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Six Mavericks Collect First-Place Finishes At Ron Beaman Open
George Ivanov (157) won his first tournament as a Maverick Saturday
1/2/2010 7:10:54 PM
Ron Beaman Results
BLAIR, Neb. - The top-ranked University of Nebraska at Omaha wrestling squad hit the mat Saturday for its first action of the new year at the Ron Beaman Open hosted by Dana College. A near three-week break from action didn't seem to slow down the Mavericks as six grapplers earned titles on the day.
Senior Cody Garcia continued to own the mat as he's done all year, going 5-0 on the day with four pins to garner his fifth first-place finish of the season. He battled and beat Spenser Mango in the 133-pound championship match by fall at 5:13. Mango was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team at the Summer Olympics held in Beijing. He wrestled at 121 pounds for Team USA.
Garcia is now 24-0 on the season with 19 of those wins coming via pin.
Garcia has three or more pins in all five tournaments that he has competed in this season (Daktronics Open (3), Harold Nichols Open (4), Fort Hays Open (4) Loper Open (4) and Ron Beaman (4)).
Terrell McKinney (125) and George Ivanov (157) each went 4-0 on the day to claim first. It marked the first time the two redshirt freshmen have won a tournament as a Maverick.
Ryan Pankoke won four matches on the day en route to a first-place finish at 165 pounds. Pankoke has now claimed first in his last two tournaments.
Jacob Marrs (197) and Elijah Madison (285) both went 4-0 and collected first-place finishes.
Mario Morgan collected the title at 141 pounds wrestling unattached.
Redshirt freshman Matt Baker turned in the best finish of his career. He went 2-1 and claimed second.
Nathan Sigman (157) and Tim Chavez (141) picked up third-place finishes after going 5-1 on the day.
The Mavericks will see their first dual meet competition of the season when they travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa for the 2010 NWCA National Duals. UNO will face its first opponent of the National Duals on Saturday, Jan. 9. UNO's opponents and match times for the NWCA Duals will be released next week.
UNO Wrestlers
125 - Terrell McKinney, 4-0, 1st
Matt Rein, 2-2, DNP
133 - Cody Garcia, 5-0, 1st
Trent Cox, 2-2, DNP
141 - Tim Chavez, 5-1, 3rd
149 - Sim Bribieseca, 3-1, 4th
Esai Dominguez, 3-2, 6th
Tait Weatherbee, 2-2, DNP
157 - George Ivanov, 4-0, 1st
Nathan Sigman, 5-1, 3rd
Tyler Kottas, 3-2, 4th
Josh Heckendorn, 1-2, DNP
165 - Ryan Pankoke, 4-0, 1st
184 - Matt Baker, 2-1, 2nd
Mitch Brown, 0-1, DNP
197 - Jacob Marrs, 4-0, 1st
Shawn Nelson, 2-2, DNP
285 - Elijah Madison, 4-0, 1st
Taylor Escamilla, 2-0, 6th
Mavs Wrestling Unattached
125 - Cody Tyler, 3-2, 5th
141 - Mario Morgan, 4-0, 1st
174 - Mark Fiala, 4-2, 4th
Joe Green, 0-2, DNP
184 - Terry Laursen, 2-2, 5th
285 - Bryce Boehm, 4-1, 2nd
Zack Wilcox, 0-2, DNP
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