2008-09 College Results
Ness Victory Highlights Minnesota Rout of Michigan State
January 25, 2009
All-American Jayson Ness won the feature match of the afternoon over
top-ranked Franklin Gomez at 133 pounds, and the Gophers (11-4, 1-0)
cruised to a win in their Big Ten opener over Michigan State (5-4, 0-2)
at the Sports Pavilion on Sunday.
Ness and Gomez traded reversals in the opening period before the
Minnesota junior secured his win over previously unbeaten Gomez with a
third period escape to secure the 6-5 decision victory. Ness’ win
over Gomez improved his all-time record in Big Ten duals to a perfect
17-0.
Mike Thorn recorded his tenth pin of the season at 141 pounds and No. 9
Minnesota got major decision wins from Zach Sanders (125 pounds),
Gordon Bierschenk (197 pounds) and Ben Berhow (Hwt) to stretch the
final margin to 30-6.
Sanders opened the meet with a dominating 15-5 win over the Spartans’
Eric Olanowski at 125 pounds. The win was a team-leading 27th of the
season for the Wabasha, Minn. native and was his sixth by major
decision. The redshirt freshman is now a perfect 15-0 in Minnesota dual
meets this season.
Following the big win by Ness, Thorn’s second period pin over the
Spartans’ Collin Dozier pushed the Minnesota lead to 13-0. Michigan
State was able to narrow their deficit to within 13-6 through the
157-pound match, but the Gophers won the final five bouts to stretch
their lead to the final 24-point margin.
No. 16 Scott Glasser got the ball rolling for the Gophers with his 8-4
decision win over Rex Kindle at 165 pounds. Glasser’s win in his Big
Ten dual debut improved his 2008-09 record to 17-9.
At 174 pounds, junior Matt Everson cranked out a narrow 4-3 victory
over the Spartans’ Ian Hinton. Redshirt freshman Sonny Yohn followed
with another close win at 184 pounds - a 6-3 triumph over Nick Palmieri.
The Gophers will hit the road to take on Penn State and Ohio State next
weekend before returning to the Twin Cities to host Michigan
(Feb. 6) and Northwestern (Feb. 8) in two weeks at the Sports Pavilion.
Tickets for both duals are still available and can be purchased by
calling 1-800-U-GOPHER or by contacting the Gopher Ticket Office at
612-624-8080.
