The team finished seventh overall among all Division II schools in only its fourth year in the program’s history, a 12-spot improvement from last year.
Wilcox defeated Newberry’s William Young, 8-3, in tonight’s championship match. He finishes his season with a 21-match winning streak and an overall record of 36-3. Wilcox completes his career at GCU with 74 wins, the most in school history.
“I feel like this tournament couldn’t have gone any better for me,” said Wilcox. “I have trained hard for this all year and felt coming in that this was going to happen. I knew I had to take of it on the mat and was able to do that.”
No. 2 ranked Victor Carazo captured his second straight All-American award, finishing third at 174 pounds. He finished fourth last season. Carazo lost his semi-final match to No. 1 Ryan Pankoke of Nebraska-Omaha, 3-2. He then rallied to win the third-place match, a 5-2 decision over Kelly Henderson of Central Oklahoma.
No. 5 ranked Eli Arizmendez captured fifth at 197 pounds, losing in the semi-final, but rebounding to win the third-place match. He finishes his GCU career with a 23-3 record.
Ted Bristol took fifth at 157 pounds, defeating Cory Dauphin of Central Oklahoma, 9-2. Bristol finishes the season with a 21-12 record.
No. 6 Ryan Becerra finished seventh this evening, his second straight All-American award. Becerra finished eighth last season. He completes his GCU career with 72 wins, the second-most in school history.
Nebraska-Omaha won the team championship, the school's third straight title.
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