November 7, 2004
Blue Beats Gold in Wrestling Scrimmage
Blue Team Defeats Gold, 37-25
Kearney, Neb. – The 3rd-ranked Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team showed off its talented lineup Saturday night at the Blue/Gold Scrimmage in Cushing Colesium. ...complete results
The two teams each featured several starters. Three-time All-American Bryce Abbey (125 lbs.) and defending national champion Jeff Sylvester (197 lbs.) led the Gold squad while two-time All-American Adam Keiswetter and two-time national qualifier Aaron Dalton (165 lbs.) paced the Blue.
There were 18 matches on the night with the Blue coming out on top in 12 of them.
Only six Lopers, including former Kearney High standouts Brandon Brill () and Andrew Baumgartner (), didn’t wrestle on the night.
Keiswetter, ranked second in the nation, got the night started with a 7-1 win over redshirt freshman Jeff Rutledge (Lincoln East).
Dalton, ranked fifth nationally, was pushed by sophomore Jon Haussserman (Norton, Kans.) but prevailed in the end, 2-1.
Also pushed to the wire was Abbey, ranked second nationally. It took him an extra sessions to beat sophomore Trevor Charbonneau (Green, Kans.), 4-1.
Last December in Lincoln vs. the ‘Huskers, Charbonneau lost by just a 7-4 score to Jason Powell, the eventual national champion in Division I.
Sylvester, who is ranked No. 1 in his class, won by major decision over redshirt freshman Dan Dallemolle (Kotzebue, Alaska), 12-0.
Also, Mitchell sophomore Matt True (141 lbs.), a national qualifier last winter, joined newcomer David Bossardet (157 lbs./Daytona Beach, Fla.) as Lopers with pins on the night.
Finally, redshirt freshman Lewis Hyatt went 2-0 on the night at 157 lbs. The native of Canon City, Colo., spent last year in Kuwait and Iraq as a member of the Colorado National Guard.
An MP (military police) in the Guard, Hyatt began his collegiate career at Colorado State-Pueblo.
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