Wisconsin recorded 20 pins on the day and five Badger grapplers won by pins in each of their three matches. Seniors Collin Cudd (125 lbs.) Jake Donar (165 lbs.) and Craig Henning (157 lbs.), junior Kyle Massey (Hwt.) and sophomore Kyle Ruschell (141 lbs.) had three pins each. Junior Dallas Herbst had the fastest fall of the day, after he pinned Dubuque's Matt Wonderlin in 28 seconds during the 197 lbs. bout. Herbst, Wisconsin's leader in pins in 2006-07, had two pins and won his third dual by forfeit.
Some new faces also stepped into the lineup Friday. Redshirt freshman Eric Bugenhagen competed at 184 lbs. against Louis Posa from Tri-State and captured a close 7-5 overtime victory.
Junior Mike Metzger wrestled at 149 lbs. for the Badgers and tried to continue the success of last year's starter, All-American Tyler Turner. Metzger went 2-1 on the day, winning by a forfeit against Dubuque and a 7-0 score over Oshkosh's Derek Koenig.
With the win over Dubuque, Wisconsin improves to 14-0 overall under head coach Barry Davis in season opening duals.
The Badgers take a weekend off from competition but will resume the 2007-08 campaign with tough competition out east in Ithaca, N.Y. Wisconsin will face No. 8 Cornell in a dual, Friday, Nov. 16 and then compete in the Body Bar Invite, Saturday, Nov. 17. Stay tuned to uwbadgers.com for updates and scores throughout the season.
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