Northwestern at Hastings
Thursday, January, 31, 2008 8 PM
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Hastings College Hastings, NE
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| 16 | 27 |
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| Symbols | WTF | Winner by technical fall; won by 15 points (time of fall on loser's column) |
| WBF | Winner by fall (time of fall on loser's column) |
| F | Forfeit |
| WBD | Won by default (in loser's column: INJ = injury, DIS = disqualified) |
Northwestern and Hastings entered Thursday evening's match in the top half of the conference, Hastings at 2-1 and Northwestern at 2-2. Both teams defeated York in earlier duals and were facing each other in the "championship." Northwestern forfeited the 125/133 lb. weight classes allowing Hastings to take an early 12-0 lead. Clay Wakefield lost by fall in 1:48 and Northwestern trailed 18-0 three matches in. With the best Raider wrestlers on deck Northwestern started to climb back into it. Levi Price, DJ Jackson, Lamar Reed, Tom Eaton, and Cole Spree all won their matches by decision and Jackson won his match by major decision 14-4. Northwestern trailed 16-18 going into the 197 lb. match between Enock Francois and Brandon Hudibaugh. Francois lost by decision 2-1 and Martin Beeler dropped the heavyweight match getting pinned in 4:12 giving Hastings a 27-16 dual victory. Northwestern fell to 7-7 overall and 2-2 in the GPAC.
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