Central Michigan Dual

[Judoka]

Damn, Nardo got the first TD but Smith was able to throw him to his back late to go up 7-2.

Those 6 point throws are huge.

 

[Clone_12]

CMU forfeiting at 125 with a favorite looking big right now..

 

[Judoka]

Smith starts down and gets and escape. Nardo gets a late TD to make it 4-8 going in to the third.

 

[Judoka]

Nardo picks neutral to start the 3rd.

 

[Judoka]

Nardo gets a TD in the third and ends up going down 7-9. That momentary slip cost him 6 points and that cost him the match. But still, 7-9 with multiple TDs on a guy ranked in the top 10 ain't bad.

CMU up 12-9 at the halfway point.

 

[Judoka]

Some light scrambles early in the first but no scoring. Late in the period Weatherman gets a TD off a really bad shot from Atienza and then gets a quick tilt for 2 backpoints to be up 4-0 at the end of the first. Weatherman is down to start the 2nd.

 

[Judoka]

Weatherman gets out and gets a TD but isn't able to hold the CMU guy down. Up 7-1 going in to the third. CMU starts down. I don't think RT is a factor yet but Weatherman should be close.

 

[Judoka]

9-3 win for Weatherman. Would have liked to see him open up a bit more in the third to get the major.

Tied up 12-12 with four matches left.

I see CMU favored at 174 and the other three are toss ups with ISU being slight favorites.

 

[HGoat]

Goose looked great. Wish he could have gotten the major but he put together a nice match.

 

[Judoka]

Scoreless first period for Spoon against #7 Ottinger. Neither guy committed to much. Ottinger down to start the 2nd.

 

[Judoka]

Two TDs for Spoon in the 2nd! He's got a bloody nose but is up 4-2 going in to the 3rd. RT not a factor and Spoon chooses down.

Spoon got hit for stalling late pushing Ottinger out to avoid giving up an escape. That was a good call by the ref and I wish it would always be called, guys do that a lot.

 

[HGoat]

Spoon!! What a nice surprise.

 

[cyclonenation5]

Nice win Spoon!

 

[Judoka]

Another TD for Sppon and he gets RT to win it 8-3 over Ottinger! Ottinger is top 10 in every poll so that's a big win for Spoon. That also gives ISU some breathing room.

ISU up 15-12 with three matches left.

 

[Judoka]

Scoreless first period at 184. Ellingwood from CMU picks down to start the 2nd.

 

[Judoka]

Ellingwood out quick and then lots of bullfighting but Pestano gets a TD late off a striaght ahead single to be up 2-1 going in to the 3rd. Pestano down to start the 3rd. RT not a factor.

 

[Judoka]

Pestano wins it 5-2 after an escape and TD in the third. Ellingwood was just below him in the coaches panel so this was a key match for him to be an NCAA qualifier.

ISU up 18-12 with two matches left.

 

[Judoka]

Harrington gives up a TD right away but gets out and gets one of his own. Tied up 3-3 after the first period. Harrington down to start the 2nd.

 

[Judoka]

Lots of handfighting but late in the period Harrington hit a slick ankle pick and also got a questionable set of backpoints to be up 8-3.

I say questionable because Lewis just didn't bail quickly enough and probably didn't even realize that the ref was counting. He could have just rolled over sooner. if he'd realized it.

 

[Judoka]

Harrington fades in the third, he's out of shape. He barely holds on for an 11-10 win. That salts away the meet for the Cyclones.

ISU up 21-12.