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College Conference Tournament Results (#85)

Back to back! Camels take SoCon Championship
BOONE, N.C. – Campbell captured its second straight Southern Conference Wrestling Championship behind five individual titles and nine medalists Sunday at the Holmes Convocation Center. Claiming individual championships were Korbin Meink at 125, Noah Gonser at 133, Josh Heil at 141, Quentin Perez at 165 and Andrew Morgan at 184, leading Campbell to its third SoCon tournament championship in four years (2017, 2019, 2020). All five secured their spots in the 2020 NCAA Championships. In addition to CU’s five conference champions, Jere Heino also won his true place match, securing six Camels trips to the NCAA Championships, tying another school record. Also taking podium finishes were runner-ups Matthew Dallara at 157 and Jere Heino at heavyweight, while Austin Kraisser at 174 pounds and Chris Kober at 197 both placed third for the Camels. CU head coach Cary Kolat was named SoCon Coach of the Year for the second straight season after leading the Camels to a back-to-back sweep of the league’s regular season and tournament titles. Austin Kraisser also earned the SoCon Pinnacle Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship winning team. Appalachian State’s Cary Miller and VMI’s Neal Richards, meanwhile, shared the SoCon’s Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. Campbell posted bonus point wins in all nine of its first round matchups with five pins and four major decisions. Seven Camels advanced to the championship round, matching another school record, with three in consolation brackets. …. rest of the story and matches at https://gocamels.com/news/2020/3/8/wrestling-back-to-back-camels-take-socon-championship.aspx?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

WolfPack Wrestling Claims its Second Straight ACC Championship
Camacho and Hayden Hidlay earn individual titles, eight qualify for NCAA Championships
PITTSBURGH, PA. – The NC State wrestling team won back-to-back ACC Championships for the first time since 2001-02, as the Wolfpack claimed top honors at the 2020 ACC Championship Sunday at Pitt. NC State won the team race with 81 points. Host Pitt was second (77), North Carolina took third (67.5), Virginia was fourth (60.5), Virginia Tech fifth (52) and Duke was sixth (2). The ACC title was the Pack’s second straight, third in the last five seasons and 17th all-time in school history. The 17 team titles are tied UNC among the current ACC schools.
The Pack had nine of its 10 wrestlers in the semifinals, six into the finals and a pair won individual ACC championships – R-Fr. Jakob Camacho (125 pounds) and R-Jr. Hayden Hidlay (157) both went 2-0 on the day to win their championships. R-Jr. Tariq Wilson (141), R-Jr. Daniel Bullard (174), R-Fr. Trent Hidlay (184), and So. Deonte Wilson (285) each earned All-ACC honors with their second place finishes.
#10 R-Jr. Thomas Bullard scored a third place finish at 165 pounds, and added two additional team points in his third place bout with a pin.
R-Fr. Jarrett Trombley placed fourth at 133 pounds. Both Thomas Bullard and Trombley have advanced to the NCAA Championships with their automatic bids. …. rest of the story at https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/8/wrestling-packwrestle-claims-its-second-straight-acc-championship.aspx?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Hawkeyes Win Big Ten Title, Crown 3 Champions
PISCATAWAY, N.J. –- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won the 2020 Big Ten Championship on Sunday, scoring 157.5 team points and crowning three individual champions. Alex Marinelli defended his 165-pound conference title, and Spencer Lee and Pat Lugo became first time champions, leading Iowa to its first outright team title since 2010 and its 36th conference title overall.  “Job well done. We are not downplaying this,” said Iowa head coach Tom Brands. “The reason why it does get downplayed is because there is another important event. It’s cliché but we have to get ready and there is work to do. But we definitely give ourselves credit. You don’t see what is behind the scenes. We appreciate a job well done, and that was a job well done and it was a battle.”  
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Lee led 4-1 after one, 6-1 after two, and with more than four minutes of riding time, added 10 points in the third to defeat No. 2 Devin Schroder, 16-2, at 125 pounds. The Big Ten Conference title is the first of his career. … story and results at https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2020/3/8/wrestling-hawkeyes-win-big-ten-title-crown-3-champions.aspx?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Richards Repeats as SoCon Tourney’s Most Outstanding Wrestler
BOONE, N.C. – VMI red-shirt senior Neal Richards was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler Sunday for the second-straight year after winning the 174-pound individual championship at the 2020 Southern Conference Wrestling Championships, hosted by Appalachian State University. He automatically qualifies for the NCAA Division I Tournament, with the chance to earn All-American honors.
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Richards, from South Chesterfield, Va., had a much harder path Sunday to the trophy than he had a year ago. In 2019 he had a first-round bye, and won by technical fall in the semifinals and major decision in the finals. This season as the #2 seed, he opened with a 21-6 technical fall win over The Citadel’s Kyle Kretzler. In the semifinals he defeated third-seeded Austin Kraisser from Campbell 3-1 in a sudden victory session. Richards got revenge in the finals for his only Southern Conference loss in the last two years with a 12-5 victory over top-seeded Thomas Flitz from Appalachian State. It is Richards’ third trip to the NCAA Tournament in his career and second SoCon title. He will enter the NCAA Tourney with a 38-7 record with six major decisions, seven technical falls and five pins on the year, with victories in 18 of his last 19 matches. …. story at https://vmikeydets.com/news/2020/3/8/wrestling-richards-repeats-as-socon-tourneys-most-outstanding-wrestler.aspx?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Five Individual Titles Help Secure Arizona State’s 19th Pac-10/12 Championship
STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 6 Sun Devil wrestling team willed their way back to the top of the conference with five individual titles to win its third Pac-12 Wrestling Championship in four years after posting their highest conference tournament point total (141.5) since 1993.
The conference title was ASU’s 21st all-time and 19th in the Pac-10/12 era with the help of five individual conference champion performances – Brandon Courtney (125), Jacori Teemer (157), Anthony Valencia (174), Kordell Norfleet (197) and Tanner Hall (HWT).
 “What the guys did today was really impressive in that last round,” head coach Zeke Jones said. “We knew our backs were against the wall and the guys really stepped up and competed well. It was a mix of youth and experience. Our youth along the way started off with our champ at 125, Brandon Courtney. He helped jumpstart our run.”  The difference to taking home the team title could also be pinpointed by a collective effort from semifinal performances from the six finalist representatives, as each wrestler was able to secure a bonus-point win in their first match of the day. Norfleet, the top-seed at a loaded 197 lb. weight class was named Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Pac-12 tournament after recording two bonus-point wins, including a fall over No. 10 Nathan Traxler in only 1:38. …. story at https://thesundevils.com/news/2020/3/8/five-individual-titles-help-asuwrestling-earn-the-programs-19th-pac-12-championship.aspx?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Mizzou Wrestling Claims Ninth-Straight Conference Tournament Crown
Mauller earns second conference title while Tigers qualify six to NCAA Championships
DeKALB, Ill. – Mizzou Wrestling claimed its ninth-straight conference tournament title and eighth-straight MAC Tournament Championship, scoring 142.0 team points as the two-day event ended Sunday (March 8). Mizzou has won the MAC tournament every year since joining the league for the 2012-13 season, and dating back to 2011-12 when it won the Big 12 Tournament, Mizzou has won nine consecutive conference tournament titles. The Tigers finished 21 points ahead of second-place Central Michigan. Individually, Mizzou sophomore 149-pounder Brock Mauller earned a title and Mizzou had seven wrestlers finish in the top three of their weight classes. Allan Hart (133), Jarrett Jacques (157) and Dylan Wisman (184) all earned runner-up nods. Of course, the conference championships are a time to dole out NCAA allocations as well, and six Tigers ended Sunday with automatic qualifications to this month’s NCAA Championships at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Joining Mauller is 133-pounder Hart (second place at MACs), 141-pounder Grant Leeth (third place at MACs), 157-pounder Jacques (second place at MACs), 174-pounder Connor Flynn (third place at MACs) and 184-pounder Wisman (second place at MACs). …. Story at https://mutigers.com/news/2020/3/8/mizzou-wrestling-claims-ninth-straight-conference-tournament-crown.aspx?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Oklahoma State ties school record with eighth straight Big 12 title, led by three champions
BY ROGER MOORE, SPECIAL TO THEMAT.COM | MARCH 08, 2020
TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma State wrestling doesn’t have many firsts. The dominant mat program of the twentieth century made some history Saturday and Sunday inside the BOK Center, however, winning an eighth-straight league crown. As Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, from 1921-28, OAMC also won eight. “It’s something we haven’t done since 1928,” said OSU head coach John Smith, whose club had three champions and outdistanced second place Iowa State, 147 ½ to 116 ½. “Anytime you tie or break a record in Oklahoma State wrestling you are doing something. I’m glad this team got to experience that this year. It’s been a struggle for us, but we wrestled our best (Sunday).” Indeed, the Cowboys did, winning 12 of 13 matches and wrapping up the team title after the medal rounds. With Iowa State hanging around entering Day 2, OSU put together a big first session and got third place medals from Dusty Hone (141), Joe Smith (174), Anthony Montalvo (184), and Dakota Geer (197), each winning twice. In the final session OSU won three of four finals bouts, including senior Nick Piccininni’s narrow victory over Iowa State’s Alex Mackall at 125 pounds. Piccininni (27-2) became the ninth four-time Big 12 champion. He was joined by Boo Lewallen (21-2, 149), and rookie Travis Wittlake (28-2, 165) atop the podium with Wyatt Sheets falling to ISU’s David Carr in the 157-pound title tilt. “It’s kind of a short list, a bunch of big names,” said Piccininni, named Outstanding Wrestler. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/March/08/Oklahoma-State-wins-Big-12?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Who earned automatic bids for their conference, but needs an at-large?
Note that the “replacement” qualifier will be in parenthesis next to the wrestler who initially earned the bid.
125: Fabian Gutierrez, Chattanooga (Korbin Meink, Campbell); Justin Cardani, Illinois (Malik Heinselman, Ohio State); Patrick McKee, Minnesota (Logan Griffin, Michigan State); Logan Treaster, Navy (Dominic LaJoie, Cornell); Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State (Jackson DiSario, Stanford); Michael Colaiocco, Penn (Antonio Mininno, Drexel); Nic Aguilar, Rutgers (Liam Cronin, Indiana); Daniel Vega, South Dakota State (Christian Moody, Oklahoma); Eric Barnett, Wisconsin (Alex Thomsen, Nebraska)
133: Zach Trampe, Binghamton (Nick Farro, Lehigh); Todd Small, Iowa State (Lawrence Saenz, Fresno State); Richie Koehler, Rider (Andrew Marten, Central Michigan)
141: Sal Profaci, American (Noah Baughman, Cornell); Wil Gil, Franklin & Marshall (Ryan Pomrinca, Lehigh); DJ Lloren, Fresno State (Dylan Droegemueller, North Dakota State); Shakur Laney, Ohio (Sa’Derian Perry, Old Dominion); Mitch Moore, Virginia Tech (Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh) ….. full list at https://wrestlingbypirate.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/who-earned-automatic-bids-for-their-conference-but-needs-an-at-large/?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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College Results/News # 84 – National Championships

List of National Qualifiers for the NJCAA Tournament
Here is the list of Qualifiers for the NJCAA National Tournament in Council Bluffs on March 6-7…. full list at https://www.thepredicament.com/2020/03/list-of-national-qualifiers-for-the-njcaa-tournament/?mc_cid=0e049afe50&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Hall of Fame’s NCAA Fan Fest Exhibit Will
Feature “North Star State Wrestling Legends”

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced on Thursday that it will showcase “North Star State Wrestling Legends” on a 15-feet by 8-feet full color banner at the NCAA Wrestling Fan Fest in The Armory in Minneapolis on March 20-21. Held in conjunction with the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at U.S. Bank Stadium, the Fan Fest is free to the public and is scheduled to be open from 1-6 p.m. on Friday, March 20, and from 12-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 21. Click for Complete Fan Fest Schedule “Minnesota has a long and storied wrestling history and we feel that this exhibit helps us honor their wrestling legends,” said Hall of Fame Executive Director Lee Roy Smith. “We are excited to showcase the national honorees, including six Distinguished Members, and more than 125 deserving individuals honored by our Minnesota Chapter since 2003.” …. story at https://nwhof.org/blog/hall-of-fames-ncaa-fan-fest-exhibit-willfeature-north-star-state-wrestling-legends/?mc_cid=0e049afe50&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Lehigh Finishes A Top of NWCA DI Mid-Major Poll
Manheim, Pennsylvania – Going into this weekend’s qualifying tournaments, the National Wrestling Coaches Association released its final Mid-Major Dual Meet Top 20 poll of the season.. Formulated in 2017, the Mid-Major Top 20 concentrates on the programs that fall outside of the traditional “Power 5” conferences. The EIWA conference dominated the top 5 with four of the top five teams led by Lehigh which was ranked first with all first-place votes. Northern Iowa was right behind the Mountain Hawks in the second position with Princeton in third. Princeton won its first Ivy League Championship since 1986 and had a win in November over Lehigh. Rounding out the top five is Cornell in fourth and Army West Point in fifth. The Southern Conference made a big splash in the next five with Campbell reaching their highest Mid-Major Poll ranking ever falling into the 6th spot. Appalachian State was right on their heels falling into the 8th spot. Rider who had a huge win in November over Minnesota finished in 7th with South Dakota State and Central Michigan rounding out the top 10. …. story and complete list at http://www.nwcaonline.com/lehigh-finishes-a-top-of-nwca-di-mid-major-poll/?mc_cid=0e049afe50&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Pairings Announced For NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships
INDIANAPOLIS – Tyler Makosy (149 pounds), Kaleb Warner (165), Brandon Sloop (184) are all scheduled to battle nationally-ranked foes in the opening round with Friday’s release of the pairings for the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships that are set to take place next weekend inside the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.  
Ninth-ranked and eighth-seeded Nick Daggett drew Adams State’s Isaiah De La Cerda in his opening bout of the 125-pound tournament, while Logan Seliga (133) and Nick Kee (197) will both be assigned opponents following preliminary-round action.  
Sloop will be battling top-ranked Heath Gray for the second time this season when the two face each other in the opening round of the 184-pound tournament. Gray registered a 13-4 major decision over the UNCP senior earlier this season at the Midwest Classic. His five teammates will be grappling their opponents for the first time this season.  
First-round action inside the Denny Sanford Premier Center is scheduled to get underway on March 13 at noon ET. The top eight finishers from each of the 10 weight classes will earn all-America status. …. Story at https://uncpbraves.com/news/2020/3/6/pairings-announced-for-ncaa-division-ii-wrestling-championships.aspx?mc_cid=1a400a2613&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Seeking ninth straight, Grand View gets nine semifinalists for big lead at NAIA Nationals in Kansas
PARK CITY, Kansas – By punching nine athletes into the semifinals round, Grand View (Iowa) took a commanding lead after the first day of the NAIA National Championships. Nick Mitchell’s Vikings, seeking a ninth straight NAIA national title, have almost double the points of the next team in the standings. Grand View has 113 points, which second place Reinhardt at 57.5 points. The battle appears to be for second place, as Cumberlands (Ky.) is in third with 52 points, Menlo (Calif.) is in fourth with 47 points and Baker (Kan.) is in fifth with 45 points. Of those nine semifinalists, Grand View has two weight classes where they put two athletes in the semifinals. At 157 pounds, No. 1 seed Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer will battle teammate and No. 4 seed Dalton Jensen in a semifinal match. At 165 pounds, No. 3 Giovanni Bonilla is in a different semifinal than Grand View teammate No. 4 Kyle Caldwell. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/March/06/Grand-View-takes-commanding-lead-in-NAIA-Nationals?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Returning champion Clackamas punches five into semifinals to lead at NJCAA Nationals after day one
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | 
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Defending national champion Clackamas CC earned the most semifinalists with five to take a lead in the team race at the NJCAA National Championships on Friday. Three of Coach Josh Rhoden’s No. 1 seeded athletes advanced into the semifinals, Jason Shaner (133), Joel Romero (157) and Tarik Sutkovic (197). The other semifinalists for Clackamas are No. 11 seed Marckis Branford (141) and No. 4 seed Martin Margolis III (149). Clackamas had 84.5 points, five points ahead of second place Rochester with 79.5. The top five teams are bunched pretty tight, with Iowa Western in third with 71.5 points, Western Wyoming in fourth with 68.5 points and Northeast Oklahoma in fifth with 67 points.
Three teams have four semifinalist, Rochester, Northeast Oklahoma and Ellsworth. With three semifinalists are Iowa Western and Western Wyoming. The only returning NJCAA champion in the field was defeated in the quarterfinals, when Clackamas’ Martin Margolis III edged 2019 national champion Cardionte Wilson of Ellsworth, 11-10. …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/March/06/Clackamas-takes-lead-at-NJCAA-Nationals?mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Multi-Divisional Insider: Turbulent regionals set the stage for D2 and D3 NCAA Championships
Expect the unexpected.
Nothing seems out of the ordinary when the postseason rolls around in Division III wrestling. A year ago in Roanoke, Va., a defending national champion and a top-seed, both lost within the first hour of the NCAA Division III championships and neither of them were able to wrestle back to find a spot on the podium. Adding to the unexpected, Ryan Budzek of the College of New Jersey won the 149-pound championship as an unseeded wrestler.
It appears the craziness has started a bit sooner in 2020. Last week’s regional tournaments saw six prior All-Americans not make the 180-man field for the championships set to be held March 13-13 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. One of those six was Carlos Champagne of Wabash, seventh a year ago, Champagne was ranked No. 1 at 125 in the latest NWCA Coaches’ Poll. Teams seeking a title in Division III also had a mixed bag of results. Defending champion Augsburg (Upper Midwest) and runner-up Loras (Lower Midwest) each qualified a tournament-high eight wrestlers. All four of the Auggies returning national champions advanced, but only sixth-ranked David Flynn at 141 won a regional title. Two-time national champion Ryan Epps lost 7-6 in tiebreakers to returning All-American Grant Zamin in the 157 final. Two-time champion Lucas Jeske was third at 165 and Lance Benick medically forfeited the 197 final to La Crosse’s Issac Lahr. Augsburg, which will be seeking its 14th team title, which would match Wartburg College for most in Division III history, had four regional champs – Flynn, Aaron Wilson at 149, Solomon Nielsen at 174 and Tannar Vassar at 184. Among Loras’ eight qualifiers, the Duhawks return all five of their All-Americans — Clint Lembeck at 141, Brandon Murray at 157, Eddie Smith at 165, Jacob Krakow at 174 and Guy Patron at 197. Only Murray won a regional championship among Loras’ qualifiers, while Danile Ruiz at 149, Smith, Krakow, Patron and Wyatt Wriedt at 285 were runner-ups. Wartburg, which had been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 all season, stumbled at the Lower Midwest regional. The Knights saw only five wrestlers qualifying, the lowest for the program since the early 1990s.
Three ranked Wartburg wrestlers, including returning All-American Brady Fritz did not qualify. The Knights, who finished sixth last year and for the first time since 2002 did not have a finalist, will be led No. 1 Kristian Rumph at 133 and returning All-American Kyle Briggs at 174. Another story to watch with Wartburg will be Jordan Brandon at heavyweight. The transfer from Iowa Lakes who joined the team at the semester is looking to give the Knights a heavyweight All-American for the 22nd consecutive year. Brandon is ranked eighth. Stevens Institute of Technology qualified the third-most wrestlers, seven, and are ….. story at https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1583556926558&twSessionId=fsyxmbdvww&postId=768208135&mc_cid=2240f0215d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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