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Badgers open season with Intrasquad Scrimmage
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, 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.
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