Wrestling next year

i think we are going to have a great wrestling team next year! i think minnesota will win a national title and maybe end up have 6 or 7 national champions. we will see i suppose.

Finished

So the season is now finished. two national titles for Minnesota is very good for a D1 college wrestling team. they finished 4th overall at the national tournament and they had 7 all americans. their coach is so outstanding its crazy. they should ahve yet another successful season next year whil graduating only 4 varsity wrestlers.

Finishing of the Minnesota wrestling season

The Gophers ended up taking 2nd place as a team in the 2012 national wrestling tournament. the head coach J Robinson was named the 2012 NWCA head coach of the year following the championships. His all career record as the head coach is 388 wins, 129 losses, and 4 ties. this is an outstanding record for a coach many critiques believe.

Tony Nelson

Tony Nelson ended up winning the 2012 National tournament at the weight class titled heavyweight! he ended up winning 4 to 1 against james cardel of Penn State. This was a very exciting match to watch on tv!

National Tournament

the national tournament is starting march 15th through the 17th. Minnesota is sending 9 of the 10 weight classes into the national tournament. I believe that Zach Sanders will win a National Title this year. this will be very exciting to watch the national tournament. I will enjoy watching Zach Sanders whipping up on everyone at the National Tournament

Minnesota Wrestling

The Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestling team wrapped up the 2012 Big Ten Wrestling Championships this afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. Minnesota finished second overall in the team standings with 134 points, behind champion Penn State who won the team title for the second consecutive year, with 149 points.
Kevin Steinhaus and Tony Nelson each captured individual titles for the Maroon and Gold. Either of them have lost match against a Big Ten opponent and earned First Team Big Ten honors.
Steinhaus closed out the weekend with a perfect 4-0 record including a thrilling 3-1 overtime win against Nebraska's Josh Ihnen in the title match. Steinhaus blocked a shot by Ihnen midway through the extra period and turned it into a single leg takedown en route to the title. His victory also bumps his winning streak up to 19 matches.
Nelson finished the weekend 3-0 including a 2-0 decision over Bobby Telford of Iowa in the championship. Nelson scored his first point 30 seconds into the second period off an escape. He then controlled Telford the rest of the match racking up over two minutes of riding time. It was his second win over Telford and his 20th consecutive win this season.
The Gophers had three wrestlers finish in second place for the weekend. Zach Sanders, Dylan Ness and Logan Storley each finished runner-up in their respected weight classes. Sanders fell to Matt McDonough of Iowa (6-1 dec.) in the opening match of the championship session. Ness was defeated by Frank Molinaro (16-0 tech fall) and Storley fell to Ed Ruth (13-2 maj.), both of Penn State in their final matches.

Oklahoma State to Host NWCA/Cliff Keen National Dual Final Four

The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) announced today that Oklahoma State University will host the "Mat Mayhem Championship Finals" on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla.
Minnesota advanced to the final round of the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals by winning the Rutgers Regional title on Saturday. Other regional winners and final four participants include Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma State. The Gophers defeated Illinois earlier this season 25-9, but fell to both Oklahoma State (23-14) and Iowa (19-17).

Big Ten Dual champions

The No. 4 Minnesota Golden Gophers were crowned Big Ten Dual champions this afternoon after smashing No. 7 Nebraska 26-7 inside the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota won eight matches in front of 3,663 fans and finish up the Big Ten portion of their schedule.

Minnesota has lost

Minnesota lost to Iowa 19 to 17..... it was a very close dual. Zach Sanders who is number 1 in the nation lost to Matt McDonough who was ranked number 2 in the nation..... he lost 7 to 1

Gophers VS Badgers

Gophers beast the Badgers 37 to 3... Minnesota is now 5-0 in the BIG 10 confrence

Zach Sanders

#1 Zach Sanders

Team Rankings as of right now

1) Penn State Nittany Lions – 110 pts2) Iowa Hawkeyes – 101 pts 3) Minnesota Golden Gophers – 94 pts4) Oklahoma State Cowboys – 93 pts 5) Cornell Big Red – 70 pts6) Michigan Wolverines – 52 pts 7) Nebraska Cornhuskers – 49 pts8) Wyoming Cowboys – 48 pts 9) Ohio State Buckeyes – 45 pts10) Lehigh Mountain Hawks – 44 pts 11) American Eagles – 43 pts12) Oklahoma Sooners – 42 pts 13) Edinboro Fighting Scots – 41 pts14) Missouri Tigers – 40 pts 15) Northwestern Wildcats – 39 pts16) Maryland Terrapins – 38 pts 17) Illinois Fighting Illini – 37 pts18) Iowa State Cyclones – 36 pts 19) Virginia Tech Hokies – 35 pts20) Cal-Poly Mustangs – 34 pts 21) Oregon State Beavers – 33 pts22) Harvard Crimson – 31 pts 23) Kent State Golden Flashes – 30 pts24) Stanford Cardinal – 29 pts 25) Binghamton Bearcats – 26 pts26) Rutgers Scarlet Knights – 25 pts 27) Pittsburgh Panthers – 22 pts28) Central Michigan Chippewas – 21 pts 29) Penn Quakers – 20 pts30) Indiana Hoosiers – 19 pts

MINNESOTA VS ILLINOIS

January 13th, 2012 The Minnesota Golden Gophers will be facing off with Illinois.... Illinois is ranked #17 while Minnesota is ranked #1

Minnesota Rankings

Minnesota is currently ranked 4th in the nation. the kids they have ranked are...

125- Zach Sanders #1
133- Chris Dardanes #9
141- Nick Dardanes #13
149- Dylan Ness #11
157- no one
165- Cody Yohn #7
174- Logan Storley #12
184- Kevin Steinhaus #7
197- Sonny Yohn #3
285- Tony Nelson #4

Logan Storley

Logan Storley wrestles for Minnesota and he beat the #5 ranked kid from ohio 4 to 2..... Loagan Storley was a 6X state champion from South Dakota