ST. LOUIS, Mo. - It hasn't sunk in yet.

Two-time all-American. That has a nice ring to it.

Bouncing back from a disappointing quarterinal loss, University of Northern Iowa senior Moza Fay rallied to earn his second all-American award Friday at the 79th NCAA Division I wrestling championships here at the Scottrade Center.

"It feels great," Fay said. "It feels awesome."

Fay didn't have an answer for Edinboro's Jarod King in the quarterfinals as King scored early and often en route to a 12-5 win.

"I honestly don't know what happened in that match," Fay said. "I didn't feel good going into it, and it kind of showed up on the mat. It sucks losing that dream of being a national champ, wrestling in the national finals, but I'm happy with the way I came back."

Fay can wrestle to as high as third today as he beat Central Michigan's Trevor Stewart and Missouri's Nick Marable in wrestleback matches.

"I'm happy for Moza. Not many guys can call themselves two-time all-Americans," UNI head coach Brad Penrith said.

Fay is the 24th two-time all-American for Northern Iowa.

The Panthers nearly had another all-American, but Alex Dolly fell one win short at 184.

Dolly toppled Mikal McKee of UNC-Greensboro, 9-4, and David Craig of Lehigh, 8-6, to advance to the round of 12, but lost to Phil Keddy of Iowa, 10-2, and was eliminated.

It was Dolly's third appearance in the round of 12.

Trevor Kittleson, Andrew Anderson and Christian Brantley all lost their first wrestleback matches and were eliminated.

Both Kittleson and Brantley return next season.

"I'm proud of the way our guys fought," Penrith said. "We left it out on the mat. That is all I could've asked."

Northern Iowa's Trenton Washington, who was rolled out of the Scottrade Center on a stetcher Thursday, was released from an area hospital at 2 a.m.

Washington was diagnosed as having suffered a concussion after a head-to-head blow with Arizona State's Chris Drouin in 141-pound second-round match.

Washington was briefly unresponsive after the blow, which caused medical officials to call for the strecher as a precautionary measure.

According to UNI trainer Michael Ouellette, Washington was back at the team hotel resting Friday and will be reevaluated by doctors in Cedar Falls when he returns.

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