Univ. of Mary Dual Meet Recap

Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: February 13, 2008

Meet Scoreboard:

TEAMS	FINAL TEAM TOTAL
	34
	11

Opponents Website: Univ. of Mary Wrestling

Meet Rewind:

Final Score:

Concordia 34, Univ. of Mary 11

Date: February 13, 2008
Location: Bismarck, N.D. - Univ. of Mary

Start Time: 7 p.m.

End Time: 8:30 p.m.

Total Time: 1:30

Individual Match Results:

125 – Alex Vosberg (CC) wins by forfeit
133 – Joe Leacox (CC) pin Cody Schmidt (UM); 4:37
141 – Dustin Kleppe (JC) dec. Todd Reynolds (CC); 10-8
149 – Justin Berns (CC) pin Shawn Sneva (JC); 5:50
157 – Logan Lunde (CC) maj. dec. D. Nagel (UM); 14-1
165 – Lane Lunde (CC) dec. Joey Irmen (UM); 3-1
174 – Phil Moenkedick (CC) pin Nick Lopez (UM); :28
184 – Kurt Weidrich (UM)) dec. Cody Salo (CC); 10-5
197 – Tony Neumann (CC) dec. Dusty Vliem (UM); 6-5
285 – J.Laber (UM) tech. fall Adam Westby (CC); 15-0

Match Notes:

- Meet started at 125
- Teams wrestling in a dual meet for the first time in over 20 years
- Concordia is now 5-3 in dual meets this season
- Univ. of Mary is now 1-5 in dual meets this season
- Concordia won seven matches in the meet
- Four matches were decided by a decision

- Three matches were decided by a pin fall

- One match was decided by a major decision
- One match was decided by a technical fall

- One match was decided by a forfeit

- Justin Berns wins his 29th match of the year (29-13)
- Lane Lunde wins his 29th match of the season (career high) (29-14)
- Phil Moenkedick wins his 32nd match of the season (32-4)

Meet Recap:

BISMARCK, N.D. (2/07/08)-- Concordia used the strength of three pin falls to blow past the University of Mary 34-11 on Wednesday in Bismarck, N.D. The Cobbers won seven of the 10 individual matches on their way to winning their fourth straight dual meet. CC finishes off the dual-meet portion of their schedule with a 5-3 record.

Joe Leacox, Justin Berns and Phil Moenkedick all pinned their opponent, but the most impressive win of the night was turned in by Tony Neumann who beat Dusty Vliem 6-5 in the 197-lb weight class match. Vliem was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), a Division II league, Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 22 and had posted wins over nationally-ranked opponents on the DII level.

The match started with the Cobbers getting a forfeit at 125. Alex Vosberg was handed the win to pick up his sixth win of the year.

Leacox then pinned the Marauder's Cody Schmidt 4:37 into the match, putting the Cobbers up 12-0.

After dropping the next match at 141, Concordia would win the next four matches. At 149, Berns defeated Shawn Sneva by pinfall at 5:50. For Berns it was his eighth pin of the year and 29th overall victory. Logan Lunde followed that win with a major decision win (14-1) over Devin Nagel in the 157-lb match-up. Lane Lunde pulled out a 3-1 decision in his 165-pound match. After having his match tied at 1-1 early in the third period, Lunde would follow with a two-point takedown to win 3-1. The win was also Lunde's 29th of the year, and both he and Berns are one win away from joining teammate Phil Moenkedick in the 30-win club.

Moenkedick completed the four straight wins by pinning the Marauder's Nick Lopez in :28 seconds for a 31-3 Cobber lead. It was Moenkedick's team-leading 32nd win of the season and team-leading 13th pin of the year. Moenkedick, this week's D3wrestle.com National Wrestler of the Week, has now won 12 straight matches. He hasn't lost a match since the National Duals Meet on Jan. 12.

Kurt Wiedrich snapped the Marauders slide with a 10-5 win over Cody Salo at 184.

Neumann would then get CC back on the winning track with his big win over Vliem. Neumann recorded a one-point escape in the final period to claim the victory.

Mary would win the heavyweight match-up and bring the final score to 34-11.

Concordia will now have 10 days off before competing at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Meet at St. John's on Feb. 23. The Cobbers will be looking to post a wrestler in the top two of a weight class to earn the automatic berth into the NCAA National Meet. Concordia has not had an athlete compete at the national meet since Zack Schroeder earned a spot in 2000-01.