After Michael Kroells defeated Tanner Harms 14-9 at heavyweight to give Minnesota the early lead, Sam Brancale challenged No. 8 Tyler Cox at 125. In a wild, high-scoring match, Brancale landed three takedown/near fall combinations for five points each to upset Cox, 17-11.
Trailing 6-0 in the meet, the Cowboys scored their first team points of the night at 133, when Drew Templeman defeated Jordan Kingsley, 7-2. That would be the Pokes only victory until the last match of the night, as the Gophers responded by winning the next six matches.
That run began with Conrad Rangell and Jake Short each scoring decisions to stretch Minnesota's lead to 12-3. Then No. 1 Dylan Ness stepped on to the mat and, for the second time in about a seven-hour span, pinned an opponent in less than two minutes to score six for Minnesota, stretching the lead to 18-3.
At 165, Nick Wanzek took on his second ranked opponent of the day and, for the second time, came out on top. This time, Wanzek defeated No. 18 Dakota Friesth, 3-1. It capped off quite a duals debut for Wanzek, who had never wrestled in a dual match previous to Saturday's meets.
At 174, like Ness, No. 1 Logan Storley saw the same result in a different venue. Storley repeatedly tilted Andy McCulley in the second and third periods of their match and eventually scored the tech fall, winning 16-0.
In the night's lone matchup of two ranked wrestlers, as well as the only rematch from last year's dual, No. 14 Brett Pfarr took on No. 15 Benjamin Stroh. Pfarr defeated Stroh for the second consecutive time, winning by major decision, 13-3.
The meet concluded with Chris Pfarr taking on No. 16 Shane Woods. Woods looked impressive throughout and scored a major decision over Pfarr, winning 16-6.
Though they'll have more time off then they did between their first two duals, it won't be long before the Gophers return to the mat. The team opens its home schedule this coming Thursday (Nov. 20) at 7:30 p.m. CT against Grand Canyon University. Fans will be able to stream the meet on BTN Plus and, as always, can follow all the action on the Gopher Wrestling Twitter feed.
Results:
HWT: Michael Kroells (Minn) dec. Tanner Harms (Wyo), 14-9 / Minnesota 3 - Wyoming 0
125: Sam Brancale (Minn) dec. No. 8 Tyler Cox (Wyo), 17-11 / Minnesota 6 - Wyoming 0
133: Drew Templeman (Wyo) dec. Jordan Kingsley (Minn), 7-2 / Minnesota 6 - Wyoming 3
141: Conrad Rangell (Minn) dec. Cole Mendenhall (Wyo), 7-2 / Minnesota 9 - Wyoming 3
149: Jake Short (Minn) dec. Jake Elliott (Wyo), 8-3 / Minnesota 12 - Wyoming 3
157: No. 1 Dylan Ness (Minn) fall (1:24) Archie Colgan (Wyo) / Minnesota 18 - Wyoming 3
165: Nick Wanzek (Minn) dec. No. 18 Dakota Friesth (Wyo), 3-1 / Minnesota 21 - Wyoming 3
174: No. 1 Logan Storley (Minn) tech. fall (7:00) Andy McCulley (Wyo), 16-0 / Minnesota 26 - Wyoming 3
184: No. 14 Brett Pfarr (Minn) maj. dec. No. 15 Benjamin Stroh (Wyo), 13-3 / Minnesota 30 - Wyoming 3
197: No. 16 Shane Woods (Wyo) maj. dec. Chris Pfarr (Minn), 16-6 / Minnesota 30 - Wyoming 7
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