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Logan Brown shakes hands with Purdue Coach, Scott Hinkle.
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MARCH 20, 2009 - St. LOUIS
Logan Brown, a 2006 Covington graduate and a sophomore wrestler for Purdue University, cruised thrugh his opening match at the 2009 NCAA Championships with a 5-2 victory over Dan Tulley of Duke.
Brown waisted little time to get rolling as he took control of the match from the outset with a pair of first period takedowns for a 4-1 lead. In the process, Brown secured a significant advantage in riding time.
Tulley chose down to begin the second period and Brown took the match back to the feet as surrendered the escape to make the score 4-2.
The Purdue sophomore kept the pressure on as he attempted two more shots, He failed to gain additional takedown points, but he nearly turned his opponent to his back on the second attempt only to be out of bounds.
With riding time sealed, Brown chose neutral in the third period and fended off two desperate shot attempts by Tulley to secure the 5-2 win.
In the afternoon session of the championship rounds, Logan Brown fell to #2 seed and 2008 NCAA runner-up at 184 lbs. Jake Varner of Iowa State by the score of 11-0.
Brown was aggressive throughout, but never could capitalize on several takedown attempts - each time being warded off by the Iowa State wrestler.
Varner built a 5-0 lead in the opening frame as a failed attempt at a double leg by Brown resulted in the first takedown. Varner then received a penalty point from Brown and scored two back points on a questionable tilt that was protested by the Purdue coaches.
Brown once again pushed the action in the second period, but the score remained 5-0 as neither wrestler could gain an advantage.
But Varner pulled away in the final frame as another failed attempt at a takedown resulted in points for the Cyclone wrestler. Varner scored two more back points with under a minute to go with another tilt and then the final point with riding time.
Logan then saw his quest to become an All-American end in his first consolation match against #5 seed Dallas Herbst of Wisconsin via a first period fall. Herbst fell into the consolation rounds as he was upset in the opening round against Jon Oplinger of Drexel via a 7-5 decision in sudden death.
Brown and Herbst are no strangers to one another as this was the third meeting between the two, all Herbst wins. However, Brown had closed the gap between the two heading into today's match-up as he fell by a narrow 2-0 margin in their last meeting.
Today, the Purdue sophomore went right after Herbst, scoring on a double-leg takedown in the first ten seconds of the match for a 2-0 lead.
Brown followed by building up 1:23 of riding time as he nearly turned Herbst twice for back points - both time falling one count short.
Looking to reset for a third attempt to work Herbst to his back, Brown was caught in a reversal by the Wisconsin wrestler, who immediately recorded the fall.
Logan concludes his sophomore season with a 30-15 record and as a two-time NCAA Qualifier.
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