The second-ranked Golden Gopher wrestling team finished first at the Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday. Freshman Dustin Schlatter, sophomore Roger Kish and junior Cole Konrad won individual titles. Minnesota finished the 32-team tournament with 192 points, while 12th-ranked Missouri placed a distant second at 149 points. Cornell finished third with 131 points.
Schlatter won the title at 149 pounds with a narrow 1-0 decision against J Jaggers of Ohio State. In the semifinals, he earned a 15-0 technical fall against 14th-ranked Josh Medina of Lock Haven. Kish won the title at 184 pounds for the second straight year. He defeated Virginia Tech’s Steve Borja, 5-3, in the finals. Konrad improved to 19-0 on the year with a pin of eighth-ranked Tanner Garrett of Navy in just 1:28.
Minnesota also had a pair of runner-ups. In a rematch of last year’s NCAA semifinal, second-ranked Shawn Bunch of Edinboro defeated the Golden Gophers’ Mack Reiter, 8-5, in the finals at 133 pounds. Sophomore C.P. Schlatter dropped a 4-1 decision to sixth- ranked Dustin Manotti of Cornell in the 157-pound championship.
Other placewinners for the Golden Gophers included third-place finishers Matt Nagel at 165 and Gabriel Dretsch at 174. Travis Lang and Jeremy Larson placed fifth at 125 and 165 pounds, respectively.
Minnesota returns to its dual meet schedule this Tuesday when it hosts No. 16 Arizona State at the Sports Pavilion. The match will begin at 7 p.m.
Southern Scuffle
Greensboro, N.C.
December 30, 2005
Final Team Scores
1. Minnesota, 192.0
2. Missouri, 149.0
3. Cornell, 131.0
4. Edinboro, 103.0
5. Ohio State, 94.5
6. Lehigh, 86.0
7. Kent State, 82.5
8. Oregon State, 68.5
9. Navy, 55.0
10. North Carolina, 50.5
Golden Gopher Finishers:
1st “Dustin Schlatter (149)
1st “Roger Kish (184)
1st “Cole Konrad (HWT)
2nd “Mack Reiter (133)
2nd “C.P. Schlatter (157)
3rd “Matt Nagel (165)
3rd “Gabriel Dretsch (174)
5th “Travis Lang (125)
5th “Jeremy Larson (165)
Individual Results
125 “Andrew Domingues
1st “Domingues dec. Dan Mitcheff (Kent State), 6-4
2nd “Domingues tech. fall Adam Wilson (Appalachian State), 22-7
3rd “Domingues maj. dec. Patrick Coman (Davidson), 12-2
Qtrs “No. 16 Austin Devoe (Missouri) dec. Domingues, 8-4
Consolation “Sean Clair (Eastern Michigan) maj. dec. Domingues, 14-2
125 “Travis Lang
1st “Drew Forshey (North Carolina) dec. Lang, 10-8
Consolation “Lang pinned Lam Ly (VMI), 4:09
Consolation “Lang maj. dec. Mike Rodriguez (Cornell), 11-3
Consolation “Lang maj. dec. Patrick Coman (Davidson), 18-4
Consolation “Lang pinned Anthony Burke (Virginia), 1:47
Consolation “Lang dec. Obenson Black (Lock Haven), 7-2
Consolation “No. 16 Austin Devoe (Missouri) dec. Lang, 8-3
Fifth Place “Lang over Ricky Deubel (Edinboro), medical forfeit
133 “Mack Reiter
2nd “Reiter dec. Mike Arias (The Citadel), 9-5
3rd “Reiter pinned Joey Slaton (Virginia Tech), 4:03
Qtrs “Reiter pinned Terreyl Williams (Appalachian State), 1:26
Semis “Reiter dec. No. 8 Matt Keller (Chattanooga), 2-1
Finals “No. 2 Shawn Bunch (Edinboro) dec. Reiter, 8-5
141 “Manuel Rivera
2nd “Brad Canterbury (Navy) dec. Rivera, 13-7
Consolation “Rivera over Charles Lloyd (Minnesota), medical forfeit
Consolation “Rivera pinned Frank Brown (Ohio), 6:10
Consolation “Rivera tech. fall Matt Ennis (Lehigh), 25-8
Consolation “T.J. Enright (Ohio State) dec. Rivera, 6-5
141 “Charles Lloyd
1st “AJ Renteria (Gardner-Webb) pinned Lloyd, 6:01
Consolation “Manuel Rivera (Minnesota) over Lloyd, medical forfeit
149 “Dustin Schlatter
2nd “Schlatter dec. Joe Caramanica (North Carolina), 7-3
3rd “Schlatter maj. dec. Sam Alvarenga (VMI), 10-2
Qtrs “Schlatter dec. Don Fisch (Rider), 5-4
Semis “Schlatter tech. fall No. 14 Josh Medina (Lock Haven), 15-0
Finals “Schlatter dec. J Jaggers (Ohio State), 1-0
149 “Danny Williams
2nd “Robert Henry (George Mason) dec. Williams, 9-4
Consolation “Matthew Gulosh (Navy) dec. Williams, 3-2
157 “C.P. Schlatter
2nd “Schlatter maj. dec. Dave Kiley (Virginia Tech), 14-4
3rd “Schlatter over Adam Brochetti (Navy), medical forfeit
Qtrs “Schlatter maj. dec. Jordin Humphrey (Ohio State), 12-2
Semis “Schlatter dec. Sean Martin (Lock Haven), 5-2
Finals “No. 6 Dustin Manotti (Cornell) dec. Schlatter, 4-1
165 “Matt Nagel
2nd “Nagel pinned Ben Bishop (Lehigh), 2:22
3rd “Nagel tech. fall Brett Arand (Oregon State), 18-1, 3:50
Qtrs “Nagel maj. dec. Deonte Penn (Edinboro), 17-3
Semis “No. 4 Matt Pell (Missouri) dec. Nagel, 4-0
Consolation “Nagel over Jeremy Larson (Minnesota), default
Third Place “Nagel maj. dec. John Cholish (Cornell), 10-2
165 “Jeremy Larson
2nd “Larson tech. fall Daniel Peterson (Chattanooga), 19-3
3rd “Larson dec. Craig Dziewiatkowski (Navy), 6-2
Qtrs “Deon Barrett (North Carolina) dec. Larson, 6-5
Consolation “Larson pinned Jason McGee (Kent State), 1:38
Consolation “Larson dec. Justin Nestor (Pittsburgh), 2-0
Consolation “No. 13 Matt Nagel over Larson, default
Fifth Place “Larson over Deon Barrett (North Carolina, medical forfeit
174 “Gabriel Dretsch
1st “Dretsch maj. dec. Mike Grogan (Virginia), 11-3
2nd “Dretsch pinned Kyle McKee (Chattanooga), 4:30
3rd “Dretsch maj. dec. Levi Craig (Duke), 12-3
Qtrs “Dretsch dec. Doug Umbehauer (Rider), 10-3
Semis “Tyron Woodley (Missouri) dec. Dretsch, 6-1
Consolation “Dretsch maj. dec. Neal Martin (Appalachian State), 9-0
Third Place “Dretsch dec. No. 19 Travis Frick (Lehigh), 3-1
184 “Roger Kish
2nd “Kish dec. Alex Picazo (Ohio State), 13-6
3rd “Kish pinned Jeremy Colbert (North Carolina State), 4:22
Qtrs “Kish dec. John Davis (Chattanooga), 4-0
Semis “Kish dec. No. 11 Alex Camargo (Kent State), 5-3
Finals “Kish dec. Steve Borja (Virginia Tech), 5-3
197 “Mitch Kuhlman
2nd “Kuhlman maj. dec. Jim Martin (George Mason), 9-1
3rd “Hudson Taylor (Maryland) maj. dec. Kuhlman, 9-1
Consolation “No. 17 T.J. Morrison (Rider) dec. Kuhlman, 9-5
197 “Justin Bronson
2nd “No. 9 Jerry Rinaldi (Cornell) maj. dec. Bronson, 12-0
Consolation “Bronson pinned Nick Lorezano (Chattanooga), 5:42
Consolation “Bronson dec. Tyler Moyer (Navy), 8-6
Consolation “Tony Lyssiotis (Eastern Michigan) dec. Bronson, 10-4
HWT “Cole Konrad
1st “Konrad pinned Dan Goetter (North Carolina), 2:20
2nd “Konrad pinned Josh Bartholomew (Ohio State), 3:08
3rd “Konrad pinned Sean Connole (Missouri), 1:12
Qtrs “Konrad maj. dec. Jainor Palma (North Carolina State), 18-5
Semis “Konrad maj. dec. No. 15 Mike Faust (Virginia Tech), 17-4
Finals “Konrad pinned No. 8 Tanner Garrett (Navy), 1:28
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