UNI Wresting Preps for #15 South Dakota State

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No. 11 UNI wrestling (5-2 / 2-0 Big 12) at No. 15 South Dakota State (7-2 / 2-0 Big 12) - NWCA rankings

2 p.m. CT Jan. 21, 2018
Frost Arena (6,500) / Brookings, South Dakota
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling will protect its perfect Big 12 record against No. 15 South Dakota State Sunday.

"We look forward to South Dakota State. They have a great environment up there and a great arena," said head coach Doug Schwab. "I know they've got their fans excited about the sport. I know they get big crowds, and that's perfect."

It will be the second top-15 team UNI has faced this month after coming off a loss to No. 10 Arizona State at the Virginia Duals. The Sun Devils also handed SDSU a loss in November.

"They've done a good job of building the program. They are going to come out ready to scrap, and we're going to have to match that," Schwab said. "We are going to have match that energy, and not just match it but raise it."

The Jackrabbits' second loss of the season came to Minnesota at home. SDSU will host Wyoming this week before facing UNI.

UNI leads the series that dates back to 1954. The Panthers are 38-3-1 against the Jackrabbits. UNI is 4-0 against SDSU under Schwab. The teams' last meeting was in 2014 and ended with a 29-12 win for UNI.

Fans will see two top-20 matchups at 174 pounds and 197 pounds. It will be a rematch at 197 pounds. SDSU's No. 9 Nate Rotert eliminated Jacob Holschlag from the 2017 NCAA championships with a 4-1 decision.

It will be the first time assistant coach Cody Caldwell will face his former team. Caldwell wrestled for Schwab and the Panthers from 2012-2016.

UNI VS. SDSU MATCHUPS - Intermat rankings (overall, dual)

125: #18 Jay Schwarm So. (19-6, 4-3) vs. Connor Brown, Fr. (14-9 overall, 5-4)

Schwarm has a top-10 win over No. 6 Ryan Millhof of Arizona State and was second at the Southern Scuffle. He has nine first-period falls and leads the team with 12 falls total.
Brown is a four-time state champion as a prep in Missouri.

133: Jack Wagner RFr. (7-13, 1-5) or Rudy Yates RFr. (8-5, 0-1) vs. #1 Seth Gross, Jr. (15-0, 6-0)

Wagner transferred from Iowa to join UNI this year. He has earned bonus points in four of his wins.
Yates opened the season with second-place finishes at the UNI Open and the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open.
Gross finished second at last year's NCAA championships. He is a two-time NCAA qualifier. He was a finalist for the NCAA's Most Dominant Wrestler award last year.

141: #8 Josh Alber Jr. (20-3, 6-1) vs. Henry Pohlmeyer, So. (14-6, 5-2) or Isaac Andrade, Sr. (3-4, 2-0)

Alber, a two-time NCAA qualifier, has two falls, three tech falls and five major decisions this season. He has not given up bonus points. He has the second most dual takedowns on the team with 19. He has two top-10 wins and three wins over top-20 opponents. He took second at the Cliff Keen Invite and is on a six-match win streak.
Pohlmeyer was the primary starter last year at 141 pounds. He went 1-2 at the Big 12 Championship.
Andrade started as a true freshman for SDSU, but took a redshirt year after suffering from injuries.

149: #7 Max Thomsen, So. (20-5, 6-1) vs. Colten Carlson, R-Fr. (8-9, 3-5)

Thomsen is one of two returning all-Americans for UNI. He was fifth at 149 pounds last year. Thomsen has two falls, three tech falls and four major decisions and has not given up bonus points this year.
Carlson placed in four open tournaments last year wrestling unattached.

157: Paden Moore, So. (12-6, 1-1) or Logan Ryan, Jr. (13-5, 3-2) vs. #12 Luke Zilverberg, Sr. (19-5-8-1)

Moore was in the lineup for much of last year. He was eighth at the 2017 MAC Championships.
Ryan transferred from Iowa to join UNI this year. He opened the season with a second-place finish at the UNI Open.

165: Dan Kelly, So. (8-8, 0-3) or Isaiah Patton, So. (11-11, 1-3) vs. Logan Peterson, Jr. (13-8, 4-2) or Zach Carlson, So. (4-5, 0-3)

Kelly pinned No. 18 Lorenzo De La Rive of CSU-Baskersfield.
Patton has five career duals as a Panther and took second to teammate Bryce Steiert at the UNI Open.
Peterson was the starter at 157 pounds last year for SDSU. He was just one of nine Jackrabbits to record 20 or more wins.
Carlson wrestled at 184 pounds and 197 pounds last year after competing at 174 pounds his freshman year.

174: #7 Taylor Lujan, So. (21-4, 6-1) vs. #9 David Kocer, Sr. (16-3, 6-1)

Lujan, a returning NCAA qualifier, has pinned eight wrestlers this year and notched four tech falls. He leads the team in dual takedowns with 22 and in dual scoring with 26 points. He has four wins over top-20 opponents.
Kocer is a two-time NCAA qualifier earning Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honors last year. He was third at last year's conference championships.

184: #10 Drew Foster, Jr. (18-4, 6-1) vs. Martin Mueller, So. (15-3, 6-1) or Brady Ayers, Sr. (7-6, 1-2)

Foster is one of two returning All-Americans for UNI after placing seventh at last year's NCAA championships. He has five tech falls. He has five wins over four top-20 opponents. He took second at the Southern Scuffle to the nation's top wrestler, Bo Nickal of Penn State.
Mueller was third at last year's Big 12 Championships.
Ayers redshirted last year after being the team's main starter at 184 pounds.

197: #19 Jacob Holschlag So. (14-5, 3-2) vs. #9 Nate Rotert, Sr. (16-3, 8-0)

Holschlag moved up a weight midseason last year and qualified for the NCAA tournament at 197 pounds. He was second at the Southern Scuffle this year and took fourth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite.
Rotert is a three-time NCAA qualifier. He was second at the conference championships last year. He has won 22 or more matches in all three seasons.

285: Carter Isley RFr. (17-9, 3-4) vs. Alex Macki, Sr. (8-8, 3-3)

Isley has eight falls this season. He won the Harold Nichols and Grand View opens and finished second at the UNI Open.
Macki is in his third year as the heavyweight starter for SDSU. He went 2-2 at the Big 12 Championships last year.

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