Indiana University
Northwestern
Hoosiers Tame the Wildcats, 23-11
2/15/2009 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Feb. 15, 2009
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The #20 Indiana University wrestling team defeated #16 Northwestern Sunday afternoon, 23-11. It marks the third straight win for IU over the Wildcats, and the Cream and Crimson's 10th victory in the last 11 meetings between the two schools.
Northwestern is a really good team and is having a fine season," said Head Coach Duane Goldman. "It was a nice win for us, they are all big wins in this conference."
The match began with the 174-lbs. bout where Trevor Perry won the first of seven individual bout victories for the Hoosiers. Perry was a 9-6 winner over Robert Kellogg. After a Northwestern tech fall at 184 pounds, Indiana then ripped off four straight victories to build a 17-5 lead with three matches remaining.
Matt Powless started the streak with his fourth Big Ten victory of the season, topping John Schoen by an 8-2 tally. At heavyweight, Nate Everhart improved to 5-1 in conference action by posting a 10-2 major decision.
The marquee match-up of the day came next when defending 125-lbs. national champion Angel Escobedo faced #3 Brandon Precin and his 23-1, 5-0 record entering the contest. The bout lived up to the billing, ending in sudden victory after Escobedo recorded a takedown and the 3-1 win.
Matt Ortega was also in the win column, garnering a bonus point by majoring Eric Metzler in the 133-lbs. match. #13 Kurt Kinser clinched the team victory in the second last match of the day. The Bloomington, Ind., native notched a big win over #14 Jason Welch. Kinser is now 2-0 versus Welch this season after pinning him earlier in the year.
Kinser's high school teammate at Bloomington South, Paul Young, put the icing on the cake at 165 pounds. A total of nine takedowns occurred in the 16-14 scoring outburst. Young notched three takedowns in the third period alone to push ahead for good.
COMPLETE RESULTS
Indiana 23, Northwestern 11
174 lbs.- #15 Trevor Perry (IU) dec. Robert Kellogg (NW) 9-6; Team Score: 3-0
184 lbs.- #1 Jake Herbert (NW) tech falls Seth Parker (IU) 20-5; TS: 3-5
197 lbs.- Matt Powless (IU) dec. John Schoen (NW) 8-2; TS: 6-5
285 lbs.- Nate Everhart (IU) maj. dec. Paul Rands (NW), 10-2; TS: 10-5
125 lbs.- #5 Angel Escobedo (IU) dec. #3 Brandon Precin (NW), 3-1 (OT); TS: 13-5
133 lbs.- Matt Ortega (IU) maj. dec. Eric Metzler (NW), 10-2; TS: 17-5
141 lbs.- #16 Keith Sulzer (NW) dec. Andrae Hernandez (IU), 4-3; TS: 17-8
149 lbs.- Andrew Nadhir (NW) dec. Nick Walpole (IU), 5-2 (TB-2); TS: 17-11
157 lbs.- #13 Kurt Kinser (IU) dec. #14 Jason Welch (NW), 8-1; TS: 20-11
165 lbs.- Paul Young (IU) dec. Dominic Marella (NW), 16-14; TS: 23-11
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Indiana host the defending national champion Iowa Hawkeyes next Friday (Feb. 20) on Senior Night inside University Gym. That match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The Hoosiers will then wrap up the regular season with a road match at Minnesota on Sunday (Feb. 22) at 3 p.m. EST.
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