Huskers Overpower Tar Heels 27-6

LINCOLN – Well. 9 The Nebraska wrestling team dominated 15. North Carolina, allowing just six points and recording three victory points in a row to beat Tar Heels (2-2, 0-0 ACC) 27-6 at Devaney Center on Wednesday night. .

# 17 Liam Cronin (125) started the evening for Huskers with a heavy crash and escape on the way to Spencer Moore’s defeat with a decision of 3-1. North Carolina then scored the only points in the doubles in 30th place Alex Thomsen (133) and # 5 Chad Red Jr. (141) kept their matches close but lost by decision, with North Carolina leading 6-3 before Nebraska won the remaining seven matches.

At 149, # 14 Ridge Lovett continued his early season success when he shocked No. 6 Zach Sherman with a decision of 4-3. Lovett is now in the 3-0 season.

The most exciting match of the evening was 157th place in 16th place Peyton Robb followed suit and defeated defending champion # 2 Austin O’Connor, keeping him in just two points in a 5-2 win. Robb now has an impressive career record of 33-13.

Operations continued e.g. Bubba Wilson (165) fought Sonny Santiago, who recorded a run and crash on the way to a 3-2 victory with the decision. Returning Triple All-American # 3 Mikey Labriola (174) made his season debut in an impressive way when he won 3-2 from Clay Lautti # 22, and the Huskers took the 15-6 lead after three games.

In the final three matches of the evening, Big Red collected their first bonus points. Double All-American # 10 Taylor Venz (184) recorded six points in the first installment on the way to a significant win over Hunter Queen. All-American guy # 12 Eric Schultz (197) won their second win of the season with a dominant 16-3 win over Mark Chaid before number 13. Christian Lance ended the duel in the second period of seven points to earn a significant decision for Brandon Whitman.

NU (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) will return to action this Sunday at the Daktronics Open in Brookings, SD before the team travels to the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. December 3.

# 9 Nebraska 27, # 15 North Carolina 6

125: # 17 Liam Cronin (NEB) December Spencer Moore (UNC) 3-1 (NEB 3, UNC 0)
133: # 10 Jaime Hernandez (UNC) Dec # 30 Alex Thomsen (NEB) 10-4 (NEB 3, UNC 3)
141: # 13 Kizhan Clarke (UNC) Dec # 5 Chad Red Jr. (NEB) 3-1 (UNC 6, NEB 3)
149: # 14 Ridge Lovett (NEB) December # 6 Zachary Sherman (UNC) 4-3 (NEB 6, UNC 6)
157: # 16 Peyton Robb (NEB) December # 2 Austin O’Connor (UNC) 5-2 (NEB 9, UNC 6)
165: Bubba Wilson (NEB) December Sonny Santiago (UNC) 3-2 (NEB 12, UNC 6)
174: # 3 Mikey Labriola (NEB) December # 22 Clay Lautt (UNC) 3-2 (NEB 15, UNC 6)
184: # 10 Taylor Venz (NEB) May Dec Hunter Queen (UNC) 15-2 (NEB 19, UNC 6)
197: # 12 Eric Schultz (NEB) Maj. December Mark Chaid (UNC) 16-3 (NEB 23, UNC 6)
HWT: # 13 Christian Lance (NEB) May December Brandon Whitman (UNC) 17-6 (NEB 27, UNC 6)