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Seven Cardinal Wrestlers Place at Bison Open
Nov. 11, 2006
Complete Results in PDF Format Fargo, ND - Eleven Cardinal wrestlers picked up wins and seven placed at the 37th annual Bison Open hosted by North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND today. Facing some of the top competition in the nation, including wrestlers from top-ranked Minnesota, Stanford posted 35 total wins across 12 wrestlers. 187 wrestlers competed in the event, representing ten different schools from around the nation. Junior Tanner Gardner remained undefeated, earning four wins and a first place finish at 125 pounds. Gardner defeated Minnesota's Jayson Ness, 1-0, in the final to capture the title. At 157 pounds, junior Josh Zupancic finished in second place, posting four consecutive wins to advance to the final, before being defeated by fifth-ranked CP Schlatter of Minnesota, 3-0. At 165 pounds, two Cardinal wrestlers placed, with junior Scott Loescher finishing second and senior Brian Perry finishing third. Loescher picked up four-straight wins, including three by fall, to advance to the final, where he dropped a decision to Minnesota's Scott Glasser, 6-1. Perry won three-straight before meeting Glasser, but bounced back to win the consolation bracket with a 5-0 decision over Kyle Trout of MSU Moorhead. Sophomore Luke Feist placed third at 174 pounds, pinning Kenny Moenkedick of North Dakota State in 5:13 in the third place match. Freshman Zack Giesen finished the day with a 4-1 record, and took third place with a 3-0 decision over Travis Birhanzl of Southwest State at 184 pounds.
Heavyweight Phillip Doerner rounded out the place-winners for the Cardinal, with a fifth-place finish. "I was happy with the overall team performance," said Head Coach Kerry McCoy. "We had some good wins and some tough losses. We got to see some guys that we wouldn't see until the NCAAs, so the trip was definitely worth it." Sophomore Rafael Chavez competed unattached at the Cowboy Open in Laramie, Wyo. and finished in third place with a 6-1 record. Stanford (1-2) begins conference action on Friday, heading to Cal State Fullerton for its first Pac-10 dual. Stanford Results 125 pounds Tanner Gardner (4-0, 1st place): pinned Matthew Laine (St. John's), 4:32; tech. fall Evan Forde (MSU Moorhead), 18-0 (2:40); tech. fall Jimmy Marx (Ridgewater CC), 18-2 (3:58); dec. Jayson Ness (Minnesota), 1-0. 133 pounds Matt Kim (2-2): pinned Scott Thompson (Jamestown), 3:05; pinned Matt Olson (Concordia), 4:42; lost maj. dec. to Troy MacFarland (MSU Moorhead), 20-12; lost to Shane Hase (Jamestown), 8-4. Cameron Teitelman (2-2): lost to Jake Mellmer (Minnesota), 4-2; dec. Scott Thompson (Jamestown), 2-1; maj. dec. Smokey McBride (Concordia), 14-4; lost maj. dec. to Shane Hase (Jamestown), 11-2. 149 pounds Tyler Parker (3-1): dec. Reese Whitley (North Dakota State), 5-2; lost by tech. fall to Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota), 16-1 (4:41); dec. Justin Turck (Ridgewater CC), 5-4; win by default Ben Keen (MSU Moorhead). 157 pounds Josh Zupancic (4-1, 2nd place): tech. fall Tyler Polzin (Mary), 16-1 (5:59); pinned Mike Sorman (North Dakota State), 0:26; pinned Curt Thoreson (North Dakota State), 3:00; dec. Tyler Safratowich (Minnesota), 7-4; lost to CP Schlatter (Minnesota), 3-0. 165 pounds Scott Loescher (4-1, 2nd place): pinned Carlyle Scott (Jamestown), 4:44; pinned Brandon Henderson (North Dakota State), 1:25; pinned Ben Imdieke (North Dakota State), 2:39; dec. Mitch Kuhlman (Minnesota), 8-2; lost to Scott Glasser (Minnesota), 6-1. Brian Perry (5-1, 3rd place): pinned Tony Hewitt (Concordia), 0:46; maj. dec. Talon Wald (MSU Moorhead), 13-1; dec. Jeremy Larson (Minnesota), 5-3; fall to Scott Glasser (Minnesota), 4:50; dec. Ben Imdieke (North Dakota State), 9-3; dec. Kyle Trout (MSU Moorhead), 5-0. 174 pounds Luke Feist (4-1, 3rd place): pinned DJ Ringquist (Concordia), 5:35; pinned Tyler Bowling (Dakota County Tech), 5:57; lost to Gabriel Dretsch (Minnesota), 8-7; pinned David Oliver (Mary), 0:57; pinned Kenny Moenkedick (North Dakota State), 5:13. Jake Johnson (0-1): lost to Skip Toops (MSU Moorhead), 8-7. 184 pounds Zack Giesen (4-1, 3rd place): maj. dec. Andrew Staberg (St. John's), 9-0; tech. fall Justin Phillippi (MSU Moorhead), 17-2 (5:20); lost maj. dec. to Roger Kish (Minnesota), 15-7; maj. dec. Nathan Roemer (MSU Moorhead), 14-3; dec. Travis Birhanzl (Southwest State), 3-0. 197 pounds Jared Boyer (1-2): lost to Christopher McPhail (Minnesota), 11-5; dec. Matt Nelson (MSU Moorhead), 1-0; fall to Justin LaGosh (North Dakota State), 0:56. Heavyweight Phillip Doerner (2-2, 5th place): dec. Tim Richards (MSU Moorhead), 7-2; lost to Joe Nord (Minnesota), 5-2; lost by injury default to Evan Hacker (North Dakota State); win by default Joe Facchinni (MSU Moorhead).
Stanford Results 141 pounds Rafael Chavez (6-1, 3rd place): pinned Travis Bruce (Northwest), 1:49; pinned Derrick Salazar (Northern Colorado), 1:41; lost to Byron Kuylen (Montana State Northern), 3-2; pinned Josh Hensley (Adams State), 3:40; pinned Kyle Francis (Western State), 0:30; dec. Cody Weitzel (Colorado School of Mines), 6-0; win by default Byron Kuylen (Montana State Northern). |
