InterMat Staff

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Notre Dame (Ohio) closes out on top in the final edition of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The defending national champions have been ranked No. 1 the entire season and have occupied the top spot since Nov. 24, 2009. The Falcons racked up 142 points with 11 ranked wrestlers. Grand View (Iowa) remains locked in at No. 2 with 113 points with 11 listed grapplers. Rounding out the top-five teams is No. 3 McKendree (Ill.) with 90 points, No. 4 Lindenwood (Mo.) with 81 points and No. 5 Missouri Valley with 74 points. All three each boast eight ranked individuals. Qualifiers for the 2011 NAIA Wrestling National Championships will be announced Wednesday by 5 p.m. CST. The 54th annual event will take place March 3 – 5 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Following the completion of the NAIA Qualifying Group Tournaments on Feb. 19, five weight classes have a new No. 1 grappler. Missouri Valley's Paulie Hansen (27-9) moves to No. 1 after capturing the 125-pound East Group title. The junior, who won all four of his bouts via decision, is the third individual to own the No. 1-ranking at 125 pounds this season. At 149 pounds, Anthony Weerheim of Montana State-Northern became the new No. 1 after winning the West Group title. Weerheim is 28-2 in his junior campaign. Notre Dame’s Kevin Hardy moves to the top at 165 pounds for the first time this season. The junior improved to 30-10 with a 14-1 major decision to win the title in the East Group. The second top-ranked grappler from Montana State-Northern is 184-pounder Evan Hinebauch (24-7). The junior upset previously top-ranked Michael French of Great Falls (Mont.) with a 2-1 decision on Feb. 19. In a battle of sophomore heavyweights, a last-second takedown by Lindenwood’s Steven Butler secured a 3-2 decision over previously top-ranked Orlando Scales of Notre Dame for the top finish in the East Group. Butler pushed his record to 21-13 and knocked Scales from his seven-straight poll hold on the No. 1 spot. Tyler Chang of Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) is the only ranked wrestler that still owns a spotless record. The three-time All-American is 36-0 and is No. 1 at 165 pounds. Chang has pinned 17 opponents, scored 10 major decisions and registered four technical falls. His 36 wins are tied with Lindenwood’s top-ranked 174 pounder Chris Chionuma (36-2) for the most among all ranked grapplers. Chionuma, a two-time All-American, has 10 major decisions, eight pins and four technical falls in his junior campaign. There are 16 ranked individuals that have won 30-or more matches this season. The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the groupings. Rank School Name Total Team Points 1 Notre Dame (Ohio) 142 2 Grand View (Iowa) 113 3 McKendree (Ill.) 90 4 Lindenwood (Mo.) 81 5 Missouri Valley 74 6 Campbellsville (Ky.) 69.5 7 Morningside (Iowa) 47 8 Montana State-Northern 45.5 8 Southern Oregon 45.5 10 Great Falls (Mont.) 43.5 11 Midland (Neb.) 33.5 12 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 27.5 13 Oklahoma City 22.5 14 Hastings (Neb.) 18 15 Simon Fraser (B.C.) 17 16 Cumberland (Tenn.) 16 16 Minot State (N.D.) 16 18 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 15 19 Northwestern (Iowa) 13 20 Dickinson State (N.D.) 12.5 20 Menlo (Calif.) 12.5 Others receiving points: Jamestown (N.D.) 11; Waldorf (Iowa) 10; William Penn (Iowa) 10; York (Neb.) 5.5; Baker (Kan.) 5; Cumberlands (Ky.) 2.5;Shorter (Ga.) 2.5; Concordia (Neb.) 1.5; Missouri Baptist 1. Top-Ranked Individuals 125 – Paul Hansen, Missouri Valley 133 – Tim Thurston, Campbellsville (Ky.) 141 – Brett Freeman, Notre Dame (Ohio) 149 – Anthony Weerheim, Montana State-Northern 157 – Tyler Chang, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 165 – Kevin Hardy, Notre Dame (Ohio) 174 – Chris Chionuma, Lindenwood (Mo.) 184 – Evan Hinebauch, Montana State-Northern 197 – Andrew Sanchez, McKendree (Ill.) HWT – Steven Butler, Lindenwood (Mo.) Please click here to view the entire individual rankings.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Sunday’s big victory for University of Iowa senior 197-pounder Luke Lofthouse has earned him this week’s Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honors. Lofthouse, who is ranked seventh in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and W.I.N. Magazine, and eighth by Intermat, closed out his collegiate dual career with a 7-4 victory over Minnesota’s Sonny Yohn, helping the second-ranked Hawkeyes to their fourth-straight Big Ten regular season title. Iowa also extended its unbeaten dual streak to 77 with Sunday’s 19-12 win over No. 5 Minnesota, ending the regular season with a 15-0-1 record. Iowa had a narrow 13-12 lead over the Golden Gophers, when Lofthouse, who entered the dual ranked eighth in the nation, took the mat against Yohn, who was ranked between fourth and seventh. Trailing Yohn, 3-2, at the start of the third period, the Hawkeye senior scored a quick escape to tie the score and added two takedowns in the final minute to give Iowa a 16-12 lead going into the final bout. Lofthouse is 17-4 this season, going 13-2 in duals and 7-0 in Big Ten duals. He ends the regular season on a six-match winning streak. This is his first career Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honor. Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough (125) is the only other Iowa wrestler to earn the honor this season, picking it up Feb. 1 after wins over Northwestern and Penn State. Up next for Iowa is a trip to the 2011 Big Ten Championships. The event will be held March 5-6 at Northwestern University’s Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Tickets are available from the Northwestern University ticket office at 888-GO-PURPLE. Iowa has won 34 conference team titles, including the last three.

OREM, Utah -- North Dakota State 125-pound sophomore Trent Sprenkle (Billings, Mont./Billings HS) and Northern Iowa 125-pound senior Caleb Flores (Rosemead, Calif./Northview HS) have been named Co-Western Wrestling Conference Wrestlers of the Week after both defeated ranked foes last week. The weekly award was released Tuesday by the league. Sprenkle, ranked 19th, upset No. 13 Ben Kjar of Utah Valley on Saturday and the unranked Flores defeated Wyoming’s 15th ranked Michael Martinez on Sunday. Sprenkle jumped out to a 5-0 lead with two takedowns and an escape before Kjar even notched a point. Kjar tallied four points in the third period, but Sprenkle’s two escapes and point for riding time sealed the big 8-4 win. Sprenkle’s decision helped NDSU claim a 25-10 win over Utah Valley to finish the conference season at 3-3. The Bison grappler is 29-7 overall and 12-2 in duals. Flores ended his dual career in the Purple and Gold on a high note, by defeating the ranked Martinez and in the process helping the Panthers down No. 24 Wyoming Sunday. The senior never trailed in the match, scoring takedowns in the first and second periods and an escape in the third period to earn the 5 3 victory. The win marked the first victory over a ranked opponent for Flores this season. The conference honor is the first of the season for both Flores and Sprenkle. Since all league schools have completed their dual seasons, this will be the final WWC weekly award for the 2010-11 season. The Western Wrestling Conference, which is in its fifth year of competition, is comprised of seven schools including the Air Force Academy, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming. Other Nominees: Air Force: Jared Erickson, HWT, So., (Newton, Utah/Sky View HS) Northern Colorado: Casey Cruz, 133 pounds, Jr., (Colorado Springs, Colo./Wasson HS) Utah Valley: Justin Morrill, 141 pounds, Sr., (Logan, Utah/Mountain Crest HS) Wyoming: Patrick Martinez, 174 pounds, RFr., (Hemet, Calif./Temecula Valley HS) Final 2010-11 Western Wrestling Conference Dual Standings School Conf. Overall Northern Iowa 5-0 12-9 Wyoming 5-1 11-7 Utah Valley 3-2 5-4 Air Force 3-3 12-5 North Dakota State 3-3 10-4 Northern Colorado 1-5 2-12 South Dakota State 0-6 1-13-1 2010-11 WWC Wrestlers of the Week Nov. 16 – Cole Dallaserra (Wyoming)/Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) Nov. 24 - Cole Dallaserra (Wyoming/Flint Ray (Utah Valley) Dec. 1 - Vince Salminen (North Dakota State) Dec. 7 - Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa) Dec. 14 - Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) Dec. 21 - Shane Onufer (Wyoming) Jan. 5 - Ben Kjar (Utah Valley) Jan. 11 - Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa) Jan. 18 - Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) Jan. 25 - Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa) Feb. 1 - David Bonin (Northern Iowa)/Michael Martinez (Wyoming) Feb. 8 - Justin Morrill (Utah Valley) Feb. 15 - Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) Feb. 22 - Trent Sprenkle (North Dakota State)/Caleb Flores (Northern Iowa)

Jack Spates, head wrestling coach at the University of Oklahoma, and his son, Jeremy Spates, an assistant coach at Cornell University, will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, February 23. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:05 - 6:00 PM CST on AM 1650, The Fan. An archive of the show is available on themat.com. E-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show. Spates is in his 14th season as the head wrestling coach at the University of Oklahoma and will retire after this season. His Sooner teams have compiled a 243-77-12 dual meet record. Jeremy Spates, his son, is an assistant coach at Cornell University. Jack was an NCAA Division I All-American for Slippery Rock in 1974 and Jeremy was an All-American for Missouri in 2004. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame has a new exhibit and book coming out in March called Family Ties. Jack and Jeremy Spates will be on the program as a celebration of family traditions within the sport.

Liberty wrestling welcomes Appalachian State to the Vines Center, Tuesday evening at 6 p.m., in a dual which will serve as each team's regular-season finale before preparing for postseason tournaments. The Flames host the NCAA East Region Championship on March 6, while Appalachian State hosts its own Southern Conference Tournament on March 5. The Flames are 13-7 for their 2010-11 campaign and look to add another victory to their win total. Liberty's 13 wins are the program's most since the 2006-07 season, when head coach Jesse Castro's squad came out on top in 16 duals. Winners of seven of its last eight, Liberty's lone loss came at the hands of No. 6 Virginia Tech last Thursday evening. Despite dropping the overall dual, redshirt seniors Chad Porter and Aaron Kelley picked up impressive victories at 165 and 184 pounds, respectively. Porter knocked off the No. 14 ranked grappler in the nation, Pete Yates, with a 15-7 major decision. The series record between the programs stands in favor of Appalachian State, 7-4-3, but Liberty has been the victor in the last two meetings. Last season, Castro's squad knocked off the Mountaineers on their senior night with a 25-10 win in Boone, N.C. The Flames began with three decisions to take a quick 9-0 lead, but the Mountaineers responded, edging within 12-10 through seven bouts. Liberty closed strongly, however, taking the final three bouts. In the 2009 regular-season cap, the Flames owned the 24-18 advantage to pick up the win. The road to victory was different, however, as the Mountaineers held the lead with three bouts to go. However, the Flames rolled off three-straight victories to close out the match for the win. This year's Appalachian State squad has grappled to an 8-10-1 record, including a 2-3 mark in the Southern Conference. In tournament competition, the Mountaineers have had a similar schedule to the Flames. The Flames finished ahead of the Mountaineers in both the Keystone Classic (LU 7th, ASU 10th) and the Southern Scuffle (LU 27th, ASU 28th), while the Mountaineers bested the Flames at the Reno Tournament of Champions (ASU 13th, LU 16th). Appalachian State is coming off a 36-9 win over Davidson, where the Wildcats forfeited three weight classes due to injuries. Porter will have the opportunity to knock off another ranked grappler, as No. 18 ranked Kyle Blevins leads the way for the Mountaineers with a 33-7 mark at 165 pounds. The junior has placed in each of his tournaments this year, including a weight-class title at the Hokie Open. He brings a nine-bout win streak into the match with Liberty. Porter met Blevins on two occasions last year, taking each bout. At the Southern Scuffle, Porter earned the 2-0 decision, while in the dual meet he claimed a 4-2 sudden victory. Austin Trotman also holds a ranking at 184 pounds, as he is No. 19 in InterMat's latest poll. The redshirt junior is 25-7 this season and has rolled off victories in his last 12 bouts, including taking three wins by fall. He'll face off with another hot wrestler at 184 pounds, as the Flames' Kelley is the winner of his last eight, with four wins by fall. Savva Kostis is another 20-win grappler for the Mountaineers, boasting a 22-10 mark at 149 pounds. The junior has also had tournament success, as he's grabbed fifth-place finishes at both the Hokie Open and the Reno Tournament of Champions. Live stats for the match with Appalachian State will be available through the NWCA Live Scorebook. Updates will also be available on the LibertyFlames Twitter page. Fans wishing to track Liberty Athletics' coverage will need to "follow" the LibertyFlames page by clicking the link at the top of the page. A video stream will also be available for the match between the Flames and Mountaineers. This is offered through the Big South Network with a $3.95 charge to watch the single dual. Probable Starters for Liberty vs. Appalachian State Liberty (13-7): 125 – Robert Jillard (17-10) or Justin Branham (8-13) 133 – T. J. Mitchell (16-14) 141 – Seth Hicks (9-12) or Joe Pantaleo (6-4) 149 – Peter Crawford (7-12) or Joey Montgomery (10-11) 157 – Julian Colon (14-12) 165 – Chad Porter (19-8) 174 – Eli Sanchez (4-17) or Royal Brettrager II (10-11) 184 – Aaron Kelley (11-3) 197 – Aaron Thompson (13-12) 285 – Josh Pelletier (15-7) or Jacob Wright (0-3) Appalachian State (8-10-1, 2-3 SoCon): 125 – Tony Gravely (13-17) 133 – Brett Boston (12-15) 141 – Mike Kessler (15-16) 149 – Savva Kostis (22-10) 157 – John Blakely (8-13) 165 – Kyle Blevins (33-7) 174 – Carter Downs (4-16) 184 – Austin Trotman (25-7) 197 – Jon Hartley (1-8) 285 – Brock Durfee (0-2)

Fans of the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team came out in full force this year, making tickets to see head coach Cael Sanderson's squad compete in Rec Hall a hot commodity. The Nittany Lions averaged nearly 5,500 fans per home dual, by far the best average attendance at Penn State in two decades or more. Two of Penn State's duals sold out, with the Iowa dual on Jan. 30 selling out standing room only tickets as well. 6,686 fans packed Rec Hall for the match-up with the Hawkeyes, the largest Rec Hall sporting event crowd since enhanced fire codes capped attendance at the building in the mid-1990s. The Wisconsin dual on Feb. 18 also sold out all available seats with a solid portion of SRO tickets being sold as well. 6,311 fans watched Penn State down the Badgers 30-12 on Senior Night. Six of Penn State's seven home duals, including Iowa and Wisconsin, topped the 5,000 fan mark, including 5,527 for Penn State's win over Pittsburgh on Jan. 21. The Nittany Lions drew a total of 38,182 fans to Rec Hall for seven duals, giving Penn State a gaudy 5,455 per dual average. Final national average totals will be released in March with Penn State almost a cinch to finish second nationally, which would be the highest national finish for Penn State in decades. Below are this year's attendance figures: 2010-11 ATTENDANCE 11/14 -- LEHIGH -- 5,257 12/12 -- LOCK HAVEN -- 4,182 12/19 -- OHIO STATE -- 5,102 1/21 -- PITTSBURGH -- 5,527 1/30 -- IOWA -- 6,686 2/11 -- ILLINOIS -- 5,117 2/18 -- WISCONSIN -- 6,311 TOTAL -- 38,182 AVG(7)-- 5,455 Last year in Sanderson's first season as head coach at Penn State, the Nittany Lions averaged 4,341 fans per home dual with the highest figure a 4,883 crowd against Illinois. The figure was about 1,700 more per dual than the prior year. This year's average added over 1,000 fans per dual. In just two seasons with Sanderson at the helm, Penn State has essentially doubled its average attendance from 2,789 in 2008-09 to 5,455 this year. With tickets becoming increasingly hard to find, fans are encouraged to secure season tickets for the 2011-12 season early. Fans can make deposits on new season tickets by calling Joel Diamond 814-867-2557. Current season ticket holders will receive their renewal applications later in the summer. Current season ticket holders can add additional season tickets on their renewal forms. All new season tickets will be sold based on availability. Head coach Cael Sanderson's Nittany Lions, which closed out a 17-1-1 dual meet season (6-1-1 Big Ten) on Friday with a 30-12 win over Wisconsin, will now prep for the 2011 Big Ten Wrestling Championships on March 5-6 at Northwestern University. The two-day event is the national qualifier for the conference and begins with an 11 a.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Central) session on Saturday, March 5. The Sunday session starts at 2 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Central) with the finals airing live on the Big Ten Network at 4 p.m. Eastern (3 p.m. Central). The 2010-11 Penn State wrestling season is presented by the Family Clothesline. All Penn State events will once again air live on Forever Broadcasting's WRSC (1390 AM) and WSQV (92.1 FM). All radio broadcasts are streamed live at GoPSUsports.com as part of the All-Access package. The 2010-11 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The official brackets for the2011 NJCAA Wrestling Championship have been finalized and released. This year's championship tournament will feature 250 of the best wrestlers in the NJCAA competing for individual national titles in 10 seperate weight classes. The event will take place February 25-26 at the Spokane Convention Center in Spokane, Wash. Brackets and other tournament information can be found at http://www.nic.edu/athletics/wrestlingNationals/. Clackamas Community College (OR) is the favorite to win the team championship as they own the No. 1 ranking in the final NJCAA Wrestling Coaches Association rankings. North Idaho College is second followed by Rend Lake College (IL), Labette Community College (KS) and 2010 national champion Harper College (IL). Click here to view the final team and individual rankings of the regular season. Once the tournament gets underway, updated brackets and information will be available at http://www.nic.edu/athletics/wrestlingNationals/.

On the night American University honored the career of top-ranked Steve Fittery in his last home dual meet, the No. 8 wrestling team earned a 25-14 victory over Bucknell to set a new program record for most wins in a season. The Eagles wrapped up the dual meet portion of their schedule with a 14-7 overall mark and 3-2 in the EIWA, surpassing the previous record of 13 wins set in 2005-06. American got off to a good start as Thomas Williams picked up a 4-2 decision over Derek Reber at 125 lbs. The two went scoreless into the second period where Reber took the first lead with an escape. Williams came back to score a takedown before the period expired and then added two more points with a reversal in the third for a 4-1 lead. Reber would pull to within 4-2 with an escape but would get no closer as Williams took the victory. Bucknell bounced back with a technical fall by Alex Pellicciotti over Kevin Tao at 133 lbs., giving the Bison their only lead of the night 5-3. 14th-ranked Matt Mariacher got the Eagles back on track with a fall at 141 lbs., pinning Adam Healey to the matt just 1:57 into their bout for a 9-5 American advantage. The Bison would score another win at 149 lbs. as No. 4 Kevin LeValley earned a 9-6 decision over No. 8 Ganbayar Sanjaa. Sanjaa held an early 4-0 lead after a takedown and two back points in the first but LeValley would go on top 7-4 in the second with an escape, takedown and two sets of back points. Sanjaa scored another takedown late in the third to pull to within 7-6, but after cutting LeValley the Bison would score the final takedown for the 9-6 margin. Fittery put American in front 13-8 with an 18-7 major decision over Brantley Hooks at 157 lbs. The senior was aggressive early, taking Hooks down three times in the first for a 6-3 advantage. Fittery scored two more takedowns in the second to move the score to 10-5 and then put the match away with an escape, three takedowns and riding time advantage in the third. Patrick Graham picked up a big win for the Eagles at 165 lbs., scoring a 5-3 decision over Corey Lear to give American a 16-8 lead. Graham opened the bout with two takedowns in the first and would take a 4-2 margin into the third period. Lear brought the score to 4-3 with an escape but could not score again on Graham, and with riding time advantage the sophomore walked away with the 5-3 win. Bucknell cut its deficit to 16-14 with a pair of wins at 174 lbs. and 184 lbs. as David Thompson earned a 5-3 decision over Tanner Shaffer and Rob Waltko picked up a 13-8 decision over Thomas Barreiro. That would be as close as the Bison would get, however, as the Eagles put the dual away at the final two weights. No. 18 Daniel Mitchell gave American some breathing room with a 6-4 decision over Jay Hahn at 197 lbs. Mitchell went on top 4-1 in the first with a pair of takedowns and Hahn closed the gap to 4-2 in the second with an escape. A Mitchell escape in the third made the match 5-2 before Hahn got in for a takedown to pull to within one, 5-4. Another Mitchell escape late in the frame ensured the win for the sophomore though, 6-4. No. 3 Ryan Flores closed out the dual with a quick pin of Joe McMullan at the 1:59 mark, giving American the final 25-14 victory. Fittery remains unbeaten on the year with his team-leading 20th bonus point win of the season. He is a perfect 24-0 in 2010-11 with 12 falls, five tech-falls and three major decisions. Flores moved his record to 18-5 with eight falls, two tech-falls and two major decisions. Mariacher leads the team in wins at 27-7 and has picked up seven victories in his last eight matches. Mitchell improved his overall record to 25-6 including five straight wins while Williams now stands at 14-12. American will return to the mat in two weeks at the EIWA Championships. This year's tournament will be held in Lewisburg, Pa. at Sojka Pavillion March 5-6. Results: 125 – Thomas Williams (AU) dec. Derek Reber (BU), 4-2 133 – Alex Pellicciotti (BU) tech. fall Kevin Tao (AU), 17-1 (2:27) 141 - #14 Matt Mariacher (AU) fall Adam Healey (BU), 1:57 149 - #4 Kevin LeValley (BU) dec. #8 Ganbayar Sanjaa (AU), 9-6 157 - #1 Steve Fittery (AU) major dec. Brantley Hooks (BU), 18-7 165 – Patrick Graham (AU) dec. Corey Lear (BU), 5-3 174 – David Thompson (BU) dec. Tanner Shaffer (AU), 8-5 184 – Rob Waltko (BU) dec. Thomas Barreiro (AU), 13-8 197 - #18 Daniel Mitchell (AU) dec. Jay Hahn (BU), 6-4 HWT - #3 Ryan Flores (AU) fall Joe McMullan (BU), 1:59

Philadelphia, Pa. -- The No. 7 Rutgers wrestling team (21-2) picked up its 21st dual win of the season with a convincing 39-6 victory over Drexel. The 21 dual victories are a new program high for the Scarlet Knights, topping the previous mark of 20 set in the 2008-09 season. Joe Langel (Howell, N.J.) got the Scarlet Knights off to a quick start at 125 pounds when he earned a 9-1 major decision over Michael Gomez to give RU and early 4-0 lead. After Drexel earned a decision at 133 pounds, Rutgers regained the momentum with pins from Trevor Melde (Hewitt, N.J.) and Dave Greenwald (Union, N.J.). Following the pins by Melde and Greenwald, No. 15 Daryl Cocozzo (River Edge, N.J.) and Nick Visicaro (Long Branch, N.J.) each earned tech falls to push the RU lead to 26-3. Cocozzo’s win was the 99th of his career. Alex Caruso (Green Brook, N.J.) and Dan Rinaldi (Lodi, N.J.) kept the RU momentum going picking up a decision and a major decision, respectively. After Drexel earned a decision at 197 pounds, No. 4 DJ Russo (Netcong, N.J.) picked up his 98th career win when he pinned Jack Callender. With his 98 wins at Rutgers, Russo moves into a tie for 10th place in all-time wins at RU. The Scarlet Knights will return to action when they wrestle at the EIWA Tournament in Lewisburg, Pa. on March 5 and 6. Results: 125: Joe Langel (RU) m. dec. Michael Gomez (DU), 9-1; Rutgers leads, 4-0 133: Frank Cimato (DU) dec. Mike DeMarco (RU), 6-3; Rutgers leads, 4-3 141: Trevor Melde (RU) pins Josh Yurasits (DU), 6:04; Rutgers leads, 10-3 149: David Greenwald (RU) pins Garth Mahosky (DU), 5:23; Rutgers leads, 16-3 157: No. 15 Daryl Cocozzo (RU) t. fall Charles Aungst (DU), 17-1 (5:16); Rutgers leads, 21-3 165: Nick Visicaro (RU) t. fall TJ Laky (DU), 21-5 (5:56); Rutgers leads, 26-3 174: Alex Caruso (RU) dec. Justin Wieller (DU), 6-4; Rutgers leads, 29-3 184: Dan Rinaldi (RU) m. dec. Shawn Fausey (DU), 17-5; Rutgers leads, 33-3 197: Brandon Palik (DU) dec. Dan Hopkins (RU), 7-4; Rutgers leads, 33-6 285: No. 4 DJ Russo (RU) pins Jack Callender (DU), 3:48; Rutgers wins, 39-6

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The Virginia wrestling team won its school-record 19th match as it concluded the regular season with a 25-11 road victory over Old Dominion Sunday at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va. Spurred by the return of 141-pounder Nick Nelson (R-Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.) to the lineup, the Cavaliers won seven of 10 bouts, including the final six, to claim the team win. "Our kids have had a long season – a very long season," Virginia head coach Steve Garland said. "We have had major injuries all year and to finish a season like this with 19 wins is a testament to our guys' mental toughness and focus. I am a very proud coach tonight." ODU (7-12-1) jumped out to an early 7-0 lead by riding the backs of its two ranked wrestlers at 125 and 133 pounds. At 125 fourth-ranked James Nicholson remained unbeaten this season with a 12-3 major decision over the Cavaliers' Matt Snyder. The 133-pound match was decidedly closer, as UVa freshman Joe Spisak (Boiling Springs, Pa.) led for much of the match before succumbing, 10-8, to 12th-ranked Kyle Hutter. Spisak, on the strength of a takedown and three-point nearfall, jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first period, only to see Hutter slowly creep back in and take a third-period lead. Spisak scored an escape to tie the bout at eight, but Hutter responded with a late takedown to seal a 10-8 victory. The Cavaliers (19-7) broke through at 141 pounds, where Nelson returned to the UVa lineup after missing the past three months with an injury. Nelson improved to 7-0 this season with a 7-2 decision over ODU's Brennan Brumley. At 149 pounds ODU's Scott Festejo scored a 15-6 major decision over Dave Ebbott (Sr., Blue Bell, Pa.) to stretch the Monarchs' lead to 11-3. Virginia then won the final six weight classes. At 157 pounds Shawn Harris (R-Jr., Cleveland, Ohio) took a 7-2 lead through his match with Chad Lowman before the Monarch was forced to stop the match and take an injury default. The six points pulled UVa within 11-9. UVa took the lead when Jedd Moore (R-So., Mount Vernon, Ohio) picked up a 5-2 decision over Dan Rivera at 165 pounds. Fourth-ranked Chris Henrich (Sr., Lansdale, Pa.) won his 30th match of the season (30-1), while taking his 16th straight bout with an 8-3 decision over ODU's Tristan Warner at 174. At 184 pounds 20th-ranked Jon Fausey (R-Fr., Dalmatia, Pa.) dominated Joe Budi in a 10-2 major decision. Fausey improved to 24-7 this season. Reigning ACC Wrestler of the Week Stephen Doty (So., St. Louis, Mo.) notched his seventh straight win, earning a 8-3 win over Jacob Henderson at 197 pounds. Doty is now 25-9 this season and is second on the team to Henrich in wins. Jack Danilkowicz (R-Sr., Green Oaks, Ill.) capped the UVa win with an 8-2 decision over Grant Chapman in the heavyweight match. Danilkowicz improved to 23-12 this year. UVa will take next off before playing host to the 2011 ACC Wrestling Championship on March 5 at John Paul Jones Arena. Tickets to the event are on sale now through the Virginia Athletics Ticket Office. Results: 125: No. 4 James Nicholson (ODU) major dec. Matt Snyder (UVa), 12-3; UVa 0, ODU 4 133: No. 12 Kyle Hutter (ODU) dec. Joe Spisak (UVa), 10-8; UVa 0, ODU 7 141: Nick Nelson (UVa) dec. Brennan Brumley (ODU), 7-2; UVa 3, ODU 7 149: Scott Festejo (ODU) major dec. Dave Ebbott (UVa), 15-6; UVa 3, ODU 11 157: Shawn Harris (UVa) won by injury default over Chad Lowman (ODU); UVa 9, ODU 11 165: Jedd Moore (UVa) dec. Dan Rivera (ODU), 5-2; UVa 12, ODU 11 174: No. 4 Chris Henrich (UVa) dec. Tristan Warner (ODU), 8-3; UVa 15, ODU 11 184: No. 20 Jon Fausey (UVa) major dec. Joe Budi (ODU) 10-2; UVa 19, ODU 11 197: Stephen Doty (UVa) dec. Jacob Henderson (ODU), 8-3; UVa 22, ODU 11 285: Jack Danilkowicz (UVa) dec. Grant Chapman (ODU), 8-2; UVa 25, ODU 11

MOUNT PLEASANT -- No. 15 Central Michigan secured a share of its 12th Mid-American Conference championship in the last 13 seasons with a 20-14 victory over Kent State at McGuirk Arena on Sunday. CMU (8-8 overall), Kent State (14-6) and Ohio (10-6) all share the conference's regular season title with identical 4-1 MAC records. "I'm proud of our team," said CMU head coach Tom Borrelli. "We started seven new guys most of the year, and we wrestled an unbelievable schedule. We probably asked too much of our young team. We got beat down a little bit, but I'm proud that they hung in there and kept fighting. When it's all said and done, I think our kids are proud to be Chippewas. They're going to fight to keep the things that our alumni and former teams have earned over the years." CMU won five of Sunday's first seven bouts, but the dual was not decided until Jarod Trice, the nation's No. 2-ranked heavyweight, scored a dramatic 3-1 decision over Brendan Barlow. Trice trailed 1-0 entering the third period, but chose to start in the down position and tied the score with an escape. After having several shots defended by Barlow, Trice finally got in on a leg and scored the bout's only takedown with just five seconds remaining in regulation. "I know that I can get off bottom, and I know that once I get to my feet I can push the pace," Trice said. "When I push the pace that fast, heavyweights can't keep up. I know I can do that all the time, because that's what we practice here at Central Michigan. We do down workouts every day, and they make us sprint for those last 30 seconds, those last 15 seconds where we can get those last-second takedowns to win the match." Kent State took its only lead of the dual when No. 12 Nic Bedelyon defeated Christian Cullinan, 9-5, in the opening bout at 125 pounds. Scotti Sentes put CMU in front with a dominant 10-2 major decision over Tyler Small at 133 pounds. Sentes, ranked 11th nationally, scored the first of his three takedowns just 16 seconds into the match and built 2:44 of riding time in the first period alone. A second-period reversal helped Sentes finish with 4:28 riding time and his team-leading 26th victory of the season. The Chippewas then picked up key victories from Scott Mattingly and Donnie Corby at 141 and 149 pounds, respectively. Mattingly trailed 2-0 after being taken down early in the first period by Chase Skonieczny, but he evened the score with a reversal in the second period. Mattingly began the third period on top and rode out Skonieczny, earning a 3-2 decision that bumped CMU's lead to 7-3. "I thought the big match in the meet was Scott Mattingly's match," Borrelli said. "He got taken down right away and fought his way back and found a way to win the match. He rode his guy out the whole third period. That was probably the biggest momentum swing." At 149, Corby used a first-period takedown, second-period escape and 2:22 of riding time to defeat Marcel Clopton, 4-1. Corby's decision extended CMU's lead to 10-3. Kent State cut into the lead with a major decision at 157 pounds, but CMU senior Mike Miller followed the loss with an emotional victory at 165 pounds. Limited by injuries to just seven matches all season and competing for only the third time since December, Miller took a 2-0 lead with a takedown just 10 seconds into his final appearance at McGuirk Arena. He added a second takedown in the period and a third takedown in the second period en route to an 8-2 decision over Ross Tice. "There's a lot of pride there in that young man," Borrelli said. "For a kid to go through the things that he's gone through and still mentally be able to get himself ready to compete the way he does, he's a really special kid." Ben Bennett then stretched CMU's lead to 17-7 with a 9-1 major decision at 174 pounds. Bennett, ranked seventh nationally with a 25-5 record, took Brandonn Johnson to the mat in each of the three periods and built up 2:56 of riding time. Kent State drew within striking distance with a decision at 184 pounds and a major decision at 197 pounds; the Chippewas led 17-14 when Trice and No. 14-ranked Brendan Barlow took the mat. This marked the third straight year that a CMU-Kent State heavyweight bout decided the MAC title; Trice is 2-1 in those matches with victories each of the last two seasons. CMU is off this week before traveling to Northern Illinois for the MAC Championships March 5-6. The Chippewas have won nine straight conference tournament titles. Results: 125: No. 12 Nic Bedelyon (KSU) dec. Christian Cullinan, 9-5; KSU 3-0 133: No. 11 Scotti Sentes (CMU) maj. dec. Tyler Small, 10-2; CMU 4-3 141: Scott Mattingly (CMU) dec. Chase Skonieczny, 3-2; CMU 7-3 149: Donnie Corby (CMU) dec. Marcel Copton, 4-1; CMU 10-3 157: No. 17 Matt Cathell (KSU) maj. dec. Ryan Cubberly, 9-1; CMU 10-7 165: No. 17 Mike Miller (CMU) dec. Ross Tice, 8-2; CMU 13-7 174: No. 7 Ben Bennett (CMU) maj. dec. Brandonn Johnson, 9-1; CMU 17-7 184: Casey Newburg (KSU) dec. Craig Kelliher, 6-2; CMU 17-10 197: No. 6 Dustin Kilgore (KSU) maj. dec. Chad Friend, 15-7; CMU 17-14 285: No. 2 Jarod Trice (CMU) dec. No. 14 Brendan Barlow, 3-1; CMU 20-14

NORMAN, Okla. -- The Oklahoma State wrestling team claimed a resounding 24-9 win over Bedlam Series rival and eighth-ranked Oklahoma in McCasland Fieldhouse Sunday. The Cowboys won seven of the 10 bouts and scored 22 takedowns in the dual compared to the Sooners’ eight. Oklahoma State completed the regular season with a 15-2-1 overall record and a 6-1-0 mark in the Big 12. Oklahoma finished at 13-2-0 overall and 3-2-0 in the league, with OU’s only two losses this season both coming at the hands of the Cowboys. “This was a good win on our part. We won the tight matches,” OSU coach John Smith said. “The foundation of our program is bonus points and it was good to see two bonus-point wins in this match. It’s a good feeling.” Clayton Foster was a 19-4 technical fall winner over Keldrick Hall in 6:05 and Jordan Oliver claimed a 17-4 major decision victor over Jordan Keller to lead the way for the Cowboys, but perhaps the biggest momentum swing came when OSU freshman 125-pounder Jon Morrison picked up a 4-1 win over No. 7 Jarrod Patterson. “Clayton Foster was an offensive tornado - lots of points, lots of shots and no fear of getting taken down,” Smith said. “He looked good.” Other Cowboy wins came from Mike Benefiel, Chris Perry, Jamal Parks and Neil Erisman. Benefiel nearly missed a major decision in his 8-1 thumping of Jeff James at 174 pounds and Perry won for the 10th time in his last 11 times out when he claimed a 4-3 triumph over No. 15 Erich Schmidtke. Perry is 6-1 in his last seven bouts against ranked opponents. Erisman’s 8-4 win over Chase Nelson to end the dual put the finishing touches on an OSU win that was never really in doubt. “This is a great way to go out,” Erisman said. “We started well and we ended well. It feels really good.” The Cowboys return to action when they compete at the Big 12 Championships in Ames, Iowa on March 5. Results: 165: No. 2 Tyler Caldwell (OU) dec. No. 10 Dallas Bailey (OSU); 4-0 174: No. 14 Mike Benefiel (OSU) dec. Jeff James (OU); 8-1 184: No. 9 Chris Perry (OSU) dec. No. 15 Erich Schmidtke (OU); 4-3 197: No. 2 Clayton Foster (OSU) TF5 Keldrick Hall (OU); 19-4, 6:05 285: No. 10 Nathan Fernandez (OU) dec. Blake Rosholt (OSU); 9-2 125: No. 6 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. No. 7 Jarrod Patterson (OU); 4-1 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) MD Jordan Keller (OU); 17-4 141: No. 8 Zack Bailey (OU) dec. No. 17 Josh Kindig (OSU); 11-8 149: No. 6 Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. No. 18 Matt Lester (OU); 3-1 157: No. 15 Neil Erisman (OSU) dec. No. 11 Chase Nelson (OU); 8-4 Bout Summaries 165: No. 2 Tyler Caldwell (OU) dec. No. 10 Dallas Bailey (OSU); 4-0 Facing Oklahoma’s highest-ranked wrestler in the first bout of the dual, Cowboy freshman Dallas Bailey lost a 4-0 decision to No. 2 Tyler Caldwell. After a scoreless first period, Caldwell escaped 12 seconds into the second period to take a 1-0 lead. He followed that with a takedown later in the period and slapped a hard ride on Bailey for the remainder of the second and for the duration of the third. When his riding time point was added on, Caldwell was a 4-0 winner and he put his team up in the dual by a 3-0 score. It was the last lead the Sooners would see. 174: No. 14 Mike Benefiel (OSU) dec. Jeff James (OU); 8-1 Mike Benefiel pushed for bonus points late in his match with Jeff James, but couldn’t score one final takedown and had to settle for a still-comfortable 8-1 win over the Sooner senior who was honored prior to the dual. A Benefiel takedown in the first period was the only scoring of the period, then he followed that up by riding James out for the duration of the second period. Benefiel escaped to begin the third period and added two more takedowns to hold a 7-1 lead after three periods. His 2:31 of riding time brought the final score to 8-1. 184: No. 9 Chris Perry (OSU) dec. No. 15 Erich Schmidtke (OU); 4-3 In one of the dual’s toss-up bouts, Chris Perry was a 4-3 winner over No. 15 Erich Schmidtke. Perry bagged the first takedown of the bout just 40 seconds in and held a 3-1 lead after two periods. Schmidtke elected a neutral start to the third period and stifled a Perry shot attempt and turned it into a takedown of his own to tie the score at 3-3 with 1:10 remaining in the bout. Perry escaped quickly to regain the lead at 4-3 and Schmidtke was powerless to do anything about it for the rest of the way. 197: No. 2 Clayton Foster (OSU) TF5 Keldrick Hall (OU); 19-4, 6:05 In one of the most lopsided bouts of the season, Clayton Foster was a 19-4 technical fall winner over Keldrick Hall in 6:05. Foster scored two takedowns in the first period and simply manhandled Hall the rest of the way, adding three more takedowns and a three-point nearfall in the second period, then two more takedowns in the third period before the bout was stopped. 285: No. 10 Nathan Fernandez (OU) dec. Blake Rosholt (OSU); 9-2 Sunday’s 9-2 loss to Nathan Fernandez marked perhaps the first time this season that Cowboy freshman Blake Rosholt looked overmatched in a bout. Fernandez connected on a five-point move early in the bout and never looked back, routinely taking the action to Rosholt and finally adding a second takedown in the third period to seal his win. 125: No. 6 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. No. 7 Jarrod Patterson (OU); 4-1 Perhaps the most important win of the dual for OSU came at 125 pounds, where Jon Morrison avenged an early-season loss to No. 7 Jarrod Patterson with a 4-1 victory over the Sooner sophomore. After a scoreless first period, Patterson escaped to start the second period, but Morrison then wrapped up Patterson’s legs for a takedown and rideout with 1:12 left in the second period. Morrison got off bottom quickly to start the third period and added a riding time point to clinch his 4-1 win. 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) MD Jordan Keller (OU); 17-4 Jordan Oliver left another body in his wake when he claimed a 17-4 major decision win over Jordan Keller. Oliver bagged three takedowns in the first period, then added a three-point nearfall and a two-point nearfall in the second to hold a commanding 11-2 lead after five minutes. Oliver tacked on an escape and two more takedowns in the third period plus riding time to win, 17-4. 141: No. 8 Zack Bailey (OU) dec. No. 17 Josh Kindig (OSU); 11-8 Facing a senior returning All-American in No. 8 Zack Bailey, Cowboy freshman Josh Kindig lost a wildly entertaining 11-8 decision to the Sooner standout. The lead changed hands three times in the last 24 seconds of the bout and a total of seven points were scored by the two wrestlers in that same span. Bailey jumped on top by a 4-1 margin early, but Kindig scored a reversal late in the first period to bring the score to 4-3. A Bailey escape to start the second period was followed immediately by a Kindig takedown to deadlock the score at 5-5. Bailey shook free to hold a 6-5 edge after five minutes. Kindig escaped to start the third period, then was taken down by Bailey with 24 seconds left to fall behind, 8-6. With time ticking away, Kindig managed a reversal to tie the score at 8-8 with 11 seconds left, but Bailey quickly escaped to regain the lead, and then the Sooner shot in and bagged a takedown with four seconds left to seal his win. 149: No. 6 Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. No. 18 Matt Lester (OU); 3-1 Cowboy junior Jamal Parks once again proved that he is a difficult wrestler to beat in a close match when he scored a 3-1 win over No. 18 Matt Lester. Parks scored a takedown in the first period then applied a punishing two-minute rideout to finish of the period. He escaped quickly in the second stanza to go up, 3-0. Lester elected to go on top to start the third period and rode Parks out for the duration of the stanza, but his only point came as a result of Parks being slapped for stalling on bottom. 157: No. 15 Neil Erisman (OSU) dec. No. 11 Chase Nelson (OU); 8-4 It was fitting that an OSU senior Neil Erisman would get to put the finishing touch on the dual with an 8-4 win over No. 11 Chase Nelson. Erisman dictated the action from the start, scoring a first-period takedown, then extending his lead to 3-1 with an escape to start the second period. Nelson brought the score to 3-2 with an escape to start the third period, but that is as close as he’d get because Erisman added two more takedowns in the third period to separate the score and dash Nelson’s hopes.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa wrestling team secured its fourth Western Wrestling Conference regular season dual title with a 19-13 win over No. 24-ranked Wyoming Sunday in the West Gym. The Panthers finish the dual season with a 12-9 record and perfect 5-0 in WWC action. The Panthers won six of the ten matches with wins from Caleb Flores (125 lbs.), Joey Lazor (141 lbs.), Brett Robbins (149 lbs.), David Bonin (157 lbs.), Andy OLoughlin (197 lbs.) and Christian Brantley (285 lbs.). Flores started the match with a 5-3 upset over Wyoming’s No. 15-ranked Michael Martinez. Flores scored a pair of takedowns in the first and second periods and an escape late in the third period to secure the 5-3 win. Wyoming’s Tyler Cox knotted the team score at 3-3 with a 5-4 decision at 133 pounds. UNI answered in the next bout as Lazor scored a reversal and a takedown while building over a minute of riding time to score a 5-3 decision over Chase Smith at 141 pounds. Robbins scored the Panthers second upset win at 149 pounds, securing a 6-3 decision over No. 17-ranked Cole Dallaserra. With the match tied 2-2 heading into the third period, Robbins scored a reversal to take a 4-2 lead. Dallaserra escaped, tightening the gap to 4-3, but Robbins scored a takedown with ten seconds remaining to earn the 6-3 win. The Panthers built their lead to 12-3 after No. 19-ranked David Bonin escaped with three seconds remaining to earn an 8-7 win over Jimmy Belleville at 157 pounds. Bonin led 6-5 heading in the third period, but Belleville scored a reversal with 16 seconds left in the bout. Bonin’s escape with three seconds remaining as well as over a minute of riding time gave him the 8-7 decision. Wyoming would win the next three matches to take a 13-12 lead with two matches remaining. No. 5-ranked Joe LeBlanc just edged UNI’s No. 7-ranked Ryan Loder, scoring an escape with 17 seconds left to earn the 6-5 win at 184 pounds. OLoughlin gave the Panthers the lead for good, scoring a 10-2 major decision over Wyoming’s LJ Helbig. The senior opened the bout with a takedown and a three-point near fall to go up 5-0 after the first period. After a scoreless second period, OLoughlin scored a pair of reversals and picked up a riding time point to earn the major decision win. Christian Brantley preserved the Panther victory with a 2-1 decision over Matthew McLaughlin at the heavyweight slot. McLaughlin scored an escape in the second period, but Brantley countered with an escape of his own and earned the victory with on riding time criteria. UNI (12-9, 5-0 WWC) will have a week off before heading to Colorado Springs, Colo. for the West Regional Championships on March 6. NOTES: UNI honored eight seniors following the match including Jarion Beets, Caleb Flores, Trevor Kittleson, Brent Lambie, Nick Pickerell, Brett Robbins, Andy OLoughlin and Terrance Young. UNI’s last win over a ranked opponent came during the National Duals, scoring a 20-19 win over No. 24 Ohio State. Results: 125 Caleb Flores (UNI) dec. No. 15 Michael Martinez (WYO), 5-3 133. Tyler Cox (WYO) dec. Ryan Jauch (UNI), 5-4 141 Joey Lazor (UNI) dec. Chase Smith (WYO), 5-3 149 Brett Robbins (UNI) dec. No. 17 Cole Dallaserra (WYO), 6-3 157 No. 19 David Bonin (UNI) dec. Jimmy Belleville (WYO), 8-7 165 No. 11 Shane Onufer (WYO) maj. dec. Trevor Kittleson (UNI), 10-2 174 Patrick Martinez (WYO) dec. Brice Wolf (UNI), 10-6 184 No. 5 Joe LeBlanc (WYO) dec. No. 7 Ryan Loder (UNI), 6-5 197. Andy OLoughlin (UNI) maj. dec. LJ Helbig (WYO), 10-2 285 No. 13 Christian Brantley (UNI) dec. Matthew McLaughlin (WYO), 2-1

Lincoln, Neb. -- Wrestling in dual competition for the last time as a member of the Big 12 Conference, the No. 13 Nebraska wrestling team took down the No. 17 Iowa State Cyclones, 21-14, in the Huskers last regular season dual. The win capped off a 14-5 regular season for NU and evened its' record in Big 12 duals to 2-2. The Huskers have now won at least 14 duals in three of the past four seasons. Iowa State dropped to 9-10 on the season. Wrestling in front of 1,158 fans at the NU Coliseum, the Huskers kicked off the dual by honoring three seniors, Mike Koehnlein, Jordan Burroughs and Andy Johnson, as the Huskers celebrated Senior Day. The trio had combined for 190 career victories entering the match and four NCAA tournament bids. Nebraska fell behind after the first dual when No. 1-ranked Jon Reader (ISU) stayed undefeated on the season by defeating Caleb Kolb (NU) by major decision, 16-4, at 174 pounds. The lead wouldn't last long for ISU as junior Josh Ihnen (NU) brought the Huskers back with his 17-1 technical fall victory over Cole Shafer (ISU). No. 10 Ihnen jumped on Shafer quickly, recording a takedown and two 2-point near falls in the first period and cruised to the dominating victory. Ihnen's victory was the start of five-straight for the Huskers as they extended their lead to 17-4. Johnson (NU) ended his home career as a Husker by defeating No. 14 Jerome Ward (ISU) by decision, 5-3, at 197 pounds. No. 13 Johnson extended his lead to 5-2 in the third period with a takedown with 1:39 remaining in the match, and was able to hold off a late charge from Ward as time expired for the victory. The Yankton, S.D., native has now won eight of his last nine matches and has defeated four nationally-ranked opponents this year. After Johnson's victory, junior Tucker Lane (NU) used a reversal in the second period to take control in his 3-0 decision victory over Kyle Simonson (ISU). The Huskers then got two key victories from David Klingsheim (NU) and Ridge Kiley (NU) at 125 and 133 pounds, respectively. Klingsheim was able to hold off a late shot attempt from Brandon Jones (ISU) for his 4-3 vwin, while Kiley used a reversal and gained the riding-time advantage in the third period for his victory over Ben Cash (ISU), 3-0. ISU was able to pull within three points of the Huskers by reeling off three straight victories of their own. No. 15 Chris Drouin (ISU) took down Koehnlein by major decision at 141 pounds, while Max Mayfield (ISU) defeated Ross Grande at 149 pounds, 8-4. The Huskers last loss came at 157, where Trent Weatherman (ISU) was able to score a takedown 37 seconds into the sudden victory period against Tyler Koehn (NU). Leading by only three points, the Huskers turned to Burroughs to put the match away and the senior didn't disappoint. Wrestling in this last home dual, Burroughs defeated Chris Spangler (ISU) by major decision, 22-8, to give him his fifth-straight bonus point victory. After a scoreless first period, the two-time All-American used eight takedowns in the final two periods to secure the match. Burroughs finished the regular season with a perfect 29-0 record and a 19-0 mark in dual matches. His 62 dual victories places him in a tie for No. 5 on the all-time duals wins list with Brad Vering (1997-01) and Tolly Thompson (1993-97) .His 62-8 mark in dual matches also places him in a tie with Vering at No. 6 on the career dual winning percentage chart with an .886 clip over his career. The Huskers return to the mat for the start of postseason tournament action when they travel to Ames, Iowa to participate in the Big 12 Tournament. Seeds for the tournament will be released later this week. Check back to Huskers.com for more information on the Nebraska wrestling team. Results: 174- #1 Jon Reader (ISU) by major dec. over Caleb Kolb (NU), 16-4 (NU 0, ISU 4) 184-#10 Josh Ihnen (NU) by tech. fall over Cole Shafer (ISU), 17-1 (5:43) (NU 5, ISU 4) 197-#13 Andy Johnson (NU) by dec. over #14 Jerome Ward (ISU), 5-3 (NU 8, ISU 4) HWT-#11 Tucker Lane (NU) by dec. over Kyle Simonson (ISU), 3-0 (NU 11, ISU 4) 125-David Klingsheim (NU) by dec. over Brandon Jones (ISU), 4-3 (NU 14, ISU 4) 133-Ridge Kiley (NU) by dec. over Ben Cash (ISU), 3-0 (NU 17, ISU 4) 141-#15 Chris Drouin (ISU) by major dec. over Mike Koehnlein (NU), 13-3 (NU 17, ISU 8) 149-Max Mayfield (ISU) by dec. over Ross Grande (NU), 8-4 (NU 17, ISU 11) 157-Trent Weatherman (ISU) by sudden-victory dec. over Tyler Koehn (NU), 3-1 (NU 17, ISU 14) 165-#1 Jordan Burroughs (NU) by major dec. over Chris Spangler (ISU), 22-8 (NU 21, ISU 14) *Started at 174 pounds

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 16 Wisconsin wrestling team wrapped up its regular season slate with a 27-9 victory over Michigan State on Sunday. The Badgers won seven of the 10 bouts to earn their 11th win of the season. Highlighting the dual were three Wisconsin (11-6-1, 2-5-1 Big Ten) wins by bonus points. At 133 lbs., Tyler Graff earned a technical fall followed by an impressive victory by sophomore Shane McQuade. McQuade collected his first pin at 141 lbs. to slate the Badgers’ second victory of the day by extra points. Logging a major decision at 197 lbs., senior Trevor Brandvold tallied UW’s final bonus point-victory. Also capturing wins for Wisconsin was Tom Kelliher (125 lbs.), Ben Jordan (174 lbs.), Travis Rutt (184 lbs.) and Eric Bugenhagen (Hwt.). The Badgers opened the dual with three-straight wins to boast a 14-0 advantage over MSU (9-9-0, 1-7-0 Big Ten) heading into the fourth bout. Kelliher began the dual for the Badgers with a close 5-4 battle over Michigan State’s Eric Olanowski. The redshirt sophomore captured a takedown and an escape in the first period to lead Olanowski, who scored a two-point nearfall, 3-2, heading into the second period. Olanowski notched a takedown while Kelliher collected his second escape of the match to tie the bout at 4-4 heading into the final period. The match was still at a 4-4 deadlock at the end of the third period, but Kelliher was awarded an extra point with 2:15 of riding time to give Wisconsin a 3-0 advantage heading into 133 lbs. No. 3 Graff notched his seventh win by technical fall of the regular season at 133 lbs. to extend Wisconsin’s lead to 8-0. Graff defeated the Spartans’ Chris Lyon, 22-6 at 6:16. In the victory, the redshirt sophomore captured eight takedowns, one 3-point nearfall, one 2-point nearfall and an escape to collect 22 points while holding Lyon to all defensive points with six escapes. At 141 lbs., McQuade tallied a takedown early in the first period before pinning Michigan State’s Levi Stace at 1:21. The redshirt sophomore’s efforts helped Wisconsin extend its advantage to 14-0. The match marked McQuade’s fifth time wrestling at 141 lbs. after competing at 125 lbs. earlier in the season. Michigan State answered the Badgers’ trio of wins by collecting victories in the next three bouts. At 149 lbs., No. 20 Dan Osterman upset Wisconsin’s No. 10 Cole Schmitt to give MSU its first points of the dual. Osterman notched two takedowns in the first period to lead Schmitt, who had one escape, 4-1, heading into the second frame. The redshirt sophomore narrowed his deficit to 4-2 in the second period with another escape. Schmitt tied it up with a takedown in the third period, but with 1:11 of riding time, Osterman walked away with the 5-4 win. Redshirt freshman Shawn Perry dropped the Badgers’ second dual of the afternoon to MSU’s Sean McMurray at 157 lbs. With a takedown, an escape and 1:09 of riding time, McMurray shut out Perry, 4-0. Perry’s loss put Michigan State within nine points of the Badgers. MSU’s Nick Kacznowski wrapped up the Spartans’ 3-bout winning streak by defeating Wisconsin true freshman Ben Cox at 165 lbs. The rookie achieved one escape, but Kacnowski’s two takedowns and 4:28 of riding time dropped Cox, 5-1, and narrowed UW’s lead to 14-9. No. 14 Jordan snapped MSU’s 3-bout winning trend by defeating the Spartans’ Curran Jacobs, 8-6. Jordan logged three takedowns and two escapes and held Jacobs to just two points in each period to earn the victory. The redshirt sophomore’s efforts at 174 lbs. helped Wisconsin boast a 17-9 advantage over Michigan State heading into the last three matches. No. 3 Rutt helped the Cardinal and White in earn its 20th point of the dual by battling to a 4-1 victory at 184 lbs. The junior defeated Michigan State’s Ian Hinton, 4-1, to extend his winning streak to 18 matches. Rutt has not dropped a competition since falling in the finals of the Cliff Keen Invitational Dec. 4, 2010. At 197 lbs., Brandvold remains undefeated after earning his 11th victory of the season and the Badgers’ sixth win of the day. With 4:29 of riding time, the No. 2-ranked Badger defeated Michigan State’s Tyler Dickenson, 8-0, to give the Badgers a 15-point lead over the Spartans heading into the final bout. No. 10 Bugenhagen sealed the Cardinal and White’s 11th win of the season by defeating Michigan State’s Joseph Rizqallah, 8-4. In the victory, Bugenhagen accumulated his eight points from three takedowns, one escape and 1:03 of riding time at heavyweight. Wisconsin takes nearly two weeks off before traveling to Evanston, Ill. for the Big Ten Championships March 5-6. The Championships take place at the Welsh-Ryan Arena, home to Northwestern’s wrestling program. Results: 125: Tom Kelliher (UW) dec. Eric Olanowski (MSU), 8-4; UW leads 3-0 133: No. 3 Tyler Graff (UW) tech. fall Chris Lyon (MSU), 22-7; UW leads 8-0 141: Shane McQuade (UW) pinned Levi Stace (MSU), 1:21; UW leads 14-0 149: No. 20 Dan Osterman (MSU) dec. No. 10 Cole Schmitt (UW), 7-4; UW leads 14-3 157: Sean McMurray (MSU) dec. Shawn Perry (UW), 4-0; UW leads 14-6 165: Nick Kaczanowski (MSU) dec. Ben Cox (UW), 7-1; UW leads 14-9 174: No. 14 Ben Jordan (UW) dec. Curran Jacobs (MSU), 8-6; UW leads 17-9 184: No. 3 Travis Rutt (UW) dec. Ian Hinton (MSU), 5-1; UW leads 20-9 197: No. 2 Trevor Brandvold (UW) maj. dec. Tyler Dickenson (MSU), 8-0; UW leads 24-9 HWT: No. 10 Eric Bugenhagen (UW) dec. Joe Rizqallah (MSU), 9-4; UW wins 27-9

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- In its final meet of the dual season No. 10 Lehigh put forth a dominant performance, winning nine bouts in a 35-4 rout of Penn Sunday inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The Mountain Hawks won the final nine bouts, including four bonus point wins and three upsets of top-ten ranked Penn wrestlers. With the victory Lehigh closes the dual season at 15-6 overall and 7-1 against EIWA opponents. “I’m really pleased,” said Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro. “Penn’s a really good team and we knew that on paper there would be a lot of tight matches. We were fortunate to come out on top tonight, but as we always say, it’s about the postseason. Last year we won the dual and Penn came back and had a great conference tournament, so we have to peak in two weeks.” Lehigh honored its lone senior starter, Mitch Berger prior to the match, but Berger dropped a 12-4 major decision to Mark Rappo at 125 in the opening bout. It was the only win of the day for the Quakers, who fell to 10-6 overall and 5-2 in the EIWA. True freshmen Frank Cagnina and Stephen Dutton keyed the Lehigh run as they provided back-to-back upset wins to give Lehigh a 6-4 lead. Cagnina bounced back from a loss to Matt Fusco of Rutgers Thursday night by defeating fifth-ranked Rollie Peterkin 5-3 at 133. Cagnina chose neutral in the second after a scoreless first period and scored the first takedown of the match. He added a second takedown in the third period to secure his second win over a top-ten wrestler this season. Dutton then gave the Mountain Hawks the lead with an 8-7 decision over No. 9 Zack Kemmerer at 141. Dutton scored a takedown 19 seconds into the first period and rode Kemmerer for the remaining 2:41. Kemmerer responded with a takedown in the second period but with two escapes Dutton led 4-2. Dutton scored his second takedown in the third period and with riding time was able to hold on for a one-point victory after Kemmerer mounted a late charge with two third period takedowns. Lehigh picked up its first two bonus wins of the day to take a 16-4 lead into intermission. At 149, sophomore Joey Napoli racked up four takedowns in a 10-2 major decision over Andrew Lenzi, while junior Sean Bilodeau followed with his sixth fall of the year, putting Brad Wukie on his back for a pin in just 23 seconds. The Mountain Hawks were able to continue their momentum into the second half of the dual. Junior Brandon Hatchett concluded a strong weekend by defeating Gabe Burak 7-2 at 165. Hatchett scored to second period takedowns and reversed Burak to open the 3rd. At 174 freshman Austin Meys squared off against returning All-American Scott Giffin. After a scoreless first period Meys rode Giffin out in the second period and reversed him to take a 2-0 lead early in the third. Meys went to work from the top position and looked to turn Giffin with his quarter nelson. Giffin fought valiantly wrestling with an injured shoulder and knee, but when Meys turned him, Giffin called for injury time and defaulted at 6:04 to give Meys the win and Lehigh six more team points. Junior Robert Hamlin extended Lehigh’s lead with a 12-4 major decision over Erich Smith at 184. After a slow start Hamlin worked his way into three third period takedowns to secure the major. Lehigh’s third upset came at 197 where junior Joe Kennedy knocked off fourth ranked Micah Burak 4-3. Kennedy countered a Burak charge with a throw late in the first period and ended up on top with a takedown to lead 4-3 after one. Burak trailed 3-0 before escaping and taking down Kennedy in the third, but Burak allowed Kennedy to escape for the deciding point and Kennedy held his ground defensively in the final seconds. “Joe hasn’t really been sharp lately,” Santoro said. “To come back and beat a guy who I think is one of the best wrestlers in the country was really good for him. It was a hard fought match. Micah keeps coming and Joe’s a goer too but Joe got that throw at the end of the first period which was huge.” In the final bout of the day junior Zach Rey was challenged at times by Kyle Cowan, but scored two first period takedowns and added another in the third to win 9-2, moving his season record to 26-0. Rey is the first Lehigh wrestler to post an undefeated regular season since Troy Letters in 2005. “As a team, this is the way you want to be wrestling at the end of the year,” Santoro said. “We just have to keep this momentum going forward.” The Mountain Hawks will now shift their focus to the 107th EIWA Championships, March 5-6 at Bucknell’s Sojka Pavilion. Results: 125 – Mark Rappo (UP) major dec. Mitch Berger (LU) 14-6 133 – Frank Cagnina (LU) dec. Rollie Peterkin (UP) 5-3 141 – Stephen Dutton (LU) dec. Zack Kemmerer (UP) 8-7 149 – Joey Napoli (LU) major dec. Andrew Lenzi (UP) 10-2 157 – Sean Bilodeau (LU) pinned Brad Wukie (UP) 0:23 165 – Brandon Hatchett (LU) dec. Gabe Burak (UP) 7-2 174 – Austin Meys (LU) injury default Scott Giffin (UP) 6:04 184 – Robert Hamlin (LU) major dec. Erich Smith (UP) 12-4 197 – Joe Kennedy (LU) dec. Micah Burak (UP) 4-3 285 – Zach Rey (LU) dec. Kyle Cowan (UP) 9-2

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- On Sunday, Iowa defeated Minnesota, 19-12, to capture the Big Ten dual meet season championship and extend its unbeaten streak to 77. Iowa came out strong as No. 1 Matt McDonough used three third period takedowns to dominate Zach Sanders, 10-3, at 125 pounds. Seventh-ranked Tony Ramos kept it rolling for the Hawkeyes as he defeated No. 20 David Thorn, 7-3, at 133 to give the Hawkeyes a 7-0 lead heading into the 141-pound matchup. At 141, Iowa's Montell Marion, an NCAA runner-up last season, won a hard fought battle, 4-3, over All-American Mike Thorn to put the Hawkeyes in front 10-0. Marion's victory over Thorn evened their all-time series in college at two wins apiece. Minnesota's Danny Zilverberg put Minnesota on the board with a 5-3 win in sudden victory over Mark Ballweg at 149 pounds. Zilverberg was able to ride out Ballweg the entire third period to force sudden victory and scored the winning takedown early in the sudden victory period. At 157, Iowa's Derek St. John gave up an early takedown before cruising to a 20-8 major decision victory over Matt Mincey, which put the Hawkeyes up 13-3 heading into the intermission. No. 12 Cody Yohn came out strong for the Gophers after intermission, picking up a 6-4 victory over No. 13 Aaron Janssen to cut the deficit to 13-6. Yohn scored three nearfall points in the second period, which proved to be the difference in the match. Minnesota's Scott Glasser, who is ranked 15th, trailed 3-0 in the third period, but came back to defeat 11th-ranked Ethen Lofthouse, 7-5. Glasser used two takedowns and three nearfall points in the third period to pull out the victory. Freshman Kevin Steinhaus, who is ranked eighth, made it three victories in a row for the Gophers as he came from behind to edge 11th-ranked Grant Gambrall, 5-4, at 184 pounds. Like Glasser, Steinhaus trailed 3-0 in the third period, but found a way to win. With the victory, Steinhaus improved to 28-8. With Iowa leading 13-12, Hawkeye Luke Lofthouse picked up perhaps the biggest victory of the dual meet as he upset fourth-ranked Sonny Yohn, 7-4, at 197 pounds. Lofthouse pushed the pace on Yohn and was able to pick up two takedowns in the third period. Lofthouse's victory put the Hawkeys up 16-12 going into the heavyweight match. At heavyweight, Iowa's Blake Rasing, who is ranked 15th, needed just one takedown to defeat No. 8 Tony Nelson, 4-2. With the win, Iowa finished its season with a dual meet record of 15-0-1, while Minnesota fell to 15-4-1. Both teams will now prepare for the 2011 Big Ten Championships. The event will be held March 5-6 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois. InterMat will be providing coverage of the event. Results: 125: No. 1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. No. 5 Zach Sanders (Minnesota), 10-3 133: No. 7 Tony Ramos (Iowa) dec. No. 20 David Thorn (Minnesota), 7-3 141: No. 3 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. No. 2 Mike Thorn (Minnesota), 4-3 149: Danny Zilverberg (Minnesota) dec. Mark Ballweg (Iowa), 5-3 SV 157: No. 7 Derek St. John (Iowa) maj. dec. Matt Mincey (Minnesota), 20-8 165: No. 12 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) dec. No. 13 Aaron Janssen (Iowa), 6-4 174: No. 15 Scott Glasser (Minnesota) dec. No. 11 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa), 7-5 184: No. 8 Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota) dec. No. 11 Grant Gambrall (Iowa), 5-4 197: No. 8 Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) dec. No. 4 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota), 7-4 285: No. 15 Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. No. 8 Tony Nelson (Minnesota), 4-2 Photos (The Guillotine) Post-Meet Interviews Tom Brands On the way the team performed ... On whether there was concern after losing the match at 184 ... On Matt McDonough's performance at 125 ... On whether he expects Tony Ramos to be the No. 1 seed at Big Ten Championships ... On whether Montell Marion gets up more for the big matches in big dual meets ... On how big Luke Lofthouse's win was at 197 ... On the importance of the Big Ten dual meet title ... On whether the feeling is different heading into postseason not being No. 1 team ... Matt McDonough On getting things started with a dominating win ... On what he took from his victory over Brandon Precin on Jan. 28 ... On whether he feels the Big Ten champion at 125 will get No. 1 seed at NCAAs despite having a loss ... On whether the feeling is different heading into postseason not being No. 1 team ... On whether he has had to take more of a leadership role this season ... On whether he expected Tony Ramos to do this well this soon ... Tony Ramos On the way he felt he performed ... On whether he took anything from his previous battles in high school with David Thorn ... On whether he feeds off Matt McDonough in dual meets ... On whether the season has gone like he thought it would ... On whether he sees himself as a small 133-pounder ... On whether he feels that he'll be the No. 1 seed at Big Ten Championships ... Montell Marion On the way he felt he performed ... On whether he has a specific game plan when he faces Mike Thorn ... On whether he's angry or has a chip on his shoulder after all that has transpired ... On whether there is more excitement facing Minnesota ... On how eager he is to get another shot at Kellen Russell ... On whether the feeling is different heading into postseason not being No. 1 team ... On his season being short ... On why people were surprised by how hard he was going in the third period against Andrew Alton ... On not having Doug Schwab on the coaching staff this season ... J Robinson On whether there was a discussion about not starting at 125 to avoid Iowa getting early momentum ... On what Mike Thorn needs to do to beat Montell Marion ... On Scott Glasser's win ... On the importance of getting Tony Nelson to attack more ... On whether the dual meet played out similar to what the coaching staff expected ... On being honored ... On whether there is mutual respect between Minnesota and Iowa ... Scott Glasser On his thoughts at intermission ... On his health ... On whether his mentality is different this season heading into the postseason ... On the coaching staff's message at intermission ... On watching Sonny Yohn lose ... On whether he thought about it being his last home dual meet ... On the coaching staff's message after the dual meet ... On what needs to be done before Big Ten Championships ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy wrestling team won seven of the 10 bouts, including the last four to secure a 24-9 victory over arch rival Army in the annual Star Match held Saturday evening at Christl Arena in West Point. While the Midshipmen now own a 45-5-5 series advantage, the rout marked Navy’s 11th-straight win over its service academy rival. “We didn’t wrestle our best tonight, but we still won and I’m proud of our team,” said Navy head coach Bruce Burnett, who is 11-0 against the Black Knights since his arrival in Annapolis. “There were a bunch of close matches and we hung on to win most of them. I know how important this rivalry is to both schools so for us to get another win against Army it’s a great honor for the men and women of the Navy and Marine Corps, the Naval Academy and especially our team.” Navy built an early 11-0 lead after taking the first three matches of the evening, including the opening bout featuring sophomore Oscar Huntley (Stafford, Va.) who bumped up to 197 pounds in the last three weeks. Huntley, who placed second at the All-Academy Championship two weeks ago, faced Army’s Orion Ross in what was his first-collegiate dual at the heavier weight class. Huntley, who had previously wrestled at 174 pounds, had little trouble against Ross, who gave Navy’s Scott Steele a good battle in last year’s dual. Huntley scored the major decision, 15-6, to put the Mids on top 4-0. Making his Army-Navy Star Match debut was sophomore Dan Miller (Berlin, Md.) who carried on the Mids’ success at heavyweight by way of an 11-4 victory over Army junior Daniel Mills. Meanwhile, junior Aaron Kalil (Salem, N.H.) pushed the Mids’ lead to 11-0 by manhandling Black Knights junior Travis Coffey, who came into the match with a 17-10 overall record and a 6-2 dual mark this season. Kalil stymied Coffey, 8-0, to improve to 2-0 in Star Matches during his career. Army tried mounting a comeback beginning at 133 pounds with second-year standout Jordan Thome dealing Navy senior Allen Stein (Portland, Maine) a 7-2 loss. Thome’s older brother Casey improved to a team-best 26-9 on the year at 141 pounds thanks to a 7-3 win over the Mids’ Dustin Haislip (Inwood, W.Va.). Then it was sophomore Daniel Young’s turn, as he dealt Navy freshman Joe Locksmith (Kissimmee, Fla.) a 5-1 loss at 149 pounds. Not only was Locksmith wrestling up a weight class, it was his first appearance on the mat since the Reno Tournament of Champions back in mid-December. Just over halfway through the dual and holding a narrow 11-9 advantage, Burnett turned to team captain Bryce Saddoris (Spring Creek, Nev.) to get the Mids back on track. Ranked ninth nationally, Saddoris would have a rematch of the championship bout at the All-Academy Championship just two weeks ago. He scored a 5-2 win over Jimmy Rafferty to win his third All-Academy Championship title and he claimed an 8-4 victory over Rafferty Saturday evening to secure his third win in the Star Match series. “The Army-Navy match is easily the dual we prepare the most for and look forward to the most as a team,” said Saddoris. “Because the rivalry has such deep roots, Coach Burnett takes the time to make sure we are as prepared as we possibly can be going into the match. A win is sweet and I’m proud to graduate having won all four years.” While the win pushed Navy’s match advantage to 14-9, it was also of historic proportions. The victory marked Saddoris’ 141st win of his career, tying Matt Stolpinski’s school record for wins which was set in 2008. “To think about all of the great wrestlers that came before me and all of their accomplishments, I feel so honored to be in their company,” said Saddoris following the conclusion of the match. “I’ve never been one to look at records, instead all I have wanted to do is concentrate on the things I should be doing and getting better. “It means a great deal to me that the person I’m tied with is Matt Stolpinski, who was my team captain my plebe year,” added Saddoris. “I remember Stoli saying, ‘if anyone breaks that record, I want it to be you.’ I’ve put in my time and I’ve put a lot of work into it, but I need to keep my head on straight the next month and finish out the season by accomplishing the goals that I’ve set forth.” Saddoris, who improved to 31-5 with his win over Rafferty, is the only wrestler in school history to win at least 30 matches in each of his four years. He won 35 matches as a freshman, 43 as a sophomore and 32 as a junior. Moving on to the 165-pound bout, sophomore Mason Bailey (Fairmont, W.Va.) also made the most of his first appearance in an Army-Navy Star Match, clipping Army freshman Alex Smith by a 5-3 count. Navy went on to clinch the match in the second-to-last bout thanks to a 3-1 win by senior Matt DeMichiel (Whitesboro, N.Y.). The 174-pound DeMichiel wrestled in the Army-Navy dual his sophomore year and scored a victory for the Mids, but missed out on last year’s dual after suffering a season-ending leg injury just weeks before. He and the rest of Navy’s senior class, however, will graduate in May having never lost a dual match to the Black Knights. Although the match had already been decided, Navy junior Luke Rebertus (Gloucester, Va.) went out and wrestled his match with one thing on his mind - gaining bonus points. Rebertus had little trouble in cruising to a major decision over freshman Wil Brown, 11-3, at 184 pounds. Navy will use the next two weeks to prepare for the 107th EIWA Championship which will be held at Bucknell on March 5 and 6. Results: 197 – Oscar Huntley (N) wins by major dec Orion Ross (A), 15-6 4-0 HWT – Dan Miller (N) wins by dec Daniel Mills (A), 11-4 7-0 125 – Aaron Kalil (N) wins by major dec Travis Coffey (A), 8-0 11-0 133 – Jordan Thome (A) win by dec Allen Stein (N), 7-2 11-3 141 – Casey Thome (A) win by dec Dustin Haislip (N), 7-3 11-6 149 – Daniel Young (A) win by dec Joe Locksmith (N), 5-1 11-9 157 – #6 Bryce Saddoris (N) wins by dec Jimmy Rafferty (A), 8-4 14-9 165 – Mason Bailey (N) wins by dec Alex Smith (A), 5-3 17-9 174 – Matt DeMichiel (N) wins by dec Collin Wittmeyer (A), 3-1 20-9 184 – #11 Luke Rebertus (N) wins by major dec Wil Brown (A), 11-3 24-9

Edinboro, Pa. -- The No. 22-ranked Pitt wrestling team claimed its second consecutive EWL dual season title, defeating Edinboro, 19-16, Saturday at McComb Fieldhouse. Both teams claimed five bouts each, but the Panthers added four bonus points to the Fighting Scots one. The win marks the 12th consecutive conference match victory for the Panthers, who have now finished the past two seasons with a perfect 6-0 record in the EWL. �I�m really proud of our guys for the effort they�ve put in all season,� Pitt Head Coach Rande Stottlemyer said following the match. �These guys took things one match at a time and worked hard to get to where we are now.� Sophomore Anthony Zanetta (125) got the Panthers off to a 6-0 start with his first pin of the season just 3:18 into the match. Zanetta led 8-3 at the time of the fall. Edinboro cut the deficit to three with a tightly contested 5-3 decision. In the third bout of the night, redshirt junior Tyler Nauman (141) put the Panthers back up six points with a 1-0 decision. Nauman earned an escape in the second period to record the only point of the match. The Fighting Scots took the 149 match with a final second takedown to score a decision, pulling the match back to within three points. In a thrilling matchup at 157-pounds, redshirt sophomore Donnie Tasser scored two takedowns in the final period, including the eventual winner with less than 15 seconds remaining. Tasser took the decision, 7-5. Redshirt junior Ethan Headlee (165) used 4:22 of riding time en route to a 10-1 major decision. The Waynesburg native used two takedowns while adding two back points to increase the Pitt lead to 10 points. Edinboro rebounded to take the next three bouts and even the score. The lone bonus point came in the 184 match, with the Fighting Scots� Chris Honeycutt picking up the major decision. Honeycutt is currently ranked first in the nation at 184. In his final dual match as a Panther, redshirt senior Ryan Tomei closed out the match in dramatic fashion with a team clinching 3-0 decision. With the dual season complete, the Panthers will now prepare for the EWL Championships on Mar. 6 in Bloomsburg, Pa. Results: 125: Anthony Zanetta (Pitt) FALL (3:18) Bijan Banks (Edinboro) 6-0 Pitt 133: Eric Morill (Edinboro) dec. Shelton Mack (Pitt), 5-3 6-3 Pitt 141: No. 8 Tyler Nauman (Pitt) dec. Kasey Davis (Edinboro), 1-0 9-3 Pitt 149: No. 18 Torsten Gillespie (Edinboro) dec. Dane Johnson (Pitt), 8-7 9-6 Pitt 157: Donnie Tasser (Pitt) dec. Johnny Greisheimer (Edinboro), 7-5 12-6 Pitt 165: Ethan Headlee (Pitt) maj. dec. Ethan Saylor (Edinboro), 10-1 16-6 Pitt 174: Chris Hrunka (Edinboro) Adam Counterman (Pitt), 4-1 16-9 Pitt 184: No. 1 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) No. 18 Max Thomusseit (Pitt), 11-2 16-13 Pitt 197: Shawn Fendone (Edinboro) dec. Phil Sorrentino (Pitt), 1-0 16-16 tie 285: No. 7 Ryan Tomei (Pitt) dec. Ernest James (Edinboro), 3-0 19-6 Pitt

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Four victories by fall and a sweep of ten bouts gave the West Virginia wrestling team a 46-0 victory over Cleveland State on Saturday night at the WVU Coliseum. With the win, WVU improves to 9-6 for the year and 4-2 in the Eastern Wrestling League while the Vikings fall to 3-13, 0-6 in the EWL. “We treat each opponent the same,” says WVU coach Craig Turnbull. “We preach that the next one in front of us is the most important one. You have to treat each opponent the same and I think we did a good job with that tonight.” Sophomore No. 21 Shane Young gave the team three points with a 6-1 decision over Cleveland State’s Ben Willeford. Young had two takedowns in the match with an escape and 2:05 of riding time for the win. WVU redshirt freshman No. 13 Nathan Pennesi increased the lead to 7-0 with a 15-4 major decision over CSU’s Nick Flannery. Pennesi had seven near-fall points, two takedowns and a reversal in the match along with riding time. West Virginia then earned two consecutive victories by fall as freshman Michael Morales earned a pin in 1:58 over CSU’s Josh Palivoda while redshirt senior No. 20 Brandon Rader added another in 4:52 over Viking Lawrence Cavello. The victories increased the Mountaineer lead to 19-0 after four bouts. Morales had a takedown before the fall while Rader had two takedowns and three near-fall points before the victory. At 157 pounds, WVU’s redshirt junior Ryan Goodman earned his third major decision of the year with an 11-3 win over CSU’s Matt Donohoe to increase the team lead to 23-0. Goodman had three takedowns, a reversal and two near-fall points along with 2:46 of riding time in the win. Redshirt senior No. 20 Donnie Jones added four points for the team with a 15-4 major decision over CSU’s No. 29-ranked Robbie Michaels. Jones has now won nine matches in a row and six consecutive EWL bouts to go a perfect 6-0 during the EWL dual meet season heading into the EWL Championships. “Donnie’s match was critical for us,” Turnbull says. “Their guy (Michaels) had beaten a ranked Ethan Headlee from Pitt and has a good record this season. Donnie put it on him very well and it was a nice way for Donnie to go out. It was very fitting for both Donnie and (Brandon) Rader to get wins tonight for the final time at home.” Alex Meade increased the WVU lead to 30-0 with a 13-6 decision over Aric Thurn of Cleveland State. Meade had five takedowns in the bout and a reversal in the match. WVU’s No. 20 Matt Ryan quickly provided the team with another six points following a victory by fall in just 43 seconds over CSU’s Corbin Boone to increase the lead to 36-0. Senior Kyle Rooney added another fall over CSU’s Nick Anthony in 3:32 to give the team a 42-0 margin with one bout remaining. Heavyweight Philip Mandzik assured a sweep with an 18-10 major decision over CSU’s Chris Weber. Mandzik scored eight takedowns in the final two periods with two escapes early on while allowing two takedowns and five escapes. “No one outworks Philip,” Turnbull says. “He might not be the most athletic guy in the room, but he gives it his all every time out. If he loses to a guy, he’ll say, ‘I can get him next time.’ You have to love that attitude.” The Mountaineers next compete at the EWL Championships on March 6 in Bloomsburg, Pa. Results: 125: No. 21 Shane Young (So., 26-7) dec. Ben Willeford (Fr., 10-20), 6-1 3-0 133: No. 13 Nathan Pennesi (r-Fr., 23-5) maj. dec. Nick Flannery (Fr., 12-17), 15-4 7-0 141: Michael Morales (Fr., 15-10) won by fall Josh Palivoda (Jr., 6-17), 1:58 13-0 149: No. 20 Brandon Rader (r-Sr., 12-8) won by fall Lawrence Cavello (Jr., 12-19), 4:52 19-0 157: Ryan Goodman (r-Jr., 12-15) maj. dec. Matt Donohoe (Fr., 12-16), 11-3 23-0 165: No. 20 Donnie Jones (r-Sr., 17-3) maj. dec. No. 29 Robbie Michaels (Sr., 20-8), 15-4 27-0 174: Alex Meade (r-So., 5-2) dec. Aric Thurn (So., 9-18), 13-6 30-0 184: No. 20 Matt Ryan (r-Jr., 17-6) won by fall Corbin Boone (Fr., 5-18), 0:43 36-0 197: Kyle Rooney (Sr., 9-10) won by fall Nick Anthony (So., 4-18), 3:32 42-0 HWT: Philip Mandzik (Jr., 9-17) maj. dec. Chris Weber (So., 7-19), 18-10 46-0

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Columbia wrestling team won seven bouts, including four by major decision as it defeated Brown 24-9 in Providence R.I. After the weekend sweep, the Lions finish the dual portion of its season 9-6 overall, and 3-2 in the Ivy League. Columbia jumped out to a 7-0 lead with wins at 125 and 133 pounds. Penn Gottfried got things started for the Lions with a 5-3 decision over T.J. Popolizio, and Kyle Gilchrist followed that up with with a12-3 major decision over Billy Waterson. Grant Overshier snapped Columbia's run when he narrowly edged Josh Houldsworth 2-0 at 141 pounds, but the Lions bounced back to win the next three. Steve Santos had a major decision over Giusseppi Lanzi, defeating him 9-1 at 149 pounds. His classmate Jake O'Hara followed that with an 8-2 victory over Patrick LuBuz at 157 pounds before 165-pounder Eren Civan downed Dave Foxen 7-4 to put Columbia ahead 17-3. The Bears cut their deficit to eight with back-to-back wins at 174 and 184 to make it 17-9, but that was as close as the home team came as the Lions won the final two matches of the afternoon. Mike Pushpak dominated Brandon Shull at 197 pounds, defeating him 20-9. Kevin Lester pushed his win-streak to 15 with a 12-3 major decision over Tyler Cowman to close out the match. Columbia will have a week off from competition in order to prepare for the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships set for March 5-6 at Bucknell. Results: 125 - Penn Gottfried (C) dec. T.J. Popolizio, 5-3 133 - Kyle Gilchrist (C) major dec. Billy Waterson, 12-3 141 - Grant Overcashier (B) dec. Josh Houldsworth, 2-0 149 - Steve Santos (C) major dec. Giuseppi Lanzi, 9-1 157 - Jake O'Hara (C) dec.Patrick LuBuz, 8-2 165 - Eren Civan (C) dec. Dave Foxen, 7-4 174 - Jeff Lemmer (B) dec. Stephen West, 4-2 184 - Ziad Kharbush (B) dec. Nick Mills, 3-2 197 - Mike Pushpak (C) major dec. Brandon Shull, 20-9 Hwt. - Kevin Lester (C) major dec. Tyler Cowman, 12-3

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The University of Maryland wrestling team earned a combined 10 wins by pin and technical fall as it clinched second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with dual wins on the road against Duke and North Carolina State Saturday. “Today was a great day,” said head coach Kerry McCoy. “The guys wrestled well and looked great. We scored a lot of bonus points which is important at this time. I am very proud of them.” McCoy and the Terps (15-4, 4-1 ACC) started Saturday’s conference swing in Durham, N.C. against the Blue Devils (2-6-1, 0-5 ACC) in dominating fashion. After Shane Gentry and Lou Ruland each won by forfeit, Maryland grapplers earned five consecutive wins by pin fall. No. 17 Jon Kohler, Ben Dorsay, No. 3 Josh Asper and No. 19 Mike Letts all pinned their opponents within the first three minutes of the opening period. Corey Peltier and Christian Boley earned decisions at 184 pounds and heavyweight, respectively, to close out the 48-0 Terrapin shutout, the team’s first of the season. Riding the momentum from the squad’s afternoon dominance, the Terps traveled down Tobacco Road to Raleigh to challenge the NC State Wolfpack (9-10, 1-4). Coming off wins by forfeit, Gentry and Ruland used their fresh legs to rack up bonus points for the Terps in the first two matches thanks to 16-0 and 22-7 technical falls. In the 141-pound match, Kohler trailed NC State’s Darius Little late in the third before using an escape in the final 60 seconds and the one-point riding time advantage to force overtime. Twenty seconds into bonus time, Kohler successfully executed a takedown to earn the two-point win. After Darrion Caldwell, the nation’s top-ranked wrestler at 149 pounds, earned the technical fall over Dex Lederer, Maryland countered with 14th-ranked John’s 8-4 decision over Colton Palmer. Asper and Letts each scored at least 20 points against NC State’s Nijel Jones and Colin Genthert to pick up technical falls and increase the Terrapin lead to 29-5. Boley and Spencer Myers pitched in a pair of decisions giving Maryland 18 combined match victories and the team’s fourth conference win in 2011. The Terps have now earned at least four ACC wins in five of their last six seasons. McCoy and the Terps return home Sunday to honor their senior class against winless George Mason at 1 p.m. in the Comcast Pavilion. Due to the men’s basketball game against North Carolina State at 5:30 p.m., all wrestling fans seeking parking on Sunday should park in Lot 4b behind the Comcast Center. Maryland 48, Duke 0 125- Shane Gentry (MD) wins by forfeit (6-0) 133- Lou Ruland (MD) wins by forfeit (12-0) 141- No. 17 Jon Kohler (MD) fall over Mike Bell, 2:23 (18-0) 149- Ben Dorsay (MD) fall over Andrew Guardado, 2:38 (24-0) 157- No. 14 Kyle John (MD) fall over Ryan Harding, 3:27 (30-0) 165- No. 3 Josh Asper (MD) fall over Willy Mello, 2:48 (36-0) 174- No. 19 Mike Letts (MD) fall over Brett Klopp, 2:40 (42-0) 184- Corey Peltier (MD) dec. Diego Bencomo, 8-6 (45-0) 197- No match HWT- Christian Boley (MD) dec. Andrew Fulk, 4-2 (48-0) Maryland 35, NC State 5 125- Shane Gentry (MD) tech. fall over Michael Moreno, 16-0 [6:53] (5-0) 133- Lou Ruland (MD) tech. fall over George Hovis, 22-7 [6:00] (10-0) 141- No. 17 Jon Kohler dec. Darius Little, 4-2 SV (13-0) 149- No. 1 Darrion Caldwell (NCSU) tech. fall over Dex Lederer, 15-0 [3:30] (13-5) 157-No. 14 Kyle John (MD) dec. Colton Palmer, 8-4 (16-5) 165- No. 3 Josh Asper (MD) tech. fall over Nijel Jones, 20-4 [3:44] (21-5) 174- No. 19 Mike Letts (MD) tech. fall over Colin Genthert, 21-6 [6:31] (26-5) 184- Corey Peltier (MD) dec. Quinton Godley, 11-4 (29-5) 197- Christian Boley (MD) dec. KaRonne Jones, 9-4 (32-5) HWT- Spencer Myers (MD) dec. Eloheim Palma, 5-2 (35-5)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Big Red wrestling team won its ninth-straight Ivy League title on Saturday afternoon with a 40-9 victory over Harvard at the Malkin Athletic Center. Cornell won eight out of 10 bouts including pins by Mike Grey (133), Justin Kerber (165), Mack Lewnes (174) and Cam Simaz (197). The Big Red completes its Ancient Eight record with a perfect 5-0 mark, and Cornell finishes 13-1 overall. At 125 pounds, No. 10 Frank Perrelli faced Steven Keith. After a scoreless first period, Keith held a 2-1 advantage after scoring two back points. Perrelli notched a takedown in the third period to send the bout into overtime. Neither wrestler scored in sudden victory. In the second tiebreakers, Keith escaped from his opening down position for a point that would win the bout, 4-3. At 133 pounds, No. 5 Grey held a 5-0 lead with a takedown and three back points before he pinned Fermin Mendez in 1:50. Senior Corey Manson won by forfeit at 141 pounds for Cornell. No. 2 Dake faced Joe Marino at 149 pounds. Dake immediately took down his opponent off the whistle and added two quick back points in the first period. Marino chose to start the second at neutral, and Dake added two more takedowns in the period. Dake reversed his opponent to start the third and with 4:48 in riding time won an 11-1 major decision. After a scoreless first period at 157 pounds, No. 11 DJ Meagher was awarded a point in the second period when No. 6 Walter Peppelman locked his hands. Peppelman chose to start the third period down and escaped. Peppelman took down Meagher late in the period and turned him to win by fall in 6:30. At 165 pounds, No. 4 Kerber quickly took down Erik Gobbo. The Big Red wrestler immediately worked to turn him and won by fall in 53 seconds. No. 3 Lewnes wrestled Ian Roy at 174 pounds. Lewnes took a 5-0 advantage into the second period with a takedown and three back points. Lewnes escaped to open the second period. The Big Red senior took down Roy and pinned him in 4:18. At 184 pounds, freshman Michael Alexander faced Cameron Croy. Alexander took down Croy in the first period, but his opponent escaped. Croy took down Alexander in the second period, but the Cornell rookie escaped to be down by one. Alexander quickly escaped to open the third period to tie the match at 4-4. With 45 seconds left in the match, Alexander took down Croy to win a 6-4 decision. No. 1 ranked Simaz earned two takedowns against Bryan Panzano before there was 20 seconds off the clock in the first period. Simaz added another takedown before pinning his opponent in 44 seconds. At heavyweight, Stryker Lane and Andrew Knapp were scoreless after the first period. Knapp chose down to start the second period, but was unable to escape. Lane quickly escaped to start the third period. Lane took down Knapp, and with 2:13 in riding time won a 4-0 decision. Cornell will return to action March 5-6 for the EIWA Tournament at Bucknell University. Results: 125: Steven Keith (Harvard) dec. No. 10 Frank Perrelli, 4-3 TB2 133: No. Mike Grey (Cornell) win by fall Fermin Mendez, 1:50 141: Corey Manson (Cornell) win by forfeit 149: No. 2 Kyle Dake (Cornell) maj. dec. Joe Marino, 11-1 157: No. 6 Walter Peppelman (Harvard) win by fall No. 11 DJ Meagher, 6:30 165: No. 4 Justin Kerber (Cornell) win by fall Erik Gobbo, 0:53 174: No. 3 Mack Lewnes (Cornell) win by fall Ian Roy, 4:18 184: Michael Alexander (Cornell) dec. Cameron Croy, 6-4 197: No. 1 Cam Simaz (Cornell) win by fall Bryan Panzano, 0:44 HWT: Stryker Lane (Cornell) dec. Andrew Knapp, 4-0

Princeton, NJ -- Zach Clemente, Tyler Banks and P.J. Gillespie each recorded wins by fall to lead the Hofstra Pride to a 33-11 victory over the Princeton Tigers at Dillon Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. Hofstra, which won its fourth straight match and ninth in the last 10 matches, improves to 13-4-1. The Tigers fall to 4-12-0. The Pride, which captured eight of the 10 matches, won the first four matches of the contest to take a 15-0 lead. Starting at 125 pounds, sophomore Steve Bonanno won his fourth straight match with a 3-2 decision, on the riding time point, over 18th-ranked Garrett Frey to improve to 21-10. Fourth-ranked senior Lou Ruggirello (25-3), who won his 11th straight match, posted more than five minutes of riding time in a 9-3 victory over Richard Krop at 133 pounds. Junior Vince Varela improved to 18-11 on the season with an 8-3 decision over Zachary Bintliff at 141. Clemente, who notched his first pin of the season at 149 pounds to improve to 13-12 on the year, led 8-0 in the match with Gregory Ott before pinning him at the 4:32 mark of the contest. Princeton got on the board at 157 where Daniel Kolodzik posted a 16-0 tech fall win over Pride sophomore Matt Spataro (7-15), who moved up a class from 149 pounds to cut the deficit to 15-5. But sophomore Tyler Banks (18-14), who moved up a class to 165 from his usual 157, pinned Seth Hazleton in 2:58 at 165 and junior P.J. Gillespie, who bumped up to 174 from 165, pinned Andrew Lowry in 4:32 to improve to 23-6 on the year and boost the Pride lead to 27-5. The Tigers closed the gap by six at 184 as Michael Erdman pinned sophomore Pat Murphy (0-9) in 1:56. Murphy was filling in for Ben Clymer, who was sitting out the match after being slightly injured in the Pride’s match against Rider last Wednesday. Hofstra closed out the match with decision victories by freshman Matt Loew (12-21), who won his fourth straight match at 197 pounds with a 7-5 victory over Daniel Santoro, and sophomore Paul Snyder (21-14) edged Charles Fox, 3-2 on the riding time point at 285 pounds. The Pride close out their regular season dual match schedule on Tuesday, February 22 when they host the Black Knights of Army at the Mack Sports Complex in the make-up of the postponed (snow) January 26th contest. Match time is 7 p.m. Results: 125 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra ) DEC Garrett Frey (Princeton ) 3 - 2 133 Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra ) DEC Richard Krop (Princeton ) 9 - 3 141 Vicente Varela (Hofstra ) DEC Zachary Bintliff (Princeton ) 8 - 3 149 Zach Clemente (Hofstra ) FALL Gregory Ott (Princeton ) 4:32 157 Daniel Kolodzik (Princeton ) TF5 Matt Spataro (Hofstra ) 16 - 0 ( (5:10)) 165 Tyler Banks (Hofstra ) FALL Seth Hazleton (Princeton ) 2:58 174 Paul Gillespie (Hofstra ) FALL Andrew Lowy (Princeton ) 4:32 184 Michael Erdman (Princeton ) FALL Pat Murphy (Hofstra ) (1:56) 197 Matt Loew (Hofstra ) DEC Daniel Santoro (Princeton ) 7 - 5 285 Paul Snyder (Hofstra ) DEC Charles Fox (Princeton ) 3-2

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thanks to five bonus-point victories, the Bucknell wrestling team won its season-best third straight match on Saturday as it defeated Brown 31-7 at the Pizzitola Sports Center. The Bison recorded four major decisions and one pin in the victory. Bucknell (7-10, 2-4 EIWA) has defeated Lock Haven, Army and now Brown in succession, claiming each match by double figures. The Bison have won eight consecutive February duals heading into Sunday evening’s matchup with No. 8 American. Brantley Hooks (Spartanburg, S.C./James F. Byrnes), Corey Lear (Orangeville, Pa./Benton Area), Jay Hahn (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) and Joe McMullan (Easton, Pa./Wyoming Seminary) each posted a major decision for Bucknell. With his major decision victory, Hooks extended his personal winning streak to six, while Lear has now won three bouts in a row. Hahn also owns a three-bout winning streak, while McMullan has two consecutive wins. Kevin LeValley (Hugo, Colo./Limon) posted an 8-4 decision at 149 pounds. It was career win No. 118 for LeValley, who moved into a tie for second in program history with Bobby Ferraro. LeValley has won seven consecutive bouts since his lone loss of the year. He is now 25-1 this season and has won 13 consecutive EIWA duals. Derek Reber (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) got the match off to a good start with a 2-1 decision at 125 pounds. It marked his third straight win and improved his EIWA career dual record to 10-4. Freshman Alex Pellicciotti (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area) posted the only pin of the match as it took him just 2:31 to score six points against Cort Choate at 133 pounds. It was the third pin of the season for Pellicciotti, who snapped a four-bout losing streak. Brown, which wrestled a total of four home matches on Friday and Saturday, fell to 2-13, 1-7 EIWA following its loss to the Bison. The Bears faced Columbia later in the afternoon. Bucknell will wrap up its regular season with a 7:30 p.m. match at American on Sunday. Results: 125: Derek Reber (Bu) dec. Billy Watterson (Br), 2-1 133: Alex Pellicciotti (Bu) pinned Cort Choate (Br), 2:31 141: Grant Overcashier (Br) maj. dec. Adam Healey (Bu), 9-0 149: No. 4 Kevin LeValley (Bu) dec. Giuseppi Lanzi (Br), 8-2 157: Brantley Hooks (Bu) maj. dec. Patrick Labuz (Br), 17-8 165: Corey Lear (Bu) maj. dec. David Foxen (Br), 12-1 174: Jeff Lemmer (Br) dec. Stephen McPeek (Bu), 13-9 184: Rob Waltko (B) dec. Ziad Khrabush (Br), 5-2 197: Jay Hahn (Bu) maj. dec. Brandon Shull (Br), 15-2 Hwt: Joe McMullan (Bu) maj. dec. Tyler Cowman (Br), 11-2