Bears impressive in trifecta of home dual wins

Sunday, December 18

Greeley, Colo.

1 p.m.

University of Northern Colorado

Northeastern Junior College

UNC dominated its three opponents at the Northern Colorado Quad.

Photo by: Ashley Buchholz

12/18/2022 10:35:00 PM | Wrestling

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Greeley, Colo. Wrestling for the first time in the friendly confines of Bank of Colorado Arena this season, UNC dominated the Northern Colorado Quad to post wins over Northeastern Junior College (44-6), Northwest Kansas Technical College (47-6) and New Mexico Highlands (49-0). With the three wins, UNC improves to 7-1 in duals on the season.

The Bears recorded wins in 27 of the 30 matches, including falls in 14 and extra point wins in 26.

18 wrestlers scored for the Bears. Two wrestlers, Jace Koelzer and Xavier Doolin, recorded three wins each. Doolin's trifecta of victories all came by fall, with the Redshirt Freshman needing a total of just 2:12 for the three victories.

BY THE NUMBERS
0- Number of points given up against New Mexico Highlands, marking the first shutout of the Troy Nickerson era at UNC.
2:12- The total amount of clock time it took Xavier Doolin to record his three falls.
6- Number of falls recorded against Northwest Kansas Technical College.
14- Total number of falls recorded by UNC on the day.
20- The number of wrestlers that saw mat time for the Bears on the day.

ACCORDING TO COACH NICKERSON
Very thankful for Northeastern JC, Northwest Kansas Tech and New Mexico Highlands for coming ot wrestle us today. I think we got 20 different guys in our lineup today and it was a great opportunity for some of our younger guys to put on the singlet and compete in front of a home crowd.

Overall I think we started a little flat in the first match and then proceeded to get better throughout the day. I'm very happy with our overall performance and the aggression of the guys who hit the mat. We are looking forward to a week off to recover and then start the second half of our season in Chattanooga.

UP NEXT
The Bears get a break for the holidays before heading to the vaunted Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn. January 1-2 and then returning to Bank of Colorado Arena for a pair of home duals January 13 versus CSU-Bakersfield and January 15 versus Cal Poly. Season tickets are available for as low as $65 and single-match tickets for all duals are now on sale at the ticket office in Campus Commons Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, by calling 970-351-4849 or on-line at UNCBears.com/tickets.

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RESULTS
-vs- Northeastern Junior College (44-6)
125 Stevo Poulin (UNC) won by FORFEIT
133 Jace Koelzer (UNC) major dec. #5 Braden Mogle (NEJC), 13-4
141 #8 Deegan Palmer (NEJC) won by fall over Otto Cate-Cribari (UNC)
149 Benji Alanis (UNC) major dec. #7 Channing Warner (NEJC), 17-6
157 Roman Cruz (UNC) won by fall over TJ Moffit (NEJC), [T-2:30]
165 Hudson Cropp (UNC) major dec. Vince Beeson (NEJC), 10-0
174 Aydin Rix-McElhinney (UNC) won by fall over Gavin Kopp (NEJC), [T-3:30]
184 Branson Britten (UNC) major dec. #4 Connor Davis (NEJC), 11-3
197 Remington Peterson (UNC) major dec. Angel Fuentes (NEJC), 16-2
285 Xavier Doolin (UNC) won by fall over Riley Dean-Butt (NEJC), [T-:58]

-vs- Northwest Kansas Technical College (47-6)
125 #2 Jett Stickenberger (NWKTC) dec. Kenny Sailas (UNC), 9-2
133 Jace Koelzer (UNC) won by forfeit
141 Armando Garcia (UNC) won by fall over Casey Strand, Jr. (NWKTC), [T-3:45]
149 Chris Sandoval (UNC) won by fall over Lucas Hill (NWKTC), [T-2:30]
157 Nathan Moore (UNC) won by fall over #1 (149) Bryce Boumans (NWKTC), [T-1:42]
165 Baylor Fernandes (UNC) won by fall over Temuujin Mendbileg (NWKTC),
174 Aydin Rix-McElhinney (UNC) won by tech. fall Jonathan Carr (NWKTC), 23-7 [T-5:37]
184 #6 Jameel Coles (NWKTC) dec. Branson Britten (UNC), 10-8
197 Franklin Cruz (UNC) won by fall over Jayshon Hones (NWKTC)
285 Xavier Doolin (UNC) won by fall over Jared Volcic (NWKTC), [T-:39]

-vs- New Mexico Highlands (49-0)

125 Moses Santiago (UNC) dec. Rhys Sellers (NMH), 8-6
133 Jace Koelzer (UNC) major dec. Julius Kohn (NMH), 14-1
141 Armando Garcia (UNC) won by fall over Joe Misitano (NMH), [T-3:53]
149 Eyan Chavez (UNC) won by fall over Decklyn MIller (NMH), [2:48]
157 Cameron Lucero (UNC) won be tech. fall over Evan Killgore (NMH), 30-15 [T-6:38]
165 Baylor Fernandes (UNC) won by fall over Collin Brown (NMH), [T-:44]
174 Aydin Rix-McElhinney (UNC) won by tech. fall over Thomas Tolbert (NMH), 22-5 [T-2:30]
184 Branson Britten (UNC) won by tech. fall over Lance Killgore (NMH), 18-0 [T-2:37]
197 Xavier Vasquez (UNC) major dec. Jayden Johnson (NMH), 10-0
285 Xavier Doolin (UNC) won by fall over Kioni Benally (NMH), [T-:35]