University of Northern Iowa
Old Dominion
UNI Defeats Old Dominion, 20-16; Panthers Tie Northern Illinois, 17-17
2/4/2007 7:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The University of Northern Iowa wrestling squad scored a 20-16 victory over Old Dominion before having to settle for a 17-17 tie with Northern Illinois on Sunday in the McLeod Center.
UNI moved to 5-8-1 on the season.
Prior to the match with UNI-Old Dominion, the Panthers honored five seniors: 165-pounder Nick Baima (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), 157-pounder Colby Goetsch (
Baima added two more win totals to his career mark and moved to No. 6 on the Panthers' all-time victory list. Baima has an overall mark of 116-40 in his UNI career.
UNI 20, OLD DOMINION 16
UNI won six of the 10 matches with Old Dominion to take a 20-16 victory. UNI improved to 2-0 in the all-time series between the two schools.
ODU's 125-pounder Kyle Hutter scored a 12-3 major decision over UNI's Grant Ruge to begin the dual. The Panthers' Kyle Anson responded with a 5-4 win at 133 pounds over ODU's Christian Staylor. Anson was aided in the win with a three-point nearfall in the second period.
The Monarchs' Ryan Williams tallied an 8-1 win over UNI's Mike Whisler at 141 pounds to up the ODU lead to 7-3 after three bouts.
The Panthers would bounce back with five straight wins to open up a 20-7 lead. Osgood began the run with a 10-6 win over Kaylen Baxter at 149 pounds. Moza Fay extended the lead with an 8-0 major decision of Chris Brown at 157 pounds.
Baima dominated ODU's Nick Pullano at 165 pounds to the tune of a 19-7 major decision. Alex Dolly secured a 9-3 decision over Derek Coffey at 174 pounds. Dallas Mitchell earned a hard-fought 4-2 decision at 184 pounds over ODU's Jesse Strawn. Mitchell scored his points via a reversal and two-point nearfall in the first period.
ODU's David Mendoza scored a 9-2 decision over UNI's Andrew Anderson at 197 pounds and then the Monarch's heavyweight was awarded a forfeit win to close out the dual in UNI's favor, 20-16.
UNI 17,
For the second straight year UNI and
At 125 pounds, NIU's Pat Castillo rolled up a 25-10 technical fall over Ruge. However, Castillo did not net any nearfalls in the match, so the Huskies had to settle for only four dual points. Castillo did rack up 12 takedowns in the matchup.
Anson kept the scoreboard lighting up at 133 pounds with an 18-11 victory over NIU's Gralan Early. Anson led 12-8 entering the third period, but Anson kept his attack up by scoring three takedowns and adding a pair of stalling points against Early.
NIU's Justin Metcalfe put the Huskies on top 8-3 in the dual with a 10-2 major decision over the Panthers' Whisler.
One of the more exciting matches of the day came at 149 pounds where UNI's Osgood notched a 5-3 victory in the second tiebreaker over NIU's Mike Grimes. Osgood earned the win with a takedown with only two seconds remaining in the second tiebreaker to thrill the 425 fans in attendance in the
Fay scored his second shutout of the day with a 15-0 technical fall over Kalen Knull at 157 pounds. Fay appeared to have a pin with 12 seconds remaining in the match when referee Mark Sigman signaled the fall. However after a discussion with NIU head coach Dave Grant, Sigman ruled Fay's hand was caught in Knull's singlet, nullifying the pin, but awarded Fay a two-point nearfall and the victory.
The 165-pound match pitted a pair of top-ranked wrestlers in No. 9 Johnny Galloway and No. 5-ranked Baima. Galloway and Baima did not disappoint as they put on quite a match that was not decided until the final seconds.
NIU's Danny Burk scored a 6-3 decision over Dolly at 174 pounds. The Huskies' Duke Burk then notched a 4-2 sudden victory over Mitchell to tie the dual at 14-14. UNI's
The heavyweight matchup pitted NIU's Dave Benner against UNI's Tyler Rhodes. Rhodes had not seen any mat action because of a sprained ankle since Jan. 19 at
UNI will be in action Friday at No. 2-ranked
DOUBLE DUAL RESULTS
FINAL RESULTS: UNI 20, Old Dominion 16
125 - Kyle Hutter (ODU) maj. dec. Grant Ruge (UNI), 12-3
133 - Kyle Anson (UNI) dec. Christian Staylor (ODU), 5-4
141 - Ryan Williams (ODU) dec. Mike Whisler (UNI), 8-1
149 - Ryan Osgood (UNI) dec. Kaylen Baxter (ODU), 10-6
157 - Moza Fay (UNI) maj. dec. Chris Brown (ODU), 8-0
165 - Nick Baima (UNI) maj. dec. Nick Pullano (ODU), 19-7
174 - Alex Dolly (UNI) dec. Derek Coffey (ODU), 9-3
184 -
197 - David Mendoza (ODU) dec. Andrew Anderson (UNI), 9-2
285 - Matt Pellar (ODU) won by forfeit
FINAL RESULTS: UNI 17,
125 - Pat Castillo (NIU) tech. fall (no near falls) Grant Ruge (UNI), 25-10
133 - Kyle Anson (UNI) dec. Gralan Early (NIU), 18-11
141 - Justin Metcalfe (NIU) maj. dec. Mike Whisler (UNI), 10-2
149 - Ryan Osgood (UNI) dec. Mike Grimes (NIU), 5-3 (TB2)
157 - Moza Fay (UNI) tech. fall Kalen Knull (NIU), 15-0
165 - Nick Baima (UNI) dec. Johnny Galloway (NIU), 5-2
174 - Danny Burk (NIU) dec. Alex Dolly (UNI), 6-3
184 - Duke Burk (NIU) dec.
197 - Andrew Anderson (UNI) dec. Nick McClone (NIU), 7-2
285 - Dave Benner (NIU) dec. Tyler Rhodes (UNI), 5-1
FINAL RESULTS:
125 - Pat Castillo (NIU) tech. fall Kyle Hutter (ODU), 20-5 (5:40)
133 - Christian Staylor (ODU) maj. dec. Gralan Early (NIU), 15-4
141 - Ryan Williams (ODU) vs. Justin Metcalfe (NIU), 7-5 sv
149 - Mike Grimes (NIU) maj. dec. Joey Metzler (ODU), 14-4
157 - Chris Brown (ODU) dec. Kalen Knull (NIU), 2-1
165 - Johnny Galloway (NIU) pinned Nick Pullano (ODU), 2:53
174 - Danny Burk (NIU) maj. dec. Derek Coffey (ODU), 18-7
184 - Duke Burk (NIU) maj. dec. Jesse Strawn (ODU), 11-3
197 - David Mendoza (ODU) maj. dec. Nick McClone (NIU), 11-2
285 - Dave Benner (NIU) dec. Matt Pellar (ODU), 7-4
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