'Cats Stay Alive in NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals with 24-15 Win over Cornell
Jan. 13, 2007
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- No. 8 Northwestern stayed alive in the consolation bracket of the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals with a 25-15 win over the Cornell Big Red. Freshman Brandon Precin (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) started things off with a technical fall the duo of top-ranked Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and second-ranked Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) finished things off with back-to-back major decisions. The 'Cats face a quick turnaround and now go against Iowa. Brandon Precin (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) started things off right for the 'Cats with a 20-4 technical fall over Luis Salinas. The freshman scored four near-falls and three takedowns. Eric Metzler (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg-Casco) won by forfit over Adam Frey to give the Wildcats an early 11-0 lead. The Big Red got on the board with three points when Manson Hicks scored a 11-6 decision over James Kohlberg (Rolling Meadows, Ill./Rolling Meadows), wrestling at 141 lbs. in place of the injured Lang. Marty Gould (Lincolnwood, Ill./Niles West) dropped a 5-1 decision to Cornell's fourth-ranked Jordan Leen and Dominic Marella (Roselle, Ill./Conant) fell 11-5 to Drake Hovis. NU maintained an 11-9 advantage heading into the second half of matches.
At 165 lbs., Greg Hagel (Linwood, N.J./Blair Academy) registered a 7-0 decision over John Basting to extend NU's lead to 14-9. Hagel scored two takedowns, a reversal and earned a riding time advantage.
Nick Hayes (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central) took a 7-5 decision at 174 lbs. Hayes scored a late takedown of Joseph Hooker and had the riding time advantage to capture the close victory. Herbert continued his dominance, improving his record on the day to 3-0 with a 15-5 major decision over Luke Hogie. The junior has notched two major decisions and one tech fall in his three Saturday matches. He scored his points on four takedowns, two near-falls and and a reversal. Second-ranked Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick), coming off a close loss to Missouri's No. 1 Max Askren, cruised past Cornell's Carl Landers with a 13-1 major decision. Tamillow scored four points in the first period on a takedown and a two-point near-fall. He scored an early escape in the second and followed it up with multiple takedowns. The 'Cats forfeited the heavyweight match with the dual clinched.
Northwestern 25, Cornell 15: |
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