General 2010-11 Wrestling thread

[Jacob '06]

Manson, Dake, and Meagher wins give Cornell a 9-7 lead at the break.  Dake looked gassed midway through the second period, but had enough for the win.  Meet will end at 285 where CMU's guy is ranked #2 and Cornell is unranked.

Dake was also pinned and the ref didn't call it.

The Dake non-pin was very very close. It looked like he was pinned to me, though it was hard to tell from the flowrestling video feed.

Couldn't see Dake's back from the camera angle.

I think he was pretty solidly pinned for a second, but by the time the ref got around for a good look he got one of his shoulders up a bit.

[Al DeFlorio]

24-10 Cornel, final.  Simaz gets a fall.  Lewnes beats #4 ranked wrestler.

[ugarte]

24-10 Cornel, final.  Simaz gets a fall.  Lewnes beats #4 ranked wrestler.

I assume Cornell won straight through until 285?

[jkahn]

24-10 Cornel, final.  Simaz gets a fall.  Lewnes beats #4 ranked wrestler.

I assume Cornell won straight through until 285?

yes, lost first two matches and the last.
Simaz had a pin for the bonus points we got.

[gjk22]

Anybody else catch the announcer calling our 165-197 lineup "Death Row"?

165 - Kerber (#5)
174 - Lewnes (#1)
184 - Bosak (#4)
197 - Simaz (#1)

Now there is a nickname I hope sticks.

[Al DeFlorio]

Body Bar finals webcast on Flowrestling at 5pm Saturday: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237875-body-bar-invitational/368451-screwy-louie-intro
Lewnes beats Bennett of CMU again to win the Body Bar.  Simaz loses 10-9 to Kilgore from Kent State.  Bosak wins at 184.  Perrelli and Stanzione lose in finals.  Villalonga pinned in final.  Kerber a 3-2 winner at 165. Peppelman loses the 5th/6th-place match at 165..

[ugarte]

Body Bar finals webcast on Flowrestling at 5pm Saturday: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237875-body-bar-invitational/368451-screwy-louie-intro
Lewnes beats Bennett of CMU again to win the Body Bar.  Simaz loses 10-9 to Kilgore from Kent State.  Bosak wins at 184.  Perrelli and Stanzione lose in finals.  Villalonga pinned in final.  Kerber a 3-2 winner at 165. Peppelman loses the 5th/6th-place match at 165..

For those who don't know, based on chalk, losing in the finals was a good result for Perrelli, Stanzione and Villalonga but a disappointing result for Simaz. Not a huge upset loss for Simaz, though. Coming into the match, Simaz was #1 and Kilgore #3 nationally.

For those who want to watch the matches against Cornell, the match videos and a lot of other stuff (previews, interviews) are here: http://www.flowrestling.org/videos/coverage/view/237852-5-central-michigan-vs-1-cornell

[Al DeFlorio]

Several questions (e.g., Mike Grey's status? Tyler Biscaha's status?) answered in this Rob Koll update: http://wrestlingreport.com/current_news/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=23724&view=unread#unread

[David Harding]

Tweets from the tournament
Links to videos of matches with some delay, but no streaming video.
Brackets, team standings  It's not clear how frequently this is updated, but at the moment Cornell is shown leading Oklahoma, 89.0 to 74.5.  Oklahoma has five left in the championship bracket to Cornell's four, but none in the consolation to Cornell's three.

[Al DeFlorio]

Tweets from the tournament
Links to videos of matches with some delay, but no streaming video.
Brackets, team standings  It's not clear how frequently this is updated, but at the moment Cornell is shown leading Oklahoma, 89.0 to 74.5.  Oklahoma has five left in the championship bracket to Cornell's four, but none in the consolation to Cornell's three.

Cornell sends four (Kerber, Lewnes, Bosak, Simaz) into the finals, knocking out two of the Oklahoma guys in the semis.  Perrelli to wrestle for 5th/6th, Villalonga finished 8th, DJ Meagher, in a worrisome development, medically forfeited the consolation semifinals.  He missed last season with a concussion, and is very important to this year's championship hopes.

[Edit:  Perrelli takes 5th, beating highly-rated freshman Logan Stieber of tOSU 9-8.]

[David Harding]

Final:
Cornell      140.0
Wisconsin    101.5
Boise State  100.0
Oklahoma      99.0
etc
Team photo

Weight, seed, wrestler, place
125: #19  Frank Perrelli (10)
133: Joe Stanzione (11)
141: Chris Villalonga (10)
149: Corey Manson (12)
157: #20 DJ Meagher (10)
165: #4 Justin Kerber (3)
174: #1 Mack Lewnes (1)
184: #4 Steve Bosak (1)
197: #2 Cam Simaz (1)
HWT: Oney Snyder

[ugarte]

Final:
Cornell      140.0
Wisconsin    101.5
Boise State  100.0
Oklahoma      99.0
etc
Team photo

Weight, rank, wrestler, seed, place
125: #19  Frank Perrelli (10) 5th
133: UR Joe Stanzione (11) DNP (Wrestling in place of Mike Grey)
141: UR Chris Villalonga (10) 8th (Wrestling in place of Kyle Dake)
149: UR Corey Manson (12) DNP
157: #20 DJ Meagher (10) DNP
165: #4 Justin Kerber (3) 2nd
174: #1 Mack Lewnes (1) 1st
184: #4 Steve Bosak (1) 1st
197: #2 Cam Simaz (1) 1st
HWT: UR Oney Snyder (US) DNP

FYP. You had the seeds but not the places.

Great tournament all around. Manson was wrestling above his optimum weight (though he has been beaten out for that slot by Villalonga so far) so it isn't a surprise that he didn't do as well. Meagher was probably disappointed but it is hard to be "disappointed" in an injury. Everyone else met at least their seed.

[ugarte]

Penn State put together a great tournament to tie Cornell for first place at the Southern Scuffle in Greensboro this weekend. Each school had three individual champions. It was a hell of a finish, too. Dake won the only head-to-head matchup between the schools in the championship round while Perrelli beat a PSU wrestler for 5th. Meanwhile, PSU's wrestler at 157 got a dominating Tech Fall. The PSU bonus points made up for Cornell's slight lead heading into the medal round, resulting in the dramatic tie.

Cornell had champs were Dake (149), Kerber (165) and Simaz (197). Bosak (187) lost his championship match to a higher rated wrestler, Lewnes (174) took third after being upset in the semis by a PSU frosh and Perrelli (125) took fifth in an impressive performance.

With Grey and Meagher out, the potential for a national championship drops dramatically. There is a huge hole in the lineup at 285 and the frosh are really going to have to step up at 133, 141 and 157. Up next, the National Duals. A lot of top teams are showing up so that will be another good early season measure of the depth of the team. After that, the Ivy season starts which will (barring a lot of injuries) be uninteresting except, maybe, Penn.

[djk26]

ugarte, are Grey and Meagher definitely out for the season, or is there a chance that they will back this year?

[ugarte]

ugarte, are Grey and Meagher definitely out for the season, or is there a chance that they will back this year?

Not definitely out for the season AFAIK. Not sure when they'll be back, though.