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Missouri Open
Ten Finish in Top-Four at Missouri Open
11/19/2006 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Nov. 19, 2006
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Ten different Hoosiers placed in the top four at the Missouri Open on Sunday, Nov. 19. In the Open division, Josh Buuck and Dave Herman finished as co-champions at heavyweight while competing unattached, while Nick Walpole took the 141-pound title in the freshman/sophomore division. Five Hoosiers placed finished in the top four in each division.
Buuck and Herman each won their first three matches to face off in the heavyweight final. Rather than go head-to-head for the championship, the teammates elected to finish as co-champions at the division. Herman, the top seed, registered a pair of decisions and a disqualification, while Buuck pinned all three of his opponents, including a fall of the second seed, Oklahoma's Brad Farmer, in 1:31.
IU had a pair of wrestlers finish second in the Open division, with Andrae Hernandez finishing as runner-up at 133 pounds and Kurt Kinser taking second at 149. Hernandez went 3-1, posting a pair of falls, before meeting up with UT-Chattanooga's Matt Keller, who was ranked fourth in the preseason in the NWCA/Intermat poll. Keller needed overtime to defeat Hernandez 6-4 in the division. Kinser, competing unattached, pinned three of the first four grapplers he faced, including a fall of third-seed Josh Wagner of Missouri in 1:00. Kinser advanced to the final, but was defeated by 11th-ranked Aaron Martin of Chattanooga.
Nathan Everhart had his second consecutive impressive outing, taking fourth place at 197 pounds. After losing his first-round match, Everhart won four in a row before being defeated by third seed Brent Jones in the final by medical forfeit. Also at 197, Justin Curran picked up a fifth-place finish, going 3-2 in the class, with his losses coming to the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds. Elsewhere in the Open, Paul Young went 3-2 at 157 pounds to finish fifth, while Scott Kelly went 0-2 at 141 pounds.
After going 3-2 at the MSU Open, Walpole was a perfect 5-0 in the freshman/sophomore division at Missouri to take the title. Walpole dominated the competition, registering two falls and two major decisions leading up to the final, then took a 10-3 decision over Chattanooga's Mark Nicely in the final.
Freshmen Nick Avery (174) and Kyle Sammuels (165) each took second-place finishes while competing unattached for the Hoosiers. Avery won his first three matches by decision, but was bested in the finals by Central Oklahoma's Daniel Morrison. Sammuels, competing in his first collegiate event, went 3-1, including his first career fall, pinning Cumberland's Trey Meyers in the semifinals. Sammuels was defeated by Zack Sikes of UCO, 6-1, in the finals.
Sophomore Elijah Cook (165) and Justin Kuhn (1997) each earned third-place finishes in their respective weight classes. Cook went 5-1 on the day, with his only loss coming to eventual champion Sikes in the semifinals. Kuhn went 4-1, posting his first career fall and first career major decision in the event.
At 133 pounds, Mike Peysakhovich took a sixth-place finish after winning his first two matches, while Ted Strychalski went 1-2 in the division. At 141, Alex Warren went 5-3, finishing sixth and taking a pair of technical falls and a pin in the process. Justin Sciscoe went 4-2 at 149, but did not place, while Bryan Beard went 3-2 at 157 pounds. Freshmen Eric Cameron (4-3) and Jantzen Minton (1-2) each competed at 184, with Cameron taking sixth in the division.
The Hoosiers are back in action on Saturday, Nov. 25, when they will host the Hoosier Duals, as five teams come to Bloomington for a day of dual meets. Appalachian State, Bucknell, Cumberland, Ohio and Oregon will join the Hoosiers for the round-robin event beginning at 10 a.m.
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