The loss
marks the first for the Huskers this season following a 2-0 road trip last weekend.
The Golden Gophers improve to 2-0 with the victory. Minnesota opened with a
32-6 win over Hofstra on Friday, Nov. 9.
In the
first match of the night, Minnesota's No. 1 Tony Nelson won by major decision
over Nebraska's Donny Longendyke in the heavyweight battle, 11-2. Nelson improves
to 5-0 with the win and Longendyke falls to 3-5.
The Gophers
added two major decisions in the next three matches with No. 6 David Thorn
defeating Eric Coufal, 14-3 at 125 pounds, and No. 8 Nick Dardanes topping
Skylar Galloway, 11-2, at 141 pounds. At 133 pounds, No. 6 Chris Dardanes won a
12-5 decision over Nebraska's Shawn Nagel.
Trailing
15-0, the Huskers' Jake Sueflohn picked up the team's first victory with his
14-5 major decision over Seth Lange. No. 13 Sueflohn moves to 5-0 on the year
and earned his first major decision of 2012-13. Lange falls to 1-1 with the
loss.
The Huskers
picked up their second straight victory with No. 5 James Green's 14-9 decision
over Minnesota's Brad Dolezal. Green, a sophomore, won his eighth match on the
season, while Dolezal fell to 12-2. With the win, the Huskers cut the Gophers'
lead to 15-7.
At 165
pounds, Austin Wilson lost an 8-6 decision to No. 9 Cody Yohn. Wilson falls to
5-2 with the loss and Yohn improves to 6-1. No. 5 Logan Storley kept Minnesota's
momentum going with a sudden victory over fellow South Dakota native No. 7
Robert Kokesh, 3-1, at 174 pounds. Kokesh suffers his first loss of the season
following a 5-0 start.
Minnesota
won at 184 and 197 pounds by 3-1 decisions to close out the match. No. 4 Kevin
Steinhaus of Minnesota won over No. 6 Josh Ihnen, while No. 12 Scott Schiller
defeated Caleb Kolb. Ihnen falls to 6-1 with the loss and Kolb moves to 1-3.
The Huskers
return to action on Sunday for a pair of duals against North Carolina and South
Dakota State starting at noon.
Nov. 16, 2012
No. 1 Minnesota 27, No. 9 Nebraska 7
NU Coliseum, Lincoln, Neb.
Attendance: 1,869
Official Results
HWT - #1 Tony Nelson (MINN) by major
dec. over Donny Longendyke (NEB), 11-2 (MINN 4, NEB 0)
125 - #6 David Thorn (MINN) by major
dec. over Eric Coufal (NEB), 14-3 (MINN 8, NEB 0)
133 - #6 Chris Dardanes (MINN) by
dec. over Shawn Nagel (NEB), 12-5 (MINN 11, NEB 0)
141 - #8 Nick Dardanes (MINN) by
major dec. over Skylar Galloway (NEB), 11-2 (MINN 15, NEB 0)
149 - #13 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) by
major dec. over Seth Lange (MINN), 14-5 (MINN 15, NEB 4)
157 - #5 James Green (NEB) by dec.
over Brad Dolezal (MINN), 14-9 (MINN 15, NEB 7)
165 - #9 Cody Yohn (MINN) by dec.
over Austin Wilson (NEB), 8-6 (MINN 18, NEB 7)
174 - #5 Logan Storley (MINN) by sudden
victory over #7 Robert Kokesh (NEB), 3-1 (MINN 21, NEB 7)
184 - #4 Kevin Steinhaus (MINN) by
dec. over #6 Josh Ihnen (NEB), 3-1 (MINN 24, NEB 7)
197 - #12 Scott Schiller (MINN) by dec.
over Caleb Kolb (NEB), 3-1 (MINN 27, NEB 7)
