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Scuffle Performance Earns Ness Big Ten Wrestler of the Week Honors

January 2, 2008

Minnesota wrestling’s Jayson Ness has been named the Big Ten’s Wrestler of the Week, the conference office announced today. Ness earned the honor after pinning his way to a 125-pound individual title in six matches at last weekend’s Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, N.C. The sophomore led the defending national champions to a lopsided 50-point team victory at the annual tournament, the program’s second Southern Scuffle team win in three years.

Ranked third in the nation at 125 pounds, Ness’ eye-popping weekend performance continued what has been an outstanding season for the Bloomington, Minn. native. Ness notched three of his six pins in less than two minutes before winning the championship bout over No. 13 Mike Sees of Bloomsburg University with a fall at the 5:58 mark.

Ness currently boasts a perfect 19-0 record (already the 21st-longest win streak in Gopher history) and has collected 15 of those wins by way of fall. He is well on his way to establishing a new Minnesota single-season record for pins, and has already tied his career high set last year. Ness’ current pin tally is already the seventh-highest total in program history, and he is on pace to shatter the all-time mark of 20 (set by current Gopher head assistant coach Marty Morgan in 1989-90).

This is the third Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honor for Ness during his short career, as he earned the award twice last season en route to his first All-American finish at the 2007 NCAA Championships. The sophomore currently has a career record of 59-5, with 30 of those wins coming by way of fall – the 11th-highest total in Minnesota history.

This is the first weekly honor for the defending national champions during the 2007-08 season. The Gophers will resume competition Jan. 12-13 as they look to defend their 2007 National Duals title in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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goferphan

59-5 with 30 coming by Fall. Thats pretty nuts. Safe to say that barring injury Ness could end up with 60-75 Falls in his career.

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GopherfanbackinMN

Yeah....well can he pin Donahoe like Lang did!!

goferphan

well, at least we know its possible....

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LoSt

Who pinned d-hoe?

JensenS

Travis Lang, two years ago.

LoSt

ahhh

GopherfanbackinMN

I was at the match and it was one of the more bizarre / impressive moves I have ever seen. Lang was riding and had D-hoe broke down and Paul was laying on his own left arm. Lang swung around and blocked D-hoe's head and left shoulder with his knee and grabbed the exposed wrist of the arm Paul was laying on. He pulled it across D-hoes body /chest and collapsed on him when he came over.

He did that move to other wrestlers with varying results. It is sorta the opposite of the post the head & torque the are behind their back that Konrad perfected. Quite impressive after he got it turned.....maybe there will be a few DIII guys who will end up seeing that move.