Kearney, Neb. – Senior Jacobi Deal and juniors Crew Howard and Trenton Munoz each went 2-0 to help fifth-ranked Nebraska Kearney beat eighth-ranked Augustana, 28-11, and battle fourth-ranked Nebraska, 28-17, Friday night in Lincoln.

The Lopers finish up the fall semester with a 4-3 record that includes three setbacks to three Top 20 Division I teams; the 'Huskers, Northern Iowa and Arkansas-Little Rock.

Deal (Durham, N.C.) and Munoz (Santa Clarita, Calif.) recorded upsets with Howard (Clarinda, Ia.) remaining unbeaten on the season. Additionally, third-ranked Zach Ourada (Omaha Skutt) blanked top-ranked Jaxson Rohman of Augie, 6-0, to start the action.

In the afternoon, UNK got out to a 10-0 lead and then added two majors to hold off the Vikings (1-3). Last year at the National Duals, Rohman slipped past Ourada by a 5-4 score thanks to a third-period takedown. Today, Rohman was dinged for stalling in the second period and then Ourada added an escape, takedown and riding time in the third. Next, Kansas Hector Serratos built up riding time as well and had a third-period takedown to win 9-0 at 133-pounds with Colorado sophomore Joseph Airola using a late takedown to win 4-2 one class higher. 

At 157-pounds, Minnesota redshirt freshman Cael Robb tallied the match's only point – a third-period escape – with Munoz having three takedowns as part of a 14-5 major. Finally, Deal used an early takedown to upset seventh-ranked Cade Mueller with Howard scoring eight of his 15 points in the third.

Both the 'Huskers and Lopers had some starters out with UNL recording five tech falls and a decision to win. Ourada grabbed an early 3-0 lead over redshirt freshman Alan Koehler but fell, 11-7, with Munoz using a second period takedown to trail eighth-ranked Bubba Wilson by just a 7-6 margin at 165-pounds. However, Wilson had to forfeit at 4:06, allowing Munoz to get the win and put UNK on the scoreboard.  

Two classes higher, Deal used a 4-point near fall in the early going to edge redshirt freshman Ethan DeLeon, 6-2, with third-ranked Jackson Kinsella (Creston, Ia.) and Howard rolling at the final two weights. They combined for six takedowns with Howard now 12-0 and Kinsella 9-4. 

UNK is off until the National Duals Jan. 10-11 in Cedar Falls, Ia. The brackets will be announced for that event early in the New Year.


#5 UNK 24, # 8 Augustana 11

	Weight	Summary	UNK	AUG
	125	#3 Zach Ourada over #1 Jaxson Rohman (Augustana) (Dec 6-0)	3	0
	133	Hector Serratos over Braiden Kort (Augustana) (Maj Dec 9-0)	4	0
	141	Joseph Airola over Connor Whiteley (Augustana) (Dec 4-2)	3	0
	149	#6 Cael Larson (Augustana) over Beau Hostler (Tech Fall 21-5; 5:00)	0	5
	157	Cael Robb over Connor Simmonds (Augustana) (Dec 1-0)	3	0
	165	#14 Trenton Munoz over Payton Handevidt (Augustana) (Maj Dec 14-5)	4	0
	174	Coy Gunderson (Augustana) over Dylan Vodicka (Dec 7-6)	0	3
	184	Jacobi Deal over #7 Cade Mueller (Augustana) (Dec 4-1)	3	0
	197	#5 Max Ramberg (Augustana) over # 3 Jackson Kinsella (SV-1; 4-1)	0	3
	285	#1 Crew Howard over Max Balow (Augustana) (Maj Dec 15-2)	4	0
Team Score:			24	11

 
#4 UNL 28, # 5 UNK 17

Weight	Summary	UNL	UNK
125	Alan Koehler (Nebraska) over #3 Zach Ourada (Dec 11-7)	3	0
133	#20 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) over Hector Serratos (Tech Fall 18-1: 3:04)	5	0
141	Blake Cushing (Nebraska) over Joseph Airola (Tech Fall 21-3; 6:38)	5	0
149	#5 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) over Beau Hostler  (Tech Fall 19-4; 1:52)	5	0
157	#4 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) over Cael Robb (Tech Fall 21-6: 2:27)	5	0
165	#14 Trenton Munoz over #8 Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) (Inj. Def. 4:06)	0	6
174	Leandro Araujo (Nebraska) over Dylan Vodicka (Tech Fall 18-3; 5:22)	5	0
184	Jacobi Deal over Ethan DeLeon (Nebraska) (Dec 6-2)	0	3
197	#3 Jackson Kinsella over Adam Thebeau (Nebraska) (Dec 8-2)	0	3
285	#1 Crew Howard over Matthew Moore (Nebraska) (Tech Fall 18-2; 5:27)	0	5
Team Score:		28	17