The electronic edition of The Mirror's February 23, 2015 issue.
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A reflection of the UNC community. FEB 23, 2015 SNOWSTORM CAN’T STOP THE GALA Hollywood-themed Gala storms Greeley with student and faculty talent from UNC’s College of Performing and Visual Arts. Story by Mikhala Krochta on page 8. Photos by Brianon Burke and Breeleyn Bowe. INSIDE: BUY ONE GET ONE FREE DRINK FROM THE HUMAN BEAN PAGE 6 DO YOU HAVE LOW STANDARDS? Litsha Leeper urges students to consider the relationships they accept or reject. PAGE 4 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOARS IN FINAL HOME GAME PAGE 9
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A refl ection of the UNC community.
FEB 23, 2015
SNOWSTORM CAN’T STOP THE GALAHollywood-themed Gala storms Greeley with student and faculty talent from UNC’s College of Performing and Visual Arts.
Story by Mikhala Krochta on page 8.Photos by Brianon Burke and Breeleyn Bowe.
INSIDE:BUY ONE GET ONE FREE DRINK FROM THE HUMAN BEAN PAGE 6
DO YOU HAVE LOW STANDARDS?Litsha Leeper urges students to consider the relationships they accept or reject.PAGE 4
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SOARS IN FINAL HOME GAME
PAGE 9
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OPINION4 Media Must Report What Society Must Know
LITSHA SAYS LAME STUFF: Defining Relationships Varies From Person To Person
NEWS5 Former Student Now Published Author6 Bilinguals Recognized by Honor Society
A&C7 Black History Is More Than A Month8 Snowstorm Can’t Stop the Gala
SPORTS9 Basketball Soars In Final Home Game10 Former UNC Hoops Player Looks Back On Her Time12 Wrestling Set For Western Tourney
11 FUN & GAMES + CLASSIFIEDS
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The only thing that seems right to me right now is getting out of here. Yes, we built America, but we didn’t build it for us.
We built it for them. So it’s never gonna be for us.
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“ Shonnie Fisher, on the “back to Africa” movementstory on page 7
Page 4 February 23, 2015OPINION
MEDIA MUST REPORT WHAT SOCIETY MUST KNOWBy Chelsea Hinspeter
With next month being Mental Health Awareness Month, people will be forced to face the realities of mental illness. The media, in particular, is often criticized for using headlines or wording thought to be insensitive or consequential to those at risk for mental illness. There are a plethora of examples of mental illnesses, especially in the news. As the watchdogs of society, many people feel the me-dia has a specific responsibility to weigh the consequences of what it publishes or broadcasts. Because of the sensitive nature surrounding some of the stories published in the news, the public and even the journalists reporting on these issues are exposed to the
risk of secondary traumatic stress. Some argue that rather than using flashy headlines with sensationalized terms such as “hanged” or “murder,” headlines should focus on the positive act of moving forward. Rather than focusing on the horrendous acts that were committed by the mentally disturbed, some believe stories should focus on the recovery and strength of the family and community involved. There is definitely truth to the vulnerability of those with or at risk for mental illnesses and how that relates to media. The media does have a responsibility to be respect-ful and take into consideration the possible consequences of what is published. However, the media – news, in particular – also has a responsibility to report the truth. It must explain what happened and why. Sometimes that may include some
stories of sensitive nature, and much thought and con-sideration needs to be done before news outlets run these stories. But ultimately, the stories need to be told, and it is the media’s duty to tell them.
—Chelsea Hinspeter is a junior journalism and mass com-munications major and news editor for The Mirror. She can be reached at [email protected].
Standards. We all need them, but how do you set yours? Are your standards gathered from your own critical thinking, or did you inherit them from your culture? I often overhear people critically discussing the dynamics of another person’s relationship. “Girl, I can’t believe she would put up
with that!” or, “Why does he let her just walk all over him?” In these eavesdropping moments, I think to myself that these outsiders have no idea which agreements and boundaries have been set in other’s relationships. For example, I have a guy friend who is married to a woman who admits she is simultaneously in love with her husband and another man. Her husband, my friend, understands her disposition and is still willing to re-main in the relationship. Now, there are people who have com-mented on his circumstances, suggesting he is less of a man to tolerate that behavior and that he may have self-esteem issues. Maybe the outside criticism is accurate, or maybe he is okay with an unconven-tional relationship. Why is it that more people do not con-
sider the latter? There are many people who enjoy alternative relationships. Whether that be a situation where the dad stays at home with the children while the woman works, polygamy, open relationships or more. Culture tends to set limitations to our personal relationships, dictating what mistreatment is and is not. Defying cultural doctrines is one of my favorite past times, so being ostracized is something I’ve come to expect and accept. But for many people, the idea of being viewed as dysfunctional or having a dys-functional relationship is damaging.
Their pride takes a loss when the world is looking at them as pushovers with low self-esteem and lack of worth. It takes a strong person to decide what personal happiness is and to fol-low through with whatever achieves that personal happiness, regardless of the public scrutiny.
—Litsha Leeper is a senior philosophy major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. She can be reached at [email protected].
By Litsha LeeperLitsha Says Lame Stuff
DEFINING RELATIONSHIPS VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON
“Culture tends to set limitations to our personal relationships, dictating what
mistreatment is and is not.”- Litsha Leeper
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She’s a published adult urban fantasy and paranor-mal writer. She is also the co-founder of the indepen-dent publishing company, Rawlings Books, and is an alumna of UNC. Samantha Shannon fin-ished her college career as a biological sciences major and psychology minor at the University of Northern Colorado in 1998, and is now serving as an example of what success looks like post-Bear days. Last November, Shan-non released her first self-published book, “Trust: The Alex Conner Chroni-cles.” Less than six months later, she is in the process of writing book two of the chronicle series. “I was born loving books,” Shannon said. “Even as a child I remem-ber my dad’s book shelf. I remember the pictures on the covers, dragons and elves, sports. We were a very artistic family.” She also said that the lack of technology in her family as she was grow-ing up contributed to her
writing skills. “My sister and I had to come up with a lot of stories and had to do a lot of writing and journaling because we didn’t have iPods,” Shannon said. “I think that all the journaling I did and all the places we traveled, it kind of helped me memorize all the people we met and all the things we did and the plays we put on. That creative side has really continued." That creative side has transformed Shannon’s work from poems and short stories in grade school to a published book with over 100,000 words. “I knew that I always wanted to write a book, and I wanted it to have a strong female lead,” Shan-non said. “I wanted this book to have a character you can really root for and empathize with. She has her own faults and her mind’s in the gutter a little bit. I think people will find some humor in that.” The book took Shannon about 14 years to complete, and she said it isn’t meant to just entertain its readers but to also empower them. The heroine has to overcome her own demons
to survive in the book, and Shannon said that is some-thing she thinks its readers can relate to. “She’s a survivor of a form of abuse, you find that out in the book,” Shannon said. “I, being a high school counselor, support a lot of people who’ve been af-fected by different forms of abuse, and I’m friends with people who have been af-fected in that way. I wanted to empower. If I could have just one person find that peace or power or love or acceptance or anything in the pages of my book, then I’d feel like I’ve accom-plished what I’ve set out to do.” Aside from empower-ment, Shannon said she also wants to serve as a strong female role model and demonstrate to those around her that one’s background isn’t always the blueprint for one’s future. When she arrived at UNC, Shannon said her intentions were to pursue a career as a veterinarian, but those intentions did not prolong. Upon graduating, Shannon obtained her mas-ters in educational counsel-ing in San Diego. Now, Shannon is a
high school counselor in Virginia Beach. “I think that everything does happen for a reason,” Shannon said. “Because everything that I’m doing now — the accomplish-ment with the master’s program, the counseling,
the schooling at UNC — the writing. None of that would have been possible without everything that I did at UNC.”
Courtesy of Samantha ShannonUniversity of Northern Colorado alumna Samantha Shannon spent 14 years writing her now published book, “Trust: The Alex Conner Chronicles.”
“I wanted to empower. If I could have just one person find that peace or power or love or acceptance or anything in the pages of my book, then I’d feel like I’ve accomplished what I’ve set out to do.”
- Samantha Shannon, author of “Trust: The Alex Conner Chronicles”
It can be easy to forget the importance of language in an increasingly globalized world. Multilingual knowledge is becom-ing invaluable as a business skill, and many organizations have sprung to honor those who excel in the realm of language.
One of those organizations is the Japa-nese National Honor Society, a national program that acknowledges outstanding students in the study of Japanese lan-guage. Since its founding in 2007, 800
students have been inducted into the honor society.
Two University of Northern Colorado students were recently accepted – Megan Szeto, a senior dietetics major minoring in Japanese and Asian studies, and Lindsey Byars, a senior Asian studies major and Japanese minor.
Th ey were nominated by Sumiko Gibson of Northern Colorado’s modern language department.
Both Szeto and Byars have been inter-ested in Japanese for a long time, some-thing that has helped fuel their passions for the language.
“I became interested in Japanese when I saw it off ered as a foreign language class in high school,” Szeto said. “I was really happy that I could continue learning when I found out UNC off ered Japanese classes.”
For Byars, her interest in Japanese started at a young age, living in Hawaii and being part Japanese herself.
“It wasn’t until I saw a few of my friends who were able to speak the Japanese lan-guage, because they studied it in elemen-tary school, that I really wanted to start learning,” Byars said. “I was really amazed at how someone could communicate in two totally diff erent languages.”
Th e Japanese National Honor Society requires that its nominees maintain a GPA of 3.5 in fi ve semesters or seven quarters of classes in Japanese language. Th ey must also have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher at the time of their nominations.
Szeto and Byars said it was diffi cult maintaining the impressive track record in
Japanese without contact hours with native speakers, but it’s a challenge they have risen to, and they both believe the Japanese language will serve them well in the years to come.
Szeto and Byars said that knowing the Japanese language has been advantageous, and they said they expect it to continue to help them in their professional careersas well.
“Knowledge of the language has really broadened my horizons,” Szeto said. “I feel like I have access to a whole other world of information and ideas that I can apply in my professional career.”
Byars is considering going into trans-lation and interpretation, so knowing another language is something she said is key to her professional goals.
“By being able to read and listen to Japanese and translate it into English, I feel that I can help a lot of people, even if it is with simple everyday tasks,” she said.
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ARTS&CULTUREMON 2/23
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BLACK HISTORY IS MORE THAN A MONTHBy La’Asianee Brown [email protected]
Th e month of February has marked the celebration of black culture in the United States since the early 19th century. Black History Month is celebrated in many educational institutions that oft en honor the achievements and progression of black culture. Th e Marcus Garvey Cultural Center pro-vided a week of events to help the commu-nity at the University of Northern Colorado recognize and celebrate black culture. Although the itinerary for this month’s events were relatively small, each event was packed with important moments. On Monday, MGCC held its fi rst annual “More Th an a Month” conference in the Uni-versity Center confer-ence rooms. Students could drop in on workshops that ranged in topics like the NAACP and black fra-ternities and sororities. Kourtney Ballard, a Black History Month coordinator and a sophomore theater ma-jor, said the conference was a success in recreat-ing Marcus Garvey’s
presence on campus. “Last year when I was a freshman, there was just a sense of empowerment and the community here, and the staff was so strong,” she said. “But then once most of those seniors left , it felt like it went a little stagnant. We were missing that fi re. With this conference and this movement, we are about to start the spark again.” On Friday evening, the Lindou Auditorium was fi lled with students who anticipated a night of talent. UNC students of ev-ery year and major per-formed songs, mono-logues and dances. A defi ning event for the Black History Month celebration was on Wednesday night, as students gathered at the MGCC for a Black Lives Matter forum. Th e small space was occupied from front to back door as students sat on the fl oor, squeezed together on couches and leaned on walls to voice their opinions on issues in the black community. A solution proposed by Shonnie Fisher, a sophomore sports and exercise science major, was a “back to Africa” movement. “Pick up and move. Th is country isn’t
made for us,” Fisher said. “When we want to build a block, they pull out the govern-ment. Th ey pull out the rules. So the only thing that seems right to me right now is getting out of here. Yes, we built America, but we didn’t build it for us. We built it for them. So it’s never gonna be for us.” In opposition, senior philosophy major Litsha Leeper said black Americans should stay in the United States and continue to fi ght for reformation. She and many other students acknowledged that the changes blacks want to see in race rela-tions may not be seen in their lifetimes, but that doesn’t mean they should give up the fi ght. “I don’t feel like we should just give it back,” she said. “I’m not into the giving up mentality. Like yes, it’s hard, but at the end of the day, if Malcolm X hadn’t been talking like he did, we would have no interest in this fi ght. It’s not gonna come over-night.” Aft er the forum concluded, junior busi-ness major Tumaini Mporampora, senior Africana studies major Jasmine Houston and Leeper stood in front of the room to pres-ent information on a
protest they organized. Th e protest is called “Black Hair Matters.” Th is protest seeks to gain a stylist and hair products for the black community, inside of the James Salon at the University Center. Students around the room nodded in agree-ment as the women in front recognized that the problem with the salon is that it cannot assist black women or men on campus. Th is is because none of the current stylists have the necessary skills. Th e peaceful protest will be on Monday the 23rd. To get involved or for more information, contact Leeper at [email protected]. Also happening on Monday night is Soul Food night at the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center. In this past week, MGCC has made it clear that it no longer wants to be seen as just the house on the corner.
Breelyn Bowe | Th e Mirror Sophomore sport and exercise science major Shonnie Fisher discusses her opinion at the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center on Wednesday night during an open forum entitled “Black Lives Matter.”
Breelyn Bowe | Th e Mirror Senior journalism and mass communica-tions major Eboni Coleman sings “His Eye on the Sparrow” at Black History Month’s “How Far We’ve Come” event in Lindou Auditorium Friday night.
The College of Performing and Visual Arts brought glamour to Greeley during UNC’s 33rd Annual Gala. The theme? “Hollywood: Then and Now.” The event was an opportunity for people to appreciate and experience the hard work and dedication embodied in UNC’s performing and visual arts students. “I loved that they had a theme,” said Gracie Scott, a sophomore speech pathology and audiology major and member of Northern Colorado Voices. “Even though there was a horrible snowstorm, there was still a pretty good turnout.” The gala serves as a major fundraiser for the College of Performing and Visual Arts, with all the proceeds going to scholarships for students in the college. “I think this event provides wonderful exposure for the school and helps provide great scholarship opportunities for students,” said Tiffany Bergland, a sophomore music education major and member of Women’s Glee Club. Though it is an annual event, Leo Welch, the dean of
the college, said there were many changes made to the gala this year. “We’ve developed a new process where all the students and faculty can submit proposals to be a part of the gala,” Welch said. The proposals were reviewed by a newly-created gala committee, and Welch said he hoped this would make for a much smoother gala this year. The gala had representation from all areas of the per-forming and visual arts, including a two-story art gallery in the lobby, along with a show, which showcased media like ceramics, graphic design and painting. The show itself included musical theatre performances such as “Over the Rainbow,” “Good Mornin’’ and “Sisters.” Equally represented were music school ensemble per-formances, like UNC’s Jazz Lab Band 1’s “I Won’t Dance.” UNC’s Vanguard Combo performed “Charade,” and Northern Colorado Voices performed “Skyfall.” Other ensembles that performed were the University Symphony Orchestra, Front Range Saxophone Quartet, the Percussion Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and Women’s and Men’s Glee Clubs. Before the finale, a representative from the University of Colorado Health spoke about their contributions
to the school. While they have been supporters of the gala for several years, this year they expanded to become the premier season sponsor of the college, nearly tripling their scholar-ship investment toward students. This led into the finale, where the University Sym-phony Orchestra, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs and the Wind Ensemble came together to perform “Do You Hear the People Sing?” and “One Day More” from “Les Miserables.” Performers surrounded the audience, and they re-ceived a standing ovation following the songs. “The very best moment was at the end when all the performers circled us,” said Anne Scott, a parent of a per-former. “You just sort of felt such a collective spirit of pride.” Audience members included students, family members and members of the Greeley community. Greeley resident Patrick Healey also said the gala was a success. “It was so well put together,” he said. “The music was wonderful, the dancing, the orchestra— everything was wonderful about it, and it just flowed so smoothly. It was a wonderful performance.”
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BASKETBALL SOARS IN FINAL HOME GAMEBy Danielle Ross
The Northern Colo-rado women’s basketball team’s final home game ended on a high note as the Bears defeated Portland State University 90-50 on Saturday at the Bank of Colorado Arena. Five Bears reached double-digit points, and senior guard D’shara Strange had an exceptional game, leading the team with 19 points and becom-ing the top rebounder in program history. Strange had eight rebounds in the game but needed three to break Trish Williamson’s (1987-1991) record of 951 career rebounds. Strange now sits at 956 career rebounds and has three road games left to add to her record. Strange is also UNC’s Division I all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in steals. The four other Bears with double-digit points were sophomore forward Kourteney Zadina with 18 points, senior for-ward Stephanie Lee with 14 points, junior guard Kyleigh Hiser with 12 points and senior point guard Lindsay Mallon with 10 points. Fourteen 3-pointers had a big impact for the Bears and accounted for 42 of UNC’s points. Zadina led with five buckets from behind the arc and was
closely followed by Hiser who had four 3-pointers. Bench players were also an asset for Northern Colo-rado (15-11, 9-6 Big Sky). The Bears had 34 bench points to the Vikings’ five bench points. Portland State (3-22, 1-13 Big Sky) was led by senior forward Mikaela Rivard with 23 points. Rivard was the only Viking to reach double digits. Four seniors were recognized Saturday night: Strange, Lee, Mallon and senior forward Amber Van Deudekom, who led the Bears in steals with four. Coach Kamie Ethridge spoke highly of the seniors. “This is a really big se-nior class for us,” she said. “Four is a big number, and the minutes they play and the games they’ve started and just the magnitude of their impact on this team is really important.” Ethridge said other players on the team also appreciate the seniors. She said the coaching staff encouraged the bench players to give it their all in Saturday’s game, to make the most of the seniors’ last chances to play on home court and to honor them and the UNC program. “The team loves them to death and wants to do everything they can for them,” Ethridge said. “That’s what you saw. You saw a really close-knit team that cares a lot about each other and shared the ball
really well. Twenty-three assists: That’s huge.” Lee said the seniors have done well in helping the younger players excel this season. “I think we’ve done a pretty good job of putting them under our wings a little bit and teaching them how to be a DI student-athlete and what it takes to practice every day.”
Lee said the last experi-ence they’ve yet to share with the team is winning a Big Sky Conference title. The Bears have to win one more game to secure their spot in the Big Sky Tournament. Lee said they are looking to get that win in one of their next three road games. “We’ve talked all year about peaking at the right
time, and whoever peaks at the right time goes on to the tournament,” Lee said. “I think we’re doing a pret-ty good job of that. We’ll just have to keep working hard on every aspect of the game.” The Bears will start their road stretch at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Southern Utah University (12-12, 5-9 Big Sky).
Breelyn Bowe | The MirrorSenior guard D’shara Strange looks to pass in Northern Colorado’s 90-50 win over Port-land State University on Saturday night in the Bank of Colorado Arena.
“A team is like a family you can’t ever get rid of,” said Katarina Vidovic, former guard for the University of Northern Colorado women’s basketball team.
Vidovic, who graduated from UNC last year, was far from reluctant to talk about the memories she made as a Northern Colorado Bear.
“My favorite memories have to be traveling with my teammates,” she said. “We would make up games to play and laugh about anything and everything. We created memories that I will hold onto forever.”
She also spoke about her life aft er receiving her de-gree and aft er playing basketball.
“Life aft er UNC has been wonderful,” Vidovic said. “I am in a great relationship, and I have decided on a career. I’m offi cially retired from basketball, but I look back and am so grateful that I was able to experience everything that came with it. I learned so much about what I am ca-pable of, and I grew mentally and matured in ways I can’t even explain.”
Before coming to UNC, Vidovic attended Centenary College of Louisiana, where she started in 16 games and
played in all 25 games, averaging seven points per game. Th roughout the year, she sank 31 3-pointers and fi nished second on the team with 33 assists.
Vidovic came to Northern Colorado her sophomore year, where she played in 13 games and scored a season-
high of eight points in a win against Black Hills State. During her junior year, Vidovic played in 13 games
scoring her season-high three points in three separate games, averaging 1.1 points per game.
In her senior year, the Texas-native played in 13 games and was also named to the 2013-2014 Big Sky All-Academic team. Vidovic’s season-high of seven points came in late November in a game against the University of Texas at El Paso.
Th ough being an athlete had its perks, Vidovic said the lifestyle was overwhelming at times.
“Being an athlete was a full-time job, and now I have time to relax and really get to know myself,” Vidovic said.
With the decreased attention on playing basketball, Vidovic was accepted into the Masters of Science program at the University of Texas at Tyler.
Now that Vidovic is back in her home state, she said she is awarded plenty of time to refl ect on her days in Northern Colorado.
“It feels like when you graduate and walk across that stage with your friends that you’re also saying goodbye,” she said. “Th e real world hits you and everyone else around you. Th e reality is that we grow up, and with that, we lose time with people because we have diff erent things to focus on.”
FORMER UNC HOOPS PLAYER LOOKS BACK ON HER TIME
Courtesy of UNCBears.comFormer Bear Katarina Vidovic averaged 1.3 points and 8.5 minutes per game in her 2013-2014 campaign.
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Page 12 February 23, 2015THE MIRRORWRESTLING SET FOR WESTERN TOURNEY
It appeared to be gloomy late Sunday afternoon, not only outside but also inside the Bank of Colorado Arena, as the University of Northern Colorado’s wrestling team dropped their last home match of the season.
The Bears, who faced the University of Wyoming for their senior day, started off slow and made some progress following the intermission. But they still ended on the los-ing side of the match.
“I think for the most part we wrestled well,” said head coach Troy Nickerson. “I want to see a little bit more fight out of all of our guys, but for the most part I thought we wrestled okay.”
Nickerson said he was most impressed with perfor-mances by sophomores Brian Macchione and Trey Andrews.
“That kid that Brian wrestled, he was good,” he said. “He came at him hard and tried to win the match, but Brian did a good job at staying connected in his areas.”
Macchione (285) started the second half off with a bang, taking down his opponent 8-5. Macchione main-
tained the lead for most of the first two periods of the matchup. With nine seconds left in the second period, Wyoming’s Leland Pfeifer completed a takedown, secur-ing a 5-4 lead before entering the third period.
Macchione then tied the score early with an escape and, after what he called a scramble, the UNC wrestler completed a takedown with 27 seconds left in the period.
“We prefer to not have to get in a scramble,” Macchi-one said. “We prefer to go baseline sprawl, but he was on that low single, and it’s hard to sprawl. So I just locked in that crotch, picked him up and scooted back through the legs, and he had to bail there at the end.”
Andrews (125) took down Wyoming’s Gunnar Woodburn, 6-4. The match was a hard one fought but ended with an overtime takedown by Andrews. Andrews said he thought he had riding time at the end of the third period, which would have ended the match without overtime. Andrews also said a limp arm, worn out body and short match turn-arounds resulted in a slowing in his performance. One thing to counter this slowing perfor-mance, Andrews said, was his selfish mentality.
“I’m selfish,” he said. “That’s why I wrestle. That’s why I don’t play any other sport. I worry about my team and want us to win, but when it comes down to it, I’m not in
their match. I can’t wrestle for them. I have to do what I have to do to get us the win. So I go out there with the most selfish mentality you can possibly have.”
Prior to the fold, UNC’s seniors failed to put up any points while their tough No. 20 opponent racked up 19.
Fellow UNC senior Josh VanTine (174) was pinned at 6:59 by Andy McCulley. The wrestlers would head into the third period, 1-5 with VanTine behind. McCulley achieved three takedowns before the pin to end the match.
The last Bear to wrestle in the first half was Trent Noon (184), who took on another nationally ranked Wyoming wrestler. Shane Woods took the victory after completing a takedown and an escape.
The Bears will have some rest time before they head into the Western Wrestling Conference Tournament, followed by the NCAA Tournament. Andrews and Mac-chione both said they feel confident the Bears will achieve great success at the tournaments ahead.
“I think we’re a better tournament team than we are a dual team, so I feel like we have a good chance of placing pretty high,” Andrews said.
“It doesn’t matter your record going into this,” Mac-chione said. “I’m going to go out with everything I’ve got and leave it all on the mat.”
