March 2007 Wrestling Articles

FRISCO, TX, MARCH 30, 2007: Centennial High School senior wrestler Lene? Wood will sign her letter of intent to wrestle for Oklahoma City University on Tuesday April 3, 2007. The signing will take place at 10:00 A.M. at the high school, located at 6901 Coit Road in Frisco. The signing and a brief reception afterwards will be in the auditorium foyer on the west side of the school.

Oklahoma City University is the first university in Oklahoma to create a women?s wrestling program and one of only six nationwide. OCU Head wrestling Coach Archie Randall will… more »

Buckeyes conclude campaign with four All-Americans and a 10th-place finish at nationals

COLUMBUS, Ohio - It was a season that concluded with four All-Americans for first-year head coach Tom Ryan and that gave the Buckeyes a Top 10 finish in the 2007 NCAA Championships for the first time since 2004. J Jaggers (141), Lance Palmer (149), Mike Pucillo (184) and J.D. Bergman (197) placed in the Top 8 of their respective weight classes to secure the coveted All-America status. The quartet of wrestling All-Americans is the most for a first-year Ohio State head coach.

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Well, a few weeks ago, I officiated my 5th NCAA Championship, 4 D3?Championships and 1 D2 Championship so far. I have been asked to give a little insight into these tournaments as far as how they run and the evaluations the referees are subject to. Also if there is a difference in intensity between the D2 or D3 versus D1. Since I have not done the D1?s...yet, I can only speculate and that is what I shall do.

A little background.

I remember my first D3 Finals?they were held in Dubuque Iowa and I… more »

Columbia, Mo. ? Missouri two-time defending National Champion Ben Askren (Hartland, Wis.) was awarded his second consecutive Dan Hodge Trophy, wrestling?s equivalent to the Heisman, as announced today by the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute & Museum and W.I.N. Magazine. With the honor, Askren becomes just the second grappler since the creation of the award in 1995 to earn the Hodge Trophy on more than one occasion. Iowa State standout Cael Sanderson received the honor on three occasions (2000-01-02).

?It?s a great honor, especially (finishing ahead) of guys like Cole (Konrad) who is amazing,? Askren said.… more »

The top-ranked University of Minnesota wrestling team won its third NCAA Championship since 2001 on Saturday night at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Golden Gophers clinched the team race following back-to-back losses by Iowa State wrestlers in the 184- and 197-pound title matches. In the final bout of the tournament, heavyweight Cole Konrad concluded his stellar collegiate career with a pin of Penn State's Aaron Anspach in the finals. Konrad became the fourth two-time national champion in school history. Minnesota finished with 98.0 points, while Iowa State finished second with 88.5.

Iowa State entered the… more »

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. ? Oklahoma State placed four All-Americans and finished fifth at the NCAA Wrestling Championships with 69 points at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.

The Cowboys failed to crown a national champion for the first time in six years as OSU went 0-for-2 in the finals. The last time Oklahoma State did not have a national champion was in 2000 when the Cowboys placed three All-Americans and finished fifth.

The Cowboys also placed fifth as a team in 2002, but they followed that with the next four national team titles.
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Aburn Hills, Mich. – It was a historical weekend for the Harvard wrestling team at the 2007 NCAA Championships at the Palace at Auburn Hills. Three grapplers finished as All-Americans, while Harvard had it first freshman All-America and scored the most points ever at an NCAA Championships.

Freshman J.P. O'Connor took fifth at 149 pounds and became the first freshman All-American in program history. O?Connor battled No. 1 Dustin Schlatter for a chance to go to third, falling just short in a 5-4 match. The rookie bounced back to take a 6-4 decision over Tyler Turner of… more »

Josh Glenn Becomes AU Wrestling's First National Champion

AU junior wins in sudden victory overtime, 6-4 to win 197 lb. title

March 17, 2007

Photo Gallery -- Final Brackets (PDF)

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Before the NCAA Championships, American University wrestler Josh Glenn said his only goal heading in was to win five more matches. Three days of competition later, Glenn did that and more, becoming AU wrestling's first national champion and AU Athletics' first national champion in more than 40 years with a heart-stopping 6-4 win in… more »

Six Wrestlers Make a Bid for All-America Status at 2007 NCAA Championships

No. 20 Buckeyes send most wrestlers to nationals since 2002-03

COLUMBUS, Ohio - In his inaugural season as head coach of the No. 20 Ohio State wrestling team, Tom Ryan will coach six Buckeyes at the 2007 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Thursday-Saturday in the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Representing the Scarlet and Gray are T.J. Enright (133), J Jaggers (141), Lance Palmer (149), Chris Vondruska (165), Mike Pucillo (184) and J.D. Bergman (197). more »

The top-ranked University of Minnesota wrestling team successfully defended its 2006 Big Ten title with a dominating performance in East Lansing, Mich. The Golden Gophers crowned four individual champions and had five other wrestlers place in the top five to run away with the team title. The Gophers finished with 156 points, 56.5 ahead of second-place Wisconsin.

Minnesota captured its sixth Big Ten title in the last nine years while crowning four individual champions for the second straight year.

Ness wrapped up a dominating individual performance in his first Big Ten Championships with a… more »

Junior Mike Tamillow captured his first career Big Ten title.

March 4, 2007: EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Northwestern captured three titles at the 2007 Big Ten Championships as Ryan Lang (North Royalton, Ohio/St. Edward), Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) all reigned supreme in their respective weight classes. NU will send six wrestlers to the NCAA Championships.

Herbert's title is his second while Lang and Tamillow won their first career Big Ten championships. Herbert was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler as Northwestern finished sixth with 84 points.
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EAST LANSING, MI -- Hawkeye junior Mark Perry won the 165-pound title at the Big Ten Championships Sunday in East Lansing, MI, defeating Michigan?s Eric Tannenbaum, 5-2 in the finals. A three-time Big Ten finalist, Perry won his first conference title while handing Tannenbaum his first loss of the season. The Stillwater, OK, native is Iowa?s first Big Ten champion since Cliff Moore in 2004.

Iowa edged out a late charge by Penn State to place third with 91 points, and qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships, set for March 15-17 in Auburn Hills, MI. It… more »

FAIRFAX, Va. (March 3, 2007) - The Hofstra Pride took home the team title at the 2007 CAA Wrestling Championships on Saturday night at John Linn Memorial Gym with a score of 138.5 points. Rounding out the top five were Old Dominion (89.0), Rider (84.5), Drexel (66.5) and Sacred Heart (41.5). The Pride will be sending eight wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at The Palace of Auburn Hills near Detroit, Michigan, slated for March 15-17.
Rider will be sending five wrestlers to competition and followed up behind them is Drexel with four competing wrestlers.
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Columbia, Mo. - The third-ranked Missouri wrestling team advanced four wrestlers to the finals of the Big 12 Championships in the morning session held in the Hearnes Center. Competing in front of 2,633 fans, Missouri sits in third place with 35.5 points behind second-ranked Iowa State (44) and No. 4 Oklahoma State (41).

Junior All-American Tyler McCormick (Leawood, Kan.) became the first Tiger to advance to the finals at 133 pounds. Senior two-time Big 12 Champion Ben Askren (Hartland, Wis.) followed suit with sophomore Raymond Jordan (New Bern, N.C) and redshirt freshman Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.) also… more »

Kitchner and Mock Qualify for NCAA Wrestling Tournament

East Stroudsburg, PA ? For the first time since the 2003-2004 season, the Brown wrestling team will send two wrestlers to the NCAA Tournament. Tri-captains Shawn Kitchner (Stratford, WI) and Levon Mock (Bangor, MI) finished fourth in their respective weight classes, earning automatic bids to the national championships. Junior Mark Savino (Princeton, NJ), Brown?s other wrestler competing on Saturday, finished in sixth at 141 pounds. As a team, Brown finished in 10th with 34.5 points for the tournament.

Kitchner, who wrestled for the first time this… more »

EAST LANSING, MI -- The Hawkeyes advanced five wrestlers to Saturday night?s semifinals at the Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, MI. Iowa went 5-5 in Saturday afternoon?s first round and is currently in fourth place with 42 points. Minnesota leads the team race with 66.

Iowa went 0-3 in its preliminary matches before #2 seed Charlie Falck scored a 5-2 win over Penn State?s Mark McKnight at 125 pounds. The win was Falck?s 20th this season. Iowa?s next win came at 141 when #6 seed Alex Tsirtsis upset #3 seed Andy Simmons, 2-1. Iowa finished the… more »

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - Josh Glenn used a strong all around performance to win his second consecutive EIWA Championship Saturday night as the American University wrestling team tied a program-best with a sixth place finish. In total, six Eagles placed and four Eagles will be representing AU at the NCAA Championships in two weeks.

"Josh wrestled absolutely perfect," head coach Mark Cody said. "He had a quality opponent who's a really solid wrestler. It's to the point now with Josh where he will not accept defeat. He's not satisfied unless he's dominating his opponents. . Josh proved… more »

EAST LANSING, Mich.
Two-time defending Big Ten champion and top-seeded Nick Simmons will go for his third straight conference title Sunday afternoon after defeating fourth-seeded Jake Strayer of Penn State, 4-2, in the 133-pound semifinals of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships Saturday night at the Breslin Center. Simmons is looking to become just the sixth Spartan to win three Big Ten titles, and the first since David Morgan accomplished the feat in 1998. Andy Simmons, who was upset in the quarterfinals in the first session Saturday afternoon, won two matches in the second session to remain alive in the… more »

The top-ranked Golden Gophers advanced five wrestlers to the finals and extended their team-lead during Session II of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships on Saturday night in East Lansing, Mich. Minnesota is 30 points ahead of second-place Wisconsin heading into the final day of competition.

Dustin Schlatter, C.P. Schlatter, Roger Kish and Cole Konrad will all have the opportunity to defend their 2006 Big Ten individual titles, while redshirt freshman Jayson Ness will look to capture his first. Four other Minnesota wrestlers are still alive in the consolation bracket.

C.P. Schlatter advanced… more »

COLUMBIA, Mo. ? The Oklahoma wrestling team qualified six wrestlers for the NCAA Championships at the 2007 Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo. on Saturday. As a team the Sooners finished in fifth place with 44 team points in the tournament. The NCAA Championships are in Detroit, Mich., March 15-17.

The Sooners also claimed two individual titles on Saturday night at the Big 12 Championships at the Hearnes Center on the campus of the University of Missouri.

Sam Hazewinkel won the 125 pound Big 12 title with his 12-3 major decision over Paul Donahoe… more »

BUFFALO, N.Y. ? Six Central Michigan University wrestlers won individual titles to lead the Chippewas to their sixth consecutive Mid-American Conference Championships title.

CMU won the team title with 106.5 points. Kent State was second with 73.5 points.

Winning individual conference championships and earning automatic bids to the NCAA Championships were Eric Kruger (141 pounds), Mike Miller (165), Brandon Sinnott (174), Christian Sinnott (184), Wynn Michalak (197) and Bubba Gritter (285). Wild card bids to the national tournament will be announced later Sunday.

CMU also claimed three of the conference?s four… more »

Laramie, Wyo. (March 1, 2007):
Wyoming Wrestling began the 06-07 season with a lot of weight classes up for grabs and some uncertainty with the season. The Pokes have gelled to turn their season around as of late and bring a 4-1 Western Wrestling Conference dual record and a three match winning streak to Cedar Falls, Iowa on Saturday, March 3 for the 2007 NCAA West Regional Tournament.

Teams participating in this year?s tournament are; Air Force Academy, Eastern Illinois, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State and Wyoming.

"This… more »

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Central Michigan University?s wrestling team travels to Buffalo this weekend seeking the program?s sixth consecutive Mid-American Conference Championships title. The six-team conference tournament is slated for Saturday and Sunday at Buffalo?s Alumni Arena.

CMU, ranked fifth in the final NWCA/InterMat top 25 dual meet poll, secured its ninth straight MAC title with a 34-3 victory over then-No. 25 Kent State in the regular season finale Feb. 18. The win capped a regular season that saw the Chippewas set a new school record for wins (17) despite taking on arguably the most challenging schedule… more »

TEMPE, Ariz. ? John Espinoza, a senior on the Arizona State University wrestling team, was awarded one of nine wild card selections into the NCAA Wrestling Championships, the Pac-10 Conference announced. In a vote of the 10 conference coaches, Espinoza was selected to join teammates Brian Stith (157), Patrick Pitsch (165), Greg Gifford (184) and Jason Trulson (197) in Auburn Hills, Mich., for the national tournament March 15-17.

Espinoza, competing at 125 pounds, posted a 2-2 record at the Pac-10 Wrestling Championships over the weekend in Bakersfield, Calif., falling to Marcos Orozco of UC Davis in the… more »