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As Grand Canyon University continues to assess its overall sports offerings, it has made the decision to discontinue its varsity wrestling program, effective after the 2015-16 academic year. GCU will honor the athletic scholarships of all wrestling student-athletes through their graduations. After evaluating the program, it was determined a programmatic change was necessary to allow the institution to remain successful in a constantly changing collegiate athletics landscape.

Related: Results CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Led by individual titles by Kevin Jack, Thomas Gantt, Max Rohdskopf and Nick Gwiazdowski second-ranked NC State claimed its first Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Championship since 2007 and 15th overall, as the Wolfpack totaled 90 points in winning the 2016 ACC Wrestling Championship at Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena Sunday night. Virginia Tech finished second with 81.5 points, followed by North Carolina (56.5), Virginia (44), Duke (33) and Pitt (31). "An ACC Championship means a lot to this program," said NC State head coach Pat Popolizio. "From coming in last place a year ago, to winning the title this year, its been a long time coming. "For all of the work that we put in each day, we are seeing the results and looking forward to the NCAAs. We're extremely happy with today's result. It was a total team effort. Guys stepped up to the plate and we won a lot of matches we knew we would have to win to have a chance at the team title today. We were able to do that at 133 and 149 today. Those head-to-head matchups are key and we were able to win them today." "You forget how good this is because you have two teams who are doing really well right now, but all the teams are so competitive. It's a special day for NC State wrestling." "We have eight guys, which is big. I think we rival any team in the country with the numbers. I don't know how the other conferences played out, but we can't be far off in that aspect. If we want to make a run at the NCAA Tournament we have to have another total team effort. I'm excited about where we're at coming off the last few dual meets and this tournament." Gwiazdowski, a senior from Delanson, N.Y., was named the Most Valuable Wrestler of the Championship, continuing his nation's-best unbeaten streak to 84 consecutive matches. He is the No. 1 rated wrestler at 285 and and a two-time national champion. The title for Gwiazdowski was his third straight "Being recognized by all of the coaches from one of the premier wrestling conferences is really special," said Gwiazdowski. "It is an award for the team, the hard work and the fight we gave out there in bringing home the title." Jack, a sophomore from Danbury, Conn., defeated Virginia Tech's Solomon Chishko, 3-2, to take the ACC title at 141 pounds. Gannt, a redshirt senior from Cahokia, Ill, claimed the title at 157 pounds, downing Tech's Nick Brascetta, 3-1. Rohskopf, a junior from Kilbuck, Ohio, defeated North Carolina's John Michael Staudenmeyer, 1-0, to capture the 165-pound crown. Rohskopf's win was his second of the year by a 1-0 score over Staudenmeyer. Virginia's George DiCamillo also captured his third ACC wrestling title at 133 pounds. DiCamillo, a redshirt junior from highland Heights, Ohio, won ACC crowns at 133 in 2013 and 2015, in addition to his win this year. Virginia Tech's Joey Dance, a redshirt junior from Christiansburg, Virginia, wrestling at 125 pounds, was one of three wrestlers who won their second ACC wrestling title. He was joined by North Carolina's Evan Henderson (149), a junior from New Florence, Pennsylvania, and Duke's Conner Hartmann (197), a senior from Orchard Park, Washington. North Carolina, which finished third in the team competition, had two ACC titlists with sophomore Ethan Ramos, Joining Henderson. Ramos captured the individual championship at 174 pounds. Virginia Tech led all ACC teams with seven wrestlers named to the All-ACC Wrestling team, which was composed of all wrestlers who earned a berth in the finals. NC State was second with six All-ACC honorees, followed by North Carolina (3), Duke (2) and Pitt and Virginia with one each. A total of 34 ACC wrestlers earned automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, which will be held March 17-19 in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Earning automatic NCAA bids were: 125: Joey Dance, Virginia Tech, Sean Fausz, NC State; LJ Bentley, Pitt; Nick Herrmann, Virginia. 133: George DiCamillo, Virginia; Dom Forys, Pitt; Jamal Morris, NC State. 141: Kevin Jack, NC State; Solomon Chishko, Virginia Tech, Joey Ward, North Carolina; Zach Finesilver, Duke. 149--Evan Henderson, North Carolina; Mitch Finesilver, Duke 157: Thomas Gantt, NC State; Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech; Robert Henderson, North Carolina. 165: Max Rohskopf, NC State; john Michael Staudenmeyer, North Carolina; David McFadden, Virginia Tech; Cody Wiercioch, Pitt; Jake Faust, Duke. 174: Ethan Ramos, North Carolina; Zach Epperly, Virginia Tech. 184: Zach Zavatsky, Virginia tech; Pete Renda, NC State; Alex Utley, North Carolina. 197: Conner Hartmann, Duke; Jared Haught, Virginia Tech; Michael Boylkin, NC State; Zach Nye, Virginia; Nick Bonaccorsi, Pitt. 285: Nick Gwiazdowski, NC State; Ty Walz, Virginia Tech; Ryan Solomon, Pitt. Standings: NC State 90 Virginia Tech 81.5 North Carolina 56.5 Virginia 44 Duke 33 Pitt 31 Most Valuable Wrestler: Nick Gwiazdwoski, NC State Finals Results: 125: Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) dec. Sean Fausz (NC State), 5-1 133: George DiCamillo (Virginia) dec. Dom Forys (Pitt), 8-4 141: Kevin Jack (NC State) dec. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 3-2 149: Evan Henderson (North Carolina) dec. Mitch Finesilver (Duke), 8-3 157--Thomas Gantt (NC State) dec. Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech), 3-1 165: Max Rohskopf (NC State) dec. John Michael Staudenmeyer (North Carolina), 1-0 174: Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) dec. Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech), 3-2 184: Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) dec. Pete Renda (NC State), 5-2 197: Conner Hartmann (Duke) dec. Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 4-2 285: Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) dec. Ty Walz (Virginia Tech), 5-2 2016 All-ACC Wrestling Team: Joey Dance, Virginia Tech (125) Sean Fausz, NC State (125) George DiCamillo, Virginia (133) Dom Forys, Pitt (133) Kevin Jack, NC State (141) Solomon Chishko, Virginia Tech (141) Mitch Finesilver, Duke (149) Evan Henderson, North Carolina (149) Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech (157) Thomas Gantt, NC State (157) Max Rohskopf, NC State (165) John Michael Staudenmeyer, North Carolina (165) Ethan Ramos, North Carolina (174) Zach Epperly, Virginia Tech (174) Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech (184) Pete Renda, NC State (184) Jared Haught, Virginia Tech (197) Conner Hartmann, Duke (197) Nick Gwiazdowksi, NC State (285) Ty Walz, Virginia Tech (285)

Related: Results IOWA CITY, Iowa -- No. 1 Penn State (16-0, 9-0 B1G) entered enemy territory and won the 2016 Big Ten Wrestling Championship in Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Penn State crowned three champions as head coach Cael Sanderson led Penn State to its fifth Big Ten title in the last six years. The Nittany Lions were led by senior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif), sophomore Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.) and red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), each earning Big Ten titles as Penn State out-ran second place Iowa by over 20 points. Penn State won the team race with 150.5 points, well ahead of second place Iowa's 127.0. Ohio State was third with 122.0, Nebraska fourth with 117.0 and Rutgers fifth with 106.5. Retherford, ranked No. 1 at 149, took on No. 2 Brandon Sorensen of Iowa in the 2016 Big Ten finals. The Nittany Lion continued his impressive season with a resounding 4-0 win to claim his first Big Ten title. Retherford took a 2-0 lead with a takedown at the :43 mark in front of the Iowa bench and then rode Sorensen out. Retherford chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 3-0 lead. Sorensen chose down to start the third period and Retherford controlled the action from the top, building his riding time up over 1:00 first, and the completed the dominating performance with a ride-out to finish with 2:37 in riding time. Retherford is the 22nd Penn Stater to win a Big Ten crown, claiming the school's 36th title. The top-ranked sophomore, a 2014 All-American at 149, heads to NCAAs with 29-0 overall record after a 4-0 run through this year's Big Ten tournament. Nickal, ranked No. 1 at 174, took on No. 3 Zach Brunson of Illinois. Nickal became the 23rd person to win Penn State's 37th Big Ten Championship with a lop-sided 18-9 major over Brunson. Nickal scored quickly, taking Brunson down just seconds into the bout and added a second shortly thereafter. The second takedown was challenged by Illinois but the call stood and Nickal led 4-1. He added a third takedown but was called for a potentially dangerous hold, giving Brunson a point. Nickal appeared to turn Brunson for back points but the official could not see from his position and the Lion freshman led 6-3 with nearly two minutes in riding time after one. Nickal picked up a fourth takedown to lead 8-5 after two periods with 2:24 in time. Nickal controlled the third period as well, rolling up two more takedowns and four back points. Nickal's dominance from start to finish gave the Lion freshman an 18-9 major with 3:12 in riding time and the Big Ten title as a freshman. Nickal, the only freshman Big Ten Champion at this year's event, heads to nationals with a 29-1 record. His 3-0 run through the conference tournament all came with bonus points (two majors and a pin). McIntosh, the defending Big Ten Champion and ranked No. 1 at 197, met No. 4 Nathan Burak of Iowa in Penn State's final championship match. The Lion senior defended his Big Ten title with a 3-2 win and won Penn State's third individual title of the day. McIntosh took an early 2-1 lead with a takedown at the 1:11 mark and carried that margin into the second period. Burak chose neutral to start the second period and escaped to a 2-2 tie. Neither wrestler scored again in the second and McIntosh chose down to start the third period. The Lion senior picked up a quick escape to lead 3-2 and made that point stand up to become Penn State's ninth two-time Big Ten Champion. McIntosh, already a two-time All-American, went 4-0 over the weekend and will head to his final NCAA Championship with a 28-0 record. Senior Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.), ranked No. 4 nationally at 125, took on Ohio State's Nathan Tomasello, ranked No. 1, in the championship finals. Tomasello notched a takedown in extra time to post a 3-1 (SV) victory and hand Megaludis second place. After a scoreless first period, Megaludis chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 1-0 lead. Tomasello looked to take Megaludis down at the 1:40 mark but Megaludis scrambled out of trouble to stay neutral. Ohio State challenged the call but the call was upheld. Trailing 1-0, Tomasello chose down to start the third period and quickly escaped to a 1-1 tie. Tied 1-1, the bout moved to sudden victory where Tomasello notched a scrambling takedown to get the win. Megaludis, 3-1 and runner-up at this year's tournament, is already a three-time All-American and will head to the 2016 NCAA Championships with a 27-3 record. Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, met No. 2 Isaiah Martinez of Illinois in the title bout. In a rematch of January's meeting where Nolf pinned Martinez, handing him his first loss as a collegian, Nolf dropped a 3-3 (TB2; criteria-:22 RT) loss. The setback was the first of Nolf's career. The bout began with Nolf as the aggressor as he nearly connected on two shots late in the first period but Martinez fought the moves off and send the match to the second period tied 0-0. Each wrestler picked up escapes as the bout moved into its final seconds and Nolf nearly connected on two shots early in the third. Martinez, however, was able to scramble out of trouble twice and send the bout to sudden victory. After a scoreless minute, the bout moved to a tie-breaker. Martinez chose down to start his period and escaped quickly to a 2-1 lead. Nolf then chose down for his period and escaped with :08 left to tie the bout at 2-2. Martinez, however, had :21 riding time as the match moved to a second sudden victory period. Another scoreless minute ensued, sending the bout to a second tie-breaker. Nolf escaped quickly to a 3-2 lead but Martinez scrambled his way to an apparent takedown on the edge of the mat to take a 4-3 lead with :09. Penn State challenged the takedown and the takedown was reversed. Nolf led 3-2 and needed to keep Martinez down to secure the win. Martinez, however, escaped and with a :22 riding time edge won the Big Ten title on criteria (:22 riding time). Nolf went 3-1 in his first Big Ten tournament. The Lion heads to NCAAs with a 29-1 overall record as the 2016 Big Ten Runner-Up. Junior Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.), ranked No. 21 at 141, took on No. 5 Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers in the title bout. Gulibon was the victim to two turns in the second period on the way to a 9-0 loss to the Scarlet Knight. After a scoreless first period, Gulibon chose down to start the second but was turned for four near fall points by Ashnault and fell behind 4-0 midway through the middle stanza. Another two-point turn before the period ended and Gulibon trailed 6-0 heading into the final period. Ashnault would go on to post the 9-0 victory and Gulibon, the eighth seed, finished as the Big Ten Runner-Up. Gulibon, a 2015 All-American at 133, went 2-1 and heads to the NCAA Championships with a 12-9 overall record. Senior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.), ranked No. 5 nationally and the tournament's third-seed at 133, took fourth place with a 1-1 showing in consolation action. Conaway battled No. 9 Eric Montoya of Nebraska in the consolation semifinals. The Lion sophomore fell behind 2-1 early but dominated the final two periods, picking up takedowns in both the second and third to roll to a 6-4 win and move into the third place bout. Conaway got a rematch with No. 14 Ryan Taylor of Wisconsin in the third place match and came up just short, dropping a 5-4 decision in a frenetic match. The loss sets Conaway, a 2015 All-American a 125, as the fourth-place finisher at 133 with a 4-2 mark and he will head to NCAAs with a 26-5 overall record. Sophomore Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.), ranked No. 11 nationally, placed fifth after a 1-1 showing in consolation action today. In his first match, McCutcheon gave up a quick first period takedown and dropped a 4-1 decision to Gravina. The loss sent the Lion sophomore to the fifth place match. He met No. 22 Jeff Koepke of Illinois in the fifth place bout, a rematch of a second round meeting won by McCutcheon 6-2. McCutcheon used a late takedown in the third period to take a 3-1 lead and used a short ride out to grab the 3-1 win and fifth place. McCutcheon went 2-2 at the tournament and heads to the NCAA Championships with a 16-6 overall record. Junior Geno Morelli (DuBois, Pa.) competed in the seventh place match where he took on Iowa's Patrick Rhoads. The bout was an even match over three periods before Rhoads notched a takedown late in the sudden victory stanza to post a 4-2 (SV) win, handing Morelli eighth place. Morelli ends his first Big Ten Championship with a 2-3 record. Morelli, 19-10 overall, meets the standards set by the NCAA to be considered for an at-large bid at 165. The full field, including brackets, will be announced Wednesday night at 6 p.m. on NCAA.com. The Nittany Lions went 28-12 overall, picking up 29 bonus points off six pins, two tech falls and eight majors. Showcasing dominance start to finish, the Nittany Lions notched an outstanding 71-22 takedown advantage over the course of the tournament. The Nittany Lions have eight guaranteed NCAA qualifiers and will await word on Morelli's status Wednesday night. Red-shirt freshman Nick Nevills (Clovis, Calif.) did not compete today after a 1-2 showing on day one at 285. After receiving the team trophy, Penn State then collected all three of the conference's post-season awards. Head coach Cael Sanderson was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his seven years as Penn State's head coach. It is the seventh time Penn State has had the conference's coach of the year (John Fritz '98; Troy Sunderland '03). Retherford was honored as the 2016 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year, becoming the seventh Nittany Lion to be honored as such. Nolf was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the first Nittany Lion to win the award since David Taylor in 2011 and the fifth overall. Penn State has now claimed five Big Ten Championships, all under Sanderson. The veteran mentor has now won five conference titles in seven years, crowned 18 Big Ten individual champions and qualified 58 wrestlers (before Wednesday's at-large bids) for the NCAA Championships in his seven years at the helm of the Nittany Lion program. The Nittany Lions will now trek to New York City's Madison Square Garden for the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 17-19, 2016. The three-day event begins on Thursday, March 17, at 11 a.m. The tournament's six sessions are as follows: Thursday, March 17, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Friday, March 18, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Penn State Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennstatewrest. The 2015-16 Penn State wrestling season is presented by The Standings: 1: PENN STATE - 150.5 2: Iowa - 127.0 3: Ohio State - 126.0 4: Nebraska - 118.0 5: Rutgers - 106.5 7: Michigan - 89.5 6: Illinois - 88.0 8: Wisconsin - 67.5 9: Minnesota - 51.5 10: Purdue - 34.0 11: Indiana - 30.5 12: Northwestern - 11.5 13: Michigan State - 10.5 14: Maryland - 7.5 Attendance (all session): 45,306

Related: Results YPSILANTI, Mi. -- No. 6 Mizzou Wrestling captured its fourth straight Mid-American Conference Championship and fifth straight overall conference title at the 2016 MAC Championships, finishing with 127.5 points. Five Mizzou wrestlers; redshirt sophomore 125-pounder Barlow McGhee (Rock Island, Ill.), redshirt senior 157-pounder Le'Roy Barnes (Belton, Mo.), redshirt freshman 165-pounder Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.), redshirt senior 174-pounder Blaise Butler (Belvidere, Ill.), and junior 197-pounder J'den Cox (Columbia, Mo.) all captured individual championships at their respective weight classes. Cox was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament after winning his Championship match against Ohio's Phil Wellington by way of major decision, 9-1. Cox scored a takedown within the first twenty seconds of the match, and grew his lead to 5-0 by the end of the second. The Tiger junior scored four more points in the third period to secure the major decision. Cox is now a three-time MAC champion, while McGhee, Barnes, Lewis, and Butler all captured their first MAC titles. Butler is now a two-time conference champion, after winning an ACC title at Virginia in 2014. Mizzou finished with 127.5 team points, 34 points ahead of second place Central Michigan, with 93.5 points. Ohio finished in third place with 76 team points, while Kent State finished fourth with 75.5 points, and Northern Iowa rounded out the top-five with 73.5 points. McGhee captured the first individual championship of the day, defeating Northern Iowa's Dylan Peters, 9-5. The Tiger sophomore scored quickly in the match, picking up four points in each of the first two periods to gain his lead. Barnes jumped out to a 3-0 in his championship match against Northern Iowa's Bryce Steiert. Barnes added a four-point near-fall in the third period, and a riding time points secured the major decision, 10-2. Lewis followed with an 8-3 win over Eastern Michigan's Dakota Juarez. In three matches over the weekend, Lewis outscored his opponents, 30-3. In arguably the most exciting match of the day, Butler outlasted Central Michigan's Mike Ottinger, 4-3, in TB-2. The two each scored a point off escapes in the first three periods, then each escaped again in the first tiebreaker overtime. Following the second tiebreaker overtime, Butler had riding time over Ottinger, giving him the riding time point for the win, 4-3. All five first place finishers earned All-MAC First Team Honors, while redshirt junior 141-pounder Matt Manley (Perry, Okla.) earned All-MAC Honorable Mention after finishing in second place. Manley did not compete in the championship match after injuring his knee the previous day. Redshirt sophomore 184-pounder Willie Miklus (Altoona, Iowa) finished in third place after defeating Buffalo's Joe Ariola, 10-3. Redshirt junior 149-pounder Lavion Mayes (Mascoutah, Ill.) and redshirt heavyweight Cody Johnston (Warrensburg, Mo.) also placed for the Tigers, finishing in fourth and sixth, respectively. #TigerStyle will now head to New York City for the 2016 NCAA Championships, March 17-19, at the Madison Square Garden. The brackets for the tournament will be announced on Wednesday, March 9. NCAA.com will stream the selection show. Eight Tigers; McGhee, Manley, Mayes, Barnes, Lewis, Butler, and Cox all have secured their spots in the Nationals. For all the latest on Mizzou Wrestling, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MizzouWrestling). Standings: Mizzou- 127.5 Central Michigan- 93.5 Ohio- 76.0 Kent State- 75.5 Northern Iowa- 73.5 Northern Illinois- 65.0 Buffalo- 56.0 Eastern Michigan- 54.5 Old Dominion- 36.5

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Cornell wrestling team clinched its 10th consecutive EIWA team title, winning four individual crowns and qualifying eight for the NCAA championships as day two of the 2016 EIWA championship meet concluded on Sunday afternoon at Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium. The Big Red posted 170.5 team points to squeak by runner-up Lehigh (160) - the sixth time in the last eight years the Mountain Hawks finished right behind Cornell. Senior Nahshon Garrett became the 10th wrestler in the history of the EIWAs to win four individual titles, joining fellow Cornellians Travis Lee '05, Mack Lewnes '11 and Cam Simaz '12 in reaching that milestone. He also moved into third place on the school's career wins list with 184, surpassing two-time national champion Lee. Garrett was given the Coaches Award as the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler and the Fletcher Award for the second straight year for posting the most career team points at the EIWA championships after improving to 32-0 on the year. Junior Gabe Dean held to form as well, becoming the 58th wrestler to claim three Eastern titles with an electric tournament that concluded with the Sheridan Award (most pins in the shortest period) and a pin in the finals in less than a minute. Cornell had a dominant first session on Sunday, winning six of its seven semifinal matches and earning six more NCAA bids on top of the two that qualified on Saturday. It was the eighth consecutive year Big Red wrestlers captured at least three individual EIWA titles. It was also the sixth straight year the Big Red had all 10 wrestlers place and the second straight year it left the tournament with eight NCAA qualifiers. Garrett was the story of the Big Red's tournament, and more than likely the entire tournament. All four of his tournament wins came with bonus points attached, including his 12-1 major decisio over Lehigh's Mason Beckman in the finals. After a quiet first minute in the championship match, Garrett earned a takedown with a little more than a minute left in the first, earned a pair of nearfall points and rode out Beckman to take a 4-0 lead into the second. He quickly escaped to start the second as the lead grew to 5-0 before a late takedown pushed the contest into bonus point territory. Garrett cruised to the 12-1 major decision win to extend the Big Red's lead in the team race. He advanced into the championship match with a completely dominant 18-2 technical fall over Penn's Caleb Richardson in the semifinals. If Garrett wasn't the story, Dean was. The defending national champion at 184 pounds brought fireworks to the mat in the finals, sticking Navy's Mat Miller with a takedown to his back and squaring his shoulders off for the pin less than a minute into the match, his third win by fall in four tournament matches. That came after a tough 5-3 semifinal win over fellow Ivy Leaguer Lorenzo Thomas of Penn, who topped defending national runner-up Nathaniel Brown of Lehigh in the third place match. Dylan Palacio earned the team's second EIWA title of the night and his first after defaulting out of last season's championship match. His takedown halfway through the period and John Boyle's escape accounted for the only scoring of the first, and an escape and a win on a long scramble for two more extended the junior's lead to 5-1. An escape by American's second-seeded wrestler in the third after choosing bottom got him back within 5-2, but a last-second takedown and riding time gave Palacio the title with an 8-3 victory. He got there earlier in the day by surviving a scare from fifth-seeded May Bethea in the semifinals before escaping with a 5-4 triumph. Top-seeded Brian Realbuto got himself in trouble early in the first period of the 174-pound final, being taken down and nearly giving up nearfall points, but escaped and got the points back with a takedown to go up 3-2 after one. An escape to start the second for Realbuto, a takedown by Harvey and an almost immediate reversal made it 6-4, and Realbuto rode out the Army grappler to push his time over a minute. Not wanting to go underneath Realbuto, Harvey chose neutral to start the third and the Big Red junior took him down, only to see Army reverse him before cutting him, trying to get back into the match. A late Realbuto takedown and a riding point made the final 12-6 for the junior's second career EIWA title. Freshman Joey Galasso earned a trip to the finals in his first EIWA meet after a 5-3 win over Tom Page of American in the semifinals, only to nearly pull one of the greatest late upsets in EIWA history. Trailing 3-0 with 25 seconds remaining, Galasso earned a quick takedown, cut Drexel's 10th-ranked Matt Cimato and took him down again with a headlock to his back for two points. No nearfall points were awarded and Cimato was able to slip out for an escape at the buzzer to capture the crown. The officials reviewd and the Cornell coaches challenged the call saying nearfall points should be awarded, but no change was made. After No. 1 seed Duke Pickett advanced to the finals at 165 pounds with a strong 6-1 win over Columbia's Tyrel White in the semis, Pickett got a chance for an Ivy sweep when he met No. 3 seed Devon Gobbo of Harvard in the finals. There was no scoring in the first, and Pickett chose bottom to begin the second. He eventually scored his escape, but not before Gobbo racked up 1:21 of riding time. Pickett was able to ride him under a minute to erase the bonus point, but an official put the second back on the clock to give him exactly a minute to go along with Gobbo's escape point. That would prove to be the difference, with Gobbo taking the 2-1 win for first place. Senior Owen Scott clinched his first NCAA tournament berth with a gutsy tournament, winning twice earlier in the day to get back to the third place match, including topping a pair of seeded wrestlers in Bucknell's Tyler Greene (No. 8) and American's Jeric Kasunic (No. 7) before defeating a third, No. 17 John Bolich of Lehigh. He picked up a takedown 17 seconds into the match against Bolich, using a leg attack for the quick two points, then after an escape, re-defended a shot and earned a second takedown on the edge to extend the lead to 4-1. That set the tone for the entire match, as Scott cruised to a 12-6 win, with only a late reversal by Bolich spoiling what would have been a major decision victory. Freshman Dalton Macri won a pair of matches in the morning session at 125, including a 4-0 triumph over No. 15 David Terao in the consolation semifinals to advance to the third-place match. Wrestling for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Macri overcame a second period reversal with a pair of escapes to send his match with Drexel's fifth-seeded Zach Fuentes into sudden victory overtime. Fuentes persevered however, taking down Macri 25 seconds into the extra session to win 4-2 and end the rookie's first EIWA tournament in fourth place. Sophomore Dylan Realbuto placed for the second straight season, finishing eighth after dropping a pair of narrow decisions on Sunday to finish the year with a 17-10 record. He lost a 7-4 contest to seventh-seeded Nic Gill of Navy, then fell 3-1 in the seventh place match to American's Tyler Scotton. Freshman heavyweight Jeramy Sweany found himself in the fifth-place match against Franklin & Marshall's Antonio Pelusi after falling in the semifinals to top-seeded and ninth-ranked Joe Stolfi, 17-2, and by fall to sixth-seeded Ray O'Donnell in front of his home Princeton crowd in the wrestlebacks. He nearly recovered from a 7-2 deficit in the place match against Pelusi before falling 9-7 to end the tournament in sixth. PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Cornell wrestling team advanced seven to the semifinals, qualified two for NCAAs, has all nine alive and leads the team race after day one of the 2016 EIWA Championships at Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium. The Big Red enter day two with a 91.5-82.5 lead over Lehigh, the only other team to keep all 10 alive through day one. With the results of day one, advancing to the semifinals guaranteed that freshman heavyweight Jeramy Sweany will make his first NCAA tournament appearance and junior 157-pounder Dylan Palacio will make his third straight. They will be joined in Sunday's semifinals by seniors Nahshon Garrett (133) and Duke Pickett (165), juniors Gabe Dean (184) and Brian Realbuto (174) and freshman Joey Galasso (149) in the quest for Eastern titles. Also still alive for third place are senior Owen Scott (197), sophomore Dylan Realbuto (141) and freshman Dalton Macri (125), each of whom won at least one wrestleback after losing a bout in the championship flight. Realbuto won a pair of matches by fall after dropping a nip-and-tuck 3-2 contest to third-seeded Randy Cruz of Lehigh in the first round, including pinning Bucknell's 20th-ranked Tyler Smith in the consolation second round. Cornell's five top-seeded wrestlers all advanced through day one unscathed, winning eight of their 10 matches by bonus points. Defending national champion Dean pinned both of his foes, earning second period falls over Jason Grimes of American and Elliot Antler of Sacred Heart. Three-time All-American Garrett won by fall and major decision to reach the semis and Brian Realbuto, the older brother of Dylan, earned a major decision and tech fall to cruise through Saturday.In all, the Big Red won 14 bonus point matches, including nine by fall.

Related: Results Kansas City, Mo. -- Following a dominant performance, in which nine Cowboys advanced to the finals, Oklahoma State earned the 2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championship title. This marks OSU's fourth consecutive team title and 13th overall since the inception of the league. Seven Cowboys took individual conference titles, along with two Sooners and a Cyclone. OSU ran away from the field with 161 points. Oklahoma followed up with 100 points even, while Iowa State took third with 87 points. South Dakota State, Wyoming and West Virginia placed fourth, fifth and sixth in the rankings with 77, 71.5 and 65.5 points respectively. North Dakota State (62.5) ended in seventh, while Utah Valley wound up in eighth with 60.5 points. Air Force and Northern Colorado rounded out the standings with 39.5 points and 30.5 points. The championship session started with an outstanding match up as top-seeded Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) took the 125 pound title from OSU's Eddie Klimara in a 5-4 decision. The next match, between Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) and Earl Hall (Iowa State), did not disappoint, as the defending NCAA Champion Brewer earned his second straight Big 12 title with a 12-7 decision. Cowboy Dean Heil toppled SDSU's Seth Gross, 5-3 for the 141 pound accolade, while Anthony Collica (OSU) dominated Sooner Davion Jeffries with an 11-3 major decision en route to the 149 pound title. At 157 pounds, Joseph Smith (Oklahoma State) defeated Jackrabbit Cody Pack, 8-4, to take the crown, as Cowboy teammate Alex Dieringer took a hard-fought 4-2 decision over ISU's Tanner Weatherman for the 165 title. Iowa State's Lelund Weatherspoon won the Cyclone's only individual title of the day at the 174 pound bracket with an 8-5 victory over OSU's Chandler Rogers. Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) battled Hayden Zillmer (North Dakota State) to an 8-7 triumph in the 184 pound weight class. The Cowboys rounded out the evening with a sweep of the 197 pound and heavyweight bracket. Preston Weigel topped Nate Rotert, 4-3, and Austin Marsden defeated Tanner Harms of Wyoming, 6-3, respectively. Oklahoma's Cody Brewer was voted Most Outstanding Performer by the Big 12 wrestling coaches at the conclusion of the championship. Brewer tallied a major decision and technical fall en route to the conference title. Next up, qualifying wrestlers will descend upon Madison Square Garden in New York City, March 17-19 for the NCAA Championships. The conference automatically sends 36 wrestlers to the championships, while many others have the opportunity to be selected for an at-large bid. Standings: 1. Oklahoma State - 161 2. Oklahoma - 100 3. Iowa State - 87 4. South Dakota State - 77 5. Wyoming - 71.5 6. West Virginia - 65.5 7. North Dakota State - 62.5 8. Utah Valley - 60.5 9. Air Force - 39.5 10. Northern Colorado - 30.5

Gregor Gillespie, NCAA champion wrestler at Edinboro University, added to his perfect pro mixed martial arts record with a first-round technical knockout at Ring of Combat's ROC 54 event at Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. Friday night. The former Fighting Scot wrestler posted a photo on Facebook of his arm raised in victory by the ring official, with the following caption: "aaaaaaaaand STILL! Gregor wins by unanswered strikes in the first round." Gregor Gillespie Gillespie scored a TKO by punches over Jose Mariscal at 4:09 of the first round of their lightweight (155-pound) bout. It was the first loss for the Chicagoan, a 2012 NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) National Wrestling Championships qualifier for Triton College in River Grove, Ill. Mariscal launched his pro MMA career in October 2014. Gillespie, who started competing in MMA as a pro in January 2014, has now compiled a flawless 6-0 record. None of his matches has gone beyond the first round. A native of Webster, N.Y., Gillespie was a four-time NCAA All-American at Pennsylvania-based Edinboro, winning the 149-pound title at the 2007 NCAAs with a 3-1 overtime win over Josh Churella of the University of Michigan in the finals. He was also a three-time champ in both the EWL (Eastern Wrestling League) and PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference). Gillespie completed his mat career at Edinboro having compiled a 152-13 record, for an impressive .921 winning percentage. In his last season at the Pennsylvania-based school, Gillespie served as a coach and administrator for the Edinboro Scotsman Wrestling Club. He later served as an assistant coach at Hofstra University.

Two former NCAA Division I wrestling champions, Darrion Caldwell and Bubba Jenkins, came out as winners at the Bellator 151 event at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., on Friday night. Darrion Caldwell choked out Joe Warren (Photo/Bellator)Caldwell, 2009 NCAA champ for North Carolina State, choked out former University of Michigan wrestler and Greco-Roman star Joe Warren in the first round, while Jenkins, who won an NCAA title for Arizona State in 2011, earned a unanimous decision in a three-round mixed martial arts match with Goiti Yamauchi. The former Wolfpack mat champ earned a technical submission by rear-naked choke of Warren at 3:23 of the first round of their bantamweight (135-pound) main-event bout. "A former two-division Bellator champion, Warren was a non-factor," according to Brian Knapp of Sherdog.com. "Caldwell executed a pair of takedowns and a spectacular belly-to-back suplex, sandwiching ground-and-pound between the techniques. The 28-year-old advanced to Warren's back with little resistance, slipped in the choke and waited for referee Dan Miragliotta to intervene." "Darrion Caldwell wanted to make a statement Friday at Bellator 151, and boy, he did exactly that," wrote Shaun Al-Shatti of MMAfighting.com. "The former NCAA champion put on a flawless performance against the toughest test of his career, manhandling Joe Warren before putting the former two-division beltholder to sleep with an early rear-naked choke." With the win, Caldwell remains undefeated, with a 6-0 record in Bellator, and 9-0 overall. In the meantime, Warren drops to 11-4 in Bellator, and 13-5 in his MMA career. Earlier in the evening, Bubba Jenkins, the former Penn State wrestler who completed his collegiate mat career with the Sun Devils, was awarded the win over Yamauchi, with judges' scores of 29-28, 30-27 and 29-27 in their 145-pound bout. "Fellow former NCAA champion Bubba Jenkins fell back on his bread-and-butter wrestling to survive the submission attack of Goiti Yamauchi and win a battle between two of Bellator's brightest featherweight prospects via unanimous decision," MMAfighting.com reported. "Yamauchi had his counterpart under duress throughout the first round, as he climbed to the decorated American wrestler's back in a standing position and hunted rear-naked chokes," according to Sherdog.com. "Jenkins survived the exchanges and pushed the fight deeper, finding more favorable conditions as the minutes passed. He struck for takedowns in the second and third rounds, paired a suffocating top game with ground-and-pound and avoided Yamauchi's armbar and triangle attempts from the bottom." With his third straight win, Bubba Jenkins is now 8-2 in Bellator bouts, and 11-2 overall, while Yamauchi, who had a three-match win streak snapped by Jenkins, falls to 5-2 in Bellator, and 19-3 in his MMA career.

It lasted about as long as a TV commercial. Logan StorleyLogan Storley, four-time NCAA All-American for the University of Minnesota, scored a technical knockout in just over a half-minute of his third professional mixed martial arts bout at Resurrection Fighting Alliance's RFA 36 event at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, Minn. just outside Minneapolis-St. Paul Friday night. The former Golden Gopher got a TKO over Lemetra Griffin in 33 seconds of the first round of their middleweight (170-pound) bout. Storley posted this message on Facebook Friday night: "Thank you to all my friends, family and fans for the support! Getting better every time I step in the cage. Got to put those paws on him tonight. ‪#‎RFA36‬‬ ‪#‎mma‬‬ ‪#‎wrestling‬‬ ‪#‎boxing‬‬" The victorious 25-year-old South Dakotan was originally slated to face Rode "Chunk" Vocu, 19, a former North Dakota high school wrestler and Golden Gloves boxer who is 1-0 in his professional MMA career. Griffin, a native of Milwaukee described by MMAweekly.com as "a late replacement," brought a record of 1-4 to his bout with Storley. After making quick work of Griffin at RFA 36, Storley won't have much time to rest. Just two weeks ago, he was added to the card for RFA 37 at the Sanford Pentagon in South Dakota on April 10. His opponent has yet to be named. Storley announced his plans for a pro MMA career last spring, after winning three amateur bouts. The former Minnesota mat star won his first two pro matches in short order, scoring a first-round TKO via punches over Bill Mees at RFA 29 in Sioux Falls, S.D. in August. In January, Storley earned another TKO victory in the opening round, this time vs. Marc "the Pummel" Hummel at RFA 32 at Prior Lake. Much has been made of the fact that Logan Storley shares the same hometown high school and college alma matter -- and most of the same career path, minus pro wrestling -- as Brock Lesnar. 2000 NCAA heavyweight champ for Minnesota. "I was a senior in high school and I got to be around Brock for some of his (UFC) camps." Storley told MMAweekly.com this week. "When (UFC fighter) Tony Ferguson was training up there, I got to spar and get in there and wrestle with Tony Ferguson as a 17, 18-year-old with little to no MMA background." While Storley has long had an interest in entering MMA, he did not have the same feelings for a career in the pro wrestling ring. "I've never really been a big WWE fan. We always watched Brock, but I wanted to go to college and wrestle for a top university and then I wanted to fight. It's been my plan for the last 8 or 9 years." MMAweekly.com's Ken Pishna sees a bright future for "Stormin'" Logan Storley in MMA. "If he keeps building upon what he's already achieved, it won't be long before the UFC, which likely already has an eye on him, is ringing his manager's phone."

University of North Carolina crowned six All-Americans, while Old Dominion University claimed five at the 2016 National Collegiate Open wrestling championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio in northeast Ohio Saturday. The annual event, hosted by Case Western Reserve University in nearby Cleveland, was open to all post-high school wrestlers. Wrestlers from all parts of the country, from University at Buffalo to Cal State Bakersfield, participated in the one-day championship. Competition was held in all ten traditional collegiate weight classes, with the top six placers in each bracket earning All-American honors. At this year's National Collegiate Open, North Carolina had the most wrestlers earn All-American honors, with six. The Tar Heels' performance put them in a four-way tie for the third-most-ever All-American honors earned by a program at the National Collegiate Open championships. Virginia's Old Dominion came in second in terms of the most All-Americans at the 2016 NCO, with five. Kent State University of Ohio holds the all-time record for most All-American placers at a National Collegiate Open championship, with eight in 2009. As an indicator of the depth and diversity of the competitive field, no one school could claim more than one individual champion. Programs with a champ crowned at the 2016 National Collegiate Open included American, Army, Buffalo, Cleveland State, Edinboro, Grand Canyon, Kent State, Maryland, and Utah Valley University. (One champ - Danny Chaid - was not affiliated with a school.) 125: Champion: Justin Patrick (Buffalo) Second: Steven Simpson (Old Dominion) Third: Trayton Libolt (Grand Canyon) Fourth: Mitch Brown (Utah Valley) Fifth: Ezekiel Beatty, (Pitt-Johnstown) Sixth: Sean Nickell, (CSU Bakersfield) : 133: Champion: Josua Terao (American) Second: Korbin Myers (Edinboro) Third: Carter Ballinger (Central Michigan) Fourth: Kyle Lukowish (Kent State) Fifth: Alex Madrigal (Old Dominion) Sixth: Sonny Simonetti (North Carolina) : 141:: Champion: Uzo Owuama (Grand Canyon) Second: Michael Hayes (Old Dominion) Third: Peter Lipari (Rutgers) Fourth: Chance Driscoll (Kent State) Fifth: Joshua Parrett (Ohio) Sixth: Michael Sprague (American) : 149 Champion: Shyheim Brown (Maryland) Second: Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) Third: Joey Moon (North Carolina) Fourth: Maason Smith (Central Michigan) Fifth: Grant LaMont (Utah Valley) Sixth: William Povalac (Rutgers) : 157:: Champion: Casey Sparkman (Kent State) Second: Jack Clark (North Carolina) Third: Jake Trujillo Fourth: Nigel Ruiz (UMAPS) Fifth: Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh) Sixth: Danny Boychuck (Maryland) : 165: Champion: Ty Schoffstall (Edinboro) Second: Lucas Wyoming (Wyoming) Third: Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley) Fourth: Bryant Halsch (North Carolina) Fifth: Dakota Green (Drexel) Sixth: Ebed Jarrell (Drexel) : 174: Champion: Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley) Second: Ben Harvey (USMAPS) Third: Andrew Morgan (Cal Poly) Fourth: Milik Dawkins Fifth: Hank Swalla (Iowa State) Sixth: Fritz Hoehn (Edinboro) : 184:: Champion: Jack Wedholm (Army West Point) Second: Carson Powell (Iowa State) Third: Austin Gaun (Grand Canyon) Fourth: Wesley Maskill (Michigan State) Fifth: Gavin Berkley, (Army West Point) Sixth: Jesse Palser, (Lake Erie) : 197: Champion: Nick Corba (Cleveland State) Second: Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) Third: Brett Dempsey (American) Fourth: Scott Marmoll (North Carolina) Fifth: Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley) Sixth: Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) : 285: Champion: Danny Chaid Second: Caleb Gossett (Northern Illinois) Third: John Rizzo (Pittsburgh) Fourth: Devin King (Ohio) Fifth: Stephen Suglio (Kent State) Sixth: Zack Parker (Ohio)

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- The 2016 Southern Conference Championship came down to the final period of the final championship match. Denzel Dejournette (Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds) delivered in the final moments of the heavyweight match to claim Appalachian State University wrestling's first SoCon Tournament title since 2003. The Mountaineers (12-4, 6-1 SoCon) trailed 77-73.5 to five-time defending champion Chattanooga going into the championship matches. 2016 SoCon Champions Michael Longo (Corona, Calif./Santiago) at 141 pounds, Nick Kee (Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland) at 174 pounds, and Dejournette all secured wins to snap the Mocs run as champions. “I'm so proud of this team, and how they battled today,” said 2015-16 SoCon Coach of the Year JohnMark Bentley. “This Championship took a team effort! Our focus now on getting some All-Americans.” Longo used a first round pin of Billy McClelland of Davidson to advance to the semi-final match at 141 pounds. Longo was down early but fought back to pin John Muldoon of SIUE in the second round to secure his spot in the finals. Longo defeated Mike Pongracz of Chattanooga in a low-scoring contest for the second-straight year. With the win, Longo is headed to New York for his second trip the NCAA Championship in as many seasons. Kee dominated his opening match against Nathaniel Powers of Davidson, winning by 17-0 technical fall. Kee marched on the 174-pound final with a 13-4 major decision over Conner McMahon. Like Longo, Kee completed his unblemished SoCon season in the championship match, winning by 14-6 major decision over Sean Mappes. Kee will head to the NCAA Championship for the first time in his career. Dejournette cruised to an opening round technical fall over Will Cooley of Davidson, winning 17-2. Dejournette continued to roll with a 12-2 major decision in the semifinal to set up a rematch of the 2015 heavyweight championship with Jared Johnson of Chattanooga. A late takedown gave Dejournette a 4-2 decision win, his third win of the year over Johnson App State had two wrestlers finish as runner-ups for the second-consecutive year. Vito Pasone (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./E.L. Meyers) placed second at 125 pounds while Forrest Przybysz (Jefferson, Ga./Jefferson) placed second at 165 pounds. Pasone needed just over a minute to rack up a 16-0 technical fall victory over Zamir Ode of Davidson. In the semi-final, Pasone notched his second technical fall of the afternoon over Alonzo Allen of Chattanooga to punch his ticket into the 125-pound final. Pasone lead for most of the first two periods, but came up just short of a trip to nationals and had to settle for runner-up. Alfredo Rodriguez took control in the third period and went on to win 17-10. Przybysz shut out Davidson's Adam Flatt 12-0 in his opening round match to advance to the semi-final of the 165-pound bracket. Przybysz won a nail-biting semifinal match with a takedown in the overtime period to advance to a SoCon final for the second consecutive season. Przybysz competed hard all match and used a late flurry to tie the match in the third period against Austin Trott of Gardner-Webb. Trott's riding time proved to be the difference as he used the extra point to win, 5-4. Along with the five wrestlers that were in the finals, the Apps had another four third-place matches. Irvin Enriquez (Aberdeen, N.C./Pinecrest) placed 3rd at 133 pounds and Matt Zovistoski (Paramus, N.J./St. Joseph Regional), Taylor Jackson (Lady Lake, Fla./The Villages) (Rutgers), and Randall Diabe (Greensboro, N.C./James B. Dudley) all placed fourth. App State's three conference champions will be headed to New York Ciy for the NCAA Championship held at Madison Square Garden on starting on Mar. 17.

Related: Brackets TOPEKA, Kan. -- Collegiate wrestling history was made Saturday night in the final session of the 2016 NAIA Wrestling National Championships, presented by USA Wrestling-Kansas, as Grand View (Iowa) won an unprecedented fifth straight team national title. The 59th annual event took place at the Kansas Expocentre for the third-straight season. With the win, the Vikings are the first team in NAIA history to win five-consecutive national titles. Additionally, Grand View is only the fifth program in collegiate wrestling history (NAIA, NJCAA, NCAA) to win five-or-more consecutive championships. The other programs to do so are NCAA Division I Iowa (six-straight (1995-2000) and nine-straight (1978-1986), NCAA Division I Oklahoma State (seven-straight (1937-1949), NCAA Division II Cal State-Bakersfield (five-straight (1979-1983) and NCAA Division II Cal Poly (seven-straight (1968-1974). "It's awesome," said Grand View head coach Nick Mitchell. "Some of the teams that are on that list (five-or-more straight winners) it's just awesome to be associated with some programs like that. I never would have thought that we were going to end up in a place like we are now. We lost six All-Americans last year and had a lot of new faces in the room. We had a bunch of guys that didn't have national championship experience. To see these guys put in the work, live the championship lifestyle and believe in the system, and have it pay off for them makes me so proud." Grand View set a new standard for team scoring at the NAIA national championships with 210 points. The point total shattered the previous scoring record of 193 points, which was originally set by former member Dana (Neb.) in 2006 and later tied by Grand View in 2014. The Vikings had seven grapplers in the finals, however only three walked away as national champions - Jacob Colon (133 pounds), Michael Pixley (184 pounds) and Dean Broghammer (285 pounds). Pixley, who finished runner-up last season, ended the year with a perfect 28-0 record en route to the NWCA-NAIA National Wrestler of the Year Award. Broghammer was also honored for his individual efforts, claiming the Gorriaran Award after pinning his way to his first national title. The sophomore stuck Montana State-Northern's Taylor Kornoely in 56 seconds in the title bout. In total, the three title winners give Grand View 18 national champions in the club's eight-year history. Baker (Kan.), which finished tied for sixth overall with 57.5 points, finished the night with two national champions - the only club outside of Grand View to accomplish that feat. Victor Hughes - the No. 8 seed at 149 pounds - outlasted No. 2 Tyler Cowger of Southern Oregon, 4-3. Hughes is a two-time All-American after finishing in eighth-place in 2015. One weight class later, the Wildcats made it two-for-two when four-time All-American Colby Crank upended Grant Henderson of Grand View (Iowa), 4-3, at 157 pounds. Crank was appearing in the finals for the second time in his career. Four of the other five weight classes were won by an individual that claimed the banner for the first time in program history - Mitch Pawlak of Indiana Tech (125 pounds), Andrew Schulte of Concordia (Neb.) (141 pounds), Blake Cooper of Warner Pacific (Ore.) (165 pounds) and Cody Linton of Doane (Neb.) (197 pounds). Cooper was named the championships' Most Outstanding Wrestler. Riley Boomer continued the strong tradition of Missouri Valley wrestling, winning the 174-pound weight class with an 8-3 decision of Lawton Benna of Grand View. Boomer, who ended the season with a 31-2 record, is the 17th individual champion in Missouri Valley history - third most among active NAIA programs. The top five schools in the team race were Montana State-Northern (104 points), Indiana Tech (75.5 points), Missouri Valley (75.5 points) and Campbellsville (Ky.) (66.5 points). For more information on the NAIA Wrestling National Championships, click here.

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Cornell wrestling team advanced seven to the semifinals, qualified two for NCAAs, has all nine alive and leads the team race after day one of the 2016 EIWA Championships at Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium. The Big Red enter day two with a 91.5-82.5 lead over Lehigh, the only other team to keep all 10 alive through day one. With the results of day one, advancing to the semifinals guaranteed that freshman heavyweight Jeramy Sweany will make his first NCAA tournament appearance and junior 157-pounder Dylan Palacio will make his third straight. They will be joined in Sunday's semifinals by seniors Nahshon Garrett (133) and Duke Pickett (165), juniors Gabe Dean (184) and Brian Realbuto (174) and freshman Joey Galasso (149) in the quest for Eastern titles. Also still alive for third place are senior Owen Scott (197), sophomore Dylan Realbuto (141) and freshman Dalton Macri (125), each of whom won at least one wrestleback after losing a bout in the championship flight. Realbuto won a pair of matches by fall after dropping a nip-and-tuck 3-2 contest to third-seeded Randy Cruz of Lehigh in the first round, including pinning Bucknell's 20th-ranked Tyler Smith in the consolation second round. Cornell's five top-seeded wrestlers all advanced through day one unscathed, winning eight of their 10 matches by bonus points. Defending national champion Dean pinned both of his foes, earning second period falls over Jason Grimes of American and Elliot Antler of Sacred Heart. Three-time All-American Garrett won by fall and major decision to reach the semis and Brian Realbuto, the older brother of Dylan, earned a major decision and tech fall to cruise through Saturday.In all, the Big Red won 14 bonus point matches, including nine by fall. MORE INFO TO COME

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- Since Biblical times it has been a common belief that three is the number of perfection, or completion. In marketing, ads, stump speeches and other messages understood to have manipulative intent, three claims will persuade best. The rule of three is a writing principle that suggests that things that come in threes are funnier, more satisfying, or more effective. It seems the brain finds it relatively easy to grasp threes. So do grapplers. The Rider University wrestling team, with three champions, three runners-up and three third place finishers, won the Eastern Wrestling League Championship Tournament, hosted by Lock Haven University. "It was a total team effort," said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. The conference championship was Rider's first EWL Title in three years in the conference. Overall, it was Rider's 14th conference title in the last 32 years and the first since 2000. "All of the conference championships we've won are special in their own way," said Taylor, who ranks fourth all-time in NCAA Division I dual meet victories, "but I'm really proud of this team because they really grew into this. This is special because it has been a long time coming." Senior Conor Brennan (Brick, NJ/Brick Twp.) won at 165, senior Rob Deutsch (Cherry Hill, NJ/Eastern Regional) won at 133 and junior sophomore Ryan Wolfe (New Castle, Del./Caravel Academy) won at 197. "Brennan and Deutsch are now three-time champions and Wolfe a two-timer in a tough weight class this year," Taylor said. Sophomore Chad Walsh (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic) placed runner-up at 157, sophomore B.J. Clagon (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South), placed runner-up at 149 and sophomore Michale Fagg-Daves (Somerset, NJ/Franklin) placed runner-up at 184. Walsh and Clagon will join the three Rider conference champions at the NCAA Championship Tournament. Hwt sophomore Mauro Correnti (Delran, NJ/Holy Cross) placed third, senior 141 Paul Kirchner (Somerville, NJ/Somerville) placed third and sophomore 125 Zach Valcarce (Villas, NJ/Lower Cape May) placed third. "Wrestling back to get third is not easy to do," Taylor said, "but they did it.' Brennan, the top seed, won a major decision over the No. 2 seed, Casey Fuller of Edinboro, 11-3 in the finals. Brennan defeated the fourth seed from Lock Haven, Cody Cordes 3-2 in the semis after receiving a first round bye. "Conor got a major for us at the end," Taylor said. "He really wrestled well in the finals." Deutsch, the top seed, defeated Robert Rehm of Lock Haven, the third seed, 3-2 in the finals. Deutsch defeated Anthony Rivera of Edinboro 7-4 and the fourth seed, Andy Schutz of Bloomsburg 6-3 in the semis. "Deutsch and Brennan have been mainstays for us and you need that to win championships," Taylor said. "Hats off to them for winning three championships. That's a hard thing to do in this league." Wolfe, the top seed, defeated the No. 2 seed, Sam Wheeler of Cleveland State 5-2 in the finals. Wolfe defeated the fourth seed, Vincent Pickett of Edinboro 5-0 in the semifinals. "Wolfe really wrestled well today," Taylor said. "In the semis he beat last year's champ (Wolfe won EWL title at 174 last year) and in the finals beat a tough kid. Wolfe did good." Clagon, the third seed who was an All-American last year, lost 9-7 in overtime to the No. 1 seed, All-American Daniel Neff of Lock Haven, in the finals. Neff was named the EWL Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler. Clagon defeated the No. 2 seed, Patricio Lugo of Edinboro 9-6 in the semis. Lugo defeated Clagon 8-6 in a dual meet in January. Clagon pinned Ryan Snow of Bloomsburg in just 28 seconds in his first match. Walsh, the top seed, lost 17-6 to the No. 2 seed, Austin Matthews of Edinboro, in the finals. Walsh won a 10-1 major decision in the semis over the fifth seed, Brendon Colbert of Bloomsburg, after receiving a first round bye. "Walsh and BJ are going out to Nationals hungry," Taylor said. Fagg-Daves, the third seed, lost 2-0 to the No. 1 seed, Victor Avery of Edinboro in the finals. Fagg-Daves defeated the second seed, Tristan Sponseller of Lock Haven in the semis. Correnti, the third seed, defeated the No. 4 seed, Matt Voss of Mason 7-3 in the battle for third place. In the consolations Correnti defeated Evan Daley of Clarion 7-1. Correnti defeated Brad Emerick of Lock Haven 3-2 before being pinned in the semifinals by the No. 2 seed, Riley Shaw of Cleveland State. In the battle for third place at 141, Kirchner defeated the No. 2 seed, Mike Carlone of Cleveland State, 14-6 in a major decision. In consolations Kirchner won twice by tech fall, including a 22-7 decision over the No. 4 seed, Tejon Anthony of George Mason. "He wrestled very well," Taylor said. "He picked up some bonus points for us. He's beaten some really good wrestlers this year so he will receive some consideration for NCAAs." In the battle for third place at 125, Valcarce defeated the No. 2 seed, Ibrahim Bunduka of Mason 5-0. In consolations, Valcarce defeated Patrick Dewitt of Clarion 11-5. Senior Curt Delia (Mullica Hill, NJ/Delsea) went 1-2 at 174. Delia won a major decision in the first round of consolations before losing 6-0 to the second seed, Patrick Jennings of Edinboro. The NCAA Championships are March 17-19 at Madison Square Garden. Three days to seek perfection, completion, and All-Americans.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Four University of Iowa wrestlers won semifinal matches Saturday to advance to the finals of the Big Ten Championships on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Cory Clark (133), Brandon Sorensen (149), Sammy Brooks (184), and Nathan Burak (197) wrestle for conference titles beginning at 3:10 p.m. (CT) live on BTN. Sorensen is competing in the finals for the second year in a row. Clark, Brooks, and Burak are making their first career Big Ten finals appearance. Iowa has five wrestlers competing on the back side of the bracket. Thomas Gilman (125), Edwin Cooper, Jr. (157), and Alex Meyer (174) fell into the consolation bracket with semifinal defeats. Patrick Rhoads (165) and Sam Stoll (285) wrestle for seventh place in their respective brackets. Both wrestlers were 2-2 on the day. "There's a lot to digest right now, we're getting ready to go tomorrow," said UI head coach Tom Brands. "We have some guys in seventh-place matches, we have Gilman, Meyer, and Cooper for third, and then we have four in the finals. Brooks and Sorensen had solid wins. We have another day of wrestling, that's how we're looking right now." Clark, Sorensen, and Burak all face top seeds in the finals. Clark, the No. 2 seed, faces Illinois' Zane Richards, who handed Clark his only defeat of the season, 5-3 in sudden victory, on Jan. 8 in Champaign, Illinois. He is 2-2 all-time against Richards. Sorensen, the No. 2 seed, draws top-seeded Zain Retherford of Penn State. The two have never met and are a combined 53-0 this season, splitting the top two spots in a number of national rankings. Third-seeded Burak faces Penn State's Morgan McIntosh, who is 27-0 this season and undefeated in four career meeting against Burak. Brooks, the No. 3 seed, has a chance to redeem a loss from earlier this year against Nebraska's T.J. Dudley. Dudley pinned Brooks at Nebraska on Jan. 24. The wrestlers are 1-1 all-time in their college careers. The Hawkeyes are in second place after Session II with 106 points. Penn State leads the team race with 133 points. Ohio State (100), Nebraska (97.5), and Rutgers (90.5) round out the top five. Session III begins at 12 p.m. (CT) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. BTN2GO will stream the consolation rounds.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- No. 1 Penn State (16-0, 9-0 B1G) holds a huge lead after day one of the 2016 Big Ten Championships. Head coach Cael Sanderson's crew dominated the action in Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena and is nearly 30 points in front of the second-place Hawkeyes. With a sizzling quarterfinal round in which it went 6-1, Penn State leads the team race with 133.0 points while Iowa is second with 106.0. Nebraska sits in third place with 98.5. The Nittany Lions will have six wrestlers in the championship finals tomorrow, which air live on the Big Ten Network and are assured of at least eight NCAA qualifiers. Tomorrow's session begins at 1 p.m. Eastern with the finals set for 4 p.m. Eastern. Senior Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.), ranked No. 4 at 125, met No. 2 Thomas Gilman of Iowa in the first of Penn State's seven semifinals. The duo battled evenly through three periods, moving to sudden victory tied 1-1. After a scoreless SV period, Megaludis escaped quickly in his tie-breaker period. He controlled Gilman in the next :30 period for just over ten seconds before the Hawkeye escaped on the edge of the mat. But Megaludis moved in quickly after the escape and notched a takedown with just :10 on the clock and posted a 4-3 (TB) win. The win earned Megaludis a trip to the title bout tomorrow as Penn State's first finalist. Junior Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.), ranked No. 21 at 141, met No. 20 Javier Gasca of Michigan State in the semifinals. Gulibon came back from an early 5-2 deficit with a furious third period to post a 6-5 win and advance to the Big Ten championship match. Gulibon used an escape to cut into the lead and then notched a quick takedown to tie the bout. Gulibon then rode Gasca out and his 1:33 in riding time proved the decisive point. Sophomore Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 149, took on No. 5 Alex Pantaleo of Michigan in the semifinals. Retherford continued his dominating run, picking up his second first-period pin of the tournament with a fall at the 2:45 mark over Pantaleo. Retherford took the Wolverine down early in the first then controlled the action from the top, steadily working the fifth-ranked Pantaleo to his back and getting the pin to move into the championship finals. Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, tangled with No. 15 Edwin Cooper of Iowa in the semifinals. Nolf opened up a 10-2 lead after one period with three takedowns and a four-point turn. Nolf added three more takedowns and a final four-point tilt to post the lopsided win and move into the championship finals. Red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), ranked No. 1 at 174, took on No. 14 Myles Martin of Ohio State in the semifinals. Nickal made short work of the Buckeye grappler in a furious first period. The Lion freshman took Martin down twice and, after the second takedown, wrapped up a cradle in front of the Ohio State bench and pinned Martin at the 2:28 mark in the first period. The victory sends Nickal into the championship finals. Sophomore Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.), ranked No. 11 at 184, met No. 12 Sammy Brooks of Iowa in the semifinals. Brooks came out fast, using a late takedown to lead 3-0 after one period. The Hawkeye added a takedown in each of the following periods and posted the strong 6-1 win over McCutcheon. The loss sends McCutcheon into tomorrow's consolation semifinals. Senior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.), ranked No. 1 at 197, took on No. 9 Aaron Studebaker of Nebraska in the semifinals. McIntosh bulled his way through the tough Cornhusker grappler, notching a first period takedown and two near fall points in the second period to open up a 4-2 lead. The Lion senior picked up an escape, another takedown and 1:12 in riding time in the third period and posted a strong 8-2 decision (McIntosh downed Studebaker 2-1 (TB) during the regular season. The win moves McIntosh into the championship finals. Senior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.), ranked No. 5 at 133, took on Indiana's Alonzo Shepherd in the second round of consolation action. Conaway rolled through four third period takedowns to post an important 11-3 major decision, punching his ticket to NCAAs, and picked up another bonus point for the Nittany Lions. He then took on No. 11 Johnni DiJulius of Ohio State in the next conso round. After falling behind 2-1 in the first period, the Lion senior used a reversal and two back points to break away from the Buckeye and post an 8-2 win, moving into the consolation semifinals. Junior Geno Morelli (DuBois, Pa.) met Indiana's Bryce Martin in the second round of consolations. Morelli burst out to a 4-0 lead early in the first period and never looked back on his way to a 9-3 decision over Martin. The victory moved him into the third round of consolations, with a trip to NCAAs on the line, to face No. 9 Austin Wilson of Nebraska. Wilson caught Morelli quickly with a throw and picked up a pin at the 0:37 mark. Morelli's loss moves him to the seventh place match. A seventh-place finish would increase Morelli's case for a possible at-large bid (announced on Wednesday). Red-shirt freshman Nick Nevills (Clovis, Calif.) battled No. 24 Brooks Black of Illinois in the second round of consolations. Black used takedowns in the first and third periods to post a 5-3 win and end Nevills' tournament. Nevills went 1-2 in his first Big Ten Championship and posted a 6-3 record after returning from an injury in mid-February. He did not earn an automatic bid to NCAAs. Penn State knows it has eight NCAA qualifiers with Morelli still alive for seventh place and a potential at-large bid (announced on Wednesday). The Nittany Lions went 9-3 in session two and an outstanding 23-6 overall on day one of the championship. Penn State picked up 28 bonus points on six pins, two tech falls and seven majors. The championship concludes on Sunday with a 1 p.m. session (Eastern) with consolation action. The Big Ten finals begin at 4 p.m. Eastern and air live on the Big Ten Network. Penn State Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennstatewrest. The 2015-16 Penn State wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline. This is PENN STATE. WRESTLING lives here. Team Standings: 1: PENN STATE – 133.0 2: Iowa – 106.0 3: Ohio State – 100.0 4: Nebraska – 98.5 5: Rutgers – 90.5 6: Illinois – 78.5 7: Michigan – 70.0 8: Wisconsin – 53.0 9: Minnesota – 38.0 10: Purdue – 30.0 11: Indiana – 26.0 12: Michigan State – 10.5 13: Northwestern – 8.0 14: Maryland – 7.5

KANSAS CITY -- Oklahoma State clinched the team title on the first day of the Big 12 Wrestling Championships and nine of its 10 wrestlers will compete for individual crowns tomorrow. The title marks the 50th conference championship and the 16th Big 12 championship for Cowboy wrestling, as well as the seventh-consecutive year that the Cowboys have won a Big 12 wrestling championship. It also marks the 300th conference team title for Oklahoma State athletics across all sports. The Cowboys have already broken the Big 12 record for team points with 140.5, surpassing their previous mark of 118.5 points set in 2013. In total, the Cowboys finished the first day of the event with a 19-1 record that included 12 bonus-point wins with five falls, six major decisions and one technical fall. "For the most part, I feel like most of them were on spot today," coach John Smith said. "With each round now, it gets a lot tougher. Tomorrow's round, we will have nine in the finals, and obviously whoever has made it to the finals is a pretty good athlete. We just have to make sure that we embrace it and we understand that it takes tough people to win tough matches, and it's about to get real tough." Saturday's second session began with No. 2-seed Eddie Klimara winning with a 6-2 decision over Utah Valley's Chasen Tolbert. He tallied two takedowns in the first period and added another in second to reach Sunday's final round. Top-seeded Dean Heil continued his winning ways next with a 4-1 win over No. 4 Mitch Bengston in the 141-pound semifinal. Heil secured a takedown in the first period and battled to end of the bout to secure his place in the finals. No. 1 seed Anthony Collica continued his tear with another fall at 149 pounds, marking his sixth win by fall in his last seven matches and his second pin of the day. He jumped on fourth-seeded Timmy Box early and often and pushed his lead to 16-9 before he locked up a cradle secured the fall in 6:10. In the 157-pound match, Joe Smith also picked up his second bonus-point win of the event with a 13-2 major decision over No. 6 Eleazer DeLuca. Smith used a pair of first period takedowns to set the tone for the bout and stayed consistent to secure the win and improve his record to 29-3 on the year. The 165-pound bout went as expected, with Alex Dieringer winning with bonus points. Facing fourth-seeded Connor Flynn of West Virginia, Dieringer stormed out to a 10-1 lead in the opening period. He added a quick takedown and more nearfall points to end the match with a 17-1 technical fall midway through the second period. It was Dieringer's 76th consecutive victory. Chandler Rogers punched his ticket to the 174-pound final in one of the most exciting matches of the day. After building a 6-4 lead in the first two periods, Rogers found himself tied with South Dakota State's David Kocer, 8-8, with 30 seconds remaining. As the clock wound down and the match almost certainly appeared headed to overtime, Rogers pushed Kocer to the edge of the mat and leapt over the top of Kocer's shoulders as he spun and secured two points with a highlight-reel move as the final buzzer sounded. At 184 pounds, Nolan Boyd picked up his second major decision of the day with a 10-1 win over No. 3 Jacob Scheffel of West Virginia. Preston Weigel and Austin Marsden followed suit, each picking up a 6-2 decision at 197 pounds and heavyweight, respectively, to reach the finals. Weigel's wins were some of the most important, as he secured a spot at the NCAA Championships after starting the year on the OSU bench. "One thing he knows is he earned his spot," Smith said. "Back in December, it was looking pretty ugly for him. I'm really proud of him, the effort to fight back and help this team." Those nine Cowboys in the finals will try for their individual titles at 1 p.m. Sunday. Dieringer will be going for his fourth Big 12 title, while Collica, Klimara and Marsden will try for their third; Heil and Boyd try for their second; and Smith, Rogers and Weigel try for their first. Gary Wayne Harding will get things going for the Cowboys Sunday, as he competes in the 133-pound consolation semifinals at 9 a.m. Team Standings After Session 2: 1. Oklahoma State - 140.5 2. Iowa State - 72 3. Oklahoma - 70.5 4. South Dakota State - 68.5 5. Wyoming - 51 6. West Virginia - 49 7. North Dakota State - 45.5 8. Utah Valley - 33.5 9. Air Force - 24.5 9. Northern Colorado - 24.5

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