The #1 Minnesota Gophers are in Ames today for our last dual of the season. Three seniors will be recognized today, none of which spent their entire careers on the team, though Beard came close. Ben Perna (walked on last year), John Nicholson (transfered from Old Dominion for this season) and Boaz Beard (spent a year playing baseball in Kansas) will be honored. Beard is the only member of the 2009 recruiting class (the one that Sanderson absconded with) to make it to Senior Day. I didn't get a chance to sit down this week and do a proper preview, but the big matchup of the dual is at 197, where Kyven will face off against Scott Schiller for the 3rd time this season. Kyven is 0-2 against Schiller so far this year and has never beaten him in his career. With a win Kyven should keep his #1 ranking and be looking at a likely #1 seed at NCAAs next month. With a loss he'd probably drop to 3 or 4 in the rankings. Big match for Kyven.
Other than that 125 should be good. With a win Hall will totally cement himself as an NCAA qualifier. 174 should also be interesting. Weatherman has never beaten Storley but has been closing the gap, going from a 1-9 loss in November to a 3-6 loss at the Scuffle in January. And at 184 Beard should have a go for broke, nothing to lose, match against Steinhaus.
The dual itself has Minnesota favored to win big. We are only favored at 125 and 165 and they'll likely get bonus points from 133-157.
To follow:
When: Sunday, Feb 23th @2PM
Live TV: Cyclone.TV
Live Blog: Here
Twitter: @CycloneWR
Projected lineups:
Other than that 125 should be good. With a win Hall will totally cement himself as an NCAA qualifier. 174 should also be interesting. Weatherman has never beaten Storley but has been closing the gap, going from a 1-9 loss in November to a 3-6 loss at the Scuffle in January. And at 184 Beard should have a go for broke, nothing to lose, match against Steinhaus.
The dual itself has Minnesota favored to win big. We are only favored at 125 and 165 and they'll likely get bonus points from 133-157.
To follow:
When: Sunday, Feb 23th @2PM
Live TV: Cyclone.TV
Live Blog: Here
Twitter: @CycloneWR
Projected lineups:
| Weight | ISU Wrestler | Record | Ranking | - | Minn Wrestler | Record | Ranking |
| 125 | Earl Hall | 17-10 | NR/23/NR/27 | vs. | Sam Brancale | 14-7 | NR/NR/NR/33 |
| or | Kyle Larson | 18-8 | NR/NR/NR/NR | - | - | - | - |
| 133 | Shayden Terikuna | 6-11 | NR/NR/NR/NR | vs. | David Thorn | 21-4 | 7/7/7/8 |
| 141 | Gabe Moreno | 15-17 | NR/NR/NR/NR | vs. | Chris Dardanes | 23-7 | 5/7/5/5 |
| 149 | Luke Goettl | 14-12 | NR/NR/NR/NR | vs. | Nick Dardanes | 27-2 | 2/2/3/3 |
| 157 | John Nicholson | 11-12 | NR/NR/NR/NR | vs. | Dylan Ness | 18-4 | 5/7/8/5 |
| or | Logan Molina | 11-5 | NR/NR/NR/NR | - | - | - | - |
| 165 | Micheal Moreno | 24-6 | 9/11/12/9 | vs. | Danny Zilverberg | 16-13 | NR/NR/NR/25 |
| 174 | Tanner Weatherman | 21-12 | 11/12/20/8 | vs. | Logan Storley | 26-3 | 6/4/4/4 |
| 184 | Boaz Beard | 9-4 | NR/NR/NR/NR | vs. | Kevin Steinhaus | 18-4 | 8/7/6/8 |
| or | Lelund Weatherspoon | 22-9 | NR/NR/NR/31 | - | - | - | - |
| 197 | Kyven Gadson | 22-2 | 1/1/1/1 | vs. | Scott Schiller | 26-2 | 5/5/5/2 |
| HWT | Quean Smith | 8-12 | NR/NR/NR/NR | vs. | Tony Nelson | 22-4 | 5/6/5/5 |
| or | Ben Perna | 9-7 | NR/NR/NR/NR | or | Micheal Kroells | 29-11 | NR/NR/NR/NR |
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