Huskers? Hot Start Leads to Win over Tigers

The fifth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team won its first four matches and never trailed in a 21-18 dual victory over 11th-ranked Missouri.  The Huskers stretched their winning streak over the Tigers to four.  The win was NU’s 15th over Missouri in the last 17 matchups.

184-pound wrestler Vince Jones started Nebraska’s winning streak with a 4-2 win over Raymond Jordan, in a battle between two freshmen.  Jones took a 3-0 lead after an escape six seconds into the second period, and hung on for the victory from there.

 

Fifth-ranked B.J. Padden defeated Jeff Foust, 8-5, in match that was tied at four after two periods.  Foust started the third period down and was called for stalling 58 seconds into the final frame.  Foust escaped 12 seconds later to tie the match at five, but Padden earned the victory with a takedown with 22 seconds to go.  Padden was also awarded a bonus point for his 2:17 advantage in riding time.

 

After a Missouri forfeit at heavyweight, ninth-ranked Paul Donahoe capped Nebraska’s four-match winning streak with a 4-3 comeback victory over 18th-ranked Austin DeVoe at 125 pounds.  Down 3-0 heading into the third period, Donahoe earned an escape five seconds into the period, then tied the match with a takedown with 1:12 left in the match.  Donahoe earned a bonus point for his 1:34 riding time advantage to give him the one-point edge and give the Huskers a 15-0 lead in the dual with six matches to go.

 

A setback at 133 pounds broke Nebraska’s winning streak, but Dominick Moyer all but put the dual out of reach with his pin of Chris McCormick at 141 pounds.  The 19th-ranked Moyer took control of the match in the final two periods, running off five unanswered points before earning the fall.  Moyer rode McCormick through the second period, earning two points for a near fall, then earned an escape and a takedown before pinning McCormick with 22 seconds to go in the match.  One of two bonus-point victories for Nebraska, Moyer’s pin gave NU a 21-3 lead with four matches to go. 

 

Nebraska (11-3) now prepares to take on second-ranked OklahomaState at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., on Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. 

 

#5 Nebraska 21, #11 Missouri 18

Official: Fred Ambrose

Attendance: 1011

184-#10 Vince Jones (NU) by dec. over Raymond Jordan (MU), 4-2

197-#5 B.J. Padden (NU) by dec. over Jeff Foust (MU), 8-5

HWT-#18 Jon May (NU) wins by forfeit

125-#9 Paul Donahoe (NU) by dec. over #18 Austin DeVoe (MU), 4-3

133-#19 Tyler McCormick (MU) by dec. over Patrick Aleksanyan (NU), 8-3

141-#19 Dominick Moyer (NU) by fall over Chris McCormick (MU), 6:38

149-Marcus Hoehn (MU) by dec. over Ryan Davis (NU), 5-3

157-Michael Chandler (MU) by dec. over Chris Oliver (NU), 9-4 (TB1)

165-#5 Matt Pell (MU) by dec. over #15 Marc Harwood (NU), 3-0

174-#1 Ben Askren (MU) by fall over #3 Jacob Klein (NU), 4:29