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    Nebraska-Omaha dominates wrestling finals

    Mar 15, 2010 9:45:43 AM


    The NCAA News

     

    The NCAA Division II Wrestling Championship was decided nine hours before the Saturday evening championship round began as host school Nebraska-Omaha won its second straight national title.


    The Mavericks so dominated Friday's first two rounds that they needed just a couple of wins in the first Saturday session to lock up their sixth NCAA Division II title. Five of those crowns have come in the last seven years. [More]

     

    Team results

    1. Neb.-Omaha, 131; 2. Augustana (SD), 72; 3. (tie) Neb.-Kearney and Upper Iowa, 67; 5. Wis.-Parkside, 55 ½; 6.  Minn. St. Mankato 52 ½; 7. St. Cloud St. 50 ½; 8. (tie) Gannon and Newberry 46; 10. Western St. 41; 11. Pitt-Johnstown 37; 12 Fort Hays St. 35 ½; 13. Adams St. 32 ½; 14. Mercyhurst 30; 15. Central (OK) 27 ½; 16. Kutztown 22; 17. (tie) Anderson and N.M. Highlands 20; 19. Grand Canyon 18; 20. West Liberty St. 17; 21. Limestone 16 ½; 22. Central Mo. St. 16; 23. N.C.-Pembroke 15 ½; 24. East Stroudsburg 15; 25. San Francisco St. 12; 26. Minn. St. Moorhead 11; 27. Seton Hill 10 ½; 28. Shippensburg 10; 29. Northern St. 4 ½; 30. Southwest Minn. St. 2 ½; 31. Findlay 2; 32. Belmont Abbey 1 ½; 33. (tie) CSU-Pueblo, Chadron St., Indianapolis 1; 36. (tie) Ashland, Mary, Newman ½; 39. Mesa St. 0.

     

    Individual champions

    125 — Seth Wright, N.M. Highlands, def. Tyler Mumbulo, Upper Iowa, 17-4.

    133 — Shane Valko, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Cody Garcia, Neb.-Omaha, 6-3.

    141 — Jay Sherer, Augustana (SD), def. Mario Morgan, Neb.-Omaha, 3-1.

    149 — Craig Becker, Wis.-Parkside, def. Esai Dominguez, Neb.-Omaha, 4-3.

    157 — Jonathan Jackson, Anderson (SC), def. George Ivanov, Neb.-Omaha, 3-1.

    165 — Travis Eggers, Upper Iowa, def. Josh Shields, Mercyhurst, 8-3.

    174 — Kamarudeen Usman, Neb.-Kearney, def. Luke Rynish, Wis.-Parkside, 5-4.

    184 — Bryant Blanton, Newberry, def. Shane Mallory, East Stroudsburg, 2-1 (tiebreaker).

    197 — Donovan McMahill, Western St., def. Tyler Copsey, Augustana (SD), 3-1.

    Heavyweight — Elijan Madison, Neb.-Omaha, def. Brady Wilson, Minn. St. Mankato, 1-0.

     

     

    INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

     

    125-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Kenny Trumbetta, Seton Hill, def. Brandon Davis, Ashland, 1-0; Thomas Edgmon, Fort Hays St., def. Andy Forstner, Minn. St. Mankato, 3-2; Ryan Link, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Cody Zimmerman, Wis.-Parkside, 5-3 (sudden victory); Seth Wright, N.M. Highlands, def. Alex Meger, Augustana (SD), 10-8; Tyler Mumbulo, Upper Iowa, def. Kyle O'Brien, Western St., 6-1; Terrell McKinney, Neb.-Omaha, def. Russell Weakley, UNC Pembroke, 5-2; Arsenia Barksdale, Adams St., pinned Corey Ulmer, Minn. St. Moorhead, 5:52; Alex Johns, Indianapolis, def. Matt Oliver, Newberry, 4-3.

    Quarterfinals: Edgmon def. Trumbetta, 3-1; Wright def. Link, 9-3; Mumbulo def. McKinney, 5-4; Barksdale def. Johns, 11-4.

    Semifinals: Wright def. Edgmon, 4-2; Mumbulo def. Barksdale, 9-4.

    Final: Wright def. Mumbulo, 17-4.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Forstner def. Davis, 14-6; Meger def. Zimmerman, 3-1 (sudden victory); Weakley def. O'Brien, 7-3; Ulmer def. Oliver, 5-4.

    Second round: Forstner def. Johns, 7-2; McKinney def. Meger, 15-6; Weakley pinned Link, 6:40; Trumbetta def. Ulmer, 2-0.

    Third round: Forstner def. McKinney, 6-4 (sudden victory); Trumbetta def. Weakley (medical forfeit).

    Semifinals: Forstner def. Edgmon, 8-5; Barksdale def. Trumbetta, 4-3.

    Third place: Barksdale def. Forstner, 6-5.

    Fifth place: Edgmon def. Trumbetta, 2-1.

    Seventh place: McKinney def. Weakley (medical forfeit).

     

     

    133-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Shane Valko, Pitt.-Johnstown, pinned Jacob Butrous, Northern St., 2:18; Todd Wilcox, Grand Canyon, def. Blake Fisher, Newman, 6-4; Laramie Shaffer, Augustana (SD), def. Michael Magaha, Limestone, 4-2; Scott Berens, Central Okla., def. Ryan Fillingame, Chadron St., 3-0; Naveed Bagheri, San Fran. St., def. Jan Steven Ulinski, Findlay, 14-1; Corey Bowers, Gannon, def. Shane McQuade, St. Cloud St., 13-9; Cody Garcia, Neb.-Omaha, pinned Joseph Morrison, Neb.-Kearney, 0:42; Kyle Pedretti, Upper Iowa, def. Sheridan Moran, Newberry, 2-1.

    Quarterfinals: Valko def. Wilcox, 9-8 (tiebreaker); Shaffer def. Berens, 3-1; Bowers pinned Bagheri, 5:33; Garcia pinned Pedretti, 2:00.

    Semifinals: Valko def. Shaffer, 4-0; Garcia def. Bowers, 6-3.

    Final: Valko def. Garcia, 6-3.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Fisher def. Butrous, 8-4; Magaha def. Fillingame, 12-3; McQuade pinned Ulinski, 6:00; Moran def. Morrison, 6-5.

    Second round: Pedretti def. Fisher, 6-5; Magaha def. Bagheri, 5-1; Berens def. McQuade, 8-0; Moran def. Wilcox, 6-5 (tiebreaker).

    Third round: Pedretti def. Magaha, 8-4; Moran def. Berens, 5-1.

    Semifinals: Pedretti def. Shaffer, 4-3; Moran def. Bowers, 8-2.

    Third place: Pedretti def. Moran, 6-4.

    Fifth place: Shaffer def. Bowers, 9-7.

    Seventh place: Berens def. Magaha, 14-8.

     

     

    141-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Jeremy Parker, Limestone, def. Jesse Cruz, Western St., 3-1; Gabriel Suarez, St. Cloud St., def. Daniel Genetin, Ashland, 8-4; Andre Harrison, Fort Hays St., def. Andrew Milanak, Gannon, 3-2; Jay Sherer, Augustana (SD), def. Joshua Falk, Findlay, 5-3; Mario Morgan, Neb.-Omaha, def. Brandan Schunk, Southwest Minn. St., 10-9; Adam Hluschak, East Stroudsburg, def. Jimmy Savala, Chadron St., 10-9; Cory Bloodgood, Central Mo., def. Brady Schneeberger, Minn. St. Moorhead, 8-7; Josh Hensley, Adams St., def. Dallas Evans, Seton Hill, 15-0 (technical fall, 5:47).

    Quarterfinals: Parker def. Suarez, 8-3; Sherer def. Harrison, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Morgan def. Hiluschak, 8-3; Bloodgood def. Hensley, 5-3.

    Semifinals: Sherer def. Parker 3-2; Morgan pinned Bloodgood, 6:15.

    Final: Sherer def. Morgan, 3-1.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Genetin def. Cruz, 5-4; Milanak def. Falk, 3-2; Schunk def. Savala, 7-6; Evans def. Schneeberger, 6-5.

    Second round: Hensley def. Genetin, 14-11; Milanak def. Hluschak, 4-3 (tiebreaker); Harrison def. Schunk, 16-9; Suarez def. Evans, 8-2.

    Third round: Milanak def. Hensley, 2-1; Harrison def. Suarez, 15-6.

    Semifinals: Parker def. Milanak, 3-1 (sudden victory); Harrison def. Bloodgood, 6-4.

    Third place: Harrison def. Parker, 3-1.

    Fifth place: Bloodgood def. Milanak, 5-4 (tiebreaker).

    Seventh place: Hensley def. Suarez, 15-4.

     

     

    149-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Mitch Arnold, Newman, def. Mitch Smith, West Liberty, 3-1; Derek Bomsted, Minn. St. Moorhead, def. Joshua Nolan, San Fran. St., 6-3; Craig Becker, Wis.-Parkside, pinned Ryan McIntyre, Pitt.-Johnstown, 6:20; Travis Elg, Minn. St. Mankato, pinned. Thomas Hepburn, Neb.-Kearney, 5:51; Nate Herda, Augustana (SD), def. Tyler Juby, Mesa St., 17-12; Latra Collick, Newberry, def. Jeremy Espinoza, Findlay, 6-3; Derek Stolarzyk, Upper Iowa, def. Louie DeSantis, Colorado St.-Pueblo, 4-3; Esai Dominguez, Neb.-Omaha, pinned. Kevin McElhaney, Gannon, 2:29.

    Quarterfinals: Bomsted def. Arnold, 4-3; Becker def. Elg, 18-5; Herda def. Collick, 6-4; Dominiguez def. Stolarzyk, 17-6.

    Semifinals: Becker def. Bomsted, 13-11 (tiebreaker); Dominiguez def. Herda, 10-5.

    Final: Becker def. Dominguez, 4-3.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Smith def. Nolan, 17-4; Hepburn pinned McIntyre, 4:34; Espinoza def. Juby, 14-9; McElhaney pinned DeSantis, 2:37.

    Second round: Smith def. Stolarzyk, 10-7; Hepburn def. Collick, 5-2; Elg def. Espinoza, 8-4; McElhaney def. Arnold, 3-2.

    Third round: Hepburn def. Smith, 7-6; Elg pinned McElhaney, 4:22.

    Semifinals: Hepburn def. Bomsted, 3-2; Herda def. Elg, 12-4.

    Third place: Hepburn def. Herda, 5-3.

    Fifth place: Elg pinned Bomsted, 1:12.

    Seventh place: Smith def. McElhaney, 9-3 (tiebreaker).

     

     

    157-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Michael Williams, UNC Pembroke, def. Justin Decker, Upper Iowa, 6-1; Danny Grater, Fort Hays St., def. Michael Lybarger, Findlay, 11-0; Marcus Edgington, Augustana (SD), def. Andy Lamancusa, Mercyhurst, 6-4 (tiebreaker); George Ivanov, Neb.-Omaha, def. Stephen Towne, Grand Canyon, 9-4; Joseph Deaguero, Adams St., pinned Bryce Givens, Indianapolis, 2:04; Sean Byrnes, Newberry, def. Justin Turek, Minn. St. Mankato, 5-2; Dillon Bera, Wis.-Parkside, def. Kyle Francis, Western St., 15-2; Jonathan Jackson, Anderson (SC), def. John Sundgren, St. Cloud St., 6-5.

    Quarterfinals: Grater def. Williams, 5-3 (sudden victory); Ivanov def. Edgington, 3-1; Deaguero def. Byrnes, 5-4; Jackson def. Bera, 11-2.

    Semifinals: Ivanov def. Grater, 4-3; Jackson def. Deaguero, 3-1.

    Final: Jackson def. Ivanov, 3-1.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Lybarger def. Decker, 3-2; Lamancusa def. Towne, 7-2; Turek def. Givens, 16-10; Sundgren def. Francis, 16-10.

    Second round: Bera def. Lybarger, 5-1; Lamancusa def. Byrnes, 13-3; Edgington def. Turek, 3-1; Williams def. Sundgren, 6-5.

    Third round: Lamancusa def. Bera, 5-3; Edgington def. Williams, 6-4.

    Semifinals: Lamancusa def. Grater, 10-3; Edgington def. Deaguero, 9-7 (sudden victory).

    Third place: Lamancusa def. Edgington, 2-1.

    Fifth place: Grater pinned Deaguero, 4:00.

    Seventh place: Williams def. Bera (by forfeit).

     

     

    165-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Josh Shields, Mercyhurst, def. Justin Grant, Colorado St.-Pueblo, 4-0; Gavin Nelson, Augustana (SD), def. Derrick Adkins, Central Okla., 5-3; Victor Carazo, Grand Canyon, pinned Bret Terry, Gannon, 0:45; Tad Merritt, St. Cloud St., pinned Matt Gille, Wis.-Parkside, 3:14; Ryan Pankoke, Neb.-Omaha, def. Tel Todd, Minn. St. Mankato, 6-1; Blake Malloy, Fort Hays St., def. Jake Varilek, Belmont Abbey, 6-4; Travis Eggers, Upper Iowa, pinned Thomas Graszi, Ashland, 2:31; Taylor May, Neb.-Kearney, def. Kyle Keane, Pitt.-Johnstown, 4-2.

    Quarterfinals: Shields pinned Nelson, 0:33; Carazo def. Merritt, 5-4; Pankoke def. Malloy, 3-2; Eggers def. May, 6-3.

    Semifinals: Shields def. Carazo, 8-2; Eggers def. Pankoke, 3-1 (sudden victory).

    Final: Eggers def. Shields, 8-3.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Grant def. Adkins, 7-2; Gille pinned Terry, 5:54; Varilek def. Todd, 8-0; Keane def. Graszi, 4-1.

    Second round: May def. Grant, 7-5; Gille def. Malloy, 11-9; Merritt def. Varilek, 6-2; Nelson def. Keane, 10-5.

    Third round: May pinned Gille, 6:56; Merritt pinned Nelson, 2:08.

    Semifinals: Carazo def. May, 3-1 (sudden victory); Pankoke def. Merritt, 7-6.

    Third place: Pankoke def. Carazo, 3-1 (sudden victory).

    Fifth place: Merritt pinned May, 6:24.

    Seventh place: Gille pinned Nelson, 1:40.

     

     

    174-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: J.J. Davis, UNC Pembroke, def. Cody Rowell, Central Okla., 8-6; Shamus O'Grady, St. Cloud St., def. Zack Frazier, Western St., 16-4; Luke Rynish, Wis.-Parkside, def. Curtis Chenoweth, Newberry, 12-4; Cody Vasconcellos, Chadron St., def. Jarret Hall, Minn. St. Moorhead, 7-4; Mitch Norton, Upper Iowa, pinned Shawn Kuhlman, Fort Hays St., 1:10; Christopher Barrick, Shippensburg, def. Matt Bailes, Central Mo., 12-1; Kamarudeen Usman, Neb.-Kearney, def. Ben Becker, Minn. St. Mankato, 9-2; Aaron Denson, Neb.-Omaha, def. Anthony Petrella, Gannon, 8-0.

    Quarterfinals: O'Grady pinned Davis, 6:21; Rynish pinned Vasconcellos, 2:09; Barrick def. Norton, 7-4; Usman def. Denson, 2-0.

    Semifinals: Rynish def. O'Grady, 14-6; Usman def. Barrick, 6-5.

    Final: Usman def. Rynish, 5-4.

     

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Rowell def. Frazier, 9-2; Chenoweth def. Hall, 10-3; Bailes def. Kuhlman, 9-7 (sudden victory); Petrella def. Becker, 16-9.

    Second round: Rowell def. Denson, 8-4; Norton def. Chenoweth, 17-5; Bailes pinned Vasconcellos, 1:43; Petrella def. Davis, 15-6.

    Third round: Norton pinned Rowell, 6:34; Petrella def. Bailes, 10-6.

    Semifinals: Norton def. O'Grady, 10-6; Petrella pinned Barrick, 3:43.

    Third place: Norton def. Petrella, 7-2.

    Fifth place: Barrick def. O'Grady, 6-3.

    Seventh place: Bailes def. Rowell, 10-8.

     

     

    184-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Tim Darling, Kutztown, def. Craig Draper-Johnson, Southwest Minn. St., 6-3; Austin Boehm, Neb.-Omaha, pinned Zachariah Jimenez, San Fran. St., 0:30; Shane Mallory, East Stroudsburg, def. Derek Skala, St. Cloud St., 7-6; Derek Ross, Neb.-Kearney, def. Jeffery Havelka, Findlay, 8-2; Charlie Pipher, Western St., pinned Tanner Keck, Central Okla., 4:04; Patrick Walsh, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Brady Anderson, 8-4; Ryan Becerra, Grand Canyon, def. Lucas Haag, Wis.-Parkside, 6-2; Bryant Blanton, Newberry, def. Aaron Norgren, Minn. St. Mankato, 5-2.

    Quarterfinals: Darling def. Boehm, 15-0 (technical fall, 4:00); Mallory def. Ross, 5-2; Walsh def. Pipher, 8-6; Blanton pinned Becerra, 5:53.

    Semifinals: Mallory def. Darling, 7-3; Blanton def. Walsh, 8-3.

    Final: Blanton def. Mallory, 2-1 (tiebreaker).

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Draper-Johnson, def. Jimenez, 10-2; Skala def. Havelka, 6-1; Anderson def. Keck, 5-1; Norgren def. Haag, 14-8.

    Second round: Becerra def. Draper-Johnson, 5-2; Pipher def. Skala, 9-7; Ross def. Anderson, 9-4; Norgren def. Boehm (by default).

    Third round: Pipher def. Becerra, 7-1; Ross pinned Norgren, 0:53.

    Semifinals: Darling def. Pipher, 5-1; Ross pinned Walsh, 1:51.

    Third place: Ross def. Darling, 8-3.

    Fifth place: Pipher pinned Walsh, 3:31.

    Seventh place: Norgren def. Becerra, 8-5.

     

     

    197-pound class

    Main bracket

    First round: Keeno Griffin, Newberry, def. Kyle Sand, Adams St., 3-2; Matthew Meuleners, Northern St., def. Jarrett Edison, Central Okla., 5-2 (tiebreaker); Donovan McMahill, Western St., def. Scott Snyder, Kutztown, 9-4; Lucas Munkelwitz, St. Cloud St., pinned Jon Tremi, Wis.-Parkside, 6:25; Jacob Marrs, Neb.-Omaha, def. Dusty Vliem, Mary, 11-2; Shane Nolan, UNC Pembroke, def. Justin McKain, Neb.-Kearney, 3-2; Tyler Copsey, Augustana (SD), def. Daniel Stevenson, Findlay, 6-2; Mitch Knapp, West Liberty, def. Vincent Bordi, San Fran. St., 7-0.

    Quarterfinals: Griffin def. Meuleners, 5-3; McMahill def. Munkelwitz, 6-0;

    Marrs def. Nolan, 15-0 (technical fall, 5:30); Copsey def. Knapp, 7-2.

    Semifinals: McMahill def. Griffin, 2-0; Copsey def. Marrs, 4-3.

    Final: McMahill def. Copsey, 3-1.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Edison def. Sand, 9-7; Snyder pinned Tremi, 2:26; McKain def. Vliem, 10-6; Stevenson def. Bordi, 3-2.

    Second round: Knapp pinned Edison, 3:31; Snyder pinned Nolan, 2:55; McKain def. Munkelwitz, 5-4 (tiebreaker); Meuleners def. Stevenson, 6-4.

    Third round: Knapp def. Snyder, 5-3; McKain def. Meuleners, 3-1 (sudden victory).

    Semifinals: Griffin def. Knapp, 3-1; Marrs def. McKain, 7-4.

    Third place: Marrs def. Griffin, 7-2 (tiebreaker).

    Fifth place: Knapp def. McKain, 4-3.

    Seventh place: Snyder def. Meuleners, 7-4.

     

     

    Heavyweight class

    Main bracket

    First round: Christopher Dempsey, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Matthew Clum, Findlay, 3-2; Jake Kahnke, St. Cloud St., pinned Jesse Boggs, N.M. Highlands, 0:33; Elijah Madison, Neb.-Omaha, pinned J.D. Ramsey, West Liberty, 4:30; Steve Franklin, San Fran. St., def. Tim Johnson, Minn. St. Moorhead, 9-4; Brady Wilson, Minn. St. Mankato, pinned Patrick Carey, Colorado St.-Pueblo, 4:36; Neil McGrath, Gannon, def. Lynn Panko, Indianapolis, 3-1 (sudden victory); Charlie Alexander, Western St., def. Brian Rodas, Southwest Minn. St., 5-2; Dustin Finn, Central Okla., pinned Kevin Bolinsky, Kutztown, 3:22.

    Quarterfinals: Kahnke def. Dempsey, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Madison def. Franklin, 7-2; Wilson def. McGrath, 10-1; Finn def. Alexander, 3-1 (tiebreaker).

    Semifinals: Madison def. Kahnke, 3-2; Wilson def. Finn, 3-1.

    Final: Madison def. Wilson, 1-0.

     

    Wrestlebacks

    First round: Clum def. Boggs, 4-2; Johnson pinned Ramsey, 0:18; Carey def. Panko, 11-5; Rodas def. Bolinsky, 8-2.

    Second round: Alexander def. Clum, 5-1 (tiebreaker); McGrath def. Johnson, 9-0; Franklin def. Carey, 9-2; Dempsey pinned Rodas, 5;25.

    Third round: Alexander def. McGrath, 3-2; Franklin pinned Dempsey, 0:54.

    Semifinals: Kahnke def. Alexander, 4-1 (tiebreaker); Finn pinned Franklin, 2:18.

    Third place: Finn def. Kahnke, 4-3 (tiebreaker).

    Fifth place: Alexander def. Franklin, 5-3.

    Seventh place: McGrath pinned Dempsey, 2:37.