Nate Buys avenged 1 of his 2 losses on the season, but it wasn't enough
as the Augustana wrestling team dropped a 30-7 North Central Conference
dual to Nebraska-Omaha Wednesday night in front of 850 fans at Lee
& Helene Sapp Fieldhouse.
Augustana, ranked No. 14 in the nation fell to 8-6 on the season, while
No. 3 Nebraska-Omaha improved to 6-5.
Buys, who is ranked No. 3 at 197 pounds, earned an impressive win in
the featured match of the night. Buys scored a 13-2 major decision over
No. 2 Jacob Marrs.
Buys dominated the action. He recorded 2 takedowns, 2 3-point near
falls and a 2-point near fall. In addition, he had 5:45 in riding time.
Buys improved to 25-2 on the season.
Augustana's Chris Trampe scored the Vikings' only other win of the
night, defeating Jimmy Ball 9-3.
The Vikings came up on the short end of a pair of close matches.
Augie's Aaron Haddorff dropped a 2-1 decision to top-ranked Ross Taplin
in the 165-pound bout. Taplin earned the winning point by virtue of
1:02 riding time.
At 174 pounds, No. 1 ranked J.D. Naig edged Augie's Cody Henriksen,
ranked No. 5, 4-1. Naig used a first-period takedown and a riding time
point for the 3-point win.
Augustana will now be off until February 25 when the Vikings compete in
the North Regional Championships in Moorhead, Minn.
February 14, 2007 at Omaha, NE
#3 Nebraska-Omaha 30, #14 Augustana 7
125: Chad Trampe, AC (24-8) dec. Jimmy Ball, UNO (3-8), 9-3 (AC 3, UNO
0)
133: Jeff Rau (16-17) dec. Adam Schlee, AC (2-12), 7-3 (AC 3, UNO 3)
141: Sim Bribieseca, UNO (21-10) dec. Mike Long, AC (19-8), 8-4 (UNO 6,
AC 3)
149: Todd Meneely, UNO (29-2) WBF Brandon Kruger, AC (14-10), 1:48 (UNO
12, AC 3)
157: Henry Wahle, UNO (15-14) dec. Jarred McCarthy (11-12), AC, 9-6
(UNO 15, AC 3)
165: Ross Taplin, UNO (30-10) dec. Aaron Haddorff , AC(15-16), 2-1 (UNO
18, AC 3)
174: JD Naig, UNO (37-7) dec. Cody Henriksen, AC (19-6), 4-1 (UNO 21,
AC 3)
184: Austin Boehm, UNO (22-13) WBF Beau Severtson, AC (16-11), 2:10
(UNO 27, AC 3)
197: Nate Buys, AC (25-2), major dec. Jacob Marrs, UNO (32-6), 13-2
(UNO 27, AC 7)
Hwt: Tony Lewis, UNO (27-15) dec. Ray O’Connor, AC (14-10), 4-0 (UNO
30, AC 7)