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Wildcats Place Eight at Michigan State Open
11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Nov. 13, 2005
Michigan State Open Brackets (Day Two)
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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Northwestern's wrestling team finished its first action of the season by placing eight wrestlers at the 2005 Michigan State Open Sunday. Ryan Lang (North Royalton, Ohio/Lakewood St. Edward), Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) each earned titles for the Wildcats this weekend.
Lang won his semifinal match by pinning Findlay's Von Graham in 2:49. In the final round, Lang topped Michigan State's Andy Simmons in a tight title bout, 6-5.
The first-seeded Herbert opened his second day of competition by rolling past Central Michigan's Brandon Sinnott, 7-1. Herbert was then crowned champion at 174 lbs. when he beat the Spartans' R.J. Boudro 9-1 in the final round. Herbert defeated his opponents by a total of 36-7 this weekend, adding a pin in the third round.
Tamillow became the third Wildcat to go undefeated on the weekend when he recorded back-to-back wins Sunday. He recorded a semifinal-round victory over Central Michigan's Christian Sinnott, then topped Ben Kelto--also of Central Michigan--in a 7-0 title bout rout at 184 lbs.
Matt Delguyd (Mayfield Heights, Ohio/Mayfield) won his semifinal-round match, a 3-2 decision over Michigan's Casey White. Delguyd fell in the championship round, earning him a second-place finish at 184 lbs.
Graduate transfer Will Durkee (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) also finished second for the Wildcats. The first-seeded Durkee topped Central Michigan's Aaron Miller 5-1 in the semifinals before falling in the title match to Michigan State's Rocky Cozart.
Sophomore Dustin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) notched a 7-5 win over Michigan State's Max Losson in the semifinals to advance to the title match at 285 lbs. There, Fox fell to Bill Stouffer, who was competing unattached.
After falling in his semifinal match, Greg Hagel (Evansville, Ill./Reitz Memorial) rallied in the consolation bracket. Hagel won his first consolation match by pinning Indiana's Matt Coughlin in 4:52. Hagel then took third place at 157 lbs. by topping Central Michigan's Andy Keller, 4-3.
After losing his first consolation match, Daniel Quintela (St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park) came through with a big win against Michigan's Justin Chrzanowski to take fifth place at 133 lbs.
Nationally ranked Northwestern returns to action Thursday, Dec. 1 at Northern Illinois.
