David Terao advanced with a victory over Joey Dance of Virginia Tech (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)With the match tied 2-2 in the third period, Terao reversed Dance to take a 4-2 lead. Dance cut the lead to one point with an escape, but Terao held on and added an additional point for riding time to claim a 5-3 win.
"Coming in I haven't had the best season for sure, but none of that matters here as long as I get in and I get the chance. I'm pulling out all the stops and giving it everything I have," said Terao, a senior from Honolulu, Hawaii.
Another second-round surprise came at 157 pounds where Rider's Chad Walsh beat second-seeded Tommy Gantt of North Carolina State 11-8. Gantt entered the tournament undefeated.
"I lost to him earlier in the year," said Walsh. "It was a battle just like that one. This time I just wanted to come into it with a clean slate, wrestle my own match and stay in it the whole time."
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Zain Retherford pinned Patricio Lugo of Edinboro to advance to the quarterfinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Ohio State and Oklahoma State are tied for second in the team standings, 3.5 points behind Penn State. Oklahoma State has seven wrestlers in the quarterfinals, while Ohio State has five.Nebraska is in fourth place with 20 points and five quaterfinalists, followed by a three-way tie for fifth place with Iowa, Missouri and Virginia Tech.
The quarterfinals and consolation rounds begin on Friday at 11 a.m. (ET).
Below is a weight by-weight summary of notable results from Session II:
125: The biggest surprise in this weight class -- and round -- came when American's David Terao stunned No. 2 Joey Dance of Virginia Tech 5-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. No. 5 Ryan Millhof of Oklahoma edged Collins Hill (Ga.) teammate Sean Russell of Edinoro 1-0. Unseeded Conor Youtsey advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win in sudden victory over Dalton Macri of Cornell. No. 9 Dylan Peters of Northern Iowa topped No. 8 Barlow McGee of Missouri 3-1 in sudden victory, avenging a loss from the MAC finals. Stanford's Connor Shram, seeded No. 10, earned a hard-fought 3-1 victory over No. 7 Darian Cruz of Lehigh.
133: Penn State's Jordan Conaway was finally able to turn the tables on Wisconsin's Ryan Taylor, who had defeated the Penn State wrestler twice late in the season. With the match tied 4-4 in the third, Conaway picked up the go-ahead takedown in the final minute and held on for the victory.
141: No. 14 Bryce Meredith of Wyoming upset No. 3 Kevin Jack of North Carolina State, a returning All-American, 5-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. The two were teammates and training partners a year ago at North Carolina State before Meredith transferred to Wyoming.
149: Oklahoma State's Anthony Collica, seeded No. 11, claimed a 3-2 victory over Northwestern's Jason Tsirtsis, a 2014 NCAA champion and two-time All-American. It was the only match in the weight class in which the lower seeded wrestler won.
157: Rider's Chad Walsh, seeded No. 15, stunned second-seeded Tommy Gantt of North Carolina State 11-8 to advance to the quarterfinals. It was Gantt's first loss of the season.
165: North Carolina State's Max Rohskopft, seeded No. 5, was the highest seed in the weight class to lose in the second round. He fell 4-2 in sudden victory to Rider's Conor Brennan. No. 9 Tanner Weatherman of Iowa State punched his ticket to the quarterfinals with a 7-4 victory over No. 8 Chad Welch of Purdue. Two-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer continues to cruise, picking up his second pin of the day to advance to the quarterfinals. In a Big Ten battle, No. 10 Austin Wilson of Nebraska defeated No. 7 Anthony Perrotti of Rutgers 4-1.
174: Three unseeded wrestlers advanced to the quarterfinals in this weight class: Jadaen Bernstein of Navy, Matt Reed of Oklahoma and Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State. No. 12 Nathan Jackson of Indiana hammered No. 5 Zac Brunson of Illinois 10-1.
184: Two top six seeds, No. 4 Dom Abounader of Michigan and No. 6 Blake Stauffer of Arizona State, failed to advance to the quarterfinals. Abounader dropped a match in sudden victory to North Carolina State's Pete Renda 4-2. Stauffer was dominated by No. 11 Lorenzo Thomas 10-1. No. 2 Sam Brooks of Iowa was pushed by MAC champion Jordan Ellingwood, but held on for the 10-8 victory. Virginia Tech's Zack Zavatsky avenged a loss from earlier this season, beating No. 12 Hayden Zillmer of North Dakota State 3-2.
197: Top-seeded and undefeated Morgan McIntosh of Penn State continued his dominance, picking up a third-period pin over Kyle Conel of Kent State. Unseeded Pat Downey, a past Junior World silver medalist and NJCAA champion, won in dramatic fashion, pinning No. 6 Jared Haught of Virginia Tech in tiebreaker. Fifth-seeded Connor Hartmann, a two-time All-American, was pushed in his second-round match against North Carolina State's Michael Boykin but prevailed 3-2 in tiebreaker.
285: The top two seeds, two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State and World champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State, continued to cruise and appear to be on a collision course to meet on Saturday night. Gwiazdowski dominated Nathan Butler of Stanford 16-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. Snyder, after picking up the first pin of his college career in the opening session, won by technical fall in his second match over Wyoming's Tanner Harms. Brooks Black of Illinois is the lone unseeded heavyweight to reach the quarterfinals. After beating No. 6 Denzel Dejourmette of Appalachian State in the first round, he edged Boyce Cornwell of Gardner-Webb in tiebreaker in his second-round match.
Team Standings
1. Penn State 27.5
2. Ohio State 24
2. Oklahoma State 24
4. Nebraska 20
5. Iowa 17.5
5. Missouri 17.5
5. Virginia Tech 17.5
8. Michigan 15
9. NC State 13
9. Oklahoma 13
11. Illinois 12
11. Iowa State 12
13. Cornell 11
14. Lehigh 10.5
15. Rutgers 10
16. Bucknell 9
17. Kent State 8.5
18. Ohio 8
19. Arizona State 7.5
19. Bakersfield 7.5
19. Oregon State 7.5
19. Stanford 7.5
23. Appalachian State 6.5
23. Old Dominion 6.5
23. Princeton 6.5
23. Rider 6.5
23. South Dakota State 6.5
Quarterfinal Matchups
125:
No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. No. 9 Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa)
No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) vs. No. 5 Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma)
No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) vs. Conor Youtsey (Michigan)
No. 10 Connor Schram (Stanford) vs. No. 15 David Terao (American)
133:
No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs. No. 8 Earl Hall (Iowa State)
No. 4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) vs. No. 5 Jordan Conaway (Penn State)
No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois) vs. No. 6 George DiCamillo (Virginia)
No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) vs. No. 7 Eric Montoya (Nebraska)
141:
No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 8 Joey Ward (North Carolina)
No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) vs. No. 12 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion)
No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) vs. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming)
No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) vs. No. 7 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech)
149:
No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs. No. 9 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan)
No. 4 Matt Cimato (Drexel) vs. No. 5 Alex Pantaleo (Michigan)
No. 3 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) vs. No. 11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State)
No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) vs. No. 7 Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska)
157:
No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. No. 8 Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech)
No. 4 Ian Miller (Kent State) vs. No. 12 Brian Murphy (Michigan)
No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs. No. 6 Joe Smith (Oklahoma State)
No. 7 Cody Pack (South Dakota State) vs. No. 15 Chad Walsh (Rider)
165:
No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 9 Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State)
No. 4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri) vs. No. 12 Connor Brennan (Rider)
No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) vs. No. 6 Steven Rodrigues (Illinois)
No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) vs. No. 10 Austin Wilson (Nebraska)
174:
No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. No. 9 Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State)
No. 12 Nate Jackson (Indiana) vs. Jadaen Bernstein (Navy)
No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. Matt Reed (Oklahoma)
No. 7 Cody Walters (Ohio) vs. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State)
184:
No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. No. 8 Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State)
No. 5 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 13 Pete Renda (NC State)
No. 11 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) vs. No. 14 Willie Miklus (Missouri)
No. 2 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) vs. No. 7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska)
197:
No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska)
No. 4 Nathan Burak (Iowa) vs. No. 5 Conner Hartmann (Duke)
No. 3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) vs. Pat Downey (Iowa State)
No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) vs. No. 7 Brett Harner (Princeton)
285:
No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) vs. No. 8 Max Wessell (Lehigh)
No. 4 Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 5 Adam Coon (Michigan)
No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) vs. Brooks Black (Illinois)
No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) vs. No. 7 Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State)
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