Full speed ahead: Wisconsin wins Dual for Valor

Friday, November 1

USS Midway, San Diego, Calif.

10:30 p.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

Navy

Full speed ahead: Wisconsin wins Dual for Valor

November 02, 2019 | Wrestling

Badgers remain undefeated as Dow steps up for Badgers

SAN DIEGO – The fifth-ranked Badger wrestling team improves to a perfect 3-0 after a dual against Navy on Friday night. Wisconsin took the 24-12 victory to earn the Dual for Valor trophy on the deck of the USS Midway.

Tyler Dow came up huge for Wisconsin. The typical 174-pounder moved up a weight class to 184 for Wisconsin. Dow was tough against his bigger opponent and didn't shy away from the challenge. He snagged a 3-1 decision over Navy's Andrew Buckley.

At 165 pounds, No. 3 Evan Wick took down No. 15 Tanner Skidgel with a major decision, 10-2. Suffering a quick takedown, Wick came back with 10 unanswered points to win. Wick, in his homecoming meet, remains undefeated boasting a perfect 3-0 record, including a technical fall.

In the 133-pound match, No. 1 Seth Gross faced off against No. 22 Casey Cobb. Gross continued his dominant day for Wisconsin and claimed a major decision of 11-2. This was Gross's first victory of a ranked opponent and he remains 3-0 on the season.

At 157, Garrett Model got his first win of the season in an exciting fashion. Model topped Scout Skidgel, 10-7, recording a tight decision. Model, a Stoughton native, sprung back in a victorious fashion.

In the heavyweight bout, Trent Hillger hung on to remain undefeated on the season. He took the match from John Birchmeier with a 1-0 decision.

From the Mat
"I'm proud of our guys. It was a big time atmosphere tonight and I told them big time wrestlers show up in big time matches. It was our best match of the day. I am excited to see how much we can improve as the year goes on. Hats off to our fans who traveled to San Diego, they really made a difference."
- Head Coach, Chris Bono

"Let's do this! Anytime I get a chance to put the 'W' on my chest and wrestle, I'm going to do it, it doesn't matter what weight it is. I knew the kid was going to be bigger and stronger than me because I moved up a weight class. Just knowing that, I had to be clean on all of my techniques and wrestle through each position. I'm just thankful to be a part of this team."
- Redshirt freshman, Tyler Dow

"It was awesome! I wanted to come out here and have a good performance, I'm from California and had a lot of people coming out here so I really wanted to put on a show. I had a couple of great matches and I absolutely enjoyed wrestling on the Midway. Being down by two, you really have to put that adversity behind you and focus on scoring the next point. It's very difficult when you are worried about what's already happened. You have to keep your mind focused on the next points and make sure you break that guy."
- Redshirt junior, Evan Wick

Results

Wisconsin 24 , Navy 12
125 Logan Treaster (NAVY) over Michael Cullen (UW) by dec. 1-0
133 No. 1 Seth Gross (UW) over No. 22 Casey Cobb (NAVY) by maj. dec. 11-2
141 No. 11 Tristan Moran (UW) over Cody Trybus (NAVY) by dec. 5-3
149 No. 11 Cole Martin (UW) over Morgan Fuenffinger (NAVY) by maj. dec. 14-3
157 Garrett Model (UW) over Scout Skidgel (NAVY) by dec. 10-7
165 No. 3 Evan Wick (UW) over No. 15 Tanner Skidgel (NAVY) by maj. dec. 10-2
174 No. 17 Spencer Carey (NAVY) over Anders Lantz (UW) by fall 3:26
184 Tyler Dow (UW) over Andrew Buckley (NAVY) by dec. 3-1
197 Jacob Koser (NAVY) over Taylor Watkins (UW) by dec. 4-1
Hwt No. 6 Trent Hillger (UW) over John Birchmeier (NAVY) by dec. 1-0

Up Next:

Wisconsin travels to Buffalo on Thursday to face off in a dual at 6 p.m. The Badgers will be competing against Edinboro on Friday. This meet will be broadcast live on FloWrestling at 6p.m.