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D3 wrestling: Wartburg has tough first day, trails by 13 1/2
By JIM NELSON, Courier Sports Writer
DUBUQUE -- There was no celebrating Friday.
Not in the camp that appears to have a big upper hand, and definitely not in the camps of the three top contenders.
Second-ranked Augsburg College put itself in strong position to earn its 10th national championship with a solid first day Friday at the Division III National Wrestling Championships at the Five Flags Center.
The Auggies advanced seven wrestlers to the semifinals and were assured of nine all-Americans as they hold a 13-point lead over Wartburg College, 75 1/2 to 62 1/2.
"There is no celebrating going on because we have a big day tomorrow," said Augsburg head coach Jeff Swenson. "We have a lot of respect for everyone who is here and if we don't stay focused, we could be in trouble."
Among Augsburg's semifinalists are four top-seeded wrestlers -- Quincy Osborn at 141, Jared Evans at 149, Jeremy Anderson at 157 and Marcus LeVesseur at 165.
While the Auggies' title isn't in the books yet, Wartburg, Wisconsin-La Crosse and Luther College, the three teams considered to be top contenders, will have a big uphill climb to catch the leaders.
Wartburg had one of its worst first days in recent history as the Knights had four of their 10 qualifiers eliminated.
"We had some young kids who didn't perform to their capability," said Wartburg head coach Jim Miller, who brought seven first time national qualifiers. "It was tough and obviously it is the national tournament. We won some big matches, but we lost some real tough matches."
Wartburg, the defending champions, had five wrestlers advance to the semifinals and will have six all-Americans, the fewest it's had since it had five in 2001.
Two matches which will have Miller tossing and turning in his bed were at 125 and 157.
In a key early quarterfinal match, the Knights' Robert Struthers lost to Augsburg's Seth Flodeen, 5-2, with victory within his grasp.
Struthers and Flodeen were tied at 1-1 with 11 seconds left in their match, and Struthers riding Flodeen. Struthers needed just five more seconds to gain riding time and a 2-1 victory.
But with one false start already against him, Struthers was called for three consecutive false starts giving Flodeen two points. (Wrestlers are allowed two false starts before a third is cause of a penalty point awarded against them.)
"I've been coaching over 30 years and I've never lost a match like that," said Miller. "I'm not too happy about it."
At 157, third-seeded Aaron Wernimont was headlocked to his back by the College of New Jersey's Joseph Galante and pinned.
Wernimont won his wrestleback match, but he was expected to contend for a national championship.
Making the semifinals for the Knights were Jake Helvey at 133, Jason Knipp at 165, Romeo Djoumessi at 184, T.J. Miller at 197 and Blake Gillis at 285.
Said Miller, "I don't know if we will be competing for a team title, but I know we are going to be competing for some individual stuff. and obviously that is real important to us."
One guy who is happy to still be wrestling is Knipp, who left Iowa State after 3 1/2 years to take one shot at being an all-American.
Knipp just missed qualifying for the Division I nationals last year, and lost his spot to Cyler Sanderson at the start of this year.
By advancing to the semifinals, he assured himself of his all-American status, but he isn't satisfied.
He is now 14-2 and will get another crack at Augsburg's LeVesseur in today's semifinals.
LeVesseur, seeking his fourth national title, improved to 152-0 with a pair of victories and has already beaten Knipp twice this year.
"I couldn't have sat and watched the season end," said Knipp. "There is no better place to come to and do it than Wartburg. It was my last year, and I put in a lot of work. It was too much work to just sit and watch it end."
Luther, with aspirations of challenging for a title, had a disappointing day. The Norse will end the tournament with just four all-Americans after losing four of its wrestlers.
Nate Hansen at 125 and Matt Pyle at 149 advanced to the semifinals, while Travis Grawin at 141 and Alec Bonander at 197 are alive on the backside.
"Yeah, it was a bad day," said Luther coach Dave Mitchell. "We didn't have enough fight when it counted. We just needed more fight when it counted."
Wisconsin-La Crosse, under former Wartburg assistant Dave Malecek, also had a disappointing day.
The Eagles will have six all-Americans, but lost two key wrestlers, including Jim Swanson at 197. Swanson was a national runner-up a year ago.
Another blow occurred when defending 149-pound national champion Jake Larsen was beaten in the quarterfinals.
After first-round action, Wartburg held a slim lead over Luther, 19 to 16 1/2, while Augsburg lurked in third with 14 1/2 points.
The Knights racked up eight bonus points -- a pin from Knipp, three majors and two technical falls (Miller and Gillis) -- during the first session.
Luther got pins from Pyle, Bonander and Miller, while Hansen and Paul Meirick each started their tournaments with major decisions.
Waterloo Columbus' Kyle Forness went 0-2 at 157 and was eliminated.
Contact Jim Nelson at (319) 291-1521 or jim.nelson@wcfcourier.com
TEAM STANDINGS -- 1. Augsburg 75.5; 2. Wartburg 62.5; 3. Wisconsin-La Crosse 51.5; 4. Luther 47; 5. College of New Jersey 32.5; 6. Buena Vista and SUNY-Cortland 22; 8. Cornell 20.5; 9. Hunter 20; 10. Coe 19; 11. Johnson and Wales 18.5; 12. Wisconsin-Platteville 17; 13. (tie) Delaware Valley, Ithaca, North Central 16; 16. Mount St. Joesph 15.5; 17. SUNY-Brockport 15; 18. Baldwin-Wallace 14.5; 19. King's College 14; 20. Heidelberg 12; 21. Springfield 11.5; 22. Olivet 11; 23. (tie) Oneonta State, Wabash, York 10; 26. St. John's and Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9.5; 28. Rhode Island College 9; 29. (tie) Manchester, Muhlenberg, Williams 8; 32. New York University 7.5; 33. (tie) Elmhurst and McDaniel 5.5; 35. (tie) John Carroll, Rochester Institute, Thiel, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Chicago 4.5; 40. Knox, Loras, 4; 43. Roger Williams 3.5, 44. Wisconsin-Whitewater and Wesleyan 2; 46. Stevens Institute 1.5; 47. (tie) Case Western, Lycoming, Wilkes 1; 50. Gettysburg, Ohio Northern, Scranton .5.
125 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Chris Heilman (Cornell) technical fall over David Penny (Ohio Northern), 17-0, 5:00; Jake Oster (Elmhurst) dec. Jacob Calhoun (UW-Stevens Point) 9-8.
FIRST ROUND -- Nate Hansen (Luther) dec. Kyle Flickinger (York) 11-2; Eracieo Vallejo (Manchester) dec. Philip Greene 12-2; Mike McInally (Rochester Institute) dec. Munkbaatar Baatar (St. John's) 11-3; Heilman dec. Anthony Gummerson (Centernary) 13-5; Seth Flodeen (Augsburg) dec. Felipe Queiroz (Wilkes) 4-2 SV; Robert Struthers (Wartburg) dec. Dave Colagiovanni (SUNY-Cortland) 10-1; Brain Clement (Coe) pinned Oster, 1:31; Brandon McDonough (Johnson & Wales) dec. Stephen Kingsland (Ursinus) 14-6.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Queiroz dec. Penny 6-2; Calhoun dec. Greene 7-2.
QUARTERFINALS -- Hansen pinned Vallejo, 2:54; Heilman dec. McInally 16-4; Flodeen dec. Struthers 5-2; McDonaough dec. Clement 15-4.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Oster dec. Kingsland 9-4; Queiroz dec. Colagiovanni 9-6; Baatar dec. Gummerson 6-4; Flickinger dec. Calhoun 15-9.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Oster dec. McInally 16-15; Vallejo technical fall over Queiroz 19-3, 6:51; Clement dec. Baatar 6-4; Flickinger dec. Struthers 4-3.
133 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- David Morgan (King's) bye; Jordan Kolinski (UW-La Crosse) dec. Gannon Hjerleid (Coe) 15-7; Justin Seified (Ithaca) pinned Adam Johnson (North Central), 2:21; Jacob Helvey (Wartburg) dec. Stephen Valastro (Southern Maine) 8-4; Jestin Hulegaard (Buena Vista) dec. William Hall (Muhlenberg) 6-4; Raymond Sarinelli (TCNJ) bye; Sean Cullen (Lycoming) dec. Adam Pizzurro (John Carroll) 8-1; Jafari Vanier (Augsburg) dec. Nick Northern (Cornell) 3-1.
QUARTERFINALS -- Morgan dec. Kolinski 5-3; Helvey dec. Seifried 5-1; Hulegaard dec. Sarinelli 5-3; Vanier dec. Cullen 10-3.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Hjerleid dec. Cullen 5-4; Johnson dec. Sarinelli 6-0; Seifried pinned Hall, 4:37; Kolinski dec. Northern 4-3 TB2.
141 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Tyler Branham (TCNJ) dec. Andrew Lacroix (Roger Williams) 3-0; Austin Bautista (UW-Whitewater) dec. Robert Kein (Muhlenberg) 16-6; Zach McKray (Wartburg) dec. Zach Chambers (UW-Platteville) 10-8; Nicholas Sanchez (Heidelberg) dec. John Marsh (Bridgewater St) 14-6.
FIRST ROUND -- Quincy Osborn (Augsburg) technical fall over Travis Grawin (Luther), 21-6, 7:00; Branham pinned Luke Baum (R.I.T.), 2:39; Jared Creason (Coe) pinned Kenny Thomas (Elmhurst), 4:38; Mike Gaeta (Springfield) dec. Bautista 4-0; Myanganbayar Batsukh (St. John's) dec. Paul LeBlanc (Cortland) 10-9; Michael Bonora (Rhode Island College) dec. McKray 5-0; David Manoogian (Case Western) dec.Sanchez 11-5; Ricky LaForge (Delaware Valley) pinned Derrick Smith (Oswego St.), :48.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Lacroix dec. Sanchez 7-4; LeBlanc dec. Kein 10-2; Chambers technical fall over Thomas 19-3, 5:26; Baum dec. Marsh 13-2.
QUARTERFINALS -- Osborn dec. Branham 11-6; Gaeta pinned Creason, 6:42; Bonora dec. Batsukh 8-6; LaForge pinned Manoogian, :40.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Lacroix pinned Smith, 3:55; McKray dec. LeBlanc 6-1; Chambers dec. Bautista 16-2; Grawin dec. Baum 9-0.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Creason dec. Lacroix 9-2; Branham dec. McKray 2-1; Chambers dec. Manoogian 13-9; Grawin pinned Batsukh, 5:24.
149 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Jared Evans (Augsburg) dec. Matthew Shank (Gettysburg) 5-2; Ryan Higgins (UW-Platteville) dec. Adam Weber (Wartburg) 13-9; Jake Larsen (UW-La Crosse) dec. Frank Cammisa (Bridgewater St.) 3-1; Jason Roush (Mt. St. Joseph) pinned Donnell Young (Scranton), 3:44; Joe Pflug (Heidelberg) dec. Eugene Kobilansky (New York) 12-1; Don Ooton (SUNY-Brockport) dec. Curtis Barber (Simpson) 7-2; Tim Bohlman (York) bye; Matt Pyle (Luther) pinned Jeff Kastel (Elmhurst), 2:16.
QUARTERFINALS -- Evans dec. Higgins 10-4; Roush dec. Larsen 2-1 TB; Pflug dec. Ooton 10-6; Pyle pinned Bohlman, :31.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Shank dec. Weber 12-6; Young dec. Cammisa 6-1; Kobilansky dec. Barber 16-5; Kastel bye.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Bohlman dec. Shank 7-2; Ooton dec. 6-2; Larsen pinned Kobilansky, 6:49; Higgins dec. Kastel 16-4.
157 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Jacob Malone (St. John's) technical fall over Ryan Higgins (Oneonta St), 16-1, 7:00.
FIRST ROUND -- Jeremy Anderson (Augsburg) dec. Mark DeCiccio (Springfield) 9-3; Pat McAuley (Cornell) dec. Ryan Herwig (Delaware Valley) 10-8 OT; Jesse Milks (UW-Platteville) pinned Elliot Spence (Mt. St. Joesph), 5:46; Bobby Gingerich (North Central) dec. Kyle Forness (Buena Vista) 5-4; Aaron Wernimont (Wartburg) dec. Kenneth Andrews (Olivet) 16-3; Joseph Galante (TCNJ) dec. Anthony Coleman (Ohio Northern) 17-7; Daniel DeLalla (Wesleyan) dec. Ryan Higgans (Oneonta St.) 9-5; Ross Needham (UW-La Crosse) dec. Andrew Goldstein (Gettysburg) 2-0.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Herwig pinned Higgins, 1:01.
QUARTERFINALS -- Anderson dec. McAuley 5-0; Gingerich dec. Milks 13-5; Galante pinned Wernimont, 6:33; Ross Needham pinned deLalla, 4:37.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Herwig pinned Higgins, 1:01.
CONSOLATION THIRD ROUND -- Malone dec. Goldstein 3-1; Andrews pinned Coleman, 2:55; Spence dec. Forness 11-7; Herwig dec. DeCiccio 15-10.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Malone dec. Milks 5-0; McAuley pinned Andrews, 2:34; Spence dec. deLalla 14-3; Wernimont dec. Herwig 9-1.
165 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Zach Bogardus (SUNY-Cortland) dec. Corey Murphy (Thiel) 4-3; Nate Van Dyke (Luther) dec. Brandon MCWhinnie (Stevens Institute) 9-3.
FIRST ROUND -- Marcus LeVessuer (Augsburg) pinned David Early (Loras0, 1:21; Bogardus dec. Lance Valiquette (UW-Eau Claire) 9-6; Jason Knipp (Wartburg) pinned Ben Youel (North Central), 1:42; Gerald Bowne (York) dec. Joseph Hoover (Manchester) 2-2 TB; Michael Guenther (TCNH) pinned Gino Russo (Baldwin wallace), 1:56; Shaheim Bradshaw (Brockport) dec. Van Dyke 5-2; Tim Palmer (UW-La Crosse) dec. Phil Kruzel (Chicago) 7-3.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- MacWhinnie dec. Valiquette 9-6.
QUARTERFINALS -- LeVesseur technical fall over Bogardus, 22-7, 6:42; Knipp dec. Bowne 11-6; Guenther pinned Martell, 6:52; Bradshaw dec. Palmer 9-7 SV.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- VanDyke dec. Murphy 15-5; MacWhinnie dec. Valiquette 9-6.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Kruzel dec. VanDyke 6-4; Russo dec. Ricker 3-2; Youel dec. Hoover 9-7; Martell dec. MacWhinnie 7-3.
174 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Josh Chelf (UW-La Crosse) dec. Eric Van Patten (Brockport) 12-0; Paul Meirick (Luther) dec. Gregory Osgoodby (TCNJ) 16-5; Adam Dorner (UW-Oshkosh) dec. Jason Zastrow (Wartburg) 8-2; Jonathon Dolan (Williams) bye; Kyle Vanderhyde (Olivet) dec. Ben Plowman (Ohio Norther) 8-3; Trevor LeBlanc (Cortland) dec. Robert Larson (Dubuque) 5-3; Robert Gotreau QUARTERFINALS -- Chelf pinned Meirick, 1:50; Dolan dec. Dorner 8-4; Wanderhyde dec. LeBlance 7-3; Gotreau dec. Winfield 1-0.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Van Patten dec. Osgoodby 9-7; Plowman dec. Larson 6-4.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Winfield pinned Van Patten, 5:38; LeBlanc pinned Zastrow, 4:02; Dorner dec. Plowman 3-2; Bath pinned Meirick, 2:01.
184 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Jason Lullof (UW-La Crosse) dec. Eric Fishel (Johns Hopkins) 10-0; Brett Giehl (Brockport) dec. Mark Mueller (Luther) 9-5; Gabe Youel (North Central) dec. Elliot Smith (Springfield) 6-5; Terrance Madden (Hunter) pinned Daron Cruickshank (Olivet), 4:52; Romeo Djoumessi (Wartburg) dec. Craig Bollig (UW-Stevens Point), 12-3; Nichalos Calandrino (Ithaca) pinned Jay Figgins (Loras), 2:14; Ryan Summers (John Carroll) dec. George Lynaugh (Augsburg) 3-2; Stephon Sair (Cortland) dec. Nick Coleman (New York) 5-3.
QUARTERFINALS -- Lulloff dec. Giehl 7-4; Madden dec. Youel 10-9; Djoumessi dec. Calandrino 11-0; Sair dec. Summers 6-3.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Mueller dec. Fishel 10-2; Smith dec. Cruickshank 9-6 TB1; Figgins dec. Bollig 4-2; Coleman dec. Lynaugh 7-1.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Summers dec. Mueller 5-4; Calandrino dec. Smith 12-4; Figgins dec. Youel 3-0; Coleman pinned Giehl, 6:47.
197 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- T.J. Miller (Wartburg) technical fall over Jason Reilly (Kings), 18-0, 5:35; Mike Schmidt (UW-Whitewater) bye; Keith Garrard (Wabash) bye; Alec Bonander (Luther) pinned Wally O'Connor (Augsburg), 1:39; Jim Swanson (UW-La Crosse) dec. Paul Burger (Baldwin Wallace) 5-4; Ben Strandberg (Buena Vista) dec. Tyler Wozniak (UW-Stevens Point) 7-3; Diego Crespo (Johnson & Wales) dec. Philip Archer (Cortland) 3-2; Matthew Loesch (Muhlenberg) bye.
QUARTERFINALS -- Miller dec. Schmidt 15-2; Garrard pinned Bonander, 1:41; Strandberger dec. Swanson 7-3; Loesch dec. Crespo 5-3 SV.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Reilly pinned Crespo, 3:44; O'Connor dec. Swanson 5-4; Bonander dec. Wozniak 8-4; Archer dec. Schmidt 2-0.
285 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Blake Gillis (Wartburg) technical fall over Shaun Wilbert (Plymouth St) 16-0, 4:58; Ryan Bowers (Heidelberg) dec. Dan Laurent (UW-La Crosse) 3-2; Trevor Hiffa (Oneonta St.) dec. Andrew Neumann (Augsburg) 2-0; John Miller (Luther) pinned Kyle Bilquist (Delaware Valley), 4:30; Bryan Kmetz (Baldwin Wallace) pinned Joseph Tartar (Muhlenberg), :42; Jacob Taylor (Oswego St.) pinned Wade Hammen (Buena Vista), 6:30; Kyle Brown (Thiel) dec. Jaran Rutledge (Knox) 3-2; Arkadiy Levitin (Hunter) bye.
QUARTERFINALS -- Gillis dec. Bowers 16-3; Hiffa pinned Miller, 5:51; Kmetz dec. Taylor 5-0; Levitin pinned Brown, 1:07.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Laurent technical fall over Wilbert, 18-3, 4:58; Neumann pinned Bilquist, 2:32; Hammen pinned Tartar IV, 1:36.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Brown dec. Laurent 12-3; Neumann dec. Taylor 11-0; Hammen dec. Miller 10-6; Rutledge dec. Bowers 8-5.
Not in the camp that appears to have a big upper hand, and definitely not in the camps of the three top contenders.
Second-ranked Augsburg College put itself in strong position to earn its 10th national championship with a solid first day Friday at the Division III National Wrestling Championships at the Five Flags Center.
The Auggies advanced seven wrestlers to the semifinals and were assured of nine all-Americans as they hold a 13-point lead over Wartburg College, 75 1/2 to 62 1/2.
"There is no celebrating going on because we have a big day tomorrow," said Augsburg head coach Jeff Swenson. "We have a lot of respect for everyone who is here and if we don't stay focused, we could be in trouble."
Among Augsburg's semifinalists are four top-seeded wrestlers -- Quincy Osborn at 141, Jared Evans at 149, Jeremy Anderson at 157 and Marcus LeVesseur at 165.
While the Auggies' title isn't in the books yet, Wartburg, Wisconsin-La Crosse and Luther College, the three teams considered to be top contenders, will have a big uphill climb to catch the leaders.
Wartburg had one of its worst first days in recent history as the Knights had four of their 10 qualifiers eliminated.
"We had some young kids who didn't perform to their capability," said Wartburg head coach Jim Miller, who brought seven first time national qualifiers. "It was tough and obviously it is the national tournament. We won some big matches, but we lost some real tough matches."
Wartburg, the defending champions, had five wrestlers advance to the semifinals and will have six all-Americans, the fewest it's had since it had five in 2001.
Two matches which will have Miller tossing and turning in his bed were at 125 and 157.
In a key early quarterfinal match, the Knights' Robert Struthers lost to Augsburg's Seth Flodeen, 5-2, with victory within his grasp.
Struthers and Flodeen were tied at 1-1 with 11 seconds left in their match, and Struthers riding Flodeen. Struthers needed just five more seconds to gain riding time and a 2-1 victory.
But with one false start already against him, Struthers was called for three consecutive false starts giving Flodeen two points. (Wrestlers are allowed two false starts before a third is cause of a penalty point awarded against them.)
"I've been coaching over 30 years and I've never lost a match like that," said Miller. "I'm not too happy about it."
At 157, third-seeded Aaron Wernimont was headlocked to his back by the College of New Jersey's Joseph Galante and pinned.
Wernimont won his wrestleback match, but he was expected to contend for a national championship.
Making the semifinals for the Knights were Jake Helvey at 133, Jason Knipp at 165, Romeo Djoumessi at 184, T.J. Miller at 197 and Blake Gillis at 285.
Said Miller, "I don't know if we will be competing for a team title, but I know we are going to be competing for some individual stuff. and obviously that is real important to us."
One guy who is happy to still be wrestling is Knipp, who left Iowa State after 3 1/2 years to take one shot at being an all-American.
Knipp just missed qualifying for the Division I nationals last year, and lost his spot to Cyler Sanderson at the start of this year.
By advancing to the semifinals, he assured himself of his all-American status, but he isn't satisfied.
He is now 14-2 and will get another crack at Augsburg's LeVesseur in today's semifinals.
LeVesseur, seeking his fourth national title, improved to 152-0 with a pair of victories and has already beaten Knipp twice this year.
"I couldn't have sat and watched the season end," said Knipp. "There is no better place to come to and do it than Wartburg. It was my last year, and I put in a lot of work. It was too much work to just sit and watch it end."
Luther, with aspirations of challenging for a title, had a disappointing day. The Norse will end the tournament with just four all-Americans after losing four of its wrestlers.
Nate Hansen at 125 and Matt Pyle at 149 advanced to the semifinals, while Travis Grawin at 141 and Alec Bonander at 197 are alive on the backside.
"Yeah, it was a bad day," said Luther coach Dave Mitchell. "We didn't have enough fight when it counted. We just needed more fight when it counted."
Wisconsin-La Crosse, under former Wartburg assistant Dave Malecek, also had a disappointing day.
The Eagles will have six all-Americans, but lost two key wrestlers, including Jim Swanson at 197. Swanson was a national runner-up a year ago.
Another blow occurred when defending 149-pound national champion Jake Larsen was beaten in the quarterfinals.
After first-round action, Wartburg held a slim lead over Luther, 19 to 16 1/2, while Augsburg lurked in third with 14 1/2 points.
The Knights racked up eight bonus points -- a pin from Knipp, three majors and two technical falls (Miller and Gillis) -- during the first session.
Luther got pins from Pyle, Bonander and Miller, while Hansen and Paul Meirick each started their tournaments with major decisions.
Waterloo Columbus' Kyle Forness went 0-2 at 157 and was eliminated.
Contact Jim Nelson at (319) 291-1521 or jim.nelson@wcfcourier.com
TEAM STANDINGS -- 1. Augsburg 75.5; 2. Wartburg 62.5; 3. Wisconsin-La Crosse 51.5; 4. Luther 47; 5. College of New Jersey 32.5; 6. Buena Vista and SUNY-Cortland 22; 8. Cornell 20.5; 9. Hunter 20; 10. Coe 19; 11. Johnson and Wales 18.5; 12. Wisconsin-Platteville 17; 13. (tie) Delaware Valley, Ithaca, North Central 16; 16. Mount St. Joesph 15.5; 17. SUNY-Brockport 15; 18. Baldwin-Wallace 14.5; 19. King's College 14; 20. Heidelberg 12; 21. Springfield 11.5; 22. Olivet 11; 23. (tie) Oneonta State, Wabash, York 10; 26. St. John's and Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9.5; 28. Rhode Island College 9; 29. (tie) Manchester, Muhlenberg, Williams 8; 32. New York University 7.5; 33. (tie) Elmhurst and McDaniel 5.5; 35. (tie) John Carroll, Rochester Institute, Thiel, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Chicago 4.5; 40. Knox, Loras, 4; 43. Roger Williams 3.5, 44. Wisconsin-Whitewater and Wesleyan 2; 46. Stevens Institute 1.5; 47. (tie) Case Western, Lycoming, Wilkes 1; 50. Gettysburg, Ohio Northern, Scranton .5.
125 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Chris Heilman (Cornell) technical fall over David Penny (Ohio Northern), 17-0, 5:00; Jake Oster (Elmhurst) dec. Jacob Calhoun (UW-Stevens Point) 9-8.
FIRST ROUND -- Nate Hansen (Luther) dec. Kyle Flickinger (York) 11-2; Eracieo Vallejo (Manchester) dec. Philip Greene 12-2; Mike McInally (Rochester Institute) dec. Munkbaatar Baatar (St. John's) 11-3; Heilman dec. Anthony Gummerson (Centernary) 13-5; Seth Flodeen (Augsburg) dec. Felipe Queiroz (Wilkes) 4-2 SV; Robert Struthers (Wartburg) dec. Dave Colagiovanni (SUNY-Cortland) 10-1; Brain Clement (Coe) pinned Oster, 1:31; Brandon McDonough (Johnson & Wales) dec. Stephen Kingsland (Ursinus) 14-6.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Queiroz dec. Penny 6-2; Calhoun dec. Greene 7-2.
QUARTERFINALS -- Hansen pinned Vallejo, 2:54; Heilman dec. McInally 16-4; Flodeen dec. Struthers 5-2; McDonaough dec. Clement 15-4.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Oster dec. Kingsland 9-4; Queiroz dec. Colagiovanni 9-6; Baatar dec. Gummerson 6-4; Flickinger dec. Calhoun 15-9.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Oster dec. McInally 16-15; Vallejo technical fall over Queiroz 19-3, 6:51; Clement dec. Baatar 6-4; Flickinger dec. Struthers 4-3.
133 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- David Morgan (King's) bye; Jordan Kolinski (UW-La Crosse) dec. Gannon Hjerleid (Coe) 15-7; Justin Seified (Ithaca) pinned Adam Johnson (North Central), 2:21; Jacob Helvey (Wartburg) dec. Stephen Valastro (Southern Maine) 8-4; Jestin Hulegaard (Buena Vista) dec. William Hall (Muhlenberg) 6-4; Raymond Sarinelli (TCNJ) bye; Sean Cullen (Lycoming) dec. Adam Pizzurro (John Carroll) 8-1; Jafari Vanier (Augsburg) dec. Nick Northern (Cornell) 3-1.
QUARTERFINALS -- Morgan dec. Kolinski 5-3; Helvey dec. Seifried 5-1; Hulegaard dec. Sarinelli 5-3; Vanier dec. Cullen 10-3.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Hjerleid dec. Cullen 5-4; Johnson dec. Sarinelli 6-0; Seifried pinned Hall, 4:37; Kolinski dec. Northern 4-3 TB2.
141 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Tyler Branham (TCNJ) dec. Andrew Lacroix (Roger Williams) 3-0; Austin Bautista (UW-Whitewater) dec. Robert Kein (Muhlenberg) 16-6; Zach McKray (Wartburg) dec. Zach Chambers (UW-Platteville) 10-8; Nicholas Sanchez (Heidelberg) dec. John Marsh (Bridgewater St) 14-6.
FIRST ROUND -- Quincy Osborn (Augsburg) technical fall over Travis Grawin (Luther), 21-6, 7:00; Branham pinned Luke Baum (R.I.T.), 2:39; Jared Creason (Coe) pinned Kenny Thomas (Elmhurst), 4:38; Mike Gaeta (Springfield) dec. Bautista 4-0; Myanganbayar Batsukh (St. John's) dec. Paul LeBlanc (Cortland) 10-9; Michael Bonora (Rhode Island College) dec. McKray 5-0; David Manoogian (Case Western) dec.Sanchez 11-5; Ricky LaForge (Delaware Valley) pinned Derrick Smith (Oswego St.), :48.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Lacroix dec. Sanchez 7-4; LeBlanc dec. Kein 10-2; Chambers technical fall over Thomas 19-3, 5:26; Baum dec. Marsh 13-2.
QUARTERFINALS -- Osborn dec. Branham 11-6; Gaeta pinned Creason, 6:42; Bonora dec. Batsukh 8-6; LaForge pinned Manoogian, :40.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Lacroix pinned Smith, 3:55; McKray dec. LeBlanc 6-1; Chambers dec. Bautista 16-2; Grawin dec. Baum 9-0.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Creason dec. Lacroix 9-2; Branham dec. McKray 2-1; Chambers dec. Manoogian 13-9; Grawin pinned Batsukh, 5:24.
149 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Jared Evans (Augsburg) dec. Matthew Shank (Gettysburg) 5-2; Ryan Higgins (UW-Platteville) dec. Adam Weber (Wartburg) 13-9; Jake Larsen (UW-La Crosse) dec. Frank Cammisa (Bridgewater St.) 3-1; Jason Roush (Mt. St. Joseph) pinned Donnell Young (Scranton), 3:44; Joe Pflug (Heidelberg) dec. Eugene Kobilansky (New York) 12-1; Don Ooton (SUNY-Brockport) dec. Curtis Barber (Simpson) 7-2; Tim Bohlman (York) bye; Matt Pyle (Luther) pinned Jeff Kastel (Elmhurst), 2:16.
QUARTERFINALS -- Evans dec. Higgins 10-4; Roush dec. Larsen 2-1 TB; Pflug dec. Ooton 10-6; Pyle pinned Bohlman, :31.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Shank dec. Weber 12-6; Young dec. Cammisa 6-1; Kobilansky dec. Barber 16-5; Kastel bye.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Bohlman dec. Shank 7-2; Ooton dec. 6-2; Larsen pinned Kobilansky, 6:49; Higgins dec. Kastel 16-4.
157 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Jacob Malone (St. John's) technical fall over Ryan Higgins (Oneonta St), 16-1, 7:00.
FIRST ROUND -- Jeremy Anderson (Augsburg) dec. Mark DeCiccio (Springfield) 9-3; Pat McAuley (Cornell) dec. Ryan Herwig (Delaware Valley) 10-8 OT; Jesse Milks (UW-Platteville) pinned Elliot Spence (Mt. St. Joesph), 5:46; Bobby Gingerich (North Central) dec. Kyle Forness (Buena Vista) 5-4; Aaron Wernimont (Wartburg) dec. Kenneth Andrews (Olivet) 16-3; Joseph Galante (TCNJ) dec. Anthony Coleman (Ohio Northern) 17-7; Daniel DeLalla (Wesleyan) dec. Ryan Higgans (Oneonta St.) 9-5; Ross Needham (UW-La Crosse) dec. Andrew Goldstein (Gettysburg) 2-0.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- Herwig pinned Higgins, 1:01.
QUARTERFINALS -- Anderson dec. McAuley 5-0; Gingerich dec. Milks 13-5; Galante pinned Wernimont, 6:33; Ross Needham pinned deLalla, 4:37.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Herwig pinned Higgins, 1:01.
CONSOLATION THIRD ROUND -- Malone dec. Goldstein 3-1; Andrews pinned Coleman, 2:55; Spence dec. Forness 11-7; Herwig dec. DeCiccio 15-10.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Malone dec. Milks 5-0; McAuley pinned Andrews, 2:34; Spence dec. deLalla 14-3; Wernimont dec. Herwig 9-1.
165 POUNDS
PIGTAIL ROUND -- Zach Bogardus (SUNY-Cortland) dec. Corey Murphy (Thiel) 4-3; Nate Van Dyke (Luther) dec. Brandon MCWhinnie (Stevens Institute) 9-3.
FIRST ROUND -- Marcus LeVessuer (Augsburg) pinned David Early (Loras0, 1:21; Bogardus dec. Lance Valiquette (UW-Eau Claire) 9-6; Jason Knipp (Wartburg) pinned Ben Youel (North Central), 1:42; Gerald Bowne (York) dec. Joseph Hoover (Manchester) 2-2 TB; Michael Guenther (TCNH) pinned Gino Russo (Baldwin wallace), 1:56; Shaheim Bradshaw (Brockport) dec. Van Dyke 5-2; Tim Palmer (UW-La Crosse) dec. Phil Kruzel (Chicago) 7-3.
CONSOLATION FIRST ROUND -- MacWhinnie dec. Valiquette 9-6.
QUARTERFINALS -- LeVesseur technical fall over Bogardus, 22-7, 6:42; Knipp dec. Bowne 11-6; Guenther pinned Martell, 6:52; Bradshaw dec. Palmer 9-7 SV.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- VanDyke dec. Murphy 15-5; MacWhinnie dec. Valiquette 9-6.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Kruzel dec. VanDyke 6-4; Russo dec. Ricker 3-2; Youel dec. Hoover 9-7; Martell dec. MacWhinnie 7-3.
174 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Josh Chelf (UW-La Crosse) dec. Eric Van Patten (Brockport) 12-0; Paul Meirick (Luther) dec. Gregory Osgoodby (TCNJ) 16-5; Adam Dorner (UW-Oshkosh) dec. Jason Zastrow (Wartburg) 8-2; Jonathon Dolan (Williams) bye; Kyle Vanderhyde (Olivet) dec. Ben Plowman (Ohio Norther) 8-3; Trevor LeBlanc (Cortland) dec. Robert Larson (Dubuque) 5-3; Robert Gotreau QUARTERFINALS -- Chelf pinned Meirick, 1:50; Dolan dec. Dorner 8-4; Wanderhyde dec. LeBlance 7-3; Gotreau dec. Winfield 1-0.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Van Patten dec. Osgoodby 9-7; Plowman dec. Larson 6-4.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Winfield pinned Van Patten, 5:38; LeBlanc pinned Zastrow, 4:02; Dorner dec. Plowman 3-2; Bath pinned Meirick, 2:01.
184 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Jason Lullof (UW-La Crosse) dec. Eric Fishel (Johns Hopkins) 10-0; Brett Giehl (Brockport) dec. Mark Mueller (Luther) 9-5; Gabe Youel (North Central) dec. Elliot Smith (Springfield) 6-5; Terrance Madden (Hunter) pinned Daron Cruickshank (Olivet), 4:52; Romeo Djoumessi (Wartburg) dec. Craig Bollig (UW-Stevens Point), 12-3; Nichalos Calandrino (Ithaca) pinned Jay Figgins (Loras), 2:14; Ryan Summers (John Carroll) dec. George Lynaugh (Augsburg) 3-2; Stephon Sair (Cortland) dec. Nick Coleman (New York) 5-3.
QUARTERFINALS -- Lulloff dec. Giehl 7-4; Madden dec. Youel 10-9; Djoumessi dec. Calandrino 11-0; Sair dec. Summers 6-3.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Mueller dec. Fishel 10-2; Smith dec. Cruickshank 9-6 TB1; Figgins dec. Bollig 4-2; Coleman dec. Lynaugh 7-1.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Summers dec. Mueller 5-4; Calandrino dec. Smith 12-4; Figgins dec. Youel 3-0; Coleman pinned Giehl, 6:47.
197 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- T.J. Miller (Wartburg) technical fall over Jason Reilly (Kings), 18-0, 5:35; Mike Schmidt (UW-Whitewater) bye; Keith Garrard (Wabash) bye; Alec Bonander (Luther) pinned Wally O'Connor (Augsburg), 1:39; Jim Swanson (UW-La Crosse) dec. Paul Burger (Baldwin Wallace) 5-4; Ben Strandberg (Buena Vista) dec. Tyler Wozniak (UW-Stevens Point) 7-3; Diego Crespo (Johnson & Wales) dec. Philip Archer (Cortland) 3-2; Matthew Loesch (Muhlenberg) bye.
QUARTERFINALS -- Miller dec. Schmidt 15-2; Garrard pinned Bonander, 1:41; Strandberger dec. Swanson 7-3; Loesch dec. Crespo 5-3 SV.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Reilly pinned Crespo, 3:44; O'Connor dec. Swanson 5-4; Bonander dec. Wozniak 8-4; Archer dec. Schmidt 2-0.
285 POUNDS
FIRST ROUND -- Blake Gillis (Wartburg) technical fall over Shaun Wilbert (Plymouth St) 16-0, 4:58; Ryan Bowers (Heidelberg) dec. Dan Laurent (UW-La Crosse) 3-2; Trevor Hiffa (Oneonta St.) dec. Andrew Neumann (Augsburg) 2-0; John Miller (Luther) pinned Kyle Bilquist (Delaware Valley), 4:30; Bryan Kmetz (Baldwin Wallace) pinned Joseph Tartar (Muhlenberg), :42; Jacob Taylor (Oswego St.) pinned Wade Hammen (Buena Vista), 6:30; Kyle Brown (Thiel) dec. Jaran Rutledge (Knox) 3-2; Arkadiy Levitin (Hunter) bye.
QUARTERFINALS -- Gillis dec. Bowers 16-3; Hiffa pinned Miller, 5:51; Kmetz dec. Taylor 5-0; Levitin pinned Brown, 1:07.
CONSOLATION SECOND ROUND -- Laurent technical fall over Wilbert, 18-3, 4:58; Neumann pinned Bilquist, 2:32; Hammen pinned Tartar IV, 1:36.
CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS -- Brown dec. Laurent 12-3; Neumann dec. Taylor 11-0; Hammen dec. Miller 10-6; Rutledge dec. Bowers 8-5.
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