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Wrestling drops to No. 4 UNI
February 21, 2025 | Wrestling
Wisconsin finishes out the 2024-25 regular season
MADISON, Wis. – In the Badgers' final regular-season dual of the 2024-25 season, the Wisconsin wrestling team fell 28-12 on Friday to No. 4 Northern Iowa at the UW Field House.
Four Badgers secured wins throughout the dual, including two upset wins.
The first upset of the night was No. 20 Zan Fugitt over No. 19 Julian Farber, in 133. The redshirt-freshman finished the season on a five-dual winning streak.
The second upset of the night was from an unranked Cody Goebel against No. 19 Jack Thomsen, by dec. 9-3. An impressive showing, as this was only Goebel's third dual of the season.
No. 18 Nicolar Rivera had a decision win over No. 29 Trevor Anderson, 13-8.
No. 32 Luke Condon also earned a decision win against his opponent in the 174 weight class, Nick Fox, 8-1.
Wisconsin finished out 2024-25 regular season at UW Field House, leaving a 5-12 overall record and 1-7 in the B1G Conference.
UNI 28, Wisconsin 12
125 - No. 18 Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) over No. 29 Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa), Dec. 13-8
133 - No. 20 Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) over No. 19 Julian Farber (Northern Iowa), Dec. 5-0
141 - No. 4 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) over Carson Exferd (Wisconsin), Tech. Fall 23-7 5:43
149 - No. 10 Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) over Royce Nilo (Wisconsin), Fall 3:43
157 - No. 3 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) over Luke Mechler (Wisconsin), Dec. 5-0
165 - Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) over No. 19 Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa), Dec. 9-3
174 - No. 32 Luke Condon (Wisconsin) over Nick Fox (Northern Iowa), Dec. 8-1
184 - No. 2 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) over Dylan Russo (Wisconsin), Tech. Fall 20-3 4:22
197 - No. 11 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) over Wyatt Ingham (Wisconsin), Dec. 8-1
285 - No. 14 Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) over Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin), Fall 4:47
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