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Junior, 29-6
Portage, Ind.
Portage High School
2000 All-American
1999 All-American
Ranked No. 3 according to Amateur Wrestling News and InterMat • placed second at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 6-0 loss to Iowa's Jody Strittmatter in the title match • qualified for his third NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 29-6, a dual record of 16- 4 and a 7-1 mark in the Big Ten • recorded three pins and two technical falls on the season • opened the season with 15-straight wins • won the Bison Open and Northern Open titles • placed second at Midlands, falling to Jody Strittmatter 12-4 in the title match • his 6-4 overtime vic-tory over Strittmatter led the Golden Gophers to a 17-16 win at Iowa in the season's final dual meet • has a 11-3 career record at the Big Ten Championships and a 10-4 record at NCAAs • has posted two-straight seasons with 30-plus wins • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 36-6 overall record and a 17-3 mark in duals • went 6-2 in Big Ten duals • placed third at the 2000 Big Ten Championships • earned his second All-America honor with his fifth-place finish at the 2000 NCAA Championships • only losses on the year were to top-ranked Strittmatter (three times), No. 2 Jeremy Hunter of Penn State (twice) and No. 6 Jeff Ragan of Oklahoma State • ended the 1998-99 with a 31-9 overall record including a 14-6 mark in dual meets • placed third at the 1999 Big Tens • earned his first All-America honor at 125 pounds in 1999, placing fifth at the NCAA Championships • redshirted the 1997-98 season and com-piled an 11-2 overall record competing unattached at 118 pounds.
VEGA MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Aaron Hartwell/Mary W, 5-2
Nick Magee/NDSU W, TF, 19-4
Matt Strawser/NDSU W, 8-4
11/18 Matt Strawser/NDSU W, 15-4
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 1st Place
Chris Henning/UW-River Falls W, P
Dustin Brewer/Northern Iowa W, 10-4
Tony Black/Wisconsin W, 12-3
11/26 Northern Iowa W, Forfeit
12/10 Tom Noto/Hofstra W, 12-3
12/10 Brian Kirschbaum/Princeton W, P, 1:57
12/10 Tom Becker/Seton Hall W, TF, 17-2
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.) 2nd Place
Mason Lenhard/Penn W, 9-5
Nick Kehagias/Chicago W, P, 1:15
Jose Leon/Boston Univ. W, 8-6
Nathan Navarro/Oregon St. W, 6-4
Jody Strittmatter/Iowa L, 12-4
1/7 Matt Brown/Oklahoma St. L 4-3
1/11 Jason Powell/Nebraska L, 13-11
1/12 Ben Vombauer/Boise St. W, 7-2
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Tom Noto/Hofstra W, 2-1, TB
Jason Powell/Nebraska W, 13-6
Jody Strittmatter/Iowa L, 4-0
Matt Brown/Oklahoma St. W, 6-4
1/26 A.J. Grant/Michigan W, 8-7
1/27 Jason Silverstein/Purdue W, 6-1
2/2 Greg Schaefer/Indiana L, 6-1
2/4 Ryan Escobar/Illinois W, 3-2
2/9 Chris Williams/Michigan St. W, 9-3
2/11 Josh Moore/Penn St. W, 10-2
2/16 Tony Black/Wisconsin W, 12-3
2/18 Jody Strittmatter/Iowa W, 6-4, SVO
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 2nd Place
Josh Moore/Penn St. W, 22-11
Ryan Escobar/Illinois W, 14-3
Chris Williams/Michigan St. W, 8-3
Jody Strittmatter/Iowa L, 6-0
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Senior, 23-7
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint High School
Ranked No. 10 by Amateur Wrestling News and No. 9 by InterMat • placed fifth at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 5-3 win over Marat Tomaev of Penn State in the fifth-place match • qualified for his second NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 23-7, a dual record of 12-4 and a 4-2 mark in the Big Ten • recorded five pins on the season • opened the season with 13-straight wins • won the Bison Open and Northern Open titles • placed second at Midlands, falling to Cody Sanderson, formerly of Iowa State, 2-1 in the title match • began the season ranked 15th by InterMat and 12th by AWN and has steadily moved up the rankings • defeated No. 3 Charles Walker of Oklahoma State (7-6) and No. 1 Todd Beckerman of Nebraska (7-4) in consecutive meets • also downed Teague Moore, the 1998 118-pound NCAA champion, 2-1 at Midlands • named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/17) following his performances versus Nebraska and Boise State • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 28- 14 overall record and a 12-7 mark in duals • went 5-3 in Big Ten duals • placed fifth at the 2000 Big Ten Championships and qualified for his first NCAA tournament • did not place at the NCAA Championships • earned Academic All-Big Ten honors • ended the 1998-99 with an 18-4 overall record with five pins • compiled an overall record of 16-10 in the 1997-98 season • was 13-4 wrestling unattached at 118 pounds during his 1996-97 redshirt season • is the older brother of sophomore 149-pound All-American Jared Lawrence.
LAWRENCE MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Tom Mostue/Itasca C.C. W, P, 1:28
Brian Biel/Mary W, P, 5:11
Ryan Lewis/Minnesota W, 3-2
18 Lucas Christianson/NDSU W, P, 3:40
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 1st Place
Mark Trinitopali/Wisconsin W, P, 4:12
Cliff Moore/Iowa W, 7-3
Keith Black/Wisconsin W, 5-2
11/26 Chad Boudreaux/Northern Iowa W, TF, 22-7
12/10 Anthony Riccardi/Hofstra W, 17-8
12/10 Juan Venturi/Princeton W, P, 6:41
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.) 2nd Place
Kelly Madden/Illinois W, 13-6
Matt Azevedo/Iowa St. W, 9-4
Teague Moore/Sunkist WC W, 2-1
Cody Sanderson/Sunkist WC L, 2-1
1/7 Charles Walker/Oklahoma St. W, 7-6
1/11 Todd Beckerman/Nebraska W, 7-4
1/12 Charlie Griggs/Boise St. W, 15-6
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Todd Beckerman/Nebraska W, 5-4
Eric Juergens/Iowa L, 8-2
Johnny Thompson/Oklahoma St. L, 4-1
1/26 Foley Dowd/Michigan L, 7-4
1/27 Purdue W, Forfeit
2/2 Brian Smiley/Indiana W, 4-2
2/4 David Stoltz/Illinois W, 5-4
2/9 Pat McNamara/Michigan St. L, 6-0
2/11 Marat Tomaev/Penn St. W, 14-5
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 5th Place
Kevin Black/Wisconsin L, 10-8
Jeff Ratliff/Ohio State W, 4-3
Evan Robinson/Purdue L, 3-2
Marar Tomaev/Penn State W, 5-3
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Junior, 25-5
Apple Valley, Minnesota
Apple Valley High School
Ranked No. 7 according to Amateur Wrestling News and InterMat • placed second at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 9-6 loss to top-ranked Doug Schwab of Iowa in the title match • qualified for his first NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 25- 5, a dual record of 14-2 and a 4-1 mark in the Big Ten • recorded a team-high nine pins on the season • opened the season with 14- straight wins • began the year with six consecutive pins, tying him for second on the school list for most consecutive falls (since 1986) with former Golden Gopher and current Head Assistant Coach Marty Morgan • won the Bison Open and Northern Open titles • his 23-second pin of Marquette's Joe VonEvenhoven ranks as the 11th-fastest pin in school history • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 24-11 overall record and an 11-6 mark in duals • went 5-3 in Big Ten duals • registered 10 pins on the season, tied for second-best on the squad • went 1-2 and did not place at the 2000 Big Ten Championships • ended the 1998-99 with a 23-12 overall record • was 8-7 in dual meets and 3-4 in the conference • his 13 pins on the year tied him with Minnesota's two-time NCAA Champion Tim Hartung for most pins on the team • redshirted the 1997-98 season • recorded an 11-3 overall record wrestling unattached at 134 pounds.
ERIKSON MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Mark Andreas/Itasca C.C. W, P, 1:30
Lincoln Thomas/MSU Moorhead W, P, 3:31
Dereck Weigel/Mary W, P, 3:53
Jake Thielbar/NDSU W, P, 5:30
11/18 Jake Thielbar/NDSU W, Forfeit
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 1st Place
Joe VonEvenhoven/Marquette W, P, 0:23
Phil Bronsteatter/Marquette W, P, 4:21
Grant Hoerr/Wisconsin W, 12-2
11/26 Mark Rial/Northern Iowa W, 11-7
12/10 Jason DeBruin/Hofstra W, 8-7
12/10 Joe Clarke/Princeton W, 20-18
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.)
J.R. Moore/Chicago W, P, 1:34
Mike Castillo/Illinois W, P, 1:40
Jason DeBruin/Hofstra L, 16-7
Robert Sessley/Ohio St. L, 5-1
1/7 Johnny Thompson/Oklahoma St. W, 13-7
1/11 Dusty Spaulding/Nebraska W, 9-5
1/12 Gabe Vigil/Boise St. W, 6-1
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Jason DeBruin/Hofstra L, 6-5
Ty Malia/Nebraska W, Default
Charles Walker/Oklahoma St. W, 4-0
2/4 Mike Castillo/Illinois W, 11-2
2/9 Mike Castillo/Michigan St. W, 9-8
2/11 Eric Narkiewciz/Penn St. W, TF, 20-4, 5:43
2/16 Grant Hoerr/Wisconsin W, 5-4
2/18 Doug Schwab/Iowa L, 5-4
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 2nd Place
Coyte Cooper/Indiana W, P, 5:45
Grant Hoerr/Wisconsin W, 7-2
Doug Schwab/Iowa L, 9-6
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Sophomore, 29-5
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint High School
2001 Big Ten Champ
2001 Big Ten Wrestler of the Championships
2000 All-American
2000 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Ranked No. 3 according to Amateur Wrestling News and No. 2 by InterMat • won the 149-pound title at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 9-5 win over top-seeded Adam Tirapelle of Illinois in the title match • named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Championships for his performance at the conference meet • qualified for his second NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 29-5, a dual record of 14-5 and a 6-2 mark in the Big Ten • recorded seven pins, two technical falls and nine major decisions on the season • opened the season with 16-straight wins, the 15th-best consecutive win streak in school history • won the Bison Open, Northern Open and Midlands titles • his five losses on the year came by a combined 10 points with the largest deficit coming in a 9-6 loss to Oklahoma State's No. 2 Reggie Wright • 10 of his 13 dual meet wins (77%) have been won with bonus points (major decision, technical fall or pin) • his five losses have come to Wright (twice), No. 6 Eric Schmiesing of Hofstra, No. 1 Adam Tirapelle of Illinois and No. 8 Mike Zadick of Iowa • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 32-9 overall record and a 15-4 mark in duals • registered nine pins on the year • went 8-0 in Big Ten duals • placed second at the 2000 Big Ten Championships, losing to Tirapelle 4-2 in the title match • earned his first All-America honor with his sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships • named Big Ten and AWN Freshman of the Year • selected to the AWN All-Rookie Team • redshirted the 1998-99 season and compiled an 11-1 overall record competing unattached at various tournaments • older brother is senior Brett Lawrence, Minnesota's starter at 133 pounds.
LAWRENCE MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Ryan Krumweide/NDSU W, P, 2:33
Collin Kelly/NDSU W, P, 4:44
Seth Webster/Augustana W, TF, 19-2
11/18 Bo Henry/NDSU W, TF, 24-8
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 1st Place
Collin Kelly/NDSU W, P, 3:37
Jason D'Agata/Iowa W, 20-7
Phil Reidman/NDSU W, TF, 15-0
P.J. Dowling/Wisconsin W, 15-5
11/26 Keith Weber/Northern Iowa W, TF, 22-7, 6:12
12/10 Eric Schmiesing/Hofstra W, 3-2
12/10 Jeffrey Bernd/Princeton W, P, 0:46
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.) 1st Place
Brandon Cleaves/Lassen W, P, 3:11
Ty Morgan/Central Michigan W, 16-7
Anthony Regalbuto/West Virginia W, 16-7
Mike Mendoza/Schultz WC W, 13-6
Dave Esposito/Lehigh W, 6-3
1/7 Reggie Wright/Oklahoma St. L, 9-6
1/11 Travis Baker/Nebraska W, P, 5:45
1/12 Collin Robertson/Boise St. W, 12-5
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Eric Schmiesing/Hofstra L, 4-2
Travis Baker/Nebraska W, 12-1
Mike Zadick/Iowa W, 7-6
Reggie Wright/Oklahoma St. L, 3-1, OT
1/26 Mike Kulczycki/Michigan W, P, 4:10
1/27 Brad Harper/Purdue W, 20-7
2/2 Gabe Cook/Indiana W, 14-5
2/4 Adam Tirapelle/Illinois L, 3-2
2/9 Karl Nadolsky/Michigan St. W, 17-6
2/11 Brent Narkiewicz/Penn St. W, TF, 21-5, 6:35
2/16 Wisconsin W, Forfeit
2/18 Mike Zadick/Iowa L, 3-1, SVO
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 1st Place
Gabe Cook/Indiana W, 17-5
Keaton Anderson/Ohio State W, 12-5
Adam Tirapelle/Illinois W, 9-5
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Sophomore, 28-7
Cambridge, Minn.
Cambridge High School
2000 All-American
Ranked No. 6 by Amateur Wrestling News and No. 7 by InterMat • placed second at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 15-7 loss to top-ranked T.J. Williams of Iowa in the title match • qualified for his second NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 28-7, a dual record of 15-5 and a 6-2 mark in the Big Ten • recorded two pins, two technical falls and ten major decisions on the season • recorded a team-high 11 major decisions during on the season • opened the season with 12-straight wins • won the Bison Open and Northern Open titles • finished third at Midlands, defeating Iowa State's Cole Sanderson 9-4 in the third-place match • his six losses during the regular season came by a combined nine points with the largest deficit coming in a 3-1 loss to No. 2 Bryan Snyder of Nebraska, a 3-1 overtime loss to No. 18 Griff Powell of Illinois and an 8-6 loss to No. 1 Williams of Iowa • nine of his 14 dual meet wins (64%) have been won with bonus points (major decision, technical fall or pin) • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 30-12 overall record and a 14- 5 mark in duals • registered 10 pins on the year • went 7-1 in Big Ten duals • placed second at the 2000 Big Ten Championships, losing to Iowa's T.J. Williams 10-4 in the title match • earned his first All-America honor with his sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships • redshirted the 1998-99 season and compiled a 19-2 overall record competing unattached.
BECKER MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Jay McDepee/Jamestown W, TF, 24-7
Paul Carlson/NDSU W, 9-3
Nate Baker/Minnesota W, 10-5
11/18 Thad Pike/NDSU W, 17-10
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) Co-1st Place
Keith Pearl/Northern Iowa W, TF, 21-6
Adam Turner/Wisconsin W, 11-5
Nate Baker/Minnesota No Match
11/26 Tom Koenig/Northern Iowa W, 22-8
12/10 Dennis Papadatos/Hofstra W, 19-7
12/10 Jon Bunt/Princeton W, 21-9
12/10 Leet Brady/Seton Hall W, 15-4
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.) 3rd Place
Al Daniels/Lassen W, P, 5:42
Clovis Crane/Purdue W, 4-2
Cole Sanderson/Iowa St. L, 6-5
Jody Giurcich/Penn W, 12-5
Griff Powell/Illinois W, 3-1
Gerry Abas/Fresno St. W, Med def
Cole Sanderson/Iowa St. W, 9-4
1/7 Shane Roller/Oklahoma St. W, 7-4
1/11 Bryan Snyder/Nebraska W, 4-3
1/12 Kirk White/Boise St. L, 2-1
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Dennis Papadatos/Hofstra W, 5-4
Bryan Snyder/Nebraska L, 3-1, OT, TB
T.J. Williams/Iowa L, 3-2
Shane Roller/Oklahoma St. W, 7-2
1/26 Pat Owen/Michigan W, 14-0
1/27 Oscar Santiago/Purdue W, 18-9
2/2 Alex LaPointe/Indiana W, 18-6
2/4 Griff Powell/Illinois L, 3-1, OT
2/9 Charlie Sageman/Michigan St. W, 16-5
2/11 Aaron Wright/Penn St. W, 13-5
2/16 P.J. Dowling/Wisconsin W, TF, 23-7, 5:36
2/18 T.J. Williams/Iowa L, 8-6
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 2nd Place
Pat Owen/Michigan W, 12-4
Gray Maynard/Michigan St. W, 12-3
T.J. Williams/Iowa L, 7-15
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Senior, 31-6
Brownsdale, Minn.
Hayfield High School
2000 All-American
Ranked No. 6 by Amateur Wrestling News and No. 7 by InterMat • placed third at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 8-3 win over Kevin Stanley of Indiana in the third-place match • qualified for his second NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 31-6, a dual record of 16-3 and a 5-3 mark in the Big Ten • recorded two pins on the season • won the Bison Open title • finished second at the Northern Open, losing to No. 1 Don Pritzlaff of Wisconsin 10- 5 in the championship match • placed second at Midlands, falling to No. 2 Joe Heskett of Iowa State 4-0 in the title match • losses on the year came to Pritzlaff, Heskett, Kirk Moore of Purdue in double over-time and No. 9 Matt Lackey • his pin of Oklahoma State's Bill Gabel at 6:34 in the championship dual vs. the Cowboys shifted the momentum to Minnesota who went on to win 20-12 • named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/24) following his performances at the National Duals • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 20-7 overall record and an 11-4 mark in duals • went 6-2 in Big Ten duals • placed second at the 2000 Big Ten Championships, losing to Pritzlaff 6-2 in the title match • earned his first All-America honor with his seventh-place finish at the 2000 NCAA Championships • ended the 1998-99 with a 16-7 overall record • compiled an overall record of 15-5 in the 1997-98 season • was 13-5 wrestling unattached at 142 pounds dur-ing his 1996-97 redshirt season.
PIKE MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Nate Pesta/NDSU W, TF, 23-7
Josh McLay/Minnesota W, 4-1
Mitch Marr/Minnesota W, 7-2
11/18 Mike Fiedler/NDSU W, 10-2
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 2nd Place
Dan Bamardo/Marquette W, 16-3
Todd Kirkpatrick/Augustana W, 3-1
Matt Anderson/Iowa W, 5-1
Don Pritzlaff/Wisconsin L, 5-10
11/26 Dayton Ericson/Northern Iowa W, TF, 23-8, 4:28
12/10 Noel Thompson/Hofstra W, 7-0
12/10 Ryan Bongfiglio/Princeton W, 12-5
12/10 Terry Madden/Seton Hall W, 10-4
12/29 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.) 2nd Place
Doug Cielski/Slippery Rock W, 10-3
Ben Hay/Illinois W, 17-6
Kevin Stanley/Indiana W, P, 1:16
Chris Vitale/Lehigh W, 3-2
Ben Shirk/Iowa W, 3-1
Joe Heskett/Iowa St. L, 4-0
1/7 Ty Wilcox/Oklahoma St. W, 4-3
1/11 Tony Denke/Nebraska W, 16-6
1/12 Casey Eager/Boise St. W, TF, 19-4, 4:55
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Noel Thompson/Hofstra W, 3-1
Ryan Schultz/Nebraska W, 17-6
Ben Shirk/Iowa W, 11-4
Billy Gabel/Oklahoma St. W, P, 6:34
1/26 Charles Martelli/Michigan W, 19-7
1/27 Kirk Moore/Purdue L, 4-4, OT, TB
2/2 Kevin Stanley/Indiana W, 12-4
2/4 Matt Lackey/Illinois L, 5-3
2/9 Cory Posey/Michigan St. W, 16-7
2/11 Doc Vecchio/Penn St. W, TF, 22-7, 5:31
2/16 Don Pritzlaff/Wisconsin L, 8-6
2/18 Ben Shirk/Iowa W, 9-4
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 3rd Place
Ben Shirk/Iowa W, 6-3
Matt Lackey/Illinois L, 3-1
Charles Martelli/Michigan State W, 14-4
Kevin Stanley/Indiana W, 8-3
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RS Freshman, 28-12
Henning, Minn.
Battle Lake-Henning HS
Ranked No. 16 by Amateur Wrestling News and No. 10 by InterMat • placed fourth at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 seed Gabe McMahan of Iowa in the third-place match match • qualified for his first NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 28-12, a dual record of 7-5 and a 5-3 mark in the Big Ten • recorded eight pins on the season • took second place at the Bison Open (losing 3-1 to Minnesota's John Hardy), Kaufman-Brand Open (falling to Iowa's Gabe McMahan 5-3) and Northern Open (losing 4- 4, SVO to Minnesota's Matt Kraft) • won the UNI Open title with a 6-0 record and a 1-0 win over Iowa's Matt Anderson in the title match • has performed impressively in his first season in the starting lineup for the Golden Gophers • split time in the starting 174-pound spot with Matt Kraft, but has secured the position with his performances since National Duals • redshirted the 1999-2000 season and finished with a 17-4 overall record • tied for second on the team last year with 10 pins.
VOLKMANN MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 2nd Place
David Salmen/Ridgewater W, P, 5:15
Dustin Swanson/NDSU W, P, 1:33
Todd Fuller/NDSU W, 1-0
John Hardy/Minnesota L, 3-1
11/18 Kaufman-Brand Open (Omaha, Neb.) 2nd Place
C. Ziesman/Iowa St. W
Tyler Nixt/Iowa W
Z. Stalder/Nebraska-Omaha W
Gabe McMahan/Iowa L, 5-3
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 2nd Place
Brady Reinke/Wisconsin W, 8-6
Todd Fuler/NDSU W, 5-1
Eric Huaun/Northern Iowa W, 3-1
Matt Kraft/Minnesota L, 4-4, OT
12/2 Northern Iowa Open (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1st Place
Jesse Keith/Kennedy-King W, P, 0:23
Daniel Vech/Nebraska-Omaha W, 6-0
Craig Tackett/Eastern Illinois W, 17-5
Matt Hand/Iowa W, P, 2:39
Kirk Moore/Purdue W, P, 4:18
Matt Anderson/Purdue W, 1-0
12/10 Milo Adams/Princeton W, P, 1:52
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.)
Tim Ortman/Penn W, 6-3
Mitch Hancock/Central Michigan W, 9-4
Matt Lackey/Illinois L, 6-2
Mitch Marr/Minnesota W, 8-3
Dominic Dellagtatta/Ultimate WC W, P, 2:27
Chris Vitale/Lehigh L, 8-2
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Ati Conner/Nebraska W, 2-0
Gabe McMahan/Iowa L, 15-6
Tyrone Lewis/Oklahoma St. L, 8-4
1/26 Otto Olson/Michigan L, 5-2
1/27 Ryan Lange/Purdue L, 10-6
2/2 Jack Wade/Indiana W, 9-4
2/4 Ben King/Illinois W, 7-2
2/9 Nate Mesyn/Michigan St. W, 10-0
2/11 Mark Becks/Penn St. W, 8-3
2/16 Ryan Lewis/Wisconsin W, P, 4:33
2/18 Gabe McMahan/Iowa L, 9-6
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 4th Place
Ben King/Illinois W, 9-0
Otto Olson/Michigan L, 3-2
3/4 Mark Becks/Penn St. W, 8-0
Gabe McMahan/Iowa L, 4-2
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RS Freshman, 29-5
Lakewood, N.J.
Lakewood High School
Ranked No. 5 by Amateur Wrestling News and InterMat • placed third at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 4-3 win over Jessman Smith of Iowa in the third-place match match • qualified for his first NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 29-5, a dual record of 16-3 and a 6-2 mark in the Big Ten • record-ed a team-high 10 major decisions during the regular season • opened the season with 13-straight wins • won the Bison Open and Northern Open titles • finished third at Midlands, defeating Indiana's Viktor Sveda 5-3 in the third-place match • posted a 3-0 record at the National Duals with wins over Ralph Everett of Hofstra, No. 6 Jessman Smith of Iowa and No. 3 Daniel Cormier of Oklahoma State • opened the dual versus Iowa with a come-from-behind 5-3 overtime victory over Smith to get Minnesota out to an early lead • his four losses on the year have come to No. 3 Nate Patrick of Illinois (twice), Cormier and Sveda • three of his four losses have come by two points or less • seven of his 14 dual meet wins have been won with bonus points (major decision, technical fall or pin) • redshirted the 1999-2000 season and compiled a 13-1 overall record competing unattached • lone loss last season was at the Kaufman-Brand Open where he fell to Iowa State's Cael Sanderson 4-3 in the title match.
HAHN MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Jake Elgin/Ridgewater W, 11-3
Jason Perala/NDSU W, 17-8
Steve Saxlund/NDSU W, 8-5
11/18 Steve Saxlund/NDSU W, 12-8
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 1st Place
Sam Kenton/Augustana W, P, 4:59
Brock Warder/Marquette W, 16-15
Steve Saxlund/NDSU W, 7-5
11/26 Kyle Hansen/Northern Iowa W, 11-7
12/10 Ralph Everett/Hofstra W, 18-7
12/10 Greg Parker/Princeton W, 12-8
12/10 John Garriques/Seton Hall W, 8-2
12/29-30 Midlands (Evanston, Ill.) 3rd Place
Kevin Vogel/Keen WC W, 16-7
Doug Lee/Oregon W, 8-6
Nate Patrick/Illinois L, 4-3
R.D. Purcell/Arizona St. W, 10-8
Viktor Sveda/Indiana W, 5-3
1/7 Dan Cormier/Oklahoma St. L, 19-7
1/11 Matt Fletcher/Nebraska W, 19-8
1/12 Cash Edwards/Boise St. W, 12-4
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Ralph Everett/Hofstra W, 16-5
Jessman Smith/Iowa W, 16-7
Dan Cormier/Oklahoma St. W, 4-3
1/26 Andy Hrovat/Michigan W, 5-3
1/27 Jared Williams/Purdue W, 12-4
2/2 Viktor Sveda/Indiana L, 3-1
2/4 Nate Patrick/Illinois L, 5-3
2/9 John Wechter/Michigan St. W, 9-7
2/11 Jeff Knupp/Penn St. W, 14-4
2/16 Ralph DeNisco/Wisconsin W, 10-3
2/18 Jessman Smith/Iowa W, 5-3, SVO
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 3rd Place
Jessman Smith/Iowa W, 4-2
Viktor Sveda/Indiana L, 8-0, TB
Anton Talamantes/Ohio St. W, 5-3
Jessman Smith/Iowa W, 4-3
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Junior, 24-2
Eyota, Minn.
Dover-Eyota High School
Ranked No. 5 by Amateur Wrestling News and InterMat • placed third at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a technical fall (3:26) vic-tory over Michigan's Joe DeGain in the third-place match match • qualified for his second NCAA tournament • has compiled an overall record of 24-2, a dual record of 13-1 and a 6-0 mark in the Big Ten • registered four major decisions, six technical falls and seven pins on the year • opened the season with 14-straight wins • won the Bison Open and Northern Open titles • his pin of Iowa's Ryan Fulsaas in the National Duals swung the momentum to the Golden Gophers en route to their 20-17 win over the Hawkeyes • lone loss on the regu-lar season was to No. 2 Mark Munoz of Oklahoma State in the title meet of the National Duals • provided Minnesota with much-needed bonus points versus Iowa in the final dual meet of the season with his 15-0 (5:00) technical fall of Fulsaas • has won six-straight matches entering the Big Ten Championships • has battled a nagging knee injury this season, but has fought through the discomfort to perform exceptionally for Minnesota • finished the 1999-2000 season with a 31-15 overall record and a 10-7 mark in duals • went 4-4 in Big Ten duals • registered six pins on the season • went 3-2 and placed fifth at the 2000 Big Ten Championships • went 3-2 at the 2000 NCAA Championships and did not place • ended the 1998-99 with a 5-1 overall record • was 1-0 in dual meets, backing up two-time NCAA Champion Tim Hartung • redshirted the 1997-98 season • recorded an 14-2 overall record wrestling unattached at 190 pounds.
ELZEN MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/11 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Jason Bahis/Unattached W, TF, 18-2
Jacob Anderson/MSU Moorhead W, 9-0
Bryan Mueller/NDSU W, 15-4
Lee Hiltner/NDSU W, TF, 15-0
11/18 Bryan Mueller/NDSU W, P, 4:52
11/24 Northern Open (River Falls, Wis.) 1st Place
David Spangler/Iowa W, P, 0:36
Joe Terrell/Wisconsin W, P, 1:34
Sean Stender/Northern Iowa W, P, 6:54
11/26 Jason Payne/Northern Iowa W, 6-4
12/10 Matt Daddino/Hofstra W, TF, 21-6, 6:43
12/10 Chris McLaughlin/Princeton W, TF, 17-1
12/10 Fikret Darzanoff/Seton Hall W, P, 4:02
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Matt Daddino/Hofstra W, 10-4
Ryan Fulsaas/Iowa W, P, 3:38
Mark Munoz/Oklahoma St. L, 9-4
1/26 Joe DeGain/Michigan W, 6-1
1/27 Jon Bush/Purdue W, 11-4
2/2 Ty Matthews/Indiana W, 12-0
2/4 Pat Quirk/Illinois W, P, 5:49
2/9 Nik Fekete/Michigan St. W, 5-3
2/18 Ryan Fulsaas/Iowa W, TF, 15-0, 5:00
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.) 3rd Place
Ryan Fulsaas/Iowa W, TF, 15-0, 5:29
Pete Mielnik/Penn St. W, 9-1
Pat Quirk/Illinois L, 3-2
Nick Preston/Ohio St. W, 9-3
Joe DeGain/Michigan W, TF. 15-0, 3:26
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RS Freshman, 17-0
Freedom, Wis.
Freedom High School
2001 Big Ten Champ
Ranked No. 1 in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and InterMat • won the heavyweight title at the 2001 Big Ten Championships with a 5-2 win over John Lockhart of Illinois in the title match • qualified for his first NCAA tournament • has com-piled an overall record of 17-0, a dual record of 11-0 and an 8-0 mark in the Big Ten • is the lone undefeated Golden Gopher on the roster • gained his eligibility beginning second semester • won the Northern Open title wrestling unattached at heavyweight, defeating Wisconsin's Josh Staebler 7-4 in the title match • posted a 3-0 record at the National Duals with wins over Pat Miron of Nebraska, Josh Liddle of Iowa and James Huml of Oklahoma State to help the Golden Gophers to the team title • his 12-4 major decision of Liddle in the semifinal dual clinched Minnesota's 20-17 come-from-behind win • won the bronze medal in the 213-pound Greco-Roman divi-sion at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia • obtained an Olympic redshirt year for the 1999-2000 season to train for and compete at the Olympic Games • compiled a 15-1 overall record with three pins competing unattached • lone loss last season was to fellow Golden Gopher and eventual NCAA Champion Brock Lesnar in the title match of the Bison Open • took first place at the Kaufman-Brand Open, Northern Iowa Open and Great Plains Open • redshirted the 1998-99 season and compiled a 10-2 overall record.
LOWNEY MATCH-BY-MATCH IN 2000-01
11/24 Bison Open (Fargo, N.D.) 1st Place
Nick Bruels/NDSU W, P, 1:42
Brian Kramer/NDSU W, 11-3
Josh Staebler/Wisconsin W, 7-4
1/20-21 National Duals (State College, Pa.)
Pat Miron/Nebraska W, 10-3
Josh Liddle/Iowa W, 12-4
James Huml/Oklahoma St. W, 3-2
1/26 Matt Brink/Michigan W, 6-3
1/27 Jake Vercelli/Purdue W, 10-7
2/2 Mike Dixon/Indiana W, 2-1
2/4 John Lockhart/Illinois W, 3-1, OT
2/9 Matt Lamb/Michigan St. W, 9-0
2/11 Bob Jones/Penn St. W, 6-3
2/16 Justin Staebler/Wisconsin W, 6-2
2/18 Josh Liddle/Iowa W, 6-2
3/3-4 Big Ten Championships (Evanston, Ill.)
Bob Jones/Penn St. W, 11-6
Matt Brink/Michigan W, 4-2
John Lockhart/Illinois W, 5-2