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Six UNO Wrestlers Place At Harold Nichols Open
Cody Garcia picked up four pins en route to a first-place finish
11/14/2009 8:07:34 PM
Harold Nichols Open Results
AMES, Iowa - Three-time All-American Cody Garcia racked up four pins and went 5-0 at 133 pounds to win his second open of the year Saturday at the Harold Nichols Open hosted by the No. 2 ranked Iowa State Cyclones. UNO had six wrestlers place on the day.
The tournament featured 16 teams, including all returning national championship teams from last year from each division, NCAA Division I (University of Iowa, NCAA Division III (Wartburg (Iowa)), NAIA (Lindenwood University) and JUCO (Iowa Central).
Garcia picked up where he left off as last week's Daktronics Open, collecting four pins to put himself into the championship match where he faced Nate Moore from Iowa and earned the victory in a 3-2 decision. The Hutchinson, Kan., native has tallied seven pins in nine matches this season and is 9-0 on the year.
Junior Ryan Pankoke went 3-1 and took second place at 165 pounds. His only loss of the day was in the championship match where he fell to Iowa State's Jon Reader who is ranked No. 5 in Division I.
Esai Dominguez picked up four wins on the day and went 4-1 to take third at 149 pounds. The sophomore beat Wartburg's T.J. Moen by major decision, 14-5, in the third-place match.
Senior Jacob Marrs went 3-2 on the day and took fourth at 197 pounds. Marrs' two losses came to last year's Division I, 197-pound nation champion Jake Varner of ISU in the semis and to Iowa's Luke Lofthouse in the third-place match. Marrs beat ISU's Kyle Simonson by major decision, 11-2, to reach the third-place match.
Heavyweight's Elijah Madison and Taylor Escamilla placed sixth and fifth. Madison went 4-2 on the day and Escamilla went 5-2.
The Mavericks head back to the mat on Saturday, Nov. 21 when they host the 2009 Kaufman-Brand Open. The tournament, one of the largest one-day collegiate tournaments in the nation, will get underway at 9 a.m.
UNO Results:
125 - Matt Rein, 0-2, DNP
Terrell McKinney, 3-2, DNP
133 - Cody Garcia, 5-0, 1st, (4 falls)
141 - Tim Chavez, 2-2, DNP
Sim Bribieseca, 0-2, DNP
149 - Esai Dominguez, 4-1, 3rd
George Ivanov, 3-2, DNP
157 - Tyler Kottas, 3-2, DNP
Nathan Sigman, 3-2, DNP
Josh Heckendorn, 1-2, DNP
165 - Ryan Pankoke, 3-1, 2nd
184 - Aaron Denson, 4-2, DNP
Mitch Brown, 3-2, DNP
Matt Baker, 2-2, DNP
Brett Rosedale, 1-2, DNP
197 - Jacob Marrs, 3-2, 4th
Blake Long, 1-2, DNP
Shawn Nelson, 1-2, DNP
285 - Elijah Madison, 4-1, Injury defaulted to 6th
Taylor Escamilla, 5-2, 5th
Wrestling unattached:
133 - Trent Cox, 2-2, DNP
141 - Mario Morgan, 4-1, 2nd
174 - Mark Fiala, 3-2, DNP
Terry Laursen, 1-2, DNP
285 - Bryce Boehm, 3-2, DNP
Zack Wilcox, 1-2, DNP
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