In the Open Division, senior David Hoffman, fresh off a title at the West Virginia Open, continued his strong start with a title at the 141-pound class by going 5-0. Brent Metcalf (149 pounds) and Steve Borja (184 pounds) both took third place for the Hokies. Mike Faust placed sixth at the heavyweight class.
In the 20&Under Division, Tech's Iowa connection came through, picking up two titles and a runner-up finish. Dan LeClere took the title at 141 pounds, Jay Borschel won the 174-pound class and Joe Slaton took second at 133 pounds. Additionally, John Laboranti took fourth place at 197 pounds.
125 pounds:
Tech had two wrestlers compete in the Open Division. Sophomore Justin Staylor went 0-2 on the day. He opened with a 17-2 technical fall loss to Mimi Miller of Bacone before falling 5-4 to Dustin Greenmeyer of Fort Hays State.
Redshirt sophomore Christian Smith went 1-2 on the day. He opened with a 2-0, sudden victory over Chris Trampe of Augustana. He then dropped a 4-2 decision in the tiebreaker to Bryce Leonhardt of Wyoming and a 6-3 decision to Luke Magnani of Iowa.
133 pounds:
The Hokies had two wrestlers compete in the 20&Under Division in this weight class. Wrestling unattached, Slaton, a freshman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went 5-1 to place second. He opened with a 10-3 win over Wyoming's Cory VomBaur before beating Mike Bizzle of Oklahoma State, 3-2. He then downed Shawn Tsutsumi of Dana, 5-2 and picked up a 10-2 major decision over Tony Valdez of Iowa Central. In the semifinals, he beat Max Hiatt of Northern Illinois, 5-1. In the finals, he lost to Kenny Jordan of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4-2.
Representing Tech, Sheridan Moran went 2-2 on the day. He opened with an 11-3 major decision over Sonny Silva of Dana before losing a 14-3 major decision to Daniel Dennis of Iowa. He bounced back with a 6-5 win over Josh Prichard of Luther College before being eliminated with a 9-5 loss to Skylair Lappe of Chadron State.
141 pounds:
Wrestling in the Open Division, Hoffman continued his early-season success at a new weight class by winning his second title in as many weeks. He opened with a 15-8 decision over Greg Romano of Nebraska Lincoln before beating Northern Iowa's Ryan Osgood, 6-2. In the quarterfinals, he beat Kyle Evans of Central Oklahoma 5-1 before downing Dustin Hinchsberger of Wartburg, 4-2, to reach the finals. There, he upset 13th-ranked Alex Tsirtis of Iowa with a 14-3 major decision in which he got back points, to claim the title. Hoffman has bumped up from 133 pounds and is now 10-0 on the year at this new weight.
Not to be outdone, LeClere, a freshman from Coggin, Iowa, wrestled unattached in the 20&Under Division and won that title by going 5-0. He opened with a 3:16 fall of Bacone's Travis Kirby before beating Nick Kulseth of South Dakota State, 4-2. He then picked up a 15-5 major decision over Justin Lemmer of Chadron State. In the semifinals, he held on for a 6-5 win over Northern Iowa's Brett Robbins. In the finals, he beat Nebraska-Omaha's Sim Bribieseca, 3-1, to claim his first collegiate title.
149 pounds:
Wrestling unattached in the Open Division, Metcalf didn't disappoint in his first major tournament, taking third place by going 5-1. He opened with a 14-9 decision over Cater Downing of Wyoming before beating Justin Wood of Central Oklahoma, 11-4. He then downed Ryan King of Augustana, 10-6 before falling in a controversial semifinal match. Wrestling national No. 4 and senior Ty Eustice of Iowa, he fell 2-1 after the referee gave a penalty point to Eustice because of a headgear grab by Metcalf. In the wrestlebacks, he pinned BJ Jackson of Oklahoma State at the 2:33 mark and then picked up a 9-3 win over Indiana's Andy Haukenberry to take third.
157 pounds:
Wrestling unattached in the Open Division, freshman Dave Kiley went 1-2 on the day. He opened with a loss to an Independent Addison Negley, coming in a fall at 1:49. He bounced back to beat David Crowley of Oklahoma State, 7-1, but was eliminated with a 5-3 loss to John Latham of Chadron State.
165 pounds:
The Hokies had two wrestlers in the 20&Under Division at this class. Mark Czarny went 0-2, falling 4-0 to Keenan McCurdy of Nebraska-Kearney and 8-3 to Zach Sikes of Central Oklahoma.
Wrestling unattached, T.H. Leet went 2-2. He opened with a 6-4 loss to Kevin Wainscott of Oklahoma State before coming back to pick up a 9-1 major decision over John Terronez of Buena Vista. After beating Taylor May of Nebraksa-Kearney, 4-2, he was eliminated when he fell 3-2 to Isaac Copeland of Dana.
174 pounds:
Wrestling unattached in the 20&Under Division, Borschel, a freshman from Marion, Iowa, went 5-0 to claim his first collegiate title. He opened with two pins, a 3:45 fall of Wyoming's Dan Barone and a 3:50 fall of Iowa's Jacob Neuzil. He then picked up a 4-0 win over Dan Hospodka of Nebraska-Kearney. In the semifinals, he pinned Craig Brester of Nebraska-Lincoln at the 3:58 mark before earning a 17-6 major decision in the title match over Tommy McCarty of Labette.
184 pounds:
Wrestling unattached in the Open Division, Borja took third place by going 5-1. He started with a 16-4 major decision over Jon Westerby of Chadron State before beating Derek Lalowski of Northern Illinois, 6-3. After picking up a 3-0 win over KC Walsh of Boise State, he fell to Jason Lulloff of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, 9-2. In the wrestlebacks, he pinned Oklahoma State's Clay Keher at the 1:03 mark and then beat Oklahoma State's Jack Jensen 5-3 to take third.
197 pounds:
Tech had two guys go in the 20&Under Division at this class. Representing Tech, Laboranti went 4-2 in placing fourth. He opened with a pin at the 1:59 mark over Chad Emery of St. Cloud State before picking up a 4-2 decision over Alec Bonander of Luther College. He then picked up a 3-1 decision over Jared Shelton of Oklahoma State. In the semifinals, he dropped a 13-3 major decision to Levi Wofford of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the wrestlebacks, he beat Tim Winker of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 5-1, but was pinned in the third-place match by Dan Erekson of Iowa at the 1:49 mark.
Wrestling unattached, Matt Woods went 2-2. He lost his opener 7-1 to Jon Jones of Iowa Central, but then won two straight. He pinned Chad Woods of St. Cloud State at the 1:16 mark and then picked up a 4-2 decision over Andy Moore of Wisconsin-LaCrosse before getting pinned by Dan Erekson of Iowa at the 1:28 mark.
285 pounds:
Wrestling in the Open Division, Faust took sixth place. The redshirt senior opened with a 6-4 win over Joe Sapp of Northern Illinois before he beat Ryan Fuller of Iowa, 5-2. In the semifinals, he lost in three overtimes to No. 7 Matt Fields of Iowa, 6-5. He then lost two straight in the wrestlebacks, a 3-1 sudden victory defeat to Tervel Diagnev of Nebraska-Kearney and a medical forfeit to Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State.
Wrestling unattached in the 20&Under Division, Mark Logan went 2-2. In his opener, he fell 6-2 to Jordan Hein of Wisconsin. He bounced back to pin William Weber of Labbette at the 2:36 mark before beating Jake Madrinich of Luther College, 13-9. He was eliminated when he was pinned by John Miller of Labatte at the 1:21 mark.
The Hokies will now open the dual meet portion of their schedule next week, participating in the Journeyman/Brute Northeast Collegiate Duals in Guilderland Center, N.Y., on Saturday, Nov. 26. Tech will open with No. 6 Minnesota (9:30 a.m.), followed by No. 13 Central Michigan (11:30 a.m.), American (1:30 p.m.) and No. 3 Pitt-Johnstown of Division II (5 p.m.).
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