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UNI Wrestling: Taylor Lujan Named Big 12 WOW

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling's Taylor Lujan earned the team's first Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honors for the 2019 season.

Lujan's 14-6 major decision win over No. 14 Brandon Womack of Cornell was his seventh bonus-point win this season. The junior has notched five falls and two major decisions this year.

It was the third time No. 8 Lujan and Womack had met, and Lujan was able to extend his series lead 3-0 over the Cornell wrestler. He also amassed more than two minutes of riding time.

Lujan was the first Panther in UNI school history to earn the weekly award.