MSU Moorhead Dual Meet Recap

Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: February 4, 2009

Opponent's Website: MSU Moorhead Wrestling

Meet Recap
MOORHEAD, Minn. (2/04/09)-- Concordia won four of the first five matches against MSU Moorhead and held on to come away with an 18-15 win over the Dragons in Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday. The win snaps an 18-match losing streak for the Cobbers against the Dragons. It has been 20 years since the last time Concordia beat MSU Moorhead in a dual meet. The last time came in the 1987-88 season.

The win is also the eighth straight for the Cobbers who move to 10-1 on the season in dual meets. The 10 wins is the second most in program history - only one behind the 11 wins posted in the 1984-85 season.

Cobber freshman Daron Hohbein set the tone for the whole match when he overcame a 5-0 deficit in the first period to post a 9-7 win in overtime. The Dragons' Joe Werner scored a reversal in the final seconds to take a 7-6 lead but Hohbein had posted enough riding time to force the extra period. Hohbein wasted little time in the OT period as he scored the match-winning takedown less than 30 seconds in to the period.

After Kelly Janke scored a major decision at 133 to give MSU Moorhead (6-8) their only lead of the night, the Cobbers rattled off three straight wins to take a 12-4 lead. Ben Anderson started the trio of wins with a 6-1 win at 141. Justin Berns then followed suit by earning a 5-1 win at 149. Another swing match of the night came when Lane Lunde grabbed an early 4-0 lead and went on to win 7-2 at 157. Anderson and Berns both won their 31st match of the year. Anderson is now 31-8 and Berns is 31-10. For Lunde it was his 20th win of the season and he becomes the sixth CC wrestler to win 20 matches on the year.

The Dragons took the next two matches but those were two of the three bouts that could have sealed the win for CC. At both 157 and 165 MSU Moorhead was only able to come away with a decision despite having a decided edge entering the night. Tyler Tubbs scored a 9-5 decision at 165 and then Jarrett Hall claimed a 10-4 win at 174 to bring MSU M within two points at 12-10.

Concordia sophomore Phil Moenkedick then put on a wrestling clinic at 184. He played cat and mouse in the first period, allowing his opponent to get escape after escape while he recorded takedown after takedown. Moenkedick had enough of the back-and-forth in the second period and put his foe on his back and claimed the six-point pin at 4:16. For Moenkedick it was his fourth straight pin and kept his season record unblemished at 24-0. The six points for CC would prove to be the difference in the match.

Leading 18-10, the Cobbers dropped another decision at 197 and held an 18-13 lead heading into the final match of the night. The Dragons needed a pin at 285 in order to come away with the overall team win. They almost achieved that feat in the first 10 seconds of the match when Tim Johnson stuck Cobber heavyweight Nick Nadeau on his back and came within inches of earning the game-winning pin. Nadeau somehow wriggled out of the near fall and was able to last out the opening period. Nadeau trailed 5-0 after the first period and then proceeded to dig deep and only get outscored 8-6 in the final two periods to lose a 13-6 decision and give Concordia the overall team victory.

MSU Moorhead was deducted one point from their team total after the match for unsportsmanlike conduct to bring the final total to 18-15.

Concordia will compete in the North Country Invite on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. The Cobbers will then finish off their dual-meet season when they host the University of Mary on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.

Cobber Results
#8 Concordia 18 vs. MSU Moorhead 15
125 – Daron Hohbein (CC) dec. Werner (MSUM); 9-7 OT
133 – Kelly Janke (MSUM) maj. dec. Mike Holman; 14-6
141 – Ben Anderson (CC) dec. Evan Forde (MSUM); 6-1
149 – J.Berns (CC) dec. Derek Bomstad (MSUM); 5-1
157 – Lane Lunde (CC) dec. Tallen Wald (MSUM); 7-2
165 – Tyler Tubbs (MSUM) dec. Luke Vetsch (CC); 9-5
174 – Jarret Hall (MSUM) dec. Spencer Lund (CC); 10-4
184 – Phil Moenkedick (CC) pin D.Nagel (MSUM); 4:16
197 – Matt Nelson (MSUM) dec. T.Neumann (CC); 7-3
285 – T.Johnson (MSUM) dec. Nick Nadeau (CC); 13-6

MSU Moorhead gets one team point deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct

Match Notes
- Meet started at 125.
- Concordia is now 10-1 in dual meets this season.
- The 10 dual-meet wins is the second most dual-meet wins in a season
- Concordia has won eight straight dual matches
- MSU Moorhead is now 6-8 on the year.
- Eight of the 10 matches were decided by a decision
- One match was decided by a major decision
- One match was decided by a pin fall
- Both teams won five matches
- Cobbers won five of the 10 matches including three of the last four.
- Nine of the 10 matches were won by a decision.
- Phil Moenkedick recorded his fourth straight pin and remains unbeaten on the year at 24-0.
- Daron Hohbein is now 24-6 on the year.
- Ben Anderson earned his team-leading 31st win of the season. He is now 31-8 on the year.
- Justin Berns also recorded his 31st win of the year. He is now 31-10 on the year.
- Lane Lunde is now 20-11 on the year and becomes the sixth CC wrestler to win 20 matches on the year.

Match Bout-By-Bout
125

- Joe Werner scores a takedown at 2:24 of first period

- Werner scores a near fall at 35.0 of first (0-5)

- Werner leads 5-0 after 1st period

- Hohbein gets 2 pts for (2-5)

- Werner leads 5-2 after 2

- Hohbein gets point for Werner stalling

- Hohbein scores for near fall at 45.6 (6-5)

- Werner gets 2 pts for reversal with 1.0

- Hohbein gets 1 pt for riding time (7-7)

- Match tied after 3

- Hohbein scores takedown in OT to win 9-7

133
- Both wrestlers score four pts. in first 1:35 (4-4)

- Janke (MSUM) gets 1 pt. for escape at 1:45

- Janke gets 2 pts. for takedown at :45 (4-7)

- Jahnke leads 7-4 after 1st

- Jahnke gets pt. for escape to start 2nd (4-8)

- Jahnke gets 2 pts. for takedown at :55 (4-10)

- Jahnke leads 10-4 after 2 periods

- Holman gets 1 pt. for escap to start 3rd (5-10)

- Jahnke gets 2 pts. for takedown at 1:25 (5-12)

- Holman gets 1 pt. for escape (6-12)
- Jahnke scores takedown with 3.0 left (6-14)

- Jahnke wins maj. dec. 14-6

141

- Neither wrestler scores a pt. in 1st period (0-0)

- Anderson (CC) scores an escape to start 2nd

- Anderson scores a takedown at 1:29 (3-0)

- Anderson keeps Forde on the mat to end 2nd (3-0)

- Forde scores an escape to start 3rd (3-1)

- Anderson scores takedown at 48.0 (5-1)

- Anderson gets one pt. for riding time, wins 6-1

149

- Berns (CC) scores a takedown at 1:49 (2-0)

- Bomstad scores an escape and 1st period ends 2-1

- Berns scores a reversal at 1:18 (4-1)

- 2nd period ends at 4-1

- Berns scores 1 pt. for riding time and wins 5-1

157

- Lunde (CC) scores a takedown at 2:40 (2-0)

- Lunde puts shoulders on mat at 1:14 (4-0)

- Lunde leads 4-0 after 1st

- No wrestler scores a pt. in 2nd (4-1)

- Lunde gets pt. for illegal arm hold (5-1)

- Lunde gets a reversal at 3.0 (7-1)

- Wald gets 1 pt. for riding time (7-2)

165

- Tubbs scores 2 pts. for takedown at 1:58 (0-2)

- Vetsch gets pt. for escape at 1:39 (1-2)

- Tubbs get takedown at 48.0 (1-4)

- Vetsch gets 1 pt. for escape (2-4)

- Tubbs gets 2 pts. for takedown at 45.0 (2-6)

- Vetsch gets 1 pt. for escape at 23.0 (3-6)

- 1st period ends with Tubbs leading 6-3

- Tubbs gets 1 pt. for escape to start 3rd

- Tubbs gets 2 pts. for takedown at 1:38 (4-9)

- 2nd period ends with Tubbs leading 9-4

- Vetsch scores an escape to start the third (5-9)

- Tubbs wins 9-5

174

- Hall (MSUM) scores a takedown at 1:58 (0-2)

- 1st period ends with Hall leading 2-0

- Hall earns escape to start 2nd period (0-3)

- Hall scores takedown at 55.9 (0-5)

- Lund scores a reversal at 25.0 (2-5)

- Hall scores a reversal at 12.0 (2-7)

- 2nd period ends with Hall leading 7-2

- Lund scores an escape to start the third (3-7)

- Hall scores a takedown at 6.4 (3-9)

- Lund scores an escape at 4.6 (4-9)

- Hall gets 1 pt. for riding time (4-10)

184

- Moenkedick (CC) scores a takedown at 2:41 (2-0)

- Nagel scores an escape at 1:40 (2-1)

- Moenkedick scores a takedown at 1:25 (4-1)

- Nagel scores an escape at 1:00 (4-2)

- Moenkedick scores a takedown at 42.0 (6-2)

- Nagel scores an escape at 25.0 (6-3)

- Moenkedick scores a takedown at 12.0 (8-3)

- Moenkedick leads 8-3 after 1st period

- Moenkedick scores an escape to start 2nd (9-3)

- Moenkedick scores a takedown at 1:00 (11-3)

- Nagel scores an escape at 55.5 (11-4)

- Moenkedick scores a takedown at 47.0 (13-4)

- Moenkedick pins Nagel at 44.3

197

- Nelson (MSUM) scores a takedown at 2:04 (0-2)

- Neumann scores an escape at 1:35 (1-2)

- Nelson scores a takedown at 55.0 (1-4)

- Neumann scores an escape at 23.0 (2-4)

- 1st period ends with Nelson leading 4-2

- Neumann scores an escape to start 2nd period (3-4)

- Nelson scores a takedown at 1:15 (3-6)

- Nelson leads after 2nd period 6-3

- Nelson gets one pt. for stalling (3-7)

- Nelson wins 7-3

285

- Johnson (MSUM) scores a takedown at 2:40 (0-2)

- Johnson scores a near fall at 1:58 (0-5)

- 1st period ends with Johnson leading 5-0

- Johnson scores a takedown at 1:41 (0-7)

- Nadeau scores an escape at 1:25 (1-7)

- Johnson gets 1 pt. for stalling at 38.0 (1-8)

- Johnson leads 8-1 after 2nd period

- Nadeau scores an escape at 1:59 (2-8)

- Johnson scores a takedown at 1:50 (2-10)

- Nadeau scores a reversal at 1:30 (4-10)

- Johnson scores a reversal at 1:11 (4-12)

- Nadeau scores a takedown at 25.0 (6-12)

- Johnson gets 1 pt. for riding time (6-13)

MSU Moorhead gets one team pt. deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct