Manstedt's Win Sends Huskers into Semis at Virginia Duals

 Hampton, Va. -- The University of Nebraska wrestling team advanced to the semi-finals of the 23rd Virginia Duals behind a win from sophomore, heavyweight Mitch Manstedt, defeating Hofstra, 22-17 Friday afternoon at the Hampton Coliseum. With the win the Huskers advanced to tomorrow's semi-finals to take on fourth-ranked Illinois.

 Manstedt got on the board first with an escape 1:56 into the second period. Garay answered with an escape of his own tying the match at one in the third period. After a scoreless overtime, the match was sent into tiebreaker. Manstedt then held on to secure the win and a place for NU in the semi-finals.

 NU got onto board first when junior Jason Powell scored an 8-0 major decision over Pat Flynn at 125 pounds. Hofstra took the lead, 5-4 at 133 pounds when junior Joey Malia was defeated by Richard LaForge, 15-0. NU regained the lead when Matt Murray defeated Matt Homenick, 7-2.

 At 149 pounds, Travis Shufelt extended the NU lead to 13-5 with his pin of eighth-ranked Jon Masa in 4:27. Hofstra closed the lead to five with Mike Patrovich's 5-4 victory over Nate McMillin at 157 pounds.

 At 165 pounds, redshirt-freshman Jacob Klein defeated sixth-ranked Noel Thompson, 4-3. Klein scored a takedown with less then ten seconds remaining in the match to pull off the upset.

 NU then suffered three straight setbacks at 174, 184 and 197 pounds weight classes to allow Hofstra to get back into the dual before Manstedt's win.

 In the opening round, Nebraska won the first four matches to record a 26-10 victory over Brown University. At 125 pounds, Jeremy Emerson recorded his first dual victory of his career over Dan Apello, 5-0. Malia scored a major decision over John Csuka, 12-3.

 At 149 pounds, Shufelt scored NU second major decision of the match with his 15-3 victory over Jason Mercado. Pascoe defeated Chris Ayers. 12-7 and Nathan McClain scored NU last major decision of the day over Lee Beane, 17-9. Klein recorded his first technical fall of the season over Sean Jenkins, 22-7

 The Huskers will be in action tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003 at 1 p.m. CST. For live radio coverage and up-to date results be sure to check out www.vaduals.com for all Virginia Duals action.

 

 

#11 Nebraska 26, Brown 10
125          Jeremy Emerson (N) dec. Dan Apelo (B), 5-0                              N 3, B 0
133          Joey Malia (N) maj. dec.  John Csuka (B), 12-3                 N 7, B 0
141          Matt Murray (N) dec. Shawn Cully (B), 6-3                                           N 10, B 0
149          Travis Shufelt (N) maj. dec. Jason Mercado (B), 15-3                                N 14, B 0
157          Michael Savino (B) dec. Nate McMillin (N), 5-4                   N 14, B 3
165          Jacob Klein (N) by tech fall Sean Jenkins (B), 22-7                 N 19, B 3
174          Travis Pascoe (N) dec. Chris Ayers (B), 12-7                         N 22, B 3
184          Nick Ciarcia (B) dec. B.J. Padden (N), 11-5                                         N 22, B 6
197          Peter Mosely (B) maj. dec. Kyle Gubbels (N), 13-2                 N 22, B 10
HWT      Nathan McClain (N) maj. dec. Lee Beane (B), 17-9                 N 26, B 10

#11 Nebraska 22, #21 Hofstra 17

125          Jason Powell (N) maj. dec. Pat Flynn (H), 8-0                   N 4, H 0
133          Richard LaForge (H) by tech. fall over Joey Malia (N). 15-0         H 5, N 4 
141          Matt Murray (N) dec. Matt Homenick (H), 7-2                   N 7, H 5
149          Travis Shufelt (N) by fall over Jon Masa (H), 4:27                 N 13, H 5
157          Matt Patrovich (H) dec. Nate McMillin (N), 5-4                   N 13, H 8
165          Jacob Klein (N) dec. Noel Thompson (H), 4-3                   N 16, H 8
174          Ralph Everett (H) dec. Travis Pascoe (N), 9-8                   N 16, H 11
184          B.J. Padden dec. Brad Christie (H), 10-8                                  N 19, H 11
197          Chris Skretkowicz (H) by fall over Kyle Gubbels (N), 4:33                N 19, H 17
HWT      Mitch Manstedt (N) dec. Dan Garay