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From: Joshua Schmidt <jjschmid@umn.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:46 PM
Subject: GOPHERS WRESTLING: Skatzka Earns 100th Victory as Gophers Down Spartans
To: Joshua Schmidt <jjschmid@umn.edu>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 17, 2020
Contact: Josh Schmidt
Full results below
Skatzka Earns 100th Victory as Gophers Down Spartans
● The Minnesota Gopher Wrestling program defeated the Michigan State Spartans
● Devin Skatzka earned his 100th career victory with a 10-5 win on Friday night in his home state surrounded by friends and family
● Jake Bergeland and Ryan Thomas both made their Gophers dual debuts and came out victorious by decision. Thomas and Bergeland joined heavyweight Chase O’Connor as the three Gophers making their Big Ten dual debut.
Skatzka Earns 100th Victory as Gophers Down Spartans
EAST LANSING, Mi. - The University of Minnesota wrestling program defeated Michigan State 25-10 behind the efforts of seven individual victories.
Three Gophers made their career Big Ten dual debuts on the night, headlined by Ryan Thomas and Jake Bergeland who both won after never previously starting any dual. Thomas began the night with his dual debut while Bergeland finished the night with his dual debut.
Chase O’Connor made his Big Ten dual debut at heavyweight but ultimately fell by 6-2 decision to Christian Rebottaro.
Richmond, Michigan, native Devin Skatzka earned his 100th career victory with his 10-5 victory over Layne Malczewski. Surrounded by friends and family after the match Skatzka did a post-dual interview with BTN and soaked in the scene.
After earning 48 wins in Indiana, Skatzka has added 52 more since becoming a Golden Gopher.
Hunter Ritter blew the dual score open with a first period pin against Nick May right before intermission. After putting May to his back early on in the match Ritter calmly settled into pin his opponent’s shoulder blades to the Spartans’ mat.
Quotable
"It feels great, I'm blessed. Not too many people get to accomplish that. It's great it worked out this way being in Michigan with a bunch of family and friends here." - 174-pound Devin Skatzka
Next Up
The Gophers finish up their time in Michigan with a trip to Ann Arbor where the Gophers and Wolverines will clash on Sunday afternoon. Minnesota then returns home to face the Ohio State Buckeyes on January 26 at Maturi Pavilion.
Full Results (Numbers listed are FloWrestling rankings)
157: Ryan Thomas dec. (5-2) over No.21 Jake Tucker (Minnesota leads 3-0)
165: Bailee O’Reilly dec. (5-2) Drew Hughes (Minnesota leads 6-0)
174: No.7 Devin Skatzka dec. (10-5) over Layne Malczewski (Minnesota leads 9-0)
184: No.20 Cam Caffey dec. (9-4) over No.18 Owen Webster (Minnesota leads 9-3)
197: Hunter Ritter fall (2:27) over Nick May (Minnesota leads 15-3)
285: Christian Rebottaro dec. (6-2) over Chase O’Connor (Minnesota leads 15-6)
125: No.14 Pat McKee major dec. (10-2) over Logan Griffin (Minnesota leads 19-6)
133: Garrett Pepple major dec. (11-0) over Brent Jones (Minnesota leads 19-10)
141: No.5 Mitch McKee dec. (12-8) over Matt Santos (Minnesota leads 22-10)
149: Jake Bergeland dec. (9-2) over Alex Hrisopoulos (Minnesota wins 25-10)
From: Joshua Schmidt <jjschmid@umn.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:46 PM
Subject: GOPHERS WRESTLING: Skatzka Earns 100th Victory as Gophers Down Spartans
To: Joshua Schmidt <jjschmid@umn.edu>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 17, 2020
Contact: Josh Schmidt
Full results below
Skatzka Earns 100th Victory as Gophers Down Spartans
● The Minnesota Gopher Wrestling program defeated the Michigan State Spartans
● Devin Skatzka earned his 100th career victory with a 10-5 win on Friday night in his home state surrounded by friends and family
● Jake Bergeland and Ryan Thomas both made their Gophers dual debuts and came out victorious by decision. Thomas and Bergeland joined heavyweight Chase O’Connor as the three Gophers making their Big Ten dual debut.
Skatzka Earns 100th Victory as Gophers Down Spartans
EAST LANSING, Mi. - The University of Minnesota wrestling program defeated Michigan State 25-10 behind the efforts of seven individual victories.
Three Gophers made their career Big Ten dual debuts on the night, headlined by Ryan Thomas and Jake Bergeland who both won after never previously starting any dual. Thomas began the night with his dual debut while Bergeland finished the night with his dual debut.
Chase O’Connor made his Big Ten dual debut at heavyweight but ultimately fell by 6-2 decision to Christian Rebottaro.
Richmond, Michigan, native Devin Skatzka earned his 100th career victory with his 10-5 victory over Layne Malczewski. Surrounded by friends and family after the match Skatzka did a post-dual interview with BTN and soaked in the scene.
After earning 48 wins in Indiana, Skatzka has added 52 more since becoming a Golden Gopher.
Hunter Ritter blew the dual score open with a first period pin against Nick May right before intermission. After putting May to his back early on in the match Ritter calmly settled into pin his opponent’s shoulder blades to the Spartans’ mat.
Quotable
"It feels great, I'm blessed. Not too many people get to accomplish that. It's great it worked out this way being in Michigan with a bunch of family and friends here." - 174-pound Devin Skatzka
Next Up
The Gophers finish up their time in Michigan with a trip to Ann Arbor where the Gophers and Wolverines will clash on Sunday afternoon. Minnesota then returns home to face the Ohio State Buckeyes on January 26 at Maturi Pavilion.
Full Results (Numbers listed are FloWrestling rankings)
157: Ryan Thomas dec. (5-2) over No.21 Jake Tucker (Minnesota leads 3-0)
165: Bailee O’Reilly dec. (5-2) Drew Hughes (Minnesota leads 6-0)
174: No.7 Devin Skatzka dec. (10-5) over Layne Malczewski (Minnesota leads 9-0)
184: No.20 Cam Caffey dec. (9-4) over No.18 Owen Webster (Minnesota leads 9-3)
197: Hunter Ritter fall (2:27) over Nick May (Minnesota leads 15-3)
285: Christian Rebottaro dec. (6-2) over Chase O’Connor (Minnesota leads 15-6)
125: No.14 Pat McKee major dec. (10-2) over Logan Griffin (Minnesota leads 19-6)
133: Garrett Pepple major dec. (11-0) over Brent Jones (Minnesota leads 19-10)
141: No.5 Mitch McKee dec. (12-8) over Matt Santos (Minnesota leads 22-10)
149: Jake Bergeland dec. (9-2) over Alex Hrisopoulos (Minnesota wins 25-10)
