Gophers Defeat Huskers, 27-11

Dominick Moyer and B.J. Padden picked up major decision victories for the 14th-ranked Nebraska wrestling team, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskers were defeated by fifth-ranked Minnesota, 27-11, Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis, Minn.

After losses at 125 and 133 pounds, Moyer defeated Minnesota’s Charles Lloyd, 10-2, to cut Nebraska’s deficit to 10-4, but Minnesota would pick up wins at 149 and 157 pounds before Marc Harwood earned the second of three Nebraska victories with his 3-2 upset of fourth-ranked Matt Nagel at 165 pounds.

Minnesota won the next two matches to take a 23-8 lead with two matches remaining. Padden earned a major decision victory over the Gophers’ Justin Bronson, 16-6, to give the Huskers their third and final win of the day.

Nebraska (3-1) will take on Cal Poly, Oregon State and Dana College in the Nebraska Duals at the NU Coliseum on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m.

125 - Travis Lang (Minn.) pinned Paul Donahoe (Neb.), 3:34
133 - #3 Mack Reiter (Minn.) dec. Patrick Aleksanyan (Neb.), 5-0
141 - Dominick Moyer (Neb.) maj. dec. Charles Lloyd (Minn.), 10-2
149 - Dustin Schlatter (Minn.) maj. dec. Robert Sanders (Neb.), 14-4
157 - #6 C.P. Schlatter (Minn.) dec. Chris Oliver (Neb.), 12-5
165 - Marc Harwood (Neb.) dec. #4 Matt Nagel (Minn.), 3-2
174 - #14 Gabriel Dretsch (Minn.) maj. dec. #5 Jacob Klein (Neb.), 12-4
184 - #6 Roger Kish (Minn.) dec. Brandon Browne (Neb.), 11-5
197 - #3 B.J. Padden (Neb.) maj. dec. Justin Bronson (Minn.), 16-6
HWT - #2 Cole Konrad (Minn.) maj. dec. #20 Jon May (Neb.), 16-5