Wildcats Fall to No. 11 Wisconsin, 19-18 <\/p>\n
Kimberlin upsets 13th-ranked Turner at 157 lbs. <\/p>\n
EVANSTON, Ill. – 18th-ranked Northwestern fell to 11th-ranked Wisconsin by the slimmest of margins in the Wildcats’ final dual match of the season Sunday, 19-18. The `Cats carried a 18-16 advantage into the final match at 197 lbs., but fell there in a tough overtime period, 6-4, pushing the Badgers ahead for the overall victory.<\/p>\n
Senior Mike Kimberlin was one of five `Cats to record wins on the day. Competing at Welsh-Ryan Arena for the final time in his career, Kimberlin went out on top with a huge upset over 13th-ranked Tyler Turner at 157 lbs.<\/p>\n
Freshmen Dustin Fox, Jake Herbert and Ryan Lang and junior John Velez also recorded victories for Northwestern (9-6, 2-6 Big Ten).<\/p>\n
Fox started things off at heavyweight and got on the board first with an early takedown of Kraemer in the first round. He also recorded an escape to take a 3-0 lead into the second round.<\/p>\n
Another takedown stretched his lead to 5-0, but Kraemer scored a reversal to close the gap to 5-2. Fox closed the match out in the third round with three more points for an 8-2 win, improving his record to 13-8 overall, 5-2 in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n
Fresh off upsetting the nation’s second-ranked Kyle Ott at 125 lbs., junior John Velez did not ease up at all against the Badgers’ Colin Cudd. Velez landed a takedown in the opening round to take a 2-0 lead. He then scored a reversal in second round and another takedown in the final round. With a bonus point for riding time (2:06), Velez earned a 7-2 decision to improve to 14-2 overall, 5-1 Big Ten.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin’s seventh-ranked Tom Clum then earned a major decision at 133 lbs. and Northwestern’s lead was cut to 6-4.<\/p>\n
Freshman Ryan Lang got the `Cats back on track at 141 lbs. Lang took a 1-0 lead into the third round, where Gutnik quickly tied things up with an escape. With less than 45 seconds to go, Lang scored a takedown for the 3-2 decision.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin’s Greg Henning knotted the score at 9-9 by earning a technical fall at 149 lbs.<\/p>\n
Kimberlin then put NU ahead 12-9 with his 5-3 win over Turner.<\/p>\n
A major decision by Wisconsin at 165 lbs. swung the lead back into the Badgers’ favor, but Herbert had something to say about that.<\/p>\n
After suffering his only loss of the year last Thursday at Illinois, Herbert got back on track in a big way for the `Cats. He pinned 17th-ranked Kelly Flaherty at 1:14 to boost Northwestern ahead, 18-13.<\/p>\n
Ninth-ranked Brady Reinke then edged freshman Mike Tamillow 7-3 to set the decisive stage at 197 lbs, where 13th-ranked Delguyd faced 19th-ranked Ryan Flaherty.<\/p>\n
Flaherty jumped ahead with a takedown in first, but Delguyd — the team’s team-leader in wins with 25 — tied the score at two after an escape late in the first round and another early in the second round.<\/p>\n
Delguyd then scored his first takedown of the match, but Flaherty followed with his own pair of escapes to knot it back at 4-4. The two remained tied as time ran out in the third round ran out. In the overtime period, Flaherty scored a takedown of Delguyd to push the Badgers ahead.<\/p>\n
Northwestern is next in action March 5-6 at the Big Ten Championships hosted by Iowa.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin 19, Northwestern 18 <\/p>\n
Hwt. – #13 Dustin Fox (NU) dec. over Lee Kraemer (WIS), 8-2
125 – #11 John Velez (NU) dec. over Colin Cudd (WIS), 7-2
133 – #7 Tom Clum (WIS) major dec. over Daniel Quintela (NU), 17-6
141 – #10 Ryan Lang (NU) def. Ed Gutnik (WIS), 3-2
149 – Greg Henning (WIS) technical fall over Jimmy Kim (NU), 16-0
157 – Mike Kimberlin (NU) dec. over #13 Tyler Turner (WIS), 5-3
165 – Jake Donar (WIS) major dec. over Nick Hayes (NU), 10-2
174 – #3 Jake Herbert (NU) pinned #17 Kelly Flaherty (WIS), 1:14
184 – #9 Brady Reinke (WIS) dec. over #18 Mike Tamillow (NU), 7-3
197 – #19 Ryan Flaherty (WIS) dec. over #13 Matt Delguyd (NU), 6-4 (OT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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