By: Urbana Athletic Communications
URBANA, Ohio – The Urbana University men's wrestling team fell 29-8 to No. 8 Ashland on Wednesday night inside the Grimes Center.
UU (3-10) picked up points via major decision wins by
Cole Houser and
Connor Dixon.
Houser defeated Ashland's Nick Carbone 12-0 in the 157 pound matchup. The sophomore from Bellefontaine improved to 17-5 on the season. He is currently ranked fourth in the latest NCAA Division II Super Region 3 rankings.
Dixon opened the dual with an impressive 12-3 major decision over AU's Brahm Ginter to put the Blue Knights ahead 4-0. The Huntsville native is 11-6 overall and sits sixth in the DII SR3 rankings released earlier today.
UP NEXT: UU travels back to West Liberty University next weekend for the Mountain East Conference championships.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Ashland 29, Urbana 8
125: Double Forfeit
133: Lawrance Dudgeon (AU) over
Alec Fulwider (UU) – Pin 6:23
141: Justin Wilcox (AU) over
Jake Edwards (UU) – 8-2
149: Carson Speelman (AU) over
Jared Ford (UU) – Major Dec. 10-0
157:
Cole Houser (UU) over Nick Carbone (AU) – Major Dec. 12-0
165: Jesse Mitchell (AU) over
Jake Lees (UU) – 4-1
174: Bret Romanzak (AU) and
Dylan Knotts (UU) – Major Dec. 18-9
184:
Connor Dixon (UU) over Brahm Ginter (AU) – Major Dec. 12-3
197: Nathan Williams (AU) over
Major Stratton (UU) – 2-1 OT
285: Tristen Weirich (AU) over
Nick Baker (UU) – Pin 1:12
