Burroughs Captures Title at Midlands Championships

Evanston, Ill.---Senior Jordan Burroughs captured the 165-pound title at the 48th Annual Midlands Championship in Evanston, Ill., after upsetting the No. 1 wrestler in the country Andrew Howe (Wis.) by decision,10-7, on Thursday. Also wrestling in the finals was No. 10 Josh Ihnen (184), but the sophomore couldn't pull off the upset falling to No. 6 Travis Rutt (Wis.), 4-3, to capture a second place finish.
Burroughs, who entered the tournament as the 2nd-rated wrestler at 165-pounds, was named the Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament and improved his record to a perfect 18-0 on the season. Burroughs' victory snapped Howe's 48-match winning streak entering the finals. The senior advanced to the finals after defeating Chris Spangler (Iowa St.) in the semifinals.

Burroughs gained an edge early in the match after recording two takedowns in the first period to go up 4-1. After an early escape by Burroughs to take a 5-1 lead in the second period, Howe responded with his own takedown to close the score to 5-3, but Burroughs closed the period out with a reversal to stretch his lead to 7-3 heading into the third period. After choosing down to open the third period, Howe was able to escape and gain a takedown to make the score 7-6. Burroughs was able to escape to extend his lead to two points, and finished off the match by gaining a penalty point and the riding time to make the final score, 10-7. Howe was awarded a stalling point in the third period for his seventh point.

In the 184-pound semifinal match, No. 10 Ihnen upset No. 4 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) in the sudden-victory period to take the match, 4-2. Ihnen's tournament run came to an end in the finals against Rutt, who was able to hold off Ihnen for the 4-3 victory. Ihnen improved his season record to 16-4.

Ridge Kiley (133) and James Nakashima (184) were both able to capture eighth place finishes for the Huskers.

Nebraska returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 15, when they travel to Grand Prairie, Texas, to take part in the Lone Star Duals. The Huskers will dual Stanford, Brown and Utah Valley in triple-header action. Full results from the Midlands Championships are listed below.

125
First round
#10 Ryan Mango (Stanford) by fall over David Klingsheim (Neb.), 6:40
Wrestleback
Eduardo Dominguez (Harper) by dec. over David Klingsheim (Neb.), 10-8

133
First round
Ridge Kiley (Neb.) by dec. over Kevin Fanta (Northern Ill.), 6-1
Ty Clark (Iowa) by major dec. over Keith Surber (Neb.), 10-2
Second round
#8 Tony Ramos (Iowa) by dec. over Ridge Kiley (Neb.), 7-4
Wrestleback
Keith Surber (Neb.) by fall over Dustin Reed (Oklahoma), 3:36
Ridge Kiley (Neb.) by fall over Nathan Fitzenreider (North Central), 6:29
Ridge Kiley (Neb.) by fall over Levi Mele (Northwestern), 6:35
Kevin Tao (American) by dec. over Keith Surber (Neb.), 10-5
Ridge Kiley (Neb.) by fall over Jimmy Kirchner (Rider), DQ
#7 Flip Novachkov (Cal Poly) by dec. over Ridge Kiley (Neb.), 7-0
Seventh Place Match
Jordan Keller (Oklahoma) by dec. over Ridge Kiley (Neb.), 5-2

141
First round
Mike Koehnlein (Neb.) by major dec. over Aaron Nestor (Rider), 9-1
Second round
Mike Koehnlein (Neb.) by major dec. over #20 Kaleb Friedley (Northwestern), 9-0
Quarterfinals
#4 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) by dec. over Mike Koehnlein (Neb.), 3-1
Wrestlebacks
Steve Dutton (Lehigh) by dec. over Mike Koehnlein (Neb.), 10-3

149
Second round
Ross Grande (Neb.) by dec. over Dan Osterman (Michigan), 6-3
Third round
#18 Cole Schmitt (Wisc.) by dec. over Ross Gande (Neb.), 8-2
Wrestleback
Ross Grande (Neb.) by dec. over Matt Mauseth (UW Lacrosse), 3-2
Donnie Corby (C. Michigan) by dec. over Ross Grande (Neb.), 6-0　 157
First round
#13 James Fleming (Clarion) by major dec. Cody Compton (Neb.), 12-3
Wrestleback
#8 Derek St. John (Iowa) by dec. over Cody Compton (Neb.), 4-3

165
First round
#2 Jordan Burroughs (Neb.) by tech. fall over Luke Miller (Ohio Northern), 22-6 (7:00)
Second round
#2 Jordan Burroughs (Neb) by tech. fall over Robert Nash (Michigan State), 23-7 (5:00)
Quarterfinals
#2 Jordan Burroughs (Neb.) by major dec. over #15 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly), 20-8
Semifinals
#2 Jordan Burroughs (Neb.) by fall over Chris Spangler (Iowa St.), DEF
Finals
#2 Jordan Burroughs (Neb.) by decision over #1 Andrew Howe (Wis.), 10-7

174
Second round
Brice Wolf (Northern Iowa) by dec. over Caleb Kolb (Neb.), 8-4
Wrestleback
Ben Friedl (Illinois) by sudden-victory dec. over Caleb Kolb (Neb.), 3-1

184
First round
#10 Josh Ihnen (Neb.) by dec. over Kadeem Samuels (Lehigh), 12-6
Mike Larson (Missouri) by dec. over James Nakashima (Neb.), 9-5
Wrestlebacks
James Nakashima (Neb.) by dec. over #13 Tony Dallago (Illinois), 3-2
James Nakashima (Neb.) by dec. over Corey Peltier (Maryland), 5-4
James Nakashima (Neb.) by dec. over Spence Patrick (Stanford), 4-2
James Nakashima (Neb.) by dec. over Max Thomusseit (Pitt), 6-5
Mike Larson (Missouri) by dec. over James Nakashima (Neb.), 6-1
Seventh Place Match
Kadeem Samuels (Lehigh) by dec. over James Nakashima (Neb.), 3-2
Second round
#10 Josh Ihnen (Neb.) by dec. Joe Barczack (Illinois), 8-1
Quarterfinals
#10 Josh Ihnen (Neb.) by dec. over Dan Rinaldi (Rutgers), 3-2
Semifinals
#10 Josh Ihnen (Neb.) by decision over #4 Grant Gambrall (Iowa), 4-2 TB1
Finals
#6 Travis Rutt (Wis.) by dec. over #10 Josh Ihnen (Neb.), 4-3

197
First round
Andy Johnson (Neb.) by dec. over Caleb Gerl (Cal Baptist), 5-4
Second round
Andy Johnson (Neb.) by dec. over #20 Brent Haynes (Missouri), 6-3
Quarterfinals
#13 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) by dec. over Andy Johnson (Neb.), 6-2
Wrestlebacks
#8 Zac Thomusseit (Pitt) by dec. over Andy Johnson (Neb.), 6-3

HWT
First round
#10 Tucker Lane (Neb.) by dec. over Atticus Disney (Cal Poly), 4-3
Second round
John Helgerson (Wartburg) by dec. over #10 Tucker Lane (Neb.), 4-3
Wrestleback
Michael Hawkins (Arizona State) by forfeit over #10 Tucker Lane (Neb.)