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[ugarte]

The brackets have been released (pdf):

125: Rodriguez is unseeded and will face the 8 seed in his first match (after a bye).
133: Grey gets the 7 seed.
141: Frey is unseeded and is projected to meet the 4 seed in the second round.
157: Leen is the 8 seed.
165: Lewnes is the 4 seed.
174: Anceravage is the 11 seed. He is projected to get another shot at Hofstra's Lucas (6) in the second round.

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Rodriguez gets skunked 11-0 in his opening match at 125. Stuck wrestling the 8 seed to start the tournament, I suspect Rodriguez was out of his depth.

Grey gets an 11-1 MD in his opening match at 133.

Frey gets a 17-1 TF in his opening match at 141.

Leen wins 4-3 in his opening match at 157. Leen was saddled with a very tough opener, facing a returning All-American who came to the tournament unseeded. He won with a reversal with 10 seconds remaining. He also potentially catches a break as the #9 seed loses his opening match, and Leen will face an unseeded wrestler in the second round.

Lewnes wins 5-3 in his opening match at 165.

Anceravage wins 7-6 in his opening match at 174. A very sloppy move at the end of the second period cost Anceravage 4 points and he won with RT. He got a stall warning, but never a penalty. It shouldn't have been that close.

Cornell closes the first round at 5-1 (chalk, more or less), with bonus points in two matches.

[Al DeFlorio]

Frey (tech fall), Grey (major), Leen (via a late reversal), Lewnes, and Anceravage advance to the next round.  Rodriguez in consolations.

[Al DeFlorio]

Pretty good second round:  

#7 Grey wins by decision over the #10 seed and gets the #2 seed in the quarters

#8 Leen wins by decision, and gets #1 seed Gillespie in the quarters

#4 Lewnes pins his opponent and gets the #5 seed in the quarters

#11 Anceravage pins the #6 seed in a minute and a half and gets the #3 seed in the quarters.  

Frey pinned by the #4 seed

Rodriguez's consolation match a mystery [Edit: M-Rod wins 7-0, just missing a major]

[Al DeFlorio]

NCAA Team Scores after Thursday

1. Iowa 29.5
2. Nebraska 26.5
3. Iowa State 25
4. Central Michigan 24
4. Minnesota 24
6. Missouri 23
6. Oklahoma State 23
8. Ohio State 22
9. Cornell 17.5
9. Penn State 17.5

[ugarte]

125: Rodriguez stays alive in the consy bracket with an 8-4 decision. Strange match - his opponent got two early takedowns and started stalling really early. Not only did he release MRod for an escape point after the first warning, but he got nailed for another warning anyway. A takedown and nearfall, plus a rideout by MRod removed any doubt about this one.

133: Grey loses in OT 10-8 after a tough match against the 2 seed. Apparently really close to a reversal that would have netted him the win, but had to settle for an escape and OT. One win in the wrestlebacks and he is AA.

141: Frey pins his man IN 22 SECONDS to move on in the consy bracket.

157: Leen beats the #1 seed 8-6!!! Leen is on to the semis, which locks up All-American! Congratulations, Jordan!

165: Lewnes wins 6-5 in OT!!! Lewnes is on to the semis, which locks up All-American! Congratulations, Mack!

174: Anceravage loses a close one, 3-2. He couldn't get a takedown and his opponent stalled out the third. Good luck in the consys. One win in the wrestlebacks and he is AA.

[Al DeFlorio]

It's reported that Leen beat top-seed Gillespie of Edinboro in the quarters, 8-6.  If true, that's All-America for Leen and a spot in tonight's semis.

[Edit:  Leen did win 8-6.  Lewnes also advances to semis with 6-5 OT win over Dwyer of Nebraska.]

[ugarte]

To get to AA, Frey and Rodriguez are each going to have to win two more matches. Grey and Anceravage each need one more win.

Rodriguez next meets up with Robles, an unranked wrestler from Arizona State that he is 1-1 against. The winner of that match goes against Gardner, the #4 seed from Stanford.

#7 Grey will meet the winner of a matchup of two unseeded wrestlers - Humphrey (Ohio State) and Beebe (Cent. Mich.). Earlier in the tournament, Reece beat the #9 seed and Humphrey went to OT against the #1 seed.

Frey next meets up with #12 seed Scott (Penn St.) with the winner facing Kyler (Army).

#11 Anceravage will face the winner of unseeded Dolly (N. Iowa) and #8 Dretsch (Minn.)

In the main bracket:

157: #8 Leen will face #12 Zupancic (Stanford), while the #2 and #3 seeds wrestle in the other semi.

165: #4 Lewnes will face #1 Tannenbaum (Mich.), while the #2 and #3 seeds wrestle in the other semi.

[ugarte]

Rodriguez loses 11-8 to Robles.  He fell behind 10-1 and came on strong in the third period, getting a takedown and 5 backpoints but wasn't able to finish the fall and ran out of time. Robles got a point for riding time to finish the scoring. A great season for Mike overall, after stepping in for Troy Nickerson after Nickerson's early injury. His clutch performance to win the Penn dual for the team is probably the highlight of the year, but the totality of his season was a refreshing surprise. Congrats on getting your letter and a fine senior year.

After taking an early 6-1 lead, Frey gets gassed and loses 14-6. He started to fade at the end of the second period and got killed in the third. Still, a hell of a run through EIWA and this tournament after it looked like he might get kicked off of the team. I suspect "conditioning" is going to be the focus of his offseason.

[ugarte]

The evening session starts at 6PM Central.

Semis:

157: #8 Leen will face #12 Zupancic (Stanford), while the #2 and #3 seeds wrestle in the other semi.

165: #4 Lewnes will face #1 Tannenbaum (Mich.), while the #2 and #3 seeds wrestle in the other semi.

Round of 12 (winner makes AA):

133: #7 Grey vs. Humphrey (Ohio State)

174: #11 Anceravage vs. #9 Mason (Okl. State)

[ugarte]

After the last round of wrestling, Cornell sits tied for 8th - pretty impressive considering we only qualified 8 wrestlers.

1. Iowa – 67 points

T2. Oklahoma State – 47.5 points

T2. Nebraska – 47.5 points

4. Ohio State – 45.5 points

5. Central Michigan – 43 points

6. Penn State – 42 points

7. Missouri – 38.5 points

T8. Cornell – 34.5 points

T8. Minnesota – 34.5 points

T10. Iowa State – 33 points

T10. Michigan – 33 points

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote ugarte]After the last round of wrestling, Cornell sits tied for 8th - pretty impressive considering we only qualified 8 wrestlers.
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Six...even more impressive

[ugarte]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote ugarte]After the last round of wrestling, Cornell sits tied for 8th - pretty impressive considering we only qualified 8 wrestlers.
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Six...even more impressive[/quote]
You are right, sir. I have no idea what my fingers were doing when I typed that.

[ugarte]

Al, you're going to have to take it from here since I'm taking off (though I suspect you are preoccupied with hockey...)

133: Grey wins 9-6 and clinches AA! Congrats, Mike!

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote ugarte][quote Al DeFlorio][quote ugarte]After the last round of wrestling, Cornell sits tied for 8th - pretty impressive considering we only qualified 8 wrestlers.
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Six...even more impressive[/quote]
You are right, sir. I have no idea what my fingers were doing when I typed that.[/quote]
Suspect you were preoccupied with Cornell being in 8th spot.