Mar 8, 2010 8:43:33 AM

Augsburg's depth proved to be the key factor as the Auggies captured their 11th NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships team title Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Despite seeing all three of its wrestlers who reached the finals drop their title matches, Augsburg was able to score enough points to take home the team crown. It is only the third time in championships history that the team champion did not have an individual winner. Augsburg finished with 110.5 points, outdistancing Wisconsin-La Crosse with 100.5. [More]

Team results

1. Augsburg, 110½; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 100½; 3. Wartburg, 83½; 4. Coe, 76; 5. Delaware Valley, 50½; 6. Ithaca, 41; 7. Ohio Northern, 34; 8. Dubuque, 32½; 9. Concordia-M'head, 31½; 10. Luther, 31; 11. Merchant Marine 26½; 12. (tie) Cornell and Oneonta St., 25; 14. (tie) Case, Elmhurst and St. John's (MN), 22; 17. Elizabethtown, 21; 18. (tie) Heidelberg, Johnson & Wales (RI), North Central (IL) and Southern Me., 19; 22. SUNY Cortland, 18½; 23. (tie) Bridgewater St., Wis.-Whitewater and Williams, 16; 26. Lakeland, 15½; 27. Centenary (NJ), 14½; 28. Wis.-Stevens Point, 14; 29. (tie) Buena Vista, Wis.-Platteville and Wilkes, 13½; 32. Stevens Institute, 12½; 33. (tie) New York U. and Waynesburg, 7½; 35. Mount Union, 6½; 36. TCNJ, 5½; 37. John Carroll, 4½; 38. (tie) Thiel and Wesleyan (CT), 4; 40. Wilmington (OH), 2½; 41. Brockport St., 2; 42. (tie) Lycoming and Springfield, 1½; 44. (tie) St. Olaf, Wis.-Oshkosh, Chicago and Wabash, 1; 48. Augustana (IL) and Olivet,½; 50. (tie) Johns Hopkins, Kings (PA), McDaniel, Messiah, Mt. St. Joseph, Rhode Island Col., Trine, Wis.-Eau Claire, Ursinus and Western New Eng., 0.

Individual champions

125 − Clayton Rush, Coe, def. Tyler Erdman, Elizabethtown, 14-3.

133 − Bebeto Yewah, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Paul Biorkstrand, Augsburg, 14-9.

141 − Myanganbayar Batsukh, St. John's (MN), def. Jeremy Stierly, Ithaca, 10-4.

149 − Isaac Dukes, Case, def. Tony Valek, Augsburg, 8-4.

157 − Luke Miller, Ohio Northern, def. Zach Mizer, Heidelberg, 4-2.

165 − Vincent Renaut, Merchant Marine, def. Orlando Ponce, Augsburg, 7-3.

174 − Michael Schmitz, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Evan Brown, Dubuque, 5-2.

184 − Phil Moenkedick, Concordia-M'head, def. Brennan Ward, Johnson & Wales (RI), 7-4.

197 − Byron Tate, Wartburg, def. Ryan Malo, Williams, 8-5.

Heavyweight − Dan Laurent, Wis.-La Crosse, def. John Helgerson, Wartburg, 2-0.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

125-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Jake Oster, Elmhurst, pinned Riki Reynolds, Mount Union, 4:27.

Second round: Clayton Rush, Coe, pinned Jordan Alfaro, Merchant Marine, 2:58; Dan Bloom, Wesleyan (CT), pinned Jon Gregory, Ithaca, 2:28; Terrance Clendenin pinned. Austin Mogg, Buena Vista, 0:26; Oster pinned Joe Mileski, Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:38; Tyler Erdman, Elizabethtown, pinned George Gogonas, Augustana (IL), 2:25; Tyler Marlow, Brockport, def. Jayson Swanson, Luther, 10-6; Joshua Roberts, Augsburg, def. Zach Mueller, Wis.-Oshkosh, 8-4; Lloyd McKinney, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Mark Kist, Wartburg, 9-6.

Quarterfinals: Rush def. Bloom, 19-6; Oster def. Clendenin, 8-6; Erdman def. Marlow, 15-2; Roberts def. McKinney, 5-4.

Semifinals: Rush def. Oster, 10-3; Erdman pinned Roberts, 3:31.

Final: Rush def. Erdman, 14-3.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Gogonas def. Reynolds, 6-5.

Second round: Kist def. Mueller, 16-0 (technical fall, 4:26); Swanson def. Gogonas, 4-0; Mogg def. Mileski, 5-2; Alfaro def. Gregory, 3-2.

Third round: Clendenin def. Kist, 3-1; Swanson def. Bloom, 6-4; Mogg def. McKinney, 10-5; Alfaro def. Marlow, 5-4.

Fourth round: Swanson pinned Clendenin, 0:39; Mogg pinned Alfaro, 6:03.

Semifinals: Roberts def. Swanson, 9-7 (sudden victory); Oster def. Mogg, 9-6.

Third place: Oster def. Roberts, 7-0.

Fifth place: Mogg pinned Swanson, 2:04.

Seventh place: Clendenin def. Alfaro, 12-6.

133-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Bebeto Yewah, Wis.-La Crosse, pinned Tom Alessandro, Heidelberg, 1:47; William Livingston, Centenary, def. Joseph Grippi, Springfield, 4-1; Chad Winowich, Ithaca, def. Drew Hinschberger, Coe, 7-0; Sean White, Wartburg, def. Corey Brown, Thiel, 8-4; Paul Bjorkstrand, Augsburg, def. Nick Garber, Waynesburg, 10-6; Munkhbaatar Baatar, St. John's (MN), def. Paul Marcello, Johns Hopkins, 5-2; Nichalos Northern, Cornell, def. Dan Herr, TCNJ, 5-1; Aljamain Sterling, SUNY Cortland, def. Nathan Fitzenreider, North Central (IL), 1-0.

Quarterfinals: Yewah pinned Livingston, 6:15; Winowich def. White, 9-3; Bjorkstrand pinned Baatar, 4:13; Northern def. Sterling, 3-2.

Semifinals: Yehaw def. Winowich, 5-3; Bjorkstrand def. Northern, 3-2.

Final: Yewah def. Bjorkstrand, 14-9.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Grippi def. Alessandro, 15-6; Brown def. Hinschberger, 6-2; Garber def. Marcello, 8-7; Fitzenreider def. Herr, 13-5.

Second round: Sterling pinned Grippi, 2:48; Brown def. Baatar, 10-7; Garber def. White, 13-6; Livingston def. Fitzenreider, 10-2.

Third round: Sterling def. Brown, 3-2; Livingston def. Garber, 16-2.

Semifinals: Sterling def. Winowich, 4-2; Livingston def. Northern, 6-2.

Third place: Livingston def. Sterling, 4-3.

Fifth place: Northern def. Winowich, 5-2.

Seventh place: Garber def. Brown, 13-6.

141-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Myanganbayar Batsukh, St. John's (MN), def. Ryan Bridge, Stevens Institute, 16-12; Jake Strausbaugh, Wabash, def. Sam Delpra, Heidelberg, 11-6; Matt Kelly, Wartburg, def. Ben Anderson, Concordia-M'head, 2-1; John Starzyk, North Central (IL), def. Chris LeClere, Coe, 12-3; Austin Bautista, Wis.-Whitewater, def. Gregg Martino, New York U., 6-4; Jeremy Stierly, Ithaca, def. Vince Tucker, Olivet, 11-10; Matt Ulrich, Southern Me., def. Kevin Donahue, Cornell, 6-5; Jafari Vanier, Augsburg, def. Kevin Bokoski, Luther, 15-9;

Quarterfinals: Batsukh def. Strausbaugh, 8-2; Kelly def. Starzyk, 4-2; Stierly def. Bautista, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Ulrich def. Vanier, 6-2.

Semifinals: Batsukh def. Kelly, 3-2; Stierly def. Ulrich, 4-2.

Final: Batsukh def. Stierly, 10-4.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Bridge def. Delpra, 8-2; Anderson def. LeClere, 2-1; Tucker def. Martino, 10-6; Donahue def. Bokoski, 11-8.

Second round: Bridge def. Vanier, 2-0; Bautista def. Anderson, 4-3 (tiebreaker); Starzyk def. Tucker, 12-5; Donahue def. Strausbaugh, 11-3.

Third round: Bridge def. Bautista, 3-1; Donahue pinned Starzyk, 4:40.

Semifinals: Kelly def. Bridge, 6-4; Donahue def. Ulrich, 7-1.

Third place: Kelly def. Donahue, 8-5.

Fifth place: Bridge def. Ulrich, 11-1.

Seventh place: Starzyk def. Bautista, 4-0.

149-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Isaac Dukes, Case, def. Richie Clark, Mount Union, 7-4; Jason Pyle, Luther, def. Tye Boyer, Elizabethtown, 7-4.

Second round: Blaine Woszczak, Ithaca, def. Corey Paulish, Williams, 11-6; Emanual Ajagbe, Delaware Valley, def. Kevin Sutherland, Rhode Island Col., 4-2; Dukes, def. Connor McCormick, Ursinus, 10-6; Matt Mauseth, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Mark Carey, Coe, 15-2; Pyle def. Charlie Curran, Elmhurst, 9-8; John Marsh, Bridgewater St., pinned Isaiah Britton, Lycoming, 5:32; Justin Berns, Concordia-M'head, def. Jacob Groth, Wartburg, 8-4; Tony Valek, Augsburg, def. Andrew Johnston, Wis.-Eau Claire, 8-0.

Quarterfinals: Woszczak def. Ajagbe, 10-5; Dukes def. Mauseth, 18-11; Pyle def. Marsh, 8-7 (tiebreaker); Valek pinned Berns, 6:26.

Semifinals: Dukes pinned Woszczak, 7:49; Valek def. Pyle, 7-3.

Final: Dukes def. Valek, 8-4.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Britton def. Clark, 6-2; Carey def. Boyer, 16-6.

Second round: Groth def. Johnston, 5-2; Curran def. Britton, 4-3; Carey def. McCormick, 7-3; Paulish def. Sutherland, 5-2.

Third round: Mauseth def. Groth, 3-2; Curran def. Ajagbe, 3-2; Berns def. Carey, 6-2; Marsh def. Paulish, 7-2.

Fourth round: Mauseth def. Curran, 9-4; Marsh pinned Berns, 3:49.

Semifinals: Mauseth def. Pyle, 8-4; Woszczak def. Marsh, 8-2.

Third place: Mauseth def. Woszczak, 5-2.

Fifth place: Marsh pinned Pyle, 2:24.

Seventh place: Berns def. Curran, 7-5.

157-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Dan Twito, Merchant Marine, def. Taylor Green, King's (PA), 3-1 (sudden victory).

Second round: Jesse Harrington, Delaware Valley, def. Dale Handley, Coe, 6-3; Matt Magill, New York U., def. Frank Cammisa, Bridgewater St., 2-1; Jason Adams, Augsburg, def. William Horwath, Ithaca, 3-1; Luke Miller, Ohio Northern, def. Ryan Warcynksi, Dubuque, 18-0 (technical fall, 2:21); Jesse Milks, Wis.-Platteville, def. Bryan Massong, Mt. St. Joseph, 9-1; Zach Mizer, Heidelberg, def. Justin Skillings, St. Olaf, 12-4; Adam Weber, Wartburg, pinned Carl Breitenstein, Williams, 4:07; Twito def. Nicholas Loughlin, Cornell, 4-3.

Quarterfinals: Harrington def. Magill, 3-1; Miller def. Adams, 3-0; Mizer def. Milks, 3-1 (sudden victory); Weber def. Twito, 6-4 (sudden victory).

Semifinals: Miller def. Harrington, 4-3; Mizer def. Weber, 7-6.

Final: Miller def. Mizer, 4-2.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Handley def. Green, 6-4.

Second round: Loughlin def. Breitenstein, 12-4; Skillings def. Massong, 9-5; Horwath def. Warcynksi, 10-4; Handley def. Cammisa, 8-0.

Third round: Adams def. Loughlin, 3-1 (sudden victory); Magill pinned Skillings, 2:13; Horwath def. Twito, 6-4; Milks def. Handley, 4-2.

Fourth round: Adams def. Magill, 7-3; Milks def. Horwath, 10-3.

Semifinals: Adams def. Weber, 5-0; Milks def. Harrington, 6-4.

Third place: Adams def. Milks, 4-3.

Fifth place: Harrington def. Weber, 9-4.

Seventh place: Horwath def. Magill, 7-2.

165-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Joey Favia, Stevens Institute, def. Kyle Packer, TCNJ, 1-0.

Second round: Justin Barowski, Delaware Valley, pinned Josh Terrell, Dubuque, 5:48; Matt Curley, Heidelberg, def. Jordan Schulte, Wis.-Stevens Point, 7-6; Vincent Renaut, Merchant Marine, def. Christopher Dahlheimer, Lycoming, 4-2; Michael Morin, Southern Me., def. Vincent Alber, Wis.-Platteville, 7-4; Nick LeClere, Coe, def. Cory Ferguson, Wis.-La Crosse, 16-4; Matt Baarson, St. John's (MN), def. Trent Zempel, Messiah, 3-0; Orlando Ponce, Augsburg, def. Favia, 8-2; Carrington Banks, Wartburg, def. Josef Waples, St. Olaf, 9-2.

Quarterfinals: Barowski def. Curley, 4-3; Renaut def. Morin, 5-3; LeClere def. Baarson, 20-8; Ponce def. Banks, 3-2.

Semifinals: Renaut def. Barowski, 3-2; Ponce def. LeClere, 11-9.

Final: Renaut def. Ponce, 7-3.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Schulte def. Packer, 8-2.

Second round: Favia def. Waples, 6-4; Ferguson pinned Zempel, 4:36; Dahlheimer def. Alber, 7-1; Terrell def. Schulte, 8-0.

Third round: Morin def. Favia, 12-4; Ferguson pinned Curley, 2:04; Banks def. Dahlheimer, 9-4; Terrell def. Baarson, 8-6 (sudden victory).

Fourth round: Morin def. Ferguson, 7-6; Terrell def. Banks, 2-1.

Semifinals: LeClere pinned Morin, 6:57; Terrell def. Barowski, 15-3.

Third place: Terrell def. LeClere, 4-2.

Fifth place: Morin def. Barowski, 13-8 (sudden victory).

Seventh place: Banks pinnhed Ferguson, 0:41.

174-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Zach Molitor, Augsburg, def. Dan Daddino, Delaware Valley, 5-0.

Second round: Evan Brown, Dubuque, def. Chris Wade, Oneonta St., 4-2; Ross Dankers, Concordia-M'head, def. Colin Lenhardt, Johnson & Wales (RI), 6-2; Frank Heffernan, Wilkes, def. Christopher Karl, Wis.-Stevens Point, 4-1; Kyle Kwiat, Ohio Northern, def. Sam Engelland, Wis.-Oshkosh, 5-0; Michael Schmitz, Wis.-La Crosse, pinned Gregory Hurd, Wesleyan (CT), 1:22; Cowan Brown, North Central (IL), def. Robert Bishop, Stevens Institute, 5-3; Seth Rehn, Coe, pinned Mike Ciaburri, SUNY Cortland, 1:54; Molitor def. Dylan Azinger, Wartburg, 4-1.

Quarterfinals: Brown pinned Dankers, 2:55; Kwiat def. Heffernan, 6-4 (sudden victory); Schmitz def. Brown, 6-1; Molitor def. Rehn, 10-1.

Semifinals: Brown def. Kwiat, 4-3; Schmitz def. Molitor, 5-2.

Final: Schmitz def. Brown, 5-2.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Wade pinned Daddino, 5:38.

Second round: Azinger def. Ciaburri, 7-2; Bishop def. Hurd, 9-2; Engelland def. Karl, 6-2; Wade pinned Lenhardt, 1:32.

Third round: Azinger def. Heffernan, 7-6; Dankers def. Bishop, 10-4; Rehn def. Engelland, 2-0; Wade def. Brown, 7-3 (tiebreaker).

Fourth round: Azinger def. Dankers, 12-4; Wade pinned Rehn, 5:27.

Semifinals: Molitor def. Azinger, 3-2; Kwiat def. Wade, 8-4.

Third place: Molitor def. Kwiat, 5-1.

Fifth place: Wade pinned Azinger, 0:38.

Seventh place: Rehn def. Dankers, 10-3.

184-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Tyler Burkle, Coe, def. Nicholas Kraus, Trine, 10-1; Mike Denver, TCNJ, def. Nate Murren, Ursinus, 13-8; Ben Adams, John Carroll, def. Todd Becker, Wartburg, 6-5; Josh Wake, Oneonta St., def. Corbin Semple, Waynesburg, 5-2; Ben Engelland, Wis.-Stevens Point, pinned Nic Barclay, Luther, 6:08.

Quarterfinals: Brennan Ward, Johnson & Wales (RI), pinned Burkle, 4:11; Gabe Youel, North Central (IL), def. Denver, 6-3; Phil Moenkedick, Concordia-M'head, def. Adams, 8-2; Wake def. Engelland, 6-4.

Semifinals: Ward pinned Youel, 6:58; Moenkedick def. Wake, 5-0.

Final: Moenkedick def. Ward, 7-4.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Semple pinned Barclay, 4:25.

Second round: Engelland def. Kraus, 8-6; Adams def. Murren, 6-1; Denver def. Becker, 6-4 (sudden victory); Burkle def. Semple, 9-3.

Third round: Engelland def. Adams, 8-2; Burkle def. Denver, 9-2.

Semifinals: Engelland def. Youel, 5-3; Burkle def. Wake, 9-0.

Third place: Burkle def. Engelland, 9-3.

Fifth place: Youel def. Wake, 5-1.

Seventh place: Denver def. Adams, 8-7.

197-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Jared Massey, Augsburg, def. Zach Pizarro, Wilkes, 3-1; Martino Sottile, SUNY Cortland, def. Connor McNamara, Ursinus, 3-2; Byron Tate, Wartburg, pinned Adam Latella, Wis.-Whitewater, 1:14; Troy Carlson, Chicago, def. Michael Burke, Wabash, 6-5; Bill Schindel, Mount Union, def. Martin Porter, Delaware Valley, 8-6; Rob Kramer, Coe, pinned William Meaney, Elizabethtown, 5:45; Ryan Malo, Williams, def. Brian Broll, Buena Vista, 5-0.

Quarterfinals: Massey def. Sottile, 10-2; Tate def. Carlson, 8-4; Andy Moore, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Schindel, 6-4; Malo def. Kramer, 6-4.

Semifinals: Tate def. Massey, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Malo def. Moore, 6-0.

Final: Tate def. Malo, 8-5.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Pizarro def. McNamara, 11-2; Latella def. Burke, 8-5; Broll def. Meaney, 5-1.

Second round: Pizarro def. Kramer, 10-5; Schindel def. Latella, 13-4; Porter def. Carlson, 7-4; Sottile def. Broll, 3-2.

Third round: Pizarro def. Schindel, 7-6; Porter def. Sottile, 7-6.

Semifinals: Massey def. Pizarro, 6-4 (sudden victory); Moore def. Porter, 3-1 (sudden victory).

Third place: Massey def. Moore, 4-3.

Fifth place: Pizarro pinned Porter, 2:28.

Seventh place: Schindel def. Sottile, 4-3.

Heavyweight class

Main bracket

First round: Jon Schmidt, Wis.-Whitewater, def. Mark Corsello, Elmhurst, 3-1 (sudden victory); John Helgerson, Wartburg, pinned Joe Murphy, SUNY Cortland, 2:37; Allyn Plattner, Luther, pinned Jamison Sacco, Western New Eng., 5:45; Dan Laurent, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Brock Glotfelty, McDaniel, 5-2; Mitch Sander, Coe, def. Ed Broderick, TCNJ, 4-1; Kyle Bilquist, Delaware Valley, def. Adam Salyers, Wilmington (OH), 3-1.

Quarterfinals: Schmidt def. Andrew Witzel, Augsburg, 7-2; Helgerson def. Plattner, 6-4 (sudden victory); Laurent def. Adam Sutter, Lakeland, 2-0; Bilquist def. Sander, 10-9 (tiebreaker).

Semifinals: Helgerson def. Schmidt, 8-1; Laurent def. Bilquist, 8-4.

Final: Laurent def. Helgerson, 2-0.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Murphy def. Sacco, 2-0; Salvers pinned Broderick, 6:57.

Second round: Sander def. Corsello, 7-5; Sutter def. Murphy, 4-0; Plattner def. Glotfelty, 4-3; Witzel def. Salvers, 9-2.

Third round: Sutter pinned Sander, 6:36; Platner pinned Witzel, 4:05.

Semifinals: Sutter def. Schmidt, 8-1; Bilquist def. Plattner, 6-5.

Third place: Sutter pinned Bilquist, 0:48.

Fifth place: Schmidt pinned Plattner, 1:29.

Seventh place: Sander def. Witzel, 2-0.