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Taylor Venz Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week

Lincoln, Neb. – Taylor Venz, a redshirt sophomore for the Huskers wrestling team, was honored as the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week today, the conference announced. The Farmington, Minnesota, native is coming off of his most impressive win of the season against Illinois’ Emery Parker on Sunday. Coming into the match, Parker was ranked as the consensus No. 2 184-pounder in the country.
Venz, who came in as the fifth-ranked wrestler in the nation according to the InterMat and OpenMat rankings, led 5-2 in the third period of the match before getting Parker on his back and pinning him to seal the victory (5:33). The win was Venz’ fifth straight dual victory (three by bonus points) and he has yet to lose a match in 2019. His last loss came on Dec. 16, 2018 against N.C. State’s #3 Nick Reenan. Venz is now 15-3 (10-2 in duals) on the season. Rest of the season at http://www.huskers.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211788350&mc_cid=768866e9ed&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

February 3, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized