Gallery: Nebraska vs. Northern Iowa Wrestling

Huskers claim narrow victory over UNI after dominating Wyoming in first of two Saturday duals

Amarillo Mullen | Jan 6, 2024

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The fourth-ranked Nebraska wrestling team won a close match Saturday against No. 25 Northern Iowa with a pin and four decision victories. After the nine bouts, the team scores were tied at 17, but Nebraska won by criteria, 18-17, with Silas Allred’s pin of UNI's Wyatt Voelker.

The match against UNI was the second of the afternoon for the Huskers, who defeated Wyoming 44-3 in a match that featured the Husker wrestling debut of Nash Hutmacher, a football defensive lineman for Nebraska. Hutmacher (pictured above) elicited a roar from the crowd with his first-period pin of Wyoming's Mason Ding in the heavyweight bout.

Below are photos from the Northern Iowa match.

01_Caleb Smith_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska's Caleb Smith, left, attempts to get a reversal over Northern Iowa's Trever Anderson at 125lbs.

02_Caleb Smith_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Caleb Smith got the sudden victory in overtime against Trever Anderson 4-1.

03_Brock Hardy_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Brock Hardy, top, fights for control on Northern Iowa's Cael Happel for a takedown.

04_Ridge Lovett_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska's Ridge Lovett wrestles for a reversal against Cael Rahnavardi at 149lbs.

05_Ridge Lovett_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Ridge Lovett celebrates his 7-1 victory over Cael Rahnavardi.

06_Antrell Taylor_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska's Antrell Taylor, right, wrestles RJ Weston at 165lbs.

07_Antrell Taylor_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Antrell Taylor throws Weston to the mat for a three-point takedown.

08_Antrell Taylor_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Antrell Taylor celebrates his 6-3 dual win.

09_Bubba Wilson_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska's Bubba Wilson, right, attempts a single leg takedown on Jared Simma at 174lbs.

10_Silas Allred_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska's Silas Allred, left, and Wyatt Voelker lock up early in the 197lbs dual.

11_Silas Allred_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Silas Allred celebrates his victory by pin on Wyatt Voelker.

12_Harley Andrews_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska's Harley Andrews, left, attempts to escape a potential takedown against Tyrell Gordon at heavyweight.

13_Harley Andrews_WRES vs Northern Iowa 0106 — Amarillo Mullen

The Huskers pulled out the narrow team victory 18-17 over Northern Iowa.

Published Jan 6, 2024

AMARILLO MULLEN

Amarillo Mullen is from Blair, NE, and is currently studying Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She can be reached at amarillomm9@gmail.com.