Results
Oct. 29, 2014 Madison, Wis. - More than 825 fans got a sneak peek into the 2014-15 wrestling season on Wednesday night at the Intrasquad Scrimmage. There were twelve matches on the night, the first starting at 7 p.m.
There were three matches for the 174 lbs. class. In the first,
Frank Cousins took down
Alex Yde in a 7-4 decision.
Ben Cox faced
Jake Stilling, where he won with a takedown with 13 seconds left in overtime. The winner of the two matches, Cousins and Cox, wrestled in the last match of evening with Cousins claiming victory in a 5-2 decision.
Two true freshman duos,
Luke Rowh against Jacob Pedersen (141/149 lbs.) and
Jared Scharenbrock against
Cullen Pedersen (157 lbs.), hit the mat next. Rowh walked away with a 7-4 decision and Scharenbrock won with a 4-1 record.
"The thing you look for as a head coach is to look for things to work on in the room," Wisconsin wrestling head coach
Barry Davis said. "Are guys creating angles, level changing the shots and are they pulling the trigger when they need to be? We look for things like letting guys go all the way to the end of the periods."
To break the night up, All-American
Isaac Jordan and sophomore
Seth Liegel, wrestled in an exhibition match. No. 4 ranked Jordan and Liegel showed fans different techniques and practice moves before matches continued.
Veterans
Andrew Crone,
Jesse Thielke,
Jarod Donar,
Ricky Robertson,
Ryan Christensen, No. 13
Timmy McCall and No. 6
Connor Medbery were all victorious.
Andrew Crone defeated
TJ Ruschell in a 10-6 decision at 149 lbs.
Jesse Thielke, who is ranked at No. 15 in the Intermat preseason poll, won by decision over freshman
Jens Lantz.
At 157 lbs., Jard Donar edged
Santonio Cathery with a 4-0 decision, followed by
Ricky Robertson who won by an 8-3 decision over
Nic Veling at 184 lbs.
Medbery routed fellow junior
Brock Horwath in an 8-3 decision. Fifth-year senior McCall posted a 4-0 decision over
Eric Peissig.
"It's hard to wrestle your teammates because you wrestle them every day in practice and you kind of know what they are going to do," Davis added. "You look for whether you are being aggressive, wrestling to the edge of the mat and hustling."
Wisconsin opens the regular season on Nov. 8 at the Stevens Point Open and hosts Maryland in its home opener on Nov. 14.
