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NU 2018-2019 Wrestling season

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2018-19:
The Nebraska wrestling team faces a challenging schedule in 2018-19 that features 13 of the top-25 team finishers from last year’s NCAA Championships, where NU finished ninth after tallying 47 points.
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211776420
2017-2018:
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211674676
Nebraska posted a 12-4 dual record in 2016-17, its seventh consecutive winning season and 28th winning season in the last 30 years.

Nebraska features a 37-wrestler roster as it begins official practice.
  • Over two-thirds of the Huskers’ 2017-18 roster are underclassmen, as 26 of Nebraska’s 37 wrestlers are either freshmen or sophomores.
  • Included in Nebraska’s roster are also four seniors and seven juniors
  • Fifteen Huskers on this season’s roster are returning letterwinners
  • This year’s Huskers come from 16 states, and 11 are Nebraska natives
My guess at who the 5 Nov starting lineup will be:

125: Kris Williams
133: Jason Renteria
141: Chad Red
149: Colton McCrystal
157: Tyler Berger
165: Isaiah White
174: Mike Labriola
184: Taylor Venz
197: Eric Schultz
285: David Jensen
 
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Interested to see how we do, the team doesn't get a lot of attention but has been a decent squad for years and with Greene and Burroughs at the elite level, maybe we can get some higher profile recruits.
I am interested to see how Berger and McCrystal fair this season.
 
If you look at our 2016 recruiting class and anticipated starters we have allot of Red Shirt Freshman possibly starting: Red, Breske, Venz, Shultz.

D1CW'S 2016 Team Recruiting Rankings;
4) Nebraska

Top Recruit: (141) #6 Chad Red--New Palestine, IN

Recruiting Class: (184) #9 Beau Breske--Hartford, WI; (197) #30 Eric Schultz--Tinley Park, ILL; (184) #99 Taylor Venz--Farmington, MN; (165) #126 Johnny Blankenship--Platte Co., MO; (149) #145 Luke Weber--Forsyth, MT

Past D1CW Recruiting Rankings: 2015 #17, 2014 #6, 2013 #8, 2012 #4, 2011 #2, 2010 #7, 2009 #4, 2008 #15

I'm looking forward to see how well they do.
 
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211675445
2017 Nebraska Intrasquad Wrestle-Offs
Colton McCrystal, Isaiah White, Chad Red Jr., Kris Williams (125), Beau Breske (174) and Patrick Grayson (HWT) each went 2-0 on the night. Tyler Berger, Redshirt freshmen Taylor Venz (184) and Eric Schultz (197) won their matches.

Mat A


1. 165: Isaiah White dec. Dalton Peters, 5-3
2. 125A: Kris Williams dec. Dylan Gowin, 5-2
3. 174A: Beau Breske dec. Jay Sornson, 6-2
4. HWT: Patrick Grayson dec. Wyatt Wriedt, 4-2
5. 133: Brian Peska dec. Aris Shino, 12-6
6. 149A: Colton McCrystal sv-1 Collin Purinton, 7-5
7. 184: Taylor Venz pin Trevor Nichelson, 6:01
8. HWT: Patrick Grayson dec. Wyatt Wriedt, 3-2
9. 174: Beau Breske tb-1 Mikey Labriola, 2-1
10. 165: Isaiah White maj. dec. Johnny Blankenship, 13-5
11. 149: Colton McCrystal dec. Luke Weber, 7-4

Mat B

1. 149: Luke Weber sv-1 Kyle Ruettiger, 6-4
2. 125B: Mitchell Maginnis dec. Tucker Sjomeling, 8-1
3. 174B: Mikey Labriola maj. dec. Eric Engler, 12-4
4. 157: Justin Arthur pin Caleb Licking, 2:18
5. 141: Chad Red Jr. dec. Christian Miller, 4-3
6. 149B: Luke Weber dec. Jordan Shearer 9-6
7. 165: Johnny Blankenship sv-1 Dalton Peters, 3-1
8. 125: Tucker Sjomeling dec. Dylan Gowin, 10-9
9. 125: Kris Williams dec. Mitchell Maginnis, 7-3
10. 197: Eric Schultz pin Cade Svoboda, 4:26
11. 174: Jay Sornson dec. Eric Engler, 6-2
12. 141: Chad Red Jr. pin Christian Miller, 2:47
13: 157: Tyler Berger maj. dec. Justin Arthur, 13-5
 



Brookings, S.D. - Five Huskers won titles, while two more added second-place finishes for the Nebraska wrestling team on Sunday at the Daktronics Open at Frost Arena in Brookings, S.D.

Chad Red Jr. (141), Colton McCrystal (149), Tyler Berger (157), Mikey Labriola (174) and Taylor Venz (184) each posted first-place finishes on Sunday, while Isaiah White (165) and Eric Schultz (197) finished second at the tournament.
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211676981
 
http://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/toms-college-wrestler-week-nov-6th-2017/64720

TOM’s College Wrestler of the Week – Nov. 6th: NU RSFreshman - Taylor Venz!

"After a 28-4 redshirt season, there were high expectations for Taylor Venz (Nebraska) as he entered the lineup at 184 pounds. On the opening weekend of the season, he looked unstoppable...."

Congrats!:Shout:


Also this just posted about him on Friday:

9) Taylor Venz, Nebraska, 184 – 13 matches, 7 falls, 2 techs, 1 major, 2 decisions, 1 loss, 62 team points, 4.769/match

After Venz pinned his first four opponents in Vegas, including a pair of ranked foes, he had 56 team points over the first 10 bouts of his redshirt freshman season. Myles Martin (Ohio State) cooled him off a bit, dealing the Cornhusker his first loss of the season, 19-4, and Venz won a pair of decisions after that against top-10 opponents. Though that hurt his statistics a bit, there is no question he’ll take the wins any way he can get them.

http://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/top-10-dominant-division-wrestlers-far/65219

Looks like he might be a good one to watch for a few years
 



Is anyone watching this dual with the Illini? I can't figure out what's going on with this squad--been to a couple duals at Devaney and watching this one we look soft and tentative. Now down 0-6 after two.
 
I didn't see it but agree I am more than a little disappointed in how some of our key wrestlers have been performing. Chad Red, Berger and Venz to name a few. Doesn't seem the are mentally or physically prepared for their matches. Appears something is going on......
 
The NCAA Championships are set for March 15-17 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio

Strong showing by our young team of Freshman/RFR [4] and Sophmore [1].:Hooray:

Nebraska’s NCAA Qualifiers

133: Jason Renteria (First appearance) Freshman 8-4 [5th at B1G]
141: Chad Red Jr. (First appearance) RFR 21-9 [7th at B1G]
149: #13 Colton McCrystal (Second appearance) Senior 21-5 [4th at B1G]
157: #8 Tyler Berger (Third appearance) Junior 22-8 [4th at B1G]
165: #11 Isaiah White (First appearance) SO 23-6 [7th at B1G]
184: #7 Taylor Venz (First appearance) RFR 23-7 [4th at B1G]
197: Eric Schultz (First appearance) RFR 18-9 [7th at B1G]
 



NCAA All Freshman Team: 2 from NU. CONGRATS

http://news.theopenmat.com/blog/2018/03/26/toms-2018-ncaa-wrestling-division-freshman-team/

141; 3rd Team: Chad Red, Nebraska – 7th in the Big Ten, 7th at NCAAs

184

Taylor Venz, Nebraska

When he notched three falls and a 17-1 tech on the opening weekend of the season, Venz earned wrestler of the week honors and declared his intent to be a factor at 184 this season. Though, oddly, he didn’t secure another pin after getting his seventh in Vegas, he never stopped winning. Taylor was fourth in the Big Ten tournament behind three of the top-five wrestlers in the country, including the top two. He headed to Cleveland as the seven seed and despite a second-round upset at the hands of Chip Ness (North Carolina), the Cornhusker worked his way to the round of 12. There he faced four-seed Pete Renda (NC State), a past All-American who had beaten Venz, 9-6, in mid-December. This clash would go very differently as the redshirt freshman rolled to an 11-3 major decision to secure his spot on the podium. He wasn’t done, though, as Taylor would win his next two matches, over nine-seed Max Dean (Cornell) and six-seed Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech), ultimately finishing fourth, the same position he found himself in at the Big Ten tournament. In all, Venz went 29-9 with 19 of those wins including bonus points.
 

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211716300

Labriola Wins Challenge Tournament at Trials :Hooray:

79 kg/174 pounds: Redshirt Freshman Mikey Labriola - (3-0)

Quarterfinal: Mikey Labriola tech. fall Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion RTC), 12-2, 3:37
Semifinal: Mikey Labriola dec. Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County), 7-0
Final: Mikey Labriola tech. fall Ethan Smith (Ohio State), 16-5, 4:50
Best-of-Three Finals Series: Mikey Labriola vs. Aaron Brooks (TMWC/EAP)

Labriola will face 2017 Cadet World Champion Aaron Brooks in Saturday's best-of-three finals series, with the winner clinching a spot on Team USA for the Junior World Championships in September.
UPDATE; Brooks won first two, best of three matches.
 
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