI) pins Hunter Weber (NDSU): 1:48
133: #9 Joe Colon (UNI) tech. fall Clay Cathey (NDSU): 13-2
141: #9 Joey Lazor (UNI) pins Devin Wolf (NDSU): 2:14
149: Gunnar Wolfensperger (UNI) dec. Tyler Diamond (NDSU): 5-4 (SV-1)
157: Matt Gray (NDSU) dec. Jarrett Jensen (UNI): 7-5
165: #5 Steven Monk (NDSU) dec. #15 Cooper Moore (UNI): 4-2 (TB-1)
174: #20 Hayden Zillmer (NDSU) dec. Cody Caldwell (UNI): 5-1
184: #4 Ryan Loder (UNI) dec. Kurtis Julson (NDSU): 4-3 (SV-2)
197: Basil Minto (UNI) forfeit Colt Castlebury (NDSU): Forfeit
285: Evan Knutson (NDSU) dec. Blaize Cabell (UNI): 6-4
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