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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 17^th 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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