[OT] Wrestling cruising at NCAAs

[ugarte]

After the QF round, Cornell sits in 2d place at the NCAA Championships. Four wrestlers (Travis Lee (133); Dustin Manotti (149); Joey Mazzurco (174); and Tyler Baier (184)) have advanced to the semifinals and are All-Americans. The semifinal round is tonight; the finals are tomorrow. All is being shown on ESPNU (check local listings).

Our other five wrestlers acquitted themselves well (all won at least their opening round match), but have been eliminated in the wrestlebacks short of All-America status.

Special note: Freshman Jordan Leen (141) had the misfortune of having to face the #1 ranked wrestler in his weight class in the opening round. He damn near beat him, falling 2-0.

[nyc94]

For those of us that know nothing about wrestling, do we have a chance at the team title?

[ugarte]

Almost certainly not. The team in 1st is way ahead of us and more likely to widen the gap than to see us narrow it. I'm not sure that we'll hold on to 2d.

To put it in perspective, the team expressed a desire to finish in the top 10, so this is outstanding.

[French Rage]

Whos in first?

[ithacat]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

 Almost certainly not. The team in 1st is way ahead of us and more likely to widen the gap than to see us narrow it. I'm not sure that we'll hold on to 2d.

To put it in perspective, the team expressed a desire to finish in the top 10, so this is outstanding.[/q]

What were we ranked going in? 11th?

lgr...

[ugarte]

I don't remember the pre-tourney rankings. We were in the 12-14 range most of the year.

Oklahoma State is in first. Defending champs, I believe.

[jhib]

Here are the standings:
http://www.ncaasports.com/wrestling/mens/brackets/2005/2005_NCAA_Div_ITeamScore

Rank   Points   Team
1.   78.5   Oklahoma State
2.   55.5   Cornell
3.   47.5   Michigan
3.   47.5   Minnesota
5.   46.5   Illinois
6.   43.5   Oklahoma
7.   42.0   Iowa State
8.   36.0   Iowa
9.   33.0   Indiana
10.   32.0   Lehigh
11.   31.5   Arizona State
12.   30.5   Nebraska
13.   28.0   Wisconsin
14.   26.5   Michigan State
15.   24.5   Northern Iowa
16.   24.0   Missouri
17.   23.5   Northwestern
18.   21.5   Hofstra
19.   18.5   Central Michigan
19.   18.5   West Virginia

[ugarte]

In the most recent team rankings I found, Cornell was 13th. http://www.usatoday.com/

[ithacat]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

 In the most recent team rankings I found, Cornell was 13th. http://www.usatoday.com/[/q]

Thanks for doing the finger-work. I was at work and trying to sneak a peak at the CU-UVM chat, though that didn't stop me from wandering to a wrestling thread.

[ugarte]

Travis Lee pins his opponent 2:55 into the match. In the SEMIFINALS!!! On to the title. Now I have to remember to set the TiVo to record the finals against Edinboro's Shawn Bunch. They swapped the #1 ranking back and forth all year.

[jkahn]

Cornell has two finalists, Travis Lee and Tyler Baier.  Baier wins 10-8 on takedown with a few seconds remaining.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Keep up the good posting.

I know next to nothing about wrestling, but living in Allentown, I have lots of friends who went to Lehigh.  I can use some bragging rights.  ;-)

[KenP]

Dustin Manotti won 6th place (All-American) in the 149lb class.
Joe Mazzurco won 5th place (All-American) in the 174lb class.

Travis Lee (133) and Tyler Baier (184) go for 1st place this afternoon.  3:30pm ET.
You can follow along at http://www.ncaasports.com/wrestling/mens/results/2005

Updated team standings:

Rank Points Team 
1. 133.0 Oklahoma State 
2.  79.0 Michigan 
3.  73.5 Oklahoma 
4.  72.5 Cornell 
4.  72.5 Minnesota 
6.  70.5 Illinois 
7.  66.0 Iowa 
8.  60.0 Lehigh 
9.  57.0 Iowa State 
10. 54.5 Indiana 

[Al DeFlorio]

The NCAA wrestling finals should be starting now on ESPN but apparently are being delayed while Davenport and Clijsters finish the third set of their irrelevant tennis match.  The Lee-Bunch match should be the second match shown.

[KeithK]

Lee-Bunch is on right now.  Lee up 2-0.