The fourth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team won a close match Saturday against No. 25 Northern Iowa with a pin and four decision victories. After the nine bouts, the team scores were tied at 17, but Nebraska won by criteria, 18-17, with Silas Allred’s pin of UNI's Wyatt Voelker.
The match against UNI was the second of the afternoon for the Huskers, who defeated Wyoming 44-3 in a match that featured the Husker wrestling debut of Nash Hutmacher, a football defensive lineman for Nebraska. Hutmacher (pictured above) elicited a roar from the crowd with his first-period pin of Wyoming's Mason Ding in the heavyweight bout.
Below are photos from the Northern Iowa match.
Nebraska's Caleb Smith, left, attempts to get a reversal over Northern Iowa's Trever Anderson at 125lbs.
Caleb Smith got the sudden victory in overtime against Trever Anderson 4-1.
Brock Hardy, top, fights for control on Northern Iowa's Cael Happel for a takedown.
Nebraska's Ridge Lovett wrestles for a reversal against Cael Rahnavardi at 149lbs.
Ridge Lovett celebrates his 7-1 victory over Cael Rahnavardi.
Nebraska's Antrell Taylor, right, wrestles RJ Weston at 165lbs.
Antrell Taylor throws Weston to the mat for a three-point takedown.
Antrell Taylor celebrates his 6-3 dual win.
Nebraska's Bubba Wilson, right, attempts a single leg takedown on Jared Simma at 174lbs.
Nebraska's Silas Allred, left, and Wyatt Voelker lock up early in the 197lbs dual.
Silas Allred celebrates his victory by pin on Wyatt Voelker.
Nebraska's Harley Andrews, left, attempts to escape a potential takedown against Tyrell Gordon at heavyweight.
The Huskers pulled out the narrow team victory 18-17 over Northern Iowa.
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