UW Grapplers go 4-0 at Lonestar Duals
Madison, Wis.
Jan. 5, 2008
The No. 14 Wisconsin wrestling team competed in four duals at the
11th annual Lonestar Duals in South Grand Prairie, Texas Saturday.
The Badgers finished 4-0 and improve to 8-1-1 on the season (0-1-0
Big Ten Conference). The team opened up with a 28-7 win over Utah
Valley State, defeated Cal State Fullerton 28-12 in the second match
of the day, tabbed a 34-6 win over Brown and finished with a 23-12
win against No. 21 Navy.
Sophomore Kyle Ruschell, senior Craig Henning and junior Dallas
Herbst won all four of their bouts Saturday. Henning had two pins on
the day at 157 lbs. and improves to 14-1. Ruschell competed at 141
lbs. and is now 17-3 on the season while Herbst (197 lbs.) improves
to a team-best 18-1. With the win over Navy, Wisconsin is now 2-1
against ranked opponents
this season.
In the first dual of the day, Wisconsin won eight bouts against Utah
Valley State, which included two tech fall wins at 133 lbs. and 157
lbs. Junior Zach Tanelli faced Logan Wilson at 133 lbs. and won by a
16-0 decision while Henning defeated the Wolverines’ Nate Kearsley,
15-0. Senior Danny Clum made his dual season debut at 165 lbs. and
scored three points for the Badgers with a 7-3 win over Grthart
Vuksinick.
Against Cal State-Fullerton, the Badgers won another seven bouts and
had two pins in the dual. Henning recorded his first pin of the day
in 2:26 against Devan Velasquez while senior Jake Donar pinned the
Titans’ Teddy Bristol in 2:56 at 165 lbs. Tanelli, ranked No. 18,
captured his second win of the day and upset No. 16 T.J. Dillashaw,
5-3 at 133 lbs. Senior Collin Cudd returned to the Badger lineup at
125 lbs. for the first time since the Cliff Keen Invite back on Nov.
30-Dec. 1. Cudd returned with a win, defeating CSF’s Andre Gonzalez,
10-3. Junior Justin Peterson also recorded a major decision victory
for Wisconsin, defeating CSF’s Todd Noel, 11-0 at 174 lbs.
Wisconsin had its biggest win of the day against Brown. In the
match, the Badgers won nine of the 10 bouts, which included two
pins, two major decision victories and one tech fall. Both Henning
and Donar tabbed their second pins of the day, this time Henning’s
came in 1:28 against Tom Fazio and Donar’s at 1:04 against Chris
Musser. Cudd scored five points for the Badgers with a 19-4 tech
fall against Nathan Myers. Peterson had his second major decision
victory of the day, sixth of the season, defeating Brown’s Andrew
Jimenez, 14-0 at 174 lbs., while Herbst tallied a 9-0 major decision
over Leo Saniuk.
The Badgers closed the day winning seven bouts in their match
against Navy. Ruschell and Henning both had major decision victories
for Wisconsin. Ruschell faced Glenn Shober and captured a 10-0
victory while Henning defeated Joel Ahern, 8-0.
The Badgers take another week off from competition and return to
action with another road trip the weekend of Jan. 18-20. Wisconsin
heads to Ames, Iowa to take on No. 2 Iowa State on Jan. 18 and then
to Norman, Okla., to face Oklahoma, Jan. 20. UW’s bout against
Oklahoma will broadcast on ESPNU.
Complete results from the 2008 Lonestar Duals can be found at
http://lonestarduals.com/2008/ScheduleMatrixSaturday.htm
Wisconsin-28 Utah Valley State-7
125 lbs: Ben Kjar (UVS) major. dec. Drew Hammen (UW), 13-4
133 lbs.: Zach Tanelli (UW) tech fall Logan Wilson (UVS), 16-0
141 lbs.: Kyle Ruschell (UW) dec. Jeff Newby (UVS), 3-2
149 lbs.: Kendall Vogel (UW) dec. Sam Allen (UVS), 5-3
157 lbs.: Craig Henning (UW) tech fall Nate Kearsley (UVS), 15-0
165 lbs.: Dan Clum (UW) dec. Grthart Vuksinick (UVS), 7-3
174 lbs.: Marc Fenwick (UVS) dec. Matt Maciag (UW), 6-3
184 lbs.: Trevor Brandvold (UW) dec. Casen Eldredge (UVS), 10-3
197 lbs.: Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. Mark Dennis (UVS), 5-0
Hwt.: Jordan Hein (UW) dec. Billy Gren (UVS), 3-1
Wisconsin-28 Cal State-Fullerton-12
125 lbs: Collin Cudd (UW) dec. Andrew Gonzalez (CSF), 10-3
133 lbs.: Zach Tanelli (UW) dec. T.J. Dillashaw (CSF)149 lbs.:
Morgan
Atkinson (CSF) dec. Kendall Vogel (UW), 5-2
157 lbs.: Craig Henning (UW) pin Devan Velasquez (CSF), 2:26
165 lbs.: Jake Donar (UW) pin Teddy Bristol (CSF), 2:56
174 lbs.: Justin Peterson (UW) major. dec. Todd Noel (CSF), 11-0
184 lbs.: Ian Murphy (CSF) pin. Trevor Brandvold (UW), 3:13
197 lbs.: Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. John Drake (CSF), 7-4
Hwt.: Wade Sauer (CSF) dec. Jordan Hein (UW), 4-0
Wisconsin-34 Brown-6
125 lbs: Collin Cudd (UW) tech fall Nathan Myers (Brown), 19-4
133 lbs.: Jeff Schell (Brown) dec. Drew Hammen (UW), 6-0
141 lbs.: Kyle Ruschell (UW) dec. Mark Savino (Brown), 7-1
149 lbs.: Kendall Vogel (UW) dec. Mark Bloom (Brown), 5-2
157 lbs.: Craig Henning (UW) pin Tom Fazio (Brown), 1:28
165 lbs.: Jake Donar (UW) pin Chris Musser (Brown), 1:04
174 lbs.: Justin Peterson (UW) major. dec. Andrew Jimenez (Brown),
14-0
184 lbs.: Matt Gevelinger (Brown) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (UW), 9-4
197 lbs.: Dallas Herbst (UW) major. dec. Leo Saniuk (Brown), 9-0
Hwt.: Kyle Massey (UW) dec. Levon Mock (Brown), 6-1
Wisconsin-23 Navy-12
125 lbs: Collin Cudd (UW) dec. Allan Stein (Navy), 10-4
133 lbs: Zach Tanelli (UW) dec. Joe Baker (Navy), 3-2
141 lbs.: Kyle Ruschell (UW) major. dec. Glenn Shober (Navy), 10-0
149 lbs.: Spancer Manley (Navy) dec. Kendall Vogel (UW), 4-1
157 lbs.: Craig Henning (UW) major. dec. Joel Ahern (Navy), 8-0
165 lbs.: Matt Demichael (Navy) pin Dan Clum (UW), 3:44
174 lbs.: Matt Stoplinski (Navy) dec. Justin Peterson (UW), 7-3
184 lbs.: Trevor Brandvold (UW) dec. Matt Parsons (Navy), 7-3
197 lbs.: Dallas Herbst (UW) dec. Tyler Moyer (Navy), 1-0
Hwt.: Kyle Massey (UW) dec. Scott Steele (Navy), 3-1 |