CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The Jackrabbit wrestling team dropped a tightly contested dual against the No. 14 UNI Panthers on Sunday. The teams split the 10 matches evenly, each taking five matches by decision before UNI was awarded a point on criteria.

The dual opened at 125 pounds, where No. 5 Tanner Jordan went up against UNI’s Kyle Gollhofer. Jordan gave up a takedown in period one before scoring late in period three to send the dual to sudden victory. With all the momentum behind him, Jordan landed a takedown deep in the third to give the Jacks the lead to start the dual.

At 133 pounds, Derrick Cardinal gave up two early takedowns and battled hard against UNI’s Cory Land. Cardinal dropped the dual by decision, 9-7, his first loss of the year.

Julian Tagg made his dual debut for the Jackrabbits at 141 pounds against the No. 6 wrestler at 141 pounds, Cael Happel. Tagg battled throughout the first period, fending off several attacks from Happel, but after giving up a takedown in period two dropped a decision to Happel, 4-1.

Colin Dupill went down early in his match against Adam Allard, 1-5, heading into the second period. After scoring a takedown at the end of the second period, Dupill pushed the pace in the third and rolled through a takedown attempt, scoring three points and grabbing a decision win against Allard, 7-6.

Cobe Siebrecht fought a contested bout against No. 6 Ryder Downey at 157 pounds. Siebrecht never found his footing in the match, only scoring an escape before dropping a decision, 8-1.

Drake Rhodes scored takedowns in periods one and two against UNI’s #30 Jack Thomsen. He scored a takedown in period three to seal the deal and take a decision win over Thomsen, 12-7. Rhodes is 8-0 to start his Jackrabbit career since transferring from Iowa.

Cade DeVos competed in his first dual of the season at 174 pounds against #19 Jared Simma. DeVos gave up a takedown early in the match but ground out the second and third periods, scoring a takedown in period three and finishing the match with a decision victory, 7-6.

The highlighted match for the dual between the Panthers and the Jackrabbits was at 184 pounds, where No. 4 Bennett Berge faced off against No. 2 Parker Keckeisen. No advantage was given in the first as the pair were deadlocked at 0, heading to period two. Keckeisen scored a takedown in period two and never looked back. Berge scored two escapes but ultimately couldn’t get a takedown, dropping the decision to Keckeisen, 8-3.

Zach Glazier scored an early takedown against No. 15 Wyatt Voelker in the first period. Glazier stifled Voelker for most of the match and fended off a few late takedown attempts from the Panther’s 197-pounder, scoring a 4-3 decision and giving the Jacks a 15-12 lead heading to the 285-pound bout.

Luke Rasmussen stepped to the mat for the Jacks at heavyweight, going up against UNI’s Lance Runyon. Runyon scored a takedown in the first period and reversals in the second and third periods, grabbing the decision win, 7-2. This ended the dual at 15-15 before UNI was awarded a point based on criteria. This allowed the Panthers to take the dual 16-15.

Up next

The Jacks’ next event is their home dual against Minnesota on Dec. 1. The match will occur at First Bank & Trust Arena at 2 p.m. The Jacks will look to avenge their close loss to the Gophers from last year as head coach Damion Hahn takes on his alma mater, where he won two NCAA championships at 197 pounds. The dual will be broadcast on Midco Sports.