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Gophers take to the road this weekend
January 30, 2003
The fourth-ranked Golden Gophers (11-4, 1-0 Big Ten) take to the road for the first full weekend of Big Ten competition. Minnesota battles No. 15 Penn State (9-3, 2-0) on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m., before heading to Columbus, Ohio to take on No. 3 Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 2. Ohio State (8-3, 0-0) hosts Indiana on Thursday top open its Big Ten season. The Maroon and Gold is coming off a 22-14 win over Michigan State in Minnesota's conference home opener. The Golden Gophers have not lost a Big Ten meet since Feb. 20, 2000, when Iowa downed UM 20-13 at Williams Arena. Minnesota has not dropped a conference meet on the road since Feb. 6, 1998 at Penn State (21-13).
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Probable Minnesota (11-4, 1-0 Big Ten) starters |
Overall, dual, Big Ten record (pins) |
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125 -20/NR Bobbe Lowe (So.,Oak Grove,Mo.) |
9-11,6-8,0-1 (0) |
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133 -2/1 Ryan Lewis (Sr.,Vernal,Utah) |
18-2,13-2,1-0 (7) |
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141 -12/11 Derek Phillips (Sr.,Grosse Pointe,Mich.) |
1-0,1-0,1-0 (0) |
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149 -2/2 Jared Lawrence (Sr.,Sandpoint,Idaho) |
17-2,13-1,0-0 (6) |
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157 -1/1 Luke Becker (Sr.,Cambridge,Minn.) |
15-1,10-1,1-0 (1) |
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165 -5/3 Jacob Volkmann (Jr.,Henning,Minn.) |
18-3,13-2,1-0 (3) |
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174 -Matt Nagel (RS Fr.,Frazee,Minn.) |
15-10,5-5,1-0 (4) |
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184 -18/14 Josh McLay (So.,Hastings,Minn.) |
11-10,7-8,0-1 (1) |
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197 -9/8 Damion Hahn (Jr.,Lakewood,N.J.) |
7-2,7-2,0-0 (0) |
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HWT -9/12 Garrett Lowney (Jr.,Freedom,Wis.) |
4-3,4-3,1-0 (1) |
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Probable Penn State (9-3, 2-0 Big Ten) starters |
2002-03 overall record |
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125 -Adam Smith (So.,Newport,Pa.) |
18-14 |
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133 -8/9 Josh Moore (Jr.,Franklin,Pa.) |
26-3 |
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OR Marat Tomaev (Jr.,Vladikavkaz,Russia) |
26-5 |
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141 -13/9 Scott Moore (Jr.,Franklin,Pa.) |
40-6 |
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149 -17/NR Nate Galloway (Fr.,State College,Pa.) |
26-9 |
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157 -NR/10 Nate Wachter (Sr.,Norristown,Pa.) |
8-2 |
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165 -14/12 Doc Vecchio (Sr.,Shillington,Pa.) |
20-12 |
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174 -Dan Waters (So.,Laurel,Del.) |
4-7 |
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184 -4/6 Mark Becks (Sr.,Concord,Ohio) |
29-2 |
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197 -Ryan Cummins (Sr.,Lititz,Pa.) |
18-14 |
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HWT -11/9 Pat Cummins (Jr.,Lititz,Pa.) |
24-3 |
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Probable Ohio State (8-3, 0-0 Big Ten) starters |
2002-03 overall, dual record (pins) |
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125 -Rob Rosenfeld (Fr.,Medina,Ohio) |
0-2,0-2 (0) |
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133 -Nathan Costello (Fr.,Maple Heights,Ohio) |
5-16,2-9 (0) |
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141 -18/16 Jeff Ratliff (Jr.,Marion,Ohio) |
22-11,8-3 (2) |
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149 -14/19 Josh Daugherty (Sr.,Huber Heights,Ohio) |
11-13,5-6 (4) |
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157 -2/2 Keaton Anderson (Sr.,Pickerington,Ohio) |
24-1,7-0 (3) |
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165 -4/5 John Clark (Jr.,Canton,N.Y.) |
26-4,9-1 (4) |
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174 -Anthony Magistrelli (Fr.,Maple Heights,Ohio) |
15-13,5-6 (2) |
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184 -Casey Kapustka (Sr.,Centerville,Ohio) |
8-8,5-5 (1) |
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197 -8/7 Anton Talamantes (Sr.,Fort Wayne,Ind.) |
22-5,5-3 (2) |
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HWT -2/2 Tommy Rowlands (Jr.,Hillliard,Ohio) |
27-3,10-1 (8) |
*Rankings from TheWrestlingMall.com (1/28/03)/Amateur Wrestling News (1/27/03)