2016-17 College and High School Wrestling News

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Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 12:22 PM
Subject: Jackrabbits come up short at No. 5 Virginia Tech
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Jackrabbits come up short at No. 5 Virginia Tech
2/12/2017 | Wrestling
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Fifth-ranked Virginia Tech controlled the first half of the dual and went on to defeat No. 16 South Dakota State, 29-15, Sunday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum.

With the win, the Atlantic Coast Conference champion Hokies improved to 17-1 overall. SDSU dropped to 13-4 in duals this season, with all four losses coming against teams currently ranked in the top 12 of the latest Division I USA Today/National Wrestling Coaches Association poll.

The Jackrabbits grabbed an early 3-0 lead on the strength of a 9-4 decision by Luke Zilverberg over David Bergida in the 165-pound weight class. Zilverberg's victory was his 20th of the season against six losses.

Virginia Tech rattled off victories in the next five weight classes - all by ranked wrestlers - to take a commanding 22-3 lead. The Hokies' streak started in the 174-pound bout as fifth-ranked Zach Epperly recorded a 3-1 overtime decision over 16th-ranked David Kocer.

At 184 pounds, fourth-ranked Zack Zavatsky fended off a challenge from SDSU's Martin Mueller for an 8-3 decision that put the Hokies ahead 6-3.

After the Jackrabbits forfeited to third-ranked Jared Haught in the 197-pound matchup, the Hokies' fifth-ranked heavyweight Ty Walz scored a 20-5 technical fall over Alex Macki.

Third-ranked Joey Dance turned in the third bonus-point victory in a row for Virginia Tech with a 21-4 technical-fall victory over Ben Gillette as the dual moved to the lower weights at 125 pounds.

SDSU's Seth Gross ended the Hokies' string of victories with a third-period pin over Dennis Gustafson. The win was Gross's team-leading 25th of the season - against only one loss - and marked the 11th pin of the season for the second-ranked wrestler at 133 pounds.

Henry Pohlmeyer made it back-to-back pins for the Jackrabbits as he put Brendan Ryan's shoulders to the mat in the 141-pound bout in 1 minute and 14 seconds. Pohlmeyer's fifth pin of the season pulled SDSU to within 22-15 with two matches to go.

Virginia Tech, however, ended hopes of a Jackrabbit comeback with its second overtime decision of the day in a match between two ranked wrestlers. SDSU's Alex Kocer, ranked 16th, trailed sixth-ranked Solomon Chishko, 6-3, heading into the third period, but picked up two stalling points and a point for the riding-time advantage to force overtime. Midway through the overtime period, Chishko recorded a takedown for the 8-6 victory.

In the final match of the dual, 15th-ranked 157-pounder Sal Mastriani of Virginia Tech notched a 14-4 major decision over Logan Peterson.

SDSU is in line to compete in next week's NWCA National Duals Championship Series. An announcement on pairings and host sites is planned for late Sunday evening.

NO. 5 VIRGINIA TECH 29, NO. 16 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 15
165: Luke Zilverberg (SDSU) dec. David Bergida (VT), 9-4
174: #5 Zach Epperly (VT) dec. #16 David Kocer (SDSU), 3-1 [SV-1]
184: #4 Zack Zavatsky (VT) dec. Martin Mueller (SDSU), 8-3
197: #3 Jared Haught (VT) won by forfeit
285: #5 Ty Walz (VT) tech. fall Alex Macki (SDSU), 20-5 [5:49]
125: #3 Joey Dance (VT) tech. fall Ben Gillette (SDSU), 19-4 [6:07]
133: #2 Seth Gross (SDSU) def. Dennis Gustafson (VT) by fall 6:35
141: Henry Pohlmeyer (SDSU) def. Brendan Ryan (VT) by fall 1:14
149: #6 Solomon Chishko (VT) dec. #16 Alex Kocer (SDSU), 8-6 [SV-1]
157: #15 Sal Mastriani (VT) major dec. Logan Peterson (SDSU), 14-4

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Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Subject: FINAL: No. 13 Rutgers Wrestling 28, Northwestern 6
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No. 13 Rutgers (12-4, 6-3) 28, Northwestern (7-8, 2-7) 6
Dual started at 125 pounds
Location: Rutgers Athletic Center (Piscataway, N.J.)

Attendance: 2,527

Officials: Nate Chatman and Mike Millward

125: Brandon Paetzell (RU) dec. over Anthony Rubinetti (NU), 4-2; RU leads, 3-0

133: Scott DelVecchio (RU) dec. over Jason Ipsarides (NU), 11-4; RU leads, 6-0

141: No. 5/5/7 Anthony Ashnault (RU) tech fall over Alec McKenna (NU), 21-6; RU leads, 11-0

149: No. 14/17/13 Ken Theobold (RU) dec. over Shayne Oster (NU), 10-3; RU leads, 14-0

157: No. 18/14/13 John Van Brill (RU) dec. over Ben Sullivan (NU), 8-3; RU leads, 17-(-1)*

165: Johnny Sebastian (NU) major dec. over Anthony Pafumi (RU), 14-2; RU leads, 17-3

174: Phillip Bakuckas (RU) tech fall over Braxton Cody (NU), 16-0; RU leads, 22-3

184: No. 13/12/13 Nicholas Gravina (RU) dec. over Mitch Sliga (NU), 4-0; RU leads, 25-3

197: Jacob Berkowitz (NU) dec. over Matthew Correnti (RU), 5-3; RU leads, 25-6

HWT: Razohnn Gross (RU) dec. over Conan Jennings (NU), 3-2 (TB-1); RU wins, 28-6

Rankings (-/-/-): InterMat / FloWrestling/The Open MatNR denotes not ranked

*Northwestern docked a team point for flagrant misconduct following 157-pound match








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om: Tristan Warner<twarn006@odu.edu>
Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Subject: ODU Wrestling Falls at American, 25-14
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WASHINGTON -- The Old Dominion wrestling team (6-10, 2-5 MAC) fell to American (4-8, 0-7 EIWA), 25-14, in Washington, D.C. Sunday afternoon in the Monarchs' final road dual meet of the season.

The match began at 133, where American fifth-year senior Esteban Gomez-Rivera held on to a 4-3 victory over Alex Madrigal after securing two first period takedowns. The Eagles' Jack Mutchnik followed up at 141 with a 5-4 decision in the second set of tiebreakers via more accumulated riding time to give American a 6-0 lead.

At 149, American's Michael Sprague broke open a 4-4 deadlock by coming out on top of a scramble and securing a fall over Michael Hayes at the 6:29 mark to give the Eagles a 12-0 lead.

Larry Early responded for the Monarchs at 157, scoring six takedowns en route to a dominating 14-5 major over Tom Page, cutting the American lead to 12-4. Seldon Wright followed up at 165 with a decision victory over Cole Moseley, 8-5, to trim the deficit to 12-7 heading into intermission.

True freshman Antonio Agee kept the Monarchs' momentum rolling after the break, earning a 12-3 major decision over Joe Salvi at 174. At 184, No. 8 Jack Dechow pushed the action for seven minutes en route to a 4-2 victory over Jason Grimes, giving the Monarchs their first lead of the dual meet, 14-12.

However, a first period fall at 197 by American's No. 29 Jeric Kasunic over Kaleab Fetahi reclaimed the Eagles' lead, 18-14, with two bouts remaining.

American closed out the match with victories at 285 and 125, as Brett Dempsey outlasted Will Hilliard, 3-2, at heavyweight before the Eagles' 10th-ranked Josh Terao defeated Steven Simpson, , at 125.

American 25 Old Dominion 14

133: #26 Esteban Gomez-Rivera (AMER) dec. Alex Madrigal, 4-3.
141: Jack Mutchnik (AMER) dec. Kevin Budock, 5-4 (TB2)
149: Michael Sprague (AMER) pin #27 Michael Hayes, 6:29.
157: Larry Early (ODU) maj. Tom Page, 14-5.
165: #21 Seldon Wright (ODU) dec. Cole Moseley, 8-5.
174: Antonio Agee (ODU) maj. Joe Salvi, 12-3.
184: #8 Jack Dechow (ODU) dec. Jason Grimes, 4-2.
197: No. 29 Jeric Kasunic (AMER) pin Kaleab Fetahi, 2:52.
285: Brett Dempsey (AMER) dec. Will Hilliard, 3-2.
125: #10 Josh Terao (AMER) maj. Steven Simpson, 13-3.

*Rankings from latest NCAA coaches' panel

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Old Dominion returns home to the Ted Constant Center for the final dual meet of the season on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. to wrestle Kent State on Senior Day.


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The Huskers will wrestle in the NWCA National Duals next weekend on the road, with the opponent to be determined.
Huskers Drop 27-9 Decision at Iowa
Courtesy NU Athletic Communications
Sun, February 12, 2017
Iowa City, Iowa – No. 5 Nebraska (12-3, 6-3 Big Ten) finished its conference slate with a 27-9 loss to No. 3 Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday afternoon.

In the opening match of the dual, No. 5 Tim Lambert (125) fell to top-ranked Thomas Gilman by a 6-3 decision. At 133 pounds, All-American Eric Montoya, the No. 5-ranked wrestler at 133 pounds, used an action-packed third period to down No. 4 Cory Clark, 9-6. The win marked Montoya’s sixth victory over a ranked opponent this season. Nebraska was penalized one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct following the match.

No. 10 Colton McCrystal (141) fell to 18th-ranked Topher Carton in the following bout, 6-4. At 149 pounds, Collin Purinton dropped a 13-5 major decision to No. 4 Brandon Sorensen, giving the Hawkeyes their first bonus points of the dual.

At 157 pounds, No. 3 Tyler Berger and No. 2 Michael Kemerer battled back and forth, but the Hawkeye emerged with a 3-2 triumph. The loss gave Iowa a 13-2 advantage as a team at the halfway point.

Dustin Williams (165) fell to 17th-ranked Joey Gunther, 4-1, in the first match after the break. At 174 pounds, junior Eric Engler made his first career dual start, and fell to No. 11 Alex Meyer by a 17-1 technical fall. Redshirt freshman Jaquon Sowell (184) also appeared in his first career dual, and was pinned by No. 5 Sammy Brooks in 5:46.

No. 6 Aaron Studebaker (197) finished his weekend with a 12-2 major decision over Cash Wilcke. No. 14 Collin Jensen (HWT) closed the dual with a 5-1 decision over Steven Holloway.

The Huskers will wrestle in the NWCA National Duals next weekend on the road, with the opponent and site to be determined tonight.

#3 Iowa 27, #5 Nebraska 9
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa)

Results
125: #1 Thomas Gilman (IOWA) dec. #5 Tim Lambert (NEB), 6-3 (IOWA 3, NEB 0)
133: #5 Eric Montoya (NEB) dec. #4 Cory Clark (IOWA), 9-6 (IOWA 3, NEB 2)*
141: #18 Topher Carton (IOWA) dec. #10 Colton McCrystal (NEB), 6-4 (IOWA 6, NEB 2)
149: #4 Brandon Sorensen (IOWA) major dec. Collin Purinton (NEB), 13-5 (IOWA 10, NEB 2)
157: #2 Michael Kemerer (IOWA) dec. #3 Tyler Berger (NEB), 3-2 (IOWA 13, NEB 2)
165: #17 Joey Gunther (IOWA) dec. Dustin Williams (NEB), 4-1 (IOWA 16, NEB 2)
174: #11 Alex Meyer (IOWA) tech fall Eric Engler (NEB), 17-1 (IOWA 21, NEB 2)
184: #5 Sammy Brooks (IOWA) pin Jaquon Sowell (NEB), 5:46 (IOWA 27, NEB 2)
197: #6 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) major decision Cash Wilcke (IOWA), 12-2 (IOWA 27, NEB 6)
HWT: #14 Collin Jensen (NEB) dec. Steven Holloway (IOWA), 5-1 (IOWA 27, NEB 9)
*Nebraska penalized one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct following the 133-pound match




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Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 9:10 PM
Subject: UW WRES: Badgers drop Spartans to cap Big Ten dual season
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Badgers drop Spartans to cap Big Ten dual season

Wisconsin defeats Michigan State, 26-12, behind eight wins


Feb. 17, 2017


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MADISON, Wis. - It was an exciting night at the UW Field House, as the No. 18 Wisconsin wrestling team put on a show marking a 26-12 victory over Michigan State on Friday night to put a cap on its Big Ten dual season.


Wisconsin (6-5 overall, 4-5 Big Ten) suffered an early setback as Michigan State’s Drew Barnes pinned Santonio Cathery (157), which gave MSU a 6-0 lead. However, the Badgers immediately turned the tides, winning the next five bouts.


Connor Medbery (HWT) had a standout performance for the Badgers, adding five points to the board with a 15-0 tech fall. The victory was Wisconsin’s lone bonus-point win of the night.


In the second match, Hunter Ritter got the Badgers back on track. He came out strong with two takedowns in the first period and kept control throughout to finish the 5-4 decision.


Ricky Robertson (197) continued the Badgers successful rhythm starting with his first takedown in the first period. He attacked late in the second to take a 4-0 lead into the second period. He was taken down early in the third after escaping, but retaliated with a reversal at the last second to close the 7-2 decision.


The Badgers’ winning ways continued through Medbery’s win to defining decisions at 125 and 133 by Johnny Jimenez and Eli Stickley, respectively.


Andrew Crone ditched his “Comeback Crone” persona and attacked first for a 2-1 edge after the first period at 149. He slipped out of Trimble’s grasp more than halfway through the second and then tacked another takedown. Trimble hit Crone with a reversal late in the third, but the Badger escaped and held off to clinch the 6-3 decision.


Seniors TJ Ruschell and Isaac Jordan both came away with victories at 157 and 165, respectively, -and secured the 26-12 Wisconsin victory. Ruschell defeated Austin Thompson, 8-4, and Jordan dropped Drew Hughes with a tight 3-2 decision.


The Wisconsin wrestling team returns to the UW Field House on Sunday to host Central Michigan. The dual is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. (CT). UW's esteemed senior class will be honored in a ceremony before the start of the dual.


MATCH POINTS

-UW won eight out of 10 matches on the night, marking the fourth time Wisconsin has won five-or-more matches in a dual and also marking the most bouts won in a dual this season.

-The Badgers recorded their third-straight win headed into the final dual of the season.

-For the second-straight year, UW ended Big Ten dual season with a win. The Badgers trumped Northwestern last season, 38-3.

-Wisconsin improved to 27-17-2 in the all-time series with Michigan State and 14-8-1 in duals in Madison.

-Hunter Ritter claimed his third-straight victory over a Big Ten opponent with his 5-4 decision.

-Isaac Jordan eclipsed the 20-win mark with his 3-2 decision.

-Connor Medbery matched his career high for Big Ten wins in a season with nine.

-Sunday’s dual will serve as senior day honoring one of the most decorated groups of seniors the Badgers have ever had. Santonio Cathery, Jarod Donar, Isaac Jordan, Rylan Lubeck, Connor Medbery, TJ Ruschell and Ryan Taylor will be honored at the match.


MAT TALK

“Overall, I’d say we did pretty good. We won eight out of 10 matches, so that’s always good. We’re always looking to go 10-for-10, so we're not quite where we want to be at, but it’s something to improve on and we’re looking forward to Sunday. Hopefully we can capitalize on the matches that we didn’t win today and get big wins against a good team in Central Michigan.” - Junior Ricky Robertson


“I told my coach before the match that I’m going to make sure I don’t give up the first takedown. It’s kind of been a little bit of a problem, starting kind of slow, and I can always put some pace up at the end because I’m in pretty good shape. It was definitely good to get out to a good start this match and not really have to come back for a third.” -Andrew Crone


“We beat a Big Ten team. We won eight out of 10 weight classes. I felt like we saw a lot of the things we’ve been working on in practice and there’s things that are recurrent issues that stopped us from maybe building on our leads or finishing matches the right way, things we’ve been talking about for a month now. It’s time to straighten those out. We’re going to talk about it tonight, talk about it tomorrow and come out ready Sunday against Central Michigan.” -Associate head coach Trevor Brandvold


RESULTS

125: Johnny Jimenez dec. Logan Griffin, 7-4

133: Eli Stickley dec. Austin Eicher, 5-2

141: Javier Gasca fall over Eli Stickley (5:41)

149: Andrew Crone dec. Nick Trimble, 6-3

157: TJ Ruschell dec. Austin Thompson, 8-4

165: #3 Isaac Jordan dec. Drew Hughes, 3-2

174: Drew Barnes fall over Santonio Cathery (3:35)

184: Hunter Ritter dec. Shwan Shadaia, 5-4

197: #12 Ricky Robertson dec. Wesley Maskill, 7-2

Hwt.: #2 Connor Medbery TF over Jacob Cooper, 15-0 (4:11)


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Subject: Article: Broncs come from behind, defeat Maryland in final home dual
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Broncs come from behind, defeat Maryland in final home dual
Courtesy Matt St. Onge
Sat, February 18, 2017

Courtesy Peter G. Borg (Rider University)

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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - “This is a very special day. This is a special team. And it’s all the teams leading up to here that built the history and the quality of this program,” said Rider Head Coach Gary Taylor talking about the Rider wrestling team’s come-from-behind victory over the Maryland Terrapins. The Broncs won 23-20 on the strength of two pins in the middleweights.

The Broncs received wins from J.R. Wert (Christianburg, VA/Christianburg), B.J. Clagon (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South), Dean Sherry (Brick, NJ/Brick Township), and Ryan Wolfe (New Castle, DE/Caravel Academy), along with a pair of pins from Chad Walsh (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic), and Wayne Stinson (Wrightstown, NJ/Northern Burlington Regional).

The match began at 125 with an early 6-1 victory by Wert over Michael Beck to give the Broncs a 3-0 lead.

They would then fall behind quickly, with Anthony Cefolo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park Regional [South Dakota St.]) losing a tight 5-3 sudden-victory match, and Evan Fidelibus (Easton, PA/Easton Area) and Gino Fluri (Blairstown, NJ/North Warren Regional) getting pinned to give Maryland a 15-3 lead through four matches.

The Broncs would get back on the winning track, starting with Clagon defeating Justin Alexander, 3-0, to push the score to 15-6 for a brief moment. The Broncs would be penalized one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct after the end of the match.

Walsh would then strike out of nowhere in what seemed like a fairly slow match, scoring the fall in 6:06 over Patrick Gerish. At 174, Sherry would fight hard on the way to a 7-3 decision over Josh Ugalde of Maryland. The match would end up tied at 14 when Maryland was penalized a team point of their own at the end of the 174 pound match.

Stinson would then strike in the heroic moment of the match, wrestling up a weight class at 184 and getting the fall in 1:46 to give the Broncs their first lead since 125 pounds, 20-14.

“I might as well go for it,” said Stinson about the big move. “I put him right on his back, and I knew I had to get the pin because it was huge for the team.”

In an end fitting only for the script of a Hollywood movie, Wolfe would come out to wrestle at 197 knowing that a victory would secure Coach Taylor’s 442nd and final dual victory. He did so in workmanlike fashion, defeating David-Brian Whisler, 8-3, to clinch the match, 23-14.

“I was happy to be put in that position, knowing that I could win for Coach Taylor, myself and the team,” said Wolfe about being put in position to clinch the match.

The Broncs would forfeit at 285 pounds and take home the 23-20 victory.

“EWLs are what we’ve got next, and we’ll be going into training for that. We’ve hit this thing pretty well over many years, and coming out of EWLs are the NCAA Championships. This is an incredible team, and I’ve been amazed by them,” said Coach Taylor in regards to the next step for the season.

The Broncs will next compete at the Nelson Fieldhouse on the campus of Bloomsburg University in the EWL Championships, looking to add conference titles and national qualifiers to the history of Rider Wrestling.

125: J.R. Wert (RU) Dec. Michael Beck (UM), 6-1. RU Leads 3-0
133: Billy Rappo (UM) Dec. Anthony Cefolo (RU), 5-3 SV-1. Score Tied 3-3
141: Ryan Diehl (UM) WBF. Evan Fidelibus (RU), 3:49. UM Leads 9-3
149: Adam Whitesell (UM) WBF. Gino Fluri (RU), 1:36. UM Leads 15-3
*157: B.J. Clagon (RU) dec. Justin Alexander (UM), 3-0. UM Leads 15-5
165: Chad Walsh (RU) WBF. Patrick Gerish (UM), 6:06. UM Leads 15-11
**174: Dean Sherry (RU) Dec. Josh Ugalde (UM), 7-3. Score Tied 14-14
184: Wayne Stinson (RU) WBF. Idris White (UM), 1:46. RU Leads 20-14
197: Ryan Wolfe (RU) Dec. David-Brian Whisler (UM), 8-3. RU Leads 23-14
285: Youssif Hemida (UM) Forf. (RU). RU Wins 23-20

*- Rider was penalized 1 team point for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.
**- Maryland was penalized 1 team point for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.




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ST. GEORGES HAWKS TAKES 2017 BLUE HEN CONFERENCE DE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
FEBRUARY 19, 2017 WRESTLINGDAVE LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT
For the second time in their school history the Hawks from St. Georges Tech Hs 230.52 claimed the 2017 Blue Hen Conference Wrestling Title . Wilmington Charter School 222.03. Middletown 190.54. William Penn H.S. 183.05. Appoquinimink 139.06. Concord H S 112.07. Delcastle H S 108.08. Mt Pleasant H S 80.59. A.I. Dupont 80.010. Brandywine 77.511. McKean H S 53.012. Christiana H S 51.013. Hodgson Vo Tech School 50.014. Glasgow H S 43.015. Howard H S 37.016. Newark H S 36.517. Dickinson 14.0
The Top 6 out of each weight class qualify for the states at Dover High 7th and 8th are alternates
Tournament Results
106 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st place matches
Elias Smith (Wilmington Charter School) 23-6, So. over John Pantazes (St. Georges Tech Hs) 26-10, Fr. (Fall 2:28).
3rd Place Match
Jaxson Al-Chokhachy (Middletown) 28-12, So. over Zaire King (McKean H S) 18-11, Jr. (Fall 3:47).
5th Place Match
Zach Palmer (Mt Pleasant H S) 24-11, So. over Kyle Simpson (Concord H S) 4-4, Fr. (Dec 6-1).
7th Place Match
Matthew Guckenberger (Newark H S) 13-19, Fr. over Luis Moreno (Delcastle H S) 4-6, So. (For.).
113 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Hunter Hamill (Middletown) 27-5, Jr. over Wyatt McMullen (St. Georges Tech Hs) 22-9, Fr. (Dec 7-2).
3rd Place Match
Samir Roane (Brandywine) 12-7, Jr. over Dominic Ball (Wilmington Charter School) 19-18, Fr. (Fall 0:44).
5th Place Match
Matthew Wolff (Concord H S) 15-12, So. over Brandon Muniz (Delcastle H S) 13-15, Fr. (Fall 1:57).
7th Place Match
Cecil Owusu (William Penn H.S.) 11-19, Fr. over Cole Kyle (Christiana H S) 9-13, Fr. (Fall 1:55).
120 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Willem Carl (Middletown) 29-9, Fr. over Danny Rankin (St. Georges Tech Hs) 22-8, So. (Dec 10-9).
3rd Place Match
Isaiah Marshall (Delcastle H S) 27-14, So. over Asa Fay (Wilmington Charter School) 11-3, Fr. (MD 21-9).
5th Place Match
Sidney Ndi (Christiana H S) 14-8, So. over Scott Weinkowitz (Concord H S) 23-11, So. (Dec 3-2).
7th Place Match
Nasir Nichols (Howard H S) 14-9, So. over Ermias Keleta (Brandywine) 13-17, Jr. (Inj. 4:07).
126 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Nicholas Novarnik (St. Georges Tech Hs) 36-3, Jr. over Jesse Muaka (Wilmington Charter School) 35-4, Sr. (Dec 1-0).
3rd Place Match
Nahid Hossain (Mt Pleasant H S) 27-9, Jr. over Joseph Piha (Concord H S) 23-9, Sr. (Fall 4:33).
5th Place Match
Patrick McNeilly (Appoquinimink) 13-11, So. over Joseph Taylor (Newark H S) 17-18, So. (M. For.).
7th Place Match
Will Assmann (William Penn H.S.) 6-18, So. over Jy`aire Hickman (Howard H S) 10-14, Jr. (M. For.).
132 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Liam O`Connor (Delcastle H S) 35-8, So. over Azeem Bell (A.I. Dupont) 19-8, Fr. (Dec 9-2).
3rd Place Match
Kyle Mayo (Mt Pleasant H S) 24-4, Jr. over Vincent Black (Concord H S) 23-9, Sr. (Fall 3:22).
5th Place Match
Shannon Burris (Appoquinimink) 26-16, Sr. over Nicholas Serio (St. Georges Tech Hs) 17-13, Jr. (Dec 6-5).
7th Place Match
Zakaria Barnes (Christiana H S) 17-9, Sr. over Tommy Dempster (Wilmington Charter School) 15-21, So. (MD 17-4).
138 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Dante Immediato (Middletown) 32-6, Sr. over Johnny Garcia (Wilmington Charter School) 19-5, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:57 (18-3)).
3rd Place Match
Dontae Ferrara (St. Georges Tech Hs) 5-3, So. over Grant Farabaugh (Mt Pleasant H S) 5-5, So. (Fall 4:44).
5th Place Match
Douglas Gunter (Appoquinimink) 9-17, Sr. over Noah Ogbin (William Penn H.S.) 6-8, So. (M. For.).
7th Place Match
Nicholas Lafazia (A.I. Dupont) 6-9, So. over Steve Dobrzynski (Glasgow H S) 13-9, Sr. (Dec 3-2).
145 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Ryan Juarez-Robertson (William Penn H.S.) 23-7, Sr. over Jamier Schaener (A.I. Dupont) 21-7, Sr. (TB-1 3-2).
3rd Place Match
David Flanigan (Wilmington Charter School) 35-8, Sr. over Sam Casalvera (Middletown) 13-16, Sr. (Dec 7-5).
5th Place Match
Kamron Campbell (Brandywine) 17-13, Sr. over Zach Wallen (Mt Pleasant H S) 20-15, So. (Dec 12-7).
7th Place Match
Douglas Markland (Delcastle H S) 29-19, So. over Santiago Vizcaino (Newark H S) 12-16, Sr. (Dec 9-3).
152 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Brian Schneider (Middletown) 35-6, So. over Hunter Beaudet (St. Georges Tech Hs) 20-11, Jr. (Dec 7-2).
3rd Place Match
Jaeah Yoo (Wilmington Charter School) 10-5, Sr. over Jose Hilario (Appoquinimink) 19-14, Sr. (Dec 2-1).
5th Place Match
Enoch Santiago (Hodgson Vo Tech School) 21-17, Jr. over Tymere Wilson (Glasgow H S) 24-8, Jr. (M. For.).
7th Place Match
Joe Bedwell (William Penn H.S.) 28-12, Sr. over Laurence Majewski (Brandywine) 21-14, Sr. (Fall 4:46).
160 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Mathew Blaasch (Appoquinimink) 32-8, Jr. over Jose Escobar (Delcastle H S) 29-18, Jr. (MD 16-6).
3rd Place Match
Luis Rodriguez (William Penn H.S.) 28-10, Sr. over Nate Fulton (St. Georges Tech Hs) 16-14, So. (SV-1 6-4).
5th Place Match
Maurice Wells (Wilmington Charter School) 5-6, Sr. over Gabriel Larson (Middletown) 4-12, Jr. (Fall 4:27).
7th Place Match
Dominic Barbuto (Concord H S) 14-13, Jr. over Andrew DelPercio (Newark H S) 9-12, Sr. (Dec 9-3).
170 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Carter Lamey (Wilmington Charter School) 32-10, Sr. over Jonathan Kranz (Brandywine) 25-7, Jr. (MD 20-8).
3rd Place Match
Nicholas Atehortua (St. Georges Tech Hs) 19-10, Jr. over Tom Lane (William Penn H.S.) 6-6, So. (Dec 10-3).
5th Place Match
Alexander Hom (Appoquinimink) 14-12, Jr. over Arturo Harris (Howard H S) 13-9, Jr. (Fall 3:39).
7th Place Match
Mekhi Wiggins (Hodgson Vo Tech School) 15-17, Jr. over Ahmad Mageid (Newark H S) 15-15, Sr. (TB-1 2-1).
182 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Austin Clayton (St. Georges Tech Hs) 27-5, Sr. over Nick Lane (William Penn H.S.) 15-8, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:43 (18-3)).
3rd Place Match
NcKyle Green (Appoquinimink) 11-7, Jr. over David Roebuck (Concord H S) 18-11, Jr. (Dec 7-5).
5th Place Match
Jaden Jefferson (Christiana H S) 12-17, Jr. over LeDay Womack (Wilmington Charter School) 13-24, Jr. (Dec 9-2).
7th Place Match
Christopher Winkelman (Middletown) 11-21, So. over Hissan Snell (Howard H S) 8-8, Jr. (Fall 0:40).
195 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Messiah El (William Penn H.S.) 19-4, Sr. over Zaqar Shaw (Glasgow H S) 15-6, Sr. (Fall 1:29).
3rd Place Match
Daniel Swieczek (Hodgson Vo Tech School) 21-18, Sr. over Charles Warner (Delcastle H S) 14-19, Jr. (Fall 4:41).
5th Place Match
Trevor Brobst (Middletown) 17-18, Sr. over Kajie Li (A.I. Dupont) 12-11, Sr. (M. For.).
7th Place Match
Tyler Clifton (Howard H S) 16-6, Jr. over Garrett Thomas (Wilmington Charter School) 5-15, So. (Fall 2:34).
220 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Myles Goodson (William Penn H.S.) 30-7, Sr. over Alex Salmorbekov (Concord H S) 26-8, Jr. (Fall 5:13).
3rd Place Match
Jared Pheasant (St. Georges Tech Hs) 14-7, So. over Kyle Lank (Wilmington Charter School) 15-23, Jr. (Dec 8-4).
5th Place Match
Jon Smith (Middletown) 13-13, So. over Duncan Stevens (Dickinson) 14-8, Sr. (SV-1 12-10).
7th Place Match
John Lawson (A.I. Dupont) 18-11, Jr. over Robert Jadick (Appoquinimink) 7-4, Jr. (Fall 0:54).
285 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Loma Thomas (McKean H S) 18-3, Jr. over Jay-juan Jones (A.I. Dupont) 26-5, Sr. (MD 11-3).
3rd Place Match
Chris Saunders (Appoquinimink) 20-10, Sr. over Charles Hope (William Penn H.S.) 17-7, Sr. (Dec 5-3).
5th Place Match
Harrison Dunnum (Christiana H S) 16-8, So. over Ben Somerville (Wilmington Charter School) 10-10, So. (Fall 2:04).
7th Place Match
Edward Rodgers (Brandywine) 6-10, Fr. over Nick Terzaghi (St. Georges Tech Hs) 9-19, So. (Fall 3:49).

 

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SALESIANUM TAKES 2017 INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE AND PRIVATES SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT

Tournament Results

106 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Zach Spence (Salesianum) 28-4, So. over Hunter Smith (Delaware Military Academy) 23-18, Fr. (Fall 3:05).
3rd Place Match
Liam Clements (Archmere Academy) 12-7, Fr. over Anthony Bellamy (Caravel Academy) 10-4, . (Fall 2:32).
5th Place Match
Troy Lenno (Newark Charter) 13-11, 8th. over David Seeman (Wilmington Christian School) 9-10, Fr. (Fall 2:50).

113 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Owen Klinger (Salesianum) 22-11, Fr. over Trent Wall (Sanford H S) 9-10, So. (UTB 4-3).
3rd Place Match
Dylan Peters (Delaware Military Academy) 26-13, Sr. over Luke Munch (Wilmington Friends H S) 13-6, 8th. (Fall 2:31).
5th Place Match
Joseph Jones (Newark Charter) 12-15, 8th. over Frank Acierno (Wilmington Christian School) 3-18, 8th. (Dec 7-2).

120 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Zachary Matrinez (Delaware Military Academy) 9-0, Jr. over Andy Lynch (Salesianum) 20-14, Sr. (Dec 2-1).
3rd Place Match
John Tigani (Tatnall H S) 19-5, Jr. over Matt Hinderhofer (Wilmington Friends H S) 15-11, Sr. (Fall 0:35).
5th Place Match
Zachary Hevelow (Newark Charter) 7-16, So. over Andrew Yuhas (Caravel Academy) 14-14, So. (For.).

126 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Brock Will (Salesianum) 14-10, Fr. over Josh Mottola (Archmere Academy) 24-8, Jr. (Dec 10-4).
3rd Place Match
John Ritchie (Delaware Military Academy) 20-23, Sr. over Jeffrey Gunter (Conrad School Of Science) 28-12, Jr. (SV-1 4-2).
5th Place Match
Jason Lamey (Sanford H S) 5-11, 8th. over Cole Hiller (Tatnall H S) 14-13, So. (Dec 3-0).

132 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Kyle McDonough (Sanford H S) 17-7, Jr. over Harry Latch (Salesianum) 15-7, So. (SV-1 4-2).
3rd Place Match
Chris Tigani (Tatnall H S) 8-6, So. over John Coons (Wilmington Friends H S) 14-12, Sr. (Dec 3-2).
5th Place Match
Andrew Boesenberg (First State Military Academy) 7-4, So. over Hunter Warrington (St Marks H S) 15-15, So. (Fall 4:05).

138 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Luke Harasika (Salesianum) 28-13, Jr. over Matthew McDougal (Archmere Academy) 13-5, Fr. (Fall 1:14).
3rd Place Match
Luke Duarte (Caravel Academy) 23-12, So. over Michael Ranegan (Conrad School Of Science) 21-13, Fr. (M. For.).
5th Place Match
Donald McAlpine (First State Military Academy) 10-2, Fr. over Joseph Pargoe (Red Lion Christian Academy) 10-6, 8th. (Dec 5-1).

145 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Luke McDonough (Sanford H S) 8-3, Sr. over Nickolas Schaefer (Caravel Academy) 23-7, Sr. (Fall 1:47).
3rd Place Match
Nolan Collins (Archmere Academy) 23-12, So. over Andrew Cercena (Tower Hill Hs) 24-6, Sr. (SV-1 11-9).
5th Place Match
Kyle Bradford (Wilmington Christian School) 20-16, Jr. over Jack Harasika (Salesianum) 5-16, Fr. (Dec 4-3).

152 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Timmy Griffith (Sanford H S) 28-6, Sr. over Justin Morgan (Delaware Military Academy) 32-9, Jr. (Fall 2:58).
3rd Place Match
Brandon Leggott (St Andrews H S) 10-7, Jr. over Jeff Engelmann (St Marks H S) 23-6, Jr. (Dec 3-2).
5th Place Match
Brenndan Ferrell (First State Military Academy) 11-3, Fr. over Luke Rossi (Salesianum) 3-15, So. (M. For.).

160 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Andrew Brooks (Sanford H S) 11-3, Jr. over Elijah Walton (Conrad School Of Science) 23-3, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:08 (17-1)).
3rd Place Match
Anthony Trusello (Archmere Academy) 27-12, Sr. over Harrison Dalton (Caravel Academy) 17-16, Jr. (Dec 2-1).
5th Place Match
Mitchell Riley (Delaware Military Academy) 19-17, Jr. over Harrison Quimby (Tower Hill Hs) 14-12, Sr. (Fall 2:52).

170 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Logan Montgomery (Salesianum) 22-10, Jr. over Asher Tingle (Sanford H S) 11-18, Sr. (Fall 1:57).
3rd Place Match
Clay Brooks (Archmere Academy) 30-10, Jr. over Evan Roberts (Wilmington Christian School) 19-11, Jr. (Dec 7-3).
5th Place Match
Austin Warrington (St Marks H S) 14-14, Jr. over Jared Whitmarsh (Conrad School Of Science) 9-18, Fr. (Dec 2-1).

182 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Joey Scalia (Delaware Military Academy) 36-8, Sr. over Joe Silan (Caravel Academy) 16-9, Jr. (Fall 4:48).
3rd Place Match
Patrick Wicks (Archmere Academy) 27-8, Sr. over Spencer Green (Sanford H S) 8-17, Sr. (Fall 4:40).
5th Place Match
Luke Campbell (Wilmington Christian School) 20-11, So. over John Blackwell (Wilmington Friends H S) 9-11, Jr. (Fall 1:53).

195 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Colin Adams (Caravel Academy) 25-2, Sr. over Martin Reynoso (Wilmington Christian School) 21-4, Sr. (Dec 7-6).
3rd Place Match
Michael Gallagher (Tower Hill Hs) 20-6, Sr. over Anthony Soscia (Archmere Academy) 19-21, Jr. (Fall 2:19).
5th Place Match
Kelvin Wolhar (Delaware Military Academy) 17-22, Jr. over Nate Crock (Wilmington Friends H S) 11-10, So. (Fall 2:25).

220 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Keith Medley (Caravel Academy) 23-2, Sr. over Michael Devine (Archmere Academy) 26-12, Jr. (Fall 3:00).
3rd Place Match
Vinny Marcozzi (Salesianum) 21-10, Jr. over Matt Denney (Wilmington Friends H S) 20-4, Sr. (Dec 10-3).
5th Place Match
Charles Quimby (Tower Hill Hs) 14-13, Sr. over Will Hollingsworth (First State Military Academy) 11-3, Jr. (M. For.).

285 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Hunter Balback (Delaware Military Academy) 23-7, Jr. over Curtis Linton (Caravel Academy) 13-6, Sr. (UTB 3-2).
3rd Place Match
Luke Frietze (Tower Hill Hs) 14-5, Jr. over Alexander Minner (Salesianum) 7-12, Jr. (SV-1 3-1).
5th Place Match
Joey Cartwright (St Marks H S) 7-7, So. over Logan Vivian (Newark Charter) 11-17, Jr. (Fall 0:36).

Team Scores
1. Salesianum 224.0
2. Delaware Military Academy 188.5
3. Sanford H S 180.5
4. Caravel Academy 171.0
5. Archmere Academy 168.5
6. Wilmington Friends H S 70.0
7. Wilmington Christian School 66.0
8. Conrad School Of Science 64.0
9. Tower Hill Hs 56.0
10. St Marks H S 44.5
11. First State Military Academy 44.0
12. Tatnall H S 43.0
13. Newark Charter 32.0
14. St Andrews H S 20.0
15. Red Lion Christian Academy 10.0

 

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Smyrna High Takes 2017 Henlopen Conference Wrestling Tournament


1. Smyrna H S 260.0
2. Sussex Central H S 204.0
3. Cape Henlopen H S 196.5
4. Dover 180.5
5. Caesar Rodney H S 166.5
6. Milford Senior 151.5
7. Sussex Tech H S 103.0
8. Indian River H S 98.5
9. Lake Forest H S 84.5
10. Laurel H S 74.0
11. Polytech 60.0
12. Woodbridge H S 49.0
13. Delmar Junior-Senior H S 28.0
14. Seaford H S 0.0
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Will Rayne (Indian River H S) 34-4, Fr. over Michael Primo (Caesar Rodney H S) 24-7, So. (Dec 9-2).
3rd Place Match
Javon Saffold (Sussex Central H S) 37-10, Fr. over Isaac O`Neal (Delmar Junior-Senior H S) 29-9, Jr. (MD 8-0).
5th Place Match
Jerome Cannon (Woodbridge H S) 27-8, So. over Anthony Glass (Dover) 24-15, Fr. (MD 10-1).
7th Place Match
Mason Rolph (Sussex Tech H S) 25-17, Fr. over David Elliott (Laurel H S) 12-13, Jr. (Fall 1:51).

113 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Robbie Rosser (Milford Senior) 34-3, Jr. over Yony Morales (Sussex Central H S) 24-10, Jr. (Dec 3-1).
3rd Place Match
Kevin Bowne (Caesar Rodney H S) 25-10, So. over Gavin Sembly (Smyrna H S) 17-18, Fr. (MD 14-4).
5th Place Match
Jamel Copes (Delmar Junior-Senior H S) 31-14, Fr. over Gavin Manning (Woodbridge H S) 24-14, Fr. (Dec 16-9).
7th Place Match
Christian Lopez (Indian River H S) 9-14, Fr. over Chase Flood (Sussex Tech H S) 11-18, Fr. (MD 12-4).

120 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Cameron Hayes (Caesar Rodney H S) 31-3, Jr. over Nick Natarcola (Smyrna H S) 23-7, So. (Dec 7-1).
3rd Place Match
Tykwan Joyner (Dover) 30-10, Jr. over Anthony Caruso (Cape Henlopen H S) 25-6, So. (Dec 2-0).
5th Place Match
Isaiah Jenkins (Laurel H S) 21-8, Fr. over Ta`Jon Knight (Indian River H S) 35-6, Fr. (For.).
7th Place Match
Junior Perez (Sussex Central H S) 21-21, Jr. over Jace Darling (Milford Senior) 14-18, Sr. (Fall 2:37).

126 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Rashad Stratton (Sussex Central H S) 36-2, Jr. over Cole Sebastianelli (Smyrna H S) 21-11, Sr. (Dec 10-6).
3rd Place Match
Woo Fosque (Laurel H S) 20-5, So. over Tynik Sanders (Dover) 16-12, Sr. (Fall 1:25).
5th Place Match
Benedict Anderson (Caesar Rodney H S) 20-10, So. over Jessie O`Neal (Indian River H S) 32-9, Sr. (For.).
7th Place Match
Andre Currie (Cape Henlopen H S) 21-12, Fr. over Hunter Hineline (Sussex Tech H S) 22-16, Jr. (Fall 2:44).

132 Results
Guaranteed Places

1st Place Match
Jackson Dean (Caesar Rodney H S) 29-5, Fr. over Greg Baum (Smyrna H S) 23-4, Jr. (Fall 5:57).
3rd Place Match
Max Norquest (Cape Henlopen H S) 31-8, Sr. over Jared Arlett (Indian River H S) 33-8, Sr. (Dec 5-1).
5th Place Match
Taqee Williams (Dover) 21-14, Sr. over Kenel DeCembre (Polytech) 12-8, Fr. (Fall 0:46).
7th Place Match
Kurt Moyer (Lake Forest H S) 19-13, Jr. over Roberto Santos (Sussex Tech H S) 15-22, Fr. (Dec 5-0).

138 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Anthony Fisher (Dover) 39-3, Sr. over Vincent Diego (Cape Henlopen H S) 21-5, Sr. (TB-1 6-2).
3rd Place Match
Jack Davis (Smyrna H S) 28-13, Fr. over Gavin Garcia (Milford Senior) 24-15, Sr. (Dec 2-0).
5th Place Match
Seth Flemming (Lake Forest H S) 28-11, So. over Gabriel Degraffinreed (Laurel H S) 16-11, So. (Dec 7-3).
7th Place Match
Cody Stevenson (Caesar Rodney H S) 11-9, Sr. over Thomas Bunting (Sussex Tech H S) 8-16, Jr. (MD 8-0).

145 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Chase Archangelo (Smyrna H S) 35-4, Sr. over Nicholas Lee (Dover) 37-5, Sr. (MD 10-0).
3rd Place Match
Zeke Bean (Cape Henlopen H S) 27-6, Sr. over Alex Creasey (Milford Senior) 32-11, Sr. (Dec 8-3).
5th Place Match
Riley Tracey (Caesar Rodney H S) 22-14, So. over Michael Covey (Sussex Tech H S) 17-12, Jr. (Dec 11-6).
7th Place Match
Tyler Bunting (Sussex Central H S) 19-12, Jr. over Justin Cale (Lake Forest H S) 21-11, Sr. (Dec 11-5).

152 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Nate Bryant (Smyrna H S) 27-7, Sr. over Divine Watkins (Dover) 25-11, Jr. (Fall 1:15).
3rd Place Match
Dante Jacquet (Cape Henlopen H S) 28-5, Sr. over Dean Fleming (Lake Forest H S) 24-9, Sr. (Dec 9-6).
5th Place Match
Max Tolson (Sussex Central H S) 25-16, Jr. over Ryan Rigby (Caesar Rodney H S) 15-15, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:31 (18-1)).
7th Place Match
Taeshaun Jackson (Woodbridge H S) 14-6, Fr. over Khiry Hovington (Milford Senior) 20-15, Jr. (MD 12-2).

160 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Cory Lawson (Cape Henlopen H S) 34-4, Sr. over Brandon Bautista (Sussex Central H S) 33-9, Sr. (Dec 3-1).
3rd Place Match
Avery Mayan (Polytech) 31-5, Jr. over Gabe Evans (Dover) 17-15, Fr. (Fall 4:47).
5th Place Match
Tanner Mullen (Smyrna H S) 7-4, Sr. over Jordan James (Woodbridge H S) 18-9, Jr. (Fall 0:37).
7th Place Match
Tarryl Sturgis (Sussex Tech H S) 20-13, Fr. over Trever Shively (Lake Forest H S) 9-12, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:27 (18-2)).

170 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Blake Chambers (Sussex Central H S) 30-4, Sr. over Larsen Wilson (Smyrna H S) 23-4, Jr. (Dec 3-1).
3rd Place Match
Chris Handlin (Cape Henlopen H S) 28-8, So. over Jaden McCove (Polytech) 21-6, Sr. (Dec 7-4).
5th Place Match
Kaje Reynolds (Milford Senior) 27-10, Sr. over Jake Hamer (Sussex Tech H S) 30-14, Sr. (Fall 4:34).
7th Place Match
Jackson Rall (Caesar Rodney H S) 13-15, So. over Gaij Copes (Lake Forest H S) 23-13, Fr. (For.).

182 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Lucas Hudson (Sussex Central H S) 39-6, Sr. over Zeke Marcozzi (Indian River H S) 40-5, Sr. (Dec 8-5).
3rd Place Match
Hunter Moyer (Smyrna H S) 26-5, Jr. over Bevensky Augustin (Milford Senior) 23-8, Fr. (MD 11-0).
5th Place Match
Rae`Mier DeShields (Laurel H S) 15-7, So. over Vincent Tascione (Polytech) 14-9, So. (For.).
7th Place Match
Daimere Wilson-Turner (Dover) 25-10, So. over Kris Thompson (Lake Forest H S) 5-15, Fr. (Fall 4:46).

195 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Tony Wuest (Smyrna H S) 34-2, Jr. over Robert Van Pelt (Sussex Tech H S) 24-15, Sr. (Fall 0:44).
3rd Place Match
Azim Opare (Dover) 12-12, Jr. over Isaiah Washington (Caesar Rodney H S) 15-15, Sr. (Fall 4:32).
5th Place Match
Michael Galloway (Lake Forest H S) 25-13, So. over Brock Maloomian (Cape Henlopen H S) 16-7, Sr. (Fall 1:18).
7th Place Match
Yunior Cruz (Sussex Central H S) 11-7, Jr. over John Keller (Indian River H S) 24-12, Sr. (SV-1 3-1).

220 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Johnny Morris (Sussex Central H S) 38-4, Sr. over Dominyc Hovington (Milford Senior) 30-5, Sr. (TB-1 6-4).
3rd Place Match
Billy Ott (Cape Henlopen H S) 22-7, So. over Brenden Holder (Caesar Rodney H S) 19-15, Jr. (Fall 4:32).
5th Place Match
Andrew Hawkins (Sussex Tech H S) 26-14, So. over Brent Young (Smyrna H S) 4-6, Jr. (Fall 4:01).
7th Place Match
Hugo Harp (Dover) 9-15, Fr. over Zach Shultz (Indian River H S) 13-17, So. (Dec 3-2).

285 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Zach Flores (Cape Henlopen H S) 31-5, Sr. over Bryan Wynes (Milford Senior) 26-3, Sr. (Dec 2-1).
3rd Place Match
Jordan Springer (Lake Forest H S) 30-4, Sr. over Jamie Schirmer (Sussex Tech H S) 31-8, So. (Fall 7:17).
5th Place Match
Bradly Anyanwu (Dover) 16-9, So. over Elijah Taylor (Smyrna H S) 10-19, Jr. (MD 8-0).
7th Place Match
Khashad Gillespie (Laurel H S) 18-9, So. over Ramond Turner (Indian River H S) 20-18, Fr. (Dec 3-2).

 

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Tournament Results
106 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Zach Spence of Salesianum
2nd Place - Will Rayne of Indian River H S
3rd Place - Javon Saffold of Sussex Central H S
4th Place - Michael Primo of Caesar Rodney H S
5th Place - Jaxson Al-Chokhachy of Middletown
6th Place - Elias Smith of Charter School of Wilmington
1st Place Match
Zach Spence (Salesianum) 32-4, So. over Will Rayne (Indian River H S) 37-5, Fr. (Dec 10-6).
3rd Place Match
Javon Saffold (Sussex Central H S) 41-11, Fr. over Michael Primo (Caesar Rodney H S) 27-9, So. (Dec 4-2).
5th Place Match
Jaxson Al-Chokhachy (Middletown) 32-14, So. over Elias Smith (Charter School of Wilmington) 26-9, So. (Dec 3-2).

113 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Robbie Rosser of Milford Senior
2nd Place - Owen Klinger of Salesianum
3rd Place - Wyatt McMullen of St. Georges Tech Hs
4th Place - Yony Garcia of Sussex Central H S
5th Place - Kevin Bowne of Caesar Rodney H S
6th Place - Trent Wall of Sanford H S
1st Place Match
Robbie Rosser (Milford Senior) 38-3, Jr. over Owen Klinger (Salesianum) 25-12, Fr. (TF-1.5 5:54 (16-0)).
3rd Place Match
Wyatt McMullen (St. Georges Tech Hs) 27-10, Fr. over Yony Garcia (Sussex Central H S) 27-12, Jr. (Fall 4:40).
5th Place Match
Kevin Bowne (Caesar Rodney H S) 29-12, So. over Trent Wall (Sanford H S) 11-13, So. (Dec 4-3).

120 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Nick Natarcola of Smyrna H S
2nd Place - Anthony Caruso of Cape Henlopen H S
3rd Place - Cameron Hayes of Caesar Rodney H S
4th Place - Tykwan Joyner of Dover
5th Place - Ta`Jon Knight of Indian River H S
6th Place - Willem Carl of Middletown
1st Place Match
Nick Natarcola (Smyrna H S) 27-7, So. over Anthony Caruso (Cape Henlopen H S) 28-7, So. (Dec 3-1).
3rd Place Match
Cameron Hayes (Caesar Rodney H S) 35-4, Jr. over Tykwan Joyner (Dover) 33-12, Jr. (MD 13-0).
5th Place Match
Ta`Jon Knight (Indian River H S) 39-8, Fr. over Willem Carl (Middletown) 32-12, Fr. (Dec 3-1).

126 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Rashad Stratton of Sussex Central H S
2nd Place - Jesse Muaka of Charter School of Wilmington 2nd finalist in Charter School History
3rd Place - Nicholas Novarnik of St. Georges Tech Hs
4th Place - Cole Sebastianelli of Smyrna H S
5th Place - Benedict Anderson of Caesar Rodney H S
6th Place - Jessie O`Neal of Indian River H S
1st Place Match
Rashad Stratton (Sussex Central H S) 40-2, Jr. over Jesse Muaka (Charter School of Wilmington) 38-5, Sr. (Dec 7-6).
3rd Place Match
Nicholas Novarnik (St. Georges Tech Hs) 40-4, Jr. over Cole Sebastianelli (Smyrna H S) 24-13, Sr. (Dec 5-0).
5th Place Match
Benedict Anderson (Caesar Rodney H S) 24-12, So. over Jessie O`Neal (Indian River H S) 35-12, Sr. (Dec 4-2).

132 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Jackson Dean of Caesar Rodney H S
2nd Place - Greg Baum of Smyrna H S
3rd Place - Kyle McDonough of Sanford H S
4th Place - Liam O`Connor of Delcastle H S
5th Place - Max Norquest of Cape Henlopen H S
6th Place - Harry Latch of Salesianum
1st Place Match
Jackson Dean (Caesar Rodney H S) 33-5, Fr. over Greg Baum (Smyrna H S) 26-5, Jr. (Dec 7-5).
3rd Place Match
Kyle McDonough (Sanford H S) 22-8, Jr. over Liam O`Connor (Delcastle H S) 39-10, So. (Dec 3-1).
5th Place Match
Max Norquest (Cape Henlopen H S) 34-10, Sr. over Harry Latch (Salesianum) 17-10, So. (MD 11-0).

138 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Anthony Fisher of Dover First Dover Wrestler to win State Title since Jamelle Jones in 2005
2nd Place - Dante Immediato of Middletown
3rd Place - Vincent Diego of Cape Henlopen H S
4th Place - Gavin Garcia of Milford Senior
5th Place - Jack Davis of Smyrna H S
6th Place - Luke Harasika of Salesianum
1st Place Match
Anthony Fisher (Dover) 43-3, Sr. over Dante Immediato (Middletown) 35-7, Sr. (Dec 5-2).
3rd Place Match
Vincent Diego (Cape Henlopen H S) 25-6, Sr. over Gavin Garcia (Milford Senior) 28-17, Sr. (Dec 3-2).
5th Place Match
Jack Davis (Smyrna H S) 32-15, Fr. over Luke Harasika (Salesianum) 30-16, Jr. (M. For.).

145 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Chase Archangelo of Smyrna H S 2017 Outstanding Wrestler of DIAA and becomes 30th Delaware Wrestler to win 3 Delaware State Titles
2nd Place - Luke McDonough of Sanford H S
3rd Place - Alex Creasey of Milford Senior
4th Place - Nicholas Lee of Dover
5th Place - Zeke Bean of Cape Henlopen H S
6th Place - Jamier Schaener of A.I. Dupont
1st Place Match
Chase Archangelo (Smyrna H S) 39-4, Sr. over Luke McDonough (Sanford H S) 11-4, Sr. (Fall 2:40).
3rd Place Match
Alex Creasey (Milford Senior) 37-12, Sr. over Nicholas Lee (Dover) 41-7, Sr. (Fall 0:37).
5th Place Match
Zeke Bean (Cape Henlopen H S) 30-8, Sr. over Jamier Schaener (A.I. Dupont) 23-10, Sr. (Dec 7-4).

152 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Timmy Griffith of Sanford H S 2nd Sanford Wrestler to win a State title
2nd Place - Nate Bryant of Smyrna H S
3rd Place - Brian Schneider of Middletown
4th Place - Dean Fleming of Lake Forest H S
5th Place - Dante Jacquet of Cape Henlopen H S
6th Place - Ryan Rigby of Caesar Rodney H S
1st Place Match
Timmy Griffith (Sanford H S) 32-6, Sr. over Nate Bryant (Smyrna H S) 30-8, Sr. (Dec 9-4).
3rd Place Match
Brian Schneider (Middletown) 39-7, So. over Dean Fleming (Lake Forest H S) 28-11, Sr. (Dec 8-6).
5th Place Match
Dante Jacquet (Cape Henlopen H S) 31-7, Sr. over Ryan Rigby (Caesar Rodney H S) 18-18, Fr. (MD 22-10).

160 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Cory Lawson of Cape Henlopen H S
2nd Place - Brandon Bautista of Sussex Central H S
3rd Place - Avery Mayan of Polytech
4th Place - Andrew Brooks of Sanford H S
5th Place - Mathew Blaasch of Appoquinimink
6th Place - Elijah Walton of Conrad School Of Science
1st Place Match
Cory Lawson (Cape Henlopen H S) 38-4, Sr. over Brandon Bautista (Sussex Central H S) 36-10, Sr. (SV-1 6-4).
3rd Place Match
Avery Mayan (Polytech) 35-6, Jr. over Andrew Brooks (Sanford H S) 21-5, Jr. (Dec 7-6).
5th Place Match
Mathew Blaasch (Appoquinimink) 36-10, Jr. over Elijah Walton (Conrad School Of Science) 26-6, Sr. (MD 18-7).

170 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Blake Chambers of Sussex Central H S
2nd Place - Larsen Wilson of Smyrna H S
3rd Place - Logan Montgomery of Salesianum
4th Place - Jaden McCove of Polytech
5th Place - Chris Handlin of Cape Henlopen H S
6th Place - Kaje Reynolds of Milford Senior
1st Place Match
Blake Chambers (Sussex Central H S) 34-4, Sr. over Larsen Wilson (Smyrna H S) 26-5, Jr. (Dec 5-1).
3rd Place Match
Logan Montgomery (Salesianum) 26-11, Jr. over Jaden McCove (Polytech) 25-8, Sr. (Dec 3-0).
5th Place Match
Chris Handlin (Cape Henlopen H S) 31-10, So. over Kaje Reynolds (Milford Senior) 30-13, Sr. (Dec 7-6).

182 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Austin Clayton of St. Georges Tech Hs 2nd St Georges to win a State Title since 2014
2nd Place - Lucas Hudson of Sussex Central H S
3rd Place - Hunter Moyer of Smyrna H S
4th Place - Zeke Marcozzi of Indian River H S
5th Place - Joey Scalia of Delaware Military Academy
6th Place - Bevensky Augustin of Milford Senior
1st Place Match
Austin Clayton (St. Georges Tech Hs) 31-5, Sr. over Lucas Hudson (Sussex Central H S) 42-7, Sr. (Dec 7-3).
3rd Place Match
Hunter Moyer (Smyrna H S) 30-6, Jr. over Zeke Marcozzi (Indian River H S) 43-7, Sr. (Inj. 3:54).
5th Place Match
Joey Scalia (Delaware Military Academy) 40-10, Sr. over Bevensky Augustin (Milford Senior) 26-11, Fr. (Dec 7-1).

195 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Tony Wuest of Smyrna H S
2nd Place - Martin Reynoso of Wilmington Christian School 1st WCS Wrestler to make the finals in Warriors History
3rd Place - Colin Adams of Caravel Academy
4th Place - Robert Van Pelt of Sussex Tech H S
5th Place - Isaiah Washington of Caesar Rodney H S
6th Place - Messiah El of William Penn H.S.
1st Place Match
Tony Wuest (Smyrna H S) 38-2, Jr. over Martin Reynoso (Wilmington Christian School) 24-5, Sr. (Fall 1:27).
3rd Place Match
Colin Adams (Caravel Academy) 29-3, Sr. over Robert Van Pelt (Sussex Tech H S) 27-17, Sr. (Fall 1:20).
5th Place Match
Isaiah Washington (Caesar Rodney H S) 19-17, Sr. over Messiah El (William Penn H.S.) 22-7, Sr. (TB-1 9-8).

220 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Keith Medley of Caravel Academy
2nd Place - Johnny Morris of Sussex Central H S
3rd Place - Dominyc Hovington of Milford Senior
4th Place - Billy Ott of Cape Henlopen H S
5th Place - Myles Goodson of William Penn H.S.
6th Place - Andrew Hawkins of Sussex Tech H S
1st Place Match
Keith Medley (Caravel Academy) 27-2, Sr. over Johnny Morris (Sussex Central H S) 41-5, Sr. (Dec 5-1).
3rd Place Match
Dominyc Hovington (Milford Senior) 34-6, Sr. over Billy Ott (Cape Henlopen H S) 26-9, So. (Dec 5-2).
5th Place Match
Myles Goodson (William Penn H.S.) 33-9, Sr. over Andrew Hawkins (Sussex Tech H S) 29-17, So. (Dec 2-1).

285 Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place - Bryan Wynes of Milford Senior
2nd Place - Zach Flores of Cape Henlopen H S
3rd Place - Loma Thomas of McKean H S
4th Place - Jamie Schirmer of Sussex Tech H S
5th Place - Hunter Balback of Delaware Military Academy
6th Place - Jay-juan Jones of A.I. Dupont
1st Place Match
Bryan Wynes (Milford Senior) 30-3, Sr. over Zach Flores (Cape Henlopen H S) 34-6, Sr. (TB-1 2-1).
3rd Place Match
Loma Thomas (McKean H S) 22-4, Jr. over Jamie Schirmer (Sussex Tech H S) 34-10, So. (SV-1 3-1).
5th Place Match
Hunter Balback (Delaware Military Academy) 27-9, Jr. over Jay-juan Jones (A.I. Dupont) 29-8, Sr. (M. For.).

 

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Zack Parker seeded number 1 at heavyweight and Brent Fleetwood seeded 2nd at Central Michigan.



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From: Jon Fuller <jfuller3@buffalo.edu>
Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:50 PM
Subject: Pre-Seeding Announced for MAC Wrestling Championships
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February 28, 2017


BUFFALO, NY – The Mid-American Conference Wrestling Championships will be held March 4-5 and hosted by the University of Northern Iowa. The pre-seeding for the MAC Championships was released on Tuesday.

Kyle Akins drew a third seed at 125, the highest by a UB wrestler. Bryan Lantry is seeded fourth at 133. Brett Perry is also seeded fourth at 184 and Jake Gunning is the fifth seed at 285.

Here is the complete of the pre-seeding.

125

1 - Shakur Laney, Ohio

2 - Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan

3 - Kyle Akins, Buffalo

4 - Noah Gonser, Eastern Michigan

5 - Barlow McGhee, Missouri

6 - Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa

7 - Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois

8/9 - Cory Simpson, Kent State

8/9 - Steve Simpson, Old Dominion


133

1 - Josh Alber, Northern Iowa

2 - John Erneste, Missouri

3 - Cameron Kelly, Ohio

4 - Bryan Lantry, Buffalo

5 - Corey Keener, Central Michigan

6 - Anthony Tutolo, Kent State

7 - Alex Madrigal, Old Dominion

8/9 - Alijah Jeffery, Northern Illinois

8/9 - Sa'Derian Perry, Eastern Michigan


141

1 - Jaydin Eierman, Missouri

2 - Noah Forrider, Ohio

3 - Mason Smith, Central Michigan

4 - Kyle Springer, Eastern Michigan

5 - Kevin Budock, Old Dominion

6 - Angel Velasquez, Northern Illinois

7 - Jason Estevez, Buffalo

8/9 - Jake Hodges, Northern Iowa

8/9 - Chance Driscol, Kent State


149

1 - Lavion Mayes, Missouri

2 - Justin Oliver, Central Michigan

3 - Max Thomsen, Northern Iowa

4 - Steve Bleise, Northern Illinois

5 - Michael Hayes, Old Dominion

6 - Nick Barber, Eastern Michigan

7 - Colt Cotten, Buffalo

8/9 - Kade Kowalski, Ohio

8/9 - Tim Rooney, Kent State


157

1 - Joey Lavallee, Missouri

2 - Collin Heffernan, Central Michigan

3 - Caden McWhirter, Northern Illinois

4 - Casey Sparkman, Kent State

5 - Cullen Cummings, Ohio

6 - Zac Carson, Eastern Michigan

7 - Larry Early, Old Dominion

8/9 - Alex Smythe, Buffalo

8/9 - Paden Moore, Northern Iowa


165

1 - Daniel Lewis, Missouri

2 - Bryce Steiert, Northern Iowa

3 - Seldon Wright, Old Dominion

4 - Devan Marry, Eastern Michigan

5 - Shaun'Qae McMurtry, Northern Illinois

6 - Tyler Rill, Buffalo

7 - Isaac Bast, Kent State

8/9 - Logan Parks, Central Michigan

8/9 - Zach Wilson, Ohio


174

1 - Tyler Lujan, Northern Iowa

2 - CJ Brucki, Central Michigan

3 - Trace Engelkes, Northern Illinois

4 - Dylan Wisman, Missouri

5 - Arsen Ashughyan, Ohio

6 - Jerold Spohn, Kent State

7 - Antonio Agee, Old Dominion

8/9 - Muhamed McBryde, Buffalo

8/9 - Jacob Davis, Eastern Michigan


184

1 - Drew Foster, Northern Iowa

2 - Jack Dechow, Old Dominion

3 - Jordan Ellingwood, Central Michigan

4 - Brett Perry, Buffalo

5 - Matt Lemanowicz, Missouri

6 - Bryce Gorman, Northern Illinois

7 - Kayne MacCallum, Eastern Michigan

8/9 - Dontae McGee, Ohio

8/9 - Shane Mast, Kent State


197

1 - J'den Cox, Missouri

2 - Kevin Beazley, Old Dominion

3 - Shawn Scott, Northern Illinois

4 - Austin Severn, Central Michigan

5 - Stephen Suglio, Kent State

6 - Jacob Holschlag, Northern Iowa

7 - Nate Rose, Buffalo

8/9 - Derek Hillman, Eastern Michigan

8/9 - Nate Hall, Ohio


Hwt.

1 - Zack Parker, Ohio

2 - Austin Myers, Missouri

3 - JJ Everard, Northern Iowa

4 - Newton Smerchek, Central Michigan

5 - Jake Gunning, Buffalo

6 - Gage Hutchison, Eastern Michigan

7 - Devin Nye, Kent State

8/9 - Wil Hilliard, Old Dominion

8/9 - Caleb Gossett, Northern Illinois


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Phil Perry <pperry@socon.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:00 PM
Subject: SoCon Wrestling Championship set for Saturday
To:

864-591-5100 · 864-591-3448 (Fax)

www.SoConSports.com

____________________________________________________________________________________

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2017

Contact: Phil Perry (pperry@socon.org)


SoCon Wrestling Championship set for Saturday


ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Southern Conference Wrestling Championship will take place Saturday at The Citadel’s McAlister Field House in Charleston, South Carolina, with the SoCon title and 18 NCAA allocations on the line. Two-time defending regular-season champion Appalachian State will try to defend its 2016 tournament title.


Six of last year’s SoCon individual champions will be back in the field this year, though two of them are in different weight classes. The SoCon was allocated 18 spots for the NCAA Championships, with three each at 125 pounds, 184 and heavyweight, two each at 149 and 157 and one each at the eight other weights.


Two-time SoCon Wrestler of the Year and top seed Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State will try for his third straight heavyweight title, but he’ll have stiff competition in one of the league’s deepest weight classes. Five SoCon wrestlers appear in either the NCAA coaches’ panel rankings or RPI, with Dejournette and Chattanooga’s Jared Johnson, the league’s No. 3 seed, appearing in the top 10 nationally in both. No. 2 seed Jere Heino of Campbell, No. 4 Jake McKiernan of SIUE and No. 5 Boyce Cornwell of Gardner-Webb are also in either the coaches’ panel rankings or RPI.


Three other wrestlers will look to defend their 2016 titles. At 125 pounds, SIUE’s Freddie Rodriguez will try to claim his second title, but No. 1 seed Vito Pasone of Appalachian State and No. 2 seed Alonzo Allen of Chattanooga are seeded ahead of him. Also standing in the way of a Rodriguez repeat is Campbell’s Nathan Kraisser, the 2016 champion at 133 pounds, who is the No. 4 seed at 125 this year.


SIUE’s John Fahy will try to make it two in a row at 149 pounds, but he’s seeded third behind Appalachian State’s Matt Zovistoski and The Citadel’s Ty Buckiso, respectively.


At 184, defending champion Ville Heino of Campbell is the No. 1 seed. Chattanooga’s Bryce Carr and Gardner-Webb’s Hunter Gamble are seeded second and third, respectively, in another deep weight class.


Like Campbell’s Kraisser, Gardner-Webb’s Austin Trott has changed weight classes and won’t get a chance to defend his title. Last year’s champion at 165 has moved up to 174 and is the second seed behind SIUE’s Jake Residori.


The Citadel’s Aaron Walker, who recently became just the third wrestler to be named all-conference four times in his career since the coaches began voting on the award in 1993, will be vying for his third career title at 157 pounds. Walker, the top seed this season, won in 2014 and 2015 but has SoCon Freshman of the Year Austin Kraisser of Campbell lurking as the No. 2 seed at the weight class.


At 197, Citadel sophomore Sawyer Root is the top seed, but 2015 champion Jake Tindle of SIUE is the second seed.


First-time champions will be crowned at 133, 141 and 165. Chattanooga’s Chris Debien is the top seed at 133, while Campbell’s Josh Heil, the lone freshman on the All-SoCon team, is the top seed at 141. Chattanooga’s Justin Lampe is the No. 1 seed at 165.


Last season’s wrestling championship came down to the wire, as Appalachian State’s Dejournette downed Chattanooga’s Johnson in the heavyweight final to clinch the Mountaineers’ first title since 2003. Dejournette’s win pushed App State’s team score to 83.5 points, just half a point ahead of runner-up Chattanooga.


Tickets for Saturday’s action, which begins at 10 a.m., will be single-session. Doors open at 9 a.m.


Prices are $15 for adults, $10 for youth (6-12) and $8 each for groups of 10 or more. Students from Southern Conference schools, including wrestling associate member schools, can pick up a ticket free of charge simply by showing their school IDs.


As part of its partnership with Headlock on Hunger, the SoCon will offer $3 off the ticket price with the donation of a food item at the door.



2017 Southern Conference Wrestling Championship Schedule

9 a.m. – Doors open

10 a.m. – First-round matches

12 p.m. – Semifinals

2 p.m. – Consolation quarterfinals (consolation semifinals immediately after)

5:30 p.m. – Consolation finals

7 p.m. – Finals, true-place matches and award presentation


Seeds

125 (3 NCAA allocations)

1. Vito Pasone, Appalachian State

2. Alonzo Allen, Chattanooga

3. Freddie Rodriguez, SIUE

4. Nathan Kraisser, Campbell

5. Dalton Henderson, VMI

6. Landon LoAlbo, Gardner-Webb

7. Patrick Kearney, The Citadel

8. No entry, Davidson


133 (1 NCAA allocation)

1. Chris Debien, Chattanooga

2. Colby Smith, Appalachian State

3. Jonathan Ryan, Campbell

4. John Muldoon, SIUE

5. Philip Anderson, Gardner-Webb

6. Michael Hulcher, VMI

7. Andrew Szalwinski, The Citadel

8. Dustin Runzo, Davidson


141 (1 NCAA allocation)

1. Josh Heil, Campbell

2. Chase Zemenak, Chattanooga

3. Irvin Enriquez, Appalachian State

4. Douglas Gudenburr, The Citadel

5. Trevor Feagans, SIUE

6. Ryan Hull, Gardner-Webb

7. John Reed, VMI

8. Hunter Costa, Davidson


149 (2 NCAA allocations)

1. Matt Zovistoski, Appalachian State

2. Ty Buckiso, The Citadel

3. John Fahy, SIUE

4. Chris Vassar, Gardner-Webb

5. Ben Barton, Campbell

6. Stevan Smith, VMI

7. Roman Boylen, Chattanooga

8. Aiden Conroy, Davidson


157 (2 NCAA allocations)

1. Aaron Walker, The Citadel

2. Austin Kraisser, Campbell

3. Neal Richards, VMI

4. Ryan Mosely, Gardner-Webb

5. Gavin Londoff, Appalachian State

6. Karsten Van Velsor, SIUE

7. Tony Palumbo, Davidson

8. Dylanger Potter, Chattanooga


165 (1 NCAA allocation)

1. Justin Lampe, Chattanooga

2. Tyler Marinelli, Gardner-Webb

3. Quentin Perez, Campbell

4. Forrest Prybysz, Appalachian State

5. Clayton Bass, SIUE

6. Cade Kiely, VMI

7. Ruston Hill II, The Citadel

8. Noah Satterfield, Davidson


174 (1 NCAA allocation)

1. Jake Residori, SIUE

2. Austin Trott, Gardner-Webb

3. Sean Mappes, Chattanooga

4. John Weiss, Campbell

5. Shabaka Johns, VMI

6. Conor Fenn, Davidson

7. Martin Duane, The Citadel

8. Angel Najar, Appalachian State


184 (3 NCAA allocations)

1. Ville Heino, Campbell

2. Bryce Carr, Chattanooga

3. Hunter Gamble, Gardner-Webb

4. David Peters-Logue, Appalachian State

5. Konner Pritchard, Davidson

6. Chris Beck, VMI

7. Jake Godinez, SIUE

8. Chandler Sambets, The Citadel


197 (1 NCAA allocation)

1. Sawyer Root, The Citadel

2. Jake Tindle, SIUE

3. Willie Bivens III, Campbell

4. Clay Dent, Chattanooga

5. Randall Diabe, Appalachian State

6. Kyle Ash, Gardner-Webb

7. Taylor Thomas, VMI

8. Ryan Devlin, Davidson


285 (3 NCAA allocations)

1. Denzel Dejournette, Appalachian State

2. Jere Heino, Campbell

3. Jared Johnson, Chattanooga

4. Jake McKiernan, SIUE

5. Boyce Cornwell, Gardner-Webb

6. Joe Bexley, The Citadel

7. Will Cooley, Davidson

8. Thomas Shea-Roop, VMI


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UNI Athletics Media Relations<unisid@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 2:47 PM
Subject: UNI Wrestling Qualifies 7 for NCAA Tournament
To: Michelle Van Dorn <michelle.vandorn@uni.edu>


CONTACT: Michelle Van Dorn (michelle.vandorn@uni.edu / (319) 290-5301)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

story link: http://bit.ly/2mILNLH


CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Seven Panthers secured a spot at the NCAA championships, and the team walked away with a second-place finish at the MAC wrestling championships.

Taylor Lujan was the only Panther to win a title. He also earned his first bid to the NCAA tournament. The Panthers seven qualifiers are the most UNI has sent to the national tournament since 2014 when the team took 15th place overall.

“We have seven guys heading to nationals, and they’re going to be ready to score a bunch of points in the national tournament,” said head coach Doug Schwab. “I know the last session didn’t end as well as we wanted it to, but it wasn’t because guys didn’t compete their tails off. I think every single guy competed their tail off up and down the line up. I love how our guys competed. I’m proud of every single guy on our team and look forward to nationals in two weeks.”


Runners-up (all NCAA qualfiers):

• Dylan Peters (125 pounds)
• Max Thomsen (149 pounds)
• Bryce Steiert (165 pounds)
• Drew Foster (184 pounds)

Third place (all NCAA qualifiers):

• Josh Alber (133 pounds)
• Jacob Holschlag (197 pounds)

Eighth place:

• Paden Moore (157 pounds)
• JJ Everard (heavyweight)

No. 27 Dylan Peters – 125 pounds – 2nd Place 2-1

• March 4 #25 Kyle Akins Buffalo W 4:16 (F)
• March 4 Brock Hudkins Northern Illinois W 4-2
• March 5 #15 Shakur Laney Ohio L 7-4

No. 10 Josh Alber – 133 pounds – 3rd Place

• March 4 Alijah Jeffery Northern Illinois W 7-2
• March 4 #14 Bryan Lantry Buffalo L 3-2
• March 5 Alex Madrigal Old Dominion W 2:19 (F)
• March 5 #24 Corey Keener Central Michigan W 9-2

Jake Hodges – 141 pounds – DNP 0-2

• March 4 Chance Driscoll Kent State L 5-0
• March 4 Jason Estevez Buffalo L 8-2

No. 8 Max Thomsen – 149 pounds – 2nd Place 2-1

• March 4 #25 Nick Barber Eastern Michigan W 3-0
• March 4 #10 Justin Oliver Central Michigan W 6-3
• March 5 #4 Lavion Mayes Missouri L 6-5

Paden Moore – 157 pounds – 8th Place 1-1

• March 4 Alex Smythe Buffalo W 13-6
• March 4 #5 Joey Lavallee Missouri L 12-6
• March 4 Cullen Cummings Ohio L MFF
• March 5 Caden McWhirter Northern Illinois L MFF

No. 9 Bryce Steiert – 165 pounds – 2nd Place 2-1

• March 4 Isaac Bast Kent State W 14-3 (MD)
• March 4 #27 Seldon Wright Old Dominion W 10-4
• March 5 #6 Daniel Lewis Missouri L 7-5

No. 13 Taylor Lujan – 174 pounds – 1st Place 3-0

• March 4 Jacob Davis Eastern Michigan W 3:47 (F)
• March 4 #30 Dylan Wisman Missouri W 11-8
• March 5 #21 Trace Engelkes Northern Illinois W 12-2 (MD)

No. 12 Drew Foster – 184 pounds – 2nd Place 2-1

• March 4 Shane Mast Kent State W 11-3 (MD)
• March 4 Matt Lemanowicz Missouri W 5-2
• March 5 #9 Jack Dechow Old Dominion L 5-3

No. 29 Jacob Holschlag – 197 pounds – 3rd Place 3-1

• March 4 #11 Shawn Scott Northern Illinois L 4-3
• March 4 Nathaniel Rose Buffalo W 3-2 (TB1)
• March 5 Stephen Suglio Kent State W 8-4
• March 5 #11 Shawn Scott Northern Illinois W 6-4

JJ Everard – 285 pounds – 8th place 0-3

• March 4 #19 Gage Hutchison Eastern Michigan L 4-1 (TB1)
• March 4 Will Hilliard Old Dominion L 3:15 (Inj)
• March 5 Caleb Gossett Northern Illinois L MFF

 

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicholas Reith<nbreith@umail.iu.edu>
Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 8:37 PM
Subject: Indiana WR: Danishek, Skatzka Join Hoosiers Headed to NCAA Champs
To: "nbreith@indiana.edu" <nbreith@indiana.edu>




Danishek, Skatzka Join Hoosiers Headed to NCAA Champs

Goldman continues qualifier streak


Story Link | Final Brackets | Tournament Central


March 5, 2017


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – What a weekend it was.

Indiana's wrestling team hosted for the 2017 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, which saw its first mat action since the 2006 championships. The tournament featured the best of the best, including seven title pairings of top-10 wrestlers.

For the Hoosiers, the final day saw a growth in their NCAA travel party. Sophomore Jake Danishek (157) and freshman Devin Skatzka (174) achieved qualifying finishes in the third session.

Danishek faced a win-or-stay-home situation in a deeply talented bracket. He scored a victory last night over Justin Alexander (Maryland) to enter Sunday's ninth-place match, a battle for the Big Ten's final automatic bid at 157 lbs. Danishek came through in crunch time to earn a vital decision against Ohio State's Jake Ryan.

The win came in sudden victory, for neither Danishek nor Ryan gave up anything in regulation beyond an escape point. Danishek took a shot early in the extra period, drove forward, and persisted for the drop on the edge of the mat.

The Hoosier section erupted. Danishek, in his second varsity season, booked his first trip to the season's final weekend.

"It's a good feeling," Danishek said after his crucial win. "It's a big step to get the spot, and a big encouragement, but at the same time I have a lot of work to do this week."

Skatzka, also in a class with nine automatic bids, sealed his NCAA fate on Saturday night, but had a chance to improve his podium stance in a seventh-place match with Jacob Morrissey (Purdue). The bout had implications beyond order of finish; however, as Skatzka gained an opportunity to return the favor from Morrissey's win at the dual meet with Purdue.

Skatzka triumphed with a 6-3 decision to win seventh-place and notch a podium finish in his first opportunity. He broke a 2-2 tie in the second period with a drop on a neutral start. Morrissey broke free after a long ride and Skatzka added a short time takedown for a 5-3 lead. Skatzka locked the ride point before the third period and resisted Morrissey's scoring attempts for the win.

The addition of Danishek makes Indiana's qualifying group the largest for head coach Duane Goldman since the 2013-14 season. Skatzka and Danishek join Elijah Oliver (125) and Nate Jackson (184), who head to the NCAA Championships together for the second time after both earned sixth-place finishes. Goldman continues a run of putting a Hoosier in the NCAA Championships in every season with IU, extending his streak to 25 years.

Up Next: 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships Selection Show
Wednesday, March 8 • 6:00 p.m. ET • Live on NCAA.com

The hype will build in the coming days as wrestling fans await the first round pairings revealed on the NCAA Division I Wrestling Selection Show. The 330 wrestlers, placed into 10 brackets, will head to the NCAA Wrestling Championships from March 16-18 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

The following Hoosiers have received automatic bids:
Elijah Oliver (15-9), 6th-place at 125 lbs. *
Jake Danishek (19-13), 9th-place at 157 lbs.
Devin Skatzka (26-11), 7th-place at 174 lbs.
Nate Jackson (31-5), 6th-place at 184 lbs. **

* = number of previous qualifications

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Nick Reith
Media Relations Assistant
Indiana University Athletics
Primary Contact: Field Hockey,
Wrestling, Water Polo
C: 317-371-6079
Email: nbreith@indiana.edu

 

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From: Nebraska Wrestling<mail@neulionnetwork.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 7:54 PM
Subject: Article: Lambert Takes Runner-Up Honors at Big Ten Championships
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Courtesy Scott Bruhn/Nebraska Communications
The Huskers return to action at the NCAA Championships, March 16-18, in St. Louis, Mo.
Lambert Takes Runner-Up Honors at Big Ten Championships
Courtesy NU Athletic Communications
Sun, March 05, 2017
Bloomington, Ind. – Senior Tim Lambert finished second at 125 pounds during the final day of the Big Ten Championships at Assembly Hall on Sunday afternoon.

As a team, Nebraska finished fourth with 102.5 points. Ohio State captured the team crown with 139.5 points, while Penn State (130) and Iowa (112.5) rounded out the top three. NU's fourth-place finish matches its best team result in the Big Ten Championships since joining the conference in 2011. For the second consecutive year, the Huskers scored more than 100 team points.

Seven Huskers placed in the top five at the conference tournament, led by Lambert’s performance. Top-seeded Thomas Gilman (Iowa) took down Lambert in the first period to lead 2-0. Lambert went on top in both the second and third periods, and allowed Gilman to escape both times en route to a 4-0 loss.

Junior Colton McCrystal (141) took third place in his second Big Ten Championships appearance, winning both of his matches on Sunday. McCrystal took out third-seeded Tommy Thorn (Minnesota), 15-9, and No. 5 seed Luke Pletcher (Ohio State), 6-2.

Sophomore Tyler Berger (157) went 2-0 on the final day in Bloomington en route to a third-place finish. He won a major decision in the consolation bracket before avenging an earlier loss in the tournament to Michigan’s Brian Murphy in the third-place match.

Two-time All-American TJ Dudley placed fourth at 184 pounds after a 1-1 day. Dudley won by medical forfeit over Indiana’s Nathan Jackson, but fell to top-seeded Bo Nickal (Penn State) in the third-place match, 14-9.

Senior Aaron Studebaker took fourth place at 197 pounds, splitting his Sunday matches. Studebaker fell to Penn State’s Matt McCutcheon in tiebreaker-1, 3-2, after defeating Rutgers’ Matt Correnti, 5-1.

For the second consecutive year, senior All-American Eric Montoya finished fifth at 133 pounds. Montoya split his matches on Sunday, falling to Michigan’s Stevan Micic, 8-7, before avenging a loss from earlier in the tournament to Minnesota’s Mitch McKee in the fifth-place bout.

Senior Collin Jensen finished fifth with his pin of Razohnn Gross (Rutgers) at 3:47. Jensen dropped his first match of the day, but responded with bonus points in the fifth-place match to clinch his fourth NCAA berth.

The Huskers return to action at the NCAA Championships, set for March 16-18, in St. Louis, Mo.

Big Ten Championships
March 4-5, 2017
Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Ind.

125 pounds
First Round: #3 Tim Lambert (NEB) Bye
Quarterfinals: #3 Tim Lambert (NEB) dec. #6 Johnny Jimenez (WIS), 6-3
Semifinals: #3 Tim Lambert (NEB) pin #7 Elijah Oliver (IND), 5:59
Finals: #1 Thomas Gilman (IOWA) dec. #3 Tim Lambert (NEB), 4-0

133 pounds First Round: #2 Eric Montoya (NEB) Bye Quarterfinals: #7 Mitch McKee (MINN) major dec. #2 Eric Montoya (NEB), 11-3 Consolation Second Round: #2 Eric Montoya (NEB) dec. #8 Luke Welch (PUR), 6-2 Consolation Quarterfinals: #2 Eric Montoya (NEB) injury default #12 Austin Eicher (MSU)
Consolation Semifinals: #5 Stevan Micic (MICH) dec. #2 Eric Montoya (NEB), 8-7
Fifth-Place Match: #2 Eric Montoya (NEB) dec. #7 Mitch McKee (MINN), 5-3

141 pounds First Round: #4 Colton McCrystal (NEB) major dec. #13 Ryan Diehl (MD), 16-3 Quarterfinals: #5 Luke Pletcher (OHST) dec. #4 Colton McCrystal (NEB), 6-4 Consolation Second Round: #4 Colton McCrystal (NEB) major dec. #11 Cole Weaver (IND), 16-5 Consolation Quarterfinals: #4 Colton McCrystal (NEB) dec. #8 Cole Martin (WIS), 10-5
Consolation Semifinals: #4 Colton McCrystal (NEB) dec. #3 Tommy Thorn (MINN), 15-9
Third-Place Match: #4 Colton McCrystal (NEB) dec. #5 Luke Pletcher (OHST), 6-2

149 pounds First Round: #6 Andrew Crone (WIS) dec. Collin Purinton (NEB), 11-6 Consolation First Round: Carson Brolsma (MINN) dec. Collin Purinton (NEB), 4-1

157 pounds First Round: #3 Tyler Berger (NEB) tech fall #14 Ben Sullivan (NW), 16-1 Quarterfinals: #6 Brian Murphy (MICH) sudden victory-1 #3 Tyler Berger (NEB), 3-1 Consolation Second Round: #3 Tyler Berger (NEB) major dec. #13 Justin Alexander (MD), 10-1 Consolation Quarterfinals: #3 Tyler Berger (NEB) dec. #7 John Van Brill (RUT), 6-0
Consolation Semifinals: #3 Tyler Berger (NEB) major dec. #4 Jake Short (MINN), 13-2
Third-Place Match: #3 Tyler Berger (NEB) dec. #6 Brian Murphy (MICH), 5-2

165 pounds First Round: #7 Dustin Williams (NEB) pin Patrick Gerish (MD), 4:48 Quarterfinals: #2 Logan Massa (MICH) tech fall #7 Dustin Williams (NEB), 24-9 Consolation Second Round: Johnny Sebastian (NW) major dec. #7 Dustin Williams (NEB), 15-5

174 pounds First Round: #8 Devin Skatzka (IND) dec. #9 Micah Barnes (NEB), 10-4 Consolation First Round: #9 Micah Barnes (NEB) Bye Consolation Second Round: #7 Jacob Morrissey (PUR) sudden victory-1 #9 Micah Barnes (NEB), 6-4 *Ninth-Place Semifinal: #10 Chris Pfarr (MINN) dec. #9 Micah Barnes (NEB), 11-8

184 pounds First Round: #5 TJ Dudley (NEB) major dec. #12 Ernest Battaglia (MICH), 13-4 Quarterfinals: #4 Myles Martin (OHST) dec. #5 TJ Dudley (NEB), 12-7 Consolation Second Round: #5 TJ Dudley (NEB) tech fall #11 Tanner Lynde (PUR), 16-1 Consolation Quarterfinals: #5 TJ Dudley (NEB) major dec. #8 Hunter Ritter (WIS), 8-0
Consolation Semifinals: #5 TJ Dudley (NEB) medical forfeit #3 Nathan Jackson (IND)
Third-Place Match: #1 Bo Nickal (PSU) dec. #5 TJ Dudley (NEB), 14-9

197 pounds First Round: #3 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) dec. David-Brian Whisler (MD), 7-2 Quarterfinals: #3 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) dec. #6 Jacob Berkowitz (NW), 10-4 Semifinals: #2 Kollin Moore (OHST) dec. #3 Aaron Studebaker (NEB), 10-8
Consolation Semifinals: #3 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) dec. Matt Correnti (RUT), 5-1
Third-Place Match: #4 Matt McCutcheon (PSU) tiebreaker-1 #3 Aaron Studebaker (NEB), 3-2

Heavyweight First Round: Conan Jennings (NW) pin #5 Collin Jensen (NEB), 2:03 Consolation First Round: #5 Collin Jensen (NEB) dec. Tyler Kral (PUR), 4-0 Consolation Second Round: #5 Collin Jensen (NEB) injury default #6 Brooks Black (ILL) Consolation Quarterfinals: #5 Collin Jensen (NEB) major dec. #7 Youssif Hemida (MD), 9-0
Consolation Semifinals: #4 Michael Kroells (MINN) dec. #5 Collin Jensen (NEB), 4-0
Fifth-Place Match: #5 Collin Jensen (NEB) pin #8 Razohnn Gross (RUT), 3:47

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Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 5:04 PM
Subject: Cowboys Shatter Points Record with Eight Big 12 Champions
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For Immediate Release | March 5, 2017 | Contact: Harry Endicott (harry.endicott@okstate.edu)


Cowboys Shatter Points Record with Eight Big 12 Champions


TULSA, Okla. – With its 51st conference championship locked up on Saturday, eight members of the Oklahoma State wrestling team earned Big 12 titles Sunday afternoon to tie a program record. As a team, the Cowboys accumulated 176.5 points to set a Big 12 record, while the 83-point margin of victory is also a new conference record.


Individual title winners included Nick Piccininni, Dean Heil, Anthony Collica, Joe Smith, Kyle Crutchmer, Nolan Boyd, Preston Weigel and Austin Schafer. Collica became the eight wrestler in school history to win four conference titles, while Heil and Boyd claimed their third and Smith, Crutchmer and Weigel each won their second.


“It’s what you hope for when you come in heavy favorites. Actually doing it is a different story. As a whole, I saw my team wrestle better than they had all year. That was what I was hoping for. I saw a lot of things in the final matches that I didn’t like that were different than what I saw from those guys in the earlier rounds. I can really take those final matches and tell them that these aren’t the kinds of things that will get you on the podium in two weeks. It’s good to have a little bit of that, rather than everything being perfect. When you’re a heavy favorite and you deliver that, you feel good about what you’ve done.”



All 10 OSU starters advanced to Sunday’s final round, setting up a dual-like event where the Cowboys were matched up with many of the Big 12’s best at every weight. If the event had used dual scoring, the Pokes would have come out on top, 30-6.


“We had some closer matches than that this season,” Smith said. “I don’t want to rub that in. We have some great coaches in our league and we have some historically great teams and some teams that I know are going to be coming (in the future), so I’ll just say that when it counted most this weekend we were punching people right in the noise and that’s what you hope for.”


Nick Piccininni opened things up for the Cowboys with a big win over No. 4 Josh Rodriguez of North Dakota State for his first career Big 12 Championship. Tied at four at the end of regulation, Piccininni and Rodriguez battled through a couple of overtime periods before the Cowboy redshirt freshman tallied the decisive takedown in the second sudden victory period.


“It’s an awesome feeling finishing a shot like that in overtime and getting the win,” Piccininni said. “It was a fun one. It was exciting and I was happy with the outcome.”


After a tough loss in a back-and-forth match between Kaid Brock and South Dakota State’s top-seeded Seth Gross that served as the Cowboy redshirt freshman’s second defeat of the season, Dean Heil got the Pokes back on track at 141 pounds in a 10-7 decision over Bryce Meredith of Wyoming for his third conference title. Heil led throughout the match, tallying four takedowns and a reversal to clinch the championship. The win capped off an impressive weekend for Heil, which saw the NCAA Champion rack up his first two pins of the season on the way to the title bout.


“I know Bryce is a tough opponent,” Heil said. “Every time we wrestle, he gives me a go. Coach Smith came up to me before my match and told me to be ready for anything and to come out and continue wrestling. I expected scrambles and they happened. I was ready for them, so they all basically ended in my favor.”


Senior Anthony Collica registered a 7-4 decision over Oklahoma’s Davion Jeffries in Sunday’s 149-pound finals, claiming his fourth Big 12 crown and becoming only the eighth Cowboy to complete such a feat. Collica. With his lead cut to 5-4 with a minute to go in the match, Collica scored a takedown in the final seconds to lock up his win.


“It’s always fun being here,” Collica said. “The finals match didn’t go how I wanted, but I got the win and felt pretty good up until that match but to get out of here with a win feels great.”


Sophomore Joe Smith defended his title at 157 pounds in dominant fashion over second-seeded Clay Ream of North Dakota State. Smith shut out Ream in an 8-0 major decision to finish off a spectacular weekend in which he outscored his opponents, 32-0.


“It was a good tournament overall,” Smith said. “The Big 12 is getting a lot tougher and the teams that came here are tough. There are a lot of guys ranked in the top 20 or top 10 in the nation, and overall I thought it was a good tournament for both myself and the team. I thought I wrestled well. I wrestled a couple of tough kids. I’ve been working on top a lot, so I really felt my top game start to roll on as the tournament went on.”


The Cowboys’ final loss of the day came at 165 pounds, where redshirt sophomore Chandler Rogers came up short against West Virginia’s Dylan Cottrell in a 5-4 match. Tied at three in the third, Cottrell won a scramble for a takedown with just over a minute left. Rogers broke free and after nearly catching Cottrell on his back in the final seconds, was not awarded a takedown after review.


Competing in his hometown, Crutchmer got the BOK Center crowd on its feet after finishing off an 8-4 decision over Oklahoma’s Matt Reed. The senior was in control throughout, building his lead to as large as five in the third period to finish off his second career Big 12 title.


“It’s surreal,” Crutchmer said. “I’m excited and I’ve got a bunch of friends and family here. For me being a senior and getting to wrestle at my last Big 12 Championships here in Tulsa is awesome. I’m glad I came out on top.”


Senior Nolan Boyd claimed his third conference championship at 184 pounds with a 15-4 major decision over Northern Colorado’s Dylan Gable for his third major of the weekend. Boyd had no problem with Gable, racking up six takedowns in the match to get the win.


“That match felt good,” Boyd said. “Some of the other ones, I didn’t felt like I cut loose and had the matches I wanted, but that’s in the past, so we’re going to keep moving. My team wrestled incredibly and that was fun to watch. We’ve got stuff to work on, and it was a fun tournament.”


Preston Weigel picked up his second-straight Big 12 crown at 197, defeating the bracket’s top seed in No. 5 Jacob Smith of West Virginia. Late in the first period, Weigel converted on a takedown and was initially awarded a fall; however, it was ruled that Smith injured himself as he was falling to the mat, and the pin was changed to an injury default.


Senior heavyweight Austin Schafer finished off his first Big 12 Championship run with a 9-0 major decision over Utah Valley’s Dustin Dennison. The win wrapped up an outstanding weekend for the Edmond, Okla., native, as he earned a pin and a pair of majors to earn top honors.


“It was pretty cool environment,” Schafer said. “It felt like a dual. When guys lost, the other guys picked up the pace and kept us all in line and kept the motivation going. We really wrestled for each other out there and that’s what you want to see in the postseason.”


The Cowboys will bring all 10 starters to this month’s NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo., which is set for March 16-18 at the Scottrade Center. OSU will be looking for its 35th national title.


Big 12 Championships Final Round Results

125: Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) dec. Josh Rodriguez (North Dakota State), 7-5

133: Seth Gross (South Dakota State) dec. Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State), 9-7

141: Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 10-7

149: Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) dec. Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma), 7-4

157: Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) MD Clay Ream (North Dakota State), 8-0

165: Dylan Cottrell (West Virginia) dec. Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State), 5-4

174: Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma State) dec. Matt Reed (Oklahoma), 8-4

184: Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) MD Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado), 15-4

197: Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State) inj. def. Jacob Smith (West Virginia), 2:24

285: Austin Schafer (Oklahoma State) MD Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley), 9-0


Big 12 Wrestling Team Standings

1. Oklahoma State – 176.5

2. Oklahoma – 93.5

3. South Dakota State - 90.5

4. North Dakota State – 82.5

5. Wyoming – 71.5

6. West Virginia – 50

7. Northern Colorado – 48.5

8. Northern Colorado - 48.5

9. Utah Valley – 32

10. Air Force - 28


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Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 4:42 PM
Subject: WR: CHAMPS! Ohio State Wins 2017 B1G Wrestling Crown
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March 5, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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WR: CHAMPS! Ohio State Wins 2017 B1G Wrestling CrownFour Buckeyes win titles; eight earn NCAA automatic bids

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The March magic that Ohio State captured last night carried over into Sunday, as the Buckeyes crowned four champions and won the fourth Big Ten wrestling team title in school history as Indiana’s Assembly Hall.


THE SHORT STORY
The Buckeyes got two dramatic title match victories at 133 and 174 pounds, respectively, and added wins at 197 and 285 pounds by Kollin Moore and Kyle Snyder to distance itself from second-place Penn State. Along the way, Nathan Tomasello became just the third three-time Big Ten champion with his 5-4 decision over Cory Clark and Bo Jordan scored an overtime takedown to defeat Mark Hall of the Nittany Lions.


In the team race, Ohio State finished ahead of top-ranked Penn State by 9.5 points, 139.5-130.0. Iowa was third with 112.5 points.


TOMASELLO MAKES HISTORY
The championship round started with Tomasello scoring a buzzer-beating escape against Cory Clark after Clark tied the match at 4-4 with a takedown on the edge of the mat. A redshirt junior, Tomasello previously two titles at 125 pounds before making the move to 133 lbs. this year. Trailing 1-0 entering the final period, the match was tied of a locked hands call against Clark and then Tomasello went ahead 2-1 with an escape. He scored a takedown with 34 seconds left, only to have Clark counter with a takedown of his own.


JORDAN TOPS HALL, BUCKEYES INCH CLOSER TO TITLE
After Penn State creeped to within two points in the team score following Zain Retherford’s win over Micah Jordan in the 149 lb. final, B. Jordan finished on a takedown in sudden victory against second-seeded Mark Hall to secure a 6-4 victory. The title, Jordan’s first, comes after two previous trips to the finals at 165 lbs. It also was an eight point swing in the team race, giving Ohio State much needed breathing room.


MOORE WINS BIG AT 197
Moore took the remaining drama out of the team race when he scored an impressive 15-11 win over top-seeded Brett Pfarr of Minnesota. Moore scored 11 first-period points, highlight by a takedown a four-point near fall, to give him all the distance he’d need on the scoreboard. Moore was also named the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year.


SNYDER FINISHES IT OFF
Snyder added yet another line to his resume in the 285 final, topping second-seeded and second-ranked Connor Medbery of Wisconsin 8-5 behind two first-period takedowns and another in the third. Snyder is now a three-time Big Ten finalist and two-time champion. He’s won 23 collegiate matches in a row while over the last 12 months claiming two Big Ten crowns, a NCAA title and Olympic gold medal.


A HISTORITICAL CONTEXT

·Ohio State’s team title is the fourth in school history and first outright championship since 1951.

·The Buckeyes put six wrestlers into the finals – a program record – and the four champions are the most in school history. Ohio State also set a record with 139.0 team points.

·Head coach Tom Ryan earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors for the second time in the last three seasons.

·For the second time in the last four years, a pair of brothers wrestled for the Scarlet and Gray in the finals. In 2013, both Logan and Hunter Stieber did it; today, it was Micah and Bo Jordan.

NCAA AUTOMATIC QUALIFERS
Eight Buckeyes earned automatic bids to the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 16-18 in St. Louis, Mo. Earlier in the day, Jose Rodriguez punched his ticket with a pin of Purdue’s Ben Thornton in the seventh place match at 125 lbs. True freshman Luke Pletcher also won a consolation semifinal match in the morning session and finished fourth at 141 lbs.


OHIO STATE WRESTLING
2017 Big Ten Championships | Assembly Hall | Bloomington, Ind.
Day Two Individual Results


125 lbs. No. 8 seed Jose Rodriguez (15-10)
Seventh Place Match: Rodriguez fall of Ben Thornton (Purdue) 3:53
Rodriguez finishes seventh; earns NCAA automatic bid


133 lbs. No. 1 seed Nathan Tomasello (19-0)
Championship Finals: Tomasello decision over No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) 5-4
Tomasello wins 133 lb. Big Ten title; earns NCAA automatic bid


141 lbs. No. 5 seed Luke Pletcher (26-6)
Consolation Semifinals: Pletcher decision over Ryan Diehl (Maryland) 5-2
Pletcher finishes fourth; earns NCAA automatic bid


149 lbs. No. 3 seed Micah Jordan (28-3)
Championship Final: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) technical fall over Jordan 16-1
Jordan finishes second; earns NCAA automatic bid


157 lbs. No. 11 seed Jake Ryan (12-10)
Ninth Place Match: No. 8 Jake Danishek (Indiana) decision over Ryan 3-1 SV-1
Ryan finishes 10th


165 lbs. Cody Burcher (17-15)
Seventh Place Match: Johnny Sebastian (Northwestern) decision over Burcher 2-1
Burcher finishes eighth


174 lbs. No. 1 seed Bo Jordan (14-1)
Championship Final: Jordan decision over No. 2 Mark Hall (Penn State) 6-4 SV-1
Jordan wins 174 lb. Big Ten title; earns NCAA automatic bid


184 lbs. No. 4 seed Myles Martin (26-7)
Championship Final: No. 2 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) major decision over Martin 12-2
Martin finishes second; earns NCAA automatic bid


197 lbs. No. 2 seed Kollin Moore (28-3)
Championship Final: Moore decision over No. 1 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) 15-11
Moore wins 197 lb. Big Ten title; earns NCAA automatic bid


285 lbs. No. 1 seed Kyle Snyder (12-0)
Snyder decision over No. 2 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) 8-5
Snyder wins 285 lb. Big Ten title; earns NCAA automatic NCAA bid


TEAM STANDINGS
1. Ohio State - 139.5
2. Penn State - 130.0
3. Iowa - 112.5
4. Nebraska - 102.5
5. Minnesota - 93.0
6. Illinois - 88.5
7. Michigan - 83.0
8. Rutgers - 67.5
8. Wisconsin - 67.5
10. Michigan State - 38.5
11. Maryland - 32.0
12. Purdue - 26.0
13. Indiana - 24.5
14. Northwestern - 18.0



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From: Keith Cameron Sneddon<ksneddon@umd.edu>
Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Maryland Places Three at Big Ten Championships
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Maryland Places Three at Big Ten Championships


Day One Recap – Final Brackets


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Redshirt sophomores Ryan Diehl (141) and Alfred Bannister (149), in addition to sophomore Youssif Hemida (285) all placed for Maryland to end the Big Ten Championships Sunday afternoon. Diehl and Bannister, in addition to senior Billy Rappo (133) all secured automatic qualifier bids to the 2017 NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo.


The three placers is the most ever for the Terps in three years of competition at the Big Ten Championships, as the Terps took 11th in the team standings with 32 points.


Diehl added another highlight win to his Big Ten Championship resume, defeating #11 Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) in the fifth place match with a convincing 12-2 major decision. Diehl and the Gopher 141-pounder provided a ton of early action, before the Berkeley Springs, W.V. native connected on a cement mixer to go up 6-0 at the end of the first.


Diehl then fought off Thorn’s turn in the second period, and added an exclamation point on his weekend with another takedown/near fall combo to end the match. Diehl opened his day vs. 12th-ranked Luke Pletcher of Ohio State, wrestling the Buckeye tough through three periods. A pair of takedowns ultimately won it for Pletcher, 4-2.


In all, Diehl knocked off three top-20 opponents on the weekend, and will ride a solid wave of momentum into the NCAA Tournament. His fifth-place finish is the highest ever for a Terrapin wrestler at the event.


“Overall I was pretty happy,” said Diehl. “We had people going out there and getting bonus points, and just getting after it. It’s been an awesome last half of the season, and this weekend was a big confidence booster.”


Rappo wrestled one of the more wild matches of the early session, winning 7-5 in sudden victory to clinch an automatic qualifier bid to NCAAs. Rappo came out ahead in a hectic back-and-forth ninth place match with Wisconsin’s Eli Stickley. Rappo was the aggressor early, getting a quick first period takedown to take the lead.


Rappo began building riding time, but was reversed to even the score at two. The Holland, Pa. native avoided the turn from Stickley before the whistle in the first, and again took the lead in the second with a takedown. Stickley managed to escape to make it 4-3 to start the third, and erased Rappo’s ride time on top.


Stickley eventually built up the RT point in his favor, and Rappo was hit with a stall to make it 5-4. But, Rappo forced a locked hands call in the closing seconds on an escape attempt, and the matched sent to sudden victory. Rappo came through in overtime, hitting an ankle pick to win the 7-5 decision and clinch his first ever appearance at the NCAA Championships.


“This is what I’ve been wrestling for my entire career, to get to the NCAA Tournament,” said Rappo. “I’m really fortunate to have my coaches, teammates, trainer and support staff behind me. I got the job done this weekend, but we’re not finished yet.”


Youssif Hemida cemented a seventh place finish with his second win of the season over Northwestern’s Conan Jennings. Hemida never trailed in the match, getting a takedown and reversal for the eventual 4-1 decision. Hemida will await a potential at-large selection to NCAAs in the heavyweight class.


Bannister wrestled his eighth overtime match of the season in his consolation semifinal bout vs. Zach Hall (Michigan). Bannister and Hall both notched escapes in the second and third, sending the match into sudden victory. After neither could notch a takedown, Hall held in the first ride out period to keep the score at 1-1. Bannister cut the Wolverine grappler and went for the win in tiebreaker, but couldn’t get the take down and was bounced to the fifth place match. Bannister medicaly forfeited to take sixth.


Ohio State captured the team title with 139.5 points, followed by Penn State (130.0) and Iowa (112.5). Maryland will now prep for the 2017 NCAA Championships March 16-18 in St. Louis, Mo.


-Terps-


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Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:54 PM
Subject: Ohio State Claims Big Ten Wrestling Title
To: dawvoice3@gmail.com

For Immediate Release

Contact: Bryson Jones, Big Ten Conference

March 5, 2017



Ohio State Claims Big Ten Wrestling Title

Buckeyes pick up fourth Big Ten wrestling title and first since 2015



Bloomington, Ind. – Ohio State won the 2017 Big Ten Wrestling Championships title on Sunday with a team score of 139.5. The Buckeyes claimed their fourth Big Ten Championship and second in the last three years. Ohio State claimed four individual titles from Nathan Tomasello (133), Bo Jordan (174), Kollin Moore (197) and Kyle Snyder (285).

Penn State finished in second place with 130 points, followed by third-place Iowa with 112.5. Nebraska finished in fourth place with 102.5 points and Minnesota rounded out the top five with 93 team points.

Penn State’s Jason Nolf was named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Year, while teammate Zain Retherford earned Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships honors. Ohio State’s Tom Ryan was named Big Ten Coach of the Year and the Buckeyes’ Moore was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Iowa’s Thomas Gilman won the 125-pound title. Gilman, the No. 1 seed, earned a 4-0 victory over No. 3 Tim Lambert of Nebraska for his first title. At 133 pounds, No. 1 Tomasello of Ohio State posted a 5-4 win over third-seeded Cory Clark of Iowa to win his third Big Ten Championship.

Top-seed Anthony Ashnault earned his second-straight Big Ten title after defeating seventh-seeded Javier Gasca III of Michigan State with a 15-2 major decision to claim the 141-pound title. The 149-pound crown went to No. 1 Retherford of Penn State, who earned a 16-1 technical fall over Ohio State’s Micah Jordan, a No. 3 seed, en route to his second-straight Big Ten title.

At 157 pounds, No. 1 seed Nolf of Penn State claimed the win over second-seeded Michael Kemerer of Iowa with an 8-2 decision to earn his first title. Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez, the top-seeded 165-pound wrestler, posted a 10-4 decision over Michigan’s Logan Massa to win his third-consecutive conference title.

Top-seeded Bo Jordan of Ohio State claimed his first Big Ten title, winning the 174-pound championship with a 6-4 sudden victory decision over No. 2 Mark Hall of Penn State. At 184 pounds, Iowa’s Sam Brooks, a No. 2 seed, claimed a 12-2 major decision over No. 4 Myles Martin of Ohio State, earning his second-straight Big Ten title.

Second-seeded Moore of Ohio State won the 197-pound title, earning a 15-11 decision over No. 1 Brett Pfarr of Minnesota. Rounding out the group of individual Big Ten Champions was No. 1 Kyle Snyder of Ohio State, who claimed an 8-5 decision over second-seeded Connor Medbery of Wisconsin. This was Snyder’s second-straight conference title and with the victory, Snyder becomes the first Olympic Gold Medalist to subsequently win a conference title in NCAA wrestling history.

The complete list of Big Ten individual awards and All-Big Ten honorees can be found below, while the full results are attached.

BIG TEN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Wrestler of the Year: Jason Nolf, Penn State
Freshman of the Year: Kollin Moore, Ohio State
Coach of the Year: Tom Ryan, Ohio State
Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships: Zain Retherford, Penn State

2017 ALL-BIG TEN TEAM
Isaiah Martinez, Illinois

Sammy Brooks, Iowa

Thomas Gilman, Iowa

Bo Jordan, Ohio State

Kollin Moore, Ohio State

Kyle Snyder, Ohio State

Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State

Jason Nolf, Penn State

Zain Retherford, Penn State

Anthony Ashnault, Rutgers

 

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Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 4:20 PM
Subject: UW WRES: Medbery finishes runner-up at Big Ten Championships
To: Maggie Sullivan <msullivan@athletics.wisc.edu>




Medbery finishes runner-up at Big Ten ChampionshipsSix Badgers make it to the podium

http://www.uwbadgers.com/news/2017/...ishes-runner-up-at-big-ten-championships.aspx
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- In a match that fans have been anticipating since the start of the season, No. 2 Connor Medbery and top-ranked Kyle Snyder of Ohio State lived up to the hype in the final bout of the Big Ten Championships at Indiana’s Assembly Hall. Medbery’s second-place title highlighted the final session for the Wisconsin wrestling team that finished in a tie for eighth place.

After trailing 4-1 following the first period, Medbery held 2016 Olympian Synder scoreless in the second. Medbery got on the board first in the third period with an early escape, but Snyder received one penalty point and takedown to bring the score to 6-2. With just 33 seconds remaining, Medbery wouldn’t go down without a fight as he recorded one more escape and takedown to cut Snyder’s lead to 6-5. One final escape and riding time handed Snyder the 8-5 decision in the battle of the undefeated. The second-place finish marked Medbery’s best finish in the Big Ten tournament.

In the extra-competitive 165-pound bracket, Isaac Jordan faced Penn State’s Vincenzo Joseph for the third-place title. Joseph got on the board first and back-to-back takedowns proved to be too much for Jordan to overcome as Joseph clinched the tight 5-2 decision.

Ricky Robertson got his hand raised in the fifth-place match at 197 pounds. Facing Rutgers’ Matt Correnti, Robertson recorded an early takedown to get things going and piled it on from there to walk away with the 9-1 major decision.

Up against Iowa’s Alex Meyer in the fifth place match, Ryan Christensen tallied a reversal in the second period but Meyer ultimately came away with the 4-2 decision.

NOTES TO KNOW:

-In all, six Badgers earned NCAA automatic qualifier bids as Hunter Ritter and Cole Martin secured their podium finishes in the prior session.

-With 67.5 points, Wisconsin tied Rutgers for eighth place. Ohio State took home the team title with 139.5 points, followed by Penn State with 130.

TALK FROM THE MAT:
“First session was great, second session we came out a little bit flat but some guys had some big wins too. Ricky came back to take fifth and Christensen gave himself a chance to win today and Martin won. There were areas that we could have been a little bit better, but it is what it is and now we just have to go back and regroup. We’ll talk about NCAAs and I’m hoping for a couple wildcards too on Tuesday.”

“You sit down and talk with them and ask them what they’re feeling out there, you watch video and then you work on those positions and work from there. There are going to be slight changes but nothing big because right now nothing is big so we just have to do slight adjustments to figure it out.”

-Head Coach Barry Davis

UP NEXT:
With the Big Ten Championships in the books, the Badgers will now set their sights on the NCAA Championships in St. Louis’ Scottrade Center from March 16-18.

 

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Subject: @Pitt_WRES: Four Panthers Punch Tickets to St. Louis
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Four Panthers Punch Tickets to St. Louis

Forys, Solomon to make third trip to national stage


NCAA Release


INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA announced the list of 330 Division I wrestlers that will compete at the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships March 16-18 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Tuesday afternoon. Four Pitt wrestlers will make the trip next week.


Four Panthers earned automatic bids March 4 at the ACC Championship including junior Dom Forys (133), redshirt freshman Taleb Rahmani (157), sophomore TeShan Campbell and redshirt junior Ryan Solomon (285). Forys, Rahmani and Campbell all earned individual titles, while Solomon placed third.


Forys and Solomon will be making their third trip to the NCAA Championships, becoming the 34th and 35th Panthers to be three-time NCAA qualifiers. That list includes all three current coaches in Drew Headlee, Matt Kocher and Tyler Nauman.


The last time Pitt sent four wrestlers to the national stage was in 2009, a group that featured current assistant coach Tyler Nauman (141), as well as Jimmy Conroy (133), Ethan Headlee (165) and Zach Sheaffer (285).


Tickets for the 2017 NCAA Championships may be purchased online here.


Below is a breakdown of Pitt’s four NCAA qualifiers:


Dom Forys | 133 Pounds | Jr. | Pittsburgh, Pa.

Overall: 19-1 | Tournament: 8-0 | Dual: 11-1 | ACC: 3-0 | vs. Ranked: 5-1

- Three-time NCAA qualifier (2017, 2016, 2015)

- 2017 ACC Champion – entered as No. 1 seed … 2016 ACC runner-up … 2015 3rd place at ACCs

- Two-time All-ACC Wrestling Team selection

- Four-time ACC Wrestler of the Week, including twice this season

- Three-time Keystone Classic Champion

- Ranked as high as No. 7 individually by InterMat … ranked No. 8 in all NCAA Coaches’ Panel rankings

- Leads the team in major decisions (6)


Notable 2016-17 Wins:

Nov. 6, 2016: Opened the season with a 10-6 decision over then-ranked No. 13 Cameron Kelly of Ohio.

Nov. 18, 2016: Dominated Lehigh’s then-ranked 18th wrestler Scott Parker, 9-4.

Feb. 3, 2017: Picked up a 19-6 major decision over NC State’s Jamal Morris, who was then ranked No. 14. Forys and Morris had previously met a year ago at NCAAs, which resulted in Forys pinning Morris in 5:38.

Feb. 10, 2017: Defeated Iowa State’s Earl Hall, a two-time All-American, in a 6-2 decision. Hall was responsible for knocking Forys out of the NCAA Championships a year ago in the Round of 12.

March 4, 2017: Earned his fourth all-time win over NC State’s Jamal Morris as Forys earned the 133-pound ACC Championship title in a 5-0 decision.


Taleb Rahmani | 157 Pounds | RS-Fr. | Marysville, Ohio

Overall: 23-6 | Tournament: 15-3 | Dual: 7-3 | ACC: 2-1 | vs. Ranked: 4-1

- 2017 NCAA qualifier

- 2017 ACC Champion – entered as the No. 3 seed

- 2017 All-ACC Wrestling Team

- Has pinned 10 opponents this season, placing him in the top 10 in program history with single-season falls

- His fastest fall occurred in 55 seconds over Dayton Garrett of West Virginia in a Dec. 11, 2017 dual with the Mountaineers

- Wrestled in his first career dual match Dec. 5, 2017 at Oklahoma State where he fell short 12-10 to Jonce Blaylock

- Finished third at the Keystone Classic

- Leads the Panthers in wins (23) and falls (10)


Notable 2016-17 Wins:

Feb. 12, 2017: Earned his first win over a ranked opponent in a Virginia dual over No. 19 Andrew Atkinson in sudden victory, 10-8.

Feb. 18, 2017: Pinned Duke’s Jake Faust in 2:34

March 4, 2017: Defeated NC State’s Thomas Bullard, ranked No. 21, in the semifinals of the ACC Championship, 4-2. Rahmani suffered a 9-7 sudden victory loss to Bullard in the Feb. 3 NC State dual.

March 4, 2017: Downed the No. 1 seed, Sal Mastriani of Virginia Tech, in a 13-5 major decision to claim the ACC title.


TeShan Campbell | 165 Pounds | So. | Pittsburgh, Pa.

Overall: 20-2 | Tournament: 5-1 | Dual: 15-1 | ACC: 4-0 | vs. Ranked: 3-2

- Two-time NCAA qualifier (2017, 2016)

- 2017 ACC Champion – entered as No. 1 seed

- 2017 All-ACC Wrestling Team selection

- 2016 Keystone Classic runner-up

- Ranks seventh amongst Division I wrestlers with eight technical falls this season (34:01)

- Won by technical fall in five straight matches (Jan. 14-Jan. 21)

- Contributed 62 total dual points at 165 pounds … the highest of any weight class

- Started every dual this season at 165 pounds

- Ranks No. 9 in the NCAA Coaches’ Panel rankings … ranked as high as No. 11 by InterMat


Notable 2016-17 Wins:

Nov. 6, 2016: Pinned then-ranked No. 19 Austin Reese of Ohio in 2:10 at the Mountaineer Duals … Campbell was unranked at the time.

Nov. 13, 2016: Won in a 9-6 decision over Edinboro’s Austin Matthews who was then ranked No. 11.

Nov. 18, 2016: Recorded his fastest technical fall of the season in 2:44 as he downed Lehigh’s Drew Long, 16-1.

March 4, 2017: Captured the ACC title after a 7-0 decision over NC State’s Brian Hamann.


Ryan Solomon | 285 Pounds | RS-Jr. | Milton, Pa.

Overall: 17-4 | Tournament: 6-2 | Dual: 11-2 | ACC: 4-1 | vs. Ranked: 6-3

- Three-time NCAA qualifier (2017, 2016, 2015)

- Three-time third place finisher at the ACC Championship

- Two-time Keystone Classic runner-up

- Two-time ACC Wrestler of the Week

- Ranks No. 15 in the NCAA Coaches’ Panel rankings


Notable 2016-17 Wins:

Nov. 13, 2016: Lifted the Panthers to victory in a dual versus Edinboro after pinning then-ranked No. 11 Billy Miller in 2:58.

Feb. 3, 2017: Defeated NC State’s Mike Kosoy, then-ranked No. 21, in overtime, 5-2.

Feb. 10, 2017: Recorded a 3-2 decision over Iowa State’s Quean Smith, then-ranked No. 29, in the Iowa State dual.

Feb. 18, 2017: Upset then-ranked No. 3 Jacob Kasper of Duke in a 4-3 decision in the Duke dual. Solomon snapped Kasper’s 20-match win streak, handing him his second loss of the season.

March 4, 2017: Claimed third place at the ACC Championship after defeating Cory Daniel of North Carolina in a 5-3 decision.


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Subject: Article: Green Wins Gold in Ukraine
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Courtesy Nate Olsen/Nebraska Communications
James Green was one of 11 American wrestlers to make the trip to Ukraine.
Green Wins Gold in Ukraine
Courtesy NU Athletic Communications
Tue, March 07, 2017
Kiev, Ukraine - Former Husker James Green captured the 70 kg freestyle gold medal in the 2017 Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial over the weekend.

Green defeated Rashytkhanau Surho (Belarus), Nurykau Azamat (Belarus) and Rashidi Hamed (Iran) en route to the title. Green, a four-time All-American at Nebraska, was one of 11 American wrestlers to make the trip to Ukraine.




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Subject: 174-Pounder Jordan Pagano Qualifies for NCAA Championships
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174-Pounder Jordan Pagano Qualifies for NCAA Championships

Rutgers to send seven wrestlers to NCAAs next week in St. Louis


PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March 7, 2017) – Redshirt sophomore 174-pounder Jordan Pagano has received an at-large qualifying bid for the 2017 NCAA Championships from March 16-18 in St. Louis. With Pagano qualifying, Rutgers wrestling will now have seven Scarlet Knights at nationals.


2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Qualifiers


“Our program is excited for Jordan,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “The season he put together allows this opportunity. He needs to put the Big Ten behind him and understand that this is another opportunity for him. He needs to take advantage of it and not just be excited to be in the tournament.”


Pagano (26-10) went 2-3 at last weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Indiana, where the Scarlet Knights had six placewinners and tallied 67.5 team points to tie Wisconsin for eighth place. Junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault became the program’s second wrestler in its history to secure multiple conference championships after he defeated Michigan State’s Javier Gasca by major decision for his second consecutive Big Ten title.


Pagano punches his first ticket to nationals. The South Brunswick, New Jersey, native owns a 42-21 record in two seasons with the Scarlet Knights and was third on the team with 26 overall victories this season.


2017 NCAA Championships Qualifiers

133 Pounds – Scott DelVecchio **

141 Pounds – Anthony Ashnault ***

149 Pounds – Ken Theobold **

157 Pounds – John Van Brill *

174 Pounds – Jordan Pagano *

184 Pounds – Nicholas Gravina **

197 Pounds – Matthew Correnti *


*denotes number of NCAA qualifying bids in Rutgers career


Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding Rutgers wrestling, follow the program on Twitter (@RUWrestling) and Instagram (@RUWrestling). Fans can receive timely information, including special offers and giveaways throughout the year on our social media outlets along with www.ScarletKnights.com.


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Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:23 AM
Subject: Article: Wrestling Heads to St. Louis for NCAA Tournament
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Courtesy Tim Cowie
Appalachian State University wrestling will send four wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship on Thursday, March 16.
Wrestling Heads to St. Louis for NCAA Tournament
Courtesy Appalachian State Sports Information
Tue, March 14, 2017
BOONE, N.C. — Fourstudent-athletes will represent Appalachian State University wrestling on the biggest collegiate stage on Thursday when they battle in St. Louis for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship.

The Mountaineers had three wrestlers qualify by winning their respective weight class in the 2017 Southern Conference tournament and one wrestler qualify as an at-large candidate.

Appalachian is represented by seniors Denzel Dejournette at the heavyweight and Vito Pasone at the 125-pound division. The Black and Gold will also have sophomore Matt Zovistoski at 149 pounds and freshman 133-pounder Colby Smith.

Two-time SoCon Wrestler of the Year Dejournette went 23-5 to go along with both him and App State going undefeated in SoCon play at 6-0 and 7-0, respectively. Dejournette had 10 bonus point victories and two seven-match win streaks on the season. The senior was also named SoCon Wrestler of the Year this year. His 106 career victories rank him fifth all-time. In the conference tournament, he made quick work of his opponents, getting a 30-second pin to start things off before a 20-4 technical fall put him in the championship match where he won 7-4.

Zovistoski finished the season with a 23-8 record, including eight bonus point victories before being the champion at 149 pounds in the SoCon Tournament. He began with a 12-0 major decision over Joby Armenta of Gardner-Webb before narrowly defeating Ben Barton of Campbell with a 2-1 decision. Zovistoski then faced SIUE’s John Fahy for the first place batter where App State got the 6-5 decision victory.

SoCon all-conference selectionPasone went 14-7 on the season and 10-3 in duals – undefeated in league action. This year, the senior has seven bonus point victories, including a string of three straight over a group that included nationally ranked opponents. His 88 career victories place him eighth all-time at Appalachian. Pasone fell to Campbell’s Nathan Kraisser, 16-1, before he was able to battle back to blast Gardner-Webb’s Landon LoAlbo with a 20-7 major decision before defeating Alonzo Allen in an 18-1 technical fall in the third-place match.

Conference all-freshman selection Smith finished the regular season with an impressive 24 wins (14 bonus point victories) and only eight losses, going 13-3 in duals. He started off the conference tournament with a 9-1 major decision before getting another major decision when he defeated Jonathan Ryan of Campbell, 12-1, to get to the first place bout. The freshman would fall to Chattanooga’s Chris Debian 7-4 in double overtime to finish second overall.

The NCAA Tournament begins Thursday, March 16 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.

2017 DI WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULEThursday, March 16 Time - Event - Location
10 a.m. - Gates open - Scottrade Center
11 a.m. - Session I - Scottrade Center
2 - 6 p.m. - NCAA Fan Festival - St. Louis Union Station
4:30 p.m. - Gates Open - Scottrade Center
6 p.m. - Session II - Scottrade Center

Friday, March 17Time - Event - Location
9 a.m. - Gates Open - Scottrade Center
10 a.m. - Session III - Scottrade Center
1 - 6:30 p.m. - NCAA Fan Festival - St. Louis Union Station
5:30 p.m. - Gates open - Scottrade Center
7 p.m. - Session IV - Scottrade Center

Saturday, March 18Time - Event - Location
9 a.m. - Gates open - Scottrade Center
10 a.m. - Session V - Scottrade Center
Noon - 6:30 p.m. - NCAA Fan Festival - St. Louis Union Station
5:30 p.m. - Gates open - Scottrade Center
6:35 - 6:50 p.m. - Parade of All-Americans Scottrade Center
7 p.m. - Session VI - Scottrade Center





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Four Broncs Compete at Nationals Thursday-Saturday
Courtesy Matt St. Onge
Tue, March 14, 2017

Courtesy Peter G. Borg (Rider University)

ST. LOUIS, MO - With the EWL Championships closed and the at-large qualifiers announced, the dust has settled and the Broncs have qualified four wrestlers for the 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. Live video coverage will be provided on the ESPN family of networks, ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app.

The Broncs left the EWL Championships with three qualifiers. These qualifications were given to their three EWL champions, juniors at 157 and 165 B.J. Clagon (Toms River, NJ/Toms River HS South), Chad Walsh (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic), and senior 197 Ryan Wolfe (New Castle, DE/Caravel Academy).

During the at-large selection process, one Bronc managed to hit the selection lottery with Michale Fagg-Daves (Somerset, NJ/Franklin) receiving a bid at 184 pounds for his third place finish at EWLs.

While the Broncs may not be seeing great quantity, they make up for the lack of wrestlers with great quality. The Broncs drew two top 10 seeds with Walsh seeded 5th overall at 165 and Wolfe seeded 8th at 197. Clagon and Fagg-Daves are both unseeded.

Clagon carries a tough draw at 157 pounds, being placed in the bracket’s single pigtail match against Colt Shorts of Cal Poly. Clagon must win this match in order to continue wrestling, as losing a pigtail eliminates you from the tournament. If Clagon were to win, he’d draw 8th-seeded Jake Short of Minnesota in the round of 32.

Walsh’s 5th seed set him up against unseeded Johnny Sebastian of Northwestern, where a victory will reward him with a possible rematch against Edinboro’s Austin Matthews for the third time this year. Walsh lost to Matthews in last year’s EWL finals, but has defeated him in both their meetings this year including for the 2017 EWL title.

Fagg-Daves is the only qualifier this year on his first trip to NCAA’s, and will have to learn on the fly with a tough round one matchup against 2016 NCAA finalist and 7th seed at 184 pounds T.J. Dudley of Nebraska.

Wolfe will begin his quest for an NCAA title with Jacob Holschlag of the University of Northern Iowa. Wolfe would draw two-time NCAA champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’Den Cox of Missouri if seeds were to hold through the round of eight.

Wrestling starts at the Scottrade Center Thursday morning with the first matches being kicked off at 11 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET, while All-American matches at the championship finals will take place on Saturday.




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Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 1:28 PM
Subject: Brown Wrestling’s LaFragola, Pawelski, Viruet, Keeley Take Home All-Ivy
To: Nicholas Dow <nicholas_dow@brown.edu>




For Immediate Release:

From Brown University Athletic Communications

March 14, 2017



Brown Wrestling’s LaFragola, Pawelski, Viruet, Keeley Take Home All-Ivy



Release Link: http://brownbears.com/sports/m-wrestl/2016-17/releases/20170314o5qyxd



PRINCETON, N.J. – Sophomore 184-pounder CJ LaFragola and freshman 133-pounder Jimmy Pawelski have earned Second Team All-Ivy honors while sophomore 165-pounder Jon Viruet and freshman 125-pounder Trey Keeley have gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy accolades, the Ivy League conference office announced on Tuesday afternoon.



A native of Little Egg Harbor, N.J., LaFragola will make his debut at the NCAA Championships on Thursday after taking a major step forward in his second season. He tied for first on the team in dual wins (11) and ranked second for the Bears in total wins (24), dual EIWA wins (nine), and dual points (35). LaFragola notched a 4-1 record in Ivy duals.



Pawelski, a native of Park Ridge, Ill., represented Brown well as a rookie posting 18 wins, a 3-2 mark in Ivy duals, six dual wins, 28 dual points, two technical falls, and two pins.



A resident of Springfield, Mass., Viruet enjoyed an outstanding second-year campaign for the Bears, leading the team in wins (28), major decisions (eight), dual wins (11), dual EIWA wins (nine), dual points (47), and dual major decisions (four). Viruet went 4-1 in Ivy duals and placed sixth at the EIWA Championships.



Keeley, a resident of Washington, Ill., made an impact as a first-year totaling 15 wins, five dual wins, and 17 dual points while going 2-3 in Ivy duals.



LaFragola will continue his season at the NCAA Championships from Thursday, March 16 to Sunday, March 18 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.



2016-17 WRESTLING ALL-IVY & POSTSEASON AWARDS



WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

*Gabe Dean, Cornell (Sr., 184 – Lowell, Mich.)



ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

*Matthew Kolodzik, Princeton (Fr., 141 – Bellbrook, Ohio)



CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR

Rob Koll, Cornell

Chris Ayres, Princeton



FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY

*Noah Baughman, Cornell (Fr., 125 – Doylestown, Ohio)

*Pat D’Arcy, Princeton (So., 133 – Galloway, N.J.)

*Matthew Kolodzik, Princeton (Fr., 141 – Bellbrook, Ohio)

*Jordan Laster, Princeton (Sr., 149 – Bolingbrook, Ill.)

Mike D’Angelo, Princeton (So., 157 – Commack, N.Y.)

*Brandon Womack, Cornell (So., 165 – Scottsboro, Ala.)

*Brian Realbuto, Cornell (Sr., 174 – Somers, N.Y.)

*Gabe Dean, Cornell (Sr., 184 – Lowell, Mich.)

Frank Mattiace, Penn (Sr., 197 – Montville, N.J.)

*Garrett Ryan, Columbia (Jr., 285 – Scottsdale, Ariz.)



SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY^

Ty Agaisse, Princeton (Fr., 125 – Warren, N.J.)

Jimmy Pawelski, Brown (Fr., 133 – Park Ridge, Ill.)

AJ Jaffe, Harvard (Fr., 141 – St. Charles, Ill.)

Jon Furnas, Cornell (So., 149 – Powell, Ohio)

Hunter Ladnier, Harvard (Fr., 149 – Rocky River, Ohio)

May Bethea, Penn (Jr., 157 – Trenton, N.J.)

Ty White, Columbia (Jr., 165 – North Bomoseen, Vt.)

Casey Kent, Penn (Sr., 174 – Norristown, Pa.)

CJ LaFragola, Brown (So., 184 – Little Egg Harbor, N.J.)

Brett Harner, Princeton (Sr., 197 – Norristown, Pa.)

Ray O’Donnell, Princeton (Sr., 285 – Bethlehem, Pa.)



HONORABLE MENTION

Trey Keeley, Brown (Fr., 125 – Washington, Ill.)

Carl Antrassian, Penn (Fr., 133 – La Salle, Mich.)

Jacob Macalolooy, Columbia (Jr., 141 – Union City, Calif.)

Taylor Simaz, Cornell (Sr., 157 – Fennville, Mich.)

Jon Viruet, Brown (So., 165 – Springfield, Mass.)

Jonathan Schleifer, Princeton (Jr., 174 – East Brunswick, N.J.)

Joe Heyob, Penn (Jr., 184 - Cincinnati)

Ben Honis, Cornell (So., 197 – Syracuse, N.Y.)

Craig Scott, Cornell (Sr., 285 – Palmyra, N.Y.)



*-unanimous selection

^second team expanded to 11 due to ties in the voting



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Subject: VT Wrestling: Dance, Hokies seek another big finish at NCAA Championships
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Dance, Hokies seek another big finish at NCAA Championships
The Tech senior enters the tournament with a 25-1 mark and is ready to rebound from his past two NCAA appearances
Read the story
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http://www.hokiesports.com/wrestling/recaps/20170314aaa.html


By Jimmy Robertson

BLACKSBURG – Winter Storm Stella altered the travel plans up and down the East Coast, and those of the Virginia Tech wrestling team were of no exception. Her rain, sleet and snow forced the Tech contingent to spend Monday night in Charlotte, North Carolina before flying to St. Louis on Tuesday to get ready for the NCAA Wrestling Championships, which commence Thursday at noon.

The changes didn’t bother the Hokies. The seven wrestlers who qualified are more than ready to get the competition started – none more so than senior Joey Dance.

Dance, who enters Thursday’s first-round action with a sterling 25-1 record and a No. 2 ranking in his weight class by Intermat, already rates as one of the greatest wrestlers in program history. He became one of just five wrestlers to win three ACC championships when he claimed the 125-pound crown on March 3. His 109 wins stand 10th on Tech’s all-time list. He earned All-America honors as a freshman in 2014, becoming the first Tech wrestler to do so as a freshman.

Yet the past two NCAA appearances haven’t gone as one might have expected.

A year ago, he entered as the No. 2 seed at 125, but was upset 5-3 in the second round by No. 15 seed David Terao of American University and then lost 4-3 in the consolation round to Old Dominion’s Brandon Jeske. In 2015, he fell 7-5 in sudden victory in the quarterfinals to Iowa’s Thomas Gilman and then lost 3-1 in sudden victory to Conor Youtsey of Michigan.

He missed out on earning All-America honors both years, as the top eight in each weight class receive such recognition.

“I feel like at the last two NCAAs that I was too worried about losing,” Dance said in a recent interview. “I was out there not moving around too much and not trying to score a lot of points because I was so worried and so stressed out about losing the match.

“Now, if I just go out there and have fun and let the fur fly, then I can put up the points and not have to worry about winning 3-2 or 4-2. Just go out there and score points.”

So far this season, that is exactly what he has been doing. Fourteen of his 25 wins have been of the bonus variety. He won the prestigious Cliff Keen tournament out in Las Vegas in early December and then he won the Virginia Duals in dominating fashion in mid-January.

At the Virginia Duals, he won his first two matches by technical fall and then he beat North Dakota State’s Josh Rodriguez – who is currently ranked No. 7 in the nation – by a score of 5-3. In the finals, he pinned Oklahoma’s Christian Moody.

Three bonus-point wins in four matches are exactly the type of commanding performances any wrestler wants.

“I had a slow start [to the season]. I wasn’t winning matches by a big amount,” Dance said. “Then I went into the Virginia Duals with a different attitude. I realized that this is my senior year, and this is my last shot at really going after a national title. I looked at it that way and really just let it all fly and scored a lot of points.

“If I wrestle the same way I wrestled at the Virginia Duals, where I’m moving a lot and throwing a lot of fakes in there and getting guys to react to what I’m doing, then that’s when I’m at my best.”

Dance expects to be wrestling in the finals of his weight class on Saturday night. Of course, every wrestler harbors those same thoughts, but Dance went 10-1 against the 125-pound field this season, with the lone loss coming against Lehigh’s Darian Cruz, who is seeded fourth in the Championships.

The road, though, will not be easy. He faces a potential rematch with Youtsey in the second round, though he owns a win over Youtsey, having beaten him last year at the National Duals. Also, No. 3 seed Nick Suriano of Penn State sits on Dance’s side of the bracket, and if the bracket goes all chalk, then a rematch with Gilman and his 27-0 record await in the finals. Dance has beaten Gilman in the past – 3-1 in sudden victory at the Midlands Championships two seasons ago.

Survive and advance, however, needs to be the mantra both for Dance and the Hokies. All seven qualifiers were seeded, with Ty Walz being a No. 3 seed at heavyweight and both Zach Epperly (174 pounds) and Jared Haught (197 pounds) being No. 4 seeds. Zack Zavatsky was seeded fifth at 184 pounds, while Sal Mastriani came in 15th at 157.

Led mostly by these seven, the team spent nearly all season ranked in the top 10, much of it in the top five. The group knows how to win.

“Up and down the lineup, we have a lot of great guys,” Dance said. “We’re a big family. It’s really good if I go out there and get things started. If I do well, then they’ll see that and think, ‘OK, it’s time to get going. Joey did well, and I need to one-up him.’ We’ll try to out-do each other.

“I think this is the best team we’ve had. We could be a national championship team this year. I really do believe that. We have some guys that could sneak in there.”

Tech’s wrestling program has finished in the top 11 at the NCAA Championships for five consecutive years and in the top 10 on four straight occasions. It finished a program-best fourth a year ago.

Dance and the Hokies still want more. Despite Stella’s meddling, that road begins Thursday at noon.

 

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dow, Nicholas<nicholas_dow@brown.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:54 AM
Subject: Brown Wrestling’s LaFragola Prepared for NCAA Championships
To: Nicholas Dow <nicholas_dow@brown.edu>




For Immediate Release:

From Brown University Athletic Communications

March 15, 2017



Brown Wrestling’s LaFragola Prepared for NCAA Championships



Release Link: http://brownbears.com/sports/m-wrestl/2016-17/releases/20170315ht3tij



PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore 184-pounder CJ LaFragola will represent Brown University wrestling at the 2017 NCAA Championships from Thursday to Saturday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., as he makes his debut at the national tournament.



FOLLOW THE BEARS

Live Video: WatchESPN (Schedule Below)

Live Results: TrackWrestling

Press of Atlantic City: Preview of LaFragola’s Trip to NCAAs

On Twitter: @Brown_Wrestling | @BrownAthletics

On Facebook: Brown Wrestling | Brown University Athletics

On Instagram:brown_wrestling|brownathletics

Via Hashtag:#Rhode2STL|#GoBruno



THE MATCHUP

A native of Little Egg Harbor, N.J., LaFragola will make his debut at the NCAA Championships and will face No. 16 seed Jordan Ellingwood (26-8) of Central Michigan in the round of 32. The winner of that match-up will square off with the winner of No. 1 seed Gabriel Dean (30-0) of Cornell and Michael Coleman (21-6) of Navy in the round of 16 while the losers will proceed to the wrestlebacks.



SOPHOMORE STANDOUT

LaFragola took a major step forward in his second season, tying for first on the team in dual wins (11) and ranking second for the Bears in total wins (24), dual EIWA wins (nine), and dual points (35).



A product of St. Joseph High School, LaFragola won his weight class at the Franklin & Marshall Open and closed the regular season with wins in each of his last six bouts and 11 of his last 13 matches.



THE BEARS AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

In its program history, Brown has garnered four All-Americans – J. Dana Eastham in 1953, Willie Carpenter in 1996, Tivon Abel in 1998, and Ophir Bernstein in 2014.



LAFRAGOLA AGAINST THE FIELD

LaFragola carries three wins over two wrestlers in the NCAA field. He has defeated Joe Heyob of Penn twice and also holds a victory over Michael Fagg-Daves of Rider. He was also within a takedown of tying a trio of NCAA wrestlers in Binghamton’s Steven Schneider (twice), Bucknell’s Garrett Hoffman, and Drexel’s Alexander DeCiantis. LaFragola notched a 21-4 record against opponents not competing in the NCAA Championships.



CJ LaFragola (3-9)

Lost to Steven Schneider (Binghamton), Dec. 5-3, on Nov. 13

Lost to Nathan Jackson (Indiana), TF 20-2, on Nov. 19

Lost to Garrett Hoffman (Bucknell), Dec. 6-4, on Nov. 19

Lost to Michael Macchiavello (NC State), Fall 2:01, on Dec. 4

Lost to Mitch Sliga (Northwestern), Dec. 9-6, on Dec. 29

Beat Joe Heyob (Penn), Medical Forfeit, on Jan. 7

Lost to Dakota Geer (Edinboro), MD 14-1, on Jan. 14

Beat Michale Fagg-Daves (Rider), Dec. 9-5, on Jan. 14

Lost to Steven Schneider (Binghamton), Dec. 2-0, on Jan. 27

Lost to Gabriel Dean (Cornell), Fall 1:41, on Jan. 28

Beat Joe Heyob (Penn), Dec. 3-2, on Feb. 4

Lost to Alexander DeCiantis (Drexel), Dec. 3-1, on Mar. 3



ALL-IVY HONOREES

LaFragola and freshman Jimmy Pawelski (Park Ridge, Ill.) both earned Second Team All-Ivy honors while sophomore Jon Viruet (Springfield, Mass.) and freshman Trey Keeley (Washington, Ill.) both took home Honorable Mention All-Ivy, the Ivy League announced on Tuesday. LaFragola and Viruet each went 4-1 in Ivy duals.



ESPN COVERAGE

ESPN will provide live coverage of every match for the fourth straight year with views of all eight mats available via ESPN3. ESPN will broadcast the evening sessions while ESPNU will carry coverage of the morning sessions.



Television Schedule

Day Date Time (ET) Session Network

Thu. Mar. 16 Noon-3:30 p.m. First Round ESPNU

7:00-10:30 p.m. Second Round ESPN

Fri. Mar. 17 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Third Round – Quarterfinals ESPNU

8-11 p.m. Fourth Round – Semifinals ESPN

Sat. Mar. 18 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Fifth Session – Medal Round ESPNU

8-11 p.m. Sixth Session – Champ. Finals ESPN



ESPN3 Schedule

Day Date Time (ET) Session No. of Mats

Thu. Mar. 16 Noon-3:30 p.m. First Session Eight

7-10:30 p.m. Second Session Eight

Fri. Mar. 17 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Third Session – Quarterfinals Eight

8-11 p.m. Fourth Session – Semifinals Six

Sat. Mar. 18 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Fifth Session – Medal Round Three

8-11 p.m. “Off the Mat” – Champ. Finals One



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Nick Dow
Athletic Communications Assistant
Brown University
Email: nicholas_dow@brown.edu
Office: 401-863-6069
Cell: 781-812-7991

 

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m: Basford, Michael<basford.16@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:33 AM
Subject: WR: Snyder a Finalist for AAU James E. Sullivan Award
To:




March 15, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ohio State wrestling contact:
Mike Basford / basford.16@osu.edu

WR: Snyder a Finalist for AAU James E. Sullivan AwardOlympic champion seeks second NCAA title this weekend

RELATED INFO: Vote Snyder | Snyder Bio | WATCH: Snyder wins second B1G title | Follow the Buckeyes on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram


COLUMBUS, Ohio – After being announced as a semifinalist for the prestigious AAU James E. Sullivan Award last week, Big Ten, NCAA and Olympic champion Kyle Snyder is now a finalist and will attend the awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 11 at the New York Athletic Club in New York City.


The AAU Sullivan Award has been presented annually since 1930 to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Representatives from the AAU created the Sullivan Award with the intent to recognize contributions and achievements across the country of amateur athletes.


“I’m really honored to be a finalist for the 87th AAU James E. Sullivan Award,” said Snyder. “This award has been presented to some of the greatest athletes of all time, athletes that not only have reached the top of their game, but also competed with great character. I work extremely hard to be a leader in my sport and I am very humbled to be considered for such a prestigious prize.”


Fans can vote for Snyder starting today (Wednesday, March 15), through next Wednesday, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. Click here to vote Snyder: bit.ly/AAUSullivanAward2017


Snyder added a second Big Ten title at 285 lbs. to his two weeks ago, topping previously undefeated and second-ranked Connor Medbery of Wisconsin, 8-5. His win helped the Buckeyes win their second team title in the past three years. This weekend, he is the top seed at the NCAA Championships and is seeking his second consecutive title.


A junior from Woodbine, Md., Snyder is 12-0 this year and 10 of those wins coming by bonus points. Dating back to last season, he’s won 23 consecutive collegiate matches and averaged over 15 points per match with five falls, eight technical falls and five major decisions. In one of the most memorable championships matches in NCAA history, he ended Nick Gwiazdowski’s 88-match win streak in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden.


On the international scene, Snyder won the gold medal at 97kg last August in the Rio Games, becoming the youngest gold medalist in U.S. wrestling history and first active Ohio State student-athlete to win an Olympic championship since Jerry Lucas (basketball) in 1960. Most recently, he won the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia, regarded as the toughest Open international freestyle event of the year.


Only three wrestlers have ever won the James E. Sullivan Award, Olympic champions John Smith (1990), Bruce Baumgartner (1995) and Rulon Gardner (2000).

#GoBucks#



MIKEBASFORD

Assistant Director | Ohio State Athletics Communications

Fawcett Center 6th floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, OH 43210


O 614.292.0134

C 908.892.8951

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basford.16@osu.edu@MikeBasford_OSU

OhioStateBuckeyes.com

THE PEOPLE. THE TRADITION. THE EXCELLENCE.

 

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicholas Reith <nbreith@umail.iu.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:26 PM
Subject: Indiana WR: It’s Here! NCAA Wrestling Championships Begin Tomorrow
To: "nbreith@indiana.edu" <nbreith@indiana.edu>




It’s Here! NCAA Wrestling Championships Begin Tomorrow

Four Hoosiers enter the greatest weekend of the wrestling season


Story Link | Brackets | Weekend Notes | WatchESPN | Schedule


March 15, 2017


ST. LOUIS – The best weekend in college wrestling is nearly upon us.

The Hoosiers enter four wrestlers to this year's installment at the Scottrade Center. Nate Jackson (184) leads the pack as Indiana's lone senior in the championships. Sophomore Elijah Oliver (125) joins Jackson for the second year running, as he was his travel partner from last season. Jake Danishek (157) and Devin Skatzka (174) double Indiana's travel party as first-time qualifiers this year.

The weekend is, as always, bound to be jam-packed with thrilling matchups, stunning upsets, and ultimately, 10 sets of hands raised as NCAA Champions. Let's see what the weekend has in store for the Hoosier wrestlers.
2017 NCAA Championships
March 16-18 • St. Louis, Mo. • Scottrade Center
First Round Matchups

125: Elijah Oliver (Indiana) vs. (8) Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State)
157: (Pigtail): Jake Danishek (Indiana) vs. (2) Michael Kemerer (Iowa)
174: Devin Skatzka (Indiana) vs. (2) Brian Realbuto (Cornell)
184: (8) Nate Jackson (Indiana) vs. Alex DeCiantis (Drexel)Last Time: Four Punch NCAA Tickets
The Hoosiers took advantage of a grand opportunity, hosting the Big Ten Championships at Indiana's Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, by qualifying four wrestlers to the ensuing NCAA Championships. Leading the way for Indiana were Nate Jackson (184) and Elijah Oliver (125), who took sixth-place finishes after reaching the championship semifinals.

Devin Skatzka (174) put on a show in the Carnegie Hall of college basketball. His seventh-place finish included a trio of wins and a near-upset of No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) in the quarterfinals.

The last to join the party was Jake Danishek (157) who secured two wins in his last two matches to take the final qualifying spot at his weight, winning the ninth-place match over Jake Ryan (Ohio State).

One More Chance
The Hoosier fans have eyes fixated on Nate Jackson's final NCAA tournament run, the third of his career. After a 3-2 showing as a sophomore, Jackson took the mat last season and made a marauding run to the semifinals, giving up zero takedowns in his first three bouts. A last-second takedown pushed No. 2 Bo Nickal (Penn State) past Jackson, who eventually finished in fifth-place with his first All-American Honors.

This year, Jackson is just one state removed from his hometown of Crete, Illinois, and will leave it all on the mat. He begins with Alex DeCiantis (Drexel). With a win, he would likely meet No. 8 Jack Dechow (ODU) for a possible spot against Hodge front-runner Gabe Dean (Cornell) in the championship quarterfinals.

Welcome to the NCAAs
Jake Danishek (157) and Devin Skatzka (174) will receive anything but a warm welcome in their first NCAA Championships. Both randomly drew into a first-round matchup against the second-seeded wrestler in their respective brackets.

For Skatzka, that's a showdown with No. 2 Brian Realbuto (Cornell). Realbuto is a two-time All-American and a finalist at 157 lbs. in 2014, but Skatzka hasn't wavered against top competition this season. It'll be his highest-ranked opponent of the season; recently, he faced No. 3 Bo Jordan and pushed the Buckeye to a 10-7 decision in Jordan's favor.

Danishek faces a rematch with No. 2 Michael Kemerer (Iowa), whose only two losses came from top-ranked Jason Nolf (Penn State). Kemerer won the last meeting in Bloomington with a 2:26 fall.

Back in Action
The Hoosiers' exciting lightweight, Elijah Oliver (125), makes his second appearance at the NCAA Championships as a sophomore. Last year, he cut his postseason teeth with a No. 16 seed, eventually bowing out with losses to No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) and Freddie Rodriguez (SIUE).

This year, he enters unseeded and draws No. 8 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State). Piccininni was one of the Cowboys' eight Big XII Champions and posted a 22-6 record in his first freshman season.

Watch Live with the Worldwide Leader
Once again, all of the NCAA Championships action will air live on the ESPN family of networks. The afternoon sessions (I, III, & V) will air live on ESPNU; the primetime sessions (II, IV, & VI) will be broadcast live on ESPN.

Additionally, every individual mat will stream live on ESPN3 and WatchESPN. Check the season schedule on IUHoosiers.com for links.

Back Points…
• Head coach Duane Goldman has now brought at least one wrestler to the NCAA Championships in all 25 seasons with Indiana. He has led 53 of those grapplers to 80 All-American honors.
• Nate Jackson leads the Hoosiers in total takedowns (130), riding time points awarded (14), and bonus point wins (18).
• Devin Skatzka (174) has a commanding team lead for the most pins this season with 10. He's scored two wins by fall against Big Ten grapplers.
• Indiana's NCAA Qualifiers by state: Illinois (Jackson, Oliver), Michigan (Skatzka), Ohio (Danishek).
• Four Hoosier alumni will be in St. Louis as coaches: Roger Chandler (Michigan State), Ryan LeBlanc (ast. Appalachian State), Joe Dubuque (ast. Princeton), and Angel Escobedo (ast. Iowa State).

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Media Relations Assistant
Indiana University Athletics
Primary Contact: Field Hockey,
Wrestling, Water Polo
C: 317-371-6079
Email: nbreith@indiana.edu

 

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From: Virginia Tech Athletics<webmaster@hokiesports.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 1:26 PM
Subject: VT Wrestling: No. 4 Hokies head to St. Louis for the NCAA Championship
To: wrestling_media@hokiesports.com


Wrestling
No. 4 Hokies head to St. Louis for the NCAA Championship
Seven grapplers will represent Tech at this year's national tournament
Read the story
- hokiesports.com to go



http://www.hokiesports.com/wrestling/recaps/20170315aaa.html


BLACKSBURG – With the ACC Dual Meet Championship and the ACC Tournament championship in their possession, the fourth-ranked Virginia Tech wrestling team now shifts their focus to the 2017 NCAA Championship! in St. Louis that will run from March 16-18 at the Scottrade Center.

All of the morning sessions will be broadcast live on ESPNU and all evening sessions will be shown live in primetime on ESPN. Every match and every mat will be broadcast on ESPNU, ESPN and the WatchESPN platforms.

Of the seven Hokies that traveled to St. Louis, five are returning All-Americans, including two-time All-Americans Ty Walz, a redshirt senior, and Zach Epperly, a redshirt junior. Senior Joey Dance, who is seeded second at 125 pounds, is the highest seeded Hokie while redshirt sophomore Solomon Chishko is seeded sixth at 149 pounds and redshirt senior Sal Mastriani is seeded 15th at 157. Redshirt sophomore Zack Zavatsky (No. 5, 184) and redshirt junior Jared Haught (No. 4, 197) round out the seeded Tech upperweights. Six of the eight grapplers that competed at nationals last year’s will hit the mats for the Hokies this weekend.

Last year, the Hokies pieced together a historic run at the NCAA Championships held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tech placed fourth, the highest finish in program history and best finish for an ACC program, and saw six wrestlers earn All-America honors, the most in school history.

LAST TIME OUT
• Thanks to the performances of six individual champions, the Hokies ripped through the field and took home the third ACC Tournament title in program history.
• Joey Dance (125), Solomon Chishko (149), Zach Epperly (174), Zack Zavatsky (184), Jared Haught (197) and Ty Walz (285) each won their weight classes.
• Dance became the fifth wrestler in program history while Zavatsky successfully defended his conference title at 184.
• It was the Hokies’ first ACC Tournament championship since 2014.
• Tech became the first team since the 2008 squad and only the second team in conference history to win both the ACC regular season and tournament championships in the same season.
• Tech’s 93 team points were followed by NC State final total of 64 points.

HOKIES RULE THE ACC
• Thanks to the performances of six individual champions, the Hokies ripped through the field and took home the third ACC Tournament title in program history.
• Joey Dance (125), Solomon Chishko (149), Zach Epperly (174), Zack Zavatsky (184), Jared Haught (197) and Ty Walz (285) each won their weight classes.
• Dance became the fifth wrestler in program history while Zavatsky successfully defended his conference title at 184.
• Redshirt junior Dennis Gustafson finished third at 141 and redshirt senior Sal Mastriani placed second.
• It was the Hokies’ first ACC Tournament championship since 2014.
• Tech became the first team since the 2008 squad and only the second team in conference history to win both the ACC regular season and tournament championships in the same season.
• Tech’s 93 team points were followed by NC State final total of 64 points.

SAL BOUNCES BACK
• Redshirt senior Sal Mastriani turned in a strong campaign in his final year in Blacksburg as he went on to post a 16-6 record and finished in the top 20 in the prominent individual rankings.
• The Towaco, N.J. native was a qualifier to the national tournament in 2015 but failed to qualify at last year’s NCAAs.
• This season, Mastriani finished sixth at the 2016 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite and earned a No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament.

 

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From: Jurich, Julie <jjurich@athletics.pitt.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 3:48 PM
Subject: @Pitt_WRES: Four Panthers Set for NCAA Championships
To:


Four Panthers Set for NCAA Championships

Dom Forys, Taleb Rahmani, TeShan Campbell and Ryan Solomon will represent Pitt


Match Notes | Brackets | Viewing Guide | Championship Central


PITTSBURGH – Four members of the 23rd-ranked Pitt wrestling team are set to compete in the 2017 NCAA Championships beginning Thursday, March 16 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.


The opening round, which will feature eight mats, is set to begin at noon ET, while the preliminaries are slated to start at 7 p.m. ET.


Junior Dom Forys (133), redshirt freshman Taleb Rahmani (157), sophomore TeShan Campbell (165) and redshirt junior Ryan Solomon (285) will represent Pitt at the Championships.


EVERY MAT, EVERY ROUND

All mats during each round and mats will be streamed live on ESPN3, while all prime-time championship matches will be broadcast live on ESPNU or ESPN. See below for the scheduled rounds and times (ET) on ESPNU/ESPN along with the ESPN3 link.


First Round: Noon – ESPNU – ESPN3

Second Round: 7 p.m. – ESPN – ESPN3

Third Round/Quarterfinals: 11 a.m. – ESPNU – ESPN3

Fourth Round/Semifinals: 8 p.m. – ESPN – ESPN3

Fifth Session/Medal Round: 11 a.m. – ESPNU – ESPN3

Championship Finals: 8 p.m. – ESPN – ESPN3

*Note: WatchESPN.com/WatchESPN/ESPN app will have links for individual mat feeds throughout the Championship


HOW THEY GOT HERE

- All four Panthers earned automatic qualifying spots out of the ACC Championship March 4 in Raleigh, N.C.

- Forys entered the Championship as the No. 1 seed at 133 pounds and needed to reach the finals in order to punch his ticket to St. Louis. In his first match, he picked up an 8-4 win over Virginia Tech’s Dennis Gustafson in the semifinals. The Pittsburgh native then faced familiar foe Jamal Morris of NC State where he won in a 5-0 decision en route to his first ACC title.

- Rahmani entered his first conference championship as the No. 3 seed and also just needed one win to secure his spot to NCAAs. The 157-pounder won his first match by major decision before avenging a regular season loss as he recorded a 4-2 win over NC State’s Thomas Bullard. In the finals, Rahmani made a statement by picking up a 13-5 major decision over top-seeded Sal Mastriani of Virginia Tech.

- Campbell’s situation at 165 pounds was nearly identical to Forys: entered as the No. 1 seed and needed to reach the finals to earn an automatic qualification. The Pittsburgh native received a first round bye before cruising to a 12-4 decision over Virginia’s Ray Bethea. In the finals, the sophomore captured his first ACC title after shutting out NC State’s Brian Hamann, 7-0.

- Although placing third at the Championship, Solomon was one of four heavyweights to earn an automatic bid out of the ACC. The Milton, Pa., native, started the day strong winning by technical fall, 17-1, over Virginia’s Tyler Love, but was unable to hold off Duke’s Jacob Kasper in sudden victory. Solomon worked his way to the podium after defeating NC State’s Mike Kosoy, 2-0, and posting a 5-3 decision over North Carolina’s Cory Daniel.


MARCH TO THE ARCH

- The NCAA Championships return to St. Louis for the eighth time and last hosted in 2015.

- The 2015 Championships saw Pitt’s 174-pounder Tyler Wilps earn a runner-up finish.

- St. Louis first hosted in 2000. Iowa and Iowa State took the top two places that year, respectively.

- The Scottrade Center is home to the St. Louis Blues NHL team, which first opened its doors in 1994, seats 22,000 people.


PANTHERS IN THE CORNERS

- Pitt’s current coaching staff is made up of three alumni and are among some familiar faces in St. Louis as five other former Panthers will be coaching at this year’s NCAA Championships:

- Pat Santoro, Head Coach at Lehigh / Pitt, ‘89 – Pitt’s only four-time All-American and is a two-time national champion

- Keith Gavin, Assistant Coach at Oklahoma / Pitt, ‘08 – Pitt’s last national champion (2008), two-time All-American

- Zack Sheaffer, Assistant Coach at Drexel / Pitt, ’09 – All-American and three-time NCAA qualifier

- Shelton Mack, Volunteer Assistant Coach at Virginia / Pitt, ’14 – Three-time NCAA qualifier

- Michael Gregory, Volunteer Assistant Coach at Harvard / Pitt, ’14


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Utah Valley Athletics <noreply@collegiateathleticnews.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 9:40 PM
Subject: UVU Wrestling | Dennison's run continues at NCAA Championships
To: dawvoice3@gmail.com

Dennison's run continues at NCAA Championship
3/16/2017 | Wrestling
ST. LOUIS, Missouri - Utah Valley University junior Dustin Dennison stayed alive at the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships with a pair of wins on Thursday night at Scottrade Center. Dennison will face Appalachian State senior Denzel Dejournette, the No. 9 seed, in Friday morning's session, which begins at 10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT and can be seen on ESPNU and ESPN3.com.

Freshman Tanner Orndorff (197 pounds) went 1-1 during the evening session, seeing his maiden run at the championships come to an end after finishing the day 1-2.

"I thought both guys wrestled well. They didn't wrestle intimidated at all, they looked fresh and solid throughout their matches," UVU head coach Greg Williams said.

Dennison (285 pounds) wrapped up Friday's action with a commanding 9-3 win over Joseph Goodhart of Drexel. Tied 2-2 in the second, Dennison took the lead with a takedown before riding out Goodhart for the rest of the period. He pulled away with a pair of takedowns in the third and capped it with riding time.

"He's (Dustin) been wrestling really well and has been very aggressive. He had a tough first-round draw but had a chance to win it and has looked really good in the last two matches," Williams said.

Wrestling simultaneously on neighboring mats early in Thursday's evening session, Orndorff and Dennison both staved off elimination, each garnering their first NCAA Tournament wins within moments of one another.

Orndorff survived a comeback attempt by Rutgers' Matt Correnti to win 11-6 while Dennison scored a late takedown to upend Zack Parker of Ohio, 3-1.

At 197 pounds, Orndorff took a commanding 8-0 lead before Correnti nearly erased the deficit with back points right before the end of the second period. Orndorff gave himself a cushion in the third and also accumulated 3:40 of riding time to pick up the win. Dennison was tied with Parker at 1-1 in the third before earning the win with the decisive takedown.

In his final match, Orndorff was locked in a 3-3 tie with 15th-seeded Ricky Robertson of Wisconsin before succumbing to a fall in the second period.

"I came in here expecting to win but it didn't go as I'd hoped. I made some mistakes but it's all part of the process. I'm just trying to learn from each of the losses and build for next year," Orndorff said.

 

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UNI Athletics Media Relations <unisid@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:19 PM
Subject: UNI Wrestling: 2 in Hunt for Title, 4 Still Alive in Consolations
To: Michelle Van Dorn <michelle.vandorn@uni.edu>




CONTACT: Michelle Van Dorn (michelle.vandorn@uni.edu / (319) 290-5301)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


story link: http://bit.ly/2mVro4T


brackets attached


No. 14 UNI wrestling at NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
March 16-18, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri • Scottrade Center


March 17 schedule (CT):

• 10 a.m.-1 p.m. quarterfinals (8 mats) – ESPNU http://es.pn/2lzz7T7
• 7-10 p.m. semifinals (6 mats) ESPN http://es.pn/2mLtIbO

March 18 schedule (CT):

• 10 a.m.-1 p.m. medal round (3 mats) – ESPNU http://es.pn/2meB76V
• 7-10 p.m. finals (1 mat) – ESPN http://es.pn/2meuUYA

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Two Panthers are still alive for an NCAA title at the national wrestling tournament, while four more are still in the hunt for third place.


The team was tied for 16th place after the first day.


Max Thomsen at 149 pounds and Drew Foster at 184 pounds are making the most of their national debut with two wins on the championship side of the bracket.


Foster avenged a loss to Virginia Tech’s No. 5 Zack Zavatsky with a 4-3 decision.


“I am really ecstatic, but I’m not done,” said Foster “It’s just one win. So basically, I take the five seed and keep climbing.”


He will have the chance to avenge another loss when he faces No. 5 Nolan Boyd of Oklahoma State. Boyd beat Foster, 10-5 before Foster was forced to sit out the rest of the tournament due to injury during that match.


“I think he is competing as well as I have ever seen him compete,” said head coach Doug Schwab. “It’s a testament to him and what he has done and the work he has put in. I am excited for that match tomorrow.”


Thomsen faced two opponents he had beaten earlier in the season.


“He’s attacking in big situations,” said Schwab.


He will face No. 15 Ken Theobold of Rutgers tomorrow. Theobold beat Thomsen 8-1 last year at Midlands when Thomsen competed unattached as a true freshman.


“Right now is the big dance, and when you’re wrestling upperclassmen, you know, this is some of their last chances at this tournament,” said Thomsen. “So they are coming at me hard, and I just need to keep on wrestling.”



CONSOLATIONS

Two-time All-American Dylan Peters (125 pounds) lost his first-round match to No. 4 Darian Cruz of Lehigh before bouncing back with two wins, including one that bumped Barlow McGhee of Missouri out of the tournament. McGhee beat Peters mid-February.


Peters was down 6-0 before taking down Sean Nickell of Bakersfield with an 8-7 decision to stay alive.


“He is fighting through it,” said Schwab. “You get down 6-0 in that match and it’s easy to bag it. How many guys got pinned this round? Guys were bagging it left and right. To have him have that kind of guts and fight, that’s the kind of kid he is. That’s why I am so proud of him and how he is fighting for this team.”


Peters has the chance to be UNI’s 10th Panther to earn three Division I All-America honors. He faces Buffalo’s Kyle Akins Friday.


After a first-round win by fall, Josh Alber fell to the 133-pound consolations with a 5-2 loss to No. 5 Stevan Micic. It will be a MAC Championship rematch for Alber, as he will face No. 23 Corey Keener of Central Michigan. Alber beat Keener 9-2 for third place at the MAC.


Bryce Steiert had a first-round win but was bumped to consolations by 165-pound MAC champion Daniel Lewis, who won 6-0. He will face Cole Walter of Lehigh, whom he beat 8-3 at the Southern Scuffle earlier this year.


At 174 pounds, Taylor Lujan looked to avenge a loss to No. 4 Zach Epperly of Virginia Tech, but Epperly edged him out, 5-2.


TEAM SCORES:



Team

Season Team

Abbr

Count

Points

1.


Penn State, PA

Penn State, PA (GET)

PSU

9

30.5

2.


Ohio State, OH

Ohio State, OH (GET)

OHST

9

26.0

3.


Oklahoma State, OK

Oklahoma State, OK (GET)

OKST

10

25.5

4.


Iowa, IA

Iowa, IA (GET)

IOWA

9

24.5

5.


Missouri, MO

Missouri, MO (GET)

MIZZ

8

20.0

6.


Cornell, NY

Cornell, NY (GET)

COR

6

19.0

7.


Minnesota, MN

Minnesota, MN (GET)

MINN

9

18.5

8.


Virginia Tech, VA

Virginia Tech, VA (GET)

VT

7

18.0

9.


Central Michigan, MI

Central Michigan, MI (GET)

CMU

9

14.5

10.


Lehigh, PA

Lehigh, PA (GET)

LEH

7

14.0

10.


Nebraska, NE

Nebraska, NE (GET)

NEB

7

14.0

12.


Arizona State, AZ

Arizona State, AZ (GET)

ASU

5

13.5

12.


Illinois, IL

Illinois, IL (GET)

ILL

7

13.5

12.


Wisconsin, WI

Wisconsin, WI (GET)

WISC

9

13.5

15.


Edinboro, PA

Edinboro, PA (GET)

EDIN

8

11.5

16.


Northern Iowa, IA

Northern Iowa, IA (GET)

UNI

7

11.0

16.


Rider, NJ

Rider, NJ (GET)

RID

4

11.0

18.


NC State, NC

North Carolina State, NC (GET)

NCST

10

10.0

18.


Old Dominion, VA

Old Dominion, VA (GET)

ODU

5

10.0

20.


Princeton, NJ

Princeton, NJ (GET)

PRIN

7

9.5




125 pounds: No. 22 Dylan Peters

March 16 #4 Darian Cruz Lehigh L 0:52 (F)

March 16 Barlow McGhee Missouri W 4-3

March 16 Sean Nickell Bakersfield W 8-7

March 17 #19 Kyle Akins Buffalo


133 pounds: No. 12 seed Josh Alber (ranked No. 11)

March 16 #25 Austin Eicher Michigan State W 2:23 (F)

March 16 #5 Stevan Micic Michigan L 5-2

March 17 #23 Corey Keener Central Michigan


149 pounds: No. 7 seed Max Thomsen (ranked No. 8)

March 16 #20 Matt Cimato Drexel W 2-1

March 16 #10 Laike Gardner Lehigh W 6-4

March 17 #15 Kenny Theobold Rutgers


165 pounds: No. 11 Bryce Steiert

March 16 Andrew Mendel Army W 6-5

March 16 #6 Daniel Lewis Missouri L 6-0

March 17 Cole Walter Lehigh


174 pounds: No. 13 Taylor Lujan

March 16 #28 Ryan Christensen Wisconsin W 6-1

March 16 #4 Zach Epperly Virginia Tech L 5-2


184 pounds: No. 12 Drew Foster

March 16 Robert Steveson Minnesota W 8-0 (MD)

March 16 #5 Zack Zavatsky Virginia Tech W 4-3

March 17 #4 Nolan Boyd Oklahoma State


197 pounds: No. 19 Jacob Holschlag - DNP

March 16 #8 Ryan Wolfe Rider L 9-4

March 16 Nate Rotert South Dakota St. L 4-1

 

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jurich, Julie <jjurich@athletics.pitt.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:08 PM
Subject: @Pitt_WRES: Session 2: Rahmani Returns to Win Column
To:




Session 2: Rahmani Returns to Win Column

Forys, Campbell, Solomon suffer losses, move to consolation brackets


Updated Brackets | Photo Gallery


ST. LOUIS – Redshirt freshman Taleb Rahmani defeated ACC-foe Andrew Atkinson of Virginia in the first round of consolations to survive and advance to another day of competition at the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.


The three Panthers competing in the round of 16 all dropped their matches, but will wrestle in the consolation rounds Friday morning looking to reach their eventual goal of All-America status.


Session 3 of the Championships is set to get underway at 11 a.m. ET and will feature quarterfinals and wrestlebacks. The Friday night session of semifinals and wrestlebacks starts at 8 p.m. ET.


SESSION 2 RECAP

Round of 16 - 133 pounds - Bryan Lantry (BUF) dec. Dom Forys (UP), 5-3

Forys fell behind late in the opening frame as Lantry took him down with under one minute to go. Starting on bottom, Forys quickly escaped to cut Lantry’s lead to 2-1. Forys then took a 3-2 lead late in the second off a takedown. Lantry started the third on bottom and escaped to tie it 3-3 with one minute to go. He then secured the win with a takedown with under 10 seconds on the clock.


Lantry handed Forys just his second loss of the season and snapped his 13-match win streak that began Jan. 14.


UP NEXT: Forys will face first-time opponent Austin Eicher of Michigan State.


Round of 16 - 165 pounds – Anthony Valencia (ASU) dec. TeShan Campbell (UP), 9-2

Campbell and Valencia got off to a slow start in the first period as Valencia took down Campbell about two minutes into the first. Campbell quickly escaped and trailed 2-1 entering the second where he would start on bottom. The sophomore tied it 2-2 after an escape, however neither wrestler would score any more points in the second. Campbell started the third on top and Valencia escaped to take a 3-2 lead. He extended his lead late in the third to what would be the final after a takedown and four nearfall points, 9-2.


The loss is Campbell’s third on the year and snapped his 14-match win streak.


UP NEXT: Campbell is set to face North Dakota State’s Andrew Fogarty for the first time.


Round of 16 – 285 pounds – Connor Medbery (WISC) dec. Ryan Solomon (UP), 5-0

Solomon suffered his first loss of the NCAA Championships to the No. 2 seed from Wisconsin, Connor Medbery, 5-0. After a scoreless first period, Medbery escaped in the first and wouldn’t score again until the third. The Badger picked up two nearfall points and added on a penalty point and riding time en route to the decision.


UP NEXT: Solomon will take on Newton Smerchek of Central Michigan Friday morning.


Cons. First Round – 157 pounds – Taleb Rahmani (UP) maj. dec. Andrew Atkinson (UVA), 18-7

Rahmani was able to avenge a regular season loss in thrilling fashion as he downed Virginia’s Andrew Atkinson in an 18-7 major decision in the first round of consolations. The redshirt sophomore built up a 6-4 lead at the conclusion of the opening frame. Rahmani jumped to the eventual final score, 18-7, in the second period and never looked back.


UP NEXT: Rahmani will face Josh Shields of Arizona State in the second round of consolations. The two last met at the 2016 Midlands Championships, which resulted in Shields picking up a 12-3 major decision over Rahmani.


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From: South Dakota State Athletics<noreply@collegiateathleticnews.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:07 PM
Subject: Four Jackrabbits remain at nationals
To: dawvoice3@gmail.com

Four remain in contention at nationals
3/16/2017 | Wrestling
ST. LOUIS - South Dakota State University wrestlers Seth Gross and Alex Kocer each advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships by winning a pair of matches Thursday at Scottrade Center.

Gross, the second-seeded wrestler in the 133-pound weight class, outscored his opponents by a 20-0 margin in improving to 32-1 this season. A sophomore from Apple Valley, Minnesota, Gross posted a dominating 5-0 decision over Maryland's Billy Rappo during the morning session. He scored an early takedown and kept Rappo on the mat for the majority of the match, racking up nearly six minutes of riding time.

In the Round of 16 Thursday night, Gross raced out to a 6-0 first-period lead en route to a 15-0 technical fall victory over unseeded Joseph Palmer of Oregon State.

Gross will attempt to avenge his only loss of the season in Friday morning's quarterfinals as he meets seventh-seeded Eric Montoya of Nebraska. Montoya, 28-4 overall, defeated Gross, 2-0, in overtime Dec. 30 at the Midlands Championships in Evanston, Illinois.

Alex Kocer, who was making his third NCAA appearance, knocked off a pair of seeded wrestlers to move on to Friday's quarterfinals. A senior from Wagner, Kocer drew eighth-seeded Patricio Lugo of Edinboro in the first round of the 149-pound division. Trailing 4-2 entering the third period, Kocer recorded an escape and takedown in the third period, then picked up the decisive point with a riding-time advantage for a 6-5 victory.

Kocer, who improved to 29-8 this season, came away with a 5-4 victory over ninth-seeded Justin Oliver of Central Michigan in the night session. The match was tied at 4-all entering the third period with Kocer in the top position. He rode out the entire period, holding off an Oliver attempt at a reversal in the closing seconds, to pick up the decisive point.

In Friday's quarterfinals, Kocer will meet top-seeded Zain Retherford of Penn State.

Also advancing to the second day of competition were 165-pounder Luke Zilverberg and Nate Rotert at 197 pounds.

Zilverberg went 2-1 in Thursday action, opening competition with a 6-5 victory over Tyrel White of Columbia in a preliminary round match. In the Round of 32 later in the morning session, Zilverberg dropped an 8-0 major decision to sixth-seeded Daniel Lewis of Missouri.

A junior from Belle Plaine, Minnesota, Zilverberg stayed alive in the championships with a 4-3 decision over Andrew Mendel of Army. He will meet 12th-seeded Austin Matthews of Edinboro in the wrestlebacks Friday morning.

Rotert, seeded ninth at 197 pounds, was knocked off by North Carolina's Daniel Chaid, 10-5, in first-round action. He came back in the evening session to record a 4-1 decision over Northern Iowa's Jacob Holschlag to set up a third meeting this season with Nebraska's Aaron Studebaker in Friday morning's wrestlebacks.

Studebaker, seeded seventh, defeated Rotert in the finals of the Midlands Championships in December, while Rotert scored an overtime win in the first matchup of the season at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open in November.

David Kocer was the lone Jackrabbit qualifier to be eliminated on Thursday as he turned in a 1-2 record. Kocer began the day with an 8-2 loss to fifth-seeded Mark Hall of Penn State.

Kocer opened the evening session by avenging a loss he suffered to Matt Reed of Oklahoma at the Big 12 Conference Championship two weeks ago, turning in a convincing 8-0 major decision over the Sooner wrestler. However, Kocer was eliminated by another nemesis later in the evening as Penn's Casey Kent knocked Kocer out of the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row with a 6-0 decision. Kocer ended his junior season with a 24-10 record.

The Jackrabbits ended Day 1 tied for 21st in the team standings with nine points to rank second among Big 12 Conference schools. Penn State leads the team race with 30.5 points, followed by Ohio State (26), Oklahoma State (25.5) and Iowa (24.5). Missouri rounds out the top five with 20 points.

Friday's morning session begins at 10 a.m.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE RESULTS
133: #2 Seth Gross, Jr., Apple Valley, Minn.
dec. Billy Rappo (Maryland), 5-0
tech. fall Joseph Palmer (Oregon State), 15-0 [7:00]
vs. #7 Eric Montoya (Nebraska)

149: Alex Kocer, Sr., Wagner, S.D.
dec. #8 Patricio Lugo (Edinboro), 6-5
dec. #9 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan), 5-4
vs. #1 Zain Retherford (Penn State)

165: Luke Zilverberg, Jr., Belle Plaine, Minn.
dec. Tyrel White (Columbia), 6-5
lost to Daniel Lewis (Missouri), by major dec., 8-0
dec. Andrew Mendel (Army), 4-3
vs. #12 Austin Matthews (Edinboro)

174: David Kocer, Jr., Wagner, S.D.
lost to #5 Mark Hall (Penn State), by dec., 8-2
major dec. Matt Reed (Oklahoma), 8-0
lost to #12 Casey Kent (Pennsylvania), 6-0
Kocer ends season 24-10 overall

197: #9 Nate Rotert, Jr., Spearfish, S.D.
lost to Daniel Chaid (North Carolina), by dec., 10-5
dec. Jacob Holschlag (Northern Iowa), 4-1
vs. #7 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carsten Parmenter <cparmenter@northwestern.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:05 PM
Subject: NU WRST: Conan Jennings Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals
To: Carsten Parmenter <cparmenter@northwestern.edu>

For Immediate Release | March 16, 2017

Contact: Carsten Parmenter (cparmenter@northwestern.edu)
Recap Link: (http://bit.ly/2n4IHRA)

NU WRESTLING: Conan Jennings Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Redshirt-sophomore Conan Jennings put forth a remarkable effort on the first day of the NCAA Championships, pulling two major upsets and doing so convincingly to advance to the quarterfinals in front of more than 18,000 fans at the Scottrade Center.

"Conan does a great job of just taking it one match a time," head coach Matt Storniolo said. "He knows where he is good, and he knows where he doesn't want to be. He is a fighting fool, and when you work that hard, good things happen.”

Jennings started his day with a 4-0 shutout of No. 11 seed Jared Johnson from Chattanooga in the first round. He then picked up a huge win in the Round of 16, dominating No. 6 Austin Schafer of Oklahoma State to the tune of an 8-0 major decision.

"I had been losing to these guys by one or two points all year, and it has been killing me," Jennings said. "I am just not going to let it happen anymore. I am going to go out there and give it my all every match and leave nothing behind.”

The heavyweight from Centerville, Ohio, will wrestle No. 3 Ty Walz of Virginia Tech in the quarterfinal round tomorrow morning, which will be televised live on ESPNU.

Junior 184-pounder Mitch Sliga also advanced to Day 2 by going 1-1 on Thursday. Sliga had a tough opener, taking on No. 2 Bo Nickal of Penn State, and he dropped that match by 15-0 tech fall. But he bounced back and beat Jason Grimes of American 7-2 in the wrestleback round to stay alive. Sliga will wrestle No. 16 Jordan Ellingwood of Central Michigan in the second round of wrestlebacks tomorrow morning.

Both Johnny Sebastian and Jacob Berkowitz saw their time at the NCAA championships come to an end on Thursday.

Session III starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Results
Round of 32
165: #5 Chad Walsh (Rider) maj. dec. Johnny Sebastian (NU), 8-0
184: #2 Bo Nickal (Penn State) Tech Fall Mitch Sliga (NU), 15-0 (3:20)
197: #12 Frank Mattiace (Penn) dec. Jacob Berkowitz (NU), 3-2
285: Conan Jennings (NU) dec. #11 Jared Johnson (Chattanooga), 4-0
Round of 16
285: Conan Jennings (NU) maj. dec. #6 Austin Schafer (OKST), 8-0
Wrestlebacks
165: Cole Walter (Lehigh) dec. Johnny Sebastian (NU), 8-4
184: Mitch Sliga (NU) dec. Jason Grimes (AMER), 7-2
197: Christian Brunner (PUR) dec. Jacob Berkowitz (NU), 10-4

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om: Dow, Nicholas <nicholas_dow@brown.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:47 PM
Subject: LaFragola’s Run for Brown Wrestling Ends at NCAA Championships
To: Nicholas Dow <nicholas_dow@brown.edu>


For Immediate Release:

From Brown University Athletic Communications

March 16, 2017



LaFragola’s Run for Brown Wrestling Ends at NCAA Championships



Release Link: http://brownbears.com/sports/m-wrestl/2016-17/releases/20170316mcvo7a



ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Brown University wrestling sophomore CJ LaFragola dropped a pair of decisions in his debut at the 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday at the Scottrade Center to close out the season for the Bears.



A native of Little Egg Harbor, N.J., LaFragola pushed Michael Coleman of Navy in the first round of the wrestle backs before Coleman took a 7-4 win. In the first round, LaFragola dropped a 6-0 decision to No. 16 seed Jordan Ellingwood of Central Michigan in the round of 32 at 184 lbs.



In the wrestle backs, LaFragola scored a takedown at the 1:20 mark of the first period before Coleman scored an escape 20 seconds later to pull within 2-1 heading to the second period. Coleman tallied an escape early in the second stanza to tie it at 2-2 and notched a takedown to gain a 4-2 edge midway through the period. LaFragola scored back-to-back escapes to pull level at 4-4 with 1:20 remaining, but Coleman countered with a takedown and riding time point to emerge with the 7-4 win.



Making his NCAA debut after gaining an at-large bid, LaFragola wrestled Ellingwood to a scoreless first period. Ellingwood tallied an escape and a takedown in the second frame to pull ahead 3-0 heading into the third period. He added a takedown and a riding time point in the third to finish the 6-0 victory.



Brown Results



184 Pounds

CJ LaFragola (0-2)

Thursday

First Round: (16) Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) def. LaFragola 6-0

Wrestle-Backs First Round: Michael Coleman (Navy) def. LaFragola, 7-4



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From: Brian Reinhardt <bcreinha@ncsu.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:44 PM
Subject: NCSU WRESTLING: Wolfpack's Fausz and Jack Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals
To:

#WrestleSTL: Fausz and Jack Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals

Six of Pack's 10 NCAA Qualifiers advance to Day 2 action


ST. LOUIS, MO. – Redshirt-sophomore Sean Fausz (125 pounds) and junior Kevin Jack (141) both went 2-0 in the first day of the 2017 NCAA Championships and have advanced to the quarterfinals. In all, six of the Pack’s 10 NCAA Qualifiers have advanced to the second day of action, as four more are alive in the consolation brackets.


Action resumes at 11 AM (ET) tomorrow starting with the quarterfinals then two rounds of the consolation brackets.


Round of 16 Recap

The Pack started the day’s second session with four in the Round of 16.


R-So. Sean Fausz was the first to punch his ticket into the quarterfinals. After a pin in his first round bout, #12 seeded Fausz downed #5 seed Tim Lambert of Nebraska 3-1 to advance to the quarters. Fausz took a couple of shots in the first, and on his third attempt he landed the takedown to go up 2-0 after the opening period. An escape point to start the second pushed the lead to 3-0. Lambert would get his own escape point to start the third, but could not answer Fausz’s first period takedown.


Jr. Kevin Jack also picked up a second win on the day to advance to the quarterfinals. The #2 seed at 141 pounds started the day with a 10-0 major decision, and followed that win up with a 4-0 defeat of #15 seed Tyler Smith of Bucknell in the night session. Jack got a late takedown in the first period, and used a second period escape point and a stall point to close out the victory. In his two matches today, Jack won by a combined 14-0.


R-Jr. Michael Macchiavello got an OT win in his first match at his first NCAAs, but fell in the night session in the Round of 16. #10 seed Machiavello fell to Nebraska’s #7 seed T.J. Dudley 6-1. Dudley scored a takedown in the first, and added a two-point near fall to take a 4-0 lead after the first. After an exchange of escape points, Dudley added the ride time point for the decision.


R-Sr. Mike Kosoy posted an upset in the first session over the #13 seeded Jensen of Nebraska, 5-2, but fell in the Round of 16 in the night session. Kosoy fell to #4 seed Jacob Kasper of Duke 2-0. After a scoreless first, Kasper got the escape point then rode Kosoy the entire third period to add on the ride time point.


Session 3 – Quarterfinals – 11 AM (ET)

125 (Match #342)

#12 seed R-So. Sean Fausz (27-6) vs. #4 seed Darian Cruz (Lehigh – 28-2)


141 (Match #352)

#2 seed Jr. Kevin Jack (31-1) vs. #10 seed Bryce Meredith (Wyoming – 30-6)


Consolation Bracket Recap

R-So. Jamal Morris stayed alive to advance to tomorrow. After an upset loss in the first session, Morris downed Billy Rappo of Maryland 5-4 to pick up the win in the night session. Morris scored a first period takedown and another in the third, sandwhiched around two minutes of ride time in the second to score the win.


R-Jr. Brian Hamann also came back in the night session with a win after an earlier loss. Hamann defeated Stanford’s Keaton Subjeck in overtime, 5-2. Tied 2-2, Hamann got the escape and then added the bout’s lone takedown to advance to action tomorrow.


Session 3 – Consolations – 11 AM (ET)

133 (Match #396)

#15 seed R-So. Jamal Morris (21-10) vs. Cam Sykora (North Dakota State – 26-7)


165 (Match #425)

R-Jr. Brian Hamann (21-12) vs. #13 seed Brandon Womack (Cornell – 31-9)


184 (Match #438)

#10 seed R-Jr. Michael Macchiavello (25-7) vs. Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado – 25-10)


285 (Match #457)

R-Sr. Mike Kosoy (22-11) vs. Youssif Hemida (Maryland – 21-12)

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nebraska Wrestling<mail@neulionnetwork.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Article: Six Huskers Win in Session I of NCAA Championships
To: dawvoice3@gmail.com


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Courtesy Stephanie Carpenter/Nebraska Communications
Session II begins tonight at 6 p.m. (CT).
Six Huskers Win in Session I of NCAA Championships
Courtesy NU Athletic Communications
Thu, March 16, 2017
St. Louis, Mo. – Nebraska won six of seven matches during Session I of the NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center on Thursday afternoon.

The Huskers are in 10th place as a team with 9.5 points. Penn State leads the team race with 16 points, while Oklahoma State (15) and Ohio State (14) round out the top three.

After the Huskers opened with four decisions, seniors TJ Dudley (No. 7 seed at 184) and Aaron Studebaker (No. 7 seed at 197) provided a spark with bonus points in each of their matches. Dudley, a two-time All-American and 2016 NCAA runner-up, won a 17-0 technical fall over Rider’s Michale Fagg-Daves in 3:49. The win marked Dudley’s team-leading 11th technical fall of the season, as 22 of his 28 wins in 2016-17 are by bonus points.

Studebaker, a three-time NCAA qualifier, pinned Princeton’s Brett Harner in 4:52. The fall marked Studebaker’s fourth of the season, as he improves to 28-8. Studebaker has made the Round of 12 at the NCAA Championships in each of the last two seasons.

No. 5 seed Tim Lambert (125) opened Nebraska’s tournament with a 9-2 decision over Brock Hudkins (Northern Illinois). Lambert, making his fourth NCAA appearance, is 29-6 this season following the first-round victory.

Reigning All-American Eric Montoya, the No. 7 seed at 133 pounds, notched a 6-1 decision over Cornell’s Mark Grey in the first round. Seeded Huskers Colton McCrystal (141) and Tyler Berger (157) also posted first-round decisions. McCrystal, the No. 9 seed at 141 pounds, opened his first NCAA showing with a 6-1 triumph over Ohio’s Noah Forrider.

Berger, the No. 4 seed at 157 pounds, defeated Garder-Webb’s Ryan Mosley, 9-2. Berger is making his second NCAA Championships appearance after advancing to the Round of 12 as a redshirt freshman last season.

The six Huskers who won in Session I will compete in the second round tonight. No. 13 seed Collin Jensen (HWT), who fell to NC State’s Mike Kosoy by a 5-2 decision, will compete in the consolation bracket tonight.

Session II begins tonight at 6 p.m. (CT), and will be televised on ESPN and streamed live on ESPN3.

NCAA Championships
March 16-18, 2017
Scottrade Center
St. Louis, Mo.

125 pounds
First Round: #5 Tim Lambert (NEB) dec. Brock Hudkins (NIU), 9-2

133 pounds
First Round: #7 Eric Montoya (NEB) dec. Mark Grey (CORN), 6-1

141 pounds
First Round: #9 Colton McCrystal (NEB) dec. Noah Forrider (OHIO), 7-1

157 pounds
First Round: #4 Tyler Berger (NEB) dec. Ryan Mosley (GW), 9-2

184 pounds
First Round: #7 TJ Dudley (NEB) tech fall Michale Fagg-Daves (RID), 17-0

197 pounds
First Round: #7 Aaron Studebaker (NEB) pin Brett Harner (PRIN), 4:52

Heavyweight
First Round: Mike Kosoy (NCST) dec. #13 Collin Jensen (NEB), 5-2




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