UW jumped out to an early lead over the Greyhounds, but the action truly began at 165 lbs. when No. 17 Jake Donar (Cuba City, Wis.) earned a pin over David Walpole at 2:20. The falls would continue as Mike Felling (Hutchinson, Minn.) made his season debut at 174 lbs. with a pin at 2:38 over Mike Jackson.
Justin Peterson (Comstock, Wis.) and No. 10 Dallas Herbst (Winneconne, Wis.) followed suit with pins of their own at 184 lbs. and 197 lbs., respectively. At heavyweight, No. 16 Kyle Massey (Champlin, Minn.) competed in his first match for Wisconsin since January. He fell behind early to Jose Navarro, but battled back to win 3-2 to give the Badgers a 43-0 victory.
The match against Navy featured exciting bouts at nearly all weight classes. Starting things out was No. 17 Collin Cudd (River Falls, Wis.) against Navy's Alex Usztics at 125 lbs. The match remained close through the first two periods with both grapplers earning 3-point near falls. However, Cudd pulled away in the third to win 16-9 after riding time.
Sophomore Zach Tanelli (Milburn, N.J.) also found himself in a tight battle as he faced Brandon Beasley at 133 lbs. No. 17 Tanelli had a narrow one point lead to start the third period before Beasley earned an escape with a minute remaining to tie the score and send the match to overtime. However, Tanelli was aggressive in the overtime period, earning a takedown and three-point near fall to win 6-1.
The match at 149 lbs. was highly anticipated as No. 4 Tyler Turner (Spring Valley, Wis.) faced No. 7 John Cox. Turner led 3-1 in to start the third before Cox managed a takedown and escape to lead 4-3, with a minute remaining. Turner quickly responded with an escape of his own to even the score. Then, with two seconds remaining the Badger notched a takedown to win 7-4 after riding time.
No. 4 Craig Henning (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) and Donar kept the badgers rolling with victories at 157 lbs. and 165 lbs., respectively. Navy got on the board at 174 lbs. as Matt Stolpinski nabbed a major decision victory over Matt Maciag (Sussex, N.J.) 15-6. The Midshipmen would earn three more points at 184 lbs. with Peterson falling to Antonio Miranda 13-9.
However, Wisconsin would end on a positive note after a pin by Herbst at 2:48 against Tyler Mayer at 197 lbs., and a 16-8 major decision victory for Massey at heavyweight.
Following the Badgers 29-7 win over Navy, UW faced Cumberland University. Wisconsin bolted out to a 16-0 lead after Cudd earned a major decision victory, Tanelli nabbed a pin and the Bulldogs forfeited at 141 lbs.
Sophomore Mike Metzger improved to 3-0 at 157 lbs. after pinning Cumberland's Mike Newberg at 2:21. From there Wisconsin continued to dominate, winning 53-0.
Badger wrestling action continues next week as UW heads to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the first annual ACC/Big Ten clash on Nov. 18. Wisconsin will face North Carolina State, Virginia, and North Carolina in the three-dual competition. Check uwbadgers.com for the latest updates and scores.
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