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Even for the tradition-rich Wartburg wrestling program, the 2005-06 season will go down as one of the best in program history.
The Knights added to their trophy case with a fifth Division III Wrestling Championships team title March 3-4 at The College of New Jersey.
Wartburg warmed up for the national title by capturing the 2006 Cliff Keen/National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III National Duals and its 14th consecutive Iowa Conference championship.
“Any time you can go out and win a national championship, it feels great,” said Wartburg coach Jim Miller. “I’m proud of how our guys carried themselves on and off the mat at the meet. They deserved this national championship after a year of hard work and dedication.”
Miller has guided Wartburg to either a first-place or second-place finish in the national championships in 13 of the past 15 years.
Seniors Tyler Hubbard and Dustin Hinschberger led the way for the Knights by winning individual titles. Hubbard defeated Ty Klofta of Ohio Northern, 5-4, in the 125-pound final, and Hinschberger won his final match, 7-1, over Simpson’s Dustin Brewer.
It is the fourth straight year Wartburg has had at least two individual champions.
Wartburg finished with 145 1/2 points to outdistance second-place finisher Wisconsin-La Crosse, which had 106 points. Defending champion
Wartburg opened a large lead on the first day of the tournament when its wrestlers combined for a 10-1 record.
Besides national titles from Hubbard and Hinschberger, four other Knights advanced to individual finals matches. Scott Kauffman (174 pounds), Akeem Carter (184), Blake Gillis (heavyweight) and Jacob Naig (149) each managed runner-up finishes. Carter and Gillis lost in overtime, and Kaufman fell one point shy in his bid for a crown.
Nine Wartburg wrestlers achieved all-America status. It marks the 11th consecutive season that the program has achieved five or more in the national tournament.
The Knights also have had at least one all-American in every Division III national championship since 1988.
Team results
1. Wartburg, 145 1/2; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 106; 3.
Individual champions
125 — Tyler Hubbard, Wartburg, def. Ty Klofta, Ohio Northern, 5-4; 133 — Mike Lopez, Luther, def. Jafari Vanier, Augsburg, 2-1 (tiebreaker); 141 — Dustin Hinschberger, Wartburg, def. Dustin Brewer, Simpson, 7-1; 149 — Jacob Larsen, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Jacob Naig, Wartburg, 7-4; 157 — Joe Pflug, Heidlelberg, def. Jeremy Anderson, Augsburg, 11-5; 165 — Derek Sikora, Wis.-Eau Claire, def. Ryan Valek, Augsburg, 6-4; 174 — Stephon Sair, Cortland St., def. Scott Kauffman, Wartburg, 9-8; 184 — Duane Bastress, York (Pa.), def. Akeem Carter, Wartburg, 6-4 (sudden victory); 197 — Jamall Johnson, Delaware Valley, pinned James Swanson, Wis.-La Crosse, 1:28; Heavyweight — Ryan Allen, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Blake Gillis, Wartburg, 4-2 (sudden victory).
Team results
1. Wartburg, 145 1/2; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 106; 3.
Individual champions
125-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Tyler Hubbard, Wartburg, def. John Spinner, Oswego St., 5-4; Tom Gagan, Elmhurst, pinned Stephen Kingsland, Ursinus, 4:11; Brian Dempsey, TCNJ, def. Anthony Nicolicchia, Roger Williams, 7-3; Terry Morgan, Loras, pinned Patrick Parrillo, Wis.-La Crosse, 5:51; Ty Klofta, Ohio Northern, def. Eracleo Vallejo, Manchester, 7-2; Nate Hansen, Luther, def. Rob Vaccaro, Brockport St., 6-2; Ryan Gadsby, Cortland St., pinned Chris Heilman, Cornell, 6:49; Felipe Queiroz, Wilkes, def. Brandon McDonough, Johnson & Wales (R.I.), 15-7.
Quarterfinals: Hubbard def. Gagan, 11-4; Morgan def. Dempsey, 5-2; Klofta def. Hansen, 5-4; Queiroz def. Gadsby, 10-6.
Semifinals: Hubbard def. Morgan, 5-4; Klofta def. Queiroz, 10-3.
Final: Hubbard def. Klofta, 5-4.
Wrestlebacks
First round: Spinner def. Kingsland, 4-2; Nicolicchia def. Parrillo 12-4; Vaccaro pinned
Second round: Spinner def. Gadsby 3-2; Hansen def. Nicolicchia, 5-1; Dempsey def. Vaccaro, 5-1; Heilman def. Gagan, 13-12.
Third round: Hansen def. Spinner, 6-2; Dempsey pinned Heilman,
Semifinals: Hansen pinned Morgan,
Third place: Dempsey def. Hansen, 11-4.
Fifth place: Morgan def. Queiroz, 15-6.
Seventh place: Heilman def. Spinner, 2-1.
133-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Jestin Hulegaard, Buena Vista, def. Derrick Goduto, Montclair St., 3-2; Anthony DAmbra, Brockport St., def. Sean Cullen, Lycoming, 12-3; Mike Lopez, Luther, pinned Adam Johnson, North Central (Ill.), 6:23; Matthew Smith, Johnson & Wales (R.I.), def. Alantino Keefer, Wilmington (Ohio) 9-3; Jafari Vanier, Augsburg, def. David Morgan, King’s (Pa.), 3-1 (sudden victory); John Sheets, Manchester, def. Kevin Barber, Wis.-La Crosse), 13-2; Edwin Murray, Ursinus, def. Zach McKray, Wartburg, 4-3.
Quarterfinals: Hulegaard, def. Joe Jewett,
Semifinals: Lopez def. Hulegaard, 3-2;
Final: Lopez def.
Wrestlebacks
First round: Johnson def. Cullen, 5-4; Morgan def. Keefer, 5-1; McKray pinned Barber,
Second round: Goduto def.
Third round: Goduto def. Johnson, 10-2; Morgan pinned McKray,
Semifinals: Hulegaard def. Goduto, 6-2; Sheets pinned Morgan,
Third place: Hulegaard def. Sheets, 11-1.
Fifth place: Goduto def. Morgan, 4-2.
Seventh place: Johnson def. McKray, 5-4.
141-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Nicholas Sanchez, Heidlelberg, def. Ryan McMurray, Augustana (Ill.), 3-1; Kevin Koch, Concordia (Wis.), def. Eugene Kobilansky, New York U., 6-2; Dan Hall, Delaware Valley, def. Mike Gaeta, Springfield, 8-6; Garrett Pino, Wabash, def. Josh Hansen, Augsburg, 9-5.
Second round: Dustin Hinschberger, Wartburg, pinned Sanchez, 4:25; Andrew Lacroix, Roger Williams, def. Joel Burdick, Wis.-Stevens Point, 7-3, Danny Song, Merchant Marine, def. Koch, 3-2; Paul LeBlanc, Cortland St., def. Niles Mercer, Coe, 17-8; Timothy Bohlman, York (Pa.), def. Dan Hall, Delaware Valley, 6-0; Zach Chambers, Wis.-Platteville, pinned David Paramski, Cornell, 3:44; Michael Rohowetz, Wis.-Lacrosse, def. Pino, 10-6; Dustin Brewer, Simpson, def. Mike Conklin, Norwich, 11-7.
Quarterfinals: Hinschberger def. Lacroix, 10-1; LeBlanc def. Song, 4-2; Bohlman def. Chambers, 12-5; Brewer pinned Rohowetz,
Semifinals: Hinschberger def. LeBlanc, 5-1; Brewer pinned Bohlman,
Final: Hinschberger def. Brewer, 7-1.
Wrestlebacks
First round: Conklin pinned McMurray,
Second round: Conklin pinned Pino,
Third round: Song def. Conklin, 8-6; Lacroix def. Hall, 10-1;
Fourth round: Lacroix pinned Song,
Semifinals: Lacroix def. Bohlman, 2-1; LeBlanc def.
Third place: Lacroix def. LeBlanc, 4-0.
Fifth place:
Seventh place: Burdick def. Song, 3-2.
149-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Don Ooton,
Second round: Matt Pyle, Luther, def. Dane LaPlante, Oswego St., 12-6; Carl Amerine, Wilmington (Ohio), pinned Mark DeCiccio, Springfield, 4:33; Jacob Larsen, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Jaryd Steinbacher, Delaware Valley, 11-3; Kyle Forness, Buena Vista, def. Jared Evans, Augsburg, 4-3; Jacob Naig, Wartburg, def. Kenny Thomas, Elmhurst, 6-1; Sean Connelly, Mount Union, def. Stephen Hult, New York U., 10-8 (sudden victory); Jared Creason, Coe, def. Ooton, 6-3; Jason Roush, Mt. St. Joseph, def. Ryan Higgins, Wis.-Platteville, 12-6.
Quarterfinals: Pyle def. Amerine, 7-3; Larsen def. Forness, 5-3; Naig def. Connelly, 1-0; Roush def. Creason, 11-6.
Semifinals: Larsen def. Pyle, 3-2; Naig def. Roush, 8-5.
Final: Larsen def. Naig, 7-4.
Wrestlebacks
First round: DeCiccio def. Boland, 10-4.
Second round: Ooton def.Higgins, 7-1; Hult def. Thomas, 12-3; Evans def. Steinbacher, 5-1; LaPlante def. DeCiccio, 8-7.
Third round: Ooton def. Forness, 12-5; Amerine def. Hult, 2-1; Evans def. Creason, 4-2; Connelly def. LaPlante, 12-5.
Fourth round: Amerine def. Ooton, 4-3; Evans def. Connelly, 5-2.
Semifinals: Roush def. Amerine, 3-2; Evans def. Pyle, 7-6.
Third place: Roush pinned Evans,
Fifth place: Pyle pinned Amerine,
Seventh place: Connelly def. Ooton, 7-2.
157-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Joey Galante, TCNJ, def. Michael Kemble, Thiel, 6-2; Ross Needham, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Nate VanDyke, Luther, 6-2; Jacob Malone, St. John’s (Minn.), pinned Shaheem Bradshaw, Brockport St., 2:35; Joe Pflug, Heidlelberg, def. Dale Mills, Muhlenberg, 15-4; Robert Gingerich, North Central (Ill.), def. Daniel DeLalla, Wesleyan (Conn.), 13-7; Brad Bishop, Loras, def. Ryan Herwig, Delaware Valley, 6-3; Jeremy Anderson, Augsburg, def. Joseph Duca, Ithaca, 9-4.
Quarterfinals:
Semifinals: Pflug def.
Final: Pflug def.
Wrestlebacks
First round: Kemble def. VanDyke, 8-6; Bradshaw def. Mills, 13-9; Herwig pinned DeLalla,
Second round: Spence pinned Kemble,
Third round: Bradshaw def. Spence, 7-6 (tiebreaker); Malone def. Duca, 3-2.
Semifinals:
Third place:
Fifth place: Gingerich def. Bradshaw, 4-3.
Seventh place: Duca def. Spence, 7-4.
165-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Derek Sikora, Wis.-Eau Claire, def. Steve Martell, Johnson & Wales (R.I.), 8-0; Dustin Bliven, Wartburg, def. Brian Daly, Augustana (Ill.), 3-1; Gerald Bowne, York (Pa.), pinned Brandon MacWhinnie, Stevens Institute, 2:25; Tim Maxworthy, Heidlelberg, pinned Richard Howard, McDaniel, 6:56; Scott Dorn, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Cole Williams, Dubuque, 5-4; Donald Williams, Brockport St., def. Derek Ricker, Messiah, 3-2.
Quarterfinals: Sikora def. Bliven, 10-5; Bowne pinned Corey Murphy, Thiel,
Semifinals: Sikora def. Bowne, 7-5 (sudden victory); Valek pinned Maxworthy,
Final: Sikora def. Valek, 6-4.
Wrestlebacks
First round: Martell def. Daly, 10-3; Howard def. C. Williams, 3-2.
Second round: Martell def. D. Williams, 3-2; Dorn def. MacWhinnie, 3-2; Howard def. Murphy, 13-7; Bliven def. Ricker, 5-3.
Third round: Martell def. Dorn, 6-3; Bliven pinned Howard,
Semifinals: Martell def. Bowne, 4-2; Bliven def. Maxworthy, (forfeit).
Third place: Bliven pinned Martell,
Fifth place: Bowne def. Maxworthy (medical forfeit).
Seventh place: Howard def. Dorn, 9-4.
174-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Stephon Sair, Cortland St., def. Derek Crane, Lycoming, 12-2; Josh Rupprecht, Elmhurst, def. Timmy Miller, Ohio Northern, 11-5; Mathias Keib, Ithaca, def. Cody Downing, Simpson, 4-2 (tiebreaker); Jonathan Dolan, Williams, def. Tim Kelly, Mt. St. Joseph, 9-2; Josh Chelf, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Jeffrey Harrington, TCNJ, 6-2; Robbie Gotreau, Augsburg, def. David Kraus, Johns Hopkins, 7-1; Alan Stacilauskas, Wis.-Stevens Point, def. Ryan Hagerty, Loras, 4-2 (sudden victory).
Quarterfinals: Sair def. Rupprecht, 11-5; Keib def. Dolan, 12-3; Chelf def. Gotreau, 4-2 (sudden victory); Scott Kauffman, Wartburg, def.
Semifinals: Sair def. Keib, 3-2; Kauffman def. Chelf, 3-2.
Final: Sair def. Kauffman, 9-8.
Wrestlebacks
First round: Crane def. Miller, 8-6 (sudden victory); Kelly def. Downing, 5-3 (sudden victory); Harrington def. Kraus, 11-5.
Second round: Stacilauskas def. Crane, 6-1; Gotreau def. Kelly, 10-5; Dolan def. Harrington, 6-5; Hagerty def. Rupprecht, 4-3.
Third round: Gotreau def. Stacilauskas, 7-3; Dolan def. Hagerty, 1-0.
Semifinals: Gotreau def. Keib, 6-4 (sudden victory); Chelf pinned Dolan, 0:48.
Third place: Chelf def. Gotreau, 2-0.
Fifth place: Keib def. Dolan, 5-3.
Seventh place: Stacilauskas pinned Hagerty,
184-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Duane Bastress, York (Pa.), def. Ben Dictus, Lawrence, 11-3; Robert Stubbs, Ithaca, pinned Mitch Hager, Loras, 5:30; Brad Tupa, Augsburg, def. Benjamin Plowman, Ohio Northern, 4-2; Akeem Carter, Wartburg, def. Mike Berlanda, Delaware Valley, 6-2; Dan Willaert, St. John’s (Minn.), def. Zackery Weinrich, Roger Williams, 9-4; Terry Madden, Hunter, def. Ryan Newberry, Olivet, 19-2 (technical fall, 6:11).
Quarterfinals: Bastress def. Michael Troutman, Ursinus, 7-5; Tupa def. Stubbs, 5-2; Carter def. Willaert, 15-7; Jason Lulloff,
Semifinals: Bastress def. Tupa, 11-4; Carter def. Lulloff, 8-3.
Final: Bastress def. Carter, 6-4 (sudden victory)
Wrestlebacks
First round: Hager def. Plowman, 5-0; Weinrich def. Berlanda, 6-5.
Second round: Madden def. Dictus, 15-6; Willaert def. Hager, 6-5; Stubbs def. Weinrich, 10-7; Troutman def. Newberry, 5-2.
Third round: Madden def. Willaert, 13-6; Troutman def. Stubbs, 10-3.
Semifinals: Tupa def. Madden, 10-2; Lulloff def. Troutman, 7-1.
Third place: Lulloff def. Tupa, 6-1.
Fifth place: Troutman def. Madden, 14-6.
Seventh place: Willaert def. Stubbs, 10-5.
197-pound class
Main bracket
First round: Dan Fiecke,
Second round: Tyler Miller, Wartburg, def. Fiecke, 4-2; Brandon Kelly, Wilkes, def. Ben Strandberg, Buena Vista, 19-9; Matthew Chrzanarski, York (Pa.), pinned Michael McCabe, Coe, 6:53; James Swanson, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Zach Greenberg, Rochester Inst. 4-3; Matthew Loesch, Muhlenberg, def. Jason Leckey, Springfield, 7-2; Dustin Docter, North Central (Ill.), def. Alec Bonander, Luther, 3-2; Jay Figgins, Loras, def. Devin Carman, Baldwin-Wallace, 6-4; Jamall Johnson, Delaware Valley, pinned Nicholas Calandrino, Ithaca, 18-2 (technical fall, 6:30).
Quarterfinals: Kelly def. Miller, 3-1 (sudden victory); Swanson def. Chrzanarski, 7-2; Loesch def. Docter, 4-2 (sudden victory); Johnson pinned Figgins,
Semifinals: Swanson def. Kelly, 6-3; Johnson pinned Loesch, 0:26.
Final: Johnson pinned Swanson,
Wrestlebacks
First round: Calandrino pinned Wright, 0:52.
Second round: Carman def. Calandrino, 10-6; Bonander def. Leckey, 16-0 (technical fall,
Third round: Chrzanarski def. Carman, 17-11; Miller def. Bonander, 6-1; McCabe def. Figgins, 1-0; Docter def. Strandberg, 7-5 (sudden victory).
Fourth round: Miller def. Chrzanarski, 5-4; McCabe def. Docter, 3-1.
Semifinals: Miller def. Loesch, 15-0 (technical fall,
Third place: Kelly def. Miller, 4-2.
Fifth place: McCabe def. Loesch (medical forfeit).
Seventh place: Docter def. Chrzanarski, 6-3.
Heavyweight class
Main bracket
First round: Ryan Allen, Wis.-La Crosse, pinned Bryan Morgan, Millikin,
Second round: Blake Gillis, Wartburg, pinned Ryan Rozek, Wis.-Platteville, 2:41; Ward Brady, Elmhurst, def. William Beiermeister, Montclair St., 4-3; Tom Snyder, Lycoming, def. Bryan Kmetz, Baldwin-Wallace, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Trevor Hiffa, Oneonta St., def. Michael Hayes, Wis.-Stevens Point, 3-1; Mike Blair, Trinity (Conn.), def. Michael Pattanite, Gettysburg, 15-0 (technical fall, 4:14); Patrick Bennett, Brockport St., def. John Miller, Luther, 17-13; Keith Bjorhus, TCNJ, def. Brett Christensen, Simpson, 5-2; Allen def. Andrew Neumann, Augsburg, 13-5.
Quarterfinals: Gillis def. Brady, 5-1; Snyder def. Hiffa, 6-2; Bennett def. Blair, 9-7; Allen def. Bjorhus, 14-7.
Semifinals: Gillis def. Snyder, 2-0; Allen def. Bennett, 2-1.
Final: Allen def. Gillis, 4-2 (sudden victory).
Wrestlebacks
First round: Rozek pinned Morgan,
Second round: Christensen def. Neumann, 7-3; Miller pinned Pattanite,
Third round: Christensen def. Hiffa, 4-0; Miller pinned Brady,
Fourth round: Christensen pinned Miller,
Semifinals: Bennett def. Christensen, 4-3; Hayes def. Snyder, 12-10 (sudden victory).
Third place: Hayes def. Bennett, 7-5.
Fifth place: Snyder def. Christensen, 4-0.
Seventh place: Blair def. Miller, 22-13.
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