#25 Northern Colorado sweeps tri-meet in Utah

Friday, January 8

Orem, Utah

12:45 pm

University of Northern Colorado

California Baptist

Photo by: Anna-Lee Marie

1/8/2021 5:51:00 PM | Wrestling

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Northern Colorado picked up a pair of wins over Utah Valley and California Baptist Friday

By: By Ryan Pfeifer, UNCBears.com

OREM, Utah – The 25th ranked Northern Colorado wrestling team swept a tri-dual against Utah Valley and California Baptist on Friday afternoon to improve to 3-0 on the year. The Bears dominated California Baptist 35-3 before taking down host Utah Valley 19-16.

UNC's second Big 12 win of the year came thanks in part to key wins by extra points. Northern Colorado and Utah Valley split the matches at five apiece, but the Bears' four wins by major decision to UVU's one was the difference in the team score.

Northern Colorado dominated CBU in the first dual of the day winning nine of the 10 matches.

Mosha Schwartz turned in one of the best days for the team with a pin at 3:26 against CBU and then started a streak of three straight major decisions for UNC against Utah Valley. His 10-0 win featured a pair of takedowns and a four-point near fall in the third period to get the team rolling.

.@moshathemam88 with the takedown to take the early lead! #BearsStrong🐻🤼 #Big12WR pic.twitter.com/Hw1fLO7Y3a
— UNC Bears Wrestling (@UNCBearsWrestle) January 8, 2021

Chris Sandoval and Andrew Alirez followed Schwartz's lead with 12-4 and 16-4 major decisions, respectively. Both recorded four takedowns against Utah Valley with Alirez adding in a four-point near fall early on. The duo went undefeated on the day recording decision wins against CBU.

💪💪💪 @andrewalirez970 with the throwdown for the takedown! #BearsStrong🐻🤼 #Big12WR pic.twitter.com/9YjlSfyIzG
— UNC Bears Wrestling (@UNCBearsWrestle) January 8, 2021

Alan Clothier and Jacob Seely came up with key wins late for UNC to secure the dual over the Wolverines. Clothier had his second major decision of the day, 13-4, over Hunter Morse. He won his match against California Baptist 15-5. Over the two matches, he recorded 12 takedowns.

Quick escape and takedown by @A_lanC_lothier4! #BearsStrong🐻🤼 #Big12WR pic.twitter.com/6MVsOqTq0Q
— UNC Bears Wrestling (@UNCBearsWrestle) January 8, 2021

Seely pushed Northern Colorado's lead to 19-13 with this hard-fought decision win over Jacob Armstrong 5-3. He went 2-0 on the day with his 9-1 major decision over CBU.

Dalton Robertson was the only other Bear with a fall on the day. He pinned California Baptist's Zach Schrader in the first period at 2:28. He then went on to gut out a tough 3-0 loss to Utah Valley after twisting his knee in the first period to conserve the Northern Colorado win.

PIN! @daltonwrestling ends the dual in style! #BearsStrong🐻🤼 #Big12WR pic.twitter.com/3wkET6h7xv
— UNC Bears Wrestling (@UNCBearsWrestle) January 8, 2021

What They Said

Hear from Head Coach @troy_nickerson after the Bears 2️⃣ victories on the day. #BearDown pic.twitter.com/wJc0FHW3Do
— UNC Bears Wrestling (@UNCBearsWrestle) January 9, 2021

What's Ahead
It's Big 12 duals from here on out for Northern Colorado. The Bears head to Colorado Springs next Sunday for a tri-dual against South Dakota State and Air Force. Northern Colorado's first dual of the day starts at noon.

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