Wrestling Weekly Release
2010 Super Regional 2 Website
The top-ranked UNO wrestling team will compete in its last regular season meet of the 2009-10 year when it travels to Warrensburg, Mo., for the NCAA Division II Super Regional 2 on Sunday, Feb. 28. The tournament is hosted by the University of Central Missouri. The meet will be split up into two sessions with the first session beginning at 12 p.m. and the second session slated for 6 p.m. at the UCM Multipurpose Building.
Last Year at the Super Regionals
The Mavericks brought home first-place honors at last season's Super Regional tournament. All 10 Maverick wrestlers finished in the top four of their weight class to advance to the national tournament.
Media
Fans can follow the top-ranked Maverick wrestling squad on the mat as it competes at the 2010 NCAA Division II Super Regional 2 on Sunday, Feb. 28. All the action of regional tournament will be available via a free live web cast at:
mms://live.upstreamnetworks.com/16345-60261
Updated brackets will also be available on UCM's website:
http://www.ucmo.edu/athletics/wrestling/D-II_Regional.htm
The Coaches
Mike Denney is in his 31st season as the Maverick head coach. Last week at the 2010 MIAA Duals, Denney reached a career milestone when he earned his 300th career win at UNO. The Dakota Wesleyan graduate has a 302-110-5 (.730) career mark. He has been named the NCAA II National Coach of the Year three times and led the 1991, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 Mavericks to NCAA Division II national championships.
Dual Delight
The Mavericks are 13-1 in dual meets this season. The squad is 4-0 at home, 6-0 in neutral site duals and 3-1 in true road contests on the year with three shutouts. UNO grapplers are 114-26 (.814) in the 140 dual matches they have wrestled in. The Mavericks have outscored their opponents 466-88 on the year in dual meets.
The 53 points the Mavs put up in their win over Truman State on Feb. 14 is the highest output of the season. It was the biggest dual win by a UNO team since a 53-0 rout of St. Cloud State on Jan. 26, 2006. The 18 points Augsburg amassed in its win over UNO on Jan. 22 are the most points surrendered by the Mavs in a dual all year.
When the Mavs blanked the Mules and Bulldogs at the MIAA Duals, it marked the third time in program history that a Maverick wrestling team recorded three dual shutouts in a season. The team did it during the 1967-68 and 1969-70 seasons. The 1978-79 UNO wrestling team owns the all-time school record with four dual shutouts in a season.
UNO is 8-0 against NCAA Division II nationally-ranked opponents this season. The Mavs have defeated St. Cloud State and Minnesota State twice, Newberry, Nebraska-Kearney, Fort Hays State and Augustana College.
By The Numbers
27 Pins by Cody Garcia who is now UNO's all-time single-season falls leader with 27. He broke Pat Kelley III's single-season record of 25 on Feb. 14.
23 Consecutive wins 141-pounder Mario Morgan has compiled since Dec. 12.
8 Wins over NCAA Division II nationally- ranked teams this season by the Mavs.
14 Days until the NCAA DII Wrestling Championships which begin on Mar. 12 in Sapp Fieldhouse on the campus of Nebraska-Omaha.
166 Division II All-Americans head coach Mike Denney has coached in 31 seasons at UNO.
114 Dual match wins by Mavericks wrestlers on the year with just 26 dual match losses.
14 Consecutive NWCA polls that UNO has been ranked No. 1.
8 UNO first-place finishes at NCAA regional tournaments under head coach Mike Denney.
9 UNO wrestlers are ranked in their weight class.
2 Straight seasons with 13 dual wins for the Mavs.
What's On Tap?
Just one event remains on the UNO wrestling schedule. The 2010 Division II Wrestling Championships, which will be held in Omaha, Neb., on March 12-13. Maverick wrestlers that finish in the top four of their weight class at the Super Regional 2 will compete at the national tournament.
