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UNI Wrestling Takes 4th at 2017 Cliff Keen Invite
12/2/2017 7:05:00 PM | Wrestling
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LAS VEGAS – UNI wrestling finished fourth out at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite, and six Panthers medaled.
Josh Alber led the way with a second-place finish at 141 pounds. He knocked off No. 6 Chad Red of Nebraska in the semifinals but was unable to avenge from earlier this year to Cornell's No. 11 Yianni Diakomihalis, who won 8-2 for the title.
Max Thomsen finished 4th at 149 pounds grabbed a win over No. 14 Josh Maruca of Arizona State, but was edged out 4-3 to No. 11 Ke-shawn Hayes of Ohio State University.
After being edged out 9-6 by the top wrestler in the nation at 174 pounds, Taylor Lujan fell to No. 5 Myles Amine of Michigan in an 11-9 decision to take fourth.
In his season debut, Jacob Holschlag finished fourth at 197 pounds and knocked off one top-20 opponent at the tournament.
Jay Schwarm was seeded 10th but finished fifth at 125 pounds. Drew Foster avenged a loss to Cornell's No. 13 Max Dean with a 9-5 decision before beating No. 8 Jordan Ellingwood of Central Michigan in a 3-1 decision for seventh place.
Forty-six teams competed at the Cliff Keen. Top-10 finishes:
- Ohio State 155.5 points
- University of Michigan 140 points
- Arizona State 113.5 points
- UNI 104 points
- Nebraska 100.5 points
- Virginia Tech 89.5 points
- Central Michigan 82 points
- Cornell University 62 points
- Wyoming 61 points
- Stanford 58.5 points
Five Panthers placed at the 46th annual Jim Koch Wisconsin Open. Jack Skudlarcyzk won a title at 133 pounds.
- 141 pounds: Rudy Yates 2nd
- 149 pounds: Keaton Geerts 4th
- 165: Austin Yant 3rd
- 165: Pat Schoenfelder 6th
CLIFF KEEN RESULTS
125: No. 10 seed Jay Schwarm (No. 19 FloWrestling rankings) – 5th place- W – Devin Brown (West Virginia), fall 3:59
- W – Paul Bianchi (North Dakota State), fall 1:55
- W – Michael Russo (Cornell), 8-4
- W – #6 Ryan Milhof (Arizona State), 8-6
- L – #7 Sean Russell (Edinboro), 8-7
- L – #3 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota), fall 2:07
- W – #16 Connor Schram (Stanford), MFF
133: Jack Wagner – DNP
- L – #5 Jack Mueller (Virginia), fall 0:55
- L – Ali Naser (Arizona State), maj. dec. 19-6
141: No. 6 seed Josh Alber (No. 12 FloWrestling rankings) – 2nd place
- W – Blake Beard (North Idaho College), TF 18-3 (6:27)
- W – Alec Opsal (Air Force), maj. dec. 13-2
- W – #20 Russell Rohlfing (CSU-Bakersfield), 10-3
- W – #7 Tommy Thorn (Minnesota), 4-3
- W – #6 Chad Red (Nebraska), 3-2
- L – #11 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell), 8-2
149: No. 1 seed Max Thomsen (No. 3 FloWrestling rankings) – 4th place
- W – Jimmy Fate (Northern Colorado), 7-2
- W – Robert Lee (Pitt), 3-1
- W – Seth Hogue (Bucknell), fall 2:07
- W – Michael Sprague (American), 4-1
- L – #6 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina), 3-2
- W – #14 Josh Maruca (Arizona State), 10-9
- L – #11 Ke-shawn Hayes (Ohio State University), 4-3
157: Paden Moore – DNP
- L – #14 Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan), 10-5
- L – Zach Moore (West Virginia), fall 0:19
165: Isaiah Patton – DNP
- L – #20 Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley), 11-9 SV
- L - #19 Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State), 9-2
174: No. 5 seed Taylor Lujan (No. 7 FloWrestling rankings) – 4th place
- W – Austin Bell (Pitt), fall 3:00
- W – Kyle Pope (Wyoming), fall 3:56
- W – #9 Jadaen Bernstein (Navy), fall 0:52
- L – #1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State), 9-6
- L – #5 Myles Amine (Michigan), 11-9
184: No. 4 seed Drew Foster (No. 7 FloWrestling rankings) – 7th place
- W – Ryan Anderson (Cal Poly), tech fall, 16-0
- L – Taylor Venz (Nebraska), fall 2:44
- W – Drew Phipps (Bucknell), maj. dec. 12-0
- W– #16 Chip Ness (North Carolina), 5-0
- W – #13 Max Dean (Cornell), 9-5
- L – #9 Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin), 2-0
- W – #8 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), 3-1
197: Jacob Holschlag – 4th place
- W – Andrew Dixon (Oklahoma), 4-0
- W – Sam Colbray (Iowa State), 9-2
- L – #17 Nathan Traxler (Stanford), 9-5
- W – Trey Schlender (Nebraska-Kearney), fall 1:43
- W – Cordell Eaton (North Dakota State), maj. dec. 16-3
- W – #18 Hunter Ritter (Wisconsin), fall 4:24
- W – Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), MFF
- W – Stephen Loiseau (Drexel), 7-1
- L – #14 Jeric Kasunic (American), 5-2
285: Carter Isley – DNP
- L – AJ Nevills (Fresno State), 3-1
- W – Sean O'Malley (Drexel), maj. dec. 8-0
- L – Marcus Harrington (Iowa State), 3-2
JIM KOCH OPEN RESULTS
125: Jay Schipper – DNP- L – Anthony Pisciotta (Maryville University), 12-5
- L – Zyrik Rincon (Luther), 3-2
133: Jack Skudlarcyzk – 1st place
- W– Jack Cheney (Purdue), fall 4:11
- W – Mike Stewart (Findlay), tech. fall 16-1
- W – Drew West (Northern Illinois), tech. fall 21-3
- W – Arik Furseth (UW-Parkside), fall 1:47
141: Rudy Yates – 2nd place
- W – Padilin Martinez (Lincoln College), tech fall 20-5
- W – Tyler Menegay (Luther), tech. fall 23-6
- W – Alec White (Purdue), 9-4
- L – Will Roark (Maryville), 5-3
149: Keaton Geerts – 4th place
- W – Shane Dziadosz (Wisconsin – Oshkosh), fall 2:20
- L – Anthony Cheloni (UW – Parkside), fall 0:18
- W – Koby Reyes (Purdue), 6-2
- W – Garrett Model (Wisconsin), tech. fall 16-1
- W – Josh Wimer (Findlay), fall 0:51
- L – James Krischke (Maryville), fall 3:34
165: Austin Yant – 3rd place
- W – Michial Foy (Harper College), maj. dec. 9-1
- W – Tre Vaughn Craig (UW – Parkside), 6-4 (SV1)
- L – Alonzo Turner (Findlay), 5-2
- W – John Anderson (Maryville), 7-5 (SV1)
- W – Austin Stofer (Lindenwood), 8-1
165: Pat Schoenfelder – 6th place
- L – Mason Williams (Chicago), 6-5
- W – Isaiah Mitchell (Luther), maj. dec. 10-2
- W – Conner Villarmia (Maryville), tech fall 18-3
- W – Tre Vaughn Craig (UW-Parkside), 5-3
- W – Laine Frazee (Purdue), 9-4
- L – Austin Stofer (Lindenwood), 13-7
165: Brandon Haas - DNP
- L – Austin Stofer (Lindenwood), fall 5:25
- L – Christian Quiles (Wisconsin – Oshkosh), fall 1:03
174: Carter Rohweder - DNP
- W – Justin Cortese (Luther), tech fall 16-0
- L – Brian Holloway (Lincoln), maj. dec. 15-4
- L – Mladen Vasilev (Maryville), fall 2:18
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