Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: February 8, 2007

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Meet Preview

Gameday Progam:

Complete Meetday Program vs. Jamestown (pdf)

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Meet Rewind:

Meet Results: Complete Meet Results (pdf)

Final Score:
Concordia-Moorhead 23 , Jamestown 16

Date: February 8, 2007
Location: Moorhead, Minn. - Concordia College

Arena: Memorial Auditorium
Start Time: 7:30 p.m.

End Time: 9:02 p.m.

Total Time: 1:32

Attendance: 170

Individual Match Results:  

125-Matt Nyvold (CC) wins by forfeit
133- S.Thompson (JC) dec. Joe Leacox (CC); 8-6 (OT)
141–Zach Halcumb (JC) dec. P.J. Mack (CC); 10-4
149–Gr. Mehring (JC) dec. Brandon Bartyzal (CC); 6-3
157–Jeremy Welter (CC) dec. Nate Peine (JC); 7-2
165–Lane Lunde (CC) tech. fall C.Scott (JC); 17-2 (6:50)
174–Cody Salo (CC) fall Ryder Weischedel (JC); 4:52
184–Justin Schuele (JC) dec. Tony Neumann (CC); 7-3
197–Theo Gagner (CC) dec. Chris Thoresen (JC); 8-1*
285–Sam Sand (JC) tech. fall Pr.Lyles (CC); 17-1 (6:06)
             
Match Notes:

*Jamestown was deducted one point after the 184 match for throwing head gear
- Meet started at 125
- Concordia ranked 27th in NCAA Division III
- Jamestown ranked 17th in NAIA
- Concordia finishes 9-5 in dual meets this season
- Jamestown now 5-5 in dual meets this season
- Concordia beats Jamestown in a dual for the first time since 2000-01
- Each team won five matches in the meet
- Six matches were decided by a decision
- Two matches were decided by a tech. fall
- Concordia’s Cody Salo recorded the only fall of the match
- Team match was decided at 197 when Theo Gagner scored an 8-1 decision
- Lane Lunde won his 23rd match of the year – second most on the team

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Meet Recap:

MOORHEAD, Minn. (2/08/07)-- With each new result that the Concordia wrestling posts, the signs of improvement continue to get better on better. The latest mile marker on the road to success came on Wednesday when the Cobbers gutted out a 23-16 victory over NAIA nationally-ranked Jamestown College.

The win over the Jimmies is the first since the 2000-01 season and moves Concordia's season dual record to    9-5, marking the most dual meet wins since the 1989-90 campaign.

The match with No.17-ranked Jamestown was earmarked to come down to a few pivotal matches and the battle proceeded as forecasted.

Concordia started out by getting a forfeit victory at the opening weight class at 125. The Jimmies then rattled off three straight victories to take a 9-6 lead heading into 157.

That is where the first sign of good things to come happened for CC. The Cobbers' regular wrestler at 157, Logan Lunde, was sidelined with a minor injury. Sophomore Jeremy Welter did the majority of his work before the meet as he dropped seven pounds during the day to make weight. His hard work and determination paid off when he scored a 7-2 decision over Nate Peine.

The Cobber bench felt the change in momentum and the next two matches put CC on the brink of victory. Concordia stalwart Lane Lunde scored a technical fall in the third period of his match at 165 to give the Cobbers a 14-9 lead - a lead they would not relinquish. For Lunde it was his 23rd win of the season which is the second highest win total on the team.

Cody Salo then followed by posting the only pin fall of the meet when he was able to turn Ryder Weischedel at the 4:52 mark. His win at 174 gave CC a 20-9 lead. It was Salo's seventh pin of the year.

After the Jimmies came away with a 7-3 decision at 184 which put the team score at 20-12 in favor of Concordia, everyone in the building knew that the final team win would come down to the bout at 197 since one of the top wrestlers in NAIA was set to wrestle for the Jimmies in the heavyweight match.

Cobber sophomore Theo Gagner made sure his team would not fall in the final stretches of the meet as he came away with a spirited 8-1 decision. His three-point decision gave CC an insurmountable lead heading into the final match of the night.

Jamestown claimed the final match at heavyweight on a technical fall and Concordia was able to celebrate the seven-point win as they head into the NCAA Regional Meet.

Concordia will have a nine-day break before traveling to Elmhurst College (Ill.) on Feb. 17 to compete in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.

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