Champaign, Ill. - Jake Sueflohn (149) and James
Green (157) fell in their championship matches and Robert Kokesh (174) won his
third-place match on Sunday at the Big Ten Championships.
The Huskers
finished seventh with 61 points. Penn State won the team championship for the
third consecutive year with 151 points.
Sueflohn
was pinned by Minnesota's Dylan Ness, the No. 3-seed, in the finals at 149
pounds in 3:37. Sueflohn, a sophomore, entered the match after winning a pair
of decisions on Saturday over Andrew Alton and Ian Paddock. He is 22-5 on the
season following his second-place finish.
Green also
took runner-up honors after being pinned in 6:38 by No. 2-seed Jason Welch of
Northwestern at 157 pounds. On Saturday, Green defeated Indiana's Taylor Walsh
before upsetting No. 1 Derek St. John of Iowa in the semifinals. Green is 20-4
this season.
Kokesh won
two matches on Sunday en route to a third-place finish at 174 pounds. The
sophomore posted a 10-1 major decision over Michigan's Dan Yates before his
rematch against Jordan Blanton of Illinois. Kokesh trailed sixth-seeded Blanton
3-2 before a reversal with 13 seconds remaining that secured the 4-3 victory. He
is 33-3 on the season and entered the top-10 season wins by a Husker sophomore
on Sunday.
Senior Josh
Ihnen (184) won a 3-0 decision over Ohio State's CJ Magrum but lost an 8-1
decision to Iowa's Ethen Lofthouse to finish fourth. Ihnen went 3-2 at the Big
Ten Championships to climb within three wins of the 100th of his
career. He is 24-6 this season.
Junior
Shawn Nagel faced Michigan's Rossi Bruno in a rematch of his first-round loss
on Saturday at 133 pounds. Nagel fell again, this time by a 5-2 decision to
finish eighth.
The Huskers
conclude the 2012-13 season at the NCAA Championships, March 21-23, in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Final Results
First Round
125: #3 Jesse Delgado (ILL) by pin
over Eric Coufal (NEB), 4:10
133: Rossi Bruno (MICH) by dec. over
#8 Shawn Nagel (NEB), 5-3
165: #9 Mark Martin (OSU) by dec.
over #8 Austin Wilson (NEB), 6-2
184: #3 Josh Ihnen (NEB) by major
dec. over Chris Heald (MICH), 13-2
197: #6 Nathan Burak (IOWA) by
sudden victory over #11 Caleb Kolb (NEB), 4-3
HWT: #8 Ben Apland (MICH) by dec.
over #9 Spencer Johnson (NEB), 8-2
Quarterfinals
141: #3 Mark Ballweg (IOWA) by dec.
over #6 Ridge Kiley (NEB), 6-1
149: #4 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) by dec.
over #5 Andrew Alton (PSU), 10-6
157: #4 James Green (NEB) by major
dec. over #5 Taylor Walsh (IND), 15-5
174: #6 Jordan Blanton (ILL) by dec.
over #3 Robert Kokesh (NEB), 8-2
184: #3 Josh Ihnen (NEB) by dec.
over #6 Tony Dallago (ILL), 7-5
Consolation Bracket First Round
125: #5 Nikko Triggas (OSU) by pin
over Eric Coufal (NEB), 0:53
133: #8 Shawn Nagel (NEB) by dec.
over #7 Cashe Quiroga (PUR), 10-9
141: Thomas Kelliher (WIS) by dec.
over #6 Ridge Kiley (NEB), 5-1
165: #7 Ryan LeBlanc (IND) by dec.
over #8 Austin Wilson (NEB), 9-2
174: #3 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by major
dec. over #12 Cheney Dale (IND), 13-2
197: #5 Braden Atwood (PUR) by dec.
over #11 Caleb Kolb (NEB), 4-0
HWT: #7 Jimmy Lawson (PSU) by major
dec. over Spencer Johnson (NEB), 13-5
Semifinals
149: #4 Jake Sueflohn (NEB) by dec.
over #8 Ian Paddock (OSU), 11-5
157: #4 James Green (NEB) by dec.
over #1 Derek St. John (IOWA), 5-4
184: #2 Kevin Steinhaus (MINN) by
major dec. over #3 Josh Ihnen (NEB), 10-2
Consolation Bracket Second Round
133: #6 Chris Dardanes (MINN) by
dec. over #8 Shawn Nagel (NEB), 6-5
174: #3 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by dec.
over #10 Chad Welch (PUR), 7-3
Consolation Bracket Semifinals
174: #3 Robert Kokesh (NEB) by major
dec. over #8 Dan Yates (MICH), 10-1
184: #3 Josh Ihnen (NEB) by dec.
over #8 CJ Magrum (OSU), 3-0
Seventh Place Match
133: Ross Bruno (MICH) by dec. over
#8 Shawn Nagel (NEB), 5-2
Third Place Matches
174: #3 Robert
Kokesh (NEB) by dec. over #6 Jordan Blanton (ILL), 4-3
184: #5 Ethen Lofthouse (IOWA) by
dec. over #3 Josh Ihnen (NEB), 8-1
Championship Matches
149: #3 Dylan Ness
(MINN) by pin over #4 Jake Sueflohn (NEB), 3:37
157: #2 Jason Welch (NW) by pin over
#4 James Green (NEB), 6:38
