March 4, 2007
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Northwestern captured three titles at the 2007 Big Ten Championships as Ryan Lang (North Royalton, Ohio/St. Edward), Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) all reigned supreme in their respective weight classes. NU will send six wrestlers to the NCAA Championships.
Herbert's title is his second while Lang and Tamillow won their first career Big Ten championships. NU enjoys three champions for the first time since 1931 and multiple champions for the first time since 1990.
NU will send six wrestlers to the 2007 NCAA Championships as Dustin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion) finished third at heavyweight while Brandon Precin (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) and Nick Hayes (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central) finished seventh at 125 and 174 lbs., respectively.
Full recap of Day Two to follow.