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GREENSBORO, NC -- The UNC Greensboro wrestling team will look to register its first win against NC State on Wednesday evening as they take on the Wolfpack for a 7:30pm dual in Raleigh, NC. This will mark the 13th time the teams have met face-to-face in the circle. NC State has taken home the "W" each time since their first meeting in the 1993-94 season. The Spartans opened up the year at the NC State Open. Jeff Hedges (133 lbs.), Daren Burns (197 lbs.), and Ryan Hsu (285 lbs.) took home first-place for UNCG while Darrion Caldwell (149 lbs.) brought home a championship for the Wolfpack. The Spartans are currently 8-7 on the season with a 3-1 record in the Southern Conference. Last week, they dropped a tight 18-17 match to George Mason in Lynchburg, VA before falling to host Liberty, 21-15. Despite the two team losses in Virginia, senior Daren Burns, currently ranked 11th in the country, set a new UNCG standard with his 99th victory at 197 lbs. With a victory in Raleigh, Burns will become the first Spartan to reach the century mark in wins. Earlier this season he went on a 14 match win streak. Seventeenth-ranked senior Jeff Hedges is currently on a 10-match win streak at 133 pounds dating back to the beginning of 2008. Also on a hot streak is junior Marcus Hannah who has won his last five matches at 149 lbs. The Pack fell to 8-9-1 overall after a 30-12 loss to Virginia this past weekend. They hold an Atlantic Coast Conference record of 1-3 In SoCon standings, Chattanooga leads the league with a record of 10-5, 4-0 SoCon followed by Appalachian State (10-7, 3-1 SoCon), UNCG (8-7, 3-1 SoCon), and VMI (5-5, 1-3 SoCon). Rounding out the list are The Citadel (3-5, 1-3 SoCon) in fifth-place and Davidson (1-9, 0-4 SoCon) in sixth. Next Wednesday, UNCG will host the Duke Blue Devils for their last home dual of the season. The evening has been dubbed Senior Night. Prior to the 7pm start time, the Spartans will honor four of its senior student-athletes.

This week's edition of "On the Mat" will feature Andrew Hipps and Dan Severn. "On the Mat" is a weekly wrestling radio program that airs every Wednesday night. This week's broadcast can be heard live from 5-6 p.m. Central Standard Time. The Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum in Waterloo, Iowa, hosts the show. Hipps is a senior writer for RevWrestling.com, a wrestling Web site that covers every aspect of the sport. The Web site offers coverage of college, high school, and international wrestling, as well as highlights and previews of select mixed martial arts competitions. Hipps is a regular columnist for the site and conducts regular interviews with some of wrestling's top athletes and coaches. Severn wrestled at Arizona State University and was a two-time All-American in 1979 and 1981. Severn gained his biggest fame through mixed martial arts, winning several major titles. A member of the Ultimate Fighting Championships Hall of Fame, Severn will be at the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum on April 3 for Frank Gotch Day. "On the Mat" can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa on 1650, The Fan.

NORFOLK, Va. -- On Senior Night at The Ted, ODU's only senior, Nick Pullano, punctuated and sealed a Monarch victory in his final home appearance with a pin. The win was the 90th of his career, inserting him into the program's all-time top ten in victories. The Monarchs dropped CAA rival Rider (6-10/3-3) in the first ever conference match in The Ted, 32-7, and will travel in two weeks to finish off the season at Virginia Tech. The dual is set for February 24 with a start time of 2:00 pm. ODU jumped out in front of the Broncs with seven straight victories, including four bonus point wins. James Nicholson earned his fifth technical fall on the season and was followed by Kyle Hutter, tallying his ssecond technical fall. Ryan Williams dropped the CAA's 6th ranked 141-pounder in a 9-2 decision, giving him 34 wins on the season. Nationwide leader in wins, Kaylen Baxter, added to his total tonight with a major decision over freshman Dustin Renelt. Baxter's ninth major decision, winning 19-5, is his 37th victory on the season. Just before halftime, Dan Rivera earned the nights biggest upset. Rivera, unranked in the CAA, earned two takedowns and a reversal on the CAA's third ranked 157-pounder, Rob Morrison. RS Sophomore Chris Brown would follow with a 9-4 decision of Jason Lapham to put the score nearly out of reach at 23-0. It would be Pullano, though, that would seal the victory in the next match. Pullano, facing freshman Joe Ferber, pulled ahead of the Bronc grappler 9-1 heading into the third period. Just 24 seconds into the third, Pullano had added another takedown and managed to get put Ferber's back on the mat for the pin in 5:24. The win for Pullano is 23rd on the season and 90th for his career, tying him for 10th all-time. Rider would follow the Pullano match with a pair of victories at 184 lbs and 197 lbs, but ODU would win the heavyweight match for the final score of 32-7. Monarchs 184-pounder Jesse Strawn was only taken down once in a tight 3-1 loss to Doug Umbehauer, ranked 20th in the nation. True freshman Scott Cust lost a major decision to T.J. Morrison, ranked 17th in the nation, in his first career dual appearance. At heavyweight, Andy Totusek improved to 7-5 in duals since joining the starting rotation with a 5-2 win over Peter Reid The Monarchs improve to 16-3 overall and 6-1 in the CAA. Old Dominion has not won as many as 16 duals since 1983-84 when ODU went 20-3-1. The Monarchs return to the mat for their final dual of the season when they travel to Virginia Tech on February 24, with start time set for 2:00 pm.

FARGO, N.D. -- North Dakota State will be holding a special on Friday, Feb. 15, when the Bison wrestle the Air Force Academy at 7:30 p.m. at the Bison Sports Arena. All active and retired military personnel will be admitted to the meet for just $4 by presenting their military I.D. at the Bison Sports Arena ticket office. A color guard comprised of the NDSU Army and Air Force ROTC will present our nation's colors before the meet. The dual meet against Air Force is an important one for North Dakota State as the Bison sit at 9-8 overall and are 3-1 in the Western Wrestling Conference. The Falcons are 7-8 overall on the season and 1-1 in conference action. It is also the final home conference dual meet of the season for NDSU. For more information about the Military Appreciation Night, contact the North Dakota State ticket office at (701) 231-6378.

IRVING, Texas -- Fresh off of an impressive weekend where he recorded two Big 12 victories, including a defeat of the defending national champion and No. 4 ranked Paul Donahoe, OU freshman Joey Fio was named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week Monday. The conference honor is the first for the Sandpoint, Idaho, native, and the first by a Sooner this season. The 125-pounder is also the lone freshman in the conference to garner the award this year. "True-freshmen that start usually go through a challenging transition, and Joey is no different," head coach Jack Spates said. "His hard work and persistence were rewarded last weekend with two huge victories. This award is well-deserved and we are very proud of him." Fio posted an 11-2 major decision over John Olanowski of No. 12 ranked Missouri last Friday, which gave him his 10th dual win this season. He followed up with a stunning upset victory in Lincoln on Sunday by defeating Donahoe of the No. 2 ranked Huskers. After being down 4-3 to begin the third period, Fio scored a takedown and an escape to win by decision, 6-5. The win over the Husker was Fio's second this season against a Top 10 opponent. He defeated then-No. 9 ranked Javier Madonado of UT-Chattanooga on Jan. 18. After the successful weekend, the freshman now ranks second on the team with 48 takedowns in dual competition. The wins propel him to a 17-7 overall record and an 11-4 dual record, including a fourth place finish at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic and runner-up finish at the Oklahoma Open. The Sooners resume competition this Friday, Feb. 15, at the Lloyd Noble Center when they host Cal Poly at 7 p.m. The squad will share the floor with the OU women's gymnastics team in the first "Beauty and the Best" event. The first 500 fans arriving Friday will receive an event T-shirt, and raffle prizes will be awarded throughout the evening. Both teams will also take part in an autograph session at the conclusion of the event. Tickets are $5 for children and $7 for adults. Admission is free for OU students with a valid student I.D.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Big Red wrestling team opened Ivy League competition on Saturday and only lost two bouts en-route to a 30-5 victory over Columbia. Cornell then picked up its second dual match victory of the afternoon with a 48-6 win over Wagner at the Friedman Wrestling Center. With the two wins, the Big Red moves to 4-5 for the season. The Big Red's dual against the Lions began in the 125 pound weight class where senior Mike Rodriguez matched up against fellow senior Brandon Kinney. The two battled back and forth to a scoreless first period, before Kinney notched the only point of the second with an escape from his down position. Rodriguez tied up the match in the third with an escape of his own, but with a late takedown with 24 seconds left in the period Kinney grabbed back his lead. Rodriguez escaped with five seconds left, but time ran out giving Kinney a 3-2 decision. Cornell did not allow Columbia to gain any momentum as the Lions' Jerome Greco hit the mats to face No. 2 Mike Grey. Grey powered to a 9-2 lead in the first period and continued to dominate throughout the bout. The Big Red grappler racked up points with numerous takedowns to win a 17-5 major decision. Senior Nick Bridge debuted in his first dual match of the season at 141 pounds for Cornell. Bridge made quick work Columbia's Nick Standish, and with three takedowns, three back points, and 3:33 in riding time, Bridge grabbed a 10-0 major decision putting Cornell up, 8-3. Freshman DJ Meagher wrestled for the Big Red at 149 pounds against the Lions' Anthony Constantino. Meagher controlled the match from the initial whistle and narrowly missed winning by major decision. The Big Red wrestler's 8-1 victory gave Cornell an 11-3 lead. Senior Matt Easter wrestled for Cornell in his first match of the season at 157 pounds. Easter and the Lions' Matt Dunn were scoreless after the first period, and were tied 1-1 late into the third period. With a takedown with less than 30 seconds left in the match, Dunn edged past Easter to a 3-2 win. At 165 pounds, No. 4 Mack Lewnes grabbed a 4-1 lead in the first period with a takedown and two back points against Victor Mocco. Lewnes earned another point with an escape in the second period, and with Mocco's escape in the third, the Big Red grappler earned a 5-2 win. No. 10 ranked Steve Anceravage wasted no time in his bout at 174 pounds against Travis Creagan. With less than seven seconds off the clock, Anceravage made a takedown and nearly pinned Creagan. Anceravage held his lead throughout the match and spent the third period working Creagan onto his back from his initial down position. Anceravage's hard work paid off, winning by fall in 4:02. Sophomore Josh Arnone wrestled in his second match of the season at 184 pounds facing Kenji Porter. Arnone grabbed a 6-0 lead in the first period nearly pinning his opponent. Arnone continued to dominate sailing to an 8-0 major decision giving Cornell a 24-6 lead. Freshman Justin Kerber moved up to 197 pounds to wrestle against Columbia's Nick Sommerfield. Kerber held a 4-2 lead after earning two takedowns in the first period. In the second period, with an escape and a takedown of his own Sommerfield grabbed back a 5-4 lead over Kerber while racking up 56 seconds of riding time. Kerber started the third in the down position and escaped after seven seconds had ticked off the clock just giving Sommerfield a riding time advantage. Sommerfield worked to evade Kerber's attacks and after receiving a stalling warning, Kerber was awarded a point to take a 6-5 lead with 15 seconds left on the clock. With time running out, Sommerfield's 1:04 in riding time was enough to tie the match at six points apiece at the end of regulation. In the sudden victory round, Sommerfield nearly took down Kerber, but the Big Red grappler stunned him with a counter move to earn a takedown to win 8-6. Cornell took a demanding 27-6 lead after the match, and the advantage was lengthened when the Lions' had a point deducted for a team member's unsportsmanlike conduct. In the heavyweight bout, freshman Maciej Jochym made his home debut against Jed Wade. Jochym got on the board first with a takedown, but Wade evened the score with a reversal. The Big Red grappler once again regained his advantage with a reversal of his own to take a 4-2 lead into the second period. Wade came within a point of Jochym in the second with an escape from his down position. Jochym earned a point in the third with an escape and was awarded another point when Wade received a technical for fleeing the mat. With 32 seconds left in the match, Jochym made a takedown to win, 8-4 to bring the final team scores to Cornell 30, Columbia 5. After a 15 minute break, the Big Red hit the mats to take on Wagner. Cornell wasted no time in grabbing the lead after Rodriguez pinned Wagner's Joe Eurell in 3:40. At 133 pounds, Grey racked up a 12-5 lead in the first period before pinning Nick Boghos in 4:00. At 141 pounds, Bridge picked up his second win of the day with a victory over Mike Tutunjian. Nearly pinning Tutunjian four times, Bridge walked away with an 18-3 tech fall in 4:03. With the five team points, Cornell grabbed a commanding 17-0 lead. Freshman DJ Meagher made quick work of Patrick Larkin at 149 pounds. After taking a 4-1 lead, Meagher won by fall in 2:17. In the closest match of the dual, Easter faced Sean Quinn at 157 pounds. The two were scoreless after the first period, and Easter had a one point advantage with an escape in the second. Quinn tied the match with an escape in the third period, but with two takedowns, Easter won a 6-2 decision. Drake Hovis moved up a weight class to wrestle for Cornell at 165 pounds. Hovis took down Marco Tellerico at the start of the match and pinned him in 20 seconds. At 174 pounds, Anceravage took down Peter Morano in eight seconds, and earned the win by fall in 1:10. Cornell held a 38-0 demanding lead after seven matches, and Wagner earned its only points of the day after the Big Red forfeited at 184 pounds. At 197 pounds, Kerber picked up his second win of the night racking up the points to win a 17-3 major decision. Jochym held a 6-2 advantage over John Graeffe at heavyweight before he pinned his opponent in 2:30 to give Cornella 48-6 victory. The Big Red continues its Ivy League season Saturday, Feb. 16 with matches at Penn and at Princeton. Cornell returns home Feb. 22 to face Ivy foe Brown, before wrestling Harvard and Bucknell Feb. 23 to conclude its regular season.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- No. 11 Northwestern opened up a 21-9 advantage and held on to defeat Michigan State Sunday in East Lansing, 25-15. No. 1 Dustin Fox, No. 2 Mike Tamillow, No. 5 Ryan Lang, No. 5 Brandon Precin and No. 12 Nick Hayes all scored wins for the Wildcats. The win gives NU its first Big Ten dual victory and improves its dual mark to 6-7. The dual started at 149 lbs. where the fifth-ranked Lang gave NU an early 6-0 lead with a pin. Lang needed only 1:16 to score a fall over Tim Hammer. Michigan State took back-to-back wins at 157 and 165 to even the dual score at 6-6. John Fulger took a 12-8 decision over Andrew Nadhir at 157 lbs. to give MSU its first points of the match. Nadhir struck first with a takedown, but Fulger fought back to lead 6-3 at the end of the first. Nadhir closed to 10-8, but Fulger held on for the win. Rex Kendle downed Dominic Marella at 165 lbs. by 3-1 decision to even the score at 6-6. All of the scoring came in the third period as Michigan State scored a takedown and used a riding time advantage. The two teams traded wins in the next two matches at 174 and 184. At 174, the 12th-ranked Hayes gave NU a 10-6 lead with a 14-4 major decision over John Murphy. Hayes notched an early first-period takedown and kept the pressure on throughout the match, capping things off with a two-point near fall late in the third. MSU closed to 10-9 when Nick Palmieri took a 10-3 decision over Adil Kolovic at 184. Palmieri took a 6-1 lead into the end of the first and never let Kolovic score a takedown. The Wildcats took the next three matches and scored big bonus points to open up a 21-9 lead before MSU could get on the board next. At 197, the second-ranked Tamillow scored an early takedown and never let 15th-ranked Joe Williams score any points en route to a 4-0 decision to give NU a 13-9 lead. The top-ranked Fox gave the Wildcats a 17-9 lead with a 10-1 major decision over Alan O'Donnell. Fox scored a first-period takedown and took four more points from near falls to lead 6-0 at the end of the first. Fox accumulated close to five minutes of riding time in the match. The fifth-ranked Precin kept Joel Trombley off the board at 125 lbs. to take a 8-0 major decision. The sophomore notched an early takedown and scored a three-point near fall in the first to lead 5-0. Precin had more than three minutes of riding time and his major decision gave NU a 21-9 lead. The Spartans kept things interesting and pulled within six points when fourth-ranked Franklin Gomez pinned Robert Joyce at 6:50 at 133 lbs.. James Kohlberg defeated Jeff Wimberley in the afternoon's final match by 15-2 major decision to seal the 25-15 dual win for the Wildcats. NU returns to action at 7 p.m. Friday at Purdue. The Wildcats host Illinois at 2 p.m. Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena for Alumni/Senior Day.

Columbia, Mo. -- Missouri's senior class helped the Tiger wrestling squad to 16 of its 28 dual-winning points in the 28-13 victory over Oregon State in the Hearnes Center. The final home dual for the Tigers, seven Missouri grapplers claimed wins in their respective weight class, with four earning bonus point victories. Prior to the start of the dual, the University of Missouri wrestling program recognized its six-member senior class. Among those recognized were four of the afternoon starters. Wrestling began at 125 pounds with sophomore John Olanowski (Virginia Beach, Va.) earning a 6-2 win by decision over Jake Gonzales. Olanowski's win made way for senior Tyler McCormick (Leawood, Kan.) at 133 pounds. Coming off of a Friday night upset of Oklahoma's Brian Shelton, McCormick returned to the mat and recorded his first win of the season by technical fall, 16-0, over Clifton Ivanoff. McCormick scored five points in the first period and added six in the second, to take the 12-0 advantage. Nine of McCormick's 16 points were from near falls, with the final point awarded for 3:33 of riding time. Fellow senior Josh Wagner (Milton, Wis.) recorded the most near fall points of the day with 11. Earning a 20-3 win by technical fall over Kyle Larson, Wagner put the Beaver on his back three times in the first period and once in the second. Fourteenth-ranked Michael Chandler (High Ridge, Mo.) collected his 20th win of the season after holding off Dan Brascetta, 12-1. The two grapplers met earlier in the season and Chandler won the bout, 5-4. Missouri's next win came at 174 pounds. Senior Brock Wittmeyer (Platte City, Mo.) collected his first win in a Tiger singlet, 12-6, over Chris Platt. Wittmeyer held a 5-2 advantage heading into the second period and never relinquished his lead. Blue Springs, Mo., native James Williamson made his return to the lineup and wrestled at 184 pounds for the Tigers. A senior, Williamson was credited with a 6-3 win over Ben Harris, his second dual victory of the year. Missouri's final win of the day came at 197 pounds, where sophomore Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.) recorded Missouri's third technical fall victory, 19-2, over Brice Arand. Askren put Arand on his back once in each of the three periods and totaled four takedowns in his bout, the most of any Tiger wrestler today. Missouri will close its regular season Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. (CT) against eighth-ranked Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa wrestling squad won its fourth match in its last five tries with a 42-3 dual win over South Dakota State in a Western Wrestling Conference dual Sunday in the McLeod Center. UNI (5-5-1 overall, 3-0 WWC) won nine of the 10 matches, including bonus points in six of the bouts. SDSU fell to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in WWC matches. The Jackrabbits won the first match of the day at 184 pounds when Tyler Sorenson scored a narrow 7-6 victory over UNI's Andy O'Loughlin. Sorenson used an escape, a stalling point and a riding time point in the third period to take the one-point victory. O'Loughlin scored a takedown with nine seconds left in the match to tie it at 6-6, but Sorenson used the riding time advantage to score the win. UNI's Andrew Anderson (197 lbs.) and Caleb Flores (125 lbs.) each recorded forfeit victories that were sandwiched around Dustin Bauman's 15-0 technical fall at heavyweight over SDSU's Jeremy Swier. Josh Baldridge notched a 9-1 major decision over the Jacks' Nick Kulseth at 133 pounds to put UNI on top 21-3 in the dual. UNI's C.J. Ettelson then scored a 5-0 win over SDSU's Jeff Cooley at 141 pounds. Charlie Ettelson then notched a fall at the 4:46 mark of his 149-pound match with SDSU's Marc Wermerson. Ettelson was up 10-3 at the time of the fall. The Panthers then used the next two weights to get some experience for a pair of wrestlers in 157-pounder Trevor Kittleson and 165-pounder Jarion Beets. Kittleson won his first-ever collegiate dual match with a hard fought 2-0 decision over SDSU's Weston Blasius. Kittleson scored an escape in the third period and then tacked on a riding time point after he had ridden out Blasius in the second period. Beets, who jumped up a weight class to 165 pounds, secured a 3-2 win over national qualifier Ryan Meyer. Beets used a first-period takedown and a second-period escape to tally the winning points. Senior Alex Dolly closed out the dual with a third-period fall over SDSU's Justin Retallic at the 5:24 mark of their 174-pound bout. Dolly tallied six takedowns in the match before he got Retallic in a fall situation in the final period. UNI will travel to Omaha, Neb., to take on the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m., before closing out the dual season Feb. 24 at home against North Dakota State.

BOISE, ID -- The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team won its 11th straight dual when it beat Boise State, 30-9, in front of 2,812 fans in Taco Bell Arena Sunday afternoon. The Hawkeyes won eight bouts, including three by bonus points, to snap Boise State's nine-match winning streak and hand the Broncos their second loss of the season. Iowa improved to 18-1 (5-0 Big Ten) this season, while Boise State dropped to 10-2 (7-1 Pac-10). "The mistakes we are making in finishing positions and the lack of aggressiveness in terms of putting a guy away is huge," said Head Coach Tom Brands. "Our guys need to be ready to go and be strong out there. I don't think we've wrestled our best yet as a team, so we've got work to do. Even though we weren't hitting on all cylinders today and looked sloppy at times, we won some close matches." Iowa jumped out to a 21-0 lead with wins at the first five weights. Junior 125-pounder Charlie Falck opened the dual with a 20-5 technical fall over freshman Alan Bartelli that ended the match at 5:40. Sophomore Daniel Dennis scored a 6-3 win over junior Cory Fish in his first match of the season at 133. Sophomores Dan LeClere (141) and Brent Metcalf (149) followed with bonus-point victories for the Hawkeyes. LeClere scored a 12-4 major decision over freshman Eli Hutchison, and Metcalf pinned junior Cody Bender in 2:01. The pin was Metcalf's ninth of the season as he improved to 23-1 and scored his 20th straight victory. Sophomore Ryan Morningstar scored a takedown in the second sudden victory period to beat junior Tyler Sherfey, 3-1, at 157. Boise State scored its first points at 165, when freshman Kurt Swartz beat Hawkeye redshirt freshman Jake Kerr, 2-1. Iowa has posted a 0-8 record at 165 since starter and defending NCAA and Big Ten Champion Mark Perry's knee injury and subsequent surgery. Sophomores Jay Borschel (174) and Phillip Keddy (184) responded with hard-fought wins. Borschel picked up his 11th straight win with a 7-4 decision over sophomore Nate Lee, and Keddy handed freshman Kirk Smith his second loss of the season with a 3-2 victory. The Broncos won their second and final bout of the afternoon at 197, when sophomore Matt Casperson pinned sophomore Rick Loera in 2:35. Hawkeye senior Matt Fields posted his 20th season victory with an 8-3 win over junior Nick Smith at heavyweight to end the dual. The Hawkeyes put their undefeated Big Ten dual mark on the line this weekend when they host two conference opponents in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa will host #16/#17 Indiana (12-6, 1-4 Big Ten) Friday at 7 p.m. and #6 Michigan (15-5, 2-2 Big Ten) Sunday at 8 p.m. The Hawkeyes will recognize seniors Matt Fields (Hwt.) and Mark Perry (165) before the Michigan dual.

San Francisco, Calif. -- Six Cal State Fullerton wrestlers went 2-0 and most piled up multiple bonus points on Sunday as the No. 24-ranked Titans won a pair of dual matches in the San Franciso Bay Area. In the afternoon, the Titans ran their Pac-10 record to 8-1 with a 25-17 victory over Stanford and in the evening they boosted their overall dual mark to 12-5 with a 33-9 win at San Francisco State. T. J. Dillashaw at 133 pounds nailed down the win over the Cardinal, which entered the final bout trailing only 21-17. Dillashaw scored a 9-0 major decision over Porfirio Madrigal. Stanford took an 11-10 lead when Luke Feist pinned Todd Noel at 174 pounds. But Ian Murphy put Fullerton ahead to stay with a decision at 184 and John Drake at 197 and Wade Sauer at heavyweight followed with major decisions for a 21-11 lead. At San Francisco State, the Titans spoiled the Gators' Senior Night festivities by winning the first three bouts, all by major decision for an early 12-0 lead. The road trip began with a Pac-10 victory Friday night at UC Davis.

MOUNT PLEASANT -- Central Michigan University won its fifth consecutive dual Sunday afternoon, handing Bloomsburg a 35-0 defeat in a nonconference matchup at Rose Arena. The victory was CMU's 11th straight at home. It marked the second time this season the Chippewas have shut out an opponent. CMU claimed victories in all 10 individual bouts, but four were decided by two points or less. The Chippewas tallied bonus points in three matches. Luke Smith gave the Chippewas an early 3-0 advantage with a 6-1 decision at 125 pounds. Smith scored takedowns in the second and third period in his fifth consecutive victory. At 133, CMU's Conor Beebe snapped a two-match skid with a 12-6 decision over Jason Guffey. Beebe scored a pair of takedowns in the first period to take a 4-2 lead. Guffey opened the second period with a reversal, but Beebe countered with an escape and a takedown to stretch his lead to 7-4. He added a pair of escapes and a takedown in the third period, along with the riding time point, for the 12-6 decision. Eric Kruger stretched the CMU lead to 9-0 with a 6-0 decision at 141 pounds. Kruger tallied takedowns in the first and third period to post his 20th victory of the season. The CMU lead grew to 12-0 with Nathaniel Holt's 4-2 decision over Dennis Bermudez at 149 pounds. Holt led 2-1 following the first period and rode Bermudez for the first 1:59 of the second period. Bermudez evened the score with an escape with one second left in the period. Holt was in the down position to begin the third period and took a 3-2 lead with an early escape, and a 2:28 riding time advantage accounted for the final point in his 4-2 decision. Tyler Grayson's takedown on the edge with seven seconds remaining was the difference in a 3-1 decision over 19th-ranked Matt Moley at 157 pounds. Grayson and Moley traded escapes in the second and third period for the only scoring before Grayson shot in with 30 seconds left in the third period. Both Grayson and Moley struggled for control in the closing seconds before Grayson was able to score the decisive takedown. The 165-pound bout also was decided in the closing seconds, as Trevor Stewart tallied a reversal with just less than 30 seconds remaining to defeat Rickey Schmelyun, 4-2. The match was scoreless entering the third period, but Stewart took a 2-0 lead with a reversal early in the period. Schmelyun answered with a reversal of his own, but Stewart took the lead for good with his second reversal late in the period. Stewart's victory stretched the CMU lead to 18-0. Brandon Sinnott was the first individual to tally bonus points for the Chippewas, scoring a 12-4 major decision at 174 pounds. Sinnott recorded three takedowns in the first period and held a riding time advantage of 3:02 in the major decision. Christian Sinnott followed with a 13-2 major decision at 184 pounds. Sinnott led 7-1 after a first period that saw him score a pair of takedowns and a three-point nearfall. He added a takedown in each of the final two periods and built a riding time advantage of 3:08. At 197 pounds, Wynn Michalak needed just 1:04 to pin Eric Shaw and move into sole possession of third place on CMU's career falls list. Michalak improved to 21-1 this season with his ninth fall of the year and 46th of his career. The heavyweight bout was the only matchup of the day featuring a pair of ranked competitors. CMU's Bubba Gritter, ranked ninth, scored a first-period takedown and a third-period escape to claim a 3-2 decision over 10th-ranked Mike Spaid. The victory was Gritter's sixth straight and 20th of the year. CMU closes the nonconference portion of the schedule next Sunday, visiting No. 19 Tenn.-Chattanooga at 1 p.m.

TEMPE, Ariz. -– It may be cold in Iowa, but No. 8 Iowa State brought the heat in Sunday's dual at Arizona State, winning 32-3. Three ISU grapplers, No. 6 David Zabriskie (HWT), No. 12 Mitch Mueller (149) and No. 6 Cyler Sanderson (157), scored major decisions and No. 20 David Bertolino recorded a technical fall at 197 pounds. The Cyclones' record stands at 14-4 with two dual meets remaining. Arizona State slips to 9-7. Iowa State will play host to Missouri next Sunday at 2 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State leads the all-time series 21-6 and has won four straight duals against the Sun Devils and two straight in Tempe. "I think we wrestled real well today," ISU head coach Cael Sanderson said. "I am happy with the way things are going and we are making progress. We've been doing a great job on the mat, in tie-ups and all-around. This weekend was good for us. We are right where we want to be. We had last weekend off and we're ready to move into that last stretch of the season at home against Missouri and Nebraska and then take it into the Big 12 meet." The Cyclones totally dominated the match, netting 35 takedown to Arizona State's one. Combined with Friday night's 40-0 win over Oregon State, Iowa State had 67 takedowns while allowing just two over the weekend. No. 6 David Zabriskie notched his fifth major decision of the season with a 12-3 win over Kenny Lester to open the dual at heavyweight. The Cyclone put the first points on the board with a reversal seven seconds into the second period. Zabriskie then unleashed his rath on Lester in the final two minutes of action with four takedowns. The sophomore from Branchville, N.J., moves to 22-4 on the year. "I actually like starting the duals," Zabriskie said. "I don't normally get to watch my teammates, so that was nice today. Even though I wrestled first, it didn't change my mentality. I wanted to wrestle my match. The first period was slow. He [Lester] was able to use his weight and strength in the first period, but he got tired after that and it made it easier for me to get under and finish the takedowns." Ranked 12th-nationally, Mueller extended his win streak to five with 20-7 major decision of Jarred Trulson. Mueller held a 2-1 advantage over Trulson at the end of the first period. He then added to his lead with a pair of double-leg takedowns in the second period, but it was the third period when the Iowa City, Iowa, native blitzed the Sun Devil with five takedowns and a two-point nearfall. The sophomore has won back-to-back bouts via major decision and has six this season. "Mitch is doing a great job," Sanderson said of his 149-pounder. "His confidence is high and when his confidence is high he is tough as nails. He's the type of wrestler that is going to get better as the season progresses and that's exactly what he's doing." Sanderson mirrored Mueller's score with a 20-7 major decision of his own over Alex Pavlenko at 157 pounds. Sanderson scored two takedowns in the first and second periods, respectively, and like Mueller, went on an offensive mission in the final two minutes of action. Two seconds into the final period, Sanderson was able to reverse Pavlenko and then attacked on his feet with four takedowns. Now leading the team in wins, the Heber City, Utah, native holds a record of 25-3 and has seven major decisions in his sophomore campaign. Bertolino closed out the dual with an 18-2 technical fall in 6:57 of Thor Moen. Bertolino wasted no time in scoring, getting a takedown in the bout's opening 10 seconds and was awarded backpoints with two three-point nearfalls. The Missouri dual (Feb. 17) dual will be available to Clone Zone members on cyclones.com along with live stats. Iowa Public Television is slated to broadcast the dual live.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- No. 9 Illinois won five of the first six bouts at No. 17 Indiana on Sunday and a 4-3 win by Roger Smith-Bergsrud against No. 12 Matt Coughlin after two overtime rounds sealed the 23-9 victory for the Illini. Illinois improves to 11-2 overall, 3-1 in the Big Ten at the halfway point of the conference slate. "Overall, it was a good performance," Illinois coach Mark Johnson said. "Top to bottom we had a lot of good matches, but a couple of guys had slip-ups. We just need to make sure we can get all of our guys hitting on the same day." With the match starting at 197, No. 13 Patrick Bond became Illinois' sixth 20-win grappler this season by controlling the match against Eric Cameron and earning an 8-3 decision. No. 17 John Wise then recovered from a tough loss on Friday with a 9-1 major decision over Nate Everhart at heavyweight. "We've been getting out of the blocks well lately, regardless of which weight class we start at," Johnson said. "Bond continued to wrestle well and Wise actually dominated his guy, so that was good to see." At 125, Indiana's second-ranked Angel Escobedo remained perfect on the season with a 9-2 win against No. 9 Gabe Flores, cutting the Illini lead to 7-3. But No. 9 Jimmy Kennedy earned a tight 4-3 decision over No. 12 Andrae Hernandez and No. 10 Ryan Prater scored a major decision over Scott Kelly with an 10-2 win, pushing Illinois' lead to 14-3. Grant Paswall notched a 12-7 win over Kurt Kinser at 149, giving the Illini their biggest lead of the day at 17-3 before No. 1 Mike Poeta was upset for the second time in as many weeks, dropping a 3-2 decision to No. 8 Brandon Becker. But Roger Smith-Bergsrud picked up his teammates at 165, pulling out a 4-3 victory over Coughlin with a one-second riding time advantage after the second overtime round. It was Smith-Bergsrud's first win over a ranked opponent this season and his first since outlasting Ohio State's 10th-ranked Chris Vondruska in sudden-victory time on Feb. 18, 2007. "Coughlin really wasn't getting close to scoring on Roger except at the end of the first overtime because he never shot," Johnson said. "Roger got in a few more shots, but he won on the second ride-out even though they had some clock problems. Duane Goldman, Indiana's coach, said Roger won because he had more riding time and he showed a lot of class by doing that." No. 16 John Dergo (174) cruised to an 8-2 victory over Trevor Perry to complete a 2-0 weekend for the sophomore, giving him wins in six of his last seven bouts and a 22-8 season record. Redshirt-freshman Ben Friedl dropped a 9-6 decision to Marc Bennett at 184, but Illinois won the dual by a 23-9 margin. Up Next: The Illini continue their three-match road swing with an extremely tough dual at No. 4 Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. Illinois then swings through Evanston, Ill., to face the 11th-ranked Northwestern Wildcats at 2 p.m. Sunday.

St. Cloud, Minn.-– No. 11 St Cloud State (12-1, 1-1 NCC) recorded its second dual victory over a higher ranked opponent as the Huskies used an upset win from John Sundgren (Blaine) at 157 pounds and victories at seven of 10 weight classes to defeat No. 9 Upper Iowa (6-5, 2-0 NSIC) by a tally of 27-12 on Feb. 10, at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, Minn. The biggest match for the Huskies came at 157 pounds. Sundgren kept his match with the fourth-ranked wrestler in the country in Travis Eggers close throughout. After Sundgren led 3-2 after the first, Eggers took a 5-3 lead after two periods. With Eggers holding a 6-5 lead and under 40 seconds remaining in the match, Sundgren wrapped up an off-balance Eggers and recorded the pin with 25 seconds remaining for the biggest win of his college career. "I knew I had to score late, and when I felt the opportunity I went for it and got the fall," said Sundgren. "It was big for the regional rankings, and now I'm looking forward to taking on the number one guy (Minnesota State-Mankato's Jason Rhoten) in a couple weeks." Brad Padgett (Buckley, Wash.) clinched the dual for SCSU at 184 pounds, as he won a 9-7 overtime decision over Tony Gehling. Padgett rallied from behind in the third period and recorded the match-winning takedown 10 seconds into the extra period for his 26th win of the season. Upper Iowa took the early 3-0 lead in the dual, as second-ranked Tyler Mumbolo recorded a 7-0 decision over Westy Hanson (Crookston) at 125 pounds. St. Cloud quickly came back to tie at 133 pounds via an exciting 8-6 Josh Williams (Banks, Ore.) decision over Jacob Pederson. With Williams leading the match 6-4, Pederson managed a reversal with 30 seconds left to tie the match. Pederson allowed a Williams escape with 15 seconds because of the SCSU riding time advantage, but could not convert on a last-second takedown effort giving the Huskies the win. At 141, Gabe Suarez (Las Vegas, Nev.) continued his winning ways, as he used seven takedowns and a pair of near-falls, to take a 22-8 major decision over Layne Greedy. Suarez remains an undefeated 13-0 in duals and has now won 10 straight matches. Chad Kubasch (New Germany) followed Suarez's victory with a 10-5 decision of his own to extend the Husky lead to 10-3. Sean Washington tried to regain momentum for the Peacocks after Sundgren's win by pinning Tom Anderson (Belview) just over a minute into the match to get six team points back for the Peacocks. Derek Skala (Owatonna) however responded by weathering a late comeback attempt by Brady Hakeman for a 9-6 decision to bump the Husky lead back up to 19-9. It was more Huskies at 197 as eighth-ranked Nick Wilkes (Onamia) controlled his entire match with Matt Norton as he recorded an 18-3, technical fall victory over the Peacock junior. The heavyweight match was a stalemate through regulation as Chris Schiewe (Chicago, Ill.) and No. 5 Dan Goodson recorded an escape apiece. After two scoreless overtimes, Goodson recorded an escape in the third extra session for the final Peacock victory. The Huskies will wrap up its regular season on the road with duals at Mary and Minnesota State-Mankato. The Huskies and Mary will wrestle on Saturday at 12:00 in Bismarck.

Scott loses to Dunn in shocker Oklahoma State University Sports Information NCAA runner-up Coleman Scott of Oklahoma State was upset by Ryan Dunn of Oregon (Photo/The Guillotine)The No. 3 Oklahoma State wrestling team improved to 14-2-1 overall this season with a 33-3 win over Oregon at McArthur Court Friday. The win improved the Cowboys to 15-0-0 all-time against the Ducks. Top-ranked 133-pounder Coleman Scott was stunned by unranked Ryan Dunn, whose takedown with three seconds remaining in the third period fueled the 5-3 upset. The Cowboys were more than able to overcome Scott's defeat, thanks largely to Jack Jensen's pin of Marcus Myers at 184 pounds, Jared Rosholt's 23-8 technical fall win over Charlie Alexander and Neil Erisman's 12-3 major decision win over Kyle Bounds at 157 pounds. Sophomore 141-pounder Brad Neitenbach made his dual match debut for Oklahoma State Friday and used a five-point move in the second period to pick up a 9-8 win over Cody Moulton. Neitenbach stepped in for No. 2 Nathan Morgan, who was resting a leg injury but is expected to return to the lineup shortly. Donahoe drops one-point match University of Nebraska Sports Information The No. 2 Husker wrestling team claimed the final three matches of its dual with No. 18 Oklahoma to win 21-9 in front of more than 1,300 fans at the NU Coliseum on Saturday. Nebraska improves to 12-2 on the year, including a perfect 3-0 in the Big 12, while the Sooners drop to 12-5 overall and 0-4 in conference play. NU won seven of the 10 contested matches in a dual that started at 157 pounds. The turning point came at 133 pounds as sophomore Kenny Jordan earned a come-from-behind win to stop a Sooner rally. Oklahoma's Brian Shelton scored an early takedown to take a 2-0 lead, but Jordan battled back with two takedowns in the third period to claim an 11-4 decision. NCAA champion Paul Donahoe of Nebraska lost a one-point match to unranked Joey Fio of Oklahoma (Photo/The Guillotine)The Sooners had upset on their mind just one match before as OU's unranked Joey Fio topped No. 4 Paul Donahoe, 6-5, at 125 pounds to pull the Sooners within three points at 12-9. Jordan stopped the bleeding at 133 pounds and sophomore Mike Rowe sealed the match at 141. Rowe caught No. 15 Zack Bailey in a cradle late in the first period and parlayed it into a three-point nearfall. Rowe scored four points in the final period to cruise to a 7-4 decision and put the Huskers up 18-9. The Huskers honored their lone senior before the dual as part of Senior Day and NU's Jon May gave the fans what they came for with a 6-3 decision over Oklahoma's Nathan Fernandez at heavyweight. May notched two takedowns and had a 1:37 riding-time advantage to finish his final home dual with a win. The upset of the night came at 197 pounds as NU's Craig Brester won a 6-1 decision over Joel Flaggert. Brester, a sophomore, entered the match ranked No. 10 in the nation to Flaggert's No. 5 ranking. Brester was the aggressor the whole match as Flaggert was penalized twice for stalling. The win improves Brester to 10-3 in duals this year. Brandon Browne (174), Stephen Dwyer (165) and Jordan Burroughs (149) all recorded wins for the Huskers as every match was decided by a decision. Browne, a junior, improves his overall record to 26-2 to lead the Huskers in wins, while Burroughs, a sophomore, has an 11-3 dual record this season. NU finished its home season with a perfect 4-0 record in the NU Coliseum as the Huskers went undefeated at home for the first time since 2003-04. Nebraska hits the road for its final three duals of the season. The Huskers travel east to face Rider at noon on Feb. 16 and No. 16 Hofstra at noon on Feb. 17, before squaring off against No. 8 Iowa State in Ames on Feb. 24.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In front of a record-setting crowd of 5,341, the seventh-ranked Ohio State wrestling team downed No. 6 Michigan, 16-15, Sunday in St. John Arena. Jim Tressel, Ohio State head football coach, served as honorary coach for the wrestling Buckeyes in their victory against the Wolverines. The win also snaps a 14-match Michigan win streak dating back to Feb. 4, 1994. Ohio State moves to 18-3 on the season and 6-1 in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes have garnered six league wins for the first time since 1992-93, also the same year they last beat the Wolverines – a 19-14 win in Columbus – prior to Sunday. Redshirt-sophomore Reece Humphrey sealed the victory for Ohio State in the last match at 133 pounds. With the Buckeyes down 15-13, Humphrey just needed a decision for the team win. The Buckeye would enter the match facing Chris Diehl and he never trailed as he tallied the 7-2 triumph. Owning a 4-1 lead after the first period, Humphrey increased his margin to 6-2 following two periods, including a final takedown with 25 seconds left. There was no scoring in the third, but Humphrey tacked on an extra point for a riding time of 2 minutes. Senior heavyweight J.D. Bergman continues to move up the Ohio State career wins list as he compiled his 121st Buckeye victory. He is now tied for eighth with former OSU assistant coach Ken Ramsey (1987-1992). In the eighth bout of the night, Bergman recorded a 9-2 decision over Chad Bleske to propel Ohio State into the lead (13-12) after trailing, 12-10. Michigan regained the lead, 15-13, after the 125-pound bout when Michael Watts decisioned Buckeye freshman Nikko Triggas, 9-8. Triggas nearly rallied for the comeback after falling behind, 7-2, following the first period. However, a 2-point nearfall and a takedown by Triggas cut Watts' lead down to two in the second period when Watts scored just an escape. Watts then went up 9-6 thanks to an escape, but two additional stalling calls on him after an initial call in the second period awarded Triggas two points. However, Triggas was unable to tally the takedown for the win. It was after the 125-pound bout Humphrey was called up for the victory. Redshirt-junior J Jaggers (141) and sophomore Lance Palmer (149) gave the Buckeyes an early 7-0 edge with 3-2 and 10-2 wins, respectively. An escape with 51 seconds remaining in the match lifted Jaggers to his fifth-consecutive victory and 20th of the season. Just up 2-0 after the first period, Palmer cruised to a 7-1 lead following the second stanza and eventually solidified the win courtesy of another takedowns and a riding time of 3:34. The Wolverines would go on to win the next three bouts at 157, 165 and 174 pounds to take a 9-7 advantage. Redshirt-junior Jason Johnstone dropped a 6-0 decision to Jeff Marsh before freshman Colt Sponseller lost the first match of his collegiate career to No. 3 Eric Tannenbaum, 10-4. Alex Picazo then suffered a 6-1 loss to fourth-ranked Steve Luke. Redshirt-sophomore and third-ranked Mike Pucillo would end the losing drought for the Buckeyes at 184 pounds as he came away with a 6-5 decision over second-ranked Tyrel Todd. Down 5-2, Todd evened the score in the third period with an escape and takedown with 1:13 remaining. However, an escape by Pucillo at the 1:06 mark pushed him into the lead and the eventual win. It was not the first meeting between the second and third-ranked wrestlers in the nation. The two met in the finals of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in December and Todd was able to pin Pucillo in 7:22 for the 184-pound title. Freshman John Weakley would follow at 197 pounds and he dropped a close 3-1 decision to No. 14 Anthony Biondo. Ohio State remains in Columbus for a non-conference matchup against No. 14 Edinboro at 7 p.m. Thursday. Seniors Bergman, T.J. Enright, Dominic Mehling, Picazo, Tommy Priestley and Nickolai Timbs will be honored prior to the match in their last home meet as Buckeyes.

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- The Augsburg College wrestling team, ranked No. 2 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national rankings, claimed three individual champions and eight placewinners in competition at the St. John's University North Country Open, held on Saturday at Sexton Arena. No team results were kept at the meet. Travis Lang (JR, Bismarck, N.D.), ranked No. 4 nationally at 133 pounds, improved to 31-1 on the season with an incredible performance to win his weight class. He claimed pins in 17 seconds, 52 seconds and 15 seconds to reach the finals, where he dispatched University of Minnesota wrestler (wrestling unattached) David Zilverberg in a technical-fall win, 15-0 in 3:11. Lang, who transferred to Augsburg this season from Division I Minnesota, now has a team-high 15 pins on the season, to go along with four technical falls. Twenty-one of his 31 wins (67.7 percent) this season have been bonus-point (major decision, technical fall, pin) victories. Seth Flodeen (JR, Cannon Falls, Minn.), ranked No. 4 nationally at 125 pounds, also had a strong performance to win his weight class, claiming two first-period pins to reach the finals. In the championship match, Flodeen also topped a University of Minnesota unattached wrestler, as he topped Zach Sanders 5-2. Flodeen is now 18-6 on the season. Robbie Gotreau (SR, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS), ranked No. 6 nationally at 184, won his weight class with four victories, including two pins and a decision. Gotreau is now 23-10 on the season. Garrett Long (SO, Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) joined Gotreau as a placewinner at 184, finishing third. Jason Adams (SO, Coon Rapids, Minn.) placed fourth for the Auggies at 141 pounds, with a pin and major decision among his four wins. George Lynaugh (SR, Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS) placed fifth at 174, as did Andy Witzel (SO, Fulda, Minn.) at heavyweight and Ky Olsen (FY, Kansasville, Wis./Westosha Central HS) at 125. Paul Bjorkstrand (JR, Burnsville, Minn.) placed sixth at 133. Augsburg closes its dual-meet season on Friday (2/15), hosting No. 8-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.

The No. 2 University of Nebraska at Omaha wrestling team won eight of 10 matches, including pinfalls from Ross Taplin and Jacob Marrs, to pull off a dominating 32-7 victory over No. 1 Minnesota State Friday night at Sapp Fieldhouse. UNO improved to 7-2 in dual meets, avenging a loss to MSU in the finals of the NWCA National Duals. Minnesota State suffered its first dual meet loss, going to 16-1-1. The meet started with a matchup of the top two 125-pound wrestlers in the country with UNO's No. 1 Cody Garcia facing MSU's No. 2 Nick Smith. Garcia dominated the match, setting a tone for the whole meet, taking a 15-3 major decision. Mario Morgan gave UNO a 7-0 lead in the team score, hanging on for a 6-5 decision over John Putman. Morgan scored a takedown and near fall in the first period. Putman scored a takedown with 1:07 left in the third, but Morgan made the escape for the deciding point. Sim Brisbieseca made it three-straight wins for UNO with a 9-4 decision over Tim Haneberg at 141 pounds. Haneberg filled in for No. 5 Travis Elg who was scratched with the flu. Brisbieseca had little trouble in the match, scoring four takedowns. At 149 pounds, UNO's Todd Meneely, ranked No. 1, handily defeated Willy Mekeel, 21-8, for a major decision and a 14-0 UNO team lead. Mekeel was subbing for No. 5-ranked Tommy Abbot, another victim of the flu. Meneely scored 10 takedowns in the match. MSU's Jason Rhoten, the top-ranked wrestler at 157 pounds, provided one of the lone highlights for his team with a 15-4 major decision over UNO's Henry Wahle. The victory was the 126th of Rhoten's career, tying him for the school's all-time lead. The 165-pound match pitted MSU's Andy Pickar, ranked No. 4, against UNO's No. 3 Aaron Denson. Pickar scored a two-point reversal early in the third, then scored a takedown with 14 seconds left to secure an 8-5 decision, making the team score 14-7 in favor of UNO. Taplin, ranked No. 4 at 174 pounds, scored the first fall of the night, pinning No. 8 Tim Matheson in 3:50. Taplin nearly scored a fall in the first period, gaining a 7-2 lead. He used a double-leg takedown in the second period, but this time was able to roll Matheson over for the pin. Brett Pankoke, named North Central Conference wrestler of the week for the second time, and the No. 2-ranked 184-pounder, clinched the meet for UNO with an 8-1 decision over Ben Becker, making the team score 23-7. Pankoke held a 2-1 lead going to the third period, putting the match away with a reversal and near fall. At 197 pounds, UNO's No. 2 Jacob Marrs made quick work of Tom Block. Marrs scored a takedown just 46 seconds into the match, securing the pin at 2:12. Marrs improved his record on the year to 25-1. Though the meet was decided, UNO's No. 6 Tony Lewis and MSU's No. 2 Brady Wilson locked up in the match of the night in the heavyweight division. The score stood tied 1-1 at the end of regulation. The overtime and first two tiebreakers produced no points. Midway through the third tiebreaker Lewis pulled off a double-leg takedown for a 3-1 decision. UNO's next meet will be Wednesday night against Augustana at Sapp Fieldhouse, starting at 7 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue senior Sean Schmaltz pulled out the biggest victory of his career to lead the Boilermakers' wrestling team to an 18-16 win over 17th-ranked visiting archrival Indiana. The win moved the Boilermakers to 10-4 in dual competition and 2-2 in the Big Ten, while the Hoosiers dropped to 14-4 (2-2 Big Ten). With a slew of implications on the line, Purdue evened up the standings in the coveted Crimson and Gold Cup at 4-4, in the annual all-sport competition between the Boilermakers and Indiana. Head coach Scott Hinkel also guaranteed himself a winning season with his 10th victory of the year, becoming just the third coach in school history to produce a winning campaign in his inaugural season alongside Don Corrigan and Fred Miller. The win was Purdue's first over the Hoosiers since 2004, snapping a three-match losing streak in the series. The Boilermakers grabbed wins in half the weight classes, most importantly by Schmaltz at 133 pounds and sophomore heavyweight Chris Kasten. Schmaltz knocked off 12th-ranked junior Andrae Hernandez in the ninth match of the night, scoring a 2-1 tie-break victory to all but seal the win for the Old Gold and Black. Schmaltz controlled the tempo the entire match, keeping the pressure on Hernandez and preventing him from mounting any offense in the match. After seven minutes of nearly scoreless action, the match went to sudden victory. As the clock wound down, Hernandez mounted a weak shot which was strongly countered with a Schmaltz inside trip. However, the referee deemed the takedown after time expired and it continued on into a tie break. Schmaltz started the first 30-second period on bottom and quickly exploded to his feet for the one-point escape. As Schmaltz took the top position in the second half, he outmuscled Hernandez for the entire 30 seconds, keeping him on the ground and escaping with the win. "This was by far the biggest win of my career," said Schmaltz. "I worked hard all week to get myself in that position to win the match and I really found a way to capitalize. This is a great win for this team and this program." Kasten's win at 285 pounds broke the back-and-forth action of the first six matches of the night as he stuck Indiana sophomore Nate Everhart with just 13 seconds left on the clock to give Purdue a 15-9 edge. Everhart scored a first-period takedown to take an early lead on Kasten, but Kasten quickly escaped and kept the score close throughout. The pair traded escapes to start the second and third frames, leaving Kasten in need of a takedown in the waning seconds to earn the win. Kasten came through, working the Hoosier to the ground and quickly on to his back for three nearfall points. However, he wasn't finished as he forced his weight on to Everhart and earned the pin to solidify Purdue's control. The other Boilermaker wins came at 149, 174 and 197 pounds as juniors Jake Patacsil and Nick Corpe and freshman Logan Brown all tallied decisions for the Old Gold and Black. Patacsil, ranked 15th in the nation at 149 pounds, raced out to a 10-0 lead on Indiana freshman Kurt Kinser in the first period. Kinser fought back, nearly scoring his 18th fall of the season with a vicious headlock in the second, but Patacsil kept his composure and righted the ship to hang on for the 15-8 win. Corpe notched a solid 5-2 win over Hoosier freshman Paul Young at 174, and Brown followed with a dominant 5-1 showing against Indiana rookie Joe Fagiano. Purdue did a great job limiting the Hoosiers' opportunities to grab bonus points, surrendering decisions to eighth-ranked 157-pounder Brandon Becker and No. 12 165-pounder Matt Coughlin, and a late major decision to second-ranked 125-pound Angel Escobedo. "Tonight was a tremendous team effort," said Hinkel. "We're all very excited about the win and the mark it puts on our season. We look to carry this enthusiasm through the rest of the season." The Boilermakers return to action Sunday at 1 p.m. against the fourth-ranked defending national champion University of Minnesota. The match will air live via webcast at www.purduesports.com Boilermaker All-Access.

AMES, Iowa -- Pins by Cyler Sanderson (157) and David Bertolino (197) highlighted a dominating performance by No. 8 Iowa State, as the Cyclones whipped Oregon State, 40-0, Friday night in Hilton Coliseum. Mitch Mueller and Jake Varner contributed major decisions at 149 and 184 pounds, respectively. ISU's record stands at 13-4, while Oregon State slips to 9-7. Underscoring its dominance, Iowa State finished the match with 32 takedowns. Oregon State had one takedown all night. "Our guys are wrestling well," said head wrestling coach Cael Sanderson. "Especially when they are on the attack and that is what we are preaching. We are still not yet where we need to be, but for the most part we didn't seem hurt by the layoff." Tonight's shut out over Oregon State marks the third time this season that the Cyclones have held an opponent scoreless. The 40-point margin of victory is the largest Iowa State has recorded against OSU. ISU now leads the all-time series against the Beavers 11-1. Sanderson picked up his third pin of his sophomore season by sticking Dan Brascetta in a quick 1:48 at 157 pounds. He notched a takedown at the 2:13 mark in the first period and followed with a three-point nearfall before getting the pin. Ranked sixth nationally, Sanderson improves to 24-3 on the year and his 24 wins currently leads the Cyclone squad. Registering the second pin of the dual was Bertolino at 197 pounds, with a 2:19 fall of Kyle Bressler. It only took the Mount Pleasant, Ohio, native 11 seconds to take down Bressler and was able to roll his shoulders to the mat to earn his third pin in his senior campaign. Currently the nations 12th-ranked grappler at 197 pounds, Bertolino pushes his mark to 18-9. Fanthorpe, ranked seventh nationally at 133 pounds, used eleven takedowns and a two-point nearfall en-route to a 26-10 (5:46) technical fall of Clifton Ivanoff. In the first period Fanthorpe took down Ivanoff five times and was awarded backpoints for a 12-4 advantage. He then scored a trio of takedowns in the second and third periods, respectively. The sophomore hailing from Naperville, Ill., holds a 23-4 record and has four technical falls on the season. "The coaches have a plan and we are following it," Fanthorpe said. "We had a little time off [after the Oklahoma State dual] and started to pick it up again later this week." At 141 pounds, Mueller scored a 13-5 major decision over Kyle Larson, recording his fifth victory by major decision in his sophomore season. Mueller extends his winning streak to four matches and improves his record to 19-8. Top-ranked Jake Varner used a first period takedown and three-point nearfall, along with a takedown in the second stanza to cruise to a 12-0 blanking of Ben Harris at 184 pounds. The sophomore All-American is 20-0 and has four major decisions. Iowa State will travel to Tempe, Ariz., for its last road dual of the season, against Arizona State (9-5) at 3 p.m. CDT Sunday. Live stats will be available on cyclones.com. ISU returns to Hilton Coliseum Feb. 17 to face Big 12 opponent, Missouri, at 2 p.m.

GLENDALE, AZ -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won its 10th straight dual with a 36-3 win over Arizona State Friday night at Copper Canyon High School in Glendale, AZ. The Hawkeyes improved to 17-1 (5-0 Big Ten), while Arizona State fell to 9-6 (3-4 Pac-10). Iowa went 9-1 on the night, scoring bonus points in three matches. The Hawkeyes opened the dual with a 12-0 lead on wins by sophomores Dan LeClere (141), Brent Metcalf (149) and Ryan Morningstar (157). Metcalf improved to 22-1 on the season and picked up his 19th straight win with a 20-4 technical fall in 4:53 over redshirt freshman Jerrad Trulson. Arizona State put its first and only points on the board at 165 when senior Patrick Pitsch beat redshirt freshman Jake Kerr, 3-1, in sudden victory. The Hawkeyes responded with 24 unanswered points to close out the dual. Sophomore Jay Borschel (174) and senior Matt Fields (Hwt.) each picked up first-period pins, while junior Charlie Falck scored his 60th career victory with an 8-6 win over redshirt freshman Anthony Robles at 125. Iowa will face Boise State (10-1, 7-1 Pac-10) Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) at Taco Bell Arena in Boise, ID. The Broncos, who are on a nine-match winning streak of their own, defeated Great Falls-Montana (26-12) and Montana-State Northern (38-8) Friday night in Boise, ID.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Behind a pin from Keegan Mueller at 165 pounds and three straight major decisions, North Carolina dominated the first six individual bouts en route to a 24-18 victory over NC State Friday at Reynolds Coliseum. Over their six-match win streak to open the match, the Tar Heels (8-5, 3-2 ACC) posted a 22-1 advantage in takedowns over the Wolfpack (8-8-1, 1-2 ACC). Carolina has now won two of its last three in Raleigh and has dropped just one of its last six meetings with NC State. The Tar Heels are 4-1-1 against the rival Wolfpack over this stretch. The match started at 157 pounds, and redshirt freshman Thomas Scotton got the Tar Heels off to a quick start with an 8-2 decision against Colton Palmer. The Willingboro, N.J., native broke open a tight match with a pair of third-period takedowns and added a point for riding time. Scotton moves to 15-6 and 8-2 in duals. Mueller, the reigning ACC Wrestler of the Week, followed with his second pin of the season and his 17th consecutive victory to push the UNC lead to 9-0. The 165-pounder pinned State's Jalil Dozier in 4:13 to run his record to 23-3 and a perfect 13-0 in dual action. Mueller also finishes his ACC regular season with a 5-0 record. At 174, UNC freshman Kyle Kiss, who is now 15-12 in his rookie season, took control of Ray Ward in the first period with a pair of three-point near falls and never looked back, cruising to a 16-3 major decision. Classmate Nick Tenpenny followed with a major of his own at 184, logging a 19-5 victory over the Wolfpack's Dane Coffee. Tenpenny registered eight takedowns, including four in the third period, to improve to 12-10 on the year. Delta Sophomore Dennis Drury followed with a third straight major for Carolina at 197 to increase the Tar Heel lead to 21-0. The Jenkintown, Pa., product scored a takedown in each period and added the riding time point for the 8-0 major against Mark Jahad. Drury is now 15-10 and 8-3 in duals. Nineteenth-ranked junior Justin Dobies assured the Tar Heels of no worse than a tie in the match with a 10-4 decision over State's Bobby Isola at heavyweight. His 23rd win of the season gave Carolina a 24-0 lead with just four bouts remaining. Now 23-6 and 12-1 in duals, Dobies notched four takedowns in the match. With senior Drew Forshey nursing an injured ankle, Carolina forfeited at 125 to give State its first points on the night, which trimmed the lead to 24-6. The Pack picked up its first victory on the mat at 133 when Darius Little used a takedown and a three-point near fall in the final seconds of the third period to grab a victory from UNC's Danny Lopes. State followed with its pair of top-10 wrestlers posting a decision at 141 by No. 6 Joe Caramanica and a pin from No. 9 Darrion Caldwell at 149 to close the match and cut the final score to 24-18. The Tar Heels return to action next weekend with dual matches at Ohio University and Pittsburgh.

Bethlehem, PA -- Senior Dave Tomasette posted a victory by fall and Joe Rovelli added a major decision win as the 16th-ranked Hofstra Pride cruised to a 25-11 victory over the Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Grace Hall Friday night. The Pride, who captured seven of the 10 matches, improve to 12-7 on the season while Lehigh falls to 10-12. The 13th-ranked Tomasette (27-6) opened the match with a bang, jumping on freshman Mitch Berger early and pinning the Lehigh freshman in 2:01. It is Tomasette's second win by fall this season. Sophomore Lou Ruggirello boosted the Hofstra lead to 9-0 with a 6-1 victory over sophomore Seth Ciasulli at 133 pounds. The sixth-ranked Ruggirello, who escaped two scary moments in the early going, improved to 29-5 on the year. Senior Charles Griffin made it three-in-a-row with an 11-5 victory over senior Jeff Santo. Griffin (28-3), who is ranked fifth at 141 pounds, had to settle of a three-point team win after Santo pulled out a late reversal. Lehigh got on the scoreboard at 149 as junior Trevor Chinn jumped on Pride freshman Jeff Rotella for a 21-6 tech fall to close the deficit to 12-3. But Hofstra sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman pulled out a takedown in the final 30 seconds of his 157-pound match to post a 4-3 decision over senior Dave Nakasone. Bonilla-Bowman improved to 13-11 on the season. Redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich improved to 16-10 with a 4-1 decision over sophomore Mike Galante at 165 pounds. In the only top 20 match of the night Hofstra's sixth-ranked junior Alton Lucas hung on for a 5-3 decision over Lehigh's 20th-ranked freshman Alex Caruso at 174. Lucas improved to 21-3 on the season. At 184 pounds, Lehigh notched its second win of the night as sophomore Manuel Schubert posted a 6-4 decision over Justin Danz (8-18). Pride senior Joe Rovelli tallied Hofstra's last win of the night with a 14-3 major decision over sophomore Alex Iacocca at 197 pounds. Rovelli, the eighth-ranked wrestler in the country, boosted his record to 22-3. In the final match of the night Lehigh sophomore Justin Allen was able to tie the match at 2-all at the end of regulation by posting a riding time point after riding out Tom Daddino in the third period, and then posted a takedown 42 seconds into sudden victory for a 4-2 decision. The Pride return to action on Tuesday, February 12 when they host the Dragons of Drexel University at the David S. Mack Sports Complex at 7 p.m.

Columbia, Mo. -- Competing in front of a record-setting, 6,308 Missouri fans, the No. 12 Tiger wrestling team (8-3-1, 1-1-1) held off No. 18 Oklahoma (12-4, 0-3), 23-10, at the second annual Beauty and the Beast event held in the Hearnes Center. The No. 14 Missouri women's gymnastics team, competing simultaneously on the arena floor, held off Centenary, 195.800-192.235, giving Missouri a clean sweep of its Friday night opponents. "The team is really starting to show consistent improvement," Missouri Head Coach Brian Smith said. "The team is still working hard and drilling in the room and it's good to see them out in competition taking what they've learned at practice and applying it at the dual." Senior All-American Tyler McCormick (Leawood, Kan.) pulled off an upset at 133 pounds, shutting out No. 13 Brian Shelton, 6-0. Snapping a five-dual losing streak, McCormick and Shelton were scoreless through the first period, with McCormick choosing down to start the second. A one second option escape gave the Tiger grappler a one-point advantage, which he added to in the third with an escape, two points for Sooner stalling and a takedown with 17 seconds on the clock. With the win, McCormick helped Missouri cut OU's lead to within one, 4-3. After a Tiger loss at 141 pounds, No. 15 Josh Wagner (Milton, Wis.) pulled off the second Missouri upset of the dual, knocking off No. 13 Will Rowe, 10-6, at 149 pounds. With the win, Wagner improves to 2-1 in the competitive conference and 17-8 on his senior season. Wagner scored four points in both the first and third periods and tacked on 1:03 of riding time and a second period escape for the eventual win. Following Wagner's win at 149 pounds, Oklahoma was deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct on the Sooner coaching bench. Improving to a perfect 3-0 in Big 12 competition, No. 14 junior Michael Chandler (High Ridge, Mo.) collected 12 of Missouri's 14 back points on the night and earned an 18-1 win by technical fall over No. 20 Chad Terry at 157 pounds. The technical fall victory was Chandler's second of the season, the first coming Nov. 30 against Devan Velasquez of Cal State Fullerton at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Chandler is now 8-3 against ranked opponents. Carrying on Missouri's three-bout win streak, second-ranked sophomore Nicholas Marable (Collierville, Tenn.) outscored No. 20 Max Dean, 5-2, at 165 pounds. Marable's 10th, top-20 ranked opponent of the campaign, the Tiger refused to be taken down by Dean, extending his streak to eight complete weeks without being taken down. On the flip side, Marable took Dean down twice and collected his fifth point with a third period escape. Junior Raymond Jordan (New Bern, N.C.) and sophomores Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.) and Mark Ellis (Peculiar, Mo.) came through for the fifth time of the season with back-to-back-to-back victories at 184, 197 and heavyweight. The trio is now 55-10 against their opponents this season. In addition to the Tiger's accomplishments on the mat, the Missouri student-athlete and Greek communities combined to raise over $900 for the Central Missouri Food Bank. A canned food drive was also held at the start of the dual, although totals are not yet available. Missouri will return to the mat Sunday, Feb. 10 in a 2 p.m. contest with Oregon State. The first 400 fans to attend the afternoon event will receive free Ben Askren bobble-head dolls. Fans are encouraged to come early and show their support of Missouri's six-member senior class. Justin Cole, Vince Demarest, McCormick, Wagner, James Williamson and Brock Wittmeyer will all be recognized prior to the start of the dual.