Noon Becomes First Northern Colorado Placer at Southern Scuffle

Friday, January 1

Chattanooga, Tenn.

All Day

University of Northern Colorado

Southern Scuffle

1/2/2016 7:05:00 PM | Wrestling

Trent Noon finished seventh overall at 197 pounds at the 2016 Southern Scuffle

Final Brackets
Day One Recap

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Trent Noon highlighted the Bears' Southern Scuffle on Saturday, earning a seventh place finish to be the first Northern Colorado wrestler to place at the tournament in program history.

Overall, the Bears finished 23^rd out of 31 teams, with 26.5 team points, tying the program's highest finish (23^rd in 2013). Winning the team race was #1 Penn State with 183 points, #2 Oklahoma State with 158 points, and #14 Lehigh with 104.5 points.

"We wrestled pretty well," head coach Troy Nickerson said. "You can definitely see the improvement this team is making."

Noon earned three straight wins on the day to become the first UNC wrestler to place at the Scuffle since the team started attending the tournament in 2013. A 2-0 decision over Penn's Mattiace kicked off his day, followed by one of two pins for the Bears on the day over Sam Wheeler of Cleveland State. Another decision win (5-0) moved him into the top-eight status, but a loss to Zach Nye of Virginia moved him down in the bracket, eliminating his chances of placing higher than seventh.

In his seventh place match, Noon faced Parker Hines of Air Force to close out the tournament for the Bears. With two takedowns, an escape, and a riding time point, Noon took the seventh place finish with a 6-3 decision win.

"Trent wrestled well and finished his tournament the right way. We are very proud of the progress he is making overall and in the fact that he is the first placer the program has seen at this tournament."

In his first Scuffle appearance, Rico Montoya made his way through the first day of the tournament going 2-1 overall. On day two, he kicked off the day with a huge pin over Appalachian State's Jacob Grigg, and edged out David Pearce of Drexel to advance to the blood round. In a rematch from earlier in the season with Josh Martinez (Air Force), Montoya fought hard, but lost his lead late in the third period to be knocked out of the tournament with an overall record of 4-2.

Timmy Box had a 3-1 day on Friday, also earning a spot in the Saturday morning matches. He picked up a pair of decision wins to advance to the placement round, but fell short against Justin Oliver of Central Michigan, ending his Scuffle outing 5-2 overall.

"Rico Montoya and Timmy Box both made some real progress in this tournament, both coming up just shy of placing. Their confidence is where it needs to be moving forward."

Seven of the twelve Northern Colorado wrestlers won matches between the two days of the tournament, with 18 wins between them overall.

The Bear squad has almost two weeks off before their next competition – a pair of duals in Greeley on January 15^th and against South Dakota State and North Dakota State, respectively.

For more information on the Bears this season, check out UNCBears.com, visit their official Facebook page, or follow them on Twitter at @UNCBearsWrestle.

133: Rico Montoya
Cons. Round 4: Win by Fall (4:02) [Jacob Grigg (Appalachian State)]
Cons. Round 5: Win by Dec. 5-1 [David Pearce (Drexel)]
Cons. Round 6: Loss by Dec. 8-5 [Josh Martinez (Air Force)]

149: Timmy Box
Cons. Round 4: Win by Dec. 9-8 [Charles Cobb (Penn)]
Cons. Round 5: Win by Dec. 5-4 [Joseph Galasso (Cornell)]
Cons. Round 6: Loss by MD 22-9 [Justin Oliver (Central Michigan)]

197: Trent Noon – SEVENTH PLACE
Cons. Round 4: Win by Dec. 2-0 [Frank Mattiace (Penn)]
Cons. Round 5: Win by Fall (4:05) [Sam Wheeler (Cleveland State)]
Cons. Round 6: Win by Dec. 5-0 [Vincent Pickett (Edinboro)]
Cons. Round 7: Loss by Dec. 6-4 [Zach Nye (Virginia)]
Seventh Place Match: Win by Dec. 6-3 [Parker Hines (Air Force)]

197 (Unattached): Jacob Seely
Cons. Round 4: Loss by Fall (6:30) [Michael Woulfe (Navy)]