University of Minnesota Wrestling Schedule

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Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
11/09/13	Bison Open	Fargo, N.D.	All Day
11/16/13	Harold Nichols Open	Ames, Iowa	All Day
11/22/13	vs. Purdue *	Sports Pavilion	35-3
11/24/13	vs. Wyoming	Sports Pavilion	41-5
11/30/13	at Oregon State	Corvallis, Ore.	28-12
12/08/13	at Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	16-15
Southern Scuffle
01/01/14	Southern Scuffle	Chattanooga, Tenn.	All Day
01/02/14	Southern Scuffle	Chattanooga, Tenn.	All Day
01/10/14	at Northwestern *	Evanston, Ill.	7:00 p.m. CT
01/12/14	vs. Wisconsin *	Sports Pavilion	1:00 p.m. CT
01/17/14	at Michigan State *	Lansing, Mich.	6:00 p.m. CT
01/19/14	at Michigan *	Ann Arbor, Mich.	1:00 p.m. CT
01/25/14	at Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	1:00 p.m. CT
02/02/14	vs. Indiana *	Sports Pavilion	12:00 p.m. CT
02/09/14	vs. Penn State *	Sports Pavilion	1:00 p.m. CT
NWCA National Duals
02/16/14	NWCA National Duals	Columbus, Ohio	All Day
02/17/14	NWCA National Duals	Columbus, Ohio	ALL DAY
02/23/14	at Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	2:00 p.m. CT
Big Ten Championships
03/08/14	Big Ten Championships *	Madison, Wisc.	All Day
03/09/14	Big Ten Championships *	Madison, Wisc.	All Day
NCAA Championships
03/20/14	NCAA Championships	Oklahoma City, Okla.	All Day
03/21/14	NCAA Championships	Oklahoma City, Okla.	All Day
03/22/14	NCAA Championships	Oklahoma City, Okla.	All Day

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Minnesota To Host National Duals

Participating Teams:

#2-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes

#4-ranked +Minnesota Gophers

#5-ranked +Ohio State Buckeyes

#8-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini

Four regional winners

Regionals to be held on February 17

At Cornell: Cornell, +Hofstra Pride Athletics, +Nebraska Huskers, Virginia

At Kent State: Kent State, Northern Iowa, +Oklahoma State Athletics, +Wisconsin Badgers

At Missouri: +Maryland Terrapins , +Mizzou, +Purdue University, Wyoming

At Oregon State: Michigan, Oklahoma, +Oregon State University, +Virginia Tech

For more information: http://www.nwcaonline.com/NWCAWebSite/Events/nwcanationalduals.aspx

NCAA Division 1 rankings: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/wrestling/d1

SCSU-MSU To Battle For NSIC Wrestling Title

Two top-10 NCAA Division II wrestling teams will clash on Thursday, February 14 when top-ranked St. Cloud State hosts rival Minnesota State-Mankato. The match is the final dual of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) season. It will stream live online from Halenbeck Hall beginning at 7 PM.

St. Cloud State (20-0 overall; 7-0 NSIC) will try to complete an undefeated season and conference title, but it won't be easy. 10th-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato (9-2 overall; 6-0 NSIC) is also chasing a conference championship, undefeated in league duals. The Mavericks will close out their regular season schedule on February 15 against Northern State.

The Huskies will carry a 46-straight dual match victory streak in their quest to win their 1st NCAA Division II wrestling team championship. SCSU finished runner-up in each of the past two years losing to Nebraska-Omaha.

TheMat.com NCAA Division II rankings: http://goo.gl/WpKMg

To watch a live webcast, go here: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/scsu.portal#

Gophers Come Up Short, Nelson Crowned Champion

Despite having one more wrestler competing in the quarterfinals, Minnesota came up 25 points short of winning a team NCAA National Championship. Big Ten Conference foe Penn State had five wrestlers reach the finals and that was enough to wrap up their second-straight team championship.

Final Team Scores:
1. Penn State  143
2. Minnesota  117.5
3. Iowa  107.5
4. Cornell  102.5
5. Ohio State  68.5

This was the fifth runner-up finish for Minnesota, who won the NCAA Championship in 2007, 2002, and 2001.

Tony Nelson

The highlight of the tournament for the Gophers came in the final match as sophomore Tony Nelson became the fifth heavyweight in Minnesota history to capture the NCAA title. Nelson defeated Zach Rey of Lehigh 4-1 in the final.

The individual title is the first for a Minnesota heavyweight since Cole Konrad (2007 and 2006). Other Gopher heavyweight champions include Brock Lesnar (2000), Verne Gagne (1949) and Leonard "Butch" Levy (1941).

Minnesota Gophers Individual Results:
125: Zach Saunders, 6-1; 3rd Place
133: Chris Dardanes, 5-2; 4th Place
141: Nick Dardanes, 2-2
149: Dylan Ness, 4-1; 2nd Place
157: none
165: Cody Yohn, 0-2
174: Logan Storley, 3-3; 6th Place
184: Kevin Steinhauss, 5-2; 5th Place
197: Sonny Yohn, 5-2; 5th Place
HWT: Tony Nelson, 5-0; NCAA Champion

Gophers Head Coach J Robinson was also honored at the tournament by being named NWCA National Coach of the Year.

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Gophers ranked #12 in preseason poll

The University of Minnesota Gophers wrestling team was ranked #12 in the NCAA Division 1 wrestling preseason poll released on October 21, 2008. All 11 teams in the Big Ten Conference received votes in the poll with nine being ranked in the top 16.

USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Team Rankings
1 Iowa (Big 10)
2 Iowa State
3 Cornell
4 Ohio State (Big 10)
5 Missouri
6 Nebraska
T7 Penn State (Big 10)
T7 Oklahoma State
9 Illinois (Big 10)
10 Michigan (Big 10)
11 Northwestern (Big 10)
12 MINNESOTA (Big 10)
13 Wisconsin (Big 10)
14 Boise State
15 Edinboro
16 Indiana (Big 10)
17 Maryland
18 Central Michigan
19 Old Dominion
20 Oklahoma
T21 Navy
T21 Penn
23 Virginia
24 Northern Iowa
25 West Virginia

Others receiving votes: Harvard, Kent State, Hofstra, Oregon State, NC State, Michigan State, Purdue, Chattanooga