The new faces showed up. No. 3 Nebraska opened its season with a 28-9 win over No. 20 Wyoming on Sunday afternoon at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, and all four Huskers making their Nebraska debuts won: Vincent Robinson at 125, Lincoln Sledzianowski at 141, Anthony Echemendia at 149 and Meyer Shapiro at 165.
Nebraska won eight of the 10 bouts, with two technical falls and three major decisions.
Bout by bout
- 125: No. 4 Vincent Robinson dec. Isaiah Harrison, 8-2. Two takedowns, an escape and a stalling point. Nebraska 3, Wyoming 0.
- 133: No. 16 Luke Willochell dec. No. 7 Jacob Van Dee, 5-4. Van Dee led on a first-period takedown before Willochell’s late third-period takedown. 3-3.
- 141: Lincoln Sledzianowski major dec. Derek Barrows, 11-2, with three takedowns and 3:05 of ride time. 7-3.
- 149: No. 5 Anthony Echemendia major dec. Austin Collins, 17-4. Three takedowns in the first period alone. 11-3.
- 157: No. 3 Antrell Taylor major dec. Antonio Avila, 17-4, with four takedowns and a near fall. 15-3.
- 165: Meyer Shapiro tech. fall Manuel Rojas, 19-3. Five takedowns. 20-3.
- 174: No. 2 Christopher Minto dec. No. 32 Riley Davis, 10-4. 23-3.
- 184: No. 6 Eddie Neitenbach dec. Ethan DeLeon, 13-8. 23-6.
- 197: Wyoming’s No. 4 Joey Novak dec. No. 5 Camden McDanel, 4-1. A Nebraska challenge overturned an early Novak takedown, but Novak scored an escape and a takedown in the third period. 23-9.
- HWT: No. 14 Cade Ziola tech. fall Winston McBride, 19-4, with six takedowns. 28-9 final.
The two losses
Both Wyoming wins came in ranked-vs-ranked bouts decided by three points or fewer. Van Dee lost a one-point match at 133 on a late takedown, and McDanel lost a 4-1 decision at 197 that was decided in the third period.
What it sets up
Nebraska’s first road dual is the biggest one on the early calendar: at No. 2 Oklahoma State on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. CT in Gallagher-Iba Arena, streaming on ESPNU. After that, the Huskers head to Philadelphia for a dual at Penn on Nov. 21 and the Keystone Classic on Nov. 22.
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