No. 14 Wrestling Edges No. 16 Northwestern, 20-15
Senior Matt McCarty wins the meet-clinching match as MSU extends its unbeaten streak to six.
Sunday.Feb. 6, 2005
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Senior Matt McCarty held on for the victory at 157 pounds as the No. 14 Michigan State wrestling team (7-2-1 overall, 4-0-1 Big Ten) extended its unbeaten streak to six matches Sunday, Feb. 6 at Jenison Field House.
Sophomore Tony Greathouse also came up with a huge victory for the Spartans at 141 lbs. in his dual meet season debut.
“This team just continues to find a way to get it done, “said head coach Tom Minkel. “We have had at least one person come up huge every match, and today was no exception.”
For the first time since Jan. 15 against Penn State, an MSU match started with someone other than Nick Simmons at 125 lbs.
Kicking off the dual for the Spartans was Bryan Harney at 165 lbs. With the match tied at 1-1 in the third period, Harney gave up a late takedown to senior Mike Kimberlin, who held on for the victory, 3-2.
Northwestern went up 6-0, when No. 3 Jake Herbert defeated No. 17 R.J. Boudro, 6-2, in the 174-pound bout, to remain undefeated on the season.
Despite a late charge, redshirt freshman No. 18 Joe Williams could not overcome an early deficit and lost to No. 16 Mike Tamillow, 10-5, at 184 lbs.
Similar to the 165-pound match, No. 18 Matt Delguyd scored a late takedown on MSU’s Jeff Clemens at 197 lbs. and claimed the decision, 6-5.
Going into the intermission, the Spartans trailed 15-0, as Max Lossen dropped the 285-pound match to No. 16 Dustin Fox, 6-3.
Michigan State got on the board at 125 lbs., as No. 3 Nick Simmons took a forfeit, narrowing the NU lead to 15-6. Simmons remains undefeated on the season at 22-0.
Ryan Froese picked up a huge win for the Spartans at 133 lbs., as he notched a major decision, 13-5, over Jordan Brown. Froese totaled five takedowns, and a reversal as time expired to get four points for the Green and White. Froese improves to 10-10 on the season and now has four dual meet victories.
The Spartans continued their charge as Greathouse defeated Daniel Quintela, 5-2, in a thrilling match at 141 lbs. Despite numerous scrambles throughout the first two periods, the match was still scoreless with 30 seconds remaining in the third. Greathouse reversed Quintela, and put him to his back to score three near-fall points late in the period. The victory further narrowed the Wildcat lead to 15-13 with two matches remaining. For Greathouse, Sunday was his first dual meet of the season. He is now 9-6, wrestling at both 133 lbs. and 141 lbs.
No. 15 Darren McKnight gave MSU its first lead of the dual, as he scored the major decision over Jimmy Kim, 16-5. McKnight tallied four takedowns in the first period, one in the second and two in the third as he improved to 5-0 in the Big Ten. He is now unbeaten in his past six outings. McKnight’s 27 wins now puts him in sole possession of first place on the team in that category.
For the second-straight time, the dual meet was not decided until the final match. This time, the hero proved to be the senior McCarty. Going into the final period, McCarty trailed to Greg Hagel, 1-0, but held him down for the entire two minutes of the second to acquire riding time. McCarty scored an escape in the third, and with the riding time, won the match 2-1. The victory gave the Spartans the dual meet win, 20-15. McCarty improved to 13-12 on the season with the victory.
Michigan State returns to action next Friday, Feb. 11, when they travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to clash with Purdue. Match time is 7 p.m. EST.
165- Mike Kimberlin (NU) def. Bryan Harney 3-2 NU, 3-0
174- Jake Herbert (NU) def. R.J. Boudro 6-2 NU, 6-0
184- Mike Tamillow (NU) def. Joe Williams 10-5 NU, 9-0
197- Matt Delguyd (NU) Jeff Clemens 6-5 NU, 12-0
285- Dustin Fox (NU) def. Max Lossen 6-3 NU, 15-0
125- Nick Simmons (MSU) wins by forfeit Forfeit NU, 15-6
133- Ryan Froese (MSU) Jordan Brown MD, 13-5 NU, 15-10
141- Tony Greathouse (MSU) def. Daniel Quintela 5-2 NU, 15-13
149- Darren McKnight (MSU) def. Jimmy Kim MD, 16-5 MSU, 17-15
157- Matt McCarty (MSU) def. Greg Hagel 2-1 MSU, 20-15
Attendance: 619
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