Ohio Wrestlers Defeated by Northern Illinois

Contact: Brian Stanley, (740) 593-0054 or sports.media@ohio.edu

DEKALB, Illinois (January 26, 2001) -- Northern Illinois (6-5-1, 1-2-1) took eight of ten matches on their way to a 25-9 victory over the Bobcats (8-5, 1-2). Dan Bednar (Brecksville) and Ryan Smith (Dayton) picked up the only wins for Ohio.

After Bednar (18-4, 2-1) earned a technical fall over NIU's Greg Reardon, the Huskies reeled off six consecutive decisions to give them a 19-5 lead. Smith (14-4, 1-0) would major Bryce Hasseman, 11-2, to cut the deficit to 10 points, but Northern's Bill Lowney picked up a decision over Luke Moore, 3-1, to seal the victory for the Huskies.

This was Joel Greenlee's first conference loss to a school, other than Central Michigan, in his four years as Bobcat head coach (13-4-1). The Bobcats will continue their stretch of duals on the road when they travel to Slippery Rock next Saturday to face the Rock, Millersville and Bloomsburg.

Results

Northern Illinois 25, Ohio 9

125 - Marlon Felton (NIU) dec Mike Caruso, 8-3

133 - Alexis Rivera (NIU) dec Anthony Carrizales, 11-7

141 - Ryan Egan (NIU) dec Shane Hartzler, 5-3

149 - Jamie Hey (NIU) dec Andy Reichenbach, 10-9

157 - Scott Owen (NIU) maj Ben Gabriel, 12-4

165 - Ryan Smith (Ohio) maj Bryce Hasseman, 11-2

174 - Bill Lowney (NIU) dec Luke Moore, 3-1

184 - David Potter (NIU) wbf Mark Shrout, 2:39

197 - Dan Bednar (Ohio) TF Greg Reardon, 16-0, 6:38

HWT - Jon Lovrich (NIU) dec Brad Bauer, 13-10