Nyama-Cutler, Haughian Get Wins At No. 1 Minnesota

Thursday, November 20

Minneapolis, MN

6:30 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Minnesota

Godwin Nyama-Cutler was one of two GCU winners against No. 1 Minnesota Thursday.

Photo by: Darryl Webb

11/20/2014 9:04:00 PM | Wrestling

Grand Canyon sophomore Godwin Nyama-Cutler (133) and junior Marcus Haughian (197) each won matches against Minnesota, ranked No. 1 by InterMat Wrestling and Flo Wrestling and No. 2 in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll, in Minneapolis Thursday.

GCU lost the dual to the Gophers 36-8.

Nyama-Cutler dominated his match in a 9-0 victory over Jordan Kingsley. Haughian was equally impressive with a 9-0 win over Chris Pfarr.

While those were the only Grand Canyon victories, other Lopes performed well against the nation's best. At 157, against top-ranked three-time All-American Dylan Ness, Chayse Jackson battled close before losing 6-1. In his first dual start of the season, Austin Uecker dropped a 10-6 decision to Jake Short at 149. Casey Larson lost by major decision to No. 15 Nick Wanzek at 165, but had significant riding time.

"We're going to take away a lot of positives and it was an overall good effort," said first-year GCU coach Jon Sioredas. "We fought hard tonight. It was great for our team to compete against the No. 1 team in the country."

The Antelopes host their first of four duals 7 p.m. Saturday at GCU Arena against Utah Valley. Fans unable to come out can follow live video at www.gculopes.com. UFC stars Benson Henderson, Joe Riggs and John Moraga will be signing autographs. The first 500 fans get GCU wrestling t-shirts.

Match Results
125: No. 20 Sam Brancale (Minn) fall (4:00) Jacob Reyes (GCU) / Minnesota 6 – Grand Canyon 0
133: Godwin Nyama-Cutler (GCU) maj. dec. Jordan Kingsley (Minn), 9-0 / Minnesota 6 - Grand Canyon 4
141: Conrad Rangell (Minn) maj. dec. Austin Solari (GCU), 11-0 / Minnesota 10 - Grand Canyon 4
149: Jake Short (Minn) dec. Austin Uecker (GCU), 10-6 / Minnesota 13 – Grand Canyon 4
157: No. 1 Dylan Ness (Minn) dec. Chayse Jackson (GCU) / Minnesota 16 - Grand Canyon 4
165: No. 15 Nick Wanzek (Minn) maj. dec. Casey Larson (GCU), 11-2 / Minnesota 20 - Grand Canyon 4
174: No. 1 Logan Storley (Minn) fall (2:25) Trey Ronayne (GCU) / Minnesota 26 - Grand Canyon 4
184: No. 14 Brett Pfarr (Minn) maj. dec. Austin Gaun (GCU), 18-4 / Minnesota 30 - Grand Canyon 4
197: Marcus Haughian (GCU) maj. dec. Chris Pfarr (Minn), 9-0 / Minnesota 30 - Grand Canyon 8
HWT: Michael Kroells (Minn) forfeit victory / Minnesota 36 - Grand Canyon 8