South Beach Duals

[Big Bird]

Dan trails by 5 seconds as we head to final rideouts

[Big Bird]

Dan and NDSU lose by 4 seconds of RT

[Tony Almeida]

Darn that would have been nice to pull off both upsets...

Thanks for your updates and commentary! Holy balls, they were exciting to read...it was almost as intense as being there in person! I really thought the hero was going to come out on top at both endings...thanks again!

[Big Bird]

Really good performance yesterday. Should be two wins today, although Columbia will offer some legitimate challenges especially at 157-174 and HWT. F&M is one of the worst D1 teams, but their HWT should be a good match for Dan.

I thought the whole team was a "winner" yesterday, but individually I thought these stood out:
Sykora- Avenged his loss in the Cornell dual and beat a solid Cefolo, who was his teammate. Plus Zac Sherman beat Mitch McKee, making that loss all the more tolerable. It was a good day as he tries to get an NCAA seed.
Gliva- Didn't "wow" but he won both matches and has a good chance to finish 4-0 if he gets both starts today.
Ream- The Clagon win was very good. Good chance to go 4-0.
Fogarty- Huge win vs Sherry to pull the team back into the dual.
Coaching staff- Only reason Fogarty had the chance vs Sherry was the coaching staff. If they didn't bump Fogarty up, they likely come out of 165 and 174 at a -7 or -8 differential. With the bump up, they traded pins to come away even between the two matches. With Dan in UTB, they realized he should go neutral rather than down, but it was too late.

I didn't think anyone really fell into the "loser" category, although McNutt went 0-2 while getting pinned vs Rider. He was in the match vs Dean, but choosing down turned out to be the wrong move and really cost him.

[Big Bird]

Biacnhi wins by major decision.

Sykora wins by tech fall.

Midkiff wrestling at 141.

[Big Bird]

Kulp is probably F&Ms 2nd or 3rd best wrestler and he is noticeably bigger than Midkiff. Midkiff had a nice shot but couldn't finish and wound up getting outscrambled for a 2&2. Kulp up big in the first period

[Big Bird]

Midkiff wrestled an extremely poor match and gave up a major decision.

Gliva wins 11-5

[Big Bird]

Ream with the fall while he had a tech locked up

[Big Bird]

Fogarty wins by fall. He's on a roll

[Big Bird]

Popp loses 4-3.

Nick Knutson getting his first career start