Huskers Dominate Dana, 40-6

Lincoln-The Nebraska wrestling team racked up seven bonus-point victories to hand DanaCollege a 40-6 loss at the NU Coliseum on Saturday night. The Huskers earned three pins in the nine contested matches of the night to improve their dual record to 4-1 on the season.

 

Leading the way for NU was junior Vince Jones, who recorded the fastest pin of the night as he defeated Dana’s Jon Wilbourne in 1:33 after taking him down just eight seconds into the match. The fall gives Jones four on the year to lead the varsity wrestlers in that category, and also pushes his record to 7-4 on the season.

 

Also notching falls for the Huskers were junior Paul Donahoe and sophomore Austin Baier. All three of Donahoe’s dual wins this year have come by fall as he pinned Kevin Gray of Dana in 2:06. Baier also added his third dual win of the year by pinning Dana’s Matt Jacobson in 3:56.

 

Sophomore Craig Brester and Jordan Burroughs earned technical falls for the Huskers. Brester nearly pinned Dana’s Ross Milam as he notched four nearfalls in the match, on his way to a 19-2 win, clinched 1:20 into the second period. Burroughs earned his 23-8 technical fall by relying on his speed. Burroughs scored 11 takedowns in two and a half periods to win.

 

Junior Patrick Aleksanyan jumped on Dana’s Adam Manz early as he earned an 18-5 major decision. Aleksanyan, making his dual debut this season, earned a nearfall within the first minute of competition and had five takedowns in the match to take the win.

 

Nebraska’s Jon May won by forfeit at heavyweight to round out the Husker’s bonus-point victories. May has earned 21 dual points for NU this season, while allowing none. Redshirt freshman Andy Johnson won by decision, 8-2, over Dana’s Tony Ponce.

 

The dual is the third time that Nebraska has topped the 35-point mark this season and the second time the Huskers have held their opponent under 10 points.

 

Nebraska returns to the mat in the New Year on the road. The Huskers face Northern Colorado on Jan. 2 and OregonState on Jan. 4.

 

No. 11 Nebraska 40, Dana 6
NU Coliseum, Lincoln, Neb.

 

Match Results
141 Pounds-Patrick Aleksanyan (NU) by maj. dec. over Adam Manz (DC), 18-5

149 Pounds-Jordan Burroughs (NU) by tech. fall over Marcos Martinez (DC), 23-8

157 Pounds-Dan Pray (DC) by dec. over Rob Plambeck (NU), 13-11

165 Pounds-Ryan Tuzon (DC) by dec. over Alex Ward (NU), 5-2

174 Pounds-Andy Johnson (NU) by dec. over Tony Ponce (DC), 8-2

184 Pounds-Vince Jones (NU) by fall over Jon Wilbourne (DC), 1:33

197 Pounds-Craig Brester (NU) by tech. fall over Ross Milam (DC), 19-2

285 Pounds-Forfeit (DC) to Jon May (NU)

125 Pounds-Paul Donahoe (NU) by fall over Kevin Gray (DC), 2:06

133 Pounds-Austin Baier (NU) by fall over Matt Jacobson (DC), 3:56