In the 174-pound title match, Perry took an early 2-0 lead with a takedown, but Herbert tied it at 2-2 with a first-period reversal. The two battled back and forth through the first half of the second period, but Herbert came out on top after a flurry and cradled Perry until he was awarded the pin.
In the 141-pound championship bout, the No. 5 seeded Lang took an early lead versus Michigan State's second-ranked Andy Simmons, but fell 8-2 to claim second place. Lang controlled the match early and took a 2-0 lead after a first-period takedown, but Simmons responded with an escape and used a three-point nearfall in the second period to take the win. The second-place finish is a career-high for Lang, who returns to action at the NCAA Championships.
In the consolation championship match at 197 lbs., Delguyd earned a takedown in the first sudden victory session versus Michigan's Willie Breyer to take a third-place finish. After a scoreless first period, the two traded escapes in the second and third periods to enter overtime tied at 1-1. Midway through sudden victory, Delguyd got in on Breyer and through him to the mat for the 3-1 win.
Delguyd advanced to the third-place match with a win over Iowa's sixth-seeded Dan Erekson in his first consolation match. After entering the second period with a slim 2-1 lead, Delguyd tallied and escape and a takedown and went into the final period with a 5-2 advantage. There, Delguyd rode Erekson for a majority of the period and he took the 8-3 victory with 2:04 of riding time.
At 285 lbs., third-seeded Fox notched a 5-2 win over Illinois' Matt Weight to claim third place. Fox went up 2-0 with a first-period takedown, but Weight came back with two-straight escapes to tie the score. Fox used a takedown and an escape in the final period, however, to claim the win.
Fox advanced to the third-place match with a 4-2 win over Penn State's fourth-seeded Joel Edwards. Their similar rankings proved to be accurate as the two went back and forth and were tied a 1-1 entering the final period. There, Fox tallied an escape to take a 2-1 lead, then caught Edwards on a shot attempt, circled him and notched the takedown with 15 seconds remaining. Edwards recorded one more escape, but Fox walked off with the 4-2 win.
In his first consolation match of the day, third-seeded John Velez (Kings Mills, Ohio/Kings) notched a win over Iowa's fifth-seeded Lucas Magnani to advance to the third-place match. Velez got up early on Magnani, going up 4-1 in the first period while accumulating 1:56 in riding time. Velez kept up his dominating performance and walked off with the 8-3 win.
In the third place match, Velez faced Indiana's defending national champion Joe Dubuque. The pair wrestled to a scoreless first period, but Dubuque earned an escape midway through the second period to take a 1-0 lead. Velez evened the score at 1-1 with an escape of his own in the third, but Dubuque had just over one minute of riding time and took the 2-1 win, giving Velez a fourth-place finish at 125 lbs.
In his first wrestleback match of session three, sixth-seeded Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) dropped a tight bout to Penn State's top-seeded Eric Bradley. Bradley went up 3-0 in the second round with an escape and a takedown. Tamillow recorded an escape in the third to cut it to 3-1, but Bradley took the match.
Tamillow then faced Michigan's eighth-seeded Tyrel Todd in the fifth-place match. Todd recorded an early takedown to take a 2-0 lead, but Tamillow battled back and notched an escape to cut it to 2-1. Todd recorded another escape in the second, but Tamillow opened the third period with one of his own. With Todd leading 3-2, Tamillow took a number of late shots, but was edged by Todd 3-2, giving him a sixth-place finish at 184 lbs.
Will Durkee (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) used a first-period takedown and a third-period escape to take a 3-0 win over Wisconsin's sixth-seeded Jake Donar and claim seventh place at 165 lbs. Durkee has qualified for the NCAA Championships with the win, as all wrestlers who place seventh and above automatically qualify.
Northwestern finished fifth overall in the team race with 87.5 points. The University of Minnesota won the team title with 138 overall points.
Northwestern sends seven wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, hosted by the University of Oklahoma, March 16-18.
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