CEDAR RAPIDS - Some dreams can be complete nightmares, while others are sweet as chocolate.

Upper Iowa's Travis Eggers had one of the latter Friday afternoon.

After winning his opening match at the 2008 Division II national wrestling championships at the U.S. Cellular, Eggers, a sophomore, retired to his hotel room to take a nap.

He fell asleep and had the most vivid dream he can remember.

It all had to do with winning and becoming an all-American.

Eggers dream came true as he routed Mercyhurst College's Andy Lamancusa, 15-1, in the quarterfinals, joining teammate Tyler Mumbulo as the only members of the Peacock's six-man contingent to reach the semifinals.

"After the first session I went back to my hotel room just thinking I wanted to go right then and there, get it out of the way," said Eggers. "But I fell asleep, had a dream that I beat him and became an all-American. That was the greatest feeling.

"When I got back here (to the arena), I was all business. I was like I'm not going to let anybody take this away from me and I went out there, fought and didn't let him get close to taking that away from me."

Eggers opened the day with 7-4 win over Neil Samples from Western State University.

Against Lamancusa, the match was never in doubt as Eggers controlled the action from start to finish.

Eggers said much of his motivation came from a disappointing 1-2 tournament he had last season in his first trip to nationals.

"I remember losing in this round (the quarterfinals) and then getting beat out and remembering how bad that felt," he said. "This year I used that to inspire me … know how that felt and I wasn't going to let that happen to me again."

Eggers advances to face two-time national champion Antonio Guerra.

Mumbulo, an all-American last year at Nebraska-Kearney, had a more exciting journey to the semifinals.

Mumbulo fell behind Arsenia Barksdale of Adams State in the first period of their quarterfinal match, but used superior conditioning to rally for a 8-6 victory.

Mumbulo scored a decisive takedown on the edge of the mat with 42 seconds left and rode out Barksdale for the victory.

"Coach always tells us to train for 10 minutes and we'll be ready to go for seven minutes," said Mumbulo. "I knew once I got going I wasn't going to stop and he wasn't going seven minutes and I was.

"I just wanted to keep going after him because I knew he would break. Coach just kept on yelling go, go, go because he can't stop you."

Mumbulo scored a major decision in his first match, 8-0, over Caleb Hulse of Central Missouri.

He will face Minnesota-Mankato's Nick Smith in the semifinals.

Eggers and Mumbulo's success marked a disappointing day for Upper Iowa as they are the only two Peacocks who remain standing.

Tee Adams lost both of his matches at 149, while Mitch and Matt Norton, along with Dan Goodson all finished one victory short of all-American status.

Minnesota-Mankato with seven of its eight qualifiers, including five semifinalists, lead the team race by a nine points over Nebraska-Kearney, 66 1/2 to 57 1/2.

The difference in the margin is the Mavericks scored 12 bonus-point victories.

Pittsburgh-Johnstown is third with 51, and also has five semifinalists.

That fact scares Mavericks' head coach Jim Makovsky.

"I wish Pittsburgh-Johnstown would leave," laughed Makovsky. "They wrestle really hard and if you watch them wrestle they are poised. They don't get rattled.

"I thought we were a little tight in the first round, but I thought we were much looser this round. We were going after bonus points."

Makovsky especially liked how 141-pound sophomore Travis Elg bounced back from a first-round lost to score a pair of pins in the consolation rounds.

Contact Jim Nelson at (319) 291-1521 or jim.nelson@wcfcourier.com

TEAM STANDINGS - 1. Minnesota-Mankato 66.5; 2. Nebraska-Kearney 57.5; 3. Pittsburg-Johnstown 51; 4. Nebraska-Omaha 49.5; 5. Western State 42; 6. Central Oklahoma 40.5; 7. Adams State 36.5; 8. Newberry College 31; 9. Ashland University 23; 10. Upper Iowa 22; 11. Merchyhurst College 18.5; 12. Chadron State 18; 13. St. Cloud State 17; 14. Augustana (S.D.) 15; 15. Findlay 14; 16. Limestone College 13.5; 17. (tie) Shippensburg and West Liberty State 12; 19. Wisconsin-Parkside 10.5; 20. (tie) Indianapolis and UNC-Pembroke 8.5; 22. (tie) Gannon and San Francisco State 7; 24. (tie) Mary and Truman State 6.5; 26. New Mexico Highlands 5; 27. (tie) Central Missouri, Fort Hays State, Minnesota-Moorhead, Northern State 4.5; 31. Belmont Abbey 1.5.

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FIRST ROUND - Eddie Lopez (Western St.) dec. Joseph Mavins (UNC-Pembroke) 11-6; Nick Smith (Minnesota-Mankato) dec. Robert Nahlik (Truman State) 7-4; Aresenia Barksdale (Adams State) dec. Christopher Neidermeier (Belmont Abbey) 3-1; Tyler Mumbulo (Upper Iowa) dec. Caleb Hulse (Central Missouri) 8-0; Chas Welch (Northern State) dec. Cody Zimmerman (Wisconsin-Parkside) 7-3; Devion Webb (Chadron State) dec. Matthew Oliver (Newberry) 7-5; Cody Garcia (Nebraska-Omaha) pinned Kody Pierson (Carson-Newman), 1:09; Curtis Schurkamp (San Francisco St) dec. Lucas Huffman (West Liberty st.) 7-4.

QUARTERFINALS - Smith dec. Lopez 12-6; Mumbulo dec. Barkdale 8-6; Webb dec. Welch 8-6; Garcia pinned Schurkamp, 1:40.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Mavins dec. Nahlik 10-4; Neidermeier dec. Hulse 3-2; Zimmerman dec. Oliver 12-7; Huffmand ec. Pierson 4-3.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Schurkamp dec. Mavins 7-3; Welch dec. Neidermeier 4-3; Barksdale dec. Zimmerman 16-10; Lopez dec. Huffman 9-7 OT.

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FIRST ROUND - Brandon Reasy (Pittsburgh-Johnston) dec. Kent Pierson (Carson-Newman) 5-1; Raymond Dunning (Adams St.) pinned Josh Williams (St. Cloud St.), 3;32; Shane Perkey (UIndy) dec. Corey Bowers (Gannon) 11-7; Jesse Cruz (Western St) pinned Jason Jeremiason (Augustana), 2:48; John Putman (Mankato) technical fall over Jimmy Savala (Chadron St.), 18-3, 7:00; Andrew Young (Newberry) dec.Criag DeGreef (UW-Parkside) 4-2 SV; Brett Allgood (Nebraska-Kearney) dec. Marion Morgon (UN-Omaha) 12-6; Tim Elliott (Central Oklahoma) pinned Matt Mossor (West Liberty St.), 4:05.

QUARTERFINALS - Reasy pinned Dunning, 6:22; Perkey dec. Cruz 6-4; Putman dec. Young 3-2; Allgood dec. Elliott 9-5.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Williams dec. Pierson 4-3; Jeremiason pinned Bowers, 5:41; DeGreef dec. Savala 15-10; Morgan dec. Dunning 7-4.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Elliott dec. Williams 11-6; Young dec. Jeremiason 5-2; DeGreef dec. Cruz 13-8; Dunning dec. Morgan 9-5.

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FIRST ROUND - Steven Fittery (Shippensburg) pinned Jay Sherer (Augustana), 1:55; Josh Hensley (Adams St) dec. Josh Falk (Findlay) 7-4; Shane Valko (Pitt-Johnston) dec. Travis Elg (UM-Mankato) 7-6; Kyle Francis (Western St.) pinned Kyle Kanaga (Ashland), 6:20; Jeff Rutledge (UN-Kearney) dec. Cory Bloodgood (Central Missouri) 8-3; Yasiim Bribieseca (UN-Omaha) dec. Tony Washington (Newberry) 5-3 SV; Kyle Evans (Central Oklahoma) dec. James Annon (Fort Hays St.) 4-0; Doug Surra (West Liberty) pinned Gabriel Suarez (St. Clould St.), 1:56.

QUARTERFINALS - Fittery pinned Hensley, 3:44; Valko pinned Francis, :30; Rutledge dec. Bribieseca 2-1; Evans dec. Surra 1-0.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Falk dec. Sherer 6-4 SV; Elg pinned Kanaga, 6:09; Washington dec. Bloodgood 16-3; Annon dec. Suarez 9-5.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Surra dec. Falk 8-3; Elg pinned Bribieseca, 3:48; Francis dec. Washington 6-5; Annon dec. Hensley 15-14.

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FIRST ROUND - Josh Nolan (San Francisco St.) dec. Brina Pogel (Mercyhurst) 10-8; Colby Robinson (Central Oklahoma) dec. Tee Adams (Upper Iowa) 9-4; Camille DuPont (Western St) dec. Kayne Melko (West Liberty) 2-0; Tommy Abbott (UM-Mankato) dec. Chad Woods (UIndy) 7-2; Mike Long (Augustana) dec. Marcus Gordon (Ashland) 5-4; Joseph Deaguero (Adams St.) dec. Lara Collick (Newberry) 8-0; Todd Meneely (UN-Omaha) pinned Sean Dong (Findlay), 1:21; Ryan Etherton (UN-Kearney) dec. Zack McKendree (Gannon) 3-0.

QUARTERFINALS - Robinson pinned Nolan, 4:34; DuPont dec. Abbott 16-4; Deaguero pinned Long, 1;36; Meneely dec. Etherton 6-1.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Pogel dec. Adams 5-2; Melko dec. Woods 11-9; Collick pinned Gordon, :46; McKendree dec. Dong 7-2.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Etherton dec. Pogel 10-1; Long dec. Melko 8-4; Abbott dec. Collick 5-4; McKendree technical fall over Nolan 21-4, 4:54.

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FIRST ROUND - Andy Lamancusa (Mercyhurst) dec. Eric Pretto (S. Illinois-Edwardsville) 5-2; Travis Eggers (Upper Iowa) dec. Neil Samples (Western St.) 7-4; Antonio Guerra (Findlay) dec. David Zeek (Kutztown) 11-1; Noomis Jones (Adams St.) dec. John Sundgren (St. Cloud) 12-2; Jason Rhoten (UM-Mankato) pinned Danny Grather (Fort Hays), 4:37; Phil Bliss (Belmont Abbey) dec. Vince Bertucci (Central Missouri) 9-4; Henry Wahle (UN-Omaha) dec. Joe Ellenberger (UN-Kearney) 5-3; Muhammad Abdur-Rahman (Ashland) dec. Daniel Nauman (Shippensburg) 5-3 SV.

QUARTERFINALS - Eggers dec. Lamancusa 15-1; Guerra dec. Jones 3-2; Rhoten pinned Bliss, 4:10; Abdur-Rahman dec. Wahle 6-4 OT.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Samples dec. Pretto 3-2; Sundgren dec. Zeek 10-9; Grater dec. Bertucci 4-2 OT; Ellenberger dec. Nauman 10-3.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Samples dec. Wahle 3-1; Sundgren pinned Bliss, :21; Jones dec. Grater 3-2; Ellenberger dec. Lamancusa 11-3.

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FIRST ROUND - Kyle Keane (Pitt-Johnston) dec. Thomas Anderson (St. Cloud) 6-0; Brett Hunter (Chadron St.) dec. Justin Shannon (Findlay) 4-3; Andy Pickar (UM-Mankato) pinned Jacob Wilson (Shippensburg) , 6:00; Blake Peterson (Truman St) pinned Keenan McCurdy (UN-Kearney), 5:31; Zachary Lee (Western St.) technical fall over Jesse Sheets (C. Missouri) 16-0, 6:31; J.J. Davis (UNC-Pembroke) dec. Mitch Norton (Upper Iowa) 6-5; Kyle Becker (UW-Parkside) dec. Cole Johnson (Mesa St.) 6-3; Hudson Harrison (Mercyhurst) dec. Aaron Denson (UN-Omaha) 13-6.

QUARTERFINALS - Keane dec. Hunter 8-4; Pickar dec. Peterson 9-1; Davis dec. Lee 10-4; Harrison dec. Becker 6-4.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Shannon dec. Anderson 3-1; McCurdy dec. Wilson 9-2; Norton pinned Sheets, 1:47; Denson dec. Johnson 11-4.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Becker dec. Shannon 4-2; McCurdy dec. Lee 5-2; Peterson dec. Norton 10-6; Denson dec. Hunter 10-0.

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FIRST ROUND - Albert Miles (Pitt-Johnston) dec. Jesse Feinsod (New Mexico Highlands) 3-1; Tim Matheson (UM-Mankato) dec. Jeff Halvelka (Findlay) 11-2; Kamarudeen Usman (UN-Kearney) dec. Chris Gibbs (West Liberty) 10-0; Tyler Tubbs (UM-Moorhead) dec. Travis Barbarick (C. Missouri) 7-5; Corey Van Groll (UW-Parkside) dec. Derek Skala (St. Cloud) 5-2; Josh Shields (Mercyhurst) dec. Blake Malloy (Fort Hays) 6-5 TB; Ross Taplin (UN-Omaha) dec. Justin Ferguson (Ashland) 4-2; Bryant Blanton (Newberry) default over Evan Copeland (Adams St.)

QUARTERFINALS - Miles dec. Matheson 3-2; Usman dec. Tubbs 7-5 OT; SHields dec. Van Groll 4-2 OT; Taplin dec. Blanton 5-3.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Feinsod dec. Havleka 9-2; Gibbs dec. Barbarick 3-1; Skala dec. Malloy 4-3; Ferguson dec. Copeland 8-4.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Feinsod dec. Blanton 11-3; Gibbs dec. Van Groll 5-1; Tubbs dec. Skala 8-4; Ferguson dec. Matheson 6-4 OT.

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FIRST ROUND - Daniel Scanlan (Limestone) dec. Lucas Haag (UW-Parkside) 13-0; Lars Lueders (Western St.) dec. Cale Cornermann (Northern St). 17-4; Heath Jolley (Central Oklahoma) dec. Pino Scavella (Gannon) 6-1; Brad Padgett (St. Cloud) dec. Alecxia Lara (San Francisco) 10-0; Mike Corcetti (Pitt-Johnston) dec. Jeremy Hudson (C. Missouri) 10-1; Jared Deaguero (Adams St.) dec. Beau Severtson (Augustana) 4-2; Keeno Griffin (Newberry) dec. Hiram Smith (Findlay) 6-4.

QUARTERFINALS - Scanlan dec. Lueders 3-1; Jolley dec. Sutton 8-6; Corcetti dec. Padgett 5-1; Deaguero dec. Griffin 3-1.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Haag dec. Cornemann 5-0; Scavella dec. Johnson 13-3; Hudson dec. Lara 11-6; Smith dec. Severtson 9-5.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Griffin dec. Haag 13-2; Padgett dec. Scavella 5-4; Hudson dec. Sutton 5-3; Smith dec. Lueders 8-4.

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FIRST ROUND - Jacob Marrs (UN-Omaha) technical fall over Kelly Anundson (Newberry) 16-0, 2:47; Donovan McMahil (Western St.) technical fall over Kevin Domian (C. Missouri) 19-2, 6:32; Ty Copsey (Augustana) dec. Mitch Knapp (West Liberty) 7-4; Derek Ross (UN-Kearney) dec. Jarrett Edison (Central Oklahoma) 7-5; Josh Majerus (Chadron St.) dec. Nick Peppler (UIndy) 10-2; Nicolas Wilkes (St. Cloud) dec. Patrick Walsh (Pitt-Johnson) 2-1; Josh Ohl (Ashland) dec. Tyler Gonzales (Fort Hays) 12-3; Trevor Gallo (Mercyhurst) dec. Matt Norton (Upper Iowa) 11-10.

QUARTERFINALS - McMahill dec. Marrs 14-6; Copsey dec. Ross 6-5 TB; Majerus dec. Wilkes 6-0; Ohl pinned Gallo, 4:34.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Anundson pinned Domain, 1:44; Knapp dec. Edison 12-8; Walsh dec. Peppler 16-3; Norton dec. Gonzales 11-9 OT.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Anundson dec. Gallo 13-7; Wilkes dec. Knapp 5-3; Ross dec. Walsh 9-4; Marrs pinned Norton, 1:15.

HEAVYWEIGHT

FIRST ROUND - Cy Wainwright (Newberry) dec. Jesse Boggs (Highlands) 12-2; Jesse Laber (Mary) dec. Lynn Panko (UIndy) 6-1; Tervel Dlagnev (UN-Kearney) pinned Niall McGrath (Gannon), 4:21; Dan Goodson (Upper Iowa) dec. Cody Beck (C. Missouri) 5-4 TB2; Dustin Finn (C. Oklahoma) dec. Tony Lewis (UN-Omaha) 3-1; Zach Majocha (Pitt-Johnson) dec. Jed Jobe (Grand Canyon) 6-4; Brady Wilson (UM-Mankato) pinned Thomas Minwell (Carson-Newman), 4:13; William Moss (Limestone) dec. Steve Franklin (San Francisco St.) 3-1.

QUARTERFINALS - Wainwright dec. Laber 6-1; Dlagnev technical fall over Goodson 20-5, 5:24; Finn dec. Majocha 3-1 OT; Wilson pinned Moss, :26.

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION - Panko dec. Boggs 5-3; Beck dec. McGrath 10-5; Lewis dec. Jobe 5-3; Franklin dec. Minwell 13-2.

SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION - Moss dec. Panko 3-2; Majocha dec. Beck 3-2; Lewis dec. Goodson 5-3; Laber pinned Franklin, 1;53.