NORTHFIELD, Minn. (1/12/07)--Concordia opened the 2007 portion of their
schedule in style as they cruised past St. Olaf 41-9 in a dual meet in
Northfield on Friday.
The win is the third of the year for Concordia in dual meets. After
losing the season opener to MSU Moorhead, CC has now won three of their
last four and is 3-2 on the season. The Oles are now 1-7 in dual meets
and have lost seven straight after winning their season opener against
Knox College.
Concordia opened the dual meet by claiming the first six matches. Of
the 10 matches, the Cobbers won eight and captured two by fall.
Brandon Bartyzal and Tony Neumann were the two Cobber athletes to pin
their opponents. Bartyzal beat Ian Gatcheru in the first period at 2:28
in the 149-lb match to give CC a 20-0 lead. The win was Bartyzal's 17th
of the season - second best on Concordia. Neumann pinned George Jiminez
at 4:34 in the 184-lb weight class to put CC up by a commanding 38-3
margin. For Neumann, it was his 11th win of the season.
The match started with the Cobbers' Matt Nyvold earning a win by
forfeit. It was the first of three forfeits CC would receive in the
match. After Nyvold's forfeit win, Joe Leacox won a 20-5 major decision
at 133. Josiah Simburger followed that up with a 4-1 win at 141 over
the Oles' Dan Rysavy. The 3-point deciosn was the closest of any match
during the meet.
Bartyzal pinned Gatcheru at 149 and then the Lunde brothers (Logan at
157 and Lane at 165) won by forfeit. Cody Salo then fell 10-3 at 174
before Neumann recaptured the momentum for CC by winning by fall at 184.
Cobber heavyweight Preston Lyles finished off the match by winning his
fourth match of the year by earning an 11-5 win over Jake Lambers.
Concordia will participate in their second-to-last open invitational of
the season when they travel to the Al Hanke Invite on Saturday, Jan.
20. The meet begins at 10 a.m.
January 12, 2007 at
Northfield, MN
Concordia 41, St. Olaf 9
125 - Matt Nyvold (CC) win by forfeit - CC 6, St. Olaf 0
133 - Joe Leacox (CC) def. Ricky Traut (StO) 20-5 - CC 11, St. Olaf 0
141 - Josiah Stimberger (CC) def. Dan Rysavy (StO) 4-1 - CC 14, St.
Olaf 0
149 - Brandon Bortyzal (CC) def. Ian Gacheru (StO) Fall (2:28) - CC 20,
St. Olaf 0
157 - Logan Lunde (CC) win by forfeit - CC 26, St. Olaf 0
165 - Lane Lunde (CC) win by forfeit - CC 32, St. Olaf 0
174 - Tom Kopietz (StO) def. Cody Salo (CC) 10-3 - CC 32, St. Olaf 3
184 - Tony Neumann (CC) def. George Jiminez (StO) Fall (4:34) - CC 38,
St. Olaf 3
197 - Steven Wood (StO) def. Dustin Rogenbuck (CC) Fall (2:33)- CC 38,
St. Olaf 9
Hwt - Preston Lyles (CC) def. Jake Lambers (StO)11-5 - CC 41, St. Olaf
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