Loder, Lazor Medal at Midlands Championships

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Loder, Lazor Medal at Midlands Championships

12/30/2012 1:00:00 AM | Wrestling

By: UNI Athletics Communications

EVANSTON, Ill. - Two wrestlers from the University of Northern Iowa medaled at the Midlands Championships, and the team finished 13th with 49.5 points.

"It was definitely a team performance. They scored a lot of bonus points," said head coach Doug Schwab. "We want to keep moving up in those rankings and score as many points as we can. That was one of the better Midlands tournaments they have had for a while."

Ryan Loder's only losses en route to his fourth-place finish in the tournament went to Travis Rutt of Oklahoma. Rutt beat Loder 3-2 on the first day, and the two met again in a match to decide third. Rutt prevailed again, winning 7-5.

"Loder rode him well but got caught in the bad position," said Schwab. "We just need to get him to break through. Fourth isn't what he wanted, but it was a pretty tough class. He finished ahead of his seed."

Joey Lazor, who was not seeded, finished seventh. He started the day with a forfeit from CJ Cobb of Penn. After being pinned by Mike Magnum of Oregon State, he came back to beat Jason Tsirtsis, wrestling unattached for Northwestern, by a 7-1 decision.

"He really had a great tournament," Schwab said of Lazor. "He could have felt pretty bad after he got pinned earlier in the day, but he came back and took seventh. He's getting better every time out. I am looking forward to seeing where he will be in a month after seeing how far he has come in the last month. It's very encouraging."

The other two Panthers who were in the running for third place were eliminated early in the day. Levi Wolfensperger lost by major decision to Mason Beckman of Lehigh. Bart Reiter lost a 2-0 decision to Shane Welsh of Lehigh.

"Bart found ways to win, and you could see his confidence build," said Schwab. "I was encouraged by the things I saw."

The team's 13^th-place finish was ahead of No. 17 Nebraska, No. 18 Maryland, No. 22 Penn and No. 21 Purdue.

"I saw guys wrestle back well," said Schwab. "It's a good springboard for the next month. We just need to get more guys on the stand."

The Panthers are back in action at 7 p.m. Jan. 5. They host Iowa Western Community College in the West Gym.

"We have a pretty good idea of what we need to hammer to have them ready for nationals and conference," said Schwab. "These two tournaments have prepared us for the upcoming meets. I am looking forward to getting back to work. They are encouraged. We are going to have plenty of time to get ready."

RANKED TEAMS AT MIDLANDS

Midlands annually features some of the nation's top wrestling programs. Of the 32 Division I teams competing this year, 14 of them placed in the top-25 at the 2012 NCAA Championships, and 15 currently are ranked in the latest USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll, including: No. 6 Illinois, No. 9 Central Michigan, No. 10 Oregon State, No. 11 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Michigan, No. 13 Pittsburgh, No. 14 Oklahoma, No. 15 Northwestern, No. 17 Nebraska, No. 18 Edinboro (tie), No. 18 Maryland (tie), No. 21 Purdue, No. 22 Penn, No. 23 Wisconsin and No. 25 Lehigh.

RANKED WRESTLERS AT MIDLANDS
According to the latest Amateur Wrestling News rankings, there are 92 ranked wrestlers competing at the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. Here is the breakdown by weight class:

125: 9 (No. 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18)
133: 10 (No. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 - Levi Wolfensperger (UNI), 16, 17, 19)
141: 10 (No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17)
149: 8 (No. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
157: 9 (No. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 20)
165: 10 (No. 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 20)
174: 9 (No. 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19 - Cody Caldwell (UNI))
184: 10 (No. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 - Ryan Loder (UNI), 11, 14, 15, 18, 19)
197: 9 (No. 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18)
Hwt.: 8 (No. 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19)

Also included in this year's field are a number post-graduates, as former All-Americans Montell Marion (Iowa), Daniel Dennis (Iowa), Hudson Taylor (Maryland) and Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Clarion) were scheduled to compete.

UNI RESULTS

125 Pounds

Dylan Peters (3-2) - Thomas Gilman (unattached Iowa) dec. Peters, 5-3; Peters maj. dec. Max Rogers (Princeton) 12-1; Peters dec. Tim Lambert (unattached Nebraska), 8-1; Peters dec. Patrick Hunter (Binghamton), 7-3; Jared Germaine (Eastern Michigan) dec. Peters, 8-6.
Ryan Jauch (0-2) - Sean Boyle (Michigan) dec. 4-3 TB1; Evan Silver (Stanford) dec. Jauch, 3-1.

133 Pounds

Levi Wolfensperger (4-2) seeded 12^th - Wolfensperger maj. dec. Shawn Nagel (Nebraska), 11-1; Wolfensperger dec. Josh Rodriguez (North Dakota State), 4-2 SV2; Rossi Bruno (Michigan) maj. dec. Wolfensperger, 16-5; Wolfensperger pinned Garrison White (unattached Northwestern), 3:26; Wolfensperger pinned Levi Mele (Northwestern), 1:53.
DAY 2: Mason Beckman (Lehigh) maj. dec. Wolfensperger, 13-2.

141 Pounds

Joey Lazor 7^th place (6-2) - Evan Henderson (North Carolina/5^th seed) pinned Lazor, 6:27; Lazor maj. dec. Tyler Argue (Northern Illinois), 11-3; Lazor dec. Kasey Davis (Edinboro), 2-0; Lazor pinned Frank Goodwin (Maryland), 4:10; Lazor dec. Luke Vaith (Hofstra), 4-3.
DAY 2: Lazor won by forfeit CJ Cobb (Penn); Mike Magnum (Oregon State/6^th seed) pinned Lazor, 1:58; Lazor dec. Jason Tsirtsis (unattached Northwestern/8^th seed), 7-1.

149 Pounds

Bart Reiter (4-1) - Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech/4^th seed) dec. Reiter, 4-0; Reiter pinned Dan Argueta (UW Parkside), 4:07; Reiter dec. Preston Keiffer (Indiana), 4-2 SV1; Reiter dec. Alex Gregory (Illinois), 4-0; Reiter dec. Caleb Ervin (Illinois), 9-2.
DAY 2: Shane Welsh (Lehigh) dec. Reiter, 2-0.

165 Pounds

Jarrett Jensen (2-2) - Michael Moreno (Iowa State) dec. Jensen, 2-0; Jensen maj. dec. Joe Latham (Oregon State), 10-1; Jensen dec. Kyle Detmer (Oklahoma), 8-2; Tyler Wilps (Pittsburgh) maj. dec. Jensen, 10-2.
Riley Banach (0-2) - Clark Glass (Oklahoma) maj. dec. Banach, 14-1; John Michael Staudenmayer (North Carolina) dec. Banach, 8-5;

174 Pounds

Cody Caldwell (4-2) seeded 8^th - Caldwell dec. Matt Mougin (Northern Illinois), 6-3; PJ Tasser (Pittsburgh) maj. dec. Caldwell, 11-3; Caldwell dec. Cheney Dale (Indiana), 10-5; Caldwell dec. Jermaine John (Hofstra), 3-0; Caldwell tech. fall Jake Davis (Eastern Michigan), 17-1; Craig Kelliher (Central Michigan) maj. dec. Caldwell, 10-0.

184 Pounds

Ryan Loder (5-2) 4^th place (seeded 5^th) - Loder dec. Cody Reed (Binghamton), 3-0; Loder maj. dec. Ty Vinson (Oregon State/12^th seed), 12-0; Travis Rutt (unattached Oklahoma/4^th seed) dec. Loder, 4-2.
DAY 2: Loder dec. Tony Dallago (Illinois), 6-0; Loder maj. dec. Jake Waste (unattached Buffalo), 8-0; Loder dec. Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland), 3-1; Travis Rutt (Oklahoma) dec. Loder, 7-5.

197 Pounds

A.J. McBroom (0-2) - Braden Atwood (PU/7^th seed) maj. dec. McBroom, 8-0; Nick Mills (Columbia) dec. McBroom, 7-3.

285 Pounds

Cody Krumwiede (1-2) - Zac Thomusseit (Pittsburgh/3^rd seed) dec. 3-2 Krumwiede; Krumwiede dec. Tyler Deuel (Binghamton), 8-7; Ernest James (Edinboro/8^th seed) pinned Krumwiede, 0:59.
Blayne Beale (2-2) - Eric Thompson (Grand View/9^th seed) dec. Beale, 6-3; Beale maj. dec. James Malechek (UW Parkside), 13-3; Beale dec. Chris Lopez (Illinois), 3-0; Ben Apland (Michigan/11^th seed) dec. Beale, 7-3.