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MINNEAPOLIS -- Collecting wins in eight of the nine matches wrestled, including bonus-point wins in six matches, the Augsburg College wrestling team claimed its 21st straight victory over Southwest Minnesota State University with a 41-3 dual-meet triumph on Tuesday night at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall. Augsburg's young lineup, including three sophomores and three first-year wrestlers, collected three major decisions, two pins and a technical fall -- in addition to an opening-bout forfeit -- to improve to 1-1 on the season. Division II Southwest Minnesota State dropped to 1-1 on the year with the loss. Augsburg now leads the all-time series against Southwest Minnesota State by a 22-3 margin, dating to the 1984-85 season. Augsburg has now won 21 straight matches between the two schools, dating to the 1988-89 season. The Auggies, ranked No. 2 in the most recent National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national rankings and winners of 10 of the last 18 Division III national titles, is now 229-20 against Divisions II and III teams since the 1989-90 season, losing just 15 matches to non-Division I opponents since the 1995-96 season. Jake Saatzer (SO, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) and Brandon Bahr (FY, Bemidji, Minn.) both claimed first-period pins for the Auggies, Saatzer with a 2:54 match-ender at 157 pounds and Bahr with a 44-second pin at 184. Top-ranked Travis Lang (SR, Bismarck, N.D.) collected his second-straight bonus-point win over SMSU's Michal Barrie (SR, Westbrook, Minn./Adrian HS) at 133 pounds, using three takedowns and three 3-point near-falls to score a 16-1, second-period technical fall. Lang, now 9-0 on the year, had beaten Barrie by a 15-6, major-decision win in the finals of the Minnesota State Moorhead Dragon Open on Saturday. Of Lang's nine wins, eight are bonus-point triumphs (six pins, one major decision, one technical fall). Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.), ranked No. 3 nationally at 157, moved up a weight class to 165 and scored an 8-0, major-decision victory for the Auggies, while Andy Peterson (SO, Grand Marais, Minn./Milaca HS) collected an 11-0, major-decision win at 197 and Brett Landrum (SO, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS) scored a 15-5, major-decision win at 174. At heavyweight, No. 5-ranked Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.) improved to 9-0 on the season with a 6-0 win over SMSU's Carter Ash (FY, Milaca, Minn.). Tony Valek (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West HS) scored a 9-2 decision over Brandan Schunk (JR, Wabasso, Minn.) at 141. SMSU's lone victory came from Garrett Rozeboom (FY, Mason, Mich.), who improved to 11-5 on the season with a 9-4 win over Augsburg's Torey Stewart (FY, Jackson, Minn./Jackson County Central HS) at 149. Both teams will compete at the St. Cloud State Open on Saturday (12/13). Augsburg's varsity will compete at St. Cloud State, with its White Team (junior varsity) traveling to compete at the Wartburg (Iowa) Dick Walker Invitational, also on Saturday.

This week's edition of "On the Mat" will feature Olympic Champions and Iowa State University NCAA Champions Cael Sanderson and Dan Gable. Sanderson is in his third year as the head coach at Iowa State University. ISU has placed 2nd and 5th in the last two NCAA Championships. The second ranked Cyclones, who have six returning All-Americans from last season, dropped last Saturday's attendance record breaking dual meet at Iowa, by the score of 20-15. Sanderson is one of the greatest American wrestlers ever to take the mat. He was a four-time state champion out of Heber City, Utah and went on to win four NCAA titles at Iowa State where his collegiate record was 159-0. He won the Outstanding Wrestler award at the NCAA tournament each year from 1999 – 2002. Along with winning the Dan Hodge Trophy an unprecedented three times, Sanderson capped his career in perfect fashion by winning the 2004 Olympics at 185 pounds in Athens, Greece. Gable was the most dominant wrestler and successful coach in his era. After winning three state titles for West Waterloo (IA) High School and two NCAA titles at Iowa State, Gable won the 1971 World Champions and was Olympic Champion at 149.5 pounds in Munich, Germany in 1972. As the head coach at the University of Iowa, the Hawkeyes won 21 consecutive Big Ten titles and 15 NCAA championships from 1977 – 1997. Gable continues to serve as wrestling's leading ambassador, promoting the sport throughout the United States. On the Mat" can be heard live on the internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with questions or comments about the show.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- InterMat will be providing a live blog throughout the entire 2010 Big Ten Championships. Session I begins at 11 a.m. ET with first round matches and quarterfinal matches. Session II will begin at 6 p.m. ET with semifinal matches and wrestleback matches. View Live Match ResultsView Brackets

NEWARK, DE. -- The 16h Annual "TGIFriday's Beast of the East" wrestling tournament will be held December 20 & 21, 2008 at the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center. Perennial powerhouse Blair Academy is seeking their 9th straight team title; they will be led by returning champions Sean Boyle and Chris Villalonga. The 2008 TGIFriday's Beast will feature seven returning champions, Boyle, Villalonga, Sean Boylan, Michael Garafalo, Kenny Courts, Marshall Peppelman, and Glenn Carson. Tickets, tournament information, and archived results are available online at http://www.beastwrestling.com. Official press conference is scheduled for 6 P.M. on Thursday, December 11th at the Embassy Suites in Newark, De. All proceeds benefit scholarships to our Delaware wrestlers who meet criteria in the fields of academics, sportsmanship, and community service. We have awarded over $425,000 from the proceeds of the previous 15 tournaments. Anyone seeking information on our efforts to "preserve the sport" or the TGIFriday's Beast of the East can contact tournament director, Bob Shaw.

University of Nebraska head wrestling coach Mark Manning will be the featured guest on Wrestling 411 Radio this Tuesday, December 9. Augsburg College's KAUG radio serves as the online host of Wrestling 411 Radio. The hour-long show can be heard live this Thursday from 7 – 8 p.m. Central Standard Time by visiting www.wrestling411.tv. Archives of each broadcast will be available on the website. Manning is in his ninth season as the head wrestling coach at Nebraska. He has coached a total of 27 All-Americans during his tenure, and led his team to a fourth place finish at the 2008 NCAA tournament. The Cornhuskers won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas on Dec. 6 with 124.5 points, outdistancing team runner-up Cornell University by 33.5 points. Nebraska crowned two champions – Jordan Burroughs at 157 pounds and Craig Brester at 197 pounds – and placed six of its wrestlers in the top eight. Wrestling 411 Radio can be heard live Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7-8:00 p.m. CST by visiting www.wrestling411.tv. Questions for any of the on-air guests are welcome. Please e-mail your questions to Kyle Klingman at kklingman@mediasportsproductions.com.

We return to our home based Brute Adidas studios this week. We ready ourselves for one of the great Holiday Classics, the broadcast of the Midlands at Northwestern University. This is shaping up to be a year of Ups and downs. Congratulations to the University of Iowa for setting the All Time Attendance record for a dual meet. One has to wonder though if the 2 power house programs did return to a home and home competition would Iowa State fare as well or even exceed the record set and is it feasible to even think that there lies a possibility that this could happen again. I've been told that the decision lies with the U of Iowa. This week in Studio Guests are a special holiday treat for you listeners- Koy Kosek- Author of the highly popular Wisconsin Wrestling Digest will join us to discuss his recent publication. To say that Koy is a wealth of knowledge is an understatement. To get your own copy email Koy at koykosek@wiwrestling.com Cody Sanderson-Associate Head Coach for Iowa State. We'll discuss the season to this point and take a look forward to the Midlands. A Double Dual in Fargo against Dickinson State and North Dakota State awaits ISU later in the day. In Studio Guests- include wrestling and MMA Stars Steve Carl, John "Hurricane" Halverson, Ryan Hass, Paul Bird and UFC living legend Tito Ortiz. Nicknamed "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy," three-time light heavyweight champion Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is one of the most well-known fighters in the world of Ultimate Fighting Championships. After several highly successful years as a professional fighter, Ortiz agreed to coach aspiring fighters in the third season of Spike TV's reality television series The Ultimate Fighter in 2006. Ortiz also appeared as a contestant on the celebrity edition of NBC's The Apprentice. Tito wrestled in college and credits his success in business and in the octagon to his wrestling back ground. High praise indeed! Listen to America's Wrestling radio talk show at TakedownRadio.com from 9 to 11 AM CST Saturdays for this weekly bath in to the healing waters of mankind's oldest sport. Wrestling fans, our greatest wish is that you value each and every moment that our athletes share with us. They are truly phenomenal in every sense of the word!

NORMAN, Okla. -- Not in 15 years has the University of Oklahoma wrestling team defeated its in-state rival, Oklahoma State, back-to-back. On Sunday afternoon that streak came to an end, as No. 20 Oklahoma edged the No. 9 Cowboys, 18-15, to make it two-straight Bedlam victories at the McCasland Field House in Norman. Last season, the Sooners topped the Cowboys by an identical score on Feb. 21, breaking a 19-match win streak by Oklahoma State. "We are proud of two wins in a row over a great program like Oklahoma State," head coach Jack Spates said. "Bedlam is a very emotional match and I am extremely proud of our guys for getting the win." Joey Fio, ranked No. 17 at 125 pounds, began the day with an upset win over No. 8 Obenson Blanc by a 2-1 final. The sophomore from Sandpoint, Idaho, only needed two escapes to post the opening victory that gave OU a 3-0 lead. The 133-pound match ended in the second period when an injury by Tyler Shinn of OSU gave Oklahoma's David Armstrong an injury default win. Armstrong was leading the No.-15th ranked wrestler, 5-3, when the match was called, giving Oklahoma a 9-0 lead. Cowboy Jamal Parks recorded OSU's first win of the afternoon, upsetting No. 12 Zack Bailey at 141 pounds. Parks scored four takedowns to Bailey's one to win, 10-7. Kyle Terry, No. 15 in the nation at 149 pounds, extended the Sooner lead to 12-3 with a 10-3 decision over Luke Silver. The redshirt junior from Midwest City, Okla., scored four takedowns, including two in the final period, to post his 10th-straight win of the season. OSU's Newly McSpadden, ranked 12th, picked up a win over OU's Shane Vernon, edging the redshirt junior, 6-5 in the 157-pound match. Number 12 Brandon Mason then took the 165-pound match, edging OU's Ryan Smith by a 1-0 decision. The back-to-back wins brought the Cowboys to within three, 12-9. OU's Jeff James put three more team points on the board at 174 pounds with a 7-5 decision over Kyle Griffin. The redshirt sophomore picked up his ninth win on the season and is a perfect 4-0 in dual action. Sooner Pat Flynn then upset No 20th-ranked Jared Shelton at 184 pounds, winning by a 7-2 final. The redshirt sophomore led 7-0 after two periods, recording a takedown, reversal and a nearfall to put the match out of reach and gave the Sooners an 18-9 lead. Clayton Foster next posted a 12-9 win over Sooner 197-pounder Eric Lapotsky. Foster, ranked 15th, gave Lapotsky (No. 8) his first loss of the season (now 12-1) and brought OSU back to within six, 18-12. Trailing by six meant Oklahoma State would need a pin in the heavyweight bout to tie the Sooners. Jared Rosholt, ranked No. 1 nationally, took the floor against OU's Nathan Fernandez to attempt to leave Norman with a tie. After three periods, all the top-wrestler could manage was an 8-2 decision over the redshirt sophomore, giving Oklahoma an 18-15 victory over its arch-rival. "Our theme coming into this afternoon's match was ‘take it,'" Spates said. "Nothing is given to you and I believe we did just that with the win." The Sooners will get back to action next weekend, Dec. 13, when they travel to San Luis Obispo, Calif., to compete in the Big 12/Pac-10 Challenge. Challenging the Sooners in California will be Cal-Bakersfield, Cal Poly and Cal-Fullerton.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In a clash of two wrestlers ranked in the top-10 in the nation, George Mason sophomore Cayle Byers defeated Maryland junior Hudson Taylor to capture the 197-pound title at the Nittany Lion Open on Sunday afternoon at Rec Hall in University Park, Pa. Byers pinned Taylor in 4:27 in the championship match to win his second tournament title of the 2008-09 season. Byers, who captured his second consecutive Navy Classic championship earlier this season, defeated Navy's Charles Carafano, Ashland's Josh Ohl and the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown's Pat Walsh on his way to the final match. Taylor, the fourth-ranked wrestler in the country in the latest AWN poll and the fifth-ranked wrestler in the country according to InterMat, beat The Citadel's Odie Delaney, Penn State's Jack Decker and Boston University's John Hall on the road to the championship bout. Byers, currently ranked eighth by AWN and ninth by InterMat, got the upper hand in the championship match to take the title. Freshman Denny Herndon advanced all the way to the semifinals at 133 pounds before being pinned by Penn State's Jake Strayer, the eventual champion at the weight class. After losing the semifinal bout to Strayer, Herndon recovered to take third place with a win over the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown's Shane Valko. The Patriots wrestle again on Sunday, Dec. 21 against the University of Northern Iowa, the 22nd-ranked team in the nation in the latest InterMat poll. The dual meet is scheduled to begin at noon.

LAS VEGAS -- Rollie Peterkin climbed to the top of the podium after capturing the championship at 125 pounds at the 2008 Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. In the final, Peterkin, the top seed in the tournament, defeated sixth-seeded Zach Sanders of Minnesota by decision, 10-6. Peterkin came out on the attack in the first period, shooting for a takedown 45 seconds into the bout for the opening points. He quickly added two nearfall points after tilting Sanders for a 4-0 lead that held at the end of the first period. In the middle stanza, Peterkin started on bottom and escaped for one point and a 5-0 lead. He added his second takedown of the match at the 3:47 mark of the bout and a 7-0 lead which he held entering the third period. In the third period, Sanders was up against the wall and wrestled like it. He was aggressive, scoring three takedowns to get back in the bout. It wasn't enough, however, as Peterkin was allowed to escape after each takedown and added on a riding time point for the 10-6 decision. After the match, Peterkin felt good about how this win prepares him for the rest of the season. "This set's the stage for the rest of the season," he said. "It is still early in the season and there is a lot of wrestling to go, but this was a very satisfying win that lets me know I can wrestle with the best in my weight." Head coach Rob Eiter agrees. "Anytime you win a tournament with the quality of opponents like there was in Vegas, it is a great thing for a wrestler," Eiter said. "Especially since this may be the only time Rollie sees some of these guys until the NCAA Championships." Eiter was impressed with Peterkin's poise in the tournament. "The semifinal match and the first portion of the final was some of the best wrestling I have seen from Rollie in quite some time," he said. "He wrestled smart and determined and has done a good job turning a negative (an early-season loss to Michigan's Michael Watts) into a positive." Peterkin also feels he has turned a corner this season. "I felt like in the match with Garnett, that I was hitting on all cylinders," he said. What pleased coach and myself was that even though I was down I stayed composed and fought back to take the lead and the match." Tournaments such as the Cliff Keen Invitational and the Keystone Classic do more than just get wrestlers matches in the early goings of the season. They prepare wrestlers for the schedule that goes with conference and national tournaments – a fact not lost on Peterkin. "In addition to the win, it was nice to get started on what it is like to prepare myself mentally and physically for a multi-day, intense tournament," said the junior from Wellesley, Mass. "It makes you watch how you prepare, warm up, eat and all that. It is great to get the repetition." In addition to Peterkin, Penn had two other placewinners at the event. Cesar Grajales (149 pounds) and Matt Dragon (157 pounds) each took home sixth place. Grajales finished the tournament 3-3 after advancing all the way to the semifinals of the championship bracket. In the semis, he lost to top-seeded Darrion Caldwell of N.C. State, 4-1. Dragon finished the tournament 5-3, wrestling back to a place after losing in the second round. Zack Shanaman and Bryan Ortenzio also wrestled on Saturday. Shanaman lost in the consolation round to Scott Glasser of Minnesota, 7-1. He finished up at 2-2. Ortenzio lost to T.J. Dillashaw of Cal-State Fullerton to end his tournament at 3-2.

Top-seeded Darrion Caldwell, ranked No. 3 nationally, beat a pair of ranked wrestlers Saturday to repeat as the 149-pound champion at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Caldwell decisioned 14th-ranked Cesar Grajales of Penn 4-1 in the semifinals, then took just 65 seconds to pin fourth-ranked Lance Palmer of Ohio State in the championship bout. Caldwell, who improved to 15-0 on the season, won three matches on Friday to advance to the semifinals, pinning his first-round opponent, Nick Walpole of Indiana, in just 28 seconds, then winning a technical fall in the second round over Arizona State's Vincent Varela, 20-5. He won a 7-2 decision from Trevor Chinn of Lehigh in the quarterfinals. Since losing by technical fall to defending national champion Brent Metcalf of Iowa at the NCWA All-Star Classic on November 24, Caldwell has won seven straight matches, three by pin, one by technical fall and one by major decision. The three pins lasted a combined 2:34. The loss to Metcalf is officially an exhibition match and does not count towards either wrestler's won-lost record. "This just in," Wolfpack head coach Carter Jordan said. "Darrion Caldwell is really good. I think it's safe to say that he is very focused right now." Caldwell's victory over Palmer in the finals was his second of the season over the Ohio State All-American. He defeated Palmer 2-1 at the NC State Open on November 8. That match was a close-fought defensive battle that Caldwell won by virtue of an escape and a minute of riding time. This time, he dismantled Palmer. "He didn't mess around with him," Jordan said. "He took him down, got him in a cradle, turned him and pinned him. Palmer never had a chance." In the team standings, NC State finished 22nd out of 44 teams, despite fielding a lineup of just five wrestlers. Senior 197-pounder Ryan Goodman is still with the Wolfpack football team, and senior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica is recovering from a knee injury and won't be ready until the Southern Scuffle at the end of the month at the earliest. In addition, sophomore heavyweight Bobby Isola is out due to illness. "I'm really pleased with the fact that we finished ahead of half the teams out here and only fielded half of our lineup," Jordan said. "Our goal was to finish in the top half of the standings and we did that. Even the guys who were eliminated yesterday all wrestled well. No one went out in two matches, which is what you have to have to score well in these tournaments. "It would have been nice to have had a full lineup. I think Ryan and Joe in particular would have done really well here. But that's something we can't control. What we can control is how well the guys we had here wrestled, and I thought they all did well."

LAS VEGAS -- No. 3 and top-seeded Jimmy Kennedy (Ingleside, Ill.) won the 133-pound title at the 27th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 6-4 victory over Boise State's eighth-ranked and third-seeded Andrew Hochstrasser to move to 9-0 on the season. Kennedy's victory is his first win in a major collegiate tournament and his third title overall along with two wins at the Missouri Open. "It's really good to get this win since I wasn't able to finish this tournament last year because I was sick," Kennedy said. "Coming out here, that was kind of in the back of my mind, but I got through the first few matches with everything clicking and I was able to ride that momentum throughout the tournament." Kennedy shot early against Hochstrasser and came away with a takedown just nine seconds into the bout. Hochstrasser escaped, but Kennedy got another takedown 1:20 into the match. After a Hochstrasser escape, the Illini notched a third two-pointer, but Hochstrasser slithered out to make the score 6-3 in Kennedy's favor after three minutes. Hochstrasser started down in the second and escaped, but neither wrestler managed a point the rest of the period. Kennedy started down in the third and Hochstrasser rode him the entire period but could never manage to turn the Illini junior as Kennedy walked away with a 6-4 victory and a Vegas title. "Jimmy Kennedy did a great job all weekend," Illinois coach Mark Johnson said. "He continues to prove that if he's not the top guy in the country, he's definitely up there. All weekend, Jimmy and our two true-freshmen, B.J. Futrell and Jordan Blanton, did terrific." Kennedy matches teammate Mike Poeta's 2007 Las Vegas Invitational title and is Illinois' third placewinner in this year's tournament. Freshman Jordan Blanton took seventh at 184 and sophomore Ryan Prater finished eighth at 141 as the Illini finished in a tie for 13th despite four starters not wrestling. A number of Illinois grapplers will compete at Sunday's Northern Iowa Open before the Fighting Illini return home on Saturday, Dec. 13, for a double-dual against Findlay and McKendree at 1 p.m. at Huff Hall.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The Purdue wrestling team posted its best finish in school history at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Friday and Saturday, taking home fifth with 83 team points. The outing came on the strength of four place-winning showings by the Boilermakers as senior Jake Patacsil took third at 149 pounds, sophomores Luke Manuel and Logan Brown grabbed fourth at 165 and 197 pounds and fellow sophomore A.J. Kissel finished fifth at 184 pounds. The Boilermakers were the second-highest Big Ten team in the field, finishing behind eighth-ranked Minnesota, but ahead of No. 3 Ohio State, No. 7 Illinois, No. 11 Wisconsin, No. 12 Michigan and No. 19 Indiana. Purdue also finished ahead of 10th-ranked Lehigh, No. 14 Boise State and 23rd-ranked Penn. Sixth-ranked Nebraska dominated the event, racking up 123.5 points en route to the team title, with a pair of individual champions. No. 4 Cornell was second, scoring 91 points, while Minnesota was third with 89 points, Pittsburgh placed fourth with 85 and Purdue rounded out the top five. Patacsil was the comeback kid on Saturday, rallying from behind in all three of his matches to secure the bronze medal at 149 pounds. After taking a medical forfeit from Boise State's Jason Chamberlain to open the day, Patacsil squared off with 11th-ranked Matt Kyler of Army in the consolation quarterfinals. Kyler used reversals in the first and second periods to mount a 4-2 lead, but a pair of late nearfalls swung the score five points Purdue's way and Patacsil escaped with the 7-4 decision. No. 14 Cesar Grajales of Penn led through two periods in similar fashion in the consolation semifinals, taking Patacsil down twice in the first frame and notching a stalling point in the second. However, Patacsil took the top position in the final period, trailing 5-3, and scored a three-point nearfall and 1:27 of riding time to notch the 7-6 win. Patacsil met sixth-ranked and third-seeded Kyle Ruschell of Wisconsin in the bronze-medal match, and like the two before it, fell behind early. A two-point takedown and more than two minutes of riding time gave Ruschell the early advantage, but a flurry of action on the mat in the second led to a Patacsil lead. Starting on top, Patacsil turned the Badger for two points, before consecutive reversals made the score 4-4. Once back in control, Patacsil tilted his foe for three more points, finishing the second frame with a 7-4 edge. Ruschell selected a neutral start in the third and took advantage with a quick takedown to make it 7-6. His staggering riding-time count virtually made the score 7-7 as the end of regulation neared, but Patacsil closed out his third-period heroics of the day with his sixth reversal of the tournament to earn the medal and 9-7 victory. Manuel bounced back from Friday night's quarterfinal loss on Saturday as he blanked Indiana's Paul Young, 6-0, to start the day, and edged out Lehigh's Mike Galante, 4-3 on a riding-time point. A medical forfeit by 14th-ranked Andy Rendos of Bucknell moved Manuel into the consolation finals, but he was stopped short of third place by second-seeded and fourth-ranked Stephen Dwyer of Nebraska, 4-0. Brown rolled through the first day of the tournament with a pair of decisions and a medical forfeit, but stalled against second-seeded and third-ranked Craig Brester of Nebraska in the semifinals on Saturday. He bounced back with a hard-fought 5-4 decision over Cornell's Cam Simaz in the consolation semifinals, advancing to the bronze-medal bout, but was denied the neckwear by ninth-seeded Riley Orozco of California State Bakersfield in a 7-3 consolation final loss. Kissel completed the tournament with a 4-2 record, including a trio of pins. After Friday's 3-0 mark, Kissel opened Saturday's competition with a 5-0 loss to top-seeded and fourth-ranked Louis Caputo of Harvard. He then dropped a controversial 7-5 decision to Michigan's Anthony Biondo, but rebounded in the fifth-place match to stick Tim Hawkins of California State Fullerton in 2:31 to close out the weekend. Kissel is now all alone in fifth all-time at Purdue with 28 falls, and has nine pins this season, good for a tie for 16th in single-season school history. Junior heavyweight Chris Kasten finished just one win shy of the podium, scoring a 3-2 mark on the weekend and finishing in the top-12 of the tournament. He bounced back from a tournament-opening loss to win three straight matches on Friday, but ran into top-seeded and third-ranked Kyle Massey of Wisconsin in the fourth-round of the consolation bracket and suffered a 5-1 loss. The Boilermakers wait to see if their outstanding performance will cash in dividends in Tuesday's new national team poll as they've received votes in the first five this season, but hope to break into the top-25. They return to action in two weeks as they'll travel to both Cincinnati and Cleveland to face Mount Saint Joseph and Notre Dame College on Dec. 21.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The Rutgers wrestling team (8-3, 3-0 EIWA) swept its two matches in a home conference tri-meet with Franklin & Marshall (0-5, 0-4 EIWA) and Princeton (1-3, 1-3 EIWA). The Scarlet Knights defeated the Diplomats 36-3 and the Tigers 38-6. Princeton earned a 25-14 victory over F&M in the third match of the day. "We are wrestling well right now," said head coach Scott Goodale. "I am glad we won some matches late, and I thought we wrestled hard. The EIWA is a great wrestling league and we are just trying to get as many wins as possible in the conference. Everything we do is to take steps towards that ultimate goal and we're excited about it." Redshirt sophomore David Greenwald (Union, N.J.), freshman Scott Winston (Jackson, N.J.), senior Matt Pletcher (Eastampton, N.J.), junior Karim Mahmoud (Wallington, N.J.) and redshirt sophomore DJ Russo (Netcong, N.J.) all went 2-0 on the day. Greenwald pinned both of his two opponents and Winston won by technical fall in each of his two bouts. The Scarlet Knights racked up four pins, three technical falls and two major decisions in the two matches. RU opens its conference campaign 3-0 for the first time since 1996-97. There is no rest for the weary, as Rutgers gets right back to wrestling in the Nittany Lion Tournament on Sunday, Dec. 7, in State College, Pa.

The No. 8 University of Minnesota wrestling team finished third with 89.0 points at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. No. 6 Nebraska won the team title with 124.5 points while No. 4 Cornell finished second with 91.0 points. Minnesota was led by redshirt freshman Zach Sanders, who was the Gophers' top finisher as the runner-up at 125 pounds. Sanders, ranked 14th nationally and the sixth seed in this weekend's event, gained big wins over #9 Marcus Orozco of UC-Davis in the quarterfinal round and #7 Anthony Robles of Arizona State in the semifinals to extend his season-opening winning streak to 15 matches. The Wabasha, Minn. saw his remarkable run come to an end as he dropped his first match of the season to Penn's #6 Rollie Peterkin in the championship bout. Peterkin gained an 11-6 decision win over Sanders on Saturday night. Two-time All-American Jayson Ness parlayed three pins over the course of the weekend into a third place finish at 133 pounds. Ness' 5-1 weekend record included a pair of wins over #19 Jimmy Conroy of Pittsburgh and a win over #17 T.J. Dillashaw of Cal State-Fullerton. Mike Thorn placed sixth at 141 pounds on the strength of a solid weekend showing that included a 5-3 decision win over Ohio State's top-ranked J Jaggers in the consolation round. Thorn, ranked 10th at 141 pounds in the most recent InterMat/NWCA rankings, also defeated #17 Filip Novachkov. Scott Glasser (165 pounds) and Ben Berhow (Hwt.) also finished on the podium in their respective weight classes, each placing 8th. The Gophers are off until Dec. 21 when they will travel to Lincoln, Neb. to take on Nebraska in their fourth dual meet of the season.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Sophomore Mack Lewnes earned a Las Vegas Invitational title at 165 pounds, while senior Jordan Leen placed second at 157 pounds on Saturday evening. The Big Red finished second among 44 teams in the event with 91 points, behind only team champion Nebraska (124.5). Earlier in the day, the Big Red has completed the wrestlebacks with Frank Perrelli (125) taking seventh, Steve Bosak (174) placing sixth, and Cam Simaz (197) finishing in fifth place. Cornell vaulted from ninth place to a tie for second in the Saturday morning session, thanks in part to the efforts of defending NCAA champion Jordan Leen, who reached the finals at 157 with an 8-5 defeat of Boise State's Adam Hall. Another top-seeded Cornell wrestler, Mack Lewnes at 165, cruised to the championship match with an 8-1 victory over Andy Rendos of Bucknell in the semis. Lewnes, a sophomore who's the nation's top-ranked wrestler at 165, sealed the deal with a 10-3 victory over fellow sophomore Colt Sponseller of Ohio State in the title match. Lewnes said he was disappointed that he didn't score any bonus points for his team until the championship, but he wasn't surprised given the level of competition. "I stayed strong and kept my composure, but I need to work on my whole game," Lewnes said. "I feel like I can wrestle a whole lot better than I did this weekend." Leen wasn't as fortunate at 157, where he ran into second-seeded Burroughs in the championship. Burroughs caught a break late in the third period when the clock malfunctioned with him leading 10-8 but faltering a bit. The malfunction allowed him to catch his breath as officials sorted it out, and when wrestling resumed with 23 seconds left Leen couldn't score as the Nebraska junior ran out the clock to win the title.

Jordan Burroughs and Craig Brester finished first in their respective weight class to lead the No. 6 Nebraska wrestling team to a first-place team finish at the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday. Burroughs earned Outstanding-Wrestler-of-the-Tournament honors to help propel NU past No. 4 Cornell, who finished second with 91 points. No. 8 Minnesota claimed third (89), while Pittsburgh (85) and Purdue (83) rounded out the top five teams. Four other Huskers placed, including three in the top four, as Nebraska won the tournament for the second time. Burroughs, a junior, posted two decisions at 157 pounds on Saturday. He started with a 3-2 victory over All-American and fifth-ranked J.P. O'Conner of Harvard in the semifinals and earned a 10-8 win over defending NCAA champion and sixth-ranked Jordan Leen of Cornell in the final. Burroughs moved to a perfect 11-0 on the season. Fellow junior Brester posted an equally impressive weekend. He racked up major decisions in the semifinals and final on Saturday, after earning a pin, technical fall and major decision on Friday. He advanced to the final with a 13-3 win over No. 11 Logan Brown of Purdue and took the title with a 10-2 victory against No. 13 Richard Starks. Brester is 12-0 on the season. Brandon Browne took second at 174 with a loss in the final to top-ranked Steve Luke of Michigan. Browne advanced with a 5-1 decision over West Virginia's Kurt Brenner in the semifinals and battled Luke to overtime, but came up short. Browne has lost to Luke 3-1 in overtime in both of his two career meetings with the Wolverine. Stephen Dwyer finished third at 165 after losing his quarterfinal match with Ohio State's Colt Sponseller, 2-0. Dwyer, a junior ranked fourth in the nation, rebounded with an 11-2 major decision over Wisconsin's Andrew Howe and notched a 4-0 decision against No. 6 Luke Manuel of Purdue in the consolation finals. Redshirt freshman Tucker Lane lost in the consolation final to place fourth at heavyweight. He posted three straight decisions after losing in Friday's quarterfinals. He lost his final match Saturday 3-2 to No. 3 Kyle Massey of Wisconsin, but defeated two ranked foes in the consolation bracket. Sophomore Matt Vacanti finished with a 6-3 record at the tournament to place eighth at 133 pounds. He opened the second day of competition with a 3-1 sudden victory over Wyoming's Cory VomBaur, but lost an 8-2 decision to No. 17 T.J. Dillashaw of Cal State Fullerton before ending with a 7-5 sudden loss to Cal State Bakersfield's Thomas Kimbrell. The Huskers are next in action when they host No. 25 Kent State on Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. in the NU Coliseum.

Ryan Morningstar knows all about winning big matches in the Iowa-Iowa State rivalry. The Tom Brands-led Iowa Hawkeyes won six of 10 matches on Saturday to defeat Iowa State, 20-15, in front of an NCAA record-setting crowd of 15,955 (Photo/Johnnie Johnson)Two years ago, Morningstar, a freshman at the time, pulled a huge upset when he toppled No. 1-ranked Trent Paulson of Iowa State, which helped propel the Hawkeyes to convincing 24-6 victory over the Cyclones. On Saturday night in front of a record-setting crowd (15,955) at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Morningstar, ranked No. 9 at 165 pounds, brought the Hakwkeye faithful to its feet by scoring an upset that may not have been as big as the one he pulled two seasons ago, but proved to be much more significant in the dual outcome. With the Hawkeyes leading the dual 11-8 at the intermission, Morningstar came out and won a tight, tactical match, 2-0, against returning All-American Jon Reader of Iowa State to give the Hawkeyes a 14-8 lead with just four matches remaining. The Hawkeyes went on to win the next two matches following Morningstar's key victory to win the dual 20-15. "I felt like maybe it was bigger win when I beat (Trent) Paulson just because I was a freshman and I was obviously a lot bigger underdog," said Morningstar, who improved his record to 9-0 this season. "But I feel like I've grown now and I should be winning matches like this. I belong here. I should be winning matches like these matches every time I step on the mat. Yeah, it's a great win. It's a big win. It shows where I'm at. But I have a lot to build off of … and a lot to accomplish this year." Iowa won six of the 10 matches, but only Brent Metcalf (149) picked up bonus points for the Hawkeyes. Metcalf proved why he's best pound-for-pound wrestler in college wrestling. The Hawkeye junior, who won the Rev Wrestler of the Year and Dan Hodge Trophy last season, put on a takedown clinic from start to finish and completely dominated a shell-shocked Mitch Mueller, 26-10, earning the technical fall at 6:14. Metcalf, who improved his record to 9-0 this season, was pleased with the team's performance in the dual, but feels like the Hawkeyes still have a ways to go. "I think it was a pretty good job," said Metcalf. "I think we need to get to the point where we're not winning anymore … and where we're really separating ourselves from the rest of the country and from maybe a rivalry like this." Iowa State's Nick Fanthorpe was too much for Iowa's Joe Slaton (Photo/Johnnie Johnson)Much of the buildup to the much-anticipated dual meet centered on who Iowa coach Tom Brands would send out at 133 pounds: Joe Slaton or Daniel Dennis. Brands eventually went with Slaton, who was thumped, 12-2, by Iowa State's Nick Fanthorpe. "Coaching error big time," said Brands of his decision to go with Slaton over Dennis. "I went with the guy who had done it before. Actually, Dan Dennis warned me about that earlier in the week. He caught me in the shower and we talked pretty one-on-one about it. If Daniel Dennis would have made that call, he would have been the guy." Also picking up wins for the Hawkeyes were Charlie Falck (125), Alex Tsirtsis (141), Jay Borschell (174), and Phil Keddy (184). Falck, who is ranked No. 3, got things rolling for the Hawkeyes. He used a first period takedown and second period reversal to defeat No. 7-ranked Tyler Clark of Iowa State, 4-2. After Fanthorpe's victory over Slaton at 133, Tsirtsis got the momentum back for the Hawkeyes as he scored a victory over Iowa State's No. 1-ranked Nick Gallick. With the score tied at two late in the third period, Tsirtsis picked up a reversal as time expired to win the match by a score of 4-2 and excite the Hawkeye fans. The Cyclone coaches argued the controversial call to no avail. Iowa State's Cyler Sanderson dominated Iowa first-year starter Matt Ballweg, 22-9, at 157 pounds. The Cyclone All-American attacked early and often and nearly picked up the technical fall, but couldn't add the additional takedown he needed and had to settle for the major decision. Cael Sanderson and Iowa State will see Iowa again at the Midlands later this month (Photo/Johnnie Johnson)Borschell and Keddy beat newcomers to the Iowa State lineup. Borschell defeated Iowa State's Duke Burke, a transfer from Northern Illinois, 6-2, while Keddy won a tight 3-2 match over Cyclone freshman Jerome Ward. The Cyclones closed out the dual with victories by Jake Varner (197) and David Zabriskie (285), but it was too little too late as the Hawkeyes held on for the 20-15 victory. "This was great preparation for us," said Iowa State coach Cael Sanderson. "Obviously, things didn't go quite the way we wanted. But we learned a lot about our team tonight. We have to give Iowa credit. They did a nice job. They won the close matches there. Some of those key matchups. But we're just going to keep plugging away and keep moving forward." Related: Rev Audio: Tom Brands Rev Audio: Brent Metcalf Rev Audio: Ryan Morningstar Rev Audio: Mike Zadick Rev Audio: Cael Sanderson

VESTAL, N.Y. -- Binghamton wrestling (5-4) won the first four bouts and went on to a 24-17 win over East Stroudsburg Thursday night from West Gym. The Bearcats won six of 10 bouts, including two by fall over the visiting Warriors (0-2). Junior 184-pound Josh Patterson, ranked No. 9 in the country by WrestlingReport.com, improved to 12-2 overall with a pin over Trevor Salvatore. His victory capped four straight wins for BU to open the evening. Patterson was in control from the opening whistle, and ended the match in 2:33 to give the Bearcats a 15-0 lead. Patterson is 39-7 in career dual matches. After ESU had pulled to within 15-9 with back-to-back wins at 197 and heavyweight, freshman Drew Bloss scored a takedown 25 seconds into the overtime period to post a 6-5 decision over Matthew Benedetti at 125 pounds. After a loss at 133 reduced BU's lead to 18-12 with two matches remaining, sophomore Anwar Goeres clinched the team triumph with a second-period pin at 141 pounds. Goeres racked up nine points in the opening period and finished off his fourth fall of the season with 21 seconds left in the second. Binghamton next competes in the Penn State Open on Sunday.

The Nebraska wrestling team, ranked sixth in the country, sits in first place with 74 points after the first day of competition at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday. Minnesota is second with 59.5 points, Boise State sits third with 56 points, while Pittsburgh (54) and Indiana (53.5) round out the top five. With more than 44 teams and 380 competitors in the field, the Huskers have four wrestlers still in the championship bracket, and two in the consolation bracket. Four Nebraska wrestlers advance to the semifinals with a perfect 3-0 record on the day. Junior Craig Brester notched the most impressive performance of the day, posting a fall, technical fall and major decision in his three victories at 197 pounds. Senior Brandon Browne earned three straight major decisions at 174 pounds, while juniors Jordan Burroughs (157) and Stephen Dwyer (165) opened the tournament with two bonus-point victories and won a decision in the quarterfinals to advance. Dwyer had two technical falls to Burroughs' two major decisions. Redshirt freshman Tucker Lane and sophomore Matt Vacanti will wrestle tomorrow in the consolation bracket. Lane opened with a decision and pinned his second round opponent before nearly pulling a huge upset in the quarterfinals. Lane, unranked at heavyweight, took No. 6 Zach Schaefer of Pittsburgh to overtime before Schaefer could earn the 3-1 sudden victory. Vacanti pinned his first round opponent, but lost in the second round at 133 pounds. He rebounded with four straight wins, including three by bonus points to advance to the second day of competition. Four Huskers are out of the tournament, including senior Vince Jones, who is ranked No. 7 at 184 pounds. A scoring mistake during his first match led to a 15-minute delay during the contest, and ended in a 9-7 sudden loss to Wyoming's Joe Leblans after the match went to overtime. Jones bounced back with three-straight victories, including two pins, but lost to Montana State's Evan Hinebauch in the consolation bracket to end his tournament. Redshirt freshman Chris Hacker went 2-2 at 149 pounds, while redshirt freshman Andy Pokorny (125) and sophomore Curtis Salazar (141) went 0-2. Wrestling begins at 11 a.m CT tomorrow with consolation action, while the semifinals begin at noon CT. Huskers.com will have live stats for all Nebraska wrestlers, while Thewrestlingmall.com will continuously updated full tournament results throughout the day. Results of Nebraska's wrestlers from the first day follow.

Link: College Wrestling Network A number of leading wrestling media organizations have combined resources to develop the College Wrestling Network, a partnership designed to expand the coverage of college wrestling on the internet and promote the sport. The wrestling media which have initially joined the College Wrestling Network are (alphabetically): Buckeye Wrestling.com; InterMat, Michigan Grappler.com, RevWrestling.com, Takedown Radio, Tech-Fall, TheMat.com, The Wrestling Mall, WIN Magazine and Wrestling411. Other wrestling media will be encouraged to participate in the project as it develops. These organizations have agreed to cooperate on scheduling of college wrestling coverage, as well as to regularly contribute content for the network. They will jointly promote the College Wrestling Network and support their partner media in publicizing their internet coverage. The first stage of the program is the development of a college wrestling portal entitled CollegeWrestlingNetwork.com. On this website, each of the media outlets will post their stories in one location, which will link back to the original stories. The website will display the most recent coverage by a member organization. Posted will be coverage of the following content areas: News, Features, Results, Rankings, Photos, Audio/Video. There is a commitment to developing new and unique wrestling stories and content for the network that is created by the member media outlets. It will not include press releases and other materials already easily available. The portal website has been designed and is functioning, and can be visited by wrestling fans at: http://www.CollegeWrestlingNetwork.com The next phase of the project will be the creation of a "widget" which will display College Wrestling Network stories on the homepages of other websites. This dynamic tool will be embedded into the homepage of each of the network organizations, as well as any other wrestling websites that wish to add it to their homepage. As new stories are added to the College Wrestling Network, the postings on the widget will be updated, bringing the most updated information directly to every website that has posted the widget. Final design details for the College Wrestling Network widget are being developed, with input from the partner organizations. It is expected to be completed later this month. Coverage on the College Wrestling Network will begin in early December, with initial reports coming from the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, the Iowa vs. Iowa State dual meet and the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State dual meet. Stay posted as the College Wrestling Network is expanded and improved. The mission of the organizations involved in the project is to provide high-quality wrestling journalism, while reaching an expanded audience for their college wrestling coverage. Anybody seeking additional information about the College Wrestling Network can contact Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling at gabbott@usawrestling.org

DUBUQUE -- Fueled by bonus point wins in its first four matches, Wartburg got out to a quick start en route to a 44-0 win over Loras in Iowa Conference dual wrestling action Wednesday, Dec. 3. The top-ranked Knights, earning the program's 123rd consecutive dual win against Iowa Conference competition, received major decisions from 125-pounder Mark Kist, 133-pounder Matt Kelly, and 149-pounder Jacob Groth. Jacob Mirocha, at 141, gained a fall in the roll. After a pair of decision wins at 157 and 165, Wartburg picked up three straight bonus-point victories to put the dual out of reach. Craig Kreman, at 174, took a pin, while freshman 197-pounder Byron Tate gained a major decision, and freshman 184-pounder Ben Scott was winner by forfeit. In the two highlight matches of ranked wrestlers, Wartburg 157-pounder Aaron Wernimont, ranked number one, held off a strong charge from the Duhawks' Erik Hansen, ranked fifth, for a 9-6 final. At heavyweight, ninth-ranked heavyweight John Helgerson upended third-ranked Trevor Kauffman 10-5.

The Gardner-Webb wrestling team went down to the wire with the Keydets of VMI Thursday night at Bost Gymnasium. The Bulldogs were able to pull out a 20-17 victory with a win by junior Dustin Porter in the final match of the evening. The win takes the squad to 2-2 on the season. Both upper and lowerclassmen stepped up for the Bulldogs in their home opener Thursday night against VMI. Some of the Bulldogs that led the way include: Chas Franz, Austin Reece, Justin Guthrie, Blake Salyer, Jonathon Velazquez, and Dustin Porter. Junior Cortney Roberts started off the night for the Bulldogs at the 125 lb. weight class. Roberts recorded two takedowns in the first period and looked to finish the match, but VMI's Jonathon Pope was able to mount a late surge and pull off a 7-6 decision for the Keydets. After a technical fall by VMI at the 133 class, senior Chas Franz put together an impressive showing at 141 and answered with a technical fall for the Bulldogs. Franz recorded two takedowns and four-three point near falls in the match, giving a 16-1 edge over VMI's Luke Todd. Freshman Austin Reece put in a great showing Thursday night. Reece looked as if he was going to lose the bout, as he was behind 5-2 entering the third period. However, Reece answered the call and was able to mount a four point swing in the third period behind two takedowns and an escape. VMI's Michael Long was rewarded one point at the end of the third because of riding time he had amounted in the first two periods. With the match tied at 6, the referee called for a one-minute overtime. Reece was able to keep up the momentum in the overtime period and took down Long in the first 10 seconds for the 8-6 decision. Fellow freshman Justin Guthrie also wrestled a good match, winning by a 10-3 decision. Guthrie looked as if he was inches away from pinning VMI's Jayme Gordon, but an unintentional belch gave way to some fluids and the referee was forced to call for a two-minute injury timeout in order to clean the mat. The decision gave Gardner-Webb its first lead of the match 11-8 over the Keydets. VMI was able to take the next match as GWU's Dave Pelsang was pinned by Vincent Gallo 30 seconds into the second period, giving VMI at 14-11 edge with four matchups remaining. GWU was able to take the 174 class with a 6-2 decision by Blake Salyer over VMI's Jon Horne. Salyer took advantage of two weak shots by Horne, sneaking behind and getting two easy takedowns. Jonathon Velazquez stepped up for the Bulldogs at the 184 class with a 11-5 decision, giving the Bulldogs a 17-14 edge with two matchups left. Velazquez put together several good takedowns in the match and was rewarded a point for riding time as well. VMI evened the match at 17-17 after Ronnie Ellsworth won a 5-4 decision over GWU's Travis Porter. Ellsworth was able to get a couple takedowns and held off Porter in the waning moments for the three-point decision. Junior Dustin Porter was able to gain his eighth win of the season in the final bout of the night, winning 5-3 over VMI's Leon Barrow. The decision by Porter was clutch as it gave the Bulldogs a 20-17 win.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The Rutgers wrestling team (6-3, 1-0 EIWA) will compete at home for the first time in 2008, hosting a tri-meet with EIWA foes Princeton and Franklin & Marshall on Saturday at the College Ave. Gym. The Scarlet Knights will take on F&M at noon, Princeton will face the Diplomats following the first match and RU will take on the Tigers at 3:30 p.m. Rutgers is 1-0 in the EIWA, having defeated Columbia 19-15 in the Sprawl & Brawl on Nov. 23. RU is coming off a 4-1 second-place finish in the Hoosier Duals on Nov. 29. Freshman Scott Winston (Jackson, N.J.) went 3-0 on the day to improve to 13-4 on the season. He moved into the national rankings at 157-pounds, No. 16 by Amateur Wrestling News (AWN), No. 17 by W.I.N. Magazine and No. 22 in the latest Wrestling Report Division I National Rankings. Princeton (0-2) has faced two EIWA foes, losing 47-0 on the road to Penn and 41-3 at Lehigh. Franklin & Marshall (0-3) is also 0-2 in the EIWA. The Diplomats fell to Army on the road 41-3 and lost at home to Bucknell 32-3. After Saturday's tri-meet, RU will wrestle in the Nittany Lion Open on Sunday in State College, Pa.

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Brent Metcalf of the University of Iowa and Cyler Sanderson of Iowa State University will be the featured guests on Wrestling 411 Radio this Thursday, December 4. Both will be competing in the Iowa versus Iowa State dual meet on Dec. 6 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Augsburg College's KAUG radio serves as the online host of Wrestling 411 Radio. The hour-long show can be heard live this Thursday from 7 – 8 p.m. Central Standard Time by visiting www.wrestling411.tv. Archives of each broadcast will be available on the website. Metcalf, a junior at the University of Iowa, is currently ranked first at 149 pounds. Last season, Metcalf compiled a 35-1 record, winning the Big Ten tournament, NCAA tournament, and the Outstanding Wrestler Award. He was also the recipient of the Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the nation's top collegiate wrestler. Sanderson, a junior at Iowa State University, is one of six returning All-Americans in Iowa State's line-up. He placed seventh at the 2008 NCAA tournament and is currently ranked seventh in the nation at 157 pounds. Sanderson also won a Big Twelve title last season. Wrestling 411 Radio can be heard live Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 – 8 p.m. CST by visiting www.wrestling411.tv. Questions for any of the on-air guests are welcome. Please e-mail your questions to Kyle Klingman at kklingman@mediasportsproductions.com.