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The NCAA News -- March 29, 1999

Iowa escapes Gophers to capture fifth straight wrestling title

The streak is now at five for Iowa, which avenged its loss to Minnesota in the Big Ten Conference championship by edging the Golden Gophers in the 69th annual Division I Wrestling Championships March 18-20 at Penn State.

Iowa, which had its 25-year streak of Big Ten titles snapped by Minnesota earlier this month, clinched the national title in the tournament's final bout without having a wrestler on the mat. Cal State Bakersfield heavyweight Stephen Neal enabled Iowa to claim its 19th Division I championship when he repeated as champion with a 3-2 decision over Minnesota's Brock Lesnar. A Lesnar victory would have given the Golden Gophers their first championship.

"This year was sweeter because nobody expected it (the championship)," Iowa head coach Jim Zalesky said. "We wrestled with a lot of emotion and fight."

The Hawkeyes finished with 1001/2 points. Minnesota, which was the runner-up for the second consecutive year, was two points back.

"A couple of our guys didn't wrestle up to their seeds and Iowa's did," Minnesota head coach J Robinson said. "When you train that hard and put that much into it, you have to be disappointed."

Rounding out the top five were Oklahoma State in third with 84 points. Iowa State and Penn State tied for fourth with 78 1/2.

Iowa State's Cael Sanderson capped a storybook freshman season by winning the 184-pound weight class and the Most Outstanding Wrestler award. The top-seeded Sanderson went undefeated in 38 matches on the year, pinned three opponents in the championships and decisioned Minnesota's Brandon Eggum, 6-1, in the final.

"I try not to put too much pressure on myself and that worked out well," Sanderson said. "This is what we work for -- one tournament each year where we go out and prove ourselves in front of a huge audience. Things worked out great for me."

Doug Schwab in the 141-pound class and T. J. Williams at 149 keyed Iowa's championship. Schwab, a sophomore, beat Oklahoma's Michael Lightner, 4-2, in the final. His older brother, Mark, is an assistant coach for Minnesota.

Williams, a 5-3 winner over Northern Iowa's Tony Davis in the first-place match, also concluded an undefeated season at 40-0 with his crown. His older brother, Joe, was a three-time Division I champion for the Hawkeyes.

In addition to Neal, winner of all 44 of his matches this season and the last 83 of his career, Oklahoma State's Eric Guerrero and Minnesota's Tim Hartung successfully defended their titles. Guerrero won his third championship and remained perfect in 31 matches this year by defeating Iowa State's Cody Sanderson, 3-1, in the sudden-victory portion of overtime in the 133-pound final.

Hartung pushed his unblemished mark to 39-0 and concluded his career with 55 straight wins by defeating Iowa's Lee Fullhart, 2-1, in the 197-pound bracket. The two wrestlers certainly were familiar with each other; Hartung ran his career mark against Fullhart to 9-1.

The other remaining champions were Fresno State's Stephen Abas at 125, Central Michigan's Casey Cunningham at 157, Boise State's Kirk White at 165 and Penn State's Glenn Pritzlaff at 174. Cunningham and White became their schools' first Division I wrestling champions. Abas is just the second from Fresno State.

The finals session attendance at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center was 14,055, a sellout just as the first five sessions were, bringing the tournament total to 80,654. It marks just the third time in the championship's history that total attendance eclipsed the 80,000 mark.

Wrestling

TEAM RESULTS

1. Iowa, 100 1/2; 2. Minnesota, 98 1/2; 3. Oklahoma St., 84; 4. (tie) Iowa St. and Penn St., 78 1/2; 6. Oklahoma, 73 1/2; 7. Central Mich., 67 1/2; 8. Cal St. Bakersfield, 58 1/2; 9. West Virginia, 54; 10. Boise St., 46 1/2.

11. Pennsylvania, 45 1/2; 12. Illinois, 45; 13. (tie) Arizona St. and Michigan, 39; 15. Nebraska, 37; 16. Fresno St., 34 1/2; 17. Northern Iowa, 32; 18. Edinboro, 27 1/2; 19. Lehigh, 26 1/2; 20. (tie) Harvard and Oregon St., 22 1/2.

22. Michigan St., 21 1/2; 23. Virginia, 20 1/2; 24. Indiana, 18; 25. Wisconsin, 17 1/2; 26. Hofstra, 16 1/2; 27. Clarion, 16; 28. Oregon, 15; 29. Northwestern, 13; 30. (tie) Rider and Stanford, 11 1/2.

32. North Carolina, 11; 33. Purdue, 10 1/2; 34. (tie) Eastern Ill. and VMI, 10; 36. Cornell, 9 1/2; 37. (tie) American and Pittsburgh, 7 1/2; 39. Brigham Young, 7; 40. Ohio St., 6 1/2.

41. Chattanooga, 6; 42. (tie) Bloomsburg and Eastern Mich., 5; 44. (tie) Brown, Cal Poly, Loch Haven and Slippery Rock, 4 1/2; 48. (tie) Appalachian St., Boston U., Bucknell, Cleveland St., East Stroudsburg, Northern Ill. and North Carolina St., 4.

55. Duquesne, 3 1/2; 56. (tie) George Mason and Wyoming, 3; 58. Cal St. Fullerton, 2 1/2; 59. (tie) Drexel, Navy and Old Dominion, 2.

62. (tie) Buffalo and James Madison, 1 1/2; 64. (tie) Air Force, Boston College, UC Davis, UNC Greensboro and Portland St., 1; 69. (tie) Kent and Marquette, 1/2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

125-pound class

Preliminary round: Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg, def. Dave Ilaria, Seton Hall, 8-0.

First round: Stephan Abas, Fresno St., def. Tom Combes, Eastern Ill., 11-5; Matt Azevedo, Arizona St., pinned Brent Thompson, Kent, 1:18; Pat Cassidy, Indiana, pinned Jason Gabrielson, Edinboro, 2:43; Matt Roth, Virginia, def. Steve Doerrer, Illinois, 9-0; Paul Gomez, Nebraska, def. K.C. Rock, Boise St., 7-4; Jason Silverstein, Purdue, def. Paul Jimenez, Old Dominion, 15-4; Sluyter def. Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia, 2-1, tiebreaker; Teague Moore, Oklahoma St., def. Nathan Navarro, Oregon St., 10-1; Shane Valdez, Oklahoma, def. Martin Kusick, Coppin St., 19-6; Russ Witt, Bloomsburg, def. Adrian Tramutola, Chattanoga, 4-2; Trap McCormack, Lock Haven, def. Dominic Caruso, Northwestern, 6-4; Moses Delfin, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Justin Bravo, Pennsylvania, 8-2; Chuckie Connor, North Carolina, def. Kevin Black, Wisconsin, 3-1; Leroy Vega, Minnesota, def. Rudy Ruiz, Stanford, 8-3; Phil Mansueto, Cleveland St., def. Lee Carroll, North Carolina St., 4-3; Jeremy Hunter, Penn St., def. Brian Schaal, Buffalo, by technical fall, 5:25.

Second round: Abas def. Azevedo, 10-4; Cassidy def. Roth, 6-3; Silverstein def. Gomez, 5-3; Moore pinned Sluyter, 6:02; Valdez def. Witt, by technical fall, 5:56; Delfin def. McCormack, 8-6, sudden victory; Conner pinned Vega, :40; Hunter def. Mansueto, by technical fall, 5:25.

Quarterfinals: Abas def. Cassidy, 15-2; Moore def. Silverstein, 12-4; Valdez def. Delfin, 10-5; Hunter def. Connor, 7-2.

Semifinals: Abas def. Moore, 3-3, tiebreaker; Hunter def. Valdez, 5-2.

Finals: Abas def. Hunter, 7-4. Third place -- Moore def. Valdez, 2-0; Fifth place -- Vega def. Delfin, 7-6; Seventh place -- Roth def. Silverstein, medical forfeit.

133-pound class

First round: Eric Guerrero, Oklahoma St., def. Brad Collins, Clarion, by technical fall, 6:05; David Yi, UC Davis, def. Jason Nagle, Pennsylvania, 6-3; Eric Keller, Northern Iowa, def. Brad Byers, North Carolina, 7-2; Bobby Hanson, Chattanooga, def. Justin Wilcox, Edinboro, 8-5; Joe Warren, Michigan, pinned Bob Patnesky, West Virginia, 3:57; Stan Greene, Fresno St., def. Bart Golyer, Minnesota, 10-6; Zach Zimmerer, Stanford, pinned Ryan Egan, Northern Ill, 5:29; Pat McNamara, Michigan St., def. Livio Dirubbo, Brown, 15-10; Eric Larkin, Arizona St., def. Nate Parker, Penn St., 12-3; Dane Valdez, Oklahoma, def. Aaron Holker, Brigham Young, 13-6; Robert Sessley, Ohio St., def. Sean Shea, George Mason, 7-4; Eric Juergens, Iowa, def. Ben Richards, Oregon St., 18-7; Dave Vollmer, James Madison, def. Jay Vesperman, Central Mich., 8-7; Roman Fleszar, Hofstra, def. David Stoltz, Illinois, 7-4; Shawn Amistade, Pittsburgh, def. Brandon York, Maryland, 4-2.

Second round: Guerrero def. Yi, by technical fall, 5:00; Keller def. Hanson, 11-5; Greene def. Warren, 8-5; McNamara def. Zimmerer, 9-7; Larkin def. Valdez, 8-4; Jurgens def. Sessley, 3-2, sudden victory; Fleszar def. Vollmer, 15-6; Cody Sanderson, Iowa St., def. Amistade, 3-1.

Quarterfinals: Guerrero def. Keller, 10-2; Greene def. McNamara, 3-1, sudden victory; Larkin def. Juergens, 5-3; Sanderson def. Fleszar, 8-1.

Semifinals: Guerrero def. Greene, 1-0; Sanderson def. Larkin, 4-2.

Finals: Guerrero def. Sanderson, 3-1, sudden victory. Third place -- Juergens def. Larkin, 10-4; Fifth place -- Greene def. Keller, 3-1. Seventh place -- Holker def. Sessley, 4-3.

141-pound class

Preliminary round: Jon Archuleta, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Scott Owen, Northern Ill., 12-6.

First round: Mark Angle, Clarion, def. Don Pool, Eastern Ill., by technical fall, 4:24; Ben New, Cornell, pinned Archuleta, 4:33; Scott Schatzman, Northwestern, def. Scott Blair, Lock Haven, 4-0; Carl Perry, Illinois, def. Rafael Vega, Edinboro, 4-3; Damion Logan, Michigan, def. Francky Francois, Delaware St., 2-0; Brett Tullo, Bloomsburg, def. Mark Perryman, Arizona St., 11-4; Isaac Miller, Michigan St., def. Mike Coyle, James Madison, 4-2; Michael Lightner, Oklahoma, def. James Gross, Cal Poly, 9-0; Doug Schwab, Iowa, def. Tommy Davis, North Carolina St., 16-6; Jeremy Hart, Appalachian St., pinned Joey Coughran, Cal St. Fullerton, 6:42; Jason DeBruin, Hofstra, def. Matt Goldstein, Wisconsin, 5-3; Whitey Chlebove, West Virginia, pinned James Torres, Indiana, 2:13; Dustin DeNunzio, Harvard, def. Derek Jenkins, Rider, 8-2; Jose DeAnda, Nebraska, def. Josh Cowley, North Carolina, 15-6; Paris Ruiz, Fresno St., def Charles Walker, Oklahoma St., 5-3, sudden victory; Chris Marshall, Central Mich., def. Mark Piotrowsky, Penn, 8-4.

Second round: Angle def. New, 10-3; Perry def. Schatzman, 6-3; Logan def. Tullo, 10-5; Lightner def. Miller, 4-1; Schwab def. Hart, 13-5; Chlebove def. DeBruin, 3-1, sudden victory; DeAnda def. DeNunzio, 5-3; Marshall pinned Ruiz, 2:59.

Quarterfinals: Angle def. Perry, 8-4; Lightner def. Logan, 6-3; Schwab def. Chlebove, 7-4; Marshall def. DeAnda, 4-2.

Semifinals: Lightner def. Angle, 7-5; Schwab def. Marshall, 10-8, sudden victory.

Finals: Schwab def. Lightner, 4-2. Third place -- Angle def. DeNunzio, 4-3; Fifth place -- Marshall def. Chlebove, 4-3; Seventh place -- Logan pinned DeAnda, 4:55.

149-pound class

Preliminary round: George Carter, Bloomsburg, def. John Pozniak, Virginia, 10-7.

First round: T. J. Williams, Iowa, pinned Melvin Saunders, UNC Greensboro, 1:08; Joe Carr, West Virginia, pinned Dusty Coufal, Wisconsin, 3:18; Shawn Bradley, Cornell, def. Corey Grant, Michigan, 8-6; Greg Mayer, Central Mich., def. John Mark Bentley, North Carolina, 7-5, sudden victory; Brett Matter, Pennsylvania, pinned Carter, 2:50; Ryan Shapert, Edinboro, def. Jared Frayer, Oklahoma, 3-1, sudden victory; Eric Schmiesing, Hofstra, pinned Scott Frohardt, Air Force, 4:40; Mike Mendoza, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Troy Marr, Minnesota, 6-5; Oscar Wood, Oregon St., pinned Joe Henson, Nebraska, 1:18; Marc Hoffer, American, def. Jeff Urban, Missouri, 6-3; Ryan Bernholz, Lehigh, def. Jeff Bucher, Ohio St., 9-4; Tony Davis, Northern Iowa, def. Stan Spoor, Clarion, 5-4; Adam Tirapelle, Illinois, def. Cedric Haymon, Cal Poly, 10-4; Cole Sanderson, Iowa St. def. Quinn Foster, Arizona St., by technical fall, 7:00; Chad Jesko, Pittsburgh, def. Chris Elliott, Slippery Rock, 6-0; Reggie Wright, Oklahoma St., def. Biff Walizer, Penn St., 11-3.

Second round: Williams def. Carr, 13-3; Bradley def. Mayer, 12-6; Matter def. Shapert, 4-1; Schmiesing def. Mendoza, 5-4; Hoffer def. Wood, 6-4; Davis def. Bernholz, 11-2; Tirapelle def. Sanderson, 12-3; Wright def. Jesko, 6-4.

Quarterfinals: Williams def. Bradley, 18-7; Matter def. Schmiesing, 8-0; Davis def. Hoffer, 11-5; Tirapelle def. Wright, 6-4.

Semifinals: Williams def. Matter, 7-2; Davis def. Tirapelle, 6-4.

Finals: Williams def. Davis, 5-3. Third place -- Tirapelle def. Wright, 5-3, sudden victory; Fifth place -- Matter def. Bernholz, 5-3; Seventh place -- Marr def. Walizer, 2-1, tiebreaker.

157-pound class

Preliminary round: Heath Eslinger, Chattanooga, def. Nathan Vasquez, Cal St. Bakersfield, 8-3; Kevin Stanley, Indiana, def. Russell Read, Boston U., 8-6; Jeff Rusak, Old Dominion, def. Ian Kaplan, Davidson, 3-1; Jimmy Arias, Oklahoma St., def. Brian Singleton, Kent, 4-3.

First round: Casey Cunningham, Central Mich., pinned Shane McChesney, Clarion, 2:09; Eslinger def. Zachary Miller, Hofstra, 13-5; David Maldonado, Iowa St., def. Griff Powell, Illinois, 3-2; Willie Wineberg, Purdue, def. Pat Cadwallader, North Carolina, 7-3; Bryan Snyder, Nebraska, def. Eric Jorgensen, Oregon St., 6-2; Ben Boozer, Edinboro, def. Stanley, 11-6; Mike Ziska, Pittsburgh, def. Mark Weader, George Mason, 7-4; Clint Musser, Penn St., def. Rusak, 12-5; David Kjeldgaard, Oklahoma, def. Pierre Pryor, North Carolina St., 12-4; Chris Ayres, Lehigh, def. Darryl Christian, Oregon, 6-1; Jamie Heidt, Iowa, def. Matt Erwin, VMI, 1:27 (def.); Arias def. Doug Cieleski, Slippery Rock, 11-4; Beau Weiner, Stanford, def. Yoshi Nakamura, Pennsylvania, 3-2; Matt Winninger, Wyoming, def. Brian Olenek, Lock Haven, 10-3; Chad Kraft, Minnesota, def. Adam Whitlach, Ohio, 16-5.

Second round: Cunningham def. Eslinger, 12-0; Wineberg def. Maldonado, 5-3, tiebreaker; Snyder def. Boozer, 4-2, sudden victory; Ziska def. Wallman, 2-1, tiebreaker; Musser def. Kjeldgaard, 8-4; Ayres def. Heidt, 7-6; Weiner def. Arias, 3-1, sudden victory; Kraft def. Winninger, 5-3.

Quarterfinals: Cunningham pinned Wineberg, 1:58; Snyder def. Ziska, 6-5; Musser def. Ayres, 5-3; Kraft def. Weiner, 4-1.

Semifinals: Cunningham def. Snyder, 1-0; Musser def. Kraft, 2-1, tiebreaker.

Finals: Cunningham def. Musser, 2-1. Third place -- Quisel def. Snyder, 8-2; Fifth place -- Kraft def. Ayres, 2-1: Seventh place -- Weiner def. Heidt, 8-6.

165-pound class

Preliminary round: Brian Pitzer, Bucknell, def. Peter Rogers, Ohio St., 7-5, sudden victory.

First round: Joe Heskett, Iowa St., def. Chris Snyder, Central Mich, 6-3; Pitzer, pinned Matt Demers, Fresno St., 2:34; Steven Blackford, Arizona St., pinned Kris Bishop, James Madison, 4:35; Richard Taylor, West Virginia, pinned Chad Liott, Rider, 4:00; Rodney Jones, Oklahoma, def. Peter Butville, Marquette, 9-4; Alex Leykikh, Penn St., def. Gerald Harris, Cleveland St., 6-1; Josh Holiday, Minnesota, def. Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa, 12-3; Don Pritzlaff, Wisconsin, def. Brian Wood, Wyoming, 15-4; Andy Varner, Cal St. Bakersfield, def. Ben Uker, Iowa, 12-3; Jim Harshaw, Virginia, def. Sean Morgan, Oregon, 4-3; Mark Samples, Edinboro, def. Matt Mapes, Duke, 13-5; Joey Killar, Harvard, def. Drew Pariano, Northwestern, 3-0; Rick Springman, Pennsylvania, def. Brian Pardini, Pittsburgh, 9-0; Ty Wilcox, Oklahoma St., def. Dan Calhoun, North Carolina, 5-0; Kirk White, Boise St., pinned Tim Ritchie, Citadel, 6:59.

Second round: Heskett pinned Pitzer, 1:54; Blackford def. Taylor, 10-1; Jones def. Bill Zeman, Illinois, 3-1, sudden victory; Holiday def. Leykikh, 7-5, sudden victory; Pritzlaff pinned Varner, 2:35; Samples def. Harshaw, 7-5; Killar def. Springman, 5-2; White def. Wilcox, 5-3.

Quarterfinals: Blackford def. Heskett, 2-2, tiebreaker; Jones def. Holiday, 7-5; Pritzlaff def. Samples, 5-0; White def. Killar, 12-11.

Semifinals: Jones def. Blackford, 7-6; White def. Pritzlaff, 3-1.

Finals: White def. Jones, 3-1. Third place -- Heskett def. Blackford, 7-2; Fifth place -- Pritzlaff def. Killar, 8-2; Seventh place -- Samples pinned Harshaw, 1:47.

174-pound class

First round: Mark Smith, Oklahoma St., def. Luke Bindrieff, Air Force, by technical fall, 3:52; Kevin Boross, North Carolina St., def. Clint Wilson, Oregon St., 8-4; Gabe McMahan, Iowa, def. Mike Feeney, Eastern Mich., 12-3; Otto Olson, Michigan, pinned Kyle Klonizos, Boise St., 4:27; Ryan Cunningham, Central Mich., def. Michael Barger, Oklahoma, 8-1; Perry Parks, Iowa St., def. Joe Tucceri, Cornell, 11-8; Mark Bybee, Northwestern, def. Randy Pugh, Northern Iowa, 5-4; Leo Giel, Rider, def. Delany Berger, Minnesota, 3-1, sudden victory; Jamie Groudle, North Carolina, pinned Brad McDonald, Brown, 2:27; Jason Moaney, Clarion, def. Jacob Schaus, Buffalo, 3-1; Will Hill, Michigan St., def. David Wells, Cal Poly, 7-6; Kole Clauson, Wisconsin, def. Jason Webster, Cal St. Fullerton, 6-3; Josh Koscheck, Edinboro, def. Neil Johnson, George Mason, 6-0; Glenn Pritzlaff, Penn St., def. Jamie Hensch,UNC-Greensboro, 9-3.

Second round: Boross def. Smith, 3-2; Sam Kline, West Virginia, def. McMahan, 9-7; Olson def. Cunningham, 13-9; Parks def. Bybee, 7-5, sudden victory; Giel def. Groudle, 8-0; Hill def. Moaney, 13-6; Clauson def. Koscheck, 6-4; Prtizlaff def. Mengerink, 5-2.

Quarterfinals: Kline def. Boross, 5-4; Olson def. Parks, 11-0; Giel def. Hill, 7-4; Pritzlaff def. Clauson, 12-9.

Semifinals: Olson def. Kline, 6-5; Pritzlaff def. Giel, 3-2.

Finals: Pritzlaff def. Olson, 10-4. Third place -- Kline def. Koscheck, 4-2; Fifth place -- Smith def. Giel, 7-3; Seventh place -- Cunningham def. Feeney, medical forfeit.

184-pound class

Preliminary round: Josh Didion, Cleveland St., def. Matt Esposito, American, 12-3; Ken Bigley, Northern Iowa, def. Zach Breitenbach, North Carolina St., 12-3.

First round: Cael Sanderson, Iowa St., pinned Didion, 4:46; Nate Patrick, Illinois, def. Corey Bell, North Carolina, 6-4, sudden victory; Russell Jones, Hofstra, pinned Dax McMillan, Boise St., 2:49; Andy Hrovat, Michigan, def. Greg Gingeleskie, Navy, 5-4; Brad Vering, Nebraska, def. Steve Schenk, Wyoming, 11-5; Viktor Sveda, Indiana, pinned Todd Palmisano, Rider, 5:42; Tom Grossman, Oklahoma, def. Scott Coleman, Brigham Young, 4-2, sudden victory; John Van Doren, Lehigh, def. Josh Heffernan, Ohio, by technical fall, 7:00; Vertus Jones, West Virginia, def. Paul Jenn, Iowa, by technical fall, 6:24; Doug Lee, Oregon, def. Nick Preston, Ohio St., 8-3; Ross Thatcher, Penn St., def. Lionel Halsey, Cal. St. Bakersfield, 5-4; Casey Strand, Arizona St., def. Steve Alf, Wisconsin, 6-3; Mark Munoz, Oklahoma St., pinned Nate Burroughs, Brown, 4:59; Mike Greenfield, Central Mich., def. Dave Murray, Lock Haven, 3-2; Bigley def. Dax Pecaro, UNC-Greensboro, 15-4; Brandon Eggum, Minnesota, def. Scott Finnicum, Air Force, by technical fall, 6:15.

Second round: Sanderson def. Patrick, 18-6; Hrovat def. R. Jones, 4-1; Vering def. Sveda, 5-4; Van Doren def. Grossman, 10-1; V. Jones def. Lee, 3-2; Thatcher def. Strand, 6-4, sudden victory; Greenfield def. Munoz, 8-4; Eggum def. Bigley, 11-5.

Quarterfinals: Sanderson pinned Hrovat, 4:24; Vering def. Van Doren, 3-2; V. Jones def. Thatcher, 11-4; Eggum def. Greenfield, 4-0.

Semifinals: Sanderson pinned Vering, 1:58; Eggum def. V. Jones, 3-2.

Finals: Sanderson def. Eggum, 6-1. Third place -- V. Jones def. Vering, 14-2; Fifth place -- Van Doren def. Sveda, 10-3; Seventh place -- Greenfield pinned Hrovat, 5:23.

197-pound class

Preliminary round: Zach Thompson, Iowa State, def. Elliot Williams, James Madison, 5-2; Craig Fenstermaker, Virginia, def. Justin Woodruff, Navy, 5-2.

First round: Tim Hartung, Minnesota, def. Babak Nejadmaghaddam, Cal. St. Fullerton, 12-0; Waymon May, Oklahoma, def. Shawn Scannell, Rider, 6-1; Raphael Davis, Cal. St. Bakersfield, def. Brett Calabretta, Penn St., 3-1, sudden victory; Tony Wieland, Northern Iowa, def. Frank Lodeserto, Michigan, 3-1, sudden victory; Chris Vike, Central Mich., def. Chad Roland, Duquesne, 5-3; Demetrist Huff, Fresno St., def. Dan Stine, Pittsburgh, 5-3; Isaac Moore, VMI, def. Eric Mausser, Clarion, 11-3; Thompson def. Craig Rumsey, Wyoming, 3-2; Lee Fullhart, Iowa, def. Scott Munson, Nebraska, 8-2; Damien Craighton, Drexel, def. Fenstermaker, 2-0; Chael Sonnen, Oregon, pinned Brad Soltis, Harvard, 2:40; Sam Neider, Northwestern, def. Mike French, Cal Poly, 5-3; Nick Muzashvili, Michigan St., def. Greg Forbes, UNC-Greensboro, 13-1; Pat Quirk, Illinois, def. Bob Greenleaf, Cornell, 3-2; Jameel Abdullah, Boston U., pinned Ken Haines, Lock Haven, 0:43; Andrei Rodzianko, Pennsylvania, def. Josh Schroeder, American, 7-0.

Second round: Hartung def. May, by technical fall, 7:00; Davis def. Wieland, 8-1; Vike def. Huff, 12-3; Thompson def. Moore, 3-2; Fullhart def. Craighton, 12-1; Neider pinned Sonnen, 2:32; Muzashvili def. Quirk, 6-1; Rodzianko pinned Abdullah, 1:40.

Quarterfinals: Hartung def. Davis, 7-3; Vike def. Thompson, 3-2, tiebreaker; Fullhart def. Neider, 13-1; Muzashvili def. Rodzianko, 5-4.

Semifinals: Hartung def. Vike, 9-0; Fullhart def. Muzashvili, 6-1.

Finals: Hartung def. Fullhart, 2-1. Third place -- Muzashvili def. Rodzianko, 3-1; Fifth place -- Davis def. Vike, 3-1; Seventh place -- Neider def. Thompson, 6-2.

Heavyweight class

Preliminary round: Karl Roesler, Illinois, pinned Matt Mueller, Pittsburgh, 4:49.

First round: Stephen Neal, Cal. St. Bakersfield, pinned Matt Lamb, Michigan St., 1:38; Dave Anderton, Oklahoma St., pinned Jason Pernat, Wisconsin, 4:27; Wes Hand, Iowa, def. Bill Bell, Lock Haven, by technical fall, 7:00; Matt Kenny, North Carolina, def. J. R. Plienis, Nebraska, 3-2; Roesler def. Seth Charles, Cornell, 7-5; Mike Russow, Eastern Ill., pinned Leo Sandoval, Portland St., 7:26, sudden victory; Mark Janus, Penn St., def. Antonio Garay, Boston College, 3-0; Mat Orndorff, Oregon St., pinned Mark Knauer, Iowa St., 6:53; Leslie Apedoe, VMI, def. John Eschenfelder, Buffalo, 8-3; David Pierce, Purdue, def. Brent Lancaster, George Mason, 9-3; Rusty Cook, Boise St., def. A.J. Johnson, Edinboro, 7-4; John Henry Ward, Oklahoma, def. Matt Brink, Michigan, 11-0; Derek DelPorto, Slippery Rock, def. Chris Miller, Brigham Young, 7-2; Bandele Adeniyi-Bada, Pennsylvania, def. Gan McGee, Cal Poly, 4-2; Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown, def. Abe Boomer, Wyoming, 8-3; Brock Lesnar, Minnesota, def. Sean Hage, West Virginia, 12-2.

Second round: Neal pinned Anderton, :37; Kenny def. Hand, 3-1; Roesler def. Russow, 5-0; Orndorff def. Janus, 10-1; Apedoe def. Pierce, 6-4, sudden victory; Ward def. Cook, 7-2; DelPorto def. Adeniyi-Bada, 2-1; Lesnar pinned Lingamfelter, :22.

Quarterfinals: Neal def. Kenny, :01 (def.); Roesler def. Orndorff, 10-8, sudden victory; Apedoe def. Ward, 2-1, tiebreaker; Lesnar def. DelPorto, 4-0.

Semifinals: Neal def. Roesler, by technical fall, 7:00; Lesnar def Apedoe, 10-2.

Finals: Neal def. Lesnar, 3-2. Third place -- Roesler def. Orndorff, 7-2; Fifth place -- Ward def. Apedoe, 4-2; Seventh place -- Adeniyi-Bada def. DelPorto, 3-2.