MOORHEAD, Minn. (1/30/07) -- No.27-ranked Concordia had too much
firepower for Itasca CC, claiming victories in eight of the ten
individual matches en route to a 37-10 win over the Vikings in Moorhead
on Tuesday.
The win pushes the Cobbers' dual win total to seven this season, the
most since the 1991-92 season when they also had seven dual meet
victories. Concordia is now 7-4 in dual meets this season and has won
seven of their past nine dual meets.
The highlight of the match came at 184 where the Cobbers' Tony Neumann
battled out a 5-3 decision over Aaron Young of Itasca. Young won the
Jamestown Open on Saturday by beating Neumann on technical fall (19-3)
in the championship match. The two squared off in a classic match that
had Neumann coming from behind in the third period to grab the
two-point win. For Neumann it is his 19th win of the season.
The Cobbers set the tone for the match in the opening bout where
sophomore Matt Nyvold pinned John Gray at 5:11. Nyvold had control of
the match the entire way and wound up gaining his seventh fall of the
season - second most on the team.
Joe Leacox was awarded a forfeit at 133 to bring his team-leading win
total to 24. He has now won 11 of his last 13 matches.
The Vikings strung together a pair of decisive wins in the next two
matches to cut the lead to 12-10 but then the Lunde brothers put the
match out of reach with a major decision and a solid decision. Logan
Lunde captured the major decision at 157 by seizing momentum of the
match in the first period and then cruising to a 16-3 win. His younger
brother Lane followed at 165 and methodically wore down Jon Brown to
gain a 6-2 decision. The win for Lane brings his season record to 21-9
on the year - the best winning percentage of any Cobber wrestler on the
team.
After the Lunde brothers pushed the margin to 19-10, four more Cobber
wrestlers closed out the match with wins.
Cody Salo came up with an acrobatic pin at 2:20 in his bout at 174,
Neumann then followed with his hard-fought victory before Theo Gagner
recorded a win in the closest match of the evening. Trailing 4-3 in the
final minute of the third period in his bout at 197 against Nolan
Boucher, Gagner was able to come with a takedown and then ride out the
remaining 30 seconds to get the win.
Dustin Roggenbuck finished the match by capturing a forfeit win at
heavyweight.
Concordia will continue with their string of four dual matches to end
the regualr season when they square off against Southwest Minnesota
State on Friday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. in Marshall, Minn.
January 30, 2007 at Moorhead, MN
#27 Concordia 37, Itasca 10
125: Matt Nyvold (CC) fall John Gray (ICC); 5:11
133: Joe Leacox (CC) win by forfeit
141: John Koistinen (ICC) maj. dec. Josiah Simburger (CC); 10-2
149: Cody Johnvin (ICC) fall Zach Schumak (CC); 2:48
157: Logan Lunde (CC) maj. dec. Steve Merth (ICC); 16-3
165: Lane Lunde (CC) dec. Jon Brown (ICC); 6-2
174: Cody Salo (CC) fall Brady Bjornson (ICC); 2:20
184: Anthony Neumann (CC) dec. Aaron Young (ICC); 5-3
197: Theo Gagner (CC) dec. Nolan Boucher (ICC); 5-4
285: Dustin Roggenbuck (CC) win by forfeit