MINNESOTA WRESTLING GOPHERS HEAD TO EAST LANSING FOR BIG TEN TOURNAMENT INTERMAT INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS GOPHERS B1G TOURNAMENT PRE-SEEDS

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1 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RECORD: 10-8 (4-5 BIG TEN) Date Opponent Results Nov. 6 Daktronics Open (B) 3 Titles Nov. 12 Air Force W, 29-6 Nov. 17 at No. 16 S-Dakota St. W, Nov. 19 at No. 3 Oklahoma State L 30-3 Dec. 1 Cliff Keen Invitational (LV) No Titles Dec. 2 Cliff Keen Invitational (LV) No Titles Dec. 10 Fresno State W, 38-7 Dec. 29 South Beach (FL) 0-2 Dec. 30 South Beach (FL) 2-0 Jan. 7 Michigan State* W, 29-3 Jan. 12 at No. 2 Ohio State* L, 31-7 Jan. 14 No. 12 Illinois* W, Jan. 21 No. 8 Michigan* L, 30-7 Jan. 26 at No. 1 Penn State*^ L, 35-8 Jan. 28 No. 20 Northwestern* L, Feb. 2 at No. 3 Iowa*^ L, 34-7 Feb. 9 at No. 19 Rutgers* W, Feb. 11 at Maryland*^ W, Feb. 16 at Rider W, Mar. 3 B1G Championships (EL) All Day Mar. 4 B1G Championships (EL) All Day Mar. 15 NCAA Championships (CLE) All Day Mar. 16 NCAA Championships (CLE) All Day Mar. 17 NCAA Championships (CLE) All Day * Big Ten Conference dual Home in BOLD ^ Broadcast on Big Ten Network (B) Tournament in Brookings, S.D. (T) Tournament in Troy, N.Y. (LV) Tournament in Las Vegas (FL) Tournament in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (EL) Tournament in East Lansing, Mich. (CLE) Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio GOPHERS HEAD TO EAST LANSING FOR BIG TEN TOURNAMENT No. 16 Minnesota (10-8) at B1G Tournament Saturday-Sunday March 3-4, All Day East Lansing, Mich. Breslin Student Events Center INTERMAT INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS #GOPHERTOUGH No. 6 Ethan Lizak (22-4) No. 13 Mitch McKee (15-4) No. 16 Tommy Thorn (19-9) Steve Bleise (15-5) No. 13 Jake Short (13-9) No. 8 Nick Wanzek (20-7) Chris Pfarr (13-12) Brandon Krone (8-5) Dylan Anderson (23-13) HWT...Rylee Streifel (10-12) GOPHERS B1G TOURNAMENT PRE-SEEDS #GOPHERTOUGH No. 5 Ethan Lizak (22-4) No. 3 Mitch McKee (15-4) No. 6 Tommy Thorn (19-9) No. 9 Steve Bleise (15-5) No. 7 Jake Short (13-9) No. 6 Nick Wanzek (20-7) Chris Pfarr (13-12) Brandon Krone (8-5) Dylan Anderson (23-13) HWT...No. 8 Rylee Streifel (10-12) FOLLOW THE gophersports.com MEDIA INFORMATION Wrestling Contact Trenten Gauthier gauth063@umn.edu Cell Address th Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN Watch Live Big Ten Network/FloWrestling Live Scoring TrackWrestling/FloWrestling 1

2 Dual Match Starters Date HWT 11/12 (AF) Lizak McKee Volk Marko Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 11/17 (SDSU) Lizak McKee Thorn Marko Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 11/19 (OKST) Lizak McKee Thorn Marko Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 12/10 (Fresno) Lizak McKee Thorn Marko Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 12/29 (UNC) Lizak McKee Thorn Marko Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 12/29 (Cornell) Lizak McKee Thorn Marko Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 12/30 (Colum.) Lizak McKee Thorn MF Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Steveson Streifel 12/30 (Bing) Lizak McKee Thorn MF Short Wanzek Pfarr Webster Steveson Streifel 1/7 (Mich St.) Polakowski Petry Thorn Brancale Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Steveson Streifel 1/12 (Ohio St) Lizak Polakowski Thorn Brancale Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Steveson Streifel 1/14 (Illinois) Lizak Polakowski Thorn Bleise Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Steveson Streifel 1/21 (Mich) Lizak McKee Thorn Bleise Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Krone Streifel 1/26 (PennSt) Lizak McKee Thorn FF Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Krone Streifel 1/28 (North) Polakowski McKee Thorn Brancale Short Wanzek Pfarr Anderson Krone Streifel 2/2 (Iowa) Lizak McKee Thorn Brancale Short Wanzek Pfarr Krone Anderson Streifel 2/9 (Rutgers) Lizak McKee Thorn Patton Short Wanzek Pfarr Krone Anderson Streifel 2/11 (Maryla) Lizak McKee Thorn Patton Short Wanzek Pfarr FF Anderson Streifel 2/16 (Rider) Lizak McKee Brancale Patton Short Wanzek Pfarr Krone Anderson Streifel InterMat Rankings (FINAL STANDINGS) **Tournament Rankings** Rank Team Prev 1 Penn State 1 2 Ohio State 2 3 Iowa 3 4 Missouri 4 5 Michigan 5 6 NC State 6 7 Lehigh 7 8 Virginia Tech 10 9 Oklahoma State 8 10 Arizona State 9 11 Cornell Wyoming Illinois Rutgers South Dakota State Minnesota Northern Iowa Central Michigan Nebraska Duke Lock Haven Northwestern North Carolina Oregon State Drexel 22 NWCA/USA Today Rankings (FINAL STANDINGS) Rank Team Pts Prev 1 Penn State (16) Ohio State Missouri Michigan Oklahoma State NC State Iowa Lehigh Arizona State Virginia Tech Cornell South Dakota State Nebraska Wyoming 194 T Northern Iowa Illinois 151 T Northwestern Minnesota Rutgers Central Michigan Purdue Wisconsin Lock Haven North Carolina Drexel TEAM NOTES LAST TIME OUT - RIDER The Gophers finished the regular season off with a bang. Picking up a season-high three pins in one dual. Ethan Lizak, Mitch McKee, Brandon Krone and Dylan Anderson all picked up bonus point victories for the Maroon and Gold. Minnesota won seven of the 10 bouts, including Jake Short avenging his 2017 NCAA Tournament defeat to B.J. Clagon, with an 8-2 decisive decision. I was impressed with the intensity from the guys today, head coach Brandon Eggum said after the victory. The guys did good things in all three areas today, and I think our guys continued what they have done in the past few weeks, and that is to strike first. THE GOPHERS AT EAST LANSING East Lansing has proved to be a welcoming place for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Minnesota is 8-0 at East Lansing since 2000 and the last time East Lansing was the site for the Big Ten Tournament, Minnesota claimed the Big Ten Championship in The Gophers also went on to win the NCAA Championship that season. The site of the Big Ten Tournament this year is the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, which opened in November of SEASON LEADERS The season was filled with big wins, exciting finishes and tough faught wrestling. The Gophers regular season wins leader is Dylan Anderson with 23 wins, just one ahead of Ethan Lizak with 22 wins. Nick Wanzek, along with Lizak, each led the team with 12 dual victories. Lizak also led with five ranked victories this season. Mitch McKee was the pin king for this season with eight. Wanzek seemingly scored at will with nine major decisions. Lizak continued to show why the wrestling community calls him backpack, with eight tech falls this season. The 149-pound weightclass combined to win the most of any weight class, with 62 wins. The 125-pound weightclass finished with the best winning percentage at 79.5 percent. 2

3 PROGRAM HISTORY Inaugural Season (No Record) All-Time Dual Record Conference Titles...12 (1911, 1912, 1913, 1941, 1957, 1959, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007) Facility... Maturi Pavilion Capacity... 5,250 TEAM FACTS Head Coach... Brandon Eggum, 2nd year Alma Mater...Minnesota, 2000 Career Record Record at Minnesota Head Assistant Coach... Luke Becker Asst. Coach...Dustin Schlatter Volunteer Assistant... Zach Sanders Director of Operations...Jordan Kingsley Starters Returned/Lost...7/ Rookies Overall Record Conference Record NCAA Finish...7th Home Away Neutral Website... gophersports.com UNIVERSITY FACTS Location... Minneapolis, Minn. Founded Enrollement... 51,147 Affiliation... NCAA Division I Conference...Big Ten Nickname...Golden Gophers Colors... Maroon & Gold Facility/Capacity... Maturi Pavilion/5,250 University President... Dr. Eric W. Kaler Athletics Director... Mark Coyle Minnesota Wrestling Current Individual Rankings (Through Feb. 20, 2018) Wt. Wrestler IM TOM FLO 125 Ethan Lizak Mitch McKee Tommy Thorn Steve Bleise Jake Short Nick Wanzek Chris Pfarr Brandon Krone Dylan Anderson HWT Rylee Streifel GOPHER WRESTLERS TO WATCH AT THE B1G TOURNAMENT Ethan Lizak returns as the Gophers best finisher from the 2017 Big Ten Championships. Lizak finished in third place, with his only loss coming to Connor Youtsey, who has since graduated from Michigan. Tommy Thorn has also seen success at the Big Ten Tournament. He finished in fourth in his first appearance in 2016, and sixth in Jake Short and Nick Wanzek have each placed in each of the last two seasons, with Short finishing in fifth in 2017 and Wanzek sixth. McKee was a sixth place finisher in his debut in 2017, while Chris Pfarr will make his third appearance at the Big Ten Tournament, he finished ninth last season to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT NOTES TO FOLLOW The Big Ten Tournament will begin on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m CT, with doors opening at 7:30 a.m. CT. The Arena will be cleared between the first session and the second session, which will begin at 5:00 p.m. CT, with doors opened at 3:30 p.m. CT. Sundy will also see two sessions, but no clearing of the Arena. The doors will open at 9:30 a.m. CT with wrestling beginning at 11: a.m. CT and the final session beginning at 2:00 p.m. CT. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT SCORING The Big Ten Tournament will follow tournament scoring to determine a team champion. A fall, forfeit, default and disqualification are worth two points. A championship bracket participant is worth one point, while a wrestle-back bracket participant is worth.5 points. A tech fall is worth 1.5 points, while a major decision is worth one point. A bye, followed by a win in the championship bracket is worth one point, while in the wrestle-back bracket, it is worth.5 points. THE LAST TIME THE #GOPHERS... TEAM NOTES (cont.) WERE AT THE B1G TOURNAMENT...Fifth Place (One Finalist) HAD A B1G INDIVIUAL CHAMPION , Chris Dardanes (133) HAD B1G MULTIPLE CHAMPIONS , Dylan Ness (149) & Tony Nelson (HWT) WON B1G TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (in East Lansing, Mich.) finished with 156 points WON A B1G DUAL... Feb. 11, 2018 (at Maryland, W, 26-22) WON ON THE ROAD...Feb. 16, 2018 (at Rider, W, 32-12) LOST ON THE ROAD...Jan. 26, 2018 (at No. 1 Penn State, L, 35-8) LOST A B1G DUAL...Jan. 28, 2018 (vs No. 20 Northwestern, L, 20-18) TIED AN OPPONENT...Feb. 13, 2011 (vs No. 3 Penn State, 18-18) BEAT A RANKED OPPONENT... Feb. 9, 2018 (at No. 18 Rutgers, W, 20-12) LOST TO A RANKED OPPONENT...Jan. 28, 2018 (vs No. 20 Northwestern, L, 20-18) WRESTLED NO. 1 TEAM...Jan. 26, 2018 (at No. 1 Penn State, L, 35-8) WRESTLED TOP-FIVE TEAM...Jan. 26, 2018 (at No. 1 Penn State, L, 35-8) BEAT TOP-FIVE TEAM... Feb. 9, 2014 (vs No. 1 Penn State, W, 18-17) SHUTOUT AN OPPONENT... Nov. 24, 2012 (vs Itasca CC, W, 39-0) SHUTOUT A BIG TEN OPPONENT...Jan. 15, 2012 (at Purdue, W, 40-0) SCORED 50+ POINTS...Nov. 29, 2008 (vs Portland State, W 54-0) SCORED 40+ POINTS...Dec. 30, 2017 (vs Binghamton, W, 45-6) SCORED 30+ POINTS...Feb. 16, 2018 (at Rider, W, 32-12) SCORED 20+ POINTS... Feb. 9, 2018 (at Rutgers, W, 20-12) SCORED LESS THAN 20 POINTS...Jan. 28, 2018 (vs No. 20 Northwestern, L, 20-18) TOP-FIVE FINISH IN NCAA in Oklahoma City (2nd Place) HAD AN NCAA INDIVIUAL CHAMPION , Tony Nelson (HWT) HAD MULTIPLE NCAA CHAMPIONS , Dustin Schlatter (149) & Cole Konrad (HWT) IM: Intermat TOM: The Open Mat FLOW: Flowrestling 3

4 Roster Name Wt Yr Hometown (Last School) Pronunciation Allar, Jake 165 FR Medina, Minn. (Saint Michael-Albertville) Anderson, Dylan 184 R-FR Hudson, Wis. (Hudson HS) Balow, Will 184 JR Lake City, Minn. (Lincoln HS) BAY-loh Berg, James 149 SO New Prague, Minn. (New Prague HS) Bergeland, Jakob 149 FR Hugo, Minn. (Centennial HS) Bleise, Steve 149 R-JR Chelsea, Mich (Chelsea HS) BL-ice Brancale, Ben 141 SO Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS) BRAN-kale Brolsma, Carson 157 SO Maple Grove, Minn. (Osseo HS) BROHLS-mah Carr, Colin 165 JR Washington, Ill. (Washington Com HS) Champagne, Jose 157 R-FR Griffith, Ind. (Marion Catholic HS) sham-payn Crowe, Alex 157 FR Shakopee, Minn (Shakopee HS) Jones, Brent 141 FR Shakopee, Minn (Shakopee HS) Karaborni, Faris 184 JR Cupertino, Calif. (Monta Vista HS) FAYR-is kayr-ah-bohr-nee Karaborni, Tijani 184 JR Cupertino, Calif. (Monta Vista HS) tuh-gen-ee kayr-ah-bohr-nee Krone, Brandon 174 JR Anoka, Minn. (Anoka HS) KROHN Lizak, Ethan 125 JR Schnecksville, Pa. (Parkland HS) LEE-zak Lunde, Dalton 184 JR Kendall, Wis. (Royall HS) LUHN-dee Marko, Hunter 149 R-FR Amery, Wis. (Amery HS) McKee, Mitch 133 SO Hanover, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville HS) O Conner, Chase HWT SO Kasson, Minn. (Rochester Community & Tech College) O Reilly, Bailee 174 FR Goodhue, Minn. (Goodhue Public School) Olson, Brenn 141 FR Grand Meadow, Minn. (Grand Meadow HS) Patton, Miles 157 SO Rochester, Minn. (Mayo HS) Petry, Skyler 125 JR Waterville, Minn. (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown HS) PEE-tree Pfarr, Chris 174 SR Le Sueur, Minn. (Le Sueur-Henderson HS) FAR Polakowski, Steve 133 JR Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville HS) pohl-uh-khow-skee Rose, Nate HWT JR Arlington, Minn. (Sibley East HS) Rothers, Jordan 174 SR Sunburg, Minn. (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg HS) RAW-therz Short, Jake 157 SR Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Simley HS) Steveson, Bobby 197 SO Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) STEEV-suhn Streifel, Rylee HWT SO Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake HS) RHY-lee STRYF-uhl Thomas, Nate 133 SR Mantorville, Minn. (Kasson-Mantorville HS) Thorn, Tommy 141 JR St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville HS) Volk, Gannon 141 JR Lakeville, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) VOHLK Wanzek, Nick 165 SR Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Simley HS) WAHN-zek Waterson, Tyler 149 FR Spearfish, SD (Spearfish HS) Webster, Owen 184 SO Shakopee, Minn. (Shakopee HS) 4

5 Note: Forfeits do not count toward dual records at the following weights: 149 and STATISTICS 10-8 Overall / 4-5 in Big Ten / (TBD) in Big Ten / (TBD) NCAA Championships WT. NAME OVRL DUAL B1G vsrnk PINS MD TF B1G 2018 NCAA Ethan Lizak Skyler Petry Steve Polakowski Mitch McKee Steve Polakowski Skyler Petry Gannon Volk Brent Jones* Tommy Thorn Ben Brancale Steve Bleise Tyler Waterson* Jakob Bergeland* Ben Brancale Hunter Marko Carson Brolsma Brenn Olson* Miles Patton Jake Short Alex Crowe* James Berg Jose Champagne Miles Patton Carson Brolsma Nick Wanzek Colin Carr Carson Brolsma Jordan Rothers Brandon Krone Bailee O Reilly* Chris Pfarr Owen Webster Faris Karaborni John Frisco Dylan Anderson Tijani Karaborni Brondon Krone Bobby Steveson Chase O Connor Dalton Lunde Brandon Krone Dylan Anderson Faris Karaborni HWT Rylee Streifel Nate Rose OVRL: Record in all weight classes during season / Dual: Dual match record in specified weight class / B1G: Record in Big Ten dual matches vsrank: Record versus ranked oppoonents / Pins: Record in matches decided by pin / MD: Record in matches decided by major decision / TF: Record in matches decided by technical fall TEAM RESULTS BY WEIGHT WT. OVERALL DUAL B1G PINS MD TF ` HWT

6 GOPHER COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH BRANDON EGGUM Brandon Eggum completed his first season as the Gophers head coach in after spending the previous five seasons serving as the program s head assistant coach. This is Eggum's 17th on the wrestling team staff. Prior to assuming an assistant coach role in 2004, Eggum served as the team s strength and conditioning coordinator ( ). Following a decorated career as a Gopher wrestler, Eggum joined the staff in and has since helped train and develop nine individual national champions, 27 individual conference champs and 66 All-Americans. The team success during that time has also been remarkable, a run which has included all three of the program s national titles, five Big Ten championships and seven National crowns. Since joining the staff, Eggum has played a part in national title runs by Luke Becker, Jared Lawrence, Dustin Schlatter and Jayson Ness, as well as two-time champions Damion Hahn, Cole Konrad and Tony Nelson. All seven of those young men also won Big Ten titles with Eggum on staff, but the list of Big Ten champs during Eggum s tenure also includes: Garrett Lowney, Owen Elzen, Ryan Lewis, Leroy Vega, Jacob Volkmann, Mack Reiter, C.P. Schlatter, Roger Kish, Mike Thorn, Kevin Steinhaus, Dylan Ness and Chris Dardanes. The list of All-Americans under Eggum s watch goes on even longer. Prior to his coaching career, Eggum was a four-time letterwinner for the Gophers from 1997 to As a sophomore, Eggum earned an All-America certificate at 177 pounds. In 1999, he bumped up to 184 pounds, where he would place second and third at the next two NCAA Championships, respectively. Eggum also won the Big Ten title at his weight both of those seasons and helped Minnesota win the 1999 Big Ten championship, the program s first since Eggum s name still litters the program s record books as well. His 115 career wins and his.833 career winning percentage (115-23) are both among 25 best in Gopher history, while his 61 dual victories is tied for 12th. As impressive as Eggum was on the mat, he also stood out in the classroom as a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in May 2000, with a B.S. in Applied Economics. A native of Sidney, Mont., Eggum currently resides in Stillwater, Minn., with his wife Katrina, son Greyson, and two daughters, Lillian and Monroe. HEAD ASSISTANT LUKE BECKER ASSISTANT DUSTIN SCHLATTER ASSISTANT ZACH SANDERS 9 th Season as Assistant Coach 15 th Season on Staff Alma Mater: Minnesota ( 03) National Champion ( 02) 4x All-American ( 00-03) 2x Big Ten Champion ( 02, 03) 2 nd Season as Assistant Coach 3 rd Season on Staff Alma Mater: Minnesota ( 10) National Champion ( 06) 3x All-American ( 06-08) 2x Big Ten Champion ( 06, 07) 1 st Season as Volunteer Assistant 2 nd Season on Staff Alma Mater: Minnesota ( 10) 4x All-American ( 09-12) 6

7 NO. 5 SEED - ETHAN LIZAK Redshirt Junior Schnecksville, Pa. Parkland HS Career Record: Overall Record: 22-4 Dual Record: 13-3 Big Ten Record: 5-3 Record vs Rnkd: 5-4 Bio Brief NCAA Qualifier ( 15, 17) NCAA Finalist ( 17) 2017 Southern Scuffle champion 3rd Place at Cliff Keen Invitational ('17) 3rd at 2017 Big Ten Championships 2x Pennsylvania state champion Four ranked victories is the most on the team this season Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 125 Daktronics Tyler Hamm (Briar Cliff) W Fall (0:35) Rnd of Daktronics Romelle Person-Williams (Unattached) W Dec, 8-1 Quarters 125 Daktronics Connor Brown (Unattached) W Dec, 8-2 Semis 125 Daktronics Patrick McKee (Unattached) W TF, 16-0 Finals 125 Dual Tony DeCesare (Air Force) W Dec, 6-2 Dual 125 Dual Kahlen Morris (SDSU) W Maj Dec, 11-0 Dual 125 Dual No. 3 Nick Piccininni (Okla. State) W Dec, 10-9 Dual 125 Cliff Keen Thayer Atkins (Duke) W Maj Dec, 8-0 Champ Rnd Cliff Keen Kyle Norstrem (Virginia Tech) W Maj Dec, 13-5 Round of Cliff Keen No. 12 Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) L Dec, 4-3 Quarters 125 Cliff Keen No. 11 Louie Hayes (Virginia) W TF, 16-0 Cons Rnd of Cliff Keen No. 19 Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa) W Fall (2:07) Cons Semis 125 Cliff Keen No. 18 Drew Mattin (Michigan) W Maj Dec 9-0 3rd Place 125 Dual Sean Williams (Fresno State) W TF, 19-2 Dual 125 South Beach 125 South Beach 125 South Beach 125 South Beach James Szymanski (North Carolina) W Fall (2:27) Dual Michael Russo (Cornell) W TF, 16-0 Dual Hunter Dusold (Columbia) W Fall (2:03) Dual Joe Nelson (Binghamton) W TF, 17-0 Dual 125 Dual No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) L TF, 18-3 Dual 125 Dual No. 18 Travis Piotrowski (Illinois) W Dec, 7-0 Dual 125 Dual No. 13 Drew Mattin (Michigan) L Dec, 4-2 (TB-2) Dual 125 Dual Devin Schnupp (Penn State W TF, 15-0 Dual 125 Dual No. 3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) L TF, 15-0 Dual 125 Dual Luke Ecklof (Rutgers) W TF, 16-0 Dual 125 Dual Brandon Cray (Maryland) W TF, 18-2 Dual 125 Dual JR Wert (Rider) W TF, 15-0 Dual LIZAK'S SEASON AT A GLANCE Ethan Lizak began the sesaon as expected, a Daktronics title, winning his matches by a combined score of 32-3 and pinning one opponent in 35 seconds. Lizak held on to the longest undefeated start for the Gophers in , starting the season 9-0 before falling at the Cliff Keen Invite. One of Lizak's most impressive victories this season came in Stillwater, Okla. against then No. 3 Nick Piccininni. Lizak had falled behind 8-1 against the Cowboy All-American, but Lizak turned to his top game to complete the comeback, winning the match After his first loss against Taylor LaMont of Utah Valley, Lizak followed it up with three ranked victories, which were all bonus point wins. Since Cliff Keen, Lizak has exclusively seen dual action. He has gone 10-3 in his final 13 matches, with the three losses all against ranked opponents, and nine of the ten wins were bonus point wins. Lizak may be picking up confidence heading into the Big Ten Tournament, picking up three tech falls to end the season, outscoring those three opponents

8 NO. 3 SEED - MITCH MCKEE Sophomore Hanover, Minn. St. Michael Albertville Career Record: Overall Record: 15-4 Dual Record: 11-4 Big Ten Record: 5-1 Record vs Rnkd: 2-4 Bio Brief Gophers Active co-leader in career pins with 15 (8 this season) Silver medalist at Junior World Championships in 2017 U23 World Championships qualifier Three-time Minnesota state champion Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 133 Daktronics Kaiden Gosselink (Iowa Central) W Fall (1:52) Rnd of Daktronics Zak Hensley (Unattached) W Fall (1:39) Quarters 133 Daktronics Todd Small (Iowa Central) W Maj Dec, 12-0 Semis 133 Daktronics Steve Polakowski (Minnesota) W Fall (2:26) Finals 133 Dual Justin Becci (Air Force) W Fall (2:26) Dual 133 Dual No. 1 Seth Gross (South Dakota State) L Dec, 9-4 Dual 133 Dual No. 4 Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State) L Dec, 9-7 Dual 133 Dual Trevor Williams (Fresno State) W Fall (1:30) Dual 133 South Beach 133 South Beach 133 South Beach 133 South Beach No. 19 Zach Sherman (North Carolina) L Dec, 5-2 Dual Charles Tucker (Cornell) W Maj Dec, 11-2 Dual Christopher Scorese (Columbia) W Fall (0:13) Dual Jacob Nicholson (Binghamton) W Fall (1:03) Dual 133 Dual No. 5 Stevan Micic (Michigan) L Fall (3:12) Dual 133 Dual Corey Keener (Penn State) W Dec, 15-8 Dual 133 Dual No. 20 Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern) W Dec, 10-7 Dual 133 Dual Paul Glynn (Iowa) W Dec, 7-2 Dual 133 Dual No. 20 Scott DelVacchio (Rutgers) W Dec, 9-6 Dual 133 Dual Jhared Simmons (Maryland) W TF, 15-0 Dual 133 Dual Anthony Cefolo (Rider) W Fall (2:11) Dual McKEE'S SEASON AT A GLANCE After an eventful summer across the world, sophomore Mitch McKee set his focus on becoming an All-American in McKee began the season with a Daktronics title in South Dakota, picking up three pins, which would become a theme as he has led the Gophers in pins with eight in As dual season began, McKee had tough opponents right out of the gate. He wrestled a pair of top-five opponents in No. 1 Seth Gross and No. 4 Kaid Brock, losing by decision in both matches. After the Oklahoma State dual, McKee took a trip across the Atlantic, and took on the U23 World Championships in Poland. This resulted in McKee not participating in the Cliff Keen Invite. A week later, down in Florida at the South Beach, McKee stumbled against then No. 19 Zach Sherman by decision. He followed up that loss with three bonus point wins, including the second fastest pin in school history against Jacob Nicholson of Binghamton (13 seconds). McKee did not return to action after the South Beach Dual until three weeks later against Michigan. McKee had sat out with an illness, and when he returned, it didn't get any easier with No. 5 Stevan Micic, who is now No. 2 at 133. McKee fell in that bout, but since then has been rolling. He has picked up two ranked wins since his fourth loss of the season, and has not scored less than seven points in any of his last six matches. NCAA Qualifer ( 17) Six-time Fargo National Champion 8

9 NO. 6 SEED - TOMMY THORN Junior St. Michael, Minn. St. Michael Albertville Career Record: Overall Record: 18-9 Dual Record: 10-6 Big Ten Record: 6-3 Record vs Rnkd: 3-5 Bio Brief NCAA Qualifier ( 16, 17) All-American ( 17) Wrestled more matches (47) than any other Gopher during season (36-11 overall) 4x Minnesota State HS Champion Younger Brother of former Gopher All-Americans Mike Thorn and Dave Thorn Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 141 Daktronics Christian Miller (Unattached) W Maj Dec, 10-0 Rnd of Daktronics Nathan Ryan (Briar Cliff) W Fall (1:46) Quarters 141 Daktronics Eric Clarke (Iowa Central) W Maj Dec, 12-0 Semis 141 Daktronics Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) L Dec, 5-3 (SV) Finals 141 Dual Henry Pohlmeyer (Air Force) W Maj Dec, 13-4 Dual 141 Dual No. 1 Deil Heil (Okla. State) L Dec, 3-1 Dual 141 Cliff Keen Chris Deloza (Fresno State) W Fall (4:54) Champ Rnd Cliff Keen Jake Thompson (Western Wyoming) W Fall (1:39) Champ Rnd Cliff Keen Joe Russ (Binghamton) W Fall (2:23) Round of Cliff Keen No. 12 Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) L Dec, 4-3 Quarters 141 Cliff Keen Nicholas Gil (Navy) W TF, 18-2 Cons Rnd of 8 (1) 141 Cliff Keen No. 15 Mason Smith (Central Michigan) L Fall (2:23) Cons Rnd of 8 (2) 141 Cliff Keen No. 17 Kanen Storr (Iowa State) W Fall (2:36) 7th Place 141 Dual Chris Deloza (Fresno State) W Fall (1:02) Dual 141 South Beach 141 South Beach 141 South Beach 141 South Beach A.C. Headlee (North Carolina) L Fall (5:08) Dual No. 1 Yianni Diakoihalis (Cornell) L Maj Dec, 18-4 Dual JP Ascolese (Columbia) W Maj Dec, 10-2 Dual Joseph Russ (Binghamton) W Fall (0:56) Dual 141 Dual No. 18 Javier Gasca (Michigan State) W Dec, 6-0 Dual 141 Dual No. 6 Joey McKenna (Ohio State) W Maj Dec, 13-3 Dual 141 Dual Mike Carr (Illinois) W Dec, 11-6 Dual 141 Dual Sal Profaci (Michigan) W Maj Dec, 12-4 Dual 141 Dual No. 7 Nick Lee (Penn State L Maj Dec, 13-3 Dual 141 Dual Alec McKenna (Northwestern) W Maj Dec, 13-3 Dual 141 Dual Carter Happel (Iowa) L Fall (6:58) Dual 141 Dual Michael Van Brill (Rutgers) W Dec, 7-0 Dual 141 Dual Ryan Diehl (Maryland) L Fall (2:06) Dual THORN'S SEASON AT A GLANCE Tommy Thorn has had one of the most interesting seasons for the Gophers this season. After becoming the fourth member of his immediate family to become an All-American, Thorn has had some peaks and valleys in Thorn began the season with a second place finish at the Daktronics, falling to now No. 13 Chad Red of Nebraska, in overtime. Thorn has wreslted the No. 1 ranked wrestler at 141-pounds twice this season, and he came close against Dean Heil of Oklahoma State, dropping the match 3-1 in Stillwater. Thorn then wrestled at the Cliff Keen Invite, where he won his first three bouts before being tripped up against now No. 9 Josh Alber, 4-3. He would respond in his next bout, but then fell a second time in Vegas against now No. 10 Mason Smith of Central Michigan. Thorn was wrestling arguably his best after the first day at the South Beach. He won six straight, including matches against No. 18 Javier Gasca of Michigan State and a major decision over No. 6 Joey McKenna of Ohio State. Since then, Thorn has been up and down. He was defeated by Nick Lee, Carter Happel and Ryan Diehl, which were all bonus point defeats, but he has defeated opponents from Northwestern and Rutgers by a combined score of

10 NO. 9 SEED - STEVE BLEISE Redshirt Junior Chelsea, Mich. Chelsea HS Career Record: Overall Record: 15-5* Dual Record: 1-1 Big Ten Record: 6-4* Record vs Rnkd: 1-3* Bio Brief *First 18 matches of came unattached* Transfer from Northern Illinois NCAA Qualifier ('16, '17) Reached Round of 12 at 2017 NCAA Championships Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 149 Daktronics Oscar Ramirez-Hernandez (Augustana) W Fall (2:42) Round of Daktronics Jordan Shearer (Nebraska) W Dec, 8-6 (SV) Round of Daktronics Tyler Waterson (Minnesota) W Fall (2:41) Quarters 149 Daktronics Collin Purrinton (Nebraska) W Dec, 6-4 (SV) Semis 149 Daktronics No. 8 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) L Fall (11:00) Finals 149 UNI Open Jaden VanMaanen (Unattached) W Maj Dec, 11-2 Champ Rnd UNI Open Gabe Grahek (Wisconsin) W Dec, 3-1 Champ Rnd UNI Open Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota) W Dec, 7-3 Quarters 149 UNI Open Brandon Murray (Unattached) W Maj Dec, 11-2 Semis 149 UNI Open Dante Rodriguez (Iowa State) W Dec, 11-8 Finals 149 Midlands Nolan Saxton (Unattached) W TF, 15-0 Champ Rnd Midlands John Pipa (Princeton) W Maj Dec, 14-6 Champ Rnd Midlands No. 14 Eleazar Deluca (Rutgers) L Dec, 3-2 Round of Midlands Nicholas Santos (Rutgers) W TF, 17-1 Cons Round of Midlands Malik Amine (Michigan) W Dec, 7-4 Cons Rnd of 8 (1) 149 Midlands No. 11 Joshua Maruca (Arizona State) W Dec, 5-3 (SV) Cons Rnd of 8 (2) 149 Midlands No. 9 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) L Fall (3:23) Cons Rnd of 4 (1) 149 Midlands Austin O'Connor (Unattached) L Fall (0:57) Seventh Place 149 Dual Eric Barone (Illinois) W Dec, 4-1 Dual 149 Dual Malik Amine (Michigan) L Dec, 6-4 Dual BLEISE'S SEASON AT A GLANCE After transfering to Minnesota from Northern Illinois, All-American hohpeful Steve Bleise has been out, then in, and out again for the Gophers in Bleise wrestled his first 18-matches as an unattached wrestler for the Maroon and Gold, and wrestled to a 14-4 record. He began the season as most Gophers did, at the Daktronics. He finished in second place, falling to now No. 9 Colton McCrystal in overtime. Bleise captured the UNI Open title, going 5-0, rolling through most of his opponents pretty easily. Bleise would then be challenged at the Midlands Championships, as he was one of a handful of Gophers to particpate in the tournament. Bleise opened up Midlands with a pair of bonus point victories, but ran into Eleazar Deluca, who is now No. 11, and lost 3-2 in the round of 16. Bleise responded with victories over a Rutgers opponent and now No. 20 Malik Amine of Michigan. He contineud to wrestle well in the consolation bracket against then No. 11 Joshua Maruca, winning in overtime 5-3. Bleise would back into eighth place at Midlands after dropping to now No. 5 Ryan Deakin. He made his dual debut with the Gophers against Eric Barone of Illinois, winning 4-1, but was upended by Malik Amine, 6-4 and sufferend an injury and sat out the remainder of the regular season to attempt to become as healthy as possible for the postseason. Four-time All-State performer in High School in the state of Michigan, including an undefeated senior season 10

11 NO. 7 SEED - JAKE SHORT Redshirt Senior Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Simley HS Career Record: Overall Record: 13-9 Dual Record: 10-8 Big Ten Record: 4-6 Record vs Rnkd: 0-5 Bio Brief NCAA Qualifier ( 16 at 149, 17 at 157) 5th at Big Ten Championships 2016 Cliff Keen champion (2015 runner-up at 149) 4x Minnesota high school state champion Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 157 Daktronics Nick Morris (Unattached) W Dec, 9-3 Rnd of Daktronics Brandon Meyer (Briar Cliff) W Maj Dec, 14-2 Quarters 157 Daktronics Miles Patton (Minnesota) W Dec, 8-2 Semis 157 Daktronics Tyler Berger (Nebraska) L Dec, 4-2 (SV) Finals 157 Dual Dane Robbins (Air Force) W Dec, 3-2 Dual 157 Dual No. 18 Luke Zilverberg (SDSU) L Dec, 5-2 Dual 157 Dual Jonce Blaylock (Okla. State) L Dec, 3-1 (SV) Dual 157 Dual Greg Gaxiola (Fresno State) W Maj Dec, 14-4 Dual 157 South Beach 157 South Beach 157 South Beach 157 South Beach Kennedy Monday (North Carolina) L Dec, 3-2 Dual Kyle Simaz (Cornell) W Dec, 3-2 Dual Markus Scheidel (Columbia) W Dec, 3-1 (SV) Dual Tristian Rifanburg (Binghamton) W Fall (1:59) Dual 157 Dual Jake Tucker (Michigan State) L Dec, 7-6 Dual 157 Dual No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) L Dec, 11-4 Dual 157 Dual Kyle Langenderfer (Illinois) W Dec, 6-1 Dual 157 Dual No. 5 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) L Dec, 5-2 Dual 157 Dual No. 1 Jason Nolf (Penn State) L Maj Dec, 19-5 Dual 157 Dual Shayne Oster (Northwestern) W Maj Dec, 18-6 Dual 157 Dual No. 2 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) L Maj Dec, 16-6 Dual 157 Dual John Van Brill (Rutgers) W Dec, 4-3 Dual 157 Dual Kyle Cochran (Maryland) W Fall (4:00) Dual 157 Dual B.J. Clagon (Rider) W Dec, 8-2 Dual SHORT'S SEASON AT A GLANCE The 2017 NCAA Championships resulted in Jake Short missing All-American status by just one match. In his senior campaign, Jake Short looks to earn that title for the first time in his career. Short began the season with a runner-up finish at the Daktronics, falling to Tyler Berger, a current top-10 wrestler, at 157-pounds. Short has wrestled a tough schedule in of the 22 wreslters Short has wrestled this year have been ranked at some point this season. Short's season has been up and down, but is arguably wrestling at his best at the end of the season. Picking up three straight wins, including his second pin of the season. He defeated 2015 All-American, B.J. Clagon of Rider in the season finale. Father, Will, and several uncles wrestled for Gophers. Uncle Chris was an All-American in 1989 and Will was an All-American in

12 NO. 6 SEED - NICK WANZEK Senior Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Simley HS Career Record: Overall Record: 20-7 Dual Record: 12-6 Big Ten Record: 7-5 Record vs Rnkd: 4-7 Bio Brief *Current* active career-wins leader (86) Two-time NCAA qualifier ( 16, 17) Three-time letterwinner ( 15, 16, 17) Three-time Academic All- Big Ten ( 15, 16, 17) Three-time open tournament champion Three-time Minnesota High School State champion Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 165 Daktronics Johnny Blankenship (Nebraska) W Maj Dec, 16-6 Rnd of Daktronics Nick Knutson (NDSU) W Fall (3:43) Quarters 165 Daktronics Zach Carlson (Unattached) W Dec, 12-9 Semis 165 Daktronics Isaiah White (Nebraska) W Dec, 2-0 Finals 165 Dual Alex Lopouchanski (Air Force) W Maj Dec, 12-3 Dual 165 Dual Zach Carlson (SDSU) W Dec, 8-5 Dual 165 Dual No. 6 Chandler Rogers (Okla. State) L Dec, 3-2 Dual 165 Cliff Keen Luke Wilson (Cal Poly) W TF, 21-6 Champ Rnd Cliff Keen Nick Kiussis (West Virginia) W Dec, 7-5 Champ Rnd Cliff Keen No. 17 Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) W Dec, 9-7 (SV) Round of Cliff Keen No. 8 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) W Dec, 2-1 Quarters 165 Cliff Keen No. 15 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) L Dec, 10-4 Semis 165 Dual Isaiah Hokit (Fresno State) W Maj Dec, 8-0 Dual 165 South Beach 165 South Beach 165 South Beach 165 South Beach Clay Lautt (North Carolina) W Maj Dec, 14-4 Dual Adam Santoro (Cornell) W Maj Dec, 17-6 Dual Max Elling (Columbia) W TF, 22-7 Dual Vincent DePrez (Binghamton) W Maj Dec, 10-2 Dual 165 Dual Austin Hiles (Michigan State) W Maj Dec, 15-7 Dual 165 Dual No. 14 Te'Shawn Campbell (Ohio State) W Dec, 8-5 Dual 165 Dual No. 2 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) L Dec, 8-4 Dual 165 Dual No. 5 Logan Massa (Michigan) W Dec, 14-8 Dual 165 Dual No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) L Dec, 3-1 Dual 165 Dual Michael Sepke (Northwestern) W Maj Dec, 14-3 Dual 165 Dual No. 7 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) L Dec, 5-1 Dual 165 Dual No. 11 Richie Lewis (Rutgers) L Dec, 3-1 Dual 165 Dual Brendan Burnham (Maryland) W Maj Dec, 15-7 Dual 165 Dual No. 6 Chad Walsh (Rider) L Fall (6:10) Dual WANZEK'S SEASON AT A GLANCE Nick Wanzek will return to the Big Ten Championships, and will step on to the mat with one of his best seasons with the Maroon and Gold. Wanzek has arguably wrestled the toughest schedule in the country, with 11 ranked opponents, and three more than have been ranked at one point in the season. He captured a Daktronics Title, which included a victory over now No. 10 Isaiah White of Nebraska. Wanzek would continue his hot start, starting 6-0. Wanzek would take on the Cliff Keen Invtie with a 6-1 record. Wanzek put the country on notice with a pair of ranked victories, but he would default out after an injury during the semifinals. Though he ended Cliff Keen on a negitive note, Wanzek responded. He won his next seven matches, including a decision over No. 14 Te'Shan Campbell of Ohio State. The match against Campbell would begin his gauntlet of a schedule. He wrestled Isaiah Martinez, Logan Massa and Vincenzo Joseph all in a row, coming out with a 1-2 record against the three. He took a short "break" with a victory against Northwestern, and went right back into the gaunlet against now No. 2 Alex Marinelli of Iowa, now No. 7 Richie Lewis of Rutgers and No. 6 Chad Walsh of Rider. 12

13 UNSEEDED - CHRIS PFARR Senior Le Sueur, Minn. Le Sueur - Henderson HS Career Record: Overall Record: Dual Record: 9-9 Big Ten Record: 3-6 Record vs Rnkd: 1-8 Bio Brief NCAA Qualifier ( 17) Two-time Academic All- Big Ten ( 15, 16) Brother of Gopher All-American Brett Pfarr and brother Matthew wrestled at St. John s Picked up third career ranked victory against All-American Brandon Womack of Cornell at South Beach ('17) Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 174 Daktronics Jesse Beverly (Iowa Central) W Maj Dec, 10-1 Rnd of Daktronics Antrez Clagon (Iowa Central) W Dec, 8-3 Quarters 174 Daktronics Mikey Labriola (Unattached) L Dec, 7-4 Semis 174 Daktronics Lukas Poloncic (Augustana) W Maj Dec, 13-4 Cons Semis 174 Daktronics Brandon Krone (Minnesota) W Dec, 5-0 3rd Place 174 Dual Michael Billingsley (Air Force) W Dec, 7-3 Dual 174 Dual No. 15 David Kocer (SDSU) L Dec, 6-2 Dual 174 Dual No. 15 Jacobe Smith (Okla. State) L Maj Dec, 10-1 Dual 174 Cliff Keen No. 16 Christian Brucki (Central Michigan) L Dec, 6-5 Champ Rnd Cliff Keen No. 18 Ben Harvey (Army) L Dec, 3-1 (SV) Cons Rnd Dual Dominic Kincaid (Fresno State) W Maj Dec, 13-1 Dual 174 South Beach 174 South Beach 174 South Beach 174 South Beach Adis Radoncic (North Carolina) W Dec, 6-3 Dual No. 16 Brandon Womack (Cornell) W Dec, 6-4 (TB-2) Dual Tyrel White (Columbia) W Dec, 6-5 Dual Anthony Lombardo (Binghamton) W Dec, 3-2 Dual 174 Dual Logan Ritchie (Michigan State) W Dec, 3-1 (SV) Dual 174 Dual No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) L Maj Dec, 12-4 Dual 174 Dual David Riojas (Illinois) W Dec, 10-4 Dual 174 Dual No. 6 Myles Amine (Michigan) L Maj Dec, 12-3 Dual 174 Dual No. 2 Mark Hall (Penn State) L Dec, 10-3 Dual 174 Dual No. 18 Johnny Sebastian (Norhtwestern) L Dec, 3-1 Dual 174 Dual Joey Gunther (Iowa) L Dec, 5-1 Dual 174 Dual Joe Grello (Rutgers) L Dec, 12-7 Dual 174 Dual Josh Ugalde (Maryland) W Fall (1:41) Dual 174 Dual Dean Sherry (Rider) L Dec, 3-2 Dual PFARR'S SEASON AT A GLANCE Chris Pfarr has had a season of close calls. Pfarr has had five decisions come within three points this season. He began the season with a third place finish at the Daktronics, posting a 4-1 record. Pfarr then began his dual season with a win against Air Force. Pfarr is one of just four Gophers to make a start at every single dual in the same weight. After the Air Force dual, Pfarr faced four straight ranked opponents, falling to each one of them, two of them at Cliff Keen by a combined three points and one in sudden victory. Pfarr bounced back after his rough patch with his highest scoring performance of the season against Fresno State, which also started his best stretch of the season. Pfarr went on to win six straight wins, including a win over Brandon Womack of Cornell, who was an All-American last season. After his streak, Pfarr ran into a real tough patch of his season. Four of his next five opponents were top-20 ranked, three of them top-six. Pfarr finished that five match stretch with a 1-4 record. Pfarr will look to make his second straight NCAA Tournament, where last year he earned an automatic qualifier at the Big Ten Tournament in the final match of the 174-pound bracket. 13

14 UNSEEDED - BRANDON KRONE Redshirt Junior Anoka, Minn. Anoka HS Career Record: Overall Record: 8-5 Dual Record: 3-3 Big Ten Record: 2-3 Record vs Rnkd: 1-2 Bio Brief 4th Place finisher at 2017 Daktronics Two-time letterwinner ('16, '17) Picked up first career dual match victory against Bryce Martin (Indiana) during season Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 174 Daktronics Jesse Sheaarer (NDSU) W Dec, 14-8 Round of Daktronics Lukas Poloncic (Augustana) W Dec, 4-0 Quarters 174 Daktronics David Kocer (Unattached) L Dec, 8-1 Semis 174 Daktronics Jesse Shearer (NDSU) W Fall (2:50) Cons Semis 174 Daktronics Chris Pfarr (Minnesota) L Dec, 5-0 3rd Place 174 South Beach 174 South Beach Jimmy Stillernan (Franklin and Martin) W TF, 18-0 Extra Matches Austen Mallczewski (Michigan State) W Maj Dec, 18-6 Extra Matches 197 Dual Jackson Striggow (Michigan) L Dec, 4-3 Dual 197 Dual No. 10 Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) L Fall (1:00) Dual 197 Dual Zach Chakonis (Northwestern) W Dec, 8-4 Dual 184 Dual No. 20 Mitch Bowman (Iowa) W Maj Dec, 12-2 Dual 184 Dual No. 12 Nicholas Gravina (Rutgers) L Dec, 7-1 Dual 184 Dual Michale Fagg-Daves (Rider) W Fall (2:59) Dual KRONE'S SEASON AT A GLANCE In one of the most interesting seasons on the team, Brandon Krone has done what most wrestlers joke about. Wrestling at three different weights in one season. Krone began the season at 174-pounds and finished fourth at the Daktronics dropping to current 174-pound starter, Chris Pfarr. Krone continued to wrestle at 174-pounds when he took part in extra matches at the South Beach, where he combined to score 36 points, while allowing just six. Krone then was thrust into the starting lineup at 197-pounds against Michigan after injuries were sustained by Bobby Steveson. Krone had a strong debut in the weight class, but ultimetly fell 4-3. It wouldn't get easier for Krone at 197-pounds, he fell to No. 10 Shakur Rasheed of Penn State on the road. Krone stuck with it though, and eventually earned his first win at the weight against Northwestern with an impressive move at the buzzer to earn the 8-4 decision. After that win, the Gophers took on rival Iowa, where Krone was moved to 184-pounds for the first time this season. Krone immediately showed why he might belong in the weight class with a 12-2 major decision over No. 20 Mitch Bowman. Krone would fall in a tough match to No. 9 Nicholas Gravina, but ended the regular season on a high note with a pin at Rider. Krone will make his second appearance in the Big Ten Tournament. Krone took part in 2016 at 165-pounds for the Gophers as a redshirt freshman. Shared 2015 Worthington Open title, one of four top-three finishes in open tournaments during his redshirt season Has won at least one match at 165, 174, 184 and 197 pounds in his career 14

15 UNSEEDED - DYLAN ANDERSON Redshirt Freshman Hudson, Wis. Hudson HS Career Record: Overall Record: Dual Record: 4-7 Big Ten Record: 2-8 Record vs Rnkd: 0-6 Bio Brief **Current wins leader this season at 23** Finn Grinaker Cobber Open Champion ('17) 3rd Place Finish at 2017 Bison Open Don Parker Open Champion ('17) Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND 184 Daktronics Caleb Shanks (Briar Cliff) W Dec, 8-3 Round of Daktronics John Frisco (Minnesota) W Dec, 10-6 Quarters 184 Daktronics Brady Ayers (Unattached) L Maj Dec, 12-2 Semis 184 Daktronics Caleb Shanks (Briar Cliff) W Dec, 7-0 Cons Semis 184 Daktronics Owen Webster (Minnesota) L Maj Dec, rd Place 184 Bison Open Samuel Grove (SDSU) W Dec, 7-3 Champ Rnd Bison Open Cole Witzig (NDSU) W Dec, 8-2 Quarters 184 Bison Open Brady Ayers (SDSU) L Dec, 8-3 Semis 184 Bison Open Keegan Berry (Minot State) W Maj Dec, 12-4 Cons Semis 184 Bison Open Tyler McNutt (NDSU) W Dec, rd Place 184 Cobber Open Austin Rake (Unattached) W Dec, 11-7 Quarters 184 Cobber Open David Murphy (Northern State) W Fall (3:48) Semis 184 Cobber Open Riley Lura (Northern State) W Fall (1:20) Finals 184 Cliff Keen Zen Ikehara (Air Force) W Dec, 5-3 Champ Rnd Cliff Keen Austin Klient (California Baptist) W Maj Dec, 15-3 Champ Rnd Cliff Keen No. 5 Dom Abounader (Michigan) L Dec, 7-4 Round of Cliff Keen Brendan McRill (West Virginia) W Dec, 11-5 Cons Rnd of 16 (2) 184 Cliff Keen Christian Lafragola (Brown) L Dec, 9-6 Cons Rnd of 8 (1) 184 UNI Open Myles Wilson (Iowa) L Dec, 5-4 Champ Rnd UNI Open Justin Guilliams (Northern Iowa) W Fall (2:09) Cons Rnd UNI Open reece Westphal (Ellsworth) W Fall (2:23) Cons Quarters 184 UNI Open Jonathan Morales (Purdue) W Maj Dec, 16-4 Cons Semis 184 UNI Open Samuel Grove (SDSU) W Dec, 6-3 3rd Place 184 South Beach 184 South Beach 184 South Beach Andrew Psomas (Columbia) W Maj Dec, 17-7 Dual Jake Godinez (Southern Illinois) W Fall (1:45) Extra Matches Reid Robilotto (Franklin and Martin) W Maj Dec, 18-6 Extra Matches 184 Dual Shwan Shadaia (Michigan State) W Dec, 8-6 (SV) Dual 184 Dual No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) L Maj Dec, 18-7 Dual 184 Dual No. 6 Emery Parker (Illinois) L Dec, 15-9 Dual 184 Dual No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) L TF, 16-1 Dual 184 Dual No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) L Fall (5:31) Dual 184 Dual Mitch Sliga (Northwestern) L Dec, 7-2 Dual 197 Dual No. 7 Cash Wilcke (Iowa) L Dec, 10-7 Dual 197 Dual Anthony Messner (Rutgers) W Dec, 11-4 Dual 197 Dual David-Brian Whisler (Maryland) L Dec, 14-7 Dual 197 Dual Wayne Stinson (Rider) W Fall (2:39) Dual ANDERSON'S SEASON AT A GLANCE Dylan Anderson was a pleasant suprise for an otherwise injury filled season for the Maroon and Gold. He filled in at the Cliff Keen Invite, and finished with a 3-2 record. He then found himself in the dual lineup at the South Beach, and for the entire Big Ten season. Anderson had close encounters with No. 6 Emery Parker, No. 7 Cash Wilcke and No. 5 Dom Abounader all at 184-pounds. Anderson did make the move to 197-pounds in the last four duals of the season. His status for the 2017 Big Ten Tournament has yet to be determined. 15

16 NO. 8 SEED - RYLEE STREIFEL Sophomore Prior Lake, Minn. Prior Lake HS Career Record: Overall Record: Dual Record: 7-11 Big Ten Record: 4-5 Record vs Rnkd: 0-6 Bio Brief Academic All-Big Ten ( 17) 2016 U.S. Junior National Champion (120kg freestyle) Three-time open tournament champion; seven-time open tournament finalist Upset No. 13 Collin Jensen (Nebraska) in the semifinals of the 2015 Daktronics Open, which was Streifel s third career collegiate match Wt. EVENT OPPONENT (SCHOOL) W/L RESULT ROUND HWT Daktronics Lane Lettau (Augustana) W TF, 16-1 Rnd of 16 HWT Daktronics Blake Wolters (Unattached) W Dec, 6-0 Quarters HWT Daktronics Patrick Grayson (Nebraska) W Dec, 3-2 Semis HWT Daktronics Gable Steveson (Unattached) L Dec, 14-7 Finals HWT Dual Matt Wagner (Air Force) W Dec, 2-1 Dual HWT Dual Alex Macki (SDSU) W Dec, 4-1 Dual HWT Dual No. 11 Derek White (Okla. State) L Dec, 5-2 Dual HWT Dual AJ Nevills (Fresno State) L Dec, 5-1 Dual HWT HWT HWT HWT South Beach South Beach South Beach South Beach Cory Daniel (North Carolina) L Dec, 3-2 Dual Jeremy Sweany (Cornell) L Dec, 4-3 Dual No. 16 Garrett Ryan (Columbia) L Dec, 6-2 Dual Sean Dee (Binghamton) W Maj Dec, 9-1 Dual HWT Dual Matt Lloyd (Michigan State) W Dec, 7-0 Dual HWT Dual No. 1 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) L TF, 24-9 Dual HWT Dual Duece Rachal (Illinois) W Dec, 9-4 Dual HWT Dual No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) L Dec, 7-2 Dual HWT Dual No. 6 NIck Nevills (Penn State) L Dec, 2-0 Dual HWT Dual Conan Jennings (Northwestern) L Maj Dec, 11-0 Dual HWT Dual No. 3 Sam Stoll (Iowa) L Maj Dec, 12-1 Dual HWT Dual Razohnn Gross (Rutgers) W Dec, 2-0 Dual HWT Dual No. 7 Youssif Hemida (Maryland) L Dec, 3-1 (SV-1) Dual HWT Dual Ryan Cloud (Rider) W Dec, 7-2 Dual STREIFEL'S SEASON AT A GLANCE Rylee Streifel has made every start for Minnesota at the heavyweight class. He began the season with a runner-up finish at the Daktronics. He won his dual debut over Matt Wagner of Air Force, and kept it going against South Dakota State with a win over Alex Macki. Streifel then hit a skid. He took on a pair of ranked opponents, and dropped five straight before bouncing back at the South Beach. He would end the trip to Florida with his only major decision of the season, scoring nine points. He returned to Minneapolis, and earned his first career Big Ten win against Matt Lloyd of Michigan State. Streifel's season then got much tougher. He took on Olympic Champion Kyle Snyder, new No. 1 Adam Coon, Nick Nevills, NCAA Qualifier Conan Jennings and No. 3 Sam Stoll in his next six matches. He came out with a 1-5 record, but with much more experience. Streifel ended the season with some of his best performances. He took down Razohnn Gross, using a second period ride out to earn the win, the first time this season Streifel had rode out an opponent for an entire period. He followed that up with a narrow defeat against Youssif Hemida of Maryland, losing in sudden victory 3-1. He ended his season against Rider with a 7-2 convincing win. Streifel will make his Big Ten Tournament debut for the Maroon and Gold. 16