We’re starting tonight at 165 with UNI’s Moza Fay taking on Iowa native Brandon Mason.

1P – Mason gets takedown 32 seconds in and rides Fay out ending with 2 minutes and 28 seconds of riding time,.

2P – Mason chooses down. Mason warned at :18 second mark. Fay rides him out. No riding time.

3P – Fay goes neutral. Mason takedown with 52 seconds left. Mason rides him out, 1-pt riding time. 5-0 Mason.

Oklahoma State 3, Northern Iowa 0

174 – Scott Hazen vs. Newly McSpadden

1P — McSpadden scores two takedowns and releases Hazen both times, Hazen has a near takedown with under 10 seconds left.

2P – Hazen down, McSpadden rides him out. leads 4-2 with ride time.

3P – McSPadden scores early escape and gets takedown with under 20 left. McSpadden 8-2.

Oklahoma State 6, Northern Iowa 0

184 – UNI (Alex Dolly) vs. OSU (Cody Hill)

1P – Hill scores takedown in first 10 seconds on a shot off the first whistle. Hill gets second takedown with 1:41, leads 4-1. Escape. Dolly misses a headlock, Hill gets takedown, 6-2. escape dolly, intentionally, 6-3, Hill. Dolly nears scores on edge in final 10, but can’t pop his head out.

2P – Dolly down. Dolly escape at 1:33. 6-4, Hill.

3P – Hill down. Hill escapes in 3 seconds, leads 7-4, has 1:01 ride time. Dolly scores takedown on edge with :16 left. 7-6. opptional start. 8-6. HIll wins 8-6. Little to late for Dolly who dominates final period.

OKLAHOMA STATE 9, NORTHERN IOWA 0

197 – UNI (Andrew Anderson) vs. OSU (Clayton Foster)

1P – Anderson gets takedown at 2:16. Intentional escape given to Foster, 2-1. Anderson tries laterall drop, but Foster ends up on top with TD, leads 3-2, at 50 second mark.

2P – Foster takes down. Escape Foster, 1:49, 4-2, Foster. Foster gets takedown with 6 seconds left off a Anderson double-leg attempt. Stretched him out and hipped over. 6-2 Foster.

3P – Anderson goes down. Anderson escape at 1:37, 6-3, Foster. Foster scores off another Anderson shot leads 8-3. Escape Anderson, 8-4, Foster, foster wins 9-4.

OKLAHOMA STATE 12, NORTHERN IOWA 0

HWT – UNI (Christian Brantley) vs. OSU (Jared Rosholt)

1P – Brantley nears scores a takedown early, but can’t turn the corner on Rosholt. Rosholt gets in deep on a shot, flips Brantley to his back for a pin in 2 minutes and 17 seconds.

OSU 18, UNI 0

125 – UNI (Cruse Aarhus) vs. Obe Blanc (OSU)

1P – Blanc nice single to take down with :43 seconds .

2P – Blanc down. Blanc escapes 15 seconds in, leads 3-0. TD wtih 42 to go for Blanc, 5-0.

3P – Aarhus down. escape, Blacn taked wown at 1:15. 7-1. Blanc two take downs in last 35 seconds to score major decision, 12-4.

OKLAHOMA STATE 22, NORTHERN IOWA 0

133 – UNI (Steven Fitzgerald) vs. (OSU) Chris Notte

1P – Notte outside attack to takedown for TD with seven seconds left, 2-0.

2P – Notte down. Notte out 1:48, 3-0. High crotch attack by Notte to mat for TD , 5-0. Escape at :31.

3P – Fitzgerald down. Escape at 1:35, 5-2. Final 6-2.

OKLAHOMA STATE 25, NORTHERN IOWA 0

141 – UNI (Trent Washington) vs. OSU (Jamal Parks)

1P – No scoring in first period.

2P – Washington escape, 1:51, 1-0.  Parks gets takdewon on edge single, reaches to get second foot with :35, 2-1 Parks, Washington out, :32.

3P – Parks down. Parks out 1:55, 3-2, Parks. Parks gets a takedown off desperation shot at buzzer, 5-2.

OKLAHOMA STATE 28, NORTHERN IOWA 0

149 – (UNI) Brett Robbins vs. OSU (Luke Silver).

1P – Robbins sticks with it during a scramble gets takedown on the edge, 1:19. Silver banged up on the edge.

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I’m looking forward to the Panthers and Cowboys facing off Sunday at 7 p.m. John Smith’s troops will have already tangled with Cael Sanderson and the Cyclones.

I’ll be blogging live from the event. Comeback Sunday to read about all the action.

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Dan Erekson arm-barred Taylor Morris to his back for a pin in 1 minute and 36 seconds to seal top-ranked Iowa’s 23-13 win over Cornell Sunday in the Cliff Keen NWCA National Duals Division I championship.

Other team champions were Nebraska-Omaha (Division II), Augsburg (Division III), Southern Oregon (NAIA) and Iowa Central (Junior College).

Outstanding wrestler winners were

Division II – Todd Meneely (Nebraska-Omaha – 157 lbs.)

Division III – Jared Massey (Augsburg – 197 lbs.)

NAIA – Joe Cornejo (Missouri Valley – 157 lbs.)

NJCAA – Brad Lower (Iowa Central – 165 lbs.)

Women’s – Michaela Hutchison (Oklahoma City – 55 kg.)

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Alex Tsirtsis and Brent Metcalf scored back to back major decisions to boost Iowa a top of Cornell 8-6.

Wartburg and Augsburg are tied a 9-all through five weights; while Nebraska-Omaha leads Newberry 17-4 in Division II through five.

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Cornell takes an early 6-0 lead on Iowa with a 4-0 decision from Troy Nickerson over JJ Krusinger and a 4-3 decision by Mike Grey over Daniel Dennis. Grey scored a takedown with three seconds left to win the match.

In Division II, Newberry and Nebraska-Omaha have split major decisions at the first two weights and are tied 4-all.

In Division III, Augsburg has won the first two matches, Seth Flodeen 6-5 over Mark Kist, and Travis Lang, 5-4, over Matt Kelly

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Division I – Iowa vs. Cornell

Semifinals

Cornell 22, Iowa State 15

Iowa 21, Nebraska 11

Division II – Nebraska-Omaha vs. Newberry

Semifinals

Newberry 22, Nebraska-Kearney 13 

Nebraska-Omaha 26, Minnesota-Mankato 10

Division III – Wartburg vs. Augsburg

Semifinals

Augsburg 25, Delaware Valley 17

Wartburg 33, Coe 9

NAIA – Lindenwood vs. Southern Oregon

Lindenwood 38, Dickinson State 3

Southern Oregon 33, McKendree 13

NJCAA – Iowa Central vs. North Iowa Area Community College

Semifinals

Iowa Central 27, Labette 12

North Iowa 21, Meramec 15

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In Division I, through three matches, Iowa leads Nebraska 9-0, keyed by J.J. Krutsinger’s come-from-behind win at 125.

Cornell leads Iowa State, 6-3, as Nick Gallick scored a narrow victory at 141 over Corey Manson to get the Cyclones on the scoreboard.

In Division II, Nebraska-Omaha leads Minnesota-Mankato, 9-3, while second-seeded Newberry College leads Nebraska-Kearney, 12-3.

In Division III, top-ranked Wartburg lost the first two matches to second-ranked Coe, but scored a technical fall and pin at 141 and 149, to jump head of the Kohawks, 11-6. Augsburg College leads Delaware Valley, 19-3, at 157.

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Bouyed by Tyler Clark’s upset of defending 125-pound national Angel Escobedo of Indiana, 3-1, with a late takedown, Iowa State blanked the Hoosiers, 35-0.

Host Northern Iowa dropped a 32-12 decision to Ohio State. In the marquee match, fourth-ranked Colt Sponseller topped second-ranked Moza Fay, 9-6. Fay led early, but Sponseller scored a escape with 48 seconds left to go up 7-6, and registered a takedown in the final 10 seconds to seal the win.

The Panthers got wins from Jarion Beets at 174, Andrew Anderson at 197 and Christian Brantley at heavyweight. Brantley, ranked 20th, pinned 16th-ranked Corey Morrison in the closing seconds.

In other Division I matches, Cornell topped Michigan, while Boise State beat No. 7 Wisconsin.

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Despite some bad weather overnight, thousands of fans managed to make it to the UNI-Dome for the first day of the NWCA National Duals.

Here’s an early look at the local teams – Iowa rolled over Wyoming 38-3. The lone loss came at 125 where Michael Martinez beat JJ Krutsinger, 6-4. Krutsinger will wrestle for the Hawkeyes all weekend as returning all-American Charlie Falck will not wrestle.

Falck suffered an ankle injury at the Midlands and the Hawkeyes are holding him out. Krutsinger led Martinez early, 2-0, but the Martinez, who took a redshirt year and trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., scored a pair of escapes and two takedowns to rally for the victory.

Top-ranked Wartburg College rolled in its Division III opener, 46-0, over Wabash College. Luther, who the Knights will face next, beat Olivet College, 25-17.

Other Division I first round winners were Minnesota, Penn State over No. Missouri, 20-19, and Nebraska over Northwestern, 19-18.

Top-seeded Nebraska-Omaha rolled in its Division II opener, 36-9, over Limestone College, while Lindenwood, the top-seeded NAIA squad, beat Oklahoma City, 38-9.

To kick of the second batch of Division I matches, Iowa State’s Tyler Clark upset defending 125-pound national champion Angel Escobedo of Indiana.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Waverly-Shell Rock finished 18th at the Clash one year after winning it.

The Go-Hawks went 4-2 overall, losing to Iowa City West, 36-25, in its final match.

W-SR beat Omaha Skutt Catholic and Neuqua Valley of Illinois earlier in the day.

The Go-Hawks wrestled without state placewinner Cody Caldwell, and senior Luke Pint suffered a fluke injury against Iowa City West when he landed akwardly while falling out of bounds while in control of the Trojans’ Garrett Hathaway. Pint was leading 4-0 at the time, but the injury clearly affected him as he eventually lost 14-7.

Caldwell was uncertain of the injury, but it appeared to be in the collerbone vicinity. (more…)

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