Stanford wins Southern Scuffle title with 11 placewinners, four teams have two champions each
BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Stanford won the Southern Scuffle team title without any individual champions, dropping all three finals bouts on Tuesday night. Runners-up for Stanford were Nico Provo (125), Jason Miranda (141) and Daniel Cardenas (157). The Cardinal, which led throughout the two-day tournament, finished with 11 total placewinners, including two placers at both 157 pounds and 184 pounds.
Stanford finished with 153.5 points. Only three points separated the second-place through fourth-place teams. Oklahoma was runner-up with 136 points, Indiana was third with 134 points and Army West Point was fourth with 133 points. Northern Colorado came in fifth with 110.5 points.
Four teams finished with two individual champions, Indiana, Oklahoma, Indiana, Northern Colorado and Bucknell.
Oklahoma individual champions were Stephen Buchanan (197) and Josh Heindselman (285). Buchanan poured it on in a 16-1 technical fall over Kyle Haas of Oklahoma State. Heindselman defeated Dorian Crosby of Bucknell, 7-3 in the finals. By winning the last two finals, OU was able to slip into second place as a team.
Indiana champions were Dan Fongaro (141) and Graham Rooks (149). Fongaro beat Stanford’s Miranda, 6-4 in the finals, while Rooks scored a takedown in sudden victory to defeat Cody Bond of Appalachian State, 4-1. Claiming titles for Northern Colorado were Stevo Poulin (125) and Vinny Zerban (157), both defeating Stanford opponents in the finals. Poulin stopped Provo, 6-5, while Zerban scored a takedown in sudden victory to defeat Cardenas, 8-5. Bucknell champions were Kurt Phillips (133) and Noah Mulvaney (165). Phipps got an escape and riding time to defeat Dom Serrano of Northern Colorado, 2-0, while Mulvaney handled Army’s Gunner Filipowicz, 11-5.
Other individual champions were Ben Patrick of Army West Point (174) and Jha’quan Anderson of Gardner-Webb (184). Pasiuk got … story at … Themat.com/Stanford-wins-southern-scuffle-title-with-11-placewinners-four-teams-have-two-champions-each
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