University of Northern Iowa
UNI Open
Brantley Claims Heavyweight Title at UNI Open
12/7/2008 7:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Complete 2008 UNI Open Brackets in PDF Format 
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Redshirt freshman heavyweight Christian Brantley captured his first UNI Open title on Sunday in the UNI-Dome as he downed Iowa State's Eric Thompson in the finals, 8-7.
Brantley scored a late takedown and then held on as Thompson tried for an escape in the final seconds. The victory marked his fourth of the day and Brantley improved to 10-1 on the season.
UNI secured 12 top-six finishes in the tournament.
Three Panthers earned runner-up finishes. Sophomore Alec Hoffman, a freshman, finished second at 141 pounds. Senior Andrew Anderson ended his day in second place at 197 pounds.
Freshman Scott Hazen (174 lbs.) placed fourth.
UNI had two fifth-place finishers in Grant Sutter (125 lbs.) and Jamal Lawrence (157 lbs.).
Charlie Ettelson (149 lbs.), Tyson Reiner (157 lbs.) and Moza Fay (165 lbs.) all placed sixth in their respective divisions.
The Panthers will tangle with the No. 1-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the McLeod Center.
UNI's Place Finishers
125 lbs. - Caleb Flores - 2nd Cruse Aarhus - 4th Grant Sutter - 5th 141 lbs. - Alec Hoffman - 2nd 149 lbs. - Charlie Ettelson - 6th 157 lbs. - Jamal Lawrence - 5th Tyson Reiner - 6th 165 lbs. - David Bonin - 3rd Moza Fay - 6th 174 lbs. - Scott Hazen - 4th 197 lbs. - Andrew Anderson - 2nd 285 lbs. - Christian Brantley - 1st
