Much like the night before, tonight (Feb. 6) the Gophers overcame a forfeit at 125 to lodge a convincing victory. No. 5 Minnesota (11-4, 6-0) was facing their fourth consecutive opponent ranked in the top-25 in No. 14 Indiana (13-3, 2-3). The Gophers won their previous three dual meets by a combined score of 77-40, and kept with the trend tonight.
A night ago, the Gopher gave up the first win, but responded with six straight wins as they beat Illinois, and tonight was no different.
Zach Sanders (Wabasha, Minn.) missed his second straight match, allowing the Hoosiers to take an early 6-0 lead. However, at 133, Jayson Ness (Bloomington, Minn.) got the Gophers back on the match with his 16th fall of the season, making the match 6-6. Ness is now just four falls away from tying the school record for falls in a season, which he co-owns with former national champion and assistant coach Marty Morgan.
With the match tied, Mike Thorn (St. Michael, Minn.), Mario Mason (Moorestown, N.J.) and Dustin Schlatter (Massillion, Ohio) went back-to-back-to-back at to give the Gophers a 16-6 lead at the midway point of the match. No. 6 Thorn won by tech fall at 141, 24-9 over Nick Viterisi, while No. 18 Mason and No. 2 Schlatter each scored identical 6-0 shutouts at 149 and 157 respectively.
Mason beat Matt Coughlin while Schlatter won over Kurt Kinser.
At 174, Scott Glasser (Bismarck, N.D.) stayed on his blazing streak of late, winning for the seventh straight time and 17th in his last 18 matches. Eighth ranked Glasser won by 12-4 major decision over Ryan Kronz extending the Gophes lead to 20-12.
Reminiscent of last week, Sonny Yohn (Alamosa, Colo.) was faced with his second ranked opponent in as many days. No. 10 Yohn was coming off a disappointing loss just last night, but tonight he left no doubt with his 8-2 win over No. 13 Matt Powlesss.
With the regular season road schedule wrapped up, the Gophers now return home to finish out the season, hosting Iowa and Penn State. The current run of ranked opponents will continue as Minnesota hosts No. 1 ranked and defending national champion Iowa to Williams Arena on Sunday Feb. 14.
Results:
125: #1 Angel Escobedo (IU) wins by forfeit (Team Score: 6-0)
133: #1 Jayson Ness (MINN) pins Geno Capezio (IU), 3:35 (6-6)
141: #6 Mike Thorn (MINN) tech falls Nick Viterisi (IU), 24-9 (6-10)
149: #18 Mario Mason (MINN) dec. over Matt Coughlin (IU), 6-0 (6-13)
157: #2 Dustin Schlatter (MINN) dec. over Kurt Kinser (IU), 6-0 (6-16)
165: #12 Paul Young (IU) pins Cody Yohn (MINN), 2:46 (12-16)
174: #8 Scott Glasser (MINN) maj. dec. over Ryan Konz (IU), 12-4 (12-20)
184: Eric Cameron (IU) dec. over Kaleb Young (MINN), 3-1 SV (15-20)
187: #10 Sonny Yohn (MINN) dec. over #13 Matt Powless (IU), 8-2 (15-23)
285: #2 Nate Everhart (IU) dec. over Ben Berhow (MINN), 7-3 (18-23)
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