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March 30, 1998

Iowa streak continues before sellout crowd

BY MARTY BENSON
STAFF WRITER

CLEVELAND -- That ol' black and gold magic proved to be too much again, even though the usual wizard wasn't sitting in the coach's chair.

Iowa, under interim coach Jim Zalesky, won its fourth straight Division I Wrestling Championships team title March 21 at Cleveland State in front of a sellout crowd of 12,997 for the finals.

The Hawkeyes piled up 115 points, the lowest winning score since 1994 (941/2, when Oklahoma State won), to outdistance runner-up and Big Ten Conference rival Minnesota, which finished a school-best second with 102 points. Minnesota was third last year.

A former assistant, Zalesky coached the Hawkeyes this year while Dan Gable -- who has led Iowa to 15 team championships, including the last three -- took a year off from coaching to contemplate retirement. A three-time individual champion (1982 through 1984) when he wrestled for Iowa, Zalesky had served as assistant coach for seven years.

"This proved that Iowa wrestling isn't just Dan Gable," said 134-pound champion Mark Ironside. "It's a philosophy and an attitude.

"We did what they said couldn't be done for the second year in a row."

In addition to Ironside, who won in the same weight class last year, teammates Joe Williams and Jeff McGinness claimed their respective weight classes. Williams' title was his third straight crown. He won at 167 pounds after taking the 158-pound class the past two years. Williams also claimed the meet's Most Outstanding Wrestling Award, marking the second straight year a Hawkeye has earned such recognition. Last year, Lincoln McIlravy, who served as an assistant coach this year, was the honoree.

Williams finished the season undefeated (34-0) for the first time in his career with a takedown in all three periods against Pennsylvania's Brandon Slay, who was runner-up in the same weight class last year.

"This (championship) probably means a little bit more," Williams said of the individual championship. "It's not how you start; it's how you finish.

"I'm probably a little more excited about the team (championship)."

With this year's most outstanding wrestler, Iowa passes Oklahoma and moves into second place for most MOWs with nine. Oklahoma State leads with 15.

Iowa's other championship came from McGinness, who earned the second individual trophy of his career, this one at 142 pounds. He won at 126 pounds in 1995 as a sophomore. He did not place as a junior and then red-shirted last year.

"The '95 title, it was more a load off my shoulders," said McGinness, whose win this year mathematically clinched the team trophy. "This one is more like a celebration."

Zalesky shared both of the emotions to which McGinness referred, perhaps more the former than the latter.

"I'm just happy for the program, happy for the coaching staff, happy for the wrestlers and happy for the fans," Zalesky said. "We showed a lot of heart. We just fought hard today."

Minnesota coach J Robinson, having been a Gable assistant himself, said thinks he knows how Zalesky feels.

"I think he has done a great job," said the Golden Gophers' mentor, who helped recruit Zalesky to Iowa from high school. "I think I have the right to comment on that because I did it (filled in) for a year and a lot of people don't know that.

"It's very hard to be in a situation where God resides right down the corridor (Gable worked in a noncoaching capacity in the Iowa athletics department this year). And I say that in a positive way. What you do is kind of sometimes second-guess your decisions. It's a real hard role to be in. That pressure is really kind of unbelievable."

During the dual-meet season the Hawkeyes looked -- and were -- vulnerable. Entering this year, they hadn't lost at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since 1988. This season, they lost three times at home.

One of those losses was to pretournament favorite Oklahoma State, the only team other than Iowa to win a title since 1988. But the Cowboys, who also were pretournament favorite last year, yielded again to the Hawkeyes, this time finishing third with 991/2 points.

Despite the drop from a second-place finish last year, Oklahoma State coach John Smith said he didn't think his team had a bad tournament.

"We wanted to win the national championship and it just didn't happen," he said. "But we didn't fail, we had a good tournament."

Other teams with successful tournament showings included Central Michigan, which finished a school-record fifth with 53 points. Previously, the Chippewas' best showing was eighth in 1981. Last year, Central Michigan shared 41st place, scoring six points.

Also, Ohio finished in the top 10 for the seventh time, tying Oregon State with 431/2 points.

In addition to Iowa's repeating champions, Oklahoma State's Eric Guerrero (126 pounds) and Ohio State's Mitch Clark (177 pounds) won titles for the second straight year. Defending 190-pound champion Lee Fullhart of Iowa finished third in the same class this year.

Oregon State's Oscar Wood, who finished third in the 142-pound class, earned the pin award, registering four falls in 12:52.

Paid attendance at Cleveland State's Convocation Center for the six sessions of competition totaled 73,020, the fourth-best mark in the championships' history. The event has been sold out in three of the last four years. The only year in that span it wasn't sold out was 1994 in Minneapolis, when that same city hosted NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship regionals games on the same weekend.

Division I wrestling

TEAM

1. Iowa, 115; 2. Minnesota, 102; 3. Oklahoma St., 991/2; 4. Penn St., 701/2; 5. Central Mich., 53; 6. Iowa St., 491/2; 7. (tie) Illinois and West Va., 48; 9. (tie) Ohio and Oregon St. , 431/2.

11. Cal St. Bakersfield, 421/2; 12. Michigan, 391/2; 13. Michigan St., 39; 14. Fresno St., 371/2; 15. (tie) Edinboro and Oklahoma, 351/2; 17. Arizona St., 35; 18. Northwestern, 341/2; 19. Wisconsin, 34; 20. Pittsburgh, 32.

21. (tie) Nebraska and Oregon, 28; 23. Ohio St., 26; 24. (tie) Clarion and Purdue, 25; 26. Lehigh, 23; 27. Pennsylvania, 211/2; 28. Cal Poly SLO, 131/2; 29. Harvard, 121/2; 30. (tie) Cal St. Fullerton and Northern Iowa, 12.

32. North Caro., 111/2; 33. (tie) Brown and Lock Haven, 11; 35. Northern Ill. and Rider, 81/2; 37. Virginia, 8; 38. (tie) Bloomsburg, Syracuse and Virginia Tech, 7.

41. Missouri, 6; 42. Old Dominion, 51/2; 43. (tie) Air Force, Boise St. and Hofstra, 5; 46. (tie) East Stroudsburg, George Mason, Maryland and Navy, 41/2; 50. (tie) Army, Brigham Young, Kent and Wyoming, 4.

54. (tie) Eastern Ill. and North Caro. St., 31/2; 56. (tie) Boston U. and Stanford, 3; 58. (tie) Cleveland St., Indiana, Rutgers and Chattanooga, 21/2.

62. (tie) Drexel and UC Davis, 2; 64. (tie) Georgia St., Miami (Ohio) and Slippery Rock, 11/2; 67. (tie) American, Bucknell, Cornell and VMI, 1.

INDIVIDUAL

118-pound class

Preliminary round: Rudy Ruiz, Stanford, def. Brent Thompson, Kent, 9-5.

First round: Tim Dernlan, Purdue, pinned Ruiz, 2:47; Cody Sanderson, Iowa St., def. Eric Keller, Northern Iowa, 3-2; Brandon Paulson, Minnesota, pinned Tom Combes, Eastern Ill., 2:55; David Morgan, Michigan St., def. Jose Enriquez, Brigham Young, 10-2; John Carvalheira, Rider, def. Chris Walker, Wyoming, 12-6; Jason Gabrielson, Edinboro, def. Mark Garcia, New Mexico, 12-10; Jeremy Hunter, Penn St., def. Paul Gomez, Nebraska, 6-0; Chuck Connor, North Caro., pinned Angelo Zegarelli, West Va., 4:21; Steve Doerrer, Illinois, def. Chris Mansueto, George Mason, 5-2; Stephen Abas, Fresno St., def. Ben Richards, Oregon St., 11-4; Lee Pritts, Clarion, def. Lee Carroll, North Caro. St., 13-5; Eric Juergens, Iowa, pinned Corey Williams, N.C-Greensboro, 6:58; Teague Moore, Oklahoma St., def. Steve Garland, Virginia, 11-8; Sean Kim, Cal St. Fullerton, def. James Butera, Harvard, by technical fall, 7:00; Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg, def. Mike Kawamura, Arizona St., by default; Shane Valdez, Oklahoma, def. Scott Clough, Wisconsin, 5-3.

Second round: Dernlan def. Sanderson, 2-0; Morgan def. Paulson, 8-0; Carvalheira def. Gabrielson, 10-3; Hunter def. Connor, by default; Abas def. Doerrer, 16-6; Juergens def. Pritts, 8-4; Moore def. Kim, 10-1; Valdez def. Sluyter, 11-3.

Quarterfinals: Morgan def. Dernlan, 5-0; Hunter def. Carvalheira, 2-1; Juergens def. Abas, 11-8; Moore def. Valdez, 2-1.

Semifinals: Morgan def. Hunter, 2-1; Moore def. Juergens, 6-4.

Finals: Moore pinned Morgan, 4:50. Third place -- Juergens def. Abas, 5-3, sudden death. Fifth place -- Hunter def. Dernlan, 9-2. Seventh place -- Paulson def. Carvalheira, 3-2, tiebreaker.

126-pound class

Preliminary round: Jason Betz, Penn St., def. Nate Rupp, Cornell, 5-0; Carl Perry, Illinois, def. Dave Vollmer, James Madison, by technical fall, 6:57.

First round: Jason Buce, Oregon St., def. Betz, 18-9; Joe Warren, Michigan, def. C. C. Fisher, North Caro., 13-5; John Kelly, Brigham Young, pinned Joey Coughran, Cal St. Fullerton, 1:32; Eric Jetton, Wisconsin, def. Chad Caros, Buffalo, by technical fall, 5:46; Dane Valdez, Oklahoma, def. Ryan Egan, Northern Ill., 12-3; Pat McNamara, Michigan St., def. Zach Zimmerer, Stanford, 7-6; Stan Greene, Fresno St., def. Tom Davis, North Caro. St., 4-2; Rob Loper, Pittsburgh, def. Doug Schwab, Iowa, 10-7; Dwight Hinson, Iowa St., def. Perry, 6-3; Bob Patnesky, West. Va., def. Steve Walker, Pennsylvania, 3-2; Jay Vesperman, Central Mich., def. Josh Hutchens, Purdue, 6-4, sudden death; Kevin Saniga, Edinboro, def. Chris Heckel, Duke, 11-6; Eric Guerrero, Oklahoma St., def. Solomon Webb, Bucknell, by technical fall, 6:56; Matt Roth, Virginia, pinned Bobby Hanson, Chattanooga, 0:27; Shawn Ford, Arizona St., def. Jeremy Welder, Nebraska, 7-5; Terry Showalter, Lock Haven, def. Kelly Revells, Eastern Ill., 7-2.

Second round: Buce def. Warren, 7-5; Jetton def. Kelly, by technical fall, 5:43; McNamara def. Valdez, 6-2; Loper def. Greene, 6-5; Hinson def. Patnesky, 9-3; Vesperman def. Saniga, 11-4; Guerrero def. Roth, 11-0; Showalter def. Ford, 3-1, sudden death.

Quarterfinals: Jetton def. Buce, 6-0; McNamara def. Loper, 8-8, tiebreaker; Hinson def. Vesperman, 8-4; Guerrero def. Showalter, by technical fall, 7:00.

Semifinals: Jetton def. McNamara, 9-1; Guerrero def. Hinson, 2-1.

Finals: Guerrero def. Jetton, 5-4. Third place -- Hinson def. Greene, 6-1. Fifth place -- McNamara def. Buce, 11-6. Seventh place -- Perry def. Coughran, 5-4.

134-pound class

Preliminary round: Mark Piotrowsky, Pennsylvania, def. Refael Vega, Edinboro, 6-4.

First round: Jamill Kelly, Oklahoma St., def. Piotrowsky, 8-5; Michael Lightner, Oklahoma, def. Jason Mutarelli, Virginia, 9-3; Mark Ironside, Iowa, def. Chad Jesko, Pittsburgh, by technical fall, 5:55 (no near fall); Nick Flach, Northern Iowa, def. James Kocher, North Caro. St., 6-5, sudden death; Scott Schatzman, Northwestern, def. Greg Mayer, Central Mich., by technical fall, 6:22; Sean Gray, Virginia Tech, def. Jeff Bucher, Ohio St., 6-5; Dustin DeNunzio, Harvard, def. Biff Walizer, Penn St., 8-3; Mike Collier, UC Davis, def. Erik Smith, Appalachian St., 3-2; Eric Schmeising, Hofstra, def. Don Pool, Eastern Ill., 8-6; Mark Angle, Clarion, def. Gregg Kessler, Rider, 19-5; Mike Mendoza, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Bobby Cook, Chattanooga, 10-1; Shawn Enright, Ohio, def. Dave Esposito, Lehigh, 12-3; Whitey Chlebove, West. Va., pinned Quinn Foster, Arizona St., 0:58; Brad Canoyer, Nebraska, def. Troy Marr, Minnesota, 5-3; Issac Miller, Michigan St., def. Bryce Bochy, Wyoming, 6-4, sudden death; Jeremy Ensrud, Oregon, def. James Torres, Indiana, 3-2.

Second round: Lightner def. Kelly, 7-3, sudden death; Ironside pinned Flach, 5:51; Schatzman def. Gray, 8-3; DeNunzio pinned Collier, 1:35; Angle def. Schmiesing, 10-2; Enright def. Mendoza, 10-0; Chlebove def. Canoyer, 3-1; Ensrud def. Miller, 16-7.

Quarterfinals: Ironside def. Lightner, 11-8; DeNunzio def. Schatzman, 7-4; Enright def. Angle, 10-9; Ensrud def. Chlebove, 6-5.

Semifinals: Ironside def. DeNunzio, 5-3; Enright def. Ensrud, 8-6, sudden death.

Finals: Ironside def. Enright, 9-3. Third place -- Ensrud def. Angle, 3-2. Fifth place -- Lightner def. DeNunzio, 5-4. Seventh place -- Chlebove def. Schatzman, 5-3.

142-pound class

Preliminary round: Ryan Bernholz, Lehigh, def. Dusty Coufal, Wisconsin, 8-5; Jeff McGinness, Iowa, pinned Melvin Saunders, N.C.-Greensboro, 2:07.

First round: Steven Schmidt, Oklahoma St., def. Bernholz, 10-7; Cole Sanderson, Iowa St., def. Sidney Billups, Coppin St., 3-2; Oscar Wood, Oregon St., pinned Chris Elliot, Slippery Rock, 4:23; Mike Harp, Missouri, def. Arkee Allen, Columbia, 8-4; Casey Cunningham, Central Mich., def. David Levitt, Boise St., 16-4; Brent Conly, Lock Haven, def. Jeff Tufano, Wyoming, 3-2; Jamarr Billman, Penn St., def. Trent McDowell, Fresno St., 11-2; Dorian Hager, West Va., def. Jonathan Archuleta, Cal St. Bakersfield, 15-7; McGinness pinned Pierre Pryor, North Caro. St., 5:34; John-Mark Bentley, North Caro., def. Malik Elliott, Northwestern, 13-4; Tom Tomeo, Clarion, def. David Inkman, Virginia Tech, 6-3; Willie Wineberg, Purdue, pinned Tracy Brown, Arizona St., 6:11; Jason Davids, Minnesota, pinned Mike Ziska, Pittsburgh, 3:16; Shane Mack, Maryland, def. Jeromy McVige, Buffalo, 3-2; Adam Tirapelle, Illinois, def. Ed Hockenberry, Bloomsburg, 14-3; Brian Singleton, Kent, def. Billy Maldanado, Georgia St., 8-4.

Second round: Schmidt def. Sanderson, 12-7; Harp def. Wood, 10-6; Cunningham def. Conly, 15-2; Billman def. Hager, 2-1; McGinness def. Bentley, 6-3; Tomeo def. Wineberg, 4-1; Davids pinned Mack, 4:48; Tirapelle def. Singleton, 9-4.

Quarterfinals: Harp def. Schmidt, 8-5; Cunningham def. Billman, 8-5; McGinness def. Tomeo, 6-2; Davids def. Tirapelle, 9-5.

Semifinals: Cunningham def. Harp, 10-0; McGinness def. Davids, 8-4.

Finals: McGinness def. Cunningham, 3-1. Third place -- Wood pinned Davids, 2:46. Fifth place -- Billman def. Harp, 9-8. Seventh place -- Schmidt def. Tomeo, 3-0.

150-pound class

Preliminary round: Eric Siebert, Illinois, def. Eric Jorgensen, Oregon St., 5-3; Ben Boozer, Edinboro, def. Chris Ayres, Lehigh, 9-8.

First round: Siebert def. Mike Kallai, Air Force, 9-4; Drew Pariano, Northwestern, def. Trey Burlingame, N.C.-Greensboro, 5-0; Jimmy Arias, Oklahoma St., def. Kasey Gilliss, Iowa, 4-2; Rodney Jones, Oklahoma, def. Craig Welk, Cal Poly SLO, 6-4; Mike Mason, West Va., def. Dennis Balogh, Miami (Ohio), 11-5; Mark Strickland, Old Dominion, def. David Maldonado, Iowa St., 5-3; Bill Lacure, Michigan, def. Jim Harshaw, Virginia, 7-1; Heath Esinger, Chattanooga, def. R. J. Galioto, Seton Hall, 7-3; Boozer def. Chris Bahr, Northern Iowa, 13-6; Don Pritzlaff, Wisconsin, def. Larry Quisel, Boise St., 5-4; Kevin Brandon, George Mason, def. Brendan James, Frank. & Marsh., 10-8, sudden death; Clint Musser, Penn St., def. Chris Martin, Virginia Tech, 7-4; Jeff Whalen, Maryland, def. Ian Kaplan, Davidson, 8-2; Chad Kraft, Minnesota, def. Ben Gerdes, Lock Haven, 12-1; Steve Blackford, Arizona St., pinned John Fogarty, Cornell, 3:53; Darryl Christian, Oregon, def. Kevin Stanley, Indiana, 7-5.

Second round: Siebert def. Pariano, 7-5; Arias def. Jones, 3-2; Mason def. Strickland, 13-6; Lacure def. Eslinger, 4-3; Pritzlaff def. Boozer, 14-5; Musser def. Brandon, 13-4; Kraft def. Whalen, 12-4; Blackford def. Christian, 4-1.

Quarterfinals: Siebert def. Arias, 6-4, sudden death; Mason def. Lacure, 11-6; Musser def. Pritzlaff, 3-2; Kraft def. Blackford, 4-3.

Semifinals: Siebert def. Mason, 5-4, tiebreaker; Kraft def. Musser, 3-2.

Finals: Siebert def. Kraft, 7-3. Third place -- Mason def. Lacure, 6-4, sudden death. Fifth place -- Musser def. Pritzlaff, 12-3. Seventh place -- Arias def. Jones, 2-1.

158-pound class

Preliminary round: Isaac Wood, Oregon St., def. Vince DeAugustine, Buffalo, 4-1; Byron Tucker, Oklahoma, def. Bill Zeman, Illinois, 12-2; Temoer Terry, Nebraska, def. Kirk White, Boise St., 7-4.

First round: Hardell Moore, Oklahoma St., def. Wood, 14-2; Neil Barnes, Lock Haven, def. Alex Leykikh, Virginia, 7-5, sudden death; Mark Samples, Edinboro, def. Dan Dicesare, Ohio St., 2-1; Jamie Kelly, Old Dominion, def. Josh Holiday, 4-2, sudden death; Tucker def. Travis Doto, Lehigh, 6-4; Eric Douglas, Purdue, def. Eric Hall, Virginia Tech, 11-3; Sean Morgan, Oregon, def. Gabe McMahan, Iowa, 9-8; Tivon Abel, Brown, def. Babak Alimoradian, Boston U., 17-11; Terry def. Jarrod Fitzpatrick, VMI, 8-2; Maurice Worthy, Army, pinned Jamie Groudle, North Caro., 3:27; David Wells, Cal Poly SLO, def. John Lange, Penn St., 15-5; Matt Suter, Arizona St., def. Brett Gappmayer, Brigham Young, 5-1; Greg DeGrand, Michigan St., def. Brad Harris, Clarion, 4-1; Dwight Gardner, Ohio, pinned Alan Grasso, Millersville, 2:38; Ryan Cunningham, Central Mich., def. Rick Springham, Pennsylvania, 6-3; James Hieronymus, Hofstra, def. Sam Kline, West Va., 6-5.

Second round: Moore def. Barnes, 9-5; Samples def. Kelly, 4-2; Douglas def. Tucker, 5-3; Abel def. Morgan, 8-4; Terry def. Worthy, 6-4; Wells def. Suter, 4-2, sudden death; Gardner def. DeGrand, by technical fall, 6:49; Hieronymus def. Cunningham, 5-3.

Quarterfinals: Moore def. Samples, 3-1; Abel def. Douglas, 6-4; Terry def. Wells, 12-4; Gardner def. Hieronymus, 5-3.

Semifinals: Moore def. Abel, 8-1; Gardner def. Terry, 6-3.

Finals: Gardner def. Moore, 7-1. Third place -- Lange def. Cunningham, 6-5. Fifth place -- Abel def. Terry, by medical forfeit. Seventh place -- Wells def. Douglas, 6-0.

167-pound class

Preliminary round: Lionel Halsey, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Josh Didion, Cleveland St., 6-0.

First round: Zac Taylor, Minnesota, def. Halsey, 15-3; Glenn Pritzlaff, Penn St., def. Jason Moore, Missouri, 10-2; Joe Williams, Iowa, def. Matt Mapes, Duke, 18-6; Rodney Van Ness, Rutgers, def. Luke Bindriff, Air Force, 14-10; Jeff Catrabone, Michigan, def. Todd Palmisano, Rider, 11-7; Ben Perkins, Iowa St., def. Brad Ginn, George Mason, 9-8; Casey Strand, Arizona St., def. Chris Snyder, Central Mich., 8-6, sudden death; Josh Stanley, Drexel, def. David Dixon, Georgia St., 5-3; Mark Smith, Oklahoma St., def. Jason Moaney, Clarion, 12-2; Jason Webster, Cal St. Fullerton, def. Kevin Boross, North Caro. St., 2-1; Nick Mengerink, Pittsburgh, def. Markese Nelson, Fresno St., 9-1; Ed Mosley, Harvard, def. Kevin Welsh, Edinboro, 8-3; Brandon Slay, Pennsylvania, def. Ben King, Illinois, 8-4; Will Hill, Michigan St., def. Jamie Hensch, N.C.-Greensboro, 15-4; Mark Bybee, Northwestern, def. Jeff Grant, Stanford, 9-7; Michael Roller, Oklahoma, pinned Gil Journey, Chicago St., 2:56.

Second round: Pritzlaff def. Taylor, 6-5, tiebreaker; Williams def. Van Ness, 13-4; Catrabone def. Perkins, 5-4; Strand def. Stanley, 7-2; Smith pinned Webster, 1:02; Mengerink def. Mosley, 8-3; Slay def. Hill, 6-4; Bybee def. Roller, 8-0.

Quarterfinals: Williams def. Pritzlaff, 19-7; Catrabone def. Strand, 9-3; Smith def. Mengerink, 11-0; Slay def. Bybee, 8-5.

Semifinals: Williams def. Catrabone, 6-3; Slay def. Smith, 5-3.

Finals: Williams def. Slay, 7-4. Third place -- Catrabone def. Smith, 4-4, tiebreaker. Fifth place -- Strand def. Bybee, 9-7, sudden death. Seventh place -- Pritzlaff def. Mengerink, by medical forfeit.

177-pound class

First round: Rob Neidlinger, Penn St., def. Cory Bell, North Caro., 8-4; Jim Straight, Edinboro, def. Joe Watson, Georgia St., 6-4; Dave Murray, Lock Haven, def. Sanders Freed, Oregon St., 4-2, sudden death; Mitch Clark, Ohio St., def. Doug Lee, Oregon, 12-5; Mike Greenfield, Central Mich., def. Davion Peterson, Purdue, by technical fall, 5:27; John Withrow, Pittsburgh, def. Tom Shaw, Virginia, 9-1; Greg Gingeleskie, Navy, def. Jevon Herman, Illinois, 7-6; Ken Bigley, Northern Iowa, def. Nathan Funk, Chattanooga, 13-5; Brad Vering, Nebraska, def. Steve Alf, Wisconsin, 11-3; Leo Giel, Rider, def. Brandon Eggum, Minnesota, 2-2, tiebreaker; Matt Mulvihill, Iowa St., def. Matt Esposito, American, by technical fall, 4:48; Aaron Simpson, Arizona St., def. Paul Jenn, Iowa, 14-4; Vertus Jones, West Va., pinned Shawn Finnicum, Air Force, 1:35; Mark Munoz, Oklahoma St., def. Brain Bowles, Cal Poly SLO, 7-5, sudden death; John Van Doren, Lehigh, def. Russell Jones, Hofstra, 12-3; Jason Street, Oklahoma, def. Francis Volpe, Harvard, 10-5.

Second round: Neidlinger def. Straight, 12-4; Clark pinned Murray, 4:04; Withrow def. Greenfield, 8-2; Gingeleskie def. Bigley, 6-4; Giel def. Vering, 5-2; Simpson def. Mulvihill, 3-2; Jones def. Munoz, 18-8; Street def. Van Doren, 3-1.

Quarterfinals: Clark def. Neidlinger, 6-4; Withrow def. Gingeleskie, 1-0; Simpson def. Giel, 6-4, sudden death; Jones def. Street, 6-4, sudden death.

Semifinals: Clark def. Withrow, 5-0; Jones def. Simpson, 15-13, sudden death.

Finals: Clark def. Jones, by technical fall, 3:00. Third place -- Withrow def. Simpson, 2-1. Fifth place -- Eggum def. Herman, 3-1. Seventh place -- Gingeleskie def. Greenfield, 8-2.

190-pound class

Preliminary round: Ben Barton, Northern Iowa, def. Mike French, Cal Poly SLO, 10-3.

First round: Barton def. Mike Quaglio, Hofstra, 3-2; Chael Sonnen, Oregon, def. Joel Holman, Cornell, 10-9; Raphael Davis, Cal St. Bakersfield, pinned Joe Terrell, Wisconsin, 4:20; Jason Robison, Edinboro, pinned Donny Rider, Fresno St., 0:41; Chris Vike, Central Mich., def. Jonathan DyReyes, Cal St. Fullerton, 8-3; Ryan Tobin, Nebraska, def. Shane Zajac, Oregon St., 6-1; Mark Bodo, Pittsburgh, def. Ross Thatcher, Penn St., 9-5; Pat Quirk, Illinois, def. Jake Sherer, Air Force, 8-3, sudden death; Tim Hartung, Minnesota, def. Martius Harding, Virginia, 10-1; Orville Palmer, Oklahoma, def. Scott Stay, North Caro., 4-3; Sam Neider, Northwestern, pinned Ken Haines, Lock Haven, 1:47; Andrei Rodzianko, Pennsylvania, def. Pat Popolizio, Oklahoma St., 7-4; Jeremy Goeden, Northern Ill., pinned Todd Hockenbroch, Bloomsburg, 3:56; Zach Thompson, Iowa St., def. Chad Roland, Duquesne, 4-3; Nick Muzashvili, Michigan St., def. Elliot Williams, James Madison, 4-3; Lee Fulhart, Iowa, def. Isaac Moore, VMI, 12-4.

Second round: Sonnen pinned Barton, 2:19; Robison pinned Davis, 1:19; Tobin def. Vike, 9-1; Bodo def. Quirk, 6-3; Hartung def. Palmer, 13-1; Neider def. Rodzianko, 6-4, sudden death; Goeden def. Thompson, 9-3; Fulhart def. Muzashvili, 12-2.

Quarterfinals: Robison pinned Sonnen, 0:50; Tobin def. Bodo, 3-2; Hartung def. Neider, 12-4; Fulhart def. Goeden, 7-3.

Semifinals: Robison def. Tobin, 10-7; Hartung def. Fulhart, 8-7.

Finals: Hartung def. Robison, 6-4, sudden death. Third place -- Fullhart def. Tobin, 4-0. Fifth place -- Neider def. Bodo, 3-1, sudden death. Seventh place -- Goeden def. Sonnen, 12-4.

Heavyweight

First round: Ben Lee, Oklahoma St., def. Matt Dixon, Indiana, 7-1; Aaron Stark, Wisconsin, def. Tim Courtad, Miami (Ohio), 7-1; J. R. Plienis, Nebraska, def. Chris Miller, Brigham Young, 6-2; Stephen Neal, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Derrick DelPorto, Slippery Rock, 12-4; David Pierce, Purdue, pinned Matt Stein, Edinboro, 4:25; Shelton Benjamin, Minnesota, pinned Jason Grim, Bloomsburg, 6:51; John-Henry Ward, Oklahoma, def. Wes Hand, Iowa, 9-7; Airron Richardson, Michigan, def. Marc DeFrancesco, Rider, by default; Ricky Krieger, Lock Haven, def. Dion Reed, Boston U., 3-2; Karl Roesler, Illinois, def. Gan McGee, Cal Poly SLO, 5-3; Jason Gleasman, Syracuse, def. Billy Blunt, North Caro. St., 10-4; Bob Puzio, American, def. Mike Russow, Eastern Ill., 3-2; Trent Hynek, Iowa St., def. Rich Polkinghorn, Oregon, 5-3.

Second round: Stark def. Lee, 3-1; Neal def. Plienis, 12-2; Benjamin def. Pierce, 3-2; Bill Closson, Lehigh, pinned Ward, 2:07; Richardson def. Krieger, 10-2; Roesler def. Mat Orndorff, Oregon St., 5-1; Gleasman def. Puzio, 9-1; Hynek def. Leslie Apedoe, VMI, 5-1.

Quarterfinals: Neal pinned Stark, 4:26; Closson def. Benjamin, 5-4; Richardson def. Roesler, 4-2; Hynek def. Gleasman, 4-1.

Semifinals: Neal pinned Closson, 2:15; Hynek def. Richardson, 4-3.

Finals: Neal def. Hynek, by technical fall, 7:00. Third place -- Benjamin def. Closson, 5-3. Fifth place -- Richardson def. Gleasman, 9-4. Seventh place -- Roesler def. Hard, 5-2.