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Northern Illinois Duals
NU Wrestlers Take Two at Duals
12/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Dec. 5, 2003
DEKALB, Ill.--Three Northwestern wrestlers went undefeated to lead the Wildcats to a 2-1 showing at the Northern Illinois Duals.
Josh Ballard (Carlsbad, N.M./Carlsbad), Matt Delguyd (Mayfield Heights, Ohio/Mayfield) and John Velez (Kings Mills, Ohio/Kings) each went 3-0 as NU (5-1 overall) crushed Elmhurst College 40-6 and Loras College 32-8 but lost to Northern Illinois 21-12.
"Those three guys did a great job," said head coach Tim Cysewski. "We definitely had the opportunity to win all three matches, but it just did not go our way tonight."
After falling behind 5-0 to Loras, the 'Cats answered with 32-straight points to cruise to the win. Delguyd was one of two NU wrestlers to get a win by major decision in the match.
The Huskies proved to be a more difficult opponent, as only Ballard, Delguyd, Velez and Michael Little (El Reno, Okla./El Reno) got victories (all by decision). Northern Illinois, which swept the Duals, broke a 12-12 tie by earning decisions in the last three bouts (157 lbs., 165 lbs. and 174 lbs.) and subsequently picked up the win.
"The loss at 157 lbs. was the turning point in the match," said Cysewski, noting that the scoring table had originally Mike Kimberlin (Bradley, Ill./Bishop Martin McNamara) being victorious. "The screw up really threw us off. It still was a hard-fought match, but I thought we could have won."
Northwestern was able to bounce back in its third match, howevever, snagging wins against Elmhurt in all but the 184- and 157-pound weight classes.
The Wildcats take a week off for finals before heading to Washington, D.C. to take on American at 7 p.m. (EST) Dec. 17.
Northern Illinois Duals results for Northwestern
NORTHWESTERN 32, LORAS COLLEGE 8
184: Mitch Hager (LOR) won by major decision over Joseph Gulotta (NU) 17-1 (0-5)
197: Matt Delguyd (NU) won by major decision over Anthony Murphy (LOR) 11-0 (4-5)
Hwt: Michael Little (NU) won by major decision over Bill Blum (LOR) 13-1 (8-5)
125: John Velez (NU) pinned Art Bradford (LOR) 4:27 (14-5)
133: Dan Quintela (NU) pinned Josh Watts (LOR) 5:45 (20-5)
141: Paul Augle (NU) won by decision over Mike Ressler (LOR) 8-3 (23-5)
149: Josh Ballard (NU) won by decision over Charlie Bishop (LOR) 10-4 (26-5)
157: Mike Kimberlin (NU) won by decision over Tyler Ludwig (LOR) 9-4 (29-5)
165: Nolan Walther (NU) won by decision in OT over Brad Bishop (LOR) 5-3 (32-5)
174: Ryan Hagerty (LOR) won by decision over Andrew Curran (NU) 4-0 (32-8)
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 21, NORTHWESTERN 12
184: Ben Heizer (NIU) won by technical fall over Joseph Gulotta (NU) 16-0 (0-5)
197: Matt Delguyd (NU) won by decision over Brandon Check (NIU) 9-3 (3-5)
Hwt: Michael Little (NU) won by decision over Joe Sapp (NIU) 6-1 (6-5)
125: John Velez (NU) won by decision over Gralan Early (NIU) 8-3 (9-5)
133: Sam Hiatt (NIU) won by major decision over Dan Quintela (NU) 18-9 (9-9)
141: Andy Hiatt (NIU) won by decision over Paul Augle (NU) 9-5 (9-12)
149: Josh Ballard (NU) won by decision over Mike Grimes (NIU) 5-3 (12-12)
157: Joe Henning (NIU) won by decision over Mike Kimberlin (NU) 7-6 (12-15)
165: Anthony Nelson (NIU) won by decision over Nolan Walther (NU) 8-6 (12-18)
174: George Kirgan (NIU) won by decision over Andrew Curran (NU) 4-2 (12-21)
NORTHWESTERN 40, ELMHURST COLLEGE 6
184: Matt Sassolino (ELM) won by decision over Joseph Gulotta (NU) 8-4 (0-3)
197: Matt Delguyd (NU) pinned Dave Anderson (ELM) 1:20 (6-3)
Hwt: Scott Johnson (NU) pinned Carl Young (ELM) 2:03 (12-3)
125: John Velez (NU) pinned Mike Reese (ELM) 4:59 (18-3)
133: Dan Quintela (NU) won by decision over Jeff Kastel (ELM) 14-9 (21-3)
141: Jimmy Kim (NU) won by major decision over Chris Moody (ELM)17-7 (25-3)
149: Josh Ballard (NU) won by decision over Matt Kuschert (ELM) 9-4 (28-3)
157: Rick Lamas (ELM) won by decision in OT over Mike Kimberlin (NU) 5-3 (28-6)
165: Nolan Walther (NU) won by forfeit over (ELM) (34-6)
174: Andrew Curran (NU) won by forfeit over (ELM) (40-6)
