125 - #9 Luke Lilledahl VS #23 Joey Cruz
Period 1:
Here we go! Straight to the tie up. Luke pushes forward. Cruz tries some snaps, but Luke keeps coming. Cruz drops to a leg. Luke counters & gets a leg. He elevates it & drags Cruz to the mat, 3-0. Luke has Cruz on his back with a Navy ride, but doesn't get enough swipes for back points. Cruz gets the escape without much resistance, 3-1. Back to the tie up. Luke pushes forward again. Luke reaches for a low leg, but can't get there. Cruz shoots, but no luck. Stoppage & Luke has a thumb problem. Injury time for Luke. Back to action. Cruz takes down on the restart. Caution & restart. Cruz gets to his feet, but Luke brings him back to the mat. Cruz gets to his feet again, but Luke brings him back to the mat again. Out of bounds & restart. Cruz is still down. He gets to a quadpod, but Luke is riding heavy & brings him back to his base. Cruz gets to a quadpod again, but Luke brings him back down. Luke goes over 1-min riding time. Luke is putting on a hard ride. Cruz gets to his feet, but they're on the edge & go out of bounds. My TV feed cuts out & I'm running into another room to turn on a different TV.
Period 2:
Luke takes down & gets a quick escape, 4-1. Luke has +1:38 RT. Circling, Cruz shoots, Luke counters & gets a leg. He shelves the leg & reaches behind for the other ankle & gets another TD, 7-1. Stoppage & restart Cruz is still down. Luke with a hard ride & goes over 2-min riding time. Luke has Cruz bellied out. Cruz gets back to one foot, but then Luke gets him bellied out again. Luke with a hard cross body ride. Luke rides out the period. 7-1 Luke, +2:44 RT
Period 3:
Cruz takes down. Luke gives up the escape, 7-2. Luke quickly in on a far ankle for another TD, 10-2. Luke cuts Cruz, 10-3. Luke with another TD, 13-3. Luke cuts Cruz, 13-4. Luke back in on another TD, 16-4. Luke has a chicken wing & locks up RT. Luke cuts Cruz, 16-5. Out of bounds, stalling on Cruz, restart. Luke shoots, but no luck, then again for another TD, 19-5. Luke cuts, 19-6, then drops back in on another shot. Cruz is hanging on to a leg, but Luke gets behind for the TD & TECH, 22-6
Luke Lilledahl TECH Joey Cruz 22-6 (6:43)
Team Score
PSU: 5
IOWA: 0
